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DENVER — A congressman who has been demanding tighter immigration controls is defending himself against allegations that illegal immigrants remodeled his basement. Two employees of a contracting company say they and other illegal immigrants from Latin America helped install a home entertainment center and a bedroom in the Littleton home of Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., The Denver Post reported Thursday. Last month, after the Post wrote about a young illegal immigrant's struggle to pay for college, Tancredo reported the teen and his family to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. On Thursday, Tancredo said that when the remodeling was done last...

It has been a bad week for Miami's image -- the city has been called a Third World country and more dangerous than Baghdad. But the accusers have overlooked the positives. BY JAMES H. BURNETT III. Time magazine this week wrote that our area's luster has worn thin, partly because it costs too much to live here and partly because traffic is bad.. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., whose own state's population reportedly includes as many as 300,000 illegal immigrants, recently labeled Miami a ``Third World country.'' . And Australian filmmaker George Gittoes has made a documentary declaring Miami more dangerous...

Boston -- Governor Mitt Romney has started his push for the White House, but a recent story could be damaging for Romney. Romney has been an advocate for rounding up illegal immigrants but he may have to take care of his own backyard. Check out what the FOX25 Morning News has to say right here on MyFoxBoston.com. VIDEO HERE

Tancredo stirs the pot again Article Last Updated:11/30/2006 07:15:30 PM MST Congressman Tom Tancredo, who has perfected the art of stirring up political storms, is reveling in controversy again. And, like a pig rolling in mud, he's loving every minute of it. Not that we're calling him a pig, of course. But Florida Gov. Jeb Bush had another name for the Littleton Republican: "What a nut," the president's brother told reporters. "I'm just disappointed \[that\] he's a Republican. He doesn't represent my views." Tancredo, who has been flirting with a presidential run and possibly a Senate bid, kicked open a...

Tancredo fires back at Fla. guv Colo. congressman accuses Jeb Bush of 'happy talk' By Tillie Fong, Rocky Mountain News November 30, 2006 U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo on Wednesday accused Florida Gov. Jeb Bush of spouting "politically correct happy talk" in a war of words touched off by the congressman's swipe at the city of Miami as resembling a "Third World country." In a letter responding to a blast from Bush, Tancredo said the governor did not recognize illegal immigration as a problem in Miami. "I certainly understand and appreciate your need and desire to create the illusion of Miami...

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Jeb Bush called a Colorado congressman "a nut" Wednesday after the fellow Republican likened Miami to a Third World country.