Tancredo Challenges Richardson

From New Mexico's KRQE News 13:

WASHINGTON -- Governor Richardson has been challenged to a debate on immigration and border security by Republican Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo.

Tancredo says he's ready as soon as Richardson's schedule permits.

Tancredo accused the Democratic governor this week using money freed up by a declaration of a state of emergency along the Mexican border to monitor a volunteer border patrol group.

Richardson has denied that accusation.

The Colorado Republican says he and Richardson agree on one point only: that the federal government has abdicated its responsibility to provide meaningful border security and has failed to make progress in preventing illegal immigration.

Tancredo detailed his record on immigration yesterday in a letter to Richardson.

He says now it's time to examine Richardson's record.

CO congressman challenges Richardson to debate

Michigan Minutemen

Students at Michigan State University held an anti-illegal immigration protest yesterday. Notice the Tancredo sign.

From Michigan State University's State News:

"We are out here to distribute the facts that the people inside won't tell you," said Dennis Bentley, a political science sophomore and spokesman for Young Americans for Freedom. "The reason why we think limiting immigration is a good idea is because with outsourcing, especially in Michigan, workers are going to be looking for jobs, and now is just not the time to have an influx of laborers from other countries.

"Our interest is basically what's best for the American worker."

Immigration forum spurs protest

Secure the borders

The tides are turning. From Newsday.com:

The sleeper issue in the 2008 presidential election is immigration. Actually, as a recent straw poll shows, it's waking up.

Since the 1960s, the elites in both parties have been solidly pro-immigration. Democrats, for their part, have figured they could burnish their anti-racism, pro-multiculturalist credentials by opening America's borders to the world's teeming masses...

...the American middle class is finally saying, "Enough." Enough of illegal immigration, enough of multiculturalism, enough of carelessness about homeland security. The Silent Majority will no longer allow an arrogant elite to speak for it on fundamental issues of national and cultural destiny. The Lincoln vision - a house not divided against itself - looks pretty good right now.

George W. Bush has been a victim of this political shift. He was pursuing the same lenient bipartisan immigration policy of his presidential predecessors, and hoped by speaking a little Spanish he could garner some Latino votes. But Congressional Republicans, galvanized by Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, rebelled against the latest lax amnesty plan, now shelved.

Now Tancredo, a tireless advocate for better border control, says he will run for president if nobody else will adopt his platform. Adding weight to his threat, Tancredo just finished second in a 2008-preference straw poll conducted by Michigan Republicans. He finished second behind Sen. John McCain of Arizona, but ahead of such better-known White House hopefuls as Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee and Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. The Republican Party is changing.

Secure borders: the hot issue

Tancredo breaks party ranks to endorse Gilchrist

From Jim Gilchirst for Congress:

Lake Forest, CA— 48th District congressional candidate, Jim Gilchrist, has received a major boost for his campaign in the special election to be held on October 4, 2005. He has been endorsed by prominent Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo.

Tancredo, of Colorado, who is the chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus and the acknowledged leader in the United States Congress on the issues of immigration reform and border security stated, "I need Jim Gilchrist with me in Congress. Together Jim and I can fight to stop illegal immigration. The voters of the 48th Congressional District will be well represented by Jim Gilchrist-he's the real deal, he's a real leader."
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In acknowledging the Tancredo endorsement Gilchrist stated, "I am heartened and most appreciative to receive the endorsement of Congressman Tancredo. He is an outstanding leader in Congress and a great American. I look forward to working with him in Congress on issues of importance to Americans such as border security, immigration reform and tax reduction. Working together to provide effective leadership we can and will make a difference."

Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo breaks party ranks to endorse Gilchrist

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Youth for Tancredo Storm Mackinac Island

This past weekend members of the Michigan Youth for Tancredo attended the Michigan Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island. This conference is held every two years and attracts various Republican bigwigs from not only the state of Michigan, but the entire country. This year was no different, with speakers such as Governor Mitt Romney, Senator Sam Brownback and RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman.
MYT members were able to talk to a great number of people about Tom Tancredo. They also distributed over 150 pro-Tancredo fliers at various spots on the island. The result? A stunning victory for Tom Tancredo as he came in second-place in a presidential straw poll held at Mackinac. Tancredo managed to beat many big name Republicans including Romney and Brownback who attended the conference. For more on the straw poll results see J.C. Miller's article on Smash Left-Wing Scum: Tancredo Places in MI Presidential Poll

Tancredo supporters on Mackinac Island

pro-Tancredo flier

Presidential straw poll with candidate jars
Tancredo flier on straw poll table.

Tancredo Speaks in New Hampshire

From the Concord Monitor Online:

The New Hampshire police chief who charged an illegal alien with trespassing lost that battle last month when a district court judge ruled that only the federal government could enforce immigration laws. But New Ipswich Police Chief Garrett Chamberlain told an audience in Concord last night that he's not done trying.

He won't be alone, judging by the applause from about 250 people who packed the Grappone Conference Center's ballroom for the New Hampshire Center for Constitutional Studies'annual celebration of the signing of the Constitution.

Chamberlain was among the featured speakers, along with Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project, and U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Republican. In workshops and speeches throughout the day, many presenters focused on curbing government welfare or immigration.
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Tancredo, a possible presidential candidate who gave Chamberlain an award in February, echoed Gilchrist and Chamberlain's sentiments. He also cautioned against the "cult of multiculturalism" that he saw in such practices as printing signs in both English and Spanish, saying that it was an "attack on citizenship."

"That is a dagger pointed at our hearts," he said.

Tancredo also touched on the other major theme of the day, general welfare. Like other speakers, he said that the country's founders didn't intend for taxes taken from all citizens to be used to help some citizens, and he said that welfare had created a culture of dependence.

"Over the past 40 or 50 years, we have succeeded in making people think the federal government is their salvation," he said.

Groups rally for curbs in immigration

Tancredo: Sell off gov't land for Katrina aid

From the Denver Post:

Washington - Millions of acres of government-owned land in the West should be sold to pay the bill for Hurricane Katrina recovery, Rep. Tom Tancredo said Wednesday.

The government owns more than 650 million acres, mostly in the Western states.

"Do you think that an area 10 times the area of the state of Colorado is appropriate for the federal government to own?" Tancredo said.

Tancredo wants U.S. to sell off land for Katrina aid

Editorial Praises Tancredo

Diana West has an excellent editorial in the Washington Times today:

For example, Katrina isn't our only crisis. What's up with our borders, for instance? Why doesn't the president bring them under control? So far, the White House solution to the immigration crisis is to plot against border-control advocate Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, conjure up visions of alien amnesty, and now — final-straw time — appoint a novice to head up the crucial U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. "I will seek to work with those who are knowledgeable in this area, who know more than I do," 36-year-old Julie Myers told lawmakers at her Senate confirmation hearing last week.
It's not just that Mrs. Myers' admitted inexperience fails to inspire confidence. It's not just that she is the latest in a string of what columnist Michelle Malkin has called "clueless cronies" appointed to Bush administration jobs in immigration and border security. (Ms. Myers is the niece of outgoing Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Richard B. Myers, and she just married Mr. Chertoff's chief of staff, John F. Wood.) Downright scary is the symbolism of her appointment — that Mr. Bush considers immigration law enforcement a handy place to park a well-connected novice, no matter how willing to learn.
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Earlier this month, the shocking plan for the memorial to the heroes of Flight 93 was released — a memorial in the shape of an Islamic crescent. The only elected official to call for a better plan to honor these brave Americans (who, having saved Washington from further destruction on September 11, plunged to earth hearing al Qaeda hijackers cry, "Allah is the greatest") was Mr. Tancredo. The president, the rest of our leaders, were silent. Maybe we don't expect more of them anymore, which in itself is symbolic. But if the symbolism is clear, the leadership is not.

War-time leadership

Tancredo Bedevils Political Establishment

Tancredo continues to make headlines. From Bloomberg:

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Right-wing populists have bedeviled American political parties in presidential elections for more than 30 years. These include George Wallace in the 1960s and 70s, Patrick Buchanan in the 90s, and may include another such spoiler in 2008: Republican Tom Tancredo.

