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Tancredo Targets McCain on Immigration
Presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo said Tuesday he will work against fellow Republicans - among them rival John McCain - who support an immigration bill he considers a sellout. Aides to the little-known candidate said the campaign would start a petition drive and volunteer network to help voters campaign against senators who support the White House-backed immigration plan. The bill, which provides a pathway to citizenship to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants already in the United States, has split Republicans in Congress. Among the GOP presidential contenders, McCain stands alone in supporting the legislation. "I am going to use my presidential campaign as a vehicle to rally the millions of law-abiding Americans who oppose the Kennedy-McCain-Bush sellout of America," Tancredo said in remarks prepared for a news conference outside Republican Sen. Judd Gregg's office in New Hampshire.
Story Continues Below Gregg has said he won't decide how to vote on the bill until he has seen all the details. Tancredo, a Colorado congressman, announced his "Save America Campaign" hours before he and nine other candidates were to participate in a Republican debate in New Hampshire. "This bill grants amnesty to over 15 million illegal aliens," Tancredo said. "It will cost the American taxpayers trillions, bankrupt our Social Security system and speed the day that America becomes a bilingual nation. It does nothing to secure our borders: This bill must be stopped and it must be stopped now."
McCain, in a speech Monday, argued that the bill is a practical and comprehensive approach to addressing the problem of illegal immigration.
© 2007 Associated Press.
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