Democratic candidates Joe Biden
issues Iraq; health care; education; secure retirement; homeland security; energy; crime; climate change; leadership on Darfur; protecting the environment; standing with fire fighters; foreign relations; jobs; make medicare better; empowering women; ending 21st century discrimination; online nation; fighting for America’s veterans strengthening middle class; health care; ending war in Iraq; energy independence, global warming; veterans; supporting parents and caring for children; restoring America’s standing in the world; champion for women; government reform; strengthening democracy ending the Iraq war; restoring the Constitution; seniors, retirement security; energy; national service; education; health care; labor and economic opportunity; rural America; supporting first responders health care; poverty; rural America; tax reform; government reform; trade; working families; predatory mortgages; debt and savings; food safety; Iraq; Iran; global poverty; military; homeland security; terrorism; Darfur and Uganda; civil liberties; energy/environment; education; college affordability; innovation; open media; veterans/military families; African Americans; Latinos; Universal health care; education; Comprehensive Immigration Reform; LGBT; Women; young America; Older Americans; People with Disabilities Iraq war; Iran & Syria; global warming; progressive fair tax; health care; reproductive rights; immigration; LGBT rights; Social Security; education; veterans; war on drugs; net neutrality strength through peace; health; middle class; constitutional democracy; sustainable future; poverty; saving capitalism strengthening America overseas; end Iraq war; health care; fighting poverty; environment; energy; seniors; education; protecting homeland; immigration and the border; protecting right to vote; veterans; cleaning up corruption; strengthening families and communities; faith and politics Iraq; energy; health care; civil liberties; defense; jobs & the economy; education; environment; first responders; foreign policy; immigration; LGBT; women; veterans
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chris Dodd
John Edwards
Mike Gravel
Dennis Kucinich Barack Obama
Bill Richardson
Republican candidates Sam Brownback Rudy Giuliani
issues website taken down fiscal discipline; cutting taxes; winning the war on terror; Iraq; public safety; judges; education; abortion; second amendment; marriage.
Mike Huckabee
faith and politics; sanctity of life; veterans’ bill of rights; education and the arts; health care; taxes/economy; marriage; energy independence; immigration; national security/foreign policy:iraq; national security/foreign policy: war on terror; foreign policy: Israel; agriculture; crisis management; 2nd amendment rights right to life amendment; philosophy of judicial appointments; constitutional amendment defining marriage; parental rights–educational choice and home schooling; hate crimes & sexual orientation; first amendment–religion; second amendment; taxes; balanced budget; property rights; obscenity laws; gambling; education; health care reform; Israel and the Middle East; North American union; illegal immigration;
Duncan Hunter
John McCain
Government spending, lower taxes, and economic prosperity; health system reform; human dignity and the sanctity of life; lobbying & ethics reform; victory in Iraq; border security and immigration reform; commitment to America’s service members; national security; stewards of our nation’s rich natural heritage; protecting second amendment rights debt and taxes; American independence and sovereignty; war and foreign policy; life and liberty; second amendment; social security; border security and immigration reform; privacy and personal liberty; property rights and eminent domain; health freedom; home schooling strategy for a stronger America; defeating the Jihadists; competing with Asia; Taxes; Spending; Immigration; Energy; America’s culture and values; technology; health care; education Immigration; preserving life; income tax; judicial activism; fast track authority/trade; Iraq; Social Security; education; agriculture; health care; budget; homeland security; gun control; gay marriage; political correctness National security; federal budget and spending; tax reform; health care; government effectiveness; building strong families; immigration; appointing judges faithful to our constitution; energy security; second amendment
Ron Paul
Mitt Romney
Tom Tancredo
Fred Thomson
Democratic candidates Joe Biden
Hispanics Joe Biden supports the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to prohibit job discrimination of any kind. Equal Access at the Ballot Box: Today, there are more than 9,000 black and 6,000 Latino elected officials, largely due to the Voting Rights Act that put an end to literacy tests and poll taxes in the 1960s. In the early 1980s, Joe Biden helped expand the Act, and last year worked hard to get the Act renewed. Joe Biden believes that more must be done to stop misleading voters, and to ensure votes are counted. He would: put a stop to deceptive practices – like passing out fliers telling people to vote on the wrong day; require electronic voting systems to have a paper trail; and make sure states adequately train poll workers.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary is a leading champion of election reform. She has introduced the Count Every Vote Act to avoid repeating the problems of the past and ensure the integrity of our elections. Her bill.... Allows the attorney general to bring suit against anyone using deceptive practices (like distributing flyers with incorrect information about voter eligibility) to keep voters from voting.
