Presidential hopeful Tancredo’s solution to immigration problem: ‘Enforce the law’

The Marshalltown Times-Republican ^ | July 2, 2007 | Ken Black

[Clintonfatigued]

There are two “I’s” that are a resounding theme in any political campaign for federal office and such was the case when GOP presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo visited Marshalltown Friday.

Immigration and Iraq dominated the discussion with a group of veterans at the Iowa Veterans Home.

The Colorado congressman praised the defeat of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate this week and said his plan for fixing the illegal immigration situation in the United States is bold and controversial.

“Enforce the law,” he said. “The issue is this: Is there a solution to the problem and is that solution amnesty? And that’s really what that [Senate] bill was all about. ... We should either repeal the law or enforce it, but we should not continue to ignore it.”

Tancredo believes there are a couple of different factors at work in keeping the nation’s immigration situation at the status quo.

“For the most part, Democrats look at this issue and see a massive number of new voters,” he said. “Republicans look at immigration and see cheap labor.”

Tancredo said the issue would nearly take care of itself if more punitive penalties were levied against employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.

[Travis McGee]

If the ATF and the ICE swapped agents and policies....

Every illegal alien would be arrested, deported or shot in a month,

And you could fire machine guns in your front yard, with no hassles.

[DuncanWaring]

How do people in countries without Mexicans eat?