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Tancredo Endorses Bob Marshall For Senate
By Greg L | 23 May 2008 | Illegal Aliens, Virginia Politics, US Senate | 17 Comments
Congressman Tom Tancredo has endorsed Bob Marshall’s bid for the United States Senate, offering his conclusion that Jim Gilmore is a proponent of amnesty for illegal aliens based on statements made by Gilmore while he was running for the Republican nomination for President of the United States.
“Jim Gilmore says he’s against amnesty, but he has a long record that suggests otherwise,” Tancredo said. “Less than a year ago, while campaigning for the presidency in Iowa, I witnessed Gilmore give a speech supporting a policy that sounded like amnesty to me.”
Tancredo’s rationale for this conclusion can be found in this press release from April of last year, as reported on Virginia Virtucon, where Gilmore derided President Bush for supporting “amnesty-lite” for illegal aliens while promoting his own solution that amounts to, well, amnesty for illegal aliens:
Gilmore, a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States, said most of the new Bush proposal focuses on the same solutions Bush has discussed previously and the ‘new’ proposal to resolve the status of millions of illegal immigrants already living in the country amounts to “amnesty lite.”
The President’s latest proposal provides a path to citizenship for those who have who have ignored our immigration laws if they meet ‘reasonable conditions.’ “That is just not acceptable and places an unfair burden on the American taxpayers and is an affront to the immigrants who came to this country legally,” Gilmore said.
Gilmore said, “Illegal immigration is costing American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars each year. “We must secure America’s borders and stop the illegal immigration that is threatening our nation’s future.”
“Illegal aliens must be identified and required to register, “Gilmore said. “After registration, only those who pass background checks and have sponsors may be considered for temporary work visas, but none of them should be considered for citizenship unless they return home and they are allowed to reenter the country legally.”
It’s no wonder that Tom Tancredo sees Jim Gilmore as an advocate of amnesty for illegal aliens given this statement, which pretty much duplicates the proposals offered by large business lobbyists with an interest in ensuring for themselves a continuing supply of cheap illegal alien labor. This little scheme, while couched in language that is supposed to reassure us that the rampant fraud and abuse of previous amnesties won’t plauge Gilmore’s amnesty proposal, is just about certain to be just as much of a public policy disaster as the 1986 amnesty. That little hat trick is largely responsible for increasing the number of illegal aliens from about one million to over (at least) twelve million despite providing amnesty for about seven million illegal aliens.
So here’s how the Gilmore Amnesty Plan For Illegal Aliens would work, as far as I can determine:
1. Illegal aliens in the United States voluntarily “register” with the federal government, hopefully under their actual name, or an alias that they’ve been consistently using while unlawfully residing here. One would hope that identity fraud or outright theft isn’t as much a problem as has been consistently demonstrated in the several other amnesty plans foisted on our country since 1986.
2. Using the information provided by the illegal alien, the federal government performs a background check on the applicant, even though these background checks are considered so onerous right now that the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Services believes it’s too much work to perform them for legal permanent residents applying for naturalization right now, even though they are required by law. If the current burden of following the law is too much for USCIS, it’s not likely that increasing this burden will improve the situation.
3. After vaulting this minor hurdle, the illegal alien is required to be provided with a “temporary work visa” that can be indefinitely renewed, immediately rewarding the illegal alien with legal status. Not because there’s necessarily any benefit for us by having this former illegal alien in the country, but because he filed an application, the approval of which is conditioned only on a failure by the USCIS to identify a criminal record for the individual.
4. With this new visa, the illegal alien can then “touch back” to his home country, apply for American citizenship in an expedited process that persons who have not previously violated federal immigration laws would not qualify for. Current federal law allows foreign nationals to do this now, but they have to wait in line with everyone else. This new process, available only to lawbreakers, allows them to skip to the head of the line.
5. Millions of foreign nationals, seeing that once again America will reward them for breaking federal immigration laws by granting them citizenship in a process far easier than complying with existing immigration laws flood into the United States in order to take advantage of this.
6. Rinse and repeat.
Tom Tancredo’s endorsement of Bob Marshall should be a pretty solid indication that Bob Marshall won’t tolerate this kind of frequently-offered shenanigan that requires citizens to contact their Senators and demand an end to these all too frequent disingenous proposals. Tancredo’s statements also are a pretty reliable indicator that should Jim Gilmore be elected, we’re going to still be deluging our Sentators every few months to prevent amnesty proposals from being passed over the objections of the American people.
UPDATE: Right Wing Liberal has more on this here.
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Marshall has my vote.
Johnson said on 23 May 2008 at 1:40 pm:
Marshall has my vote.
DITTO!
