WHERE DOES MCCAIN REALLY STAND ON IMMIGRATION REFORM?
2006: McCain Championed The McCain-Kennedy Earned Legalization Immigration Bill. McCain campaigned for the McCain-Kennedy bill which was described as “the most generous of the bills now before Congress.” The legislation “would legalize as many as 11 million undocumented immigrants” and “grant temporary work permits to illegal immigrants and then after waiting six years and paying a $2,000 fine, it would enable them to apply for green cards.” [Miami Herald, 2/24/06] 2008: McCain Said He Would Oppose the Legislation He Authored With Kennedy. Asked whether he would vote for the immigration legislation he previously sponsored, McCain eventually replied, “No, I would not.” [CNN GOP Presidential Debate, 1/30/08] 2006: McCain Said an “Enforcement First” Strategy Focusing Only on Border Security is an “Ineffective And Ill-Advised Approach.” “In April [2006], the Senate overwhelmingly passed, in a bipartisan fashion, a comprehensive immigration reform package designed to secure our borders as w
