A Presidential Poll - Who Gets YOUR Vote? (Al Gore, McCain, Ron Paul)

[stsmith]

With the election just around the corner you can bet that immigration will be a hot topic. Before you go to the polls make sure that the candidate that gets your vote has Americas best interests at heart, especially regarding immigration reform.
Based on the information below, who would you vote for?


Hillary Clinton on Immigration

• More border patrolling on both Mexican AND Canadian borders. (Sep 2007)
• Immigration reform needs family unification as one goal. (Sep 2007)
• Anti-immigrant bill would have criminalized Jesus Christ. (Sep 2007)
• Opposes illegal immigration, but doesn't vote to follow up. (Jun 2007)
• Making English official imperils crises needing translators. (Jun 2007)
• Comprehensive reform to get 12 million out of shadows. (Apr 2007)
• Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007)
• Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on eliminating the "Y" nonimmigrant guestworker program. (May 2007)
• Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
• Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)

John Edwards on Immigration

• More technology at the border, but address underlying causes. (Sep 2007)
• Undocumented workers deserve same rights as American workers. (Sep 2007)
• Enforce borders & employers, and allow earning citizenship. (Sep 2007)
• Roadmap to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. (Jan 2004)
• Differentiate terrorists from the immigrants. (Jan 2004)
• Welcome immigrants with earned legalization program. (Jan 2004)
• Hard working immigrants earn right to citizenship. (Sep 2003)

Al Gore on Immigration

• English is our language, but “English-Only” divides us. (Nov 2000)
• Citizenship for 1.2M cleared backlog, but sacrificed quality. (Aug 2000)
• More immigrants to alleviate labor shortage. (Mar 2000)
• Immigrants from communist Cuba are different. (Jan 2000)
• Immigration leads to diversity and cultural tolerance.

Barack Obama on Immigration

• Immigration system is broken for legal immigrants. (Sep 2007)
• Reform must include more border security, and border wall. (Sep 2007)
• Pathway to citizenship, but people have to earn it. (Aug 2007)
• Let's be a nation of laws AND a nation of immigrants. (Aug 2007)
• Do a better job patrolling the Canadian and Mexican borders. (Jun 2007)
• Give immigrants who are here a rigorous path to citizenship. (Jun 2007)
• Extend welfare and Medicaid to immigrants. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007)
• Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)
• Voted YES on building a fence along the Mexican border. (Sep 2006)
• Voted YES on establishing a Guest Worker program. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)
• Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)

Rudy Giuliani on Immigration

• Declared NYC a sanctuary city, and crime fell. (Sep 2007)
• FactCheck: Feds deported 4,000 illegals in NYC, not 2,000. (Sep 2007)
• Need tamper-proof IDs, and database for immigrants. (Jun 2007)
• Reform bill fails to document who left US and who's here. (Jun 2007)
• Shouldn't be debating LEGAL immigration, only ILLEGAL. (Jun 2007)
• Allow immigrants to work, with tamper-proof ID cards. (May 2007)
• Let illegals' kids go to school, or they'll be on streets. (May 2007)
• Change rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
• Supports Senate guest worker plan & path to citizenship. (Nov 2006)
• NYC services for illegal aliens. (Oct 2005)

Mike Huckabee on Immigration

• Focus on demand: penalize employers of illegal immigrants. (Sep 2007)
• Some anti-immigration advocates are based on racism. (Sep 2007)
• People are angry at government for failing to track illegals. (Sep 2007)
• Problems with McCain-Kennedy: credibility; secrecy; spending. (Jun 2007)
• Allow in professionals as legal immigrants, but seal border. (Jun 2007)
• Change rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
• Path to citizenship if illegals admit guilt & pay fine. (Jan 2007)
• Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
• Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
• Import farm workers from Mexico. (Sep 2001)

John McCain on Immigration

• 12 million illegals in country now is de facto amnesty. (Sep 2007)
• Amnesty is forgiveness; we offer fines; lines; & long waits. (Sep 2007)
• No official English; Native Americans use own languages. (Jun 2007)
• Immigration reform needed for national security. (Jun 2007)
• Hispanics serve our country, like every wave of immigrants. (Jun 2007)
• America expects us to work on immigration together. (May 2007)
• Bipartisanship shows preparedness for presidency. (May 2007)
• Change rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
• Comprehensive reform requires temporary worker program. (May 2007)
• Comprehensive reform must include border security first. (Apr 2007)
• Make possible for immigrants to do a job Americans won't do. (Oct 2004)
• Give everyone in the world an opportunity to come to America. (Oct 2004)
• More help for legal immigrants when immigrating & once here. (Jul 1998)

