Duckworth outlines principles for immigration reform

Posted on August 28, 2016
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (R-Chicago) is trying to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)
U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (R-Chicago) is trying to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.). (Adam Studzinski/WJBC)

By Adam Studzinski

NORMAL – Practical, humane, and fair – those are three guiding principles needed when discussing immigration reform, according to Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Duckworth.

“So to take children who are born in the United States, who are two years old, and deport their parents because their parents are here undocumented is no humane,” Duckworth said.

Duckworth spoke at a forum this week north of Normal hosted by the Illinois Farm Bureau.

“You’re going to need to go to the end of the line. You need to face fees and penalties to get into the system,” said Duckworth. “And then I also think that you need to learn English.”

Duckworth faces Republican incumbent Mark Kirk in the November election.

Adam Studzinski can be reached at [email protected].

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