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Posted at 8:31am on Jan. 30, 2008 RedState blogger gets mentioned on Rush Limbaugh's show
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While driving in my SUV yesterday (sorry environmental whackos), I was listenting to Rush Limbarugh's show on a Nashville AM station (1510 WLAC). I heard a caller to Rush's show mention that his brother blogged at RedState. Unfortunately, I was not able to hear the name of the blogger stated by the caller.
The caller to Rush's show said that his brother was supporting John McCain. I believe the caller said that he was supporting Mitt Romney, though I'm not sure of this. Unfortunately, I simply wasn't able to hear all of the conversation clearly.
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Posted at 7:37pm on Sep. 22, 2007 Tancredo and Sensenbrenner correctly support a strategy that encourages self-deportation of illegal aliens
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Former Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. James Sensenbrenner and Rep. Tom Tancredo have both voiced strong support for making self-deportation part of the strategy to combat the problem of illegal aliens. Both are correct in that support.
Below is a portion of a U.S. News & World Report interview with Rep. Sensenbrenner in June 2006 ( http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060619/19qa_2.htm ):
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Posted at 1:06am on Sep. 12, 2007 Rep. Tancredo's views on making illegal presence a crime for which illegal aliens can be prosecuted
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The Bij very recently posted a blog entry entitled "Tom Tancredo: 'Illegal Presence in the USA is not Crime'" which linked to a USA Today article in which Rep. Tancredo stated the following: "Right now, illegal presence in the USA is not a crime; it is a civil infraction".
Rep. Tancredo's assertion that illegal presence is not presently a crime is absolutely correct.
During the 109th Congress, Rep. Tancredo and many other House Republicans tried very hard to change the fact that illegal presence is not a crime. Rep. Tancredo was one of the strongest supporters of H.R. 4437, Rep. Sensenbrenner's outstanding 2005 enforcement first immigration legislation. That bill would have criminalized illegal presence.
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Posted at 1:33am on May 11, 2007 Rep. Tancredo's appearance on the Stephanopoulos show
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Rep. Tom Tancredo appeared on George Stephanopoulos' show on the same day as did John Edwards.
George began the segment with Rep. Tancredo by playing a clip of Sen. McCain discussing immigration reform at the Reagan Library debate and asked Rep. Tancredo if there was any chance he could sign on to the kind of comprehensive immigration reform that Sen. McCain is talking about and President Bush is now negotiating.
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Posted at 4:26pm on May 6, 2007 Rep. Tom Tancredo on Abortion
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From the May 3, 2007, GOP debate: "After 40 million dead because we have aborted them in this country, I would say that that would be the greatest day in this country's history when that [Roe v. Wade], in fact, is overturned."
Also from the May 3, 2007, GOP debate: "The reproductive choice part of that [question], if I heard you correctly, is a reference to abortion. The right to kill another person is not a right that I would agree with and support."
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Posted at 2:02am on May 5, 2007 Was the Senate's 2006 immigration reform bill, S.2611, an amnesty bill?
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During the debate about S.2611, the immigration reform bill passed by the United States Senate in 2006, there was much discussion about whether that bill was an amnesty bill. The bill would have allowed millions of illegal aliens to obtain legal status and a path to citizenship.
It appears the United States Senate in 2007 may once again pass a bill that allows millions of illegal aliens to obtain legal status and a path to citizenship. As with S.2611, there will likely be debate about whether the bill ultimately passed by the Senate is an amnesty bill.
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Posted at 11:37am on Jun. 13, 2006 Tancredo welcomes Bilray to the Immigration Reform Caucus
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It is very encouraging to see Representative-Elect Brian Bilbray join Rep. Tom Tancredo's Immigration Reform Caucus as its ninety-eighth (98th) member. It especially pleasing to see that Representative-Elect Bilbray did not even wait until he was officially sworn in to join Cong. Tancredo's caucus.
I am glad to see that Representative-Elect Bilbray will be joining with Rep. Tancredo to fight the notion that there must be "comprehensive immigration reform" before this nation's borders are secured and before there is serious enforcement of the laws already on the books prohibiting the employment of illegal aliens. President Bush, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain and apparently Mike Pence all support this version of "comprehensive immigration reform". I expect Representative-Elect Bilbray to be loyal to Rep. Sensenbrenner's approach to the illegal alien problem. His approach, like that of Rep. Tancredo and the overwhelming majority of House Republicans, is that our nation's borders must be secured and laws against employing illegal aliens vigorously enforced before any guest worker program is enacted.
Here is a link to Rep. Tancredo's press release welcoming Representative-Elect Bilbray to his Rep. Tancredo's Immigration Reform Caucus: http://www.tancredo.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1200.
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Posted at 9:34am on Jun. 13, 2006 Tancredo vs. McCain on Immigration
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In February 2006, Cong. Tom Tancredo wrote a letter to Sen. John McCain challenging Sen. McCain to debate the issue of immigration reform with him on a joint national tour. Sen. McCain has refused to agree to even one debate with Cong. Tancredo on the subect of immigration reform.
McCain's refusal is not surprising. He supports the idea that "comprehensive immigration reform" must become before are borders are secured and enforced. The idea of "compreshensive immigration reform" before "enforcement first" is shared by President Bush, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and others in Congress. The idea of "enforcement first", however, is supported by a majority of the American people.
