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Roasting Chertoff

Michelle Malkin does a good job here.

Sanctuary Cities:

Norm Coleman offered an amendment today that would have required local law enforcement to simply ask about immigration status during investigations and then report the information to federal authorities. Final vote: 49-48 against. McCain did the right thing on this one. Go read Captain Ed to see how our friend Mel Martinez, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, did.

Seven Republicans voted with the majority. Like Ed says, if any two had switched their vote, the amendment would have passed.

May 25, 2007 - Posted by coloradoright | Immigration | | 2 Comments

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  1. Michael Chertoff should leave his post

    Michael Chertoff, the head of the DHS, is probably one of the most pretentious would-be law enforcement leaders to date, and if you saw his vicious smear of conservatives and proponents of immigration enforcement, you’ll see just how awful he really …

    Trackback by Tel-Chai Nation | May 27, 2007 | Reply

  2. There are currently over 40 major cities nationwide that explicitly forbid their local police from enforcing immigration law. With this in mind, why are we to believe that the “enforcement” that is being promised by this bill will actually be enforced? It won’t, and soon enough we’ll be right back where we are today…with millions of illegal immigrants wanting amnesty.

    Comment by The Gentle Cricket | May 27, 2007 | Reply


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