Congressional District 3

 
October 9, 2014
 
The incumbent Representative in Congressional District 3 is Earl Blumenauer (D) who is seeking reelection.  His major party challenger is James Buchal (R). 
 
JAMES BUCHAL, of Portland, maintains a website at:  http://buchal.nationbuilder.com/.  It contains an Issues section with link to an very good statement on illegal immigration.  Here’s an extract:
 
“Allowing millions of illegal aliens into the country depresses the wages of the poor and entry-level working class.  It overwhelms demand for public services, also injuring our own citizens most in need of help.  Open borders are a policy that benefits only the rich, whether it is corporations seeking cheap labor, or rich people seeking cheap nannies, gardeners, and house-keepers.  
“There is no moral imperative for open borders.  American can serve as a model of freedom and enterprise for the world; it can never provide enough welfare for the world.  As to the children, the idea that foreigners visiting here can create an American citizen by giving birth here is just dumb.  No other nation does this, and no one ever voted to create this doctrine.  It is again the product of elites serving the rich.”
 
Mr. Buchal replied to the Oregon Abigail Adams Voter Education Project questionnaire that included 4 questions on immigration:
19. Do you support requiring all employers to verify employee eligibility to work in the United States?  No.  We need to get control of borders, not burden employers further.
 20. Do you support securing the borders before any form of amnesty is legalized?    Yes.
 21. Do you support spending public funds to benefit illegal immigrants? No.  I oppose any expenditure of federal funds on this, but states and localities can make up their own minds.
 22. Do you support automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when both parents are not legal residents?   No.
 
You can contact James Buchal through his website at http://buchal.nationbuilder.com/.  Click Contact Us for a webform to use.
 
EARL BLUMENAUER (D), of Portland, incumbent, has been in Congress since 1996, when he was elected to fill the unexpired term of then-Rep. Ron Wyden.  Rep. Blumenauer is now completing his 9th full term.  He has a career grade of F, based on his votes in Congress on immigration issues, as tabulated by NumbersUSA.
 
NumbersUSA organizes vote histories into several subjects, and assigns a grade to each.  On bills for reducing chain migration, illegal immigration at the borders, unnecessary worker visas, amnesty enticements, refugee and asylum fraud, Rep. Blumenauer is graded F-.  On bills to reduce illegal jobs and presence, and to reduce illegal immigration rewards, he is graded F.
To view the particular bills on which these grades are assigned, click on the links included at:
 
Rep. Blumenauer’s campaign website is:  http://earlblumenauer.com/.  There’s a page on “Priorities” with no mention of immigration.  He can be contacted through a webform on the homepage of his website.
 
Other candidates in District 3:  Candidate of the Pacific Green Party is Michael Meo, who replied to the Oregon Abigail Adams Voter Education Project questionnaire.  His answers:
19. Do you support requiring all employers to verify employee eligibility to work in the United States?  Yes.
 20. Do you support securing the borders before any form of amnesty is legalized?    Yes.
 21. Do you support spending public funds to benefit illegal immigrants? Yes.
 22. Do you support automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. when both parents are not legal residents?   Yes.  jus soli. It's in the Constitution, I believe.
No website for Michael Meo was found.  Some further information is on his filing paper at Secretary of State’s website.  
The Libertarian Party candidate is Jeffrey J. Langan who has a Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/libertyjeffreyforoffice.  No mention of immigration was found there.  David Walker is a non-affiliated candidate also running.  His views on immigration are unknown.