Illegal Immigration: Is it part of your Voting Criteria?

Somewhere In Phoenix, Arizona

If you live in Arizona, the following is a list of your elected representatives and an evaluation of their voting record in those matters before Congress that would protect Arizona from the criminal ravages of illegal alien migration:

Senators
Jon Kyl, grade B on illegal immigration and NRA grade A on 2nd Amendment rights
John McCain, grade D-

Representatives
Trent Franks (District 2), grade B+
Rick Renzi (District 1), grade B+
John Shadegg (District 3), grade B
J.D. Hayworth (District 5), grade B
Jeff Flake (District 6), grade C
Jim Kolbe (District 8), grade D
Raul Grijalva (District 7), grade F
Ed Pastor (District 4), grade F

Any grade less than A+ demonstrates that your elected representative has a repetitive pattern of making the criminal and social welfare interests of illegal aliens more important than those of American citizens, and has recklessly, knowingly and intentionally voted in a pattern that compromises the national security of the United States of America.

To learn the meaning of their grades and the basis for their computation, continue reading this article.

The meaning of the grades:

A+ Virtually always supports lower immigration and lower U.S. population growth
C Half the time has acted for lower immigration and half the time has acted for higher numbers
F- Virtually always acts to force higher immigration and U.S. population growth

Congressional actions are weighted based on the best available assessment of their impact or potential impact on the size of the U.S. population. In most cases, points are assigned based on the numeric impact on each category. Actions are assigned to as many of the following categories as applicable. But the points assessed to an action relate to only the numeric part that affects that particular category.

1. Illegal Immigration
2. Chain Migration
3. Anchor Baby Citizenship
4. Amnesties
5. Worker Importation
6. Refugee\Asylees
7. Diversity Lottery

The grading process includes not only floor votes but also committee votes, co-sponsorships and other leadership actions such as signing a letter in support of or against particular immigration legislation. The grades are based on a systematic, consistent set of principles that have been evaluated and reviewed by experts in immigration policy (including people from the State Department, Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform, Census Bureau, congressional immigration committee staff, Members of Congress, several think tanks of differing immigration philosophies and a number of universities).

Unlike many congressional scorecards that you will encounter on the internet, this grading system does not pick and choose among actions in a way to skew the results toward a particular party or members of a political party.

For more detailed background information on the grades given, or to view the report cards of Congressmen from any other state, see:
http://grades.betterimmigration.com/

If 2nd Amendment rights (right to keep and bear arms) is important to you, you might also want to consider the following NRA supplied information:

Senator: Jon Kyl and Jim Pederson both received a grade of "A"
Governor: Len Munsil (A) and Janel Napolitano (B-)
Attorney General: Bill Montgomery (A) and Terry Goddard (?)
Secretary of State: Jan Brewer (A) and Israel Torres (B-)
State Treasurer: Dean Martin (A+) and Rano Singh (?)
Clerk of the Superior Court: Patti Noland (A)

U.S. House of Representatives:
District 1: Rick Renzi (A), Ellen Simon (?)
District 2: Trent Franks (A), John Thrasher (A)
District 3: Kpjm Sjadegg (A), Herb Paine (?)
District 4: Don Karg (A), Ed Pastor (F)
District 5: J.D. Hayworth (A), Harry Mitchell (F)
District 6: Jeff Flake (A-)
District 7: Ron Drake (A), Raul Grijalva (F)
District 8: Randy Graf (A), Gabrielle Giffords (F)

You may want to reconsider your support of any candidate with a grade less than an "A."

Red State Patriot

Posted November 3, 2006 12:06 PM
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