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http://www.altoonaherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070703/NEWS09/707030403
Republican presidential contender Tom Tancredo on Monday said "it's not impossible" to deport the estimated 12 million immigrants living in the United States illegally.
Such action would take years and would be difficult but could be accomplished, he said.
The Colorado congressman, however, argued that tougher border security and a crackdown on employers would reduce the need for mass deportations and encourage such immigrants to return to their native countries willingly.
"It's attrition through enforcement," he said.
Tancredo described his views on illegal immigration and other issues during a meeting with Des Moines Register editors and reporters.
Illegal immigration is the cornerstone of Tancredo's bid for the presidency - it's an issue he described as a "clash of civilizations."
He said illegal immigration and a lack of assimilation among immigrants here legally threaten the United States nationally and globally.
"I think we are the last, best hope of Western civilization," he said.
Tancredo said legal immigration should be curbed at 250,000 people per year to ensure proper assimilation. More than 700,000 were granted U.S. citizenship in 2006, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
Tancredo said that people who describe him as xenophobic are wrong and that he fully supports diversity.
He cited his Italian heritage and its importance to him and his family as examples of his respect for ethnic and cultural identity. Tancredo's elders always stressed the importance of assimilation into American culture, he said.
"You can't have diversity as the only national character," he said. " ... You need something that holds us together."
His remarks came on the tail end of a weekend campaign swing through Iowa.
Illegal invaders go home. Legal immigrants assimilate. Tancredo is right - you absolutely can deport 12 million criminals. Build the wall. Cut off the social aid. Punish employers. Stop educating their illegal spawn. Deport people you catch - the rest will go home. Without free social services or work - they would be forced to leave.
2007-07-03
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