Rep. Gary Miller targeted in TV ad pushing for immigration vote

latimes.com ^ | November 07, 2013 | Richard Simon

[Tailgunner Joe]

WASHINGTON -- For Rep. Gary Miller and voters in his Inland Empire district, this is just the beginning: A television ad began airing Thursday in the Republican’s district seeking to ratchet up pressure on him to support a pathway to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally.

Miller is among seven GOP lawmakers nationwide targeted in the roughly $500,000 ad buy by the Service Employees International Union.

Many more ads are expected because Miller is regarded as among the most vulnerable House Republicans, a top Democratic target who represents a heavily Latino district won by President Obama.

Miller said in a statement that he will "closely examine the merits and consequences of any proposal the House of Representatives considers to ensure that it will lead to the establishment of a fair and efficient immigration system that promotes economic growth, fixes the legal immigration process, and implements e-verify and effective border security measures."

The 30-second ad, which will run for about a week, opens with scenes of the government shutdown, including a shot of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), an architect of the strategy to hold up a government funding bill in an effort to stop Obamacare. It notes that while the Senate passed a broad immigration bill in June, the House has yet to hold a vote to "fix our broken immigration system’’ and urges voters to call Miller and "tell him the time for talk is over."

Miller, elected to Congress in 1998, has taken a hard line on illegal immigration.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYog4WaB4qQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woBC5b3Ti0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZQ5TH86fm8

[Regulator]

Would the violent Caudillos of Mexico put up with a bunch of illegal immigrants trying to push them around?

Not on your life.

Why should we. Pound sand, illegals.