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Tancredo Introduces Bill to Repeal Illegal Alien Harbor
Office fo Congressman Tom Tancredo ^ | November 16, 2005 | Will Adams

Posted on 11/19/2005 9:08:27 AM PST by arnoldpalmerfan

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) introduced a bill today to repeal an illegal alien harboring exemption for religious groups that was signed into law last week. Tancredo’s bill, H.R. 4321, would repeal the agricultural appropriations rider inserted by Senator Bob Bennett which allows religious groups to “conceal, harbor or shield” illegal aliens from federal law enforcement. The bill is co-sponsored by Representatives Todd Akin, Virginia Foxx, Louie Gohmert, Virgil Goode, Gil Gutknecht, J.D. Hayworth, John Hostettler (Chairman of Judiciary’s Immigration Subcommittee), Steve King, Jack Kingston (Vice-Chairman of the Republican Conference), Mike Pence (Chairman of the Republican Study Committee), Dave Weldon, and Lynn Westmoreland.

“By repealing this dangerous law, we will send a clear message to terrorists plotting against our country: no church, no synagogue, no mosque, no religious group of any kind will be a safe haven for terrorism in America,” said Tancredo. “Since 2003, federal prosecutors have charged more than 500 suspected terrorists with immigration violations. Shielding radical religious organizations from immigration prosecution may have prevented those terrorists from being brought to justice expeditiously.”

Bennett’s provision, Section 796 of H.R. 2744, protects religious organizations from prosecution on immigration charges when the illegal alien is a volunteer for the organization. In addition, Bennett’s amendment specifically allows religious groups to provide “room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses” to illegals.

According to the Washington Post’s analysis of Justice Department terrorism cases, more than 500 persons suspected of terrorism have been charged on immigration violations since 2003. When federal investigators suspect persons of plotting terrorist acts but yet don’t have a complete case to convict them beyond a reasonable doubt, suspects are often arrested on immigration violations, which buys prosecutors time and disrupts the terrorist plot. Michael J. Garcia, former head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, called such use of immigration laws, “an incredibly important piece of the terrorism response.”

“A number of radical Muslim imams have been convicted of terrorism on U.S. soil, including Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, who planned the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center. Senator Bennett’s amendment is as much about soup kitchens as it is about terrorist groups,” said Tancredo.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado; US: Utah; War on Terror
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To: arnoldpalmerfan

Religious groups doing this are making a political statement; take away their tax exempt status!


21 posted on 11/19/2005 10:28:34 AM PST by mdmathis6 ("It was not for nothing that you were named Ransom" from CS LEWIS' Perelandra!)
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To: arnoldpalmerfan
Tancredo Introduces Bill to Repeal Illegal Alien Harbor

Tancredo/Coburn 2008!

22 posted on 11/19/2005 10:28:49 AM PST by stillonaroll
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To: DTogo

"Maybe Bennett will allow the same "sanctuary" for bank robbers, rapists, murderers, etc"


Clinton doing any volunteer work lately?


23 posted on 11/19/2005 10:40:38 AM PST by dynachrome ("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
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To: arnoldpalmerfan
Hooray!
vampirehunters
Tom Tancredo and his brave crew continue to find
these vile things and drag them into the sunlight.
24 posted on 11/19/2005 10:45:45 AM PST by NewRomeTacitus (Silly rabbit - rights are for citizens!)
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To: NewRomeTacitus

BTTT


25 posted on 11/19/2005 11:07:37 AM PST by Borax Queen
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To: arnoldpalmerfan
What is behind Senator Bob Bennett's love of illegal aliens? Is he guarding his supply of underage prostitutes or drugs or what?
26 posted on 11/19/2005 11:22:44 AM PST by Jane Austen
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To: arnoldpalmerfan

GOD BLESS THIS MAN.


27 posted on 11/19/2005 11:25:03 AM PST by moehoward
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To: arnoldpalmerfan
The situation is a little less black and white than portrayed in the article. I would cut and paste the text in my comment but my ancient Adobe Reader doesn't permit it. So here is a link to the document:

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h2744enr.txt.pdf

(The document is the seventh and last version of the bill; the one that was sent to the President for signature. Scroll down to page 46 for section 796.)

