Presidential Candidate Ratings On Immigration

Roy Beck, President, NumbersUSA: Before first votes are cast today in the Iowa Caucuses for President, here are some things all US Voters need to know about candidates:
OVERALL Presidential Candidate Ratings On IMMIGRATION - How Well Would Each Candidate PROTECT Workers, Communities and Taxpayers FROM OVER-IMMIGRATION? (Points were assigned on a 36-Point Scale discussed below.)
EXCELLENT:

DUNCAN HUNTER - 34 points

GOOD:

FRED THOMPSON - 28 points:

MITT ROMNEY - 22 points

Fair:

RON PAUL - 20 points

MIKE HUCKABEE - 18 points

Poor:

RUDY GIULIANI - 8 points

Bad:

CHRIS DODD - 7 points

JOHN McCAIN - 7 points

JOE BIDEN - 5 points

JOHN EDWARDS - 5 points

DENNIS KUCINICH - 5 points

BILL RICHARDSON - 5 points

HILLARY CLINTON - 4 points

BARACK OBAMA - 4 points

HOW POINTS WERE ASSESSED: Points are based on candidate promises as of 2 JAN 08 on (a) amnesty, (b) stopping future illegal immigration and (c) reducing importation of foreign labor competition, plus (d) rating of past immigration actions in political office. Points were assigned to the ratings for the first four overall categories: 0 points for "abysmal" rating, 1 for "bad," 3 for "poor," 5 for "fair," 7 for "GOOD" and 9 for "EXCELLENT." Look at full ratings in the 16 categories at Presidential Candidate Ratings website.

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