AP
June 3, 2015
Former
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee was expected to announce his candidacy
Wednesday for the 2016 Democratic nomination for president. Here's a
look at where Chafee
— a Republican who became an independent, then a Democrat — stands on
some issues likely to be debated in the campaign:
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IMMIGRATION
While
in the Senate, Chafee backed a bill to let people living in the country
illegally apply for citizenship after working for six years, completing
a background check,
learning English and meeting other requirements. But the idea stalled.
In Rhode Island, Chafee rescinded an executive order requiring state
agencies and vendors doing business with the state to use a federal
database to check the employment eligibility of
new hires. He supported giving in-state tuition at state colleges to
students in the country illegally. But Chafee also angered immigration
advocates last year by honoring federal requests to continue holding
immigrants in a state prison without a warrant,
even as Obama announced plans to defer deportation for millions of
people in the country illegally.
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