Tancredo Predicts GOP Immigration Clash -- "Believe me, it will be one hell of a fight"

Human Events Online ^ | September 2, 2005 | Robert Bluey

[hinterlander]

President Bush and House conservatives are on a collision course over the contentious issue of immigration reform, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.) said Thursday.

Tancredo, chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and author of the REAL GUEST Act (HR 3333), said he expects Bush to embrace legislation drafted by Senators Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.) and John McCain (R.-Ariz.). Conservatives strongly oppose the bill, which Tancredo said is tantamount to amnesty.

Tancredo’s bill instead focuses on enforcement, particularly on companies that employ illegal immigrants. He said once illegal workers are denied jobs, they will no longer flood into the United States.

“If you stop illegal employment in this country—some big, high-profile cases with . . .

[JohnnyZ]

We should stop lawbreakers from flooding over our borders FIRST! Then worry about reforming our immigration process.

Shortsighted foolishness. You'll get nothing but an anti-immigrant label if you demand that, and you'll end up with more of the same of what we have now.

[reelfoot]

Big Tancredo BUMP.

Were it not for Tancredo and the Minutemen, we would have precious few actually trying to do anything about immigration.

I'm so sick of the mealy-mouthed platitudes from el presidente I can hardly stand it.

[Verax]

Show us the "extremist anti-Hispanic hate speech"

[doc]

"Oh, imagine that...Tancredo on immigration. One issue candidate. He stands no chance. Dont waste our time with Tancredo's crap."

I'd rather vote for a candidate that takes a stong stance against illegal immigration then listening to the same platitudes of "cleaner air, better schools, more health care, blah, blah, blah."

[MEGoody]

Sorry, but Bush has had five years already to do something about illegals

Yeah, I know. He just sits around on his lazy behind, eating chocolates and ignoring all the big problems.

:::sarcasm off:::

[bayourod]

That's the typical Buchanan/Tancredo type hate speech designed to create hysteria in the emotionally disturbed.

[skeeter]

Look at that sentence. Feel the contempt and arrogance dripping from it.

Thats the kind of attitude thats turned me into a one issue voter.

[JustAnAmerican]

BS, everything I posted to you is 100 percent true. The problem is Anti-American Traitors like you don't want folks to see the truth. All one has to do is a search on this very site for what I posted to see if in fact it is true.

Unless of course you are now calling the facts on FR false? You just keep spewing your Anti-American/Pro-illegal garbage so folks can see just what you really think.

[skeeter]

That's the typical Buchanan/Tancredo type hate speech designed to create hysteria in the emotionally disturbed.

Hey FB, I noticed the 'rod was complaining on another thread about your rough treatment of him. Come over here & take a lesson from him on erudite & civil discourse.

[RightWhale]

Rep Tancredo - try to redirect your thinking toward the disaster in the Gulf Shore. Much of the response mechanism would be the same as in your favorite issue; it shouldn't be hard to adapt all that to the emergency relief effort.

[Dante3]

If this is a waste of time, why do you come on this thread? And do not tell the rest of us how to spend our time. Hordes of illegal aliens and roaming across the nation, causing extensive problems, among them terrorists infiltrating this country. This sure is a major problem.

[k2blader]

Nonsense.

What could Tancredo do in the gulf besides be yet another politician mugging for the camera?

I'm glad he's remaining focused on illegal immigration.

[k2blader]

You're right. He is a liar and a racist yet is always welcomed back to FR after suspensions..

[flashbunny]

ah yes. You have to understand bayourod's thinking:

If you document the actual crimes committed by illegal aliens, you're a xenophobic racist.
If you collect the ridiculous things bayourod has said (see cartman0210's homepage), you're an internet stalker.

However, if you post articles from left wing websites or sites of groups that profit from illegal immigration, then you're just sharing vital information with freepers who obviously need to be educated on the benefits of immigration. BTW, the term illegal immigration is never used, since bayourod likes to cloud the issue as much as he can.

[Map Kernow]

His [Tancredo's] ratings from the American Conservative Union:

--2003: 96%

--2004: 100%

--Lifetime: 98%

Thank you! That bears repeating. :)

[Map Kernow]

Yeah, I know. He just sits around on his lazy behind, eating chocolates and ignoring all the big problems.

Immigration isn't a big problem? Or are you saying he has been doing something about it this past half-decade, other than making it worse? Now that you've turned your feeble sarcasm off, answer those questions.

[raybbr]

Great response. I love it when FFeepers know more than the thinly disguised quislings of the Open Border Lobby.

To AlexMarko: Dang!!!! I can't even give you a "nice try".

[Map Kernow]

"Look at that sentence. Feel the contempt and arrogance dripping from it."

Thats the kind of attitude thats turned me into a one issue voter.

It's an absolute gift to the border security patriots. I don't know what possessed the OBL hacks to try out this "you're a loser" theme to Americans impacted and concerned by lax border security and rampant illegal immigration, but "whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad."