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
Alejandro Mayorkas
Secretary of Homeland Security
Susan Rice
Director of the Domestic Policy Council
Joe Biden
President of the United States
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
Stephen Manning
Founder of Immigrant Law Group, PC
Bernie Sanders
Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont
Alex Padilla
Democratic U.S. Senator from California
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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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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Charles Grassley
Republican U.S. Senator from Iowa
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Mitch McConnell
Republican U.S. Senator from Kentucky
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Mitt Romney
Republican U.S. Senator from Utah
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John Cornyn
Republican U.S. Senator from Texas
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Mike Lee
Republican U.S. Senator from Utah
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Ted Cruz
Republican U.S. Senator from Texas
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Tom Cotton
Republican U.S. Senator from Arkansas
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Josh Hawley
Republican U.S. Senator from Missouri
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Ken Buck
Republican Congressman from Colorado
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Donald Trump
Former President of the United States
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Mark Krikorian
Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies
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Roy Beck
President and Founder of NumbersUSA
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Stephen Miller
Former Senior Policy Adviser to President Trump