Immigration is not my primary issue. Ask me about judges, and I'll run off a list of names. It's the responsibility of people that consider this their top issue to vet candidates that conceivably could win that have at very least a tolerable record. You cannot tell me there isn't one Republican, aside from Tancredo, that would seek to do right by the issue. Though if you seek a perfect record you'll doubtless be disappointed.
Further, I turn the question around. Name me a Democrat with a good record on immigration. This is my point. Hillary thinks rhetoric with actions in defiance of that rhetoric will win an election. It will not. She'll have to offer teeth in form of passed legislation otherwise she has nothing. She isn't running against the Bush Administrations record. She can try to run against the GOP's record, but the Democrats have a worse record.
I assume your question to me concerned likely 2008 Democratic presidential candidates. If so, I believe nearly all likely 2008 Democratic presidential candidates have a record as terrible on illegal immigration and border security as President George W. Bush and President Bill Clinton. I believe that all likely 2008 Democratic presidential candidates support legal status for illegal aliens.
If your question to me was to simply name a Democrat with a good record on immigration, regardless of whether that Demcorat will run for president in 2008, I believe that Cong. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) has a good record on immigration.
Sen. McCain and Sen. Kennedy are sponsoring an amnesty plan for millions of illegal aliens. Earlier this year, Sen. Hagel, like Sen. Clinton and Sen. McCain, supported amnesty for illegal alien agricultural workers.
If Sen. Clinton is elected president, border security in her administration will be a joke, just as it was under President Bill Clinton and just as it has been under President George W. Bush. If Sen. Clinton is elected president she will support legislation giving legal status to illegal aliens, just as President Bill Clinton did and just as President Bush does.
You say "immigration is not my primary issue." Does the issue of illegal immigration have any impact on which candidate you will support in 2008?
In March 2005, Cong. Tancredo received the "Taxpayers' Friend Award" from the National Taxypayers Union (NTU). According to the NTU, Cong. Tancredo was given an "A" rating by the NTU for being one of the strongest supporters of responsible tax and spending policies in Congress. Here is a link to the NTU's list of "2004 Taxpayer Friends": http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=75 . Cong. Tancredo ranked twelth (12th) highest in the entire House of Representatives in NTU's ratings.
In May 3, 2005, received one of the "Best & Brightest" awards from the American Conservative Union (ACU). The ACU recognized those members of the U.S. Congress who recorded a perfect score of one hundred percent (100%) in the ACU ratings. Here is a link to the ACU's web page with photos of May 3, 2005, ceremony at which the "Best & Brightest" awards were given: http://conservative.org/pressroom/bestbrightest.asp . The ACU ratings are based on how representatives voted during twenty-five (25). Cong. Tancredo achieved his perfect score with none of the votes having anything to do with immigration.