Brad Schneider Quotes
As a Democrat, it's easy for me to talk about immigration. For my Republican friends, they could get criticized from the Right in their party.
Schneider, Brad. "Issues: Immigration." Representative Brad Schneider, U.S. House of Representatives.
Not all segments of the Republican Party perceived that they needed immigration reform. Some greatly feared more non-whites coming into the country and ending the traditional majority of whites. After the 1964 Civil Rights Bill was passed, almost all the racist Democrats of the “solid South” switched to the Republican Party and the last thing they want is to allow the 11 million mostly Hispanic and/or Black undocumented immigrants to become citizens and vote.
Bradley Scott Schneider is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 10th congressional district since 2017, previously holding the position from 2013 to 2015. Before he was elected to Congress, Schneider worked as a management consultant and industrial engineer in Deerfield, Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected in 2012, narrowly defeating Republican incumbent Bob Dold. In 2014, he lost his bid for re-election in a rematch with Dold, and defeated Dold once again two years later, in their third consecutive matchup.
