Immigration hawks dump Trump
Groups pushing for fewer aliens turn sour on the Donald
Leo Hohmann
July 28, 2015

UPDATE: This story was posted at 7:30 p.m. EST on Tuesday. At 8:20 p.m., Numbers USA backed away from its decision to lower its report-card grade for Donald Trump. Numbers USA director Roy Beck explains here why the organization decided to reduce its criticism of Trump from “harmful” to “mixed.”

Two organizations that lobby for less immigration have turned sour on Donald Trump.

Americans for Legal Immigration or ALIPAC has added Trump to its blacklist while Numbers USA has downgraded the real-estate magnate in its candidate rating scorecard.

ALIPAC President William Gheen issued a statement Tuesday saying his organization has added Trump to its list of “amnesty supporting” candidates, alongside Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham and Mike Huckabee.

“After coming out strong for a secure border and bringing attention to illegal immigrant crimes against Americans, Donald Trump is now promoting his plan to change America’s existing immigration laws to create a merit system by which illegals currently in America can stay and eventually gain voting rights where they are expected to help Democrats dominate U.S. elections forevermore,” Gheen said.

revermore,” Gheen said.

‘Good ones’ vs. ‘bad ones’

The change of heart came as a result of Trump’s statements last Friday when he visited the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump then fell further out of favor after making comments Monday night to Fox News host Sean Hannity.

“The last thing anyone expected to hear out of Mr. Trump’s mouth last night was a plan that Lindsey Graham or John McCain could probably vote for,” Gheen said of the comments Trump made on Hannity’s program.

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Trump told Hannity that illegals should be sent back to their home countries and the "bad ones" never get allowed to come back. But the "good ones," those without criminal records, should be allowed back into the U.S. under a new "expedited" process that makes them legal, Trump said.

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Grading other candidates

Here are all of the immigration "report cards" handed out by Numbers USA this week based on comments made in the past seven days (those whose grades have not changed are not included):

Ted Cruz: C
Ben Carson: C-
Chris Christie: C-
Mike Huckabee: C-
Martin O'Malley: F-
Rick Santorum: A
Donald Trump: C
Scott Walker: B-

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Here's the link to Beck kat NumbersUSA:

https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/trump-wa...raise-his-grade

"After a lot of criticism over the weekend of his recent remarks about letting the "good" illegal aliens stay, Donald Trump has gone on national media to clarify his remarks about amnesty -- a bit. There is still a lot of confusion about the details of his stance, and it is likely that he has not yet thought about those policy details.

On the basis of the new details he has provided in the last two days, NumbersUSA is changing his amnesty rating from HARMFUL to MIXED on our Worker-Protection Immigration Grade Cards. (See all ratings and grades for 21 Presidential Hopefuls at: www. NumbersUSA.com/2016

With that change and the ratings he has on the other nine immigration categories, Trump has raised his overall grade to a C+, which again puts him in the No. 3 spot among all 21 Presidential Hopefuls of both Parties."raise-his-grade