Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., was in his element this week as he continued to voice his opposition to an immigration bill trying to work its way through the U.S. Senate.
Following a successful cloture vote in the Senate on Tuesday, Tancredo repeated assertions that the immigration reform bill would “grant amnesty to 12-20 million illegal aliens” in the United States.
“I am absolutely disgusted with the arrogance of those who freely disregard the will of the American people by their support of massive amnesty for illegal aliens. Those elected officials ignore the mistakes of the past (1986 immigration law), making a mockery of our immigration policy,” Tancredo said in a statement.
Tancredo also issued a challenge this week to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to explain why he has changed his position on immigration and how he would handle the millions of people living in the U.S. illegally. In recent months, Romney has come out against the immigration bill, echoing concerns of many of the conservative activists he is courting in early primary and caucus states.
In an interview last week on FOX’s “Hannity and Colmes,” Tancredo said the situation of a missing Army specialist’s wife who is in the U.S. illegally could be considered a “hardship case,” which would not require deportation. He added, however, that he would like to allow the legal process to run its course.
The Tancredo campaign has planned yet another swing through Iowa this weekend ahead of the official opening of a new office in Ames — home to the straw poll and Iowa State University. He plans to spend Thursday night in Dallas Center, Friday and Saturday in Marshalltown and Des Moines, and Sunday in Ames and Eldora.
Tancredo issued a statement this week asking organizers from the Iowa Christian Alliance and Iowans for Tax Relief to include Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., in a presidential forum on June 30 in Des Moines. Tancredo, Romney, Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., and former Govs. Tommy Thompson and Mike Huckabee and are all slated to attend.
“While I don’t see eye-to-eye with Rep. Paul on all issues, he is a respected congressman, a former presidential candidate, and a man with strong convictions and the courage to express them. The Republican party is better because he is one of us, and he has earned the right to be in all presidential debates and forums,” Tancredo said in the statement released by his campaign.
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