Chris Dodd John Edwards There are still Two Americas. For the last 20 years, 40 percent of America's economic growth has gone to the top 1 percent. Today, the top 300,000 Americans now make more than the bottom 150 million put together. While they are not defined by race, the Two Americas have a disproportionate impact on people of color. Our immigration system needs a fundamental overhaul. Our economy is harmed by an underground economy that features a large and unprotected labor force. And our values are violated by a system that keeps families apart and forces people to live in the shadows, vulnerable to abuse. The first step is to control our borders and stop illegal trafficking. Edwards believes we need to give people here the opportunity to pay a fine and learn English to earn American citizenship. Mike Gravel While Senator Gravel supports protecting our borders, he also advocates a guest worker program and naturalization procedures that fairly bring immigrants into legal status. He would also address the root cause of illegal immigration: NAFTA.
Dennis Kucinich
Barack Obama
Barack Obama wants to preserve the integrity of our borders to reduce illegal immigration. He supports additional personnel, infrastructure, and technology on the border and at our ports of entry. To remove incentives to enter the country illegally, we need to crack down on employers who hire illegal immigrants. Barack Obama supports a system that requires undocumented immigrants that are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, not commit crimes, go to the back of the line for citizenship, and then after all those conditions are met, they would be granted the opportunity to stay in the United States. There is no more fundamental American right than the right to vote. Senator Obama worked with civil rights leaders to help secure the reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act. Senator Obama has been a leading Senate opponent of onerous photo ID provisions that disproportionately disenfranchise the poor, disabled and minority voters who are less likely to have a drivers license or other government-issued forms of identification.
Bill Richardson
As the Governor of a border state I deal with the effects of immigration, legal and illegal, every day. The federal government has not done enough to solve the problem. In 2005 violent crime, drugs, and crime were out of control along New Mexico's border with Mexico. I took action, declaring a state of emergency along the border, making $1.75 million available to local law enforcement agencies to increase patrols and add personnel. As a result, arrests are up, crime is down, and the flow of undocumented immigrants has slowed. Most of the illegal workers in the country are hard-working, law abiding people simply pursuing the American Dream. Those who pass a background check, learn English, pay back taxes and fines for being here illegally get the opportunity for legal status. Those that don't must leave. We must crack down on employers who knowingly hire undocumented immigrants and enforce the laws already on the books.
Republican candidates Sam Brownback Rudy Giuliani Mike Huckabee
Hispanics website taken down nothing Securing our borders must be our top priority and has reached the level of a national emergency. In this age of terror, immigration is not only an economic issue, but also a national security issue. never allow amnesty. will not tolerate employers who hire illegals.
Duncan Hunter
Rep. Hunter has steadfastly opposed amnesty proposals, including voting against the 1986 amnesty law, while tirelessly working to strengthen border security. “Birth right citizenship reform:” Congressman Hunter opposes summarily bestowing citizenship on people who have crossed our borders illegally. Therefore, he is a cosponsor of H.R. 1940, the Birthright Citizenship Act, grants automatic citizenship only to those who have at least one parent who is a U.S. citizen. The Constitution has been interpreted to grant U.S. citizenship to any person born on U.S. territory.
John McCain
I have always believed that our border must be secure... Recognize the importance of a flexible labor market to keep employers in business and our economy on top. It should provide skilled Americans and immigrants with opportunity. Recognize the importance of assimilation of our immigrant population, which includes learning English, American history and civics, and respecting the values of a democratic society.
Ron Paul
We must secure our borders now. A nation without secure borders is no nation at all. It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked. Noamnesty. No welfare for illegal aliens. End birthright citizenship. As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be citizens, the incentive to enter the U.S. illegally will remain strong.
Mitt Romney
Immigration has been an important part of our nation's success. The current system, however, puts up a concrete wall to the best and brightest, yet those without skill or education are able to walk across the border. We must reform the current immigration laws so we can secure our borders, implement a mandatory biometrically enabled, tamper proof documentation and employment verification system, and increase legal immigration into America. I am absolutely opposed to amnesty. The only realistic solution to the problem of illegal immigration is a strategy of attrition, which seeks to reduce the flow of the illegal alien population over time by cutting off the incentives for coming to and staying in America - most importantly by eliminating the jobs magnet. The United States is a nation of immigrants.But in the post-9/11 world, immigration is more of a national security issue. I am committed to: Securing our borders and enforcing immigration laws. Amnesty is not an option and the toleration of “sanctuary cities” must end. Uniting Americans by welcoming legal immigrants willing to learn English, assimilate into our communities, and become productive citizens.
Tom Tancredo
Fred Thomson