Saving Freedom: on Immigration


Jim DeMint: 2007: Led effort to stop amnesty for illegal immigrants

I led the effort in the Senate to stop the amnesty legislation for illegal immigrants in 2007. It was painful because I wanted to play a constructive role developing an immigration system that would make all Americans proud, but politics trumped legitimate reform. Pres. Bush wanted to show compassion toward those here illegally, and the Democrat wanted ten million new voters & union members. Fortunately the American people rose up and demanded that Congress enforce our laws. Unfortunately we were called "bigots" for insisting on the rule of law.

Americans welcome legal immigrants from all over the world. But ignoring the rule of law in the name of compassion undermines legitimate government. Demanding that the federal government enforce ou laws does not mean Americans are anti-immigrant; it means we want a workable, enforceable immigration system that honors those who follow a legal path when they come to our country. That is how we will save freedom for all Americans, including immigrants

Source: Saving Freedom, by Jim DeMint, p.196 Jul 4, 2009

  • The above quotations are from Saving Freedom:
    We Can Stop America's Slide into Socialism    , by Sen. Jim DeMint.
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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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