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Tancredo in Iowa: 'Enforce the Law' on Immigration
Presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo is a long shot to gain the Republican nomination, but he’s getting the attention of GOP voters in early caucus state Iowa with his stand on one key issue – illegal immigration. "I have a solution” to the illegal immigration problem, he told a recent gathering in Des Moines. "It’s a radical one. Scary. Enormously controversial. It’s called: Enforce the law.” The Colorado congressman had earlier railed against the immigration bill that died in the Senate, saying it amounted to "instant amnesty” for millions of people in the country illegally. "Blunt talk like that is a big part of Tancredo’s appeal,” the Los Angeles Times observes.
After hearing Tancredo’s Des Moines talk, Diane Watson said she is one Iowa resident who plans to vote for Tancredo. "He wants to protect the country,” she said. A Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg survey in June found that about 40 percent of Republicans who plan to vote in the party’s primaries believe immigration is the most important issue facing the country.
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That concern is evident in Iowa. Latinos make up only about 4 percent of the state’s population, but Iowa’s Latino population has more than tripled since 1990. Tancredo said he has a straightforward approach to solving the illegal immigration problem, according to the Times: First, secure the borders with fences, armed guards or whatever else it takes. Then go after businesses that hire illegals and hit them with large fines and even criminal charges if necessary.
Also, he favors bringing criminal charges – for aiding and abetting – against mayors and city council members in "sanctuary cities” that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration agents.
Tancredo recently charged that GOP rival Rudy Giuliani tried to make New York a "sanctuary city” when he was mayor there, an allegation Giuliani’s campaign called "inaccurate.” When these measures are put in effect, Tancredo says, jobs will dry up and illegal aliens in the country will go home. "Attrition through enforcement,” Tancredo calls it. "If people cannot get the thing for which they came – a job – they go home.”
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