Posted on 06/11/2006 5:07:56 PM PDT by jebanks
Congressional Republicans who are taking a harder line on illegal immigration than President Bush are more in touch with constituents and less willing to kowtow to interest groups, Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., said Thursday night.
Appearing live on WNIN-PBS9's "Shively & Shoulders," Hostettler came under fire from co-host Patrick Shoulders, a Democrat.
"The plan that the Senate has adopted is essentially President Bush's plan," Shoulders said. "Here's the former governor of a border state who, one would think, if he understand anything, would understand this problem.
"Why is the House, (which is controlled by) his own party, biting him on this?"
Hostettler, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee for Immigration, Border Security and Claims, said House Republicans are "closest to the people on this."
"I've had several Town Hall meetings this year, about 15 or 16, and 80 percent of the questions ... I get are about illegal immigration," he said.
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