Iowa Voters Guide on Immigration

I received an early morning Action Alert from NumbersUSA, an organization that follows the Immigration issue very closely. The following is an excerpt from that Action Alert, which ranks the Presidential candidates on this vital issue.

OVERALL Presidential Candidate Ratings On IMMIGRATION

How Well Would Each Candidate PROTECT Workers, Communities and Taxpayers FROM OVER-IMMIGRATION?

(SEE BELOW FOR HOW POINTS WERE ASSIGNED ON 36-POINT SCALE.)

EXCELLENT
34 points: DUNCAN HUNTER

GOOD
28 points: FRED THOMPSON

22 points: MITT ROMNEY

FAIR
20 points: RON PAUL

18 points: MIKE HUCKABEE

POOR
8 points: RUDY GIULIANI

BAD
7 points:
CHRIS DODD
JOHN McCAIN

5 points:
JOE BIDEN
JOHN EDWARDS
DENNIS KUCINICH
BILL RICHARDSON

4 points:
HILLARY CLINTON
BARACK OBAMA

HOW POINTS WERE ASSESSED:

Points are based on candidate promises as of 2JAN08 on

(a) amnesty,

(b) stopping future illegal immigration and

(c) reducing importation of foreign labor competition, plus

(d) rating of past immigration actions in political office.

Look at full ratings in 16 categories at Presidential Candidate Ratings website. Points were assigned to the ratings for the first four overall categories: 0 points for "abysmal" rating, 1 for "bad", 3 for "poor", 5 for "fair", 7 for "GOOD" and 9 for "EXCELLENT".


Here is one issue where we can see by their past actions where these people really stand. This is a make or break issue for me.