Posted on 05/17/2007 4:48:22 PM PDT by NapkinUser
Congressman calls bill a “slap in the face” to Americans and legal immigrants who bothered to do things the right way
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) today criticized the Senate immigration plan penned by Sens. McCain (AZ) and Kennedy (MA) and President Bush. This plan, like its predecessor proposals, would provide instant amnesty for millions of illegal aliens and a pathway to citizenship.
“Senator McCain and his allies seem to think that they can dupe the American public into accepting a blanket amnesty if they just call it ‘comprehensive’ or ‘earned legalization’ or ‘regularization.’ Unfortunately for them, however, the American people know amnesty when they see it,” said Tancredo. “The President is so desperate for a legacy and a domestic policy win that he is willing to sell out the American people and our national security.”
“If Senator McCain and Senator Kennedy spent as much time working on improving border security as they did poll testing creative euphemisms for amnesty, America would be a much safer place,” quipped Tancredo.
The plan would grant an immediate amnesty for nearly all 12 – 20 million illegal aliens who will get legal status for residence and jobs (with assurance of green cards no later than 13 years); Tripling of the rate of chain migration of extended family from around 250,000 a year to around 750,000 a year for about a decade; and New flows of 400,000 temporary foreign workers each year, bringing their families and having anchor babies who will be given U.S. citizenship.
Tancredo concluded, “This amnesty plan will be a slap in the face to hard working Americans and those who have come here to work legally. I just hope Speaker Pelosi keeps her promise to bar amnesty legislation from the House floor.”
Ping.
Poor Tom Tancredo, no matter how truthful he is, the American people will never support him because he lacks essential name ID.
I am waiting to hear a statement from Fred.
I hope Tancredo gets an important position in a Fred administration.
I love Tom. I support him 100%!
Tom who?
During the Memorial Day break, it will be time to get in their faces. Not only a continuous barrage of faxes, e-mails, phone calls and letters, but actual face to face confrontations.
Oh and NO money to ANY Republican or the RNC. Period! Zip, zero, nada!
Good for Tancredo. He is an honest man who supports this country.
I hate to agree with Tancredo on this, but this open-borders guy will only go so far. I’m all for a worker program, but this is amnesty and an open door to citizenship, plain and simple.
Yes. I'm proud that he represents my state in the House. I'm also proud of my own district's freshman congressman, Doug Lamborn, who is very conservative and will undoubtedly vote against this bill.
hump. Tancredo is a patriot.
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Mike Pense’s plan is sounding a lot better right now. But no he was castrated for it.
On this issue Bush and McCain are no better then Fat Teddy. I'm sure Rooty Toot will go along with it too. This is not conservative policy, its liberal policy. This is unpatriotic legislation and an outright abuse of power. Its amnesty.
Cong Tancredo has it right, he stands tall.
Tancredo is a patriot! That’s why he can get no where in the USA as presently constituted.
Fred is a globalist; Tancredo is a nationalist. The two don’t mix.
Also Brownback strongly supports this sellout, but KS people may not know where he stands.
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