On multiple occasions, Cong. Tancredo has criticized the McCain-Kennedy amensty bill. Similarly, on multiple occasions, Cong. Tancredo has criticized Sen. McCain's approach to immigration reform.
Here is a link to a World Net Daily article about Cong. Tancredo's challenge to Sen. McCain:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48982. Nothing has changed since that article was published. McCain's office has yet to respond to Cong. Tancredo's debate challenge.
Here is a link to a webpage on Cong. Tancredo's official House website that contains the actual letter: http://www.tancredo.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1143. A portion of that letter is copied below:
"Make no mistake about it--your plan and my plan offer very different solutions to our party and our country. Your plan has its fans among big business. They want to continue reaping profits from cheap, low-skill labor while passing on social service costs of that labor to the taxpayer. They cloak their desire for open borders in their demand for "one more" amnesty, knowing full well that rewarding illegal behavior merely encourages more of the same.
My plan - and the House bill that passed with the support of 36 Democrats - takes a different approach. Instead of waving the white flag and retreating from the border, I suggest that we make an honest attempt at securing our country and enforcing the law. That means that we prosecute businesses that hire illegal aliens, that means that we provide the Border Patrol with the manpower and technology to do its job, and that means that we make federal and local law enforcement cooperate on immigration matters."
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Posted at 12:57am on May 31, 2006 "Rep. King: Immigration Bill Is Dead"
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Rep. Peter King is standing firm against the Senate's amnesty bill according to a Newsmax article that can be accessed by using the following link: http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/5/30/215753.shtml?s=tn. Copied below is a portion of that article:
As far as the powerful chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is concerned, the controversial Senate bill on immigration reform is as dead as a duck.
Appearing Tuesday on "Lou Dobbs Tonight," Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., told Dobbs that he couldn't imagine how the Senate bill "could ever be considered in the House of Representatives [when] the overwhelming majority of Republicans are against it." This, he said "is amnesty. The more the senators deny it, Democrat and Republican, the more they deny it, the more the president denies it, it's amnesty. And the American people don't want it. I've never seen a disconnect between the will of the people and the actions of elected officials as we've seen in the Senate.
"And this is just a total disconnect, and as a Republican, our base is totally against it. But it goes beyond it; these are Reagan Republicans, and Democrats, independents, moderates -- across the board people are opposed. They want border security first."
Commenting on Dobbs' remark that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., had described the Senate bill as the will of the Senate, King snapped: "The will of the Senate was not the will of the people. What really offends me about this is they say it has to be comprehensive, which means, on the one hand we have to protect the rights of the American people by having border security.
"On the other hand we have to protect the rights of illegal immigrants. So they are suggesting there's an equivalency between the rights of legal Americans and the rights of illegal immigrants, and you can't do both at the same time. So they are trying to balance the two, and when you do that, you're never going to get border security. After 20 years of promises, we don't have border security. There's no reason to think we're going to get it now unless we focus all our at attention on that."
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Posted at 3:18am on Aug. 14, 2005 Tancredo a Hit a California Forum
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According to an article published in the Rocky Mountain News on August 12, 2005, Cong. Tom Tancredo earned a standing ovation before, during and after his speech to about 400 people in Carlsbad, California, at a town-hall styled forum. Here is a link to the article: http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3997227,00.h
tml. Here is a portion of the article:
Tancredo a hit at Calif. forum
Colo. congressman pokes fun at Bush on immigration issue
By Paula Story, Special to the News
August 12, 2005
CARLSBAD, Calif. - U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., has spent much of the summer traveling the country to promote his message of immigration reform and to test the waters for a possible presidential bid in 2008.
On Thursday evening, he attended a town hall-style forum in the northern San Diego County town of Carlsbad, where he poked fun at President Bush and derided plans for what he called "disguised amnesty" for the millions of people who have entered the United States illegally.
"Let's just turn the ports of entry into toll booths," Tancredo said. "Here's my credit card. Here's your green card."
Tancredo was the star of the night in a lineup of speakers that included California state Sen. Bill Morrow and James W. Gilchrist, founder of the Minuteman Project.
Tancredo said that while he was calling those who participated in the Minuteman Project "American heroes," Bush was calling them vigilantes.
That comment, among others, earned applause and laughter from the crowd of about 400 people who packed the Carlsbad Community Arts Center. Many held up bumper stickers that read "Tancredo for President," and he received a standing ovation before, during and after speaking.
Tancredo, the grandson of Italian immigrants, said his message was not an issue of race or country of origin, but one of hope.
While other speakers listed volumes of facts about how illegal immigrants are crushing the U.S. health system and economy, Tancredo said his message was simple: Those who come to the U.S. should do so legally, and once they are here, they need to assimilate.
"Disconnect from the old, commit to the new, become an American," he said.
The problem, he said, is the "Big W."
"W is 'Why is this happening?' " he said. "Follow the money. A lot of people make a lot of money because of illegal immigrants."
Banks are eager for the business of illegal immigrants, he said, because they make money from them and earn fees when those immigrants send money back home. Countries like Mexico have no incentive to stop the flow of illegal migrants into the U.S., because their economy relies on the dollars those immigrants send back home.