A U.S. representative from Colorado, Tancredo is the most vocal opponent in Congress of President George W. Bush's proposal to overhaul immigration policy with a guest worker program and has earned the enmity of Bush's chief political adviser, Karl Rove. Tancredo also has criticized the growth of federal spending under Bush and the lack of spending controls on the more than $62 billion appropriated to the Hurricane Katrina recovery.

Tancredo said he hopes one of the more establishment candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 will adopt his anti-immigration stance. He recently met with Republican Virginia Senator George Allen, a possible presidential aspirant, to discuss immigration and said he came away mildly encouraged.

If none of the candidates make immigration a prominent part of the presidential debate in 2008, Tancredo said he would enter the race to draw attention to the issue.

``I will enter primaries, and I will try my best to make all the folks out there have to deal with it,'' he said.
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Bay Buchanan, who is now president of the American Cause, an educational foundation in Washington, said that Tancredo's candidacy would ``energize'' the Republican Party.

Tancredo, Bush Foe on Immigration, Poised as Republican Spoiler

Tancredo Allies

As many of you know, this country is desperately in need of more Congressman like Tom Tancredo, who are willing to take on the Washington establishment. Below are two great supporters of Tom Tancredo and his message who are running for Congress. Both of these men have proven they are true conservatives who are not afraid to stand up for their principles.

Jim Gilchrist



From Gilchrist for Congress:
Jim Gilchrist founded the multi-ethnic Minuteman Project on Oct. 1, 2004, after years of frustrated efforts trying to get a neglectful U.S. government to simply enforce existing immigration laws.

Jim holds a B.A. in newspaper journalism, a B.S. in business administration, and an M.B.A. in taxation. He is a former newspaper reporter and a retired California CPA (Certified Public Accountant).

Jim is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and recipient of the Purple Heart award for wounds sustained while serving with an infantry unit in Vietnam, 1968 - 1969.

Mr. Gilchrist is a passionate defender of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and an avid supporter of law enforcement organizations. He has appeared on over 100 radio and TV news and commentary shows in the past six months, and he believes he is only one of millions of 21st century minutemen / women / children who want the U.S. to remain governed by the "rule of law" and who want proactive enforcement of our national security protections, and our immigration legal code.

Jim has lived in California since 1976 and currently resides in Aliso Viejo with his wife, Sandy.

Gilcrhist for Congress

Robert Vasquez



Robert Vasquez is the current Republican County Commissioner of Canyon County, Idaho and a staunch conservative.

He was born in El Paso, Texas in 1949 and at the age of 17 enlisted in the United States Army serving a tour of duty in Vietnam. He received the Purple Heart two times during his service.

After graduating from the College of Idaho he began a career in civil service, serving in various capacities. In 2002 he was elected as County Commissioner. Since holding that position he has been a tireless advocate of immigration reform.

In April, 2004 he first made headlines after sending a bill to the Mexican consulate for $2,009,315.07 for the cost to the county of illegal immigrants. In January of 2005 he had the county declared a disaster area due to the flood of illegals. He has suggested using federal racketeering statues to sue businesses who hire illegal immigrants.

Robert Vasquez for Idaho

Tancredo: Bush Will Push for Amnesty

From Bloomberg online:

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush will push this year for legislation overhauling immigration laws, including creating a new guest-worker program, said U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo, chairman of the House Immigration Reform Caucus.

The Bush administration has met with Republican lawmakers to press the issue and will likely urge party leaders such as House Speaker Dennis Hastert to hold votes on immigration measures before the end of the congressional session, Tancredo said.

``Certainly there will be a tremendous amount of pressure to do something before Thanksgiving,'' Tancredo, a Colorado Republican who opposes Bush's guest-worker plan, said in an interview. ``The president wants it. They're not going to tell him no.''

Bush has made an overhaul of immigration laws, including a new program to allow immigrants to temporarily work in the U.S., a priority for his second term. The legislative fight on the issue is likely to split Republicans, Tancredo said.

