POSITIONS ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES
(as of May 3, 2007) |
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SENATORS (former and current) |
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Establishing a Guest Worker program
(May 2006) |
Allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security
(May 2006) |
Giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship
(May 2006) |
Allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work
(July 1998) |
Visas for skilled workers
(May 1998) |
Limit welfare for immigrants
(June 1997) |
| DEMOCRATS |
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| Joe Biden |
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| Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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| Chris Dodd |
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N |
| John Edwards |
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Edwards on other immigration issues:
- Roadmap to citizenship for immigrants (Jan 2004)
- Differntiate terrorists from the immigrants (Jan 2004)
- Welcome immigrants with earned legalization program (Jan 2004)
- Hard working immigrants earn right to citizenship (Sep 2003) |
| Mike Gravel |
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| Brack Obama |
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| REPUBLICANS |
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| Sam Brownback |
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| Chuck Hagel |
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| John McCain |
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REPRESENTATIVES (former and current) |
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Preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project
(June 2006) |
Reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment
(May 2004) |
Extending Immigrant Residency issues
(May 2001) |
More immigrant visas for skilled workers
(Sept 1998) |
FAIR's rating of voting record of restricting immigration
(Dec 2003) |
| DEMOCRATS |
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| Dennis Kucinich |
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0% - loosen immigration |
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Kucinich on other immigration issues:
- Roadmap to citizenship for immigrants (Jan 2004)
- Bush immigration program is indentured servitude (Jan 2004)
- Extend our arms to world-immigrant amnesty and more (Sep 2003) |
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| REPUBLICANS |
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| Duncan Hunter |
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100% - restrict immigration |
| Ron Paul |
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100% - restrict immigration |
| Tom Tancredo |
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100% - restrict immigration |
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Tandredo on other immigration issues:
- Parts of Miami are like a Third World country (Dec 2006)
- Guest-worker program equals amnesty (Dec 2006)
- Opposes chain migration from anchor babies citizenship (Dec 2006) |
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GOVERNORS (former and current) |
| DEMOCRATS |
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| Bill Richardson |
- Declared state of emergency on Mexican border (Nov 2006)
- Path to legalization if illegals pay taxes and learn English (Nov 2006)
- Reduce immigration; no automatic citizenship for kids (Nov 1996)
- Guarantee human services to illegal immigrants (Nov 1996) |
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| REPUBLICANS |
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| Jim Gilmore |
- Share costs of legal immigration between states and federal (Feb 2001)
- Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation (Feb 2001)
- Import farm workers from Mexico (Sept 2001) |
| Mike Huckabee |
- Share costs of legal immigration between states and federal (Feb 2001)
- Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation (Feb 2001)
- Import farm workers from Mexico (Sept 2001) |
| Mitt Romney |
- Help legal immigrants, tuition breaks encourage illegal immigration (NOV 2005) ... read more |
| Tommy Thompson |
- Ease Canadian border-crosing rules (Oct 1999) |
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MAYORS (former and current) |
| REPUBLICANS |
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| Rudy Giuliani |
- Supports Senate guest worker plan and path to citizenship (Nov 2006)
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