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Calif. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Receives Death Threat Over Immigrant Bill
AP ^ | 1/27/04

Posted on 01/27/2004 7:52:01 PM PST by Jean S

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - The offices of Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher received dozens of threatening telephone calls Tuesday, including one death threat, after he authored a bill that would limit health care services for immigrants.

Information on the threats was turned over to police. "It will be forwarded to out detectives," said police Lt. Tom Donnelly.

The bill, introduced last week, would require hospitals to report a patient's immigration status before they could be reimbursed for treatment. Patients found to be in the United States illegally could be deported.

Threatening calls began after the bill was discussed on a New York radio station Tuesday. The office received so many calls they stopped answering the phone, said Rohrabacher's assistant, Kathleen Hollingsworth.

Staffers then listened to voice mails left at the office, one of which said, "I'm coming to kill you," she said.

"This is not just somebody I've angered and who's expressing some hostility. These are gruesome threats that I will be attacked and killed," Rohrabacher said.

AP-ES-01-27-04 2216EST


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: aliens; deaththreat; immigrantlist; immigration; rohrabacher
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1 posted on 01/27/2004 7:52:02 PM PST by Jean S
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Liberals are so compassionate they'll threaten a Congressman with death for proposing a bill to stop illegal aliens from getting treated for free in hospitals. I mean man - the open border lobby folks are unbelievable if they have to stoop THAT low.
2 posted on 01/27/2004 7:53:48 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: JeanS
For its worth, I happen to live Dana Rohrabacher's district. Go Dana, go!!!
3 posted on 01/27/2004 7:55:00 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
Liberals are so compassionate they'll threaten a Congressman with death for proposing a bill to stop illegal aliens from getting treated for free in hospitals. I mean man - the open border lobby folks are unbelievable if they have to stoop THAT low.

Well, the open borders folks feel emboldened right about now.

And it's not the fault of a liberal.


4 posted on 01/27/2004 7:56:21 PM PST by Sabertooth (Take the Reagan Amnesty Pop Quiz! - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1065553/posts)
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To: JeanS
.. and this revealed just exactly who are involved with hate and 'hate crimes'...
5 posted on 01/27/2004 7:56:40 PM PST by Zipporah (Write inTancredo in 2004)
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To: JeanS
How dare him try and limit the tax liability of American's from illegal aliens that need these services, while Bush is doing his best to help them.

Go Bush!
6 posted on 01/27/2004 7:57:16 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: JeanS
Did someone let Karl Rove use the phone again? :->
7 posted on 01/27/2004 7:57:38 PM PST by DMCA (TITLE 17 Chapter 1 Sec 107 (HI PRBC !!!))
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To: JustPiper; Gallegos; HiJinx; janetgreen; FITZ; gubamyster; SandRat; WRhine; joesnuffy; B4Ranch; ...
Ping.
8 posted on 01/27/2004 7:57:55 PM PST by Missouri
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To: Sabertooth
"Well, the open borders folks feel emboldened right about now. And it's not the fault of a liberal"

Excellent point..

9 posted on 01/27/2004 7:59:07 PM PST by Zipporah (Write inTancredo in 2004)
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To: Sabertooth
Well, the open borders folks feel emboldened right about now.

Funny, looking at the state of some of our cities, you'd think they would be cowering in some dark basement....

10 posted on 01/27/2004 7:59:58 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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Did someone let Karl Rove use the phone again? :->

What the heck is that supposed to mean?

12 posted on 01/27/2004 8:00:21 PM PST by Jean S
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To: Sabertooth
By the way Saber, how you doing on this fine evening?
13 posted on 01/27/2004 8:01:13 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: Sabertooth
Yeah, its a Republicrat conspiracy. Never forget!
14 posted on 01/27/2004 8:01:19 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Zipporah
.........just making death threats that American citizens won't do.
15 posted on 01/27/2004 8:03:00 PM PST by Missouri
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To: Joe Hadenuf



By the way Saber, how you doing on this fine evening?

Doing fine, thanks.

You gonna be around a while?


16 posted on 01/27/2004 8:03:21 PM PST by Sabertooth (Take the Reagan Amnesty Pop Quiz! - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1065553/posts)
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To: JeanS
The only place you will read about this is on the net. If it had been someone like ....oh.....say.......myself (rural, white, Southern, male, gun owner), doing the threatening against some liberal judge over some affirmative action ruling, it would be front page news in the usual suspect fishwrappers, and top of the news on CNN, NBC, ABC, and CBS.
17 posted on 01/27/2004 8:04:46 PM PST by GaConfed
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To: Sabertooth
Threatening a Congressman's life when he stands up for his constituency: yet another job Americans won't do.
18 posted on 01/27/2004 8:04:53 PM PST by browardchad
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To: Sabertooth
As long as Jim will have me. I have changed my ways, and now I'll just behave myself, and ignore those that attempt to bait justified anger. Oh, and no more humor threads for me.
20 posted on 01/27/2004 8:06:16 PM PST by Joe Hadenuf (I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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