New York Times
By Alan Rappeport
October 6, 2015
Hillary
Rodham Clinton, who has been distancing herself from the Obama
administration on the environment and foreign policy, has now added
immigration to the list.
The
former secretary of state suggested that President Obama has been too
hard on undocumented immigrants during the last six and a half years,
and that she would take
a more humane approach as president, avoiding deporting people and
breaking up families over small crimes.
In
an interview with Telemundo, Mrs. Clinton said that Mr. Obama has done a
lot on behalf of immigrants in his tenure, but that in some cases his
administration’s enforcement
policies were interpreted and imposed too aggressively.
“It
was part of a strategy,” Mrs. Clinton said, explaining that Mr. Obama
was being tough in hopes that it would help spur Republicans to the
table to pass comprehensive
immigration reform. “I think that strategy is no longer workable. So
therefore I think we have to go back to being a much less harsh and
aggressive enforcer.”
Mrs.
Clinton went on to say that she would, of course, actively work to
deport felons and violent people. However, she pointed to instances in
which people were deported
because of minor or old traffic offenses and said that it would be
wrong to disrupt families overs such infractions.
“I
just don’t believe in that,” said Mrs. Clinton, who promised to fight
for a comprehensive immigration reform package if she is elected. “I
think everybody is entitled
to a second chance.”
While
Mrs. Clinton was somewhat critical of Mr. Obama’s immigration policy,
she said that she was “furious” with Donald J. Trump, who has said many
people who sneak across
the border with Mexico are criminals and rapists. Acknowledging that
she sometimes traveled in the same circles with Mr. Trump when she was a
senator from New York, Mrs. Clinton expressed disappointment in his new
tone.
“He
never was like that,” she said, recalling that the billionaire
developer was always a big talker but rarely so harsh. “I saw him from
time to time at events around
the city. I never heard him say anything like that. I don’t understand
why he is doing what he’s doing.”
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