Mitt Romney on Immigration

• Reduce federal funding to sanctuary cities. (Sep 2007)
• Z-visa is not technically amnesty; but is in fact amnesty. (Sep 2007)
• FactCheck: NYC never declared itself a "sanctuary city". (Sep 2007)
• Enforce the law against 12 million illegals here now. (Jun 2007)
• Proposed Z visa allows illegal aliens to stay in America. (Jun 2007)
• Make English national language; communicate in Spanish too. (Jun 2007)
• McCain's plan gives special pathway to those here illegally. (May 2007)
• Keep rule barring immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
• Tuition breaks encourage illegal immigration. (Nov 2005)

Fred Thompson on Immigration

• Secure our borders and end "sanctuary cities". (Sep 2007)
• Protecting our border is part of being a sovereign nation. (Sep 2007)
• Eliminate welfare incentives for illegal immigrants. (Sep 2007)
• Immigration reform failed because feds lost credibility. (Sep 2007)
• Immigration in large part has to do with national security. (Aug 2007)
• Opposes amnesty in any form. (Jun 2007)
• Nation loses sovereignty if it cannot secure its own borders. (Apr 2007)
• Can't round up 12M illegals, so focus on preventing next 12M. (Mar 2007)
• Voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
• Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
• Voted YES on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)

Tom Tancredo on Immigration

• Enforcing the law is not rounding people up. (Sep 2007)
• Amnesty is worst possible public policy you can ever have. (Sep 2007)
• No guest worker program; it creates second class citizens. (Sep 2007)
• It's not based on racism--it's about the rule of law. (Sep 2007)
• Illegal immigrants especially hurt African-American workers. (Jul 2007)
• Illegal immigrants especially hurt African-American workers. (Jul 2007)
• Consequences of immigration bill are survival of the nation. (Jun 2007)
• FactCheck: McCain's bill does not codify federal non-English. (Jun 2007)
• Enough is enough: timeout on LEGAL immigration. (Jun 2007)
• Keep law that bars immigrants from running for president. (May 2007)
• We already have scores of programs for legal immigration. (Mar 2007)
• We CAN deal with 20M immigrants by enforcing on employers. (Mar 2007)
• Parts of Miami are like a Third World country. (Dec 2006)
• Opposes chain migration from anchor babies citizenship. (Dec 2006)
• No net benefit from immigration; annual $70B loss. (Jun 2006)
• Eliminate "chain migration" where illegals bring in families. (Jun 2006)

[montanamrs]

Ron Paul. .You seemed to forget him and he has a good chance whereas poor Tom Tancredo does not.

Ron Paul is anti-illegal immigration... no amnesty

[vivski]

i will be voting for fred ...i really like him.
some may disagree, but it's my choice.

[Hawkeye48]

I would vote for Ron Paul but he was left off of the selection list.

[The Dissenter]

i'd be happy wtth paul, maybe thompson

[ArizonaBear]

Be advised that if the population of illegals diminishes significantly between now and Election 2008; that will likely skew many peoples' choices for President.

[chele123]

Right now I see Tom Tancredo as the harshest against illegal aliens, so he gets my vote. I also like Ron Paul a lot, but I don't think his stance against illegals is as tough as Tom Tancredo's.

[nbres]

Where is Ron Paul?

He wants to take our troops out of iraq and defend our own borders.

[bryan61]

Did Duncan Hunter drop out. Hes the only candidate thats actually built a fence and enforced immigration laws in his district. He also keeps steely eyed focus on unfair trade, off shoring, out sourcing, H1bs and employers of illegals. It is the foundation of his platform


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[montanamrs]

Originally Posted by vivski

i will be voting for fred ...i really like him.
some may disagree, but it's my choice.

Now why is that?

Because he was sooo good on Law and Order?

Or possibly all his debates were he brought his issues to the forefront?

He's a MAJOR waste of a vote and of our time