Obama "voted for and even sponsored amendments that were intended to kill the (immigration overhaul) legislation."
John McCain on Monday, July 14th, 2008 in a speech in San Diego >>Details
"McCain used to buck his party on immigration by fighting for comprehensive reform. . . . But when he was running for his party's nomination, he . . . said that he wouldn't even support his own legislation if it came up for a vote."
Barack Obama on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 in a speech in Washington, D.C. >>Details
"The fact is it’s not amnesty."
John McCain on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"Ronald Reagan did amnesty."
Rudy Giuliani on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"I don't describe your plan as amnesty in my ad. I don't call it amnesty."
Mitt Romney on Saturday, January 5th, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H. >>Details
"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Detroit >>Details
Mike Huckabee "supported taxpayer-funded scholarships for illegal aliens."
Mitt Romney on Monday, December 10th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
Romney said "'No' to in-state tuition" for illegal immigrants.
Mitt Romney on Monday, November 26th, 2007 in a TV ad >>Details
Huckabee supported "a tuition break to the children of illegals that are here illegally when citizens are having to pay a higher rate."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 in an interview >>Details
Supported in-state tuition in Arkansas for illegal immigrants "if you'd sat in our schools from the time you're 5 or 6 years old and you had become an A-plus student," among other things.
Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg >>Details
"I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper."
Tom Tancredo on Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 in Fox News interview >>Details
Romney failed to take action against "sanctuary cities" in Massachusetts.
Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"The mayor said … 'if you happen to be in this country in an undocumented status . . . then we welcome you here. We want you here. We'll protect you here.' "
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in a debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"No, I did not (have illegal immigrants working at his mansion)."
Mitt Romney on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 in St. Petersburg, Fla. >>Details
"Right now, an employer has more of a chance of getting hit by lightning than be prosecuted for hiring an undocumented worker. That has to change."
Barack Obama on Thursday, November 15th, 2007 in Las Vegas >>Details
"Fences have not worked. The Great Wall of China, the Berlin Wall. That's not good among peoples, especially friends like the United States and Mexico."
Bill Richardson on Friday, October 5th, 2007 in an interview on CNN. >>Details
In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them."
Tom Tancredo on Monday, September 10th, 2007 in >>Details
"Mayor Giuliani made New York City what's known as a 'sanctuary city,' where illegal aliens were allowed to come. And he instructed the leaders of the city not to enforce the law, not to enforce immigration law."
Mitt Romney on Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 in a campaign event carried on CNN. >>Details
English "is our national language...if it becomes official, that means in a place like New York City you can’t print ballots in any other language."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 in New Hampshire. >>Details
"When NAFTA was passed, there was an acceleration of immigration from Mexico because people were in search of jobs."
Dennis Kucinich on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla. >>Details
"Congress only funded half the wall" between Mexico and the United States.
Bill Richardson on Sunday, September 9th, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla. >>Details
“I built that border fence in San Diego...and it reduced the smuggling of people and drugs...by 90 percent.”
Duncan Hunter on Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in a debate in Durham, N.H. >>Details
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