Immigration worries Republicans

The Washington Times ^ | 7/16/2005 | Stephen Dinan

[4.1O dana super trac pak]

Republican congreesional members' constituents care more about immigration and border security than any othe issue, according to a new congressional insiders poll.

Seventeeen of the 37 Republican House and Senate members who responded to the National Journal's survey identified immigration as the issue "most on the minds of your consituents these days." That easily topped the next closest issue, the economy, which gained 10 votes, followed by gasoline prices with four votes and terrorism with threee votes.

One Republican called immigration the "highest-octane issue in America," while another said, "It is here that the mismatch between the federal government's inaction and the realities at home is the greatest."

Rep. Tom Tancredo, the Colorado Republican who runs the House Immigration Reform Caucus, has said other members of Congress have come up to him recently and said immigration is a dominant issue when they return home for recess periods.

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Of 25 Democratic members of Congress who responded, just two mentioned immigration as the top issue for constituents....

[Quix]

Amen.

Yes, I agree.

Thx.

[Fred]

Sounds like she had a typical California public school education... How do you know she was not born in the US?

Unfortunately there are tons of 2nd and 3rd gen Latinos that cannot speak English worth a damm... Shows how worthless bi-lingual education had been in California..

[mississippi red-neck]

Yeah but if we keep voting for the same two parties neither will have a reason to listen or change.

If we want to keep our country we damn well better get the attention of one party even if we have to let it set out a term.

Republicans were better listeners and fighters when they were in the minority.

[inquest]

I'm willing to bet he understands exactly what you're saying, considering that it's probably been explained to him over and over, and considering that it's not a very difficult concept at all, to begin with. He just doesn't know how to respond, so he thinks it'd be cute to play games instead. There are a few of them like that around here.

[Pointblank]

BWAAAAHAHAHAHA!