Thread: NumbersUSA: Pick Prez Hopeful to grade on immigration

Pick a Prez Hopeful to rate & grade on immigration

From: Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA
Date: Saturday 5FEB2011 5:30 p.m. EST

YOU PICK THE NEXT PREZ HOPEFUL FOR US TO RESEARCH, RATE AND GRADE ON IMMIGRATION

Many of you have been so disappointed in the frontrunners for the 2012 Presidential Race that you have asked us to put some additional politicians on our Prez Grid who might be a lot better on immigration.

You can cast a vote on your Action Board now: www.NumbersUSA.com/actionbuffet

It takes quite a bit of work to research the entire immigration profile of a candidate. So, we are letting you decide the next politician we will research, rate and grade.

Thousands of you have already voted since we put the survey up Friday. Below, you will see who is leading at this moment. (You can only vote once, but we'll likely run another survey later to add another politician.)

Our 2012 Presidential Hopefuls' Immigration Stances page lists the 9 politicians who have shown interest in running and who are polling best nationally.

Who would you like to see added to our Presidential Hopefuls' Immigration Stances page?

We are offering you choices of the politicians whom you have been mentioning to us who are not polling high enough to be on the Grid yet but who have not disavowed interest in running.

Right now, this is the way your voting is running:

18.9% -- Chris Christie (Governor of New Jersey)
17.8% -- Michelle Bachmann (U.S. Representative from Minnesota)
13.9% -- Bobby Jindal (Governor of Louisina)
11.8% -- John Bolton (former Ambassador to the UN)
11.1% -- Rick Perry (Governor of Texas)
08.9% -- Rick Santorum (former Senator from Pennsylvania)
07.0% -- Herman Cain (radio host & businessman)
05.1% -- Mitch Daniels (Governor of Indiana)
03.5% -- John Huntsman (former Ambassador to China & Governor of Utah)
01.9% -- George Pataki (former Governor of New York)

We'll leave the voting open until the middle of next week and then work up ratings and grade on your top TWO choices.

LITTLE ACTIVITY LAST WEEK AMONG THE 9 TOP HOPEFULS

The only shift we could find was a slight worsening of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on amnesty. We downgraded him from First Steps to Unhelpful on amnesty.

But there were no changes in grades, with former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenti continuing to hold the top immigration-reduction platform.

LET US KNOW WHICH LESS POPULAR POLITICIAN YOU WANT TO COMPARE WITH THE TOP TIER,

P.S. You can cast a vote on your Action Board now: www.NumbersUSA.com/actionbuffet

received by e-mail from Numbers USA on Sat, Feb 5, 2011 5:50 pm.

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Chris Christi is for amnesty

Better start to educate these people

Michelle B is the only one on that list that I would vote for

The rest are rinos or open border fanatics

Herman Cain is not, and he is not a career politician, but a good businessman. He is supported by the tea party and has been involved in it from the beginning.

John Bolton? So much wrong there.

Aye, don't vote for Gov Christi. I went with Bachman myself personally. We don't need any more hopefuls who want amnesty and are pro illegal aliens.

Bolton, Bachmann or Cain. Not necessarily in that order.

Rick Perry is probably jumping in soon. He seems to be a phony on immigration. He states that his brother-in-law is hispanic and all the wonderful things hispanics have contributed to Texas. That's fine and dandy but this issue ISN'T about race. It's about national security first and foremost and second about American sovereignty. He spoke out against the Arizona SB1070 law and backs in-state tuition for illegals. He's George Bush and Jeb Bush all over again. I predict he'll push for Amnesty too if he's prez: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04 ... ght-texas/

Article from above URL

Texas Gov: Arizona Immigration Law 'Not Right' for Texas

Published April 29, 2010
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April 25: Thousands of protesters rally at the Arizona Capitol to fight a tough new state law targeting illegal immigrants.

AUSTIN, Texas -- Arizona's tough new illegal immigration enforcement law would not be right for Texas, Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday, upholding the state's long-held tradition of rejecting harsh anti-immigrant policies.

The Arizona law will require local and state law enforcement officers to question people about their immigration status if there's reason to suspect they're in the country illegally, making it a crime for them to lack registration documents. The law also makes it a state crime to be in the U.S. illegally.


"I fully recognize and support a state's right and obligation to protect its citizens, but I have concerns with portions of the law passed in Arizona and believe it would not be the right direction for Texas," Perry said in a written statement.

"For example, some aspects of the law turn law enforcement officers into immigration officials by requiring them to determine immigration status during any lawful contact with a suspected alien, taking them away from their existing law enforcement duties, which are critical to keeping citizens safe."

The Arizona law has been hailed by conservatives as long overdue and two Texas lawmakers have said they'll introduce similar immigration measures when the Texas Legislature meets next.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a U.S. Senate hearing Tuesday that a Justice Department review is under way to determine the Arizona law's constitutionality.

Though Texas is ruled by conservative Republicans, top GOP leaders from former Texas Gov. George W. Bush to Perry have rejected harsh and punitive immigration policies.

Bush continued his moderate approach to immigration once he got to the White House, often to the dismay of his conservative base.

"We need to uphold the great tradition of the melting pot that welcomes and assimilates new arrivals," Bush said in his 2007 State of the Union address. "We need to resolve the status of the immigrants that are already in our country without animosity and without amnesty."

Perry took heat during this year's Republican primary for backing in-state tuition for illegal immigrants, saying in a debate that the students are on a path to citizenship.

"Texas has a rich history with Mexico, our largest trading partner, and we share more than 1,200 miles of border, more than any other state," Perry said Thursday. "As the debate on immigration reform intensifies, the focus must remain on border security and the federal government's failure to adequately protect our borders.

"Securing our border is a federal responsibility, but it is a Texas problem, and it must be addressed before comprehensive immigration reform is discussed."