How Democratic candidates stand on immigration

Since Tuesday's Democratic debate in which Hillary bungled her response to a question concerning her stance on Elliot Spitzer's recently announced plan to grant licenses to New York's one million illegal immigrants, immigration has been catapulted nearly to the top of policy priorities for the competitive field of 8 Democratic candidates. Edwards and Obama have seized the opportunity offered by Hillary's momentary lapse in last Tuesday's debate to bolster their denunciations of what they see as her tendency to dodge the tough questions. While for the time being the candidates and therefore the media are focused on Hillary's take on the immigration debate, I think the other candidates' stances will soon be equally scrutinized and considered as elections approach. Here's a resource that'll give you a leg up on knowing where the candidates stand on an issue that is likely to play an important role especially in primaries in some of the early states where fears of an illegal immigrant takeover are especially strong.

To sum up the stances of the leading three Democratic candidates:
-As opposed to Hillary, Edwards and Obama both agree on the importance to grant total amnesty to all 12 million illegal immigrants currently living in the US.
-Edwards opposes Obama and Hillary's vote in favor of building a wall along the 700 miles of border shared by the US and Mexico.
-All three support the right of immigrants with criminal records to gain citizenship.