As I understand it, the section requires:

- The denomination do nothing to encourage or invite the alien to enter the country.
- The denomination must clearly be a nonprofit religious organization.
- The alien must be a member of the denomination for at least one year.
- The alien must be engaged as a minister or missionary for the denomination, and finally,
- The alien must not receive a salary. (The living expenses as described in the article above are permitted.)

Seeing how these requirements are structured, Senator Bennett must be responding to some sort of specific situation in Utah or anticipating it developing in the future. Hard to believe the Republican deputy majority whip would be doing it for any other reason.

That said, I don't like the idea of any legislator, Republican or Democrat, giving anything like cover to religious organizations who knowingly harbor or aid illegal aliens; especially the ones who consider it to be the entire focus of their "ministry."
28 posted on 11/19/2005 11:35:29 AM PST by Captain Rhino (If you will just abandon logic, these things will make a lot more sense!)
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To: moehoward
GOD BLESS THIS MAN.

Amen.

29 posted on 11/19/2005 11:36:59 AM PST by Nea Wood (A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children. Proverbs 13:22)
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To: frankenMonkey
Is this Bob Bennet from Utah???

That's him.

Americans for Better Immigration:  Immigration Voting Report Card for Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah
OVERALL GRADES
Career: C-
Recent: C

30 posted on 11/19/2005 11:49:14 AM PST by DumpsterDiver
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To: gubamyster

Protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!

Support our Minutemen Patriots!

Be Ever Vigilant ~ Bump!


31 posted on 11/19/2005 1:04:17 PM PST by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: planekT
That's the question to ask who the hell would put this into the federal register to begin with? Insanity!!
32 posted on 11/19/2005 1:07:48 PM PST by rodguy911 (Support Able Danger and Lt.Col Shaffer,Condi Rice/VP in 08--)
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To: Travis McGee
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion;"

A guarantee that our politicians have forgotten/ignored. They have failed miserably, yet we're expected to continue to pay the bills? Common occurrence in today's gubmint, we pay for their failures.

Elections are coming up next year. All the open borders politicians in BOTH parties should be kicked out. Let them find some employment that they're more suited for.

33 posted on 11/19/2005 1:14:40 PM PST by janetgreen
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“By repealing this dangerous law, we will send a clear message to terrorists plotting against our country: no church, no synagogue, no mosque, no religious group of any kind will be a safe haven for terrorism in America,”

Anyone ever wonder how why when we even walk into a mosque it's a worldwide outrage for months but when, as in recently, a muslim bomber blows up a mosque, same exact "holy" place, that there's nary a mention.

Gosh!

34 posted on 11/19/2005 1:17:04 PM PST by Fruitbat
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Oh yeah, to the point, we should at least be ready to invade mosques or this legislation does no good.


35 posted on 11/19/2005 1:17:53 PM PST by Fruitbat
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To: burzum
Equal Sanctuary for the Mooslimes and The Branch Davidians!
They both end up tha same place after all.


Aap aap ahh dap dap!!!!!
It's a religion of peace
It's a religion of peace



It aint Slim W, but this'll gitr done!
Kill A Commie For Mommie

Seven Dead Monkeys Page O Tunes

36 posted on 11/19/2005 2:23:13 PM PST by rawcatslyentist ("Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous"---Hobbes the Tiger)
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To: arnoldpalmerfan

Start a church and then invade the country with a million parishioners, and our government will fund this no doubt.


37 posted on 11/19/2005 3:09:03 PM PST by junta (It's Jihad stupid! Or why should I tolerate those who hate me?)
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To: FairOpinion
I guess most in Congress thinks it's OK for mosques to protect terrorists too. What's the matter with these people?!

I believe it's more a case of the Congress Critters voting on bills they don't know the contents of than wishing to provide safe harbor to terrorists. Some of our representatives are not the sharpest knives in the drawer nor have an IQ much above that of a door knob.

38 posted on 11/19/2005 3:49:51 PM PST by varon (Allegiance to the constitution, always. Allegiance to a political party, never.)
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To: rawcatslyentist
LOL! I knew these guys' tactics seemed familiar! MarsAttacks

All we have to do is amplify yodeling music and watch them burst.

39 posted on 11/20/2005 8:07:17 AM PST by NewRomeTacitus
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To: Stellar Dendrite

Good for Tom.


40 posted on 11/20/2005 3:30:25 PM PST by Czar (StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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