Candidates

Immigrants' List selects candidates based on their beliefs and their desire to actively pursue immigration reform once in Congress.  Immigrants' List works to ensure that pro-immigration reform candidates in competitive districts are not afraid to work for meaningful reform.  Have a candidate you'd like us to look into?  E-mail us at info@immigrantslist.org.

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2008

Congresswoman Niki Tsongas

Immigrants' List supported Congressional Candidate Niki Tsongas during her hardfought special election for Massachusetts 5th Congressional District.  Tsongas showed an unwavering commitment to immigration reform despite relentless attacks by her opponent.

 

Senator Ted Kennedy

Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, & Border Security.

 

 

Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren

Chair of the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

 

 

Congressman John Conyers

Chair of the House Judiciary Committee

 

 

 

Congressman Jeff Flake

Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Co-Sponsor of STRIVE Act

 

 

 

Congressman Ciro Rodriguez

Member, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Former Chairman of Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

 

Congressman Howard Berman

Member, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 

Maxine Waters

Member, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & Subcommittee on Homeland Security.

 

 

 

Past Candidates

2006

Tammy Duckworth

Duckworth, an Army Major who lost her legs in Iraq, ran against Peter Roskam for the seat of retiring Congressman Henry Hyde.  Roskam ran his campaign on an enforcement only platform; his anti-immigration rhetoric accused Ms. Duckworth of supporting amnesty for illegal immigrants.  Roskam and his funders won by spending an estimated $10 million on the race, running three separate anti-immigrant smear ads.

 

David Mejias 

Mejias ran against anti-immigrant Congressman Peter King.  Last year, King proposed that people of Middle Eastern and South Asian descent should go through additional security checks.  In what was once a safe seat,  King now knows his extremist views are out of touch with his common-sense, progressive district.  King was only able to hold the seat by outspending Mejias two to one.