``It will be a terribly divisive thing in the party,'' he said. Tancredo said he opposes any guest-worker program that allows those in the U.S. illegally to stay and would delay any such program until the borders are deemed secure.
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Bush to Press Congress for Guest-Worker Program, Tancredo Says

Tancredo's REAL GUEST Act (HR 3333)

Human Events Online this week has a good article on the status of immigration reform in the Congress. There are essentially three major immigration reform bills, including Rep. Tom Tancredo's REAL GUEST Act. Tom Tancredo's proposal is the only one that comes close to dealing with the illegal immigration issue. The evil duo McCain-Kennedy's bill would actually exacerbate the problem greatly. Meanwhile Congressional leaders are dragging their feet as usual. Human Events points out this could have dire consequences for Republicans. From Human Events:

• Senators John McCain (R.-Ariz.) and Teddy Kennedy (D.-Mass.) are sponsoring the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act (S 1033). Its House companion, HR 2330, is sponsored by Arizona Representatives Jim Kolbe (R.) and Jeff Flake (R.).

The “McKennedy” bill would legalize virtually all of the 10 million to 12 million illegal aliens. It would also create a guest-worker program so generous it would flood the U.S. labor force and ensure wage depression. It includes no meaningful border enforcement, interior enforcement or employer sanctions provisions. Immigrant-rights groups and big business, support this bill.

• Senators John Cornyn (R.-Tex.) and Jon Kyl (R.-Ariz.) are sponsoring the Comprehensive Enforcement and Immigration Reform Act (S 1438), which includes serious-minded border and interior enforcement measures, as well as employment accountability measures such as mandatory electronic verification of workers’ employment eligibility.

The bill creates a guest-worker program that is less problematic than McKennedy, but lacks rigorous market-based safeguards to protect Americans from job displacement and wage erosion. It also gives illegal aliens five years in which to exit the United States. Even with a $2,000 per year fine, it is too long.

• Rep. Tom Tancredo (R.-Colo.), leader of the 88-member House Immigration Reform Caucus, has crafted the REAL GUEST Act  (HR 3333). This comprehensive bill contains the toughest set of enforcement measures, border and interior. It includes meaningful employer accountability measures.

The Tancredo bill creates a guest-worker program, but the enforcement measures must first go into effect and show tangible results. The guest-worker plan requires labor market indicators show an actual shortage of workers before foreigners can enter the U.S. workforce.
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And the timing gets touchy. Anything that could cause voters to stay home in the 2006 midterm congressional elections will cost the current majority party House seats.

Any immigration legislation that goes beyond border and interior enforcement, employer accountability and document integrity poses Republicans real problems. Anything that smacks of amnesty and massive guest-worker plans will hurt congressional Republicans with their base constituencies.

Congressional Consensus Slow on Immigration

Four after 9/11, visa system still flawed

From the Detroit News:

A government system that tracks foreign students studying in the United States has detected tens of thousands of immigration violations in the two years since it began. But few of those cases were ever investigated.

The student-tracking system, which monitors whether foreign students are living up to the terms of their student visas by staying enrolled in school, was one of a handful of high-tech measures laid out in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks to erase some of the blind spots in the nation's immigration system. But critics say it won't deliver much added security until the government does more to investigate the abuses it detects.
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Still, advocates for tighter immigration controls say they're troubled the government still doesn't have the resources to check on more than a fraction of violations. Immigration officials acknowledged at the time the program began that it would not be able to track all of the foreigners who break the terms of their visas, even if the computers can pinpoint who and where they are.

"Our security is only as strong as the weakest link, and this system was trying to forge a stronger link in the chain. We're partway there, but we won't be done until we not only have the system operating fully, but we respond effectively to what it tells us," said Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a member of the House subcommittee on international terrorism.

Part of the problem, he and others said, is that the Department of Homeland Security has only about 2,000

Students slip past visa check

Tancredo in Iowa

From the Des Moines Register:

A trio of potential Republican presidential candidates stopped in Des Moines for a GOP picnic on Saturday, with issues such as Hurricane Katrina, tax cuts, immigration and Supreme Court nominees on their plates.

