FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) — With days to go before the California June Primary Election, a topic of concern for a lot of voters is immigration and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
While President Trump has made it clear that his first duty is to protect American citizens and not illegal aliens, candidates have clashed over how the state should respond to the President’s policies.
After all, the president will still have two years left in office when the next Governor takes office.
“ICE agents are enforcing the law,” said Republican and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco.
Democrat Tom Steyer countered, “ICE to me is a criminal operation. I’ve said all along we should abolish ICE.”
Republican front-runner Steve Hilton has made it clear—California should be growing its economy, but not by illegal immigration.
“I think we need to help small businesses create jobs and opportunity and for Californians to be able to earn more and live the California dream and for entrepreneurs to want to start businesses in California,” Hilton said, during a recent CNN Gubernatorial debate.
Democrat and former Representative Katie Porter argued immigrants are essential to the state’s economy.
“These are Californians. They contribute to our economy. They pay taxes,” Porter said.
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Her fellow Democrat and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan took his criticism even further, saying, “Donald Trump’s cruel and indiscriminate enforcement based on the color of people’s skins, the language they’re speaking, has terrorized the community.”