2006 Congressional Candidate Survey on Immigration Issues

Dear Candidate or Senior Staff,

Please print the immigration survey below. Fill it out, sign it and mail it to the address below.
ABI "Immigration Grade Cards" and "Immigration Candidate Pages" are the most viewed sources on the Internet for citizens wanting to know the immigration actions of Members of Congress and the immigration positions of people seeking to be elected to Congress.

If you want voters to know your immigration positions, you will want to return this survey to us as soon as possible. We will be making our initial candidate pages public on our website later this month. I hope the page for your race will have information from your survey.

ABI never endorses candidates. We state to users of our Grade Cards and Candidate Pages that we realize that voters mark their ballot based on many issues and judgments about the character and leadership of a candidate. What we offer is a way for voters to know which candidates are most likely to reduce overall immigration and which are most likely to increase it so they can factor that into their voting decisions.

As for our stance: See our positions at the bottom of this page.

Thank you for returning the survey,

Roy Beck

Using campaign letterhead, please sign and mail or fax your candidate's intentions to be included on the Americans for Better Immigration Candidate Surveys website to:

Roy Beck, President, Americans for Better Immigration
1601 North Kent Street, Suite 1100
Attention: Candidate Surveys
Arlington, Virginia 22209

Phone: 703-816-8820 Fax: 703-816-8824
Website: www.CongressGrades.org Email: candidates@CongressGrades.org

1. Should Congress offer a path to citizenship and/or permanent residency to the 10-15 million people illegally in the U.S. (whether through a blanket amnesty or an "earned legalization" or other form)?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION     

2. Should illegal aliens be given a temporary amnesty that provides them  legal work and residency permits for a few years if they promise to go home at the end?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION

3.  Should  Congress implement the bi-partisan, national Jordan Commission recommendation to limit family-based immigration to the nuclear family of  spouse and minor children, eliminating the "chain migration" categories of extended family that are the key reason immigration has quadrupled since the 1960s?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION

4. Should Congress stop using a lottery to give away permanent greencards to 50,000 random foreign citizens each year (the elimination suggested by the Jordan Commission)?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION

 
5. Should Congress stop the policy of giving automatic citizenship to children born to illegal aliens?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION
 

6. Should Congress increase the number of foreign workers brought into this country, regardless of how many Americans cannot find a full-time job?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION


7. Should all businesses be required to use the automated, rapid-response system created by the Federal government to verify the legal status of new employees and prevent the hiring of illegal aliens?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION


8. Should the federal government be required to cooperate with local officals and pick up all illegal aliens detained by local law enforcement?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION
 

9. Until 1976, U.S. immigration had averaged about 250,000 a year; since 1990, it has averaged 1,000,000 a year. Do you favor reducing overall immigration numbers back toward traditional levels?

[    ] YES    [    ]  NO    [    ]  NOT TAKING A POSITION

CAMPAIGN INFORMATION (PLEASE PRINT)

CANDIDATE NAME__________________________________________________________________

CANDIDATE (OR AUTHORIZED) SIGNATURE ___________________________________________

NAME OF SIGNER (IF OTHER THAN CANDIDATE) _______________________________________

ADDRESS_________________________________________________________________________

CITY_______________________________________STATE______________ZIP________________

PHONE____________________________________ FAX____________________________________

EMAIL______________________________ CAMPAIGN WEBSITE___________________________

CANDIDATE FOR: HOUSE SENATE (Circle one)

PARTY_____________________________

STATE___________________________ DISTRICT_______ DATE____________________________

Americans for Better Immigration supports the recommendations of (1) the bi-partisan U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform that called for immigration reductions to protect vulnerable American workers and their families and of (2) the President's Council on Sustainable Development that said immigration numbers had to be reduced to achieve an environmentally sustainable future.

With more than 14 million American workers unable to find a full-time job and with U.S. population growth (87% related to immigration) destroying approximately 1 million acres of natural habitat and farmland each year while further congesting American communities, ABI believes Members of Congress should be looking for ways to greatly reduce the current flow of nearly 2 million foreign workers and family members into the United States each year.

The Census Bureau states that U.S. communities -- which had 203 million people in 1970 and almost 300 million today -- will have to handle a half-BILLION people after mid-century, if immigration is not substantially reduced. Nearly all the growth will be the result of post-1970 immigration. ABI opposes the federal government forcing that kind of congestion and infrastructure over-load on local communities and the American people.

Those are our opinions. We will display your opinions fairly and accurately on our website. Please send us your opinions soon.