National Review notes that Brownback initially supported McCain-Feingold and, more worrisome, supported the McCain-Kennedy immigration … He gets high marks from budget and tax hawks, but on immigration he appears to be a little bit of a squish. … He supported the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform plan, a vote that will find him at odds with the conservative base he claims…
care which side of the aisle we sit on as long as we're able to cross that aisle to get things done"-- things like comprehensive immigration … The best health care decisions are not made by government and insurance companies, but by patients and their doctors."
9:27: Immigration…
Immigration: "The President will propose what he's proposed before-- comprehensive immigration plan." … There are many ideas he has that can be bipartisan--NCLB was bipartisan, immigration can be bipartisan. … MKH: Speaking of building enthusiasm with the base, you brushed over immigration in the intro, but immigration and NCLB are two issues…
King spoke to us a lot about immigration. He said this is the one area we have to fight the president on. … But, on the positive side, he said that, unlike Iraq, immigration is one are where conservatives are generally in agreement. … He said of the Immigration Service, "We need to clean house." …
He would also go on to defend the president’s immigration policy. … But he lost the crowd on immigration:
“He touched plenty of third rails, just to show that you can and still succeed. … “He lost half the room on immigration,” one Beltwayer noted.
Link to video of the speech, here.…
Connole, Lewisville junior and Young Conservatives of Texas publicity director, said the purpose of the event was to bring illegal immigration … are political speech, protests against bad race-based university policies and the failure of governments to uphold the rule of immigration…
Here's the opening line from today's big Washington Times story:
"Senate Democrats quashed a proposal yesterday that would have dramatically increased civil fines on employers who hire illegal aliens."
Romney also took exception to rival John McCain's record on campaign finance and immigration policy, suggesting the Arizona senator's … Romney noted his hard-line stance on immigration and opposition to a campaign finance reform measure that McCain pushed with Sen.…
Romney: Romney: "McCain-Kennedy would do to immigration what McCain-Feingold did to campaign finance, and that's bad." … Giuliani on immigration: "First, I wanna thank Congressman Tancredo for calling me "soft" on anything.…
However, when some important issues come up like national security and illegal immigration law enforcement, they all of a sudden become … It would have allowed state and local authorities to be reimbursed for expenses related to immigration enforcement training.…
