Posted on 09/22/2006 7:43:18 AM PDT by Dane
Tancredo: 'I Don't Trust the President' on Border Security By Kevin Mooney CNSNews.com Staff Writer September 22, 2006
(CNSNews.com) - An immigration compromise plan will not work, because President Bush cannot be trusted to "certify" America's borders are secure, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) said Thursday.
In an effort to reconcile the divergent immigration bills in the House and Senate, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) put forth a compromise plan this summer that would require the president to "certify" the successful implementation of security measures along the most porous entry points into the U.S. before a guest worker program could be implemented.
"I don't trust the president to say the borders are secure," Tancredo told an audience at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He said immigration policy should be formulated with an emphasis on law enforcement as opposed to "political pandering" for votes. Tancredo also cited a "disconnect" between "elite policy makers" and the American people.
This week, the Senate is considering House legislation that would authorize the construction of 700 miles of reinforced fencing along the most porous sections of America's southwestern border.
Additional measures passed by the House Thursday impose criminal penalties on the construction and financing of border tunnels and provide for expedited removal of criminal aliens. The legislation also "reaffirms the authority" of state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws.
Should the Senate fail to act on border enforcement legislation, Tancredo sees grassroots efforts and citizen activism on the local level as a viable alternative. He would like to see citizen support for strict local laws against illegal immigration and support for pro-enforcement officials at the local level.
Tancredo pointed to a local ordinance in Hazelton, Pa., as an example of the kind of legislation local officials could enact. The ordinance imposes fines and penalties on landlords who rent to illegal aliens and on businesses who hire them.
Similar measures have also passed in other parts of Pennsylvania and in Riverside, N.J.
Tancredo took issue with some conservative strategists - such as Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform - who feel that a push for stringent immigration policies could hurt the Republican Party politically.
"I don't buy it," Tancredo said. "By saying we should be a nation of laws, we will gain votes."
As evidence, Tancredo pointed to Proposition 200 in Arizona, which requires government employees to verify the immigration status of people applying for benefits. Tancredo noted that law was enacted with support from 47 percent of the state's Hispanics.
Here is what we are getting.....notice the "in Spanish" comment.....He doesn't speak English and he has lived here how long..and with how many kids?????
CASTLE ROCK - A somber-looking man stared at a picture of his smiling brother Thursday and was forced to ponder the unimaginable: that the man in the photo could be capable of one of the most horrendous killings in this city's history.
"I feel like my life is going to change," said Victor Rubi-Nava, 25.
His brother, Jose Luis Rubi-Nava, was arrested Wednesday for investigation of first-degree murder. The 36-year-old man is suspected of tying a rope around a woman's neck and dragging her behind his car for more than a mile early Monday on a rural road in the Surrey Ridge subdivision.
"Everything is so complicated, I don't know what to think," Victor Rubi-Nava said during an interview in Spanish.
Here is the link..
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5012965,00.html
Notwithstanding current law & this and prior administrations' lack of enforcement, the 'purest' conservative solution is the open market. Illegal immigration has grown in proportion to our 5 year economic expansion, and will deflate in the face of the next recession.
Our opportunity is merely to enforce existing laws regarding identification & employment and pursue lawbreakers to facilitate normal market mechanisms. Already, we're beginning to see reports of businesses losing entire work forces under the first whispers of crackdowns. This will only accelerate as unemployment numbers creep up in the next recession.
The key is enforcement of employment ID laws & self-deportation. We don't need to stinkin' fence or amnesty.
Love your tag-line!
http://www.anncoulter.com/cgi-local/article.cgi?article=115
As they try to pass themselves off as Mexicans by praying towards mecca 5 times in Matamoros(a 99.5% Christian city), when it is much easier for them to do that in Toronto, which has a vastly larger ilsmofascist sleeper enclave.
That's not the word that comes to mind. But then, I know him. He's a great guy and a smart, principled, small-government conservative. You couldn't ask for a better congresscritter.
So, I'm assuming then you also admire McCain?
Whatever floats your boat, BTW, what do you think of his(tancredo's) breaking his initial 1998 campaign promise of only running for 3 US House terms.
(sarcasm)Sure Tom. Doncha know you are to sit their & but into EVERYTHING the pubbie leaders say. Be a supporter of our outlandish spending, our Dubai ports, & for Gawd sakes don't mention anything about that wonderful Harriet Meirs for SC. Don't get sick & have to go to an emergency room because these wetbacks will get their ills checked before you. Haven't you seen those talking points, Tom? Shut up & go along with this corrupt "Two-Party Cartel".
no, McCain's stripes are different. He has the finger-in-the-air-to-see-where-the-wind-is-blowing disease. He's angry and bitter about his defeat in the primaries and he gets personal.
In a normal time I would agree that we don't need a fence if we actually punished lawbreaking employers etc. However we have more than job seeking Mexicans crossing our borders. We know that terrorists have crossed both borders. Also we have Hugo Chavez snuggling up to the worst terrorists around.
Tom is almost singlehandely responsible for the fact that the House and the Senate are now considering an enforcement first approach to immigration and not an amnesty first approach. I regard that as a good thing.
Tom is saving the Republican party from itself on this issue.
Neither did Tancredo. Here's what he said:
"I don't trust the president to say the borders are secure."
Who does, in that instance? That's a far cry, however, from saying the President is "untrustworthy." I don't trust Bush on the borders either, but on balance I consider him trustworthy.
It's also a little cheeky to expect unquestioning loyalty of Tancredo after Rove burned the bridge back in 2001. You are correct, though, that this a serious election, which is all the more reason the President and McCain ought to knock off their divisive efforts to legalize a lot of people who don't deserve to be in this country.
Regardless, I'll bet Tancredo votes for Bush. What do you think?
Then you don't know him.
Both borders represent potential dangers to this country. If we need a wall on our northern border, so be it. Irrespective of the need in connection with Canada, the need clearly exists with Mexico.
Can you cite evidence of catch and release ending?
Do you think it's been wise for the President to repeatedly rock the boat with his efforts to legalize illegal aliens?
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