CANNON: That disagreement is whether the Republican Party is going to be some kind of new xenophobic, anti-foreigner party, or whether they're going to be the party of a country that we're thrilled has grown.
JACOB: You need to know, Chris, that it's not anti-foreigners. We love legal immigrants. It's strictly the word illegal
Really, HMM I think Jacob needs to take a look at FAIR , NUMBERS, CIS, and the other 6 Tanton Groups that are aligned with Tancredo and he will see that these people pretty much oppose legal immigration.
Of course according to this blogger Jacob has not done much to read up on the issue.
Cannon spoke intelligently about the Pence plan (an immigration compromise, of sorts), and then Jacob said he was at a disadvantage because Cannon can read the bill, whereas he has to rely on what he reads in the newspapers. Frankly, I fail to understand why a Republican congressional candidate could not just pick up the phone, call Representative Pence, and get whatever he wants inside ten minutes, including a draft of the plan (now available on the Web, but perhaps not there before the June 10 debate). Or he could read Pence's speech at the Heritage Foundation, where he described the plan in detail.
www.localcommentary.com/davidblog/20060626.htm
I think Jacob better enlighten himself. This is really not about legal immigration except for the fact that many want it stopped. This includes Tancredo who took the first step in his 2003 House Moratorium immigration bill that was lauded by the above groups as a good step.
Also Mr Jacob might inform sonce this is all about illegal immigration how come there have not been proposals by these organizations to fix the delays and make it easier to immigrate legaly. How come this has not been a part of the debate as well as part of a proposed soultions
But since Jacob hasnt analyzed the Pence Compromise I suspect we know the true answer.
"But since Jacob hasnt analyzed the Pence Compromise I suspect we know the true answer:
But we DO have Chris Cannon's voting record on immigration issues.
Spiff has posted it numerous times. Maybe you should go take a look.
The immigration issue may not float your boat. Maybe there are other conservative issues that float your boat.
But for many of us, immigration is THE ISSUE. It is neither better than the issues that are important to YOU, nor is it worse. It is just different.