Bob Marshall is the clear choice.
Unless he buries the news of Tancredo’s endorsement quickly, he’ll have no chance.
No one ever wins a campaign by basing it on anger, but that doesn’t keep the Bob Marshalls or Tom Tancredos of the world from trying. Birds of a feather…
Tancredo’s endorsement an asset???
What next, Pat Buchanan?
Good luck, Marshall!
Krutis,
Actually, Marshall has been endorsed by Bay Buchanan, Pat’s sister who is a prominent conservative pundit and Republican Strategist.
These days you have to ask yourself what matters most, and Marshall will stand firmly against the North American Union, unlike Gilmore or Warner.
We need more the the Bob Marshall type in congress. He is someone with the guts to stand behind any decision he makes. Today, not many in congress will do that. They test the wind to see how it’s blowing but most of the time the wind is from someone’s bodily function.
Mike - You are welcome to both Buchanans!
“Prominent pundit”! Pundit = any learned man. Bay Buchanan learned, I ask. Is being a Republican Strategist (with capital S) some especially honored position in today’s political scene? I have heard Bay many times on various talk shows.
Pat B. has made some utterly racist statements in his political career, that cannot be overlooked or forgiven, IMO.
Greg L said: “After vaulting this minor hurdle, the illegal alien is required to be provided with a “temporary work visa” that can be indefinitely renewed, immediately rewarding the illegal alien with legal status. ”
I am sorry but I can’t make that jump that you did. I am not sure where “indefinitely renewed” came from. Temporary to me means temporary–for a given amount of time. I would just like a clarification so that I understand if you have some inside information that all should know. Not really challenging you, I seriously don’t see that in Gilmore’s comments and would like to understand. I have not focused yet on the senate race so I would appreciate some education.
I am by the way, fully in favor of the enforcement of immigration law.
There is nothing ever so enduring as a “temporary” federal program. This is the same mentality that gave us a telephone excise tax in order to pay for the Spanish American War that was only discontinued two years ago. It is the same mentality that provided “Temporary Protected Status” to Salvadorans that has been renewed since the 1980’s. Anything “temporary” that has a dedicated constituency will be renewed and extended indefinitely, and the open borders lobby is absolutely dedicated to below-market labor rates and the mass relocation of significant proportions of their nation to the United States.
So this is your supposition rather than fact? I was really kind of curious about how you view the world. I am not far off in my thinking about how illegal aliens should be treated but I also seek truth rather than state “truth” to fit my views.
As far as I am concerned, until I see the details, I am not willing to base my “truth” on Spanish American War taxes or things from the 1980’s. As far as I know, Mr. Gilmore had nothing to do with either. (and I am not a Gilmore supporter but I want to know more about both candidates.) If he says something that concerns me about the temporary nature of things, then I will make my decision then. I am sorry but I want to see more from politicians before I decide. Guess it is just a difference of opinion.
I also wonder about the dedication of people who are absolutely dedicated to the mass deportation. Where were we when this was building? I think we also are to blame for not speaking sooner. I applaud you for bringing this to the forefront now but we are not blameless either.
indy, mass deportations are completely implausible. What has been proven to work is “enforcement through attrition” where the enforcement of the law is improved so that illegal aliens deport themselves. This has worked well in Arizona, Oklahoma and Georgia.
As far as Gilmore’s Amnesty Plan, I am relying on very similar plans offered by others for the additional details about what a “temporary work visa” would end up actually being. The proposal has been offered in the Senate and shot down before, so it’s not like this is the first time we’ve seen this scheme.
Let your heart not be troubled, since as an independent you have no say in whether Marshall of Gilmore will be the Republican nominee. Your choice will be between Warner and whoever is selected at the Republican convention.
Greg, my heart is not troubled. You are quite correct as to whether I could influence what a party’s nominee might be. Please do not attempt to alienate me however.
We do not disagree about some basic things. But I think people should think rather than react.
I still do not know if Gilmore has an amnesty plan or not and I don’t think you do either at this point. I am still willing to wait until I hear what his plan is before I jump into it.
indy, I appreciate your intent to wait for more information before coming to any conclusion, but that’s essentially an academic exercise for you. The Republican convention will determine which of these candidates receive the nomination, and unless you’re a delegate that’s simply a decision outside of your purview.
When the nominee is selected in about a week, your question will likely be whether the Republican nominee or Mark Warner better reflects your views. That comparison and evaluation will be of more benefit to you.
But does that mean that my views have no substance here? Inquiring minds do want to know.
Fortunately for Marshall, Gilmore is such a weak candidate that even a Tancredo endorsement will not prove fatal. It would probably terminate anyone else’s chances.