THE ISSUES / HOMELAND SECURITY
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Editor's note: This chart features brief summaries of candidates' viewpoints on some issues, based on their statements and records. Most candidates have offered more comprehensive explanations of their positions on these and other issues. More information may be found on their campaign Web sites.

 

Enemy combatants
Patriot Act
Immigration
Intelligence agencies
Against military tribunals, labeling of "enemy combatants"
Repeal parts of Patriot Act that restrict basic liberties
Protect immigrants' rights; allow more to become citizens
Call for inquiries on agencies' failings, work with others
Against labeling U.S. citizens "enemy combatants"
Backs letting act expire without congressional approval
Speed immigration process; unite families; patrol borders
Reform domestic intelligence; start targeted alert system
Supports labeling of U.S. citizens as "enemy combatants".
Supports Patriot Act which states that a Police can enter your home with no search warrant or judges approval.
Proposed increasing budget to enforce immigration laws. Allows Mexican ilegal immigrants to stay in the U.S.
Homeland Security Dept. primary conduit of threat information
Enemy combatants
Patriot Act
Immigration
Intelligence agencies
NOTE
• AG: Attorney General; ANWR: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; CAFÉ: Standards that provide tax and other incentives for consumers to purchase and alternative fuel vehicles; COPS: Community Oriented Policing Program; DOMA: Defense of Marriage Act; GLBT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered; NCLB: No Child Left Behind; NMD: National Missile Defense;