Rating Group: American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

2002 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Robert Byrd 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Carl Levin 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Neil Abercrombie 50%
Gary Ackerman 50%
Thomas Allen 50%
Rob Andrews 50%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
Brian Baird 50%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 50%
Xavier Becerra 50%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 50%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Earl Blumenauer 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Bob Brady 50%
Corrine Brown 50%
Sherrod Brown 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Lois Capps 50%
Mike Capuano 50%
Ben Cardin 50%
Brad Carson 50%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
John Conyers, Jr. 50%
Joe Crowley 50%
Elijah Cummings 50%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
James Davis 50%
Susan Davis 50%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 50%
Calvin Dooley 50%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 50%
David Dreier 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Eliot Engel 50%
Anna Eshoo 50%
Lane Evans 50%
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