Lubbock
10-23-2007, 08:27 PM
Thompson Proposes Immigration Crackdown
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writers
Tue Oct 23, 6:55 PM ET
NAPLES, Fla. - Republican Fred Thompson said Tuesday the government should yank federal dollars from cities and states that don't report illegal immigrants.
In his first major policy proposal, Thompson challenged presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney by criticizing "sanctuary cities" where city workers are barred from reporting suspected illegal immigrants who enroll their children in school or seek hospital treatment.
"Taxpayer money should not be provided to illegal immigrants," Thompson said at a round-table discussion that included Collier County, Fla., sheriff Don Hunter.
Thompson has argued his rivals are soft on illegal immigration because Giuliani, as New York mayor, sued the federal government to keep his city's sanctuary policy and because Romney tolerated sanctuary cities as Massachusetts' governor.
CRACKDOWN, NOT REFORM: (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_po/thompson_immigration_10)
We've had enough damned "reform" to last us 300 years.
What I want now is a CRACKDOWN.
I want the laws enforced.
Sounds like that's what Fred wants too.
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and LIBBY QUAID, Associated Press Writers
Tue Oct 23, 6:55 PM ET
NAPLES, Fla. - Republican Fred Thompson said Tuesday the government should yank federal dollars from cities and states that don't report illegal immigrants.
In his first major policy proposal, Thompson challenged presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney by criticizing "sanctuary cities" where city workers are barred from reporting suspected illegal immigrants who enroll their children in school or seek hospital treatment.
"Taxpayer money should not be provided to illegal immigrants," Thompson said at a round-table discussion that included Collier County, Fla., sheriff Don Hunter.
Thompson has argued his rivals are soft on illegal immigration because Giuliani, as New York mayor, sued the federal government to keep his city's sanctuary policy and because Romney tolerated sanctuary cities as Massachusetts' governor.
CRACKDOWN, NOT REFORM: (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071023/ap_po/thompson_immigration_10)
We've had enough damned "reform" to last us 300 years.
What I want now is a CRACKDOWN.
I want the laws enforced.
Sounds like that's what Fred wants too.