PLAYERS
Here are the opinion leaders chosen by Ideaspace as Players in the U.S. immigration policy debate. They are presented in two columns, one for the political left and one for the political right. In each column the Players are arrayed from the most centrist near the top of the column down to those whose views are furthest from the center. The Ideaspace staff assessed each Player’s public record as we made difficult decisions about where to position each Player. If you think we have mispositioned anyone, please send to editorial@ideaspace.com your thoughts on what placement would be more accurate and fair. Each name is a link that will take you to that Player’s individual Profile. In each Profile there is a list of sources provided for quotations and other facts. For more, see Home.
THE LEFT
Mark Kelly
Democratic U.S. Senator from Arizona
Amy Klobuchar
U.S. Senator from Minnesota
Michael Bloomberg
Former Mayor of New York City
Joe Biden
President of the United States
Pete Buttigieg
Former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
Charles Kamasaki
Senior Cabinet Advisor, UnidosUS
Kamala Harris
Vice President of the United States
Cory Booker
Democratic U.S. Senator from New Jersey
Giovanni Peri
Economist and Director of the Global Migration Center
Beth Werlin
Executive Director of the American Immigration Council
Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
Stephen Manning
Founder of Immigrant Law Group, PC
Julián Castro
Former Democratic HUD Secretary under President Obama
Bernie Sanders
Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont
Raúl Grijalva
Democratic U.S. Congressman from Arizona
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic U.S. Congresswoman from New York City
Jose Antonio Vargas
Journalist | Activist
THE RIGHT
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Gary Herbert
Republican Governor of Utah
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Dr. George J. Borjas
Professor of Economics at Harvard University
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Lindsey Graham
Republican U.S. Senator from South Carolina
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Martha McSally
Former Republican U.S. Senator from Arizona
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Charles Grassley
Republican U.S. Senator from Iowa
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John Cornyn
Republican U.S. Senator from Texas
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Mark Morgan
Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Thomas Homan
Former Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Matthew Albence
Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Mike Pence
Vice President of the United States
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Donald Trump
Former President of the United States
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Jeff Sessions
Former U.S. Attorney General under President Trump
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Mark Krikorian
Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies
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Steve King
Republican Congressman from Iowa
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Roy Beck
President and Founder of NumbersUSA
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Stephen Miller
Former Senior Policy Adviser to President Trump
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Joe Arpaio
Former Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona