- President James Madison
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 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
2006 and 2008 Election Cycles
CongressmanMartin Heinrich(D) NM-01
Immigrants’ List was proud to support CongressmanHeinrich in his quest to win New Mexico’s 1st CongressionalDistrict seat.Elected President of the Democraticfreshman class, Congressman Heinrich is a strong supporter of Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Congressman Kurt Schrader (D) OR-05
A veterinarian by trade, Congressman Schrader was elected to Congress on a strong immigration platform. During the campaign Schrader called out his opponent, Mike Erickson, for his extreme stance on undocumented immigrants. Please click on his picture to visit his Congressional website.
Congressman Jeff Flake (R) AZ-06
Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Co-Sponsor of STRIVE Act.
Congresswoman Niki Tsongas (D) MA-05
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 (D)
Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, & Border Security.
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D) CA-16th
Chair of the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Congressman John Conyers(D)
MI-14th Chair of the House Judiciary Committee.
Congressman Ciro Rodriguez (D) TX- 23rd
Member, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Former Chairman of Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Congressman Howard Berman (D) CA-28th
Member, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Maxine Waters (D) CA-35TH
Member, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration & Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
Bob Lord (D) AZ -03
Fought and made tremendous inroads the last couple of weeks before the election but failed short to anti-immigration Incumbent John Shaddegg ( R )
Dennis Shulman (D) NJ-05
Was under attack the last two week because of his association with pro-immigration groups like IL. Unfortunately he lost to Incumbent Scott Garrett (R )
Michael Skelly (D) TX-07
Lost to John Culberson (R ) who at one point was anti-immigration but began meeting with pro-immigration organizations in Texas in the middle of Johns campaign.
2004 and 2006 Election Cycles
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
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.