U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas, Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee made weekend pilgrimages to Iowa, the first step on the road to the White House with its party caucuses in early 2008.
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U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Republican who is one of the nation's strongest advocates for tougher actions to crack down on illegal immigration, said that issue "touches every single aspect of life," including education, health care and taxes.

Tancredo also fretted about some of the collateral damage from Hurricane Katrina. The tens of billions of dollars being promised by the federal government for rebuilding New Orleans and other Gulf Coast areas could derail efforts to make permanent tax cuts championed by Bush.

He also is concerned that people could draw the wrong lessons from the massive aid effort. "We now have infused in people's minds that for every natural disaster, the federal government is the answer."
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Conservative activist Stacey Cargill, the West Des Moines resident who played host to Tancredo and Brownback at her home, said they both made good impressions. "It wasn't so much what they said, but that they made themselves available to the people," she said.

GOP politicians embark on road to White House

Tancredo Votes Against "Hate-Crime" Bill

Leftists have been looking for ways to pass their unpopular "hate crime" legislation for quite some time. The scheming leftist Rep. John Conyers of Michigan recently found a way to do this by tacking on his legislation to the Children's Safety Act. The Children's Safety Act was a good bill designed to force sex-offenders to register with authorities or face prison time. However, with a stroke of evil-genius Conyers was able to get his unrelated "hate-crimes" bill tacked on thus making it very hard for Congressmen to vote against the measure, which is still titled the Children's Safety Act. Tancredo, of course, is not like most Congressmen and voted AGAINST the new "Hate-Crimes" bill. From the Rocky Mountain News:

Reps. Joel Hefley, R-Colorado Springs, and Tom Tancredo, R-Littleton, were on the losing side of a 371-52 House of Representatives vote approving the Children's Safety Act. It would create a national child sex-offender registry and impose lengthy prison sentences for those who fail to register.

Hefley and Tancredo said they objected to an amendment by Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., that would allow some crimes involving sexual orientation, gender or disability to be prosecuted as hate crimes.

"From my point of view, it was a poison pill in the bill," Tancredo said.

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Tancredo questions use of Crescent in 9/11 memorial

From the Associated Press:

Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo wants the Interior Department to reconsider the design of a memorial to the victims of 9-11 whose hijacked plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania.

The Republican lawmaker thinks the design called "Crescent of Embrace" could be a problem because of the crescent's use as a symbol in Islam. The hijackers were Muslim.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations says Tancredo's comments are, "a cynical political ploy designed to gain national attention." It's calling on President Bush and other Republican leaders to repudiate them.

The White House isn't commenting

Congressman Questions Crescent Shape of 9/11 Memorial

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Mail Bag

Although this site is only a few weeks old we have received a great deal of e-mail in support of Congressman Tancredo and his work. We thought we would share a few of these,


This blog is fantastic! keep it up. GO TANCREDO!

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Tom, You have our votes! Keep up the good work.

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I PRAY TO GOD THAT TOM TANCREDO RUNS FOR PRESIDENT,HE SEEMS TO BE AMERICA'S LAST HOPE,I SAW MR TANCREDO SPEAK IN SALT LAKE CITY AND I WILL SUPPORT HIM 100 PERCENT AND I WILL VOLUNTEER TO WORK FOR HIS CAMPAINGN,

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I Love this idea. If it wasn't for people like Tom I would leave the Republican party this instant...

J.E.M.

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If someone like Tom Tancredo does not win in 2008, the USA will spiral downward in BIG trouble!

D.H.
Darwin, Australia

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Hello,
I am a member of Western Michigan College Republicans and a big supporter of Tancredo. How can I join the youth for tancredo?

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Tom Tancredo sounds like a great man. Here in the Netherlands we also have a immigration problem but the politicians do nothing. I am happy to see there is somebody at least in the states doing something.

J.V.
Holland

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Looks like Tancredo is even starting to attract some international fans.

