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To: tompster76
e voted against illegal immigration related enforcement bills

No, he didn't.

11 posted on 11/15/2007 11:55:41 AM PST by kevkrom ("Should government be doing this? And if so, then at what level of government?" - FDT)
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To: kevkrom; pissant; Calpernia; Sun; Paperdoll; All
e voted against illegal immigration related enforcement bills No, he didn't.

Yes, he did.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6h0GopWtkI

Fred Thompson Can't Remember His Bad Immigration Votes

Voted in 1996 to continue chain migration

Voted to strip legal reforms from 1996 bill

In 1996, removed higher fines for businesses which hire illegal aliens

Voted in favor of chain migration in 1996

Voted for a foreign worker bill with no anti-fraud measures in 2000.

Nearly doubled H-1B foreign high-tech workers in 1998

Voted to allow firms to lay off Americans to make room for foreign workers in 1998

Voted to grant amnesty to nearly one million illegal aliens from Nicaragua and Cuba in 1997

Tried to kill voluntary pilot programs for workplace verification in 1996 Sen. Thompson voted IN FAVOR of the Abraham Amendment to S.1664. He was part of a coalition of pro-business conservatives and liberal civil libertarians who tried to use the amendment to kill the establishment of voluntary pilot programs in high-immigration states.

http://profiles.numbersusa.com/improfile.php3?DistSend=TN&VIPID=743

19 posted on 11/15/2007 12:24:01 PM PST by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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