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Blakeman shows he’s an immigration centrist while Hochul rushes to the extreme left

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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced support for reform allowing undocumented immigrants who have been in the country for seven years without committing crimes to gain legal status, excluding citizenship. This stance contrasts with Governor Kathy Hochul's recent legislation that prohibits local police from assisting ICE even when deporting serious criminals. Hochul also pardoned an immigrant with a 2015 assault conviction, despite it potentially affecting Supreme Court decisions on deportation rights for undocumented criminals. The article highlights Blakeman’s centrist approach to immigration compared to Hochul’s perceived extreme left stance.

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Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee for New York State Governor from Nassau County, has proposed immigration reforms that would allow illegal immigrants who have lived in the country without committing crimes for seven years to gain legal status but not citizenship. This stance aligns him with centrist views on immigration, welcoming migrants willing to abide by laws while being tough on criminals. In contrast, incumbent Kathy Hochul is criticized for pardoning a migrant convicted of assault and opposing deportations of violent criminals nabbed in New York, including members of the MS-13 gang. Hochul's actions are seen as aligning with far-left policies that prioritize leniency toward illegal immigrants over public safety concerns. The debate highlights differing approaches to balancing immigration control and humanitarian considerations ahead of upcoming elections.

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Nassau Exec Bruce Blakeman just proved that wanting to work with the feds to deport brutal MS-13 gangbangers and other violent border-jumping criminals doesn’t make you an anti-immigrant extremist: He came out for reforms to let illegal migrants gain some legal status if they’ve been in the country for seven years without committing any fresh crimes. asserted

they → prove → crimes

That shows the GOP gov nominee is with the broad middle of Americans on these issues — welcoming to migrants who look to play by the rules, but un-welcoming to the bad guys. asserted

who → show → guys

Blakeman’s idea is to let such peaceable types remain here and work legally — but without a path to citizenship, for which they’d need to repair their original illegal entry. asserted

they → let → entry

That’s a nod to how a complete “amnesty” is not only unwise (since it’d encourage future illegal immigration) but a political non-starter, whereas his plan is something Republicans such as President Donald Trump might go along with. uncertain

Republicans → ’ → Trump

Trump, after all, at times has suggested leniency for illegal migrants who work (as Blakeman puts it) in agriculture, “hospitality, healthcare, landscapers, there’s a lot of different industries that need those workers” — he’s even called for something much like Blakeman’s plan. uncertain

he → suggest → plan

Gov. Kathy Hochul, meanwhile, recently signed a law that bans local cops from cooperation with ICE even to expel the worst criminals who have no right to be here. asserted

who → sign → right

She’d plainly prefer ICE not deport the 2,200 rapists, murderers, child predators and so on that it nabbed in New York in July alone Cozying up to the far left, the gov even just pardoned migrant Keisy Guerrero Mariano on a 2015 assault conviction — clemency issued just in time to prevent the US Supreme Court from taking up Mariano’s case and likely overturning a lower-court ruling that created new rights for “undocumented” criminals facing deportation. Again proving she has no shame at all, Hochul’s still denouncing Blakeman as an immigration extremist. asserted

Hochul → prefer → extremist

Blakeman shows he’s an immigration centrist while Hochul rushes to the extreme left

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