TIME: The Candidates on the Issues: John Kerry

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JOHN KERRY
Homeland Security & Immigration
Kerry wants to expand the role of the National Guard and Americorps in homeland security and reform domestic intelligence. He wants to tighten up the borders, but also clear the current naturalization backlog for immigrants, offer amnesty to illegal immigrants who have grown up in the U.S. and fully restore welfare and health care benefits to illegals.

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