Below is a reference with a summary of FRED Thompson’s Senate Voting records SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO THE ILLEGAOL ALIEN PROBLEM. He did very little to help matters (I listed two, and the rest are negative. and the site has 9 additional negative and 3 more positiv records. The man is the reincarnation of GWB on these matters.
Chain Migration & Visa Lottery
+Voted as part of the Senate Judiciary Committee to end chain migration and crack down on illegal immigration in 1996
Voted in 1996 to continue chain migration
Voted to strip legal reforms from 1996 bill Sen. Thompson helped defeat legal immigration reform
Voted in favor of chain migration in 1996
Major Numbers in All Categories
Sen. Thompson has taken no action to reduce
major numbers in all categories.
Importing Specific Foreign Workers
Voted for a foreign worker bill with no anti-fraud measures in 2000.
As Committee member, produced H-1B doubling bill in 1998
Nearly doubled H-1B foreign high-tech workers in 1998
Voted in committee against including worker safeguards in H-1B bill in 1998
Voted to allow firms to lay off Americans to make room for foreign workers in 1998
Voted to allow firms to lay off Americans to make room for foreign workers in 1998
Citizenship for Illegal Alien Babies
Sen. Thompson has taken no action to reduce the rewarding of illegal immigration by giving citizenship
to anchor babies.
Inviting/Repelling Illegal Aliens
+Voted for comprehensive alien tracking and identification system in 2002
Voted in 1996 to continue chain migration
Voted to strip legal reforms from 1996 bill
Voted in favor of chain migration in 1996
Major Numbers in All Categories
Read for yourselves. There were 9 additional NEGATIVE (Including rewarding illegals) and
3 positive ratings
Lying again.
Those are NOT “all” relating to illegal aliens. Most do not, in fact.