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Anyway, I stand by my statement that Thompson believes deportation of the illegals is unrealistic and that Thompson has no concrete plan for dealing with the problem. From everything I've heard him say so far, he's going to dance around the issue just like every other blockhead who's currently in this race, with the possible exceptions of Hunter and Tancredo."
It's worse than that. Reuse the following, if you like. We need to get the information from thomas.loc.gov when we can, though. Let me know, if you do that and want help with making the thomas.loc.gov pages linkable (otherwise, search engine only yields temporary links).
Fred Thompson: Fred Thompson voted in favor of the "1997 McCain-Feingold overhaul of campaign finance." But there's more. Here's a little information that will resolve the issue.
Fred Thompson's record on immigration:
* Voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)
* Voted YES on visas for skilled workers. (May 1998)
* Voted YES on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)
Duncan Hunter's record on immigration:
* Voted YES on preventing tipping off Mexicans about Minuteman Project. (Jun 2006)
* Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment. (May 2004)
* Voted NO on extending Immigrant Residency rules. (May 2001)
* Voted NO on more immigrant visas for skilled workers. (Sep 1998)
* Rated 100% by FAIR, indicating a voting record restricting immigration. (Dec 2003)
Fred Thompson:
* Voted YES on extending free trade to Andean nations. (May 2002)* Voted YES on granting normal trade relations status to Vietnam. (Oct 2001) * Voted NO on removing common goods from national security export rules. (Sep 2001)
* Voted YES on permanent normal trade relations with China. (Sep 2000)
* Voted YES on expanding trade to the third world. (May 2000)* Voted YES on renewing 'fast track' presidential trade authority. (Nov 1997) * Voted YES on imposing trade sanctions on Japan for closed market. (May 1995)
Duncan Hunter:
* Voted NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005) * Voted YES on implementing US-Australia Free Trade Agreement. (Jul 2004)
* Voted NO on implementing US-Singapore free trade agreement. (Jul 2003)* Voted NO on implementing free trade agreement with Chile. (Jul 2003) * Voted YES on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
* Voted NO on 'Fast Track' authority for trade agreements. (Sep 1998) * Rated 24% by CATO, indicating a pro-fair trade voting record. (Dec 2002)
Fred Thompson NOT Good on Illegal Immigration Issue (Power Line News--don't be concerned about the opinionated title, but have a look at the facts there)
http://www.plnewsforum.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/18610/Fred Thompson is providing lip service as a staunch conservative when he is clearly weak on this issue and would also like to gloss over campaign finance reform. Right now he’s trying to act as if he is solid on these issues but he has shown bad judgment as with the info you provided. He’s proven to be too much in the ‘maverick’, close friend of McCain mold. We need a solid conservative who does not cave on important issues such as this. And, for the record, Fred needs to decide NOW rather than being the lazy, tired, good for nothing candidate he is being now. He is not showing he has the mettle outside the hype.