Bunning was ranked by [[National Journal]] as the second-most conservative United States Senator in their March 2007 conservative/liberal rankings. He is a supporter of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] and terrorist surveillance. Saying that "civil liberties do not mean much when you are dead." He is also a strong critic of [[Illegal Immigration]]. "If you believe that over ten- to twelve-million people can get secure I.D. cards in their hands and have the government get them to them in time so we can check whether they're legal or illegal when they come into this country, you're smoking something that is illegal," Bunning said at a press conference in June 2007. | Bunning was ranked by [[National Journal]] as the second-most conservative United States Senator in their March 2007 conservative/liberal rankings. He is a supporter of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]] and terrorist surveillance. Saying that "civil liberties do not mean much when you are dead." He is also a strong critic of [[Illegal Immigration]]. "If you believe that over ten- to twelve-million people can get secure I.D. cards in their hands and have the government get them to them in time so we can check whether they're legal or illegal when they come into this country, you're smoking something that is illegal," Bunning said at a press conference in June 2007. |