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Tancredo criticizes Dept. of Homeland Security

You know we're living in interesting times when laws can be ignored or suspended by random government agencies at will. The Department of Homeland Security, for example, has decided to suspend the enforcement of certain labor laws which protect American jobs for 45 days. This raises two questions. First, under what authority can the DHS 'suspend' the enforcement of laws passed by the Congress? Secondly, when was the last time these laws were enforced anyway? As always Congressman Tom Tancredo is leading the charge against this insanity. From the Washington Times:

The Department of Homeland Security will not punish employers who can't verify new workers' employee status over the next 45 days -- a move designed to help victims of Hurricane Katrina but which critics say will benefit illegal aliens.
Members of Congress yesterday questioned whether the department has the authority to suspend enforcement, and said the move is a bad precedent.
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Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, said the policy change isn't needed because businesses weren't worried about sanctions anyway.
"When was the last time DHS checked documents to begin with?" asked Mr. Tancredo. "I don't know what it is they're trying to accomplish, but it isn't because we need the work force and it isn't because any employer was worried about DHS checking documents."
He said the policy is an invitation to illegal aliens to take jobs at a time when there are hundreds of thousands of Americans looking for a job.

Verification rules for workers eased

Tancredo protests against lack of accountability

In an effort to make up for the slow response to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Congress rushed through 51.8 billion dollars in aid yesterday. While a good deal of this money is needed by ordinary Americans, the sad fact is that much of it will probably go to corrupt politicians and their cronies. Louisiana, and the city of New Orleans in particular, have a horrible history of corruption and theft from the taxpayers. Most members of Congress are aware of this but are not willing to do anything about it. As usual, no one asks where the money will come from or how it will be spent. The only thing important to most Congressmen is that they can say in their reelection campaigns that they 'supported' the victims.
Obviously, Tom Tancredo is not like most Congressmen and yesterday cast one of only 11 protest votes against the lack of accountability in the funding. He then introduced legislation to create a special committee to monitor Katrina related spending to ensure it goes to the victims and not corrupt politicians and hurricane profiteers. From the Rocky Mountain News:

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colorado, voted against the $51.8 billion aid package. A spokesman called it "a protest vote."

"No one wants to withhold relief funding for survivors of Katrina," said Will Adams, press secretary for Tancredo. He added the vote raised "the red flag to show there's something wrong going on here."
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"You can't write checks now and ask questions later. . . . This isn't Monopoly money but real money that taxpayers paid to the government, and they deserve accountability," Adams said.
Tancredo's vote against relief was protest

From South Africa's Finance24:

Another Republican, Representative Tom Tancredo, introduced legislation to create a special House committee to monitor Katrina-related spending.

"There is no question that billions of dollars are needed - and are needed immediately - to provide relief and reconstruction for Louisiana. But the urgent need of resources does not excuse us from our duty to safeguard the American taxpayers' money," said Tancredo.
US OKs $51.8 Billion for Katrina aid

Tom Tancredo #6 in Political Derby

Tom Tancredo has moved up to #6 in the Political Derby 2008 Power Ranking.

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Tancredo supports anti-communist dissidents

Congressman received a mention today in a column in the Yale Daily News, this time in support of anti-communist dissidents in China.

If there is one crisis that troubles Hu and the CCP above all else, it is the four million participants of a growing national movement in China to renounce one's communist affiliations, or the Tuidang movement. This movement began in December 2004, a month after The Epoch Times published the "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party" and set up a Web site for people to publicly renounce their communist membership. The Nine Commentaries is a series of editorials that gives an uncensored account of CCP's history, from its rise, ideology and structure to its infamous killing history of 80 million Chinese during its 55-year rule. U.S. Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) compared it to Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" before the American Revolution.

Change from China? Not from Hu alone

The quote comes from an excellent speech Tancredo gave on July, 30th at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. concerning the state of Communism in China. The speech can be found from the Epoch Times here:

Rep. Tom Tancredo's Speech at "A Closer Look into China" Forum

Tancredo aims at amnesty

An excerpt from the Rocky Mountain News:

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But the fine print does not satisfy Tancredo, who chairs the House Immigration Reform Caucus. He is pushing his own comprehensive legislation, which would create a limited guest worker plan only after tougher border security and employer enforcement goals are met.

