August 23, 2006

Larry Craig voters unhappy over his support for illegal immigration

From the article "Craig shouted down at feisty forum on immigration":

A town hall meeting with Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, dissolved into angry shouts and walkouts when Craig began discussing the controversial issue of immigration.

"I am sick of listening to these lies," one woman said, interrupting Craig as she left the Tuesday meeting, the Coeur d'Alene Press reported.

Stan Hess, candidate for the North Idaho College Board of Trustees, screamed at Craig as others booed. Before leaving, Hess yelled at a woman, his face inches from hers, as several people tried to separate them...

[Craig said:] "The reality is that there are 2.5 million jobs here that Americans won't do... For 20 years, immigration laws have failed. We know there's a problem and we're working on it. The first step is securing the border and we're doing that."

Craig is the primary co-sponsor of the AgJobs amnesty which he tried to attach to an Iraq funding bill. He's also a co-sponsor of one of the versions of the DREAM Act, which would take college discounts from U.S. citizens and give them to citizens of other countries who are here illegally.

A list of his various immigration votes is here.

There's more on his funding here, here, and here.

Along the same lines: Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) gets earful on immigration from constituents

Posted to Immigration at August 23, 2006 10:28 PM

Comments

its all part of the plan.

Posted by: Fred Dawes at August 24, 2006 01:11 AM

I witheld my annual donation to the NRA on account of their support for Larry Craig & I let them know it, I also let them know I didn't really care for their NRA in Spanish & didn't appreciate them pandering to the criminal invasion crowd.

I think they lost money on the NRA in Spanish too and suggested they promote 2nd amendment rights South of the border and in Iraq & Afghanistan where nazi muslims & government goon squads operate with impunity.

Posted by: Smitty at August 24, 2006 07:24 PM