2015 LA Governor's race: on Immigration


David Vitter: Led Senate's Border Security and Enforcement First caucus

David has led the Border Security and Enforcement First Caucus in the U.S. Senate. He'll continue to fight for strong immigration enforcement and against the Obama Administration dumping the growing problem on Louisiana and other states.
Source: 2015 Louisiana Governor campaign website, DavidVitter.com Aug 11, 2015

David Vitter: Block federal funds going to sanctuary cities

As our governor, David will demand that all Louisiana law enforcement officials follow federal law and fully cooperate with immigration enforcement to identify and arrest dangerous illegal aliens.

David authored legislation to block federal funds from going to "sanctuary cities" like San Francisco that ignore federal law and refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement in identifying dangerous illegal aliens.

Source: 2015 Louisiana Governor campaign website, DavidVitter.com Aug 11, 2015

Jay Dardenne: Don't increase enforcement against employers of illegals

Dardenne voted Nay on SB 753, the "Hiring of Undocumented Immigrants Bill". The bill passed the Senate 26 - 9.

2006 SENATE BILL NO. 753 (Substitute of Senate Bill No. 650 by Senator Cravins): AN ACT relative to employment of certain aliens; to prohibit the hiring of an alien who is not entitled to lawfully reside or work in the United States; to require the filing of an affidavit with a licensing agency ; to notify the attorney general or local district attorney when an employer who operates a business in the state knowingly employ s an alien who is not lawfully entitled to reside or work in the United States; to provide for issuing a cease and desist order; and to provide for penalties.

Source: VoteSmart voting records: 2015 Louisiana gubernatorial race Nov 1, 2006

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Candidates and political leaders on Immigration:

Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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