Even Tancredo concedes his full bill might not be going anywhere, so he's vowing to play defense to block guest worker legislation by Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and a Republican-backed alternative by Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and John Cornyn, R-Texas.

"Oh, believe me, it will be one hell of a fight. I guarantee you," Tancredo told reporters last Thursday. "I'll do everything I can. It will be interesting to see how this thing certainly plays out."

Tancredo said Republican leadership can't pass a business-friendly guest worker plan without his 82-member caucus, which opposes granting amnesty to people who entered the country illegally.

"If we go to the full-court press and they have to get Democrats to pass it, they'll demand things that could make it ugly from my point of view," Tancredo said.

Given a choice, he said he'd take no reforms rather than passage of a bill he considers "amnesty."

Congress facing other storms

MYT Members Visit Tancredo Office

Last week two members of the Michigan Youth for Tancredo paid a visit to Congressman Tancredo's office in Washington D.C. The MYT members were in D.C. for other business and decided to stop by. Although Congressman Tancredo was not in his office, as he was busy rallying conservatives in Utah, the MYT members still found the visit exciting. Later the members stopped by Senator McCain's office to express their disapproval with his radical left-wing positions.




"Congressman Tancredo's office is an oasis of real conservatism in a desert of left-wing sell outs." ~MYT

Tancredo Rallies Activists

From the East Valley Tribune:

Immigration control advocate rallies GOP activists

Once shunned as a "crazy" ultraconservative, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., has become a national icon for the political right because of his strident campaign against immigration.

"I’ve been traveling to every state trying to light a fire about immigration," Tancredo said at a Saturday night reception in Scottsdale for a national convention of Republican activists. "But I’m finding the fire is already raging, and I’m just grabbing the bellows to push it higher."
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"He’s probably been to the border more often than our own congressional delegation," said Randy Pullen of Phoenix, a leading Proposition 200 advocate and a member of the Republican National Committee. "He has an in-depth understanding of our problems and issues."

This summer, Tancredo has been traveling the country in search of backing for a possible 2008 presidential bid. While he’s a nearly impossible long-shot compared with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Tancredo received more support than the Arkansas governor and two other senators in an August political poll in New Hampshire — home of the first presidential primary every four years.
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"He’s feisty. He speaks bluntly and tells like it is," said Michael Potaski, a convention delegate from Massachusetts. "That means he’s not your typical politician. He’s an honest man.

Immigration control advocate rallies GOP activists

Tancredo in Arizona

Rep. Tancredo is in Arizona this weekend where he will speak to the National Federation of Republican Assemblies.

From the East Valley Tribune:

One of the country’s largest alliances of Republican activists — as well as one of the most conservative — has gathered in Scottsdale this weekend to craft strategies for the 2006 elections.

The National Federation of Republican Assemblies isn’t a formal arm of the Republican Party, but serves as a political gathering point for Christian and social conservatives seeking to push the GOP further to the right. The group started in California about 70 years ago, but spread across the U.S. during the presidency of Ronald Reagan and now has chapters in every state.
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Stopping illegal immigration is an expanding part of the group’s agenda, and speakers on that issue will include state Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa and Jim Gilchrist, a co-founder of the Minuteman Project. A leading national figure in the immigration control movement, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., will be the keynote speaker at the convention’s awards dinner tonight.

GOP activists meet in Scottsdale

Tancredo: "It will be one hell of a fight"

News from Denton, Texas. The Denton Record-Crhonicle reports:

As pressure mounts for Congress to revisit the nation's immigration policy, Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., said Thursday he is ready to fight any bill that would allow amnesty for workers illegally in the United States.

In a conference call with reporters, Tancredo, who has long called for a tougher policy on illegal immigration, spoke on a slew of immigration bills lawmakers are expected to take up this fall dealing with everything from border security to guest workers.

If a bill is introduced that includes an amnesty plan allowing illegal workers to stay in the United States, Tancredo said he will do what he can to "enlist the aid of every organization out there to alert the general public of everything going on."

"It will be one hell of a fight," he said.

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