Posted on 12/01/2006 1:56:36 PM PST by Dane
DENVER — A congressman who has been demanding tighter immigration controls is defending himself against allegations that illegal immigrants remodeled his basement.
Two employees of a contracting company say they and other illegal immigrants from Latin America helped install a home entertainment center and a bedroom in the Littleton home of Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., The Denver Post reported Thursday.
Last month, after the Post wrote about a young illegal immigrant's struggle to pay for college, Tancredo reported the teen and his family to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
On Thursday, Tancredo said that when the remodeling was done last fall, he never asked about the workers' immigration status.
Even if the workers were in the country illegally, "what is my responsibility at this point in time?" Tancredo said in a telephone interview from Washington. "I go to dinner at restaurants and probably have come into contact with people who are here illegally. I do not ask, of course. It is actually illegal and you can be sued."
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When are these "immigrants" going to be able to produce anything that shows they did, indeed, work on the basement?
And should he be pinged. He is a freeper, though he also is a politician/famous person. Up to you.
As soon as their ultimate employer Tom tancredo produces their paperwork.
Where is the hard proof Dane?
Who is more conservative? Romney or Tancredo? I know you won't answer that.
And should he be pinged. He is a freeper, though he also is a politician/famous person. Up to you.
What's his screename on FR? I'll gladly ping him.
"He is a freeper, though he also is a politician/famous person."
I never heard that. What is his screen name?
Troll.
How am I a troll?
Willie Green?
Huh?
I live in L.A., and here you really really have to go out of your way to avoid illegals for manual labor. All the American citizens in the trades have been pushed out.
How does Dane posting an article about Tom Tancredo's little problem affect that?
LOL!
So you admit that Tancredo used illegal labot to build his basement home theater.
I am certainly not saying the Mr. Tancredo did this. The folks who hire the illegals do it.
I feel sure that Mr. Tancredo didn't pull some money out of his pocket at the end of the day to pay illegal aliens.
I have no idea. I dont know anything about it. Its possible there was no illegal labor at all and the claim was made up by liberals to hurt a Conservative. Its possible its true and he knew they were illegal. Its possible that he hired a contractor and that contractor without his knowing used illegal labor. You, however, take a page out of the Dem playbook and claim he knew. So, do you have other identical articles lined up like you did countless times to celebrate the Hayworth loss?
This story is over 4 years old. What a harpie you are, Dane. Still trying to convince everyone of something that wasn't proven 4 years ago. You must be a dandy to live with, changes my opinion of you though, I always thought you were a guy.
Is tancred not Tancredo? He pinged once, and he seemed as though he was the congressman. He could be only a very-informed admirer, though.
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