That's true. Tancredo is out of the Congress. The chances of the DREAM Act passing are much higher now. He can continue to growl, but logic and reason are returning to this country. No one will tolerate a half-crazy Congressman ordering that a group of DREAMers be arrested because they are testifying before a Congressional committee.
In today's London Independent an article stated the "Bush-era contempt for the UN and other multilateral forums is a thing of the past." - So is the contempt for immigrants, people who are not regularized, people that used to be called "illegal." There may be pockets of groups around the country that still hate the same way (i.e. Staten Island where a number of immigrants have been murdered), but our central government is changing.
see "A summit that shows the new balance of power," London Indepenent, April 3, 2009
Federal News Service
April 2, 2009 Thursday
CHANNEL INTERVIEW WITH FORMER REPRESENTATIVE TOM TANCREDO
FOX NEWS
CHANNEL INTERVIEW WITH FORMER REPRESENTATIVE TOM TANCREDO (R-CO) SUBJECT: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION INTERVIEWER: BRIAN KILMEADE TIME: 8:45 A.M. EDT DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2009
MR. KILMEADE: Under a new piece of legislation known as the Dream Act, undocumented immigrant children could be granted U.S. citizenship or be eligible for in-state tuition.
What are the possible implications? And is this a slippery slope or a dream come true for America?
Former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo wants to weigh in on the Dream Act.
Tell us about the Dream Act how it reads to you, Tom?
MR. TANCREDO: It reads more like a nightmare act. This is something we've been dealing with, of course, in Congress for a number of years. It's getting closer this year than it has in the past, naturally, because of the makeup of the Congress and the president.
Here's what it really boils down to. It is portrayed as something that should tug at our heartstrings about children who came here without making that choice themselves, they were brought here by parents and raised here, why shouldn't they now go to college here? Well, a couple of things, first of all, we should not do any more to reward people to come into this country illegally and that is what this is, you know, and secondly, it is also an amnesty. People don't want to call it that because they know that the American public -- they don't like that word and they shouldn't like that word, but it is exactly what it is, it is an amnesty for about half a million people in the country.
Why that's important? When you provide amnesty to anybody in this country illegally, you also extend to them at that point, at that very point, the ability to bring in all of their extended family because that's the way our system works. So one person here that you give amnesty to is worth about 200 more. So it is not just a program for kids that want to go to college.
MR. KILMEADE: Congressman, let me tell you what else is in the bill and this is some of the criteria, you have to have good moral character and either attend college or enlist in the military for two years, graduate from high school or an equivalency exam and come to the U.S. before you're 16.
People have pointed out though that with the Congress in the current makeup that this is going to sail right through and Dick Durbin has said -- he's even quoted as saying it would be for political gain.
MR. TANCREDO: That's exactly right, and it isn't just the political gain of approximately 500,000 people that would be eligible. It is because, as I say, in the United States, we operate on chain migration. We don't have an immigration policy that says, what do we need? Do we need engineers? Let's look at engineers and bringing them into this country as immigrants. We don't do that. We look at what's called extended family, family unification, chain migration, so that one person gets here, he is responsible or another 200 and they are, generally speaking, low-skilled, low-wage people.
So this is an amnesty for millions. It is not an amnesty just for people going to school, it's for millions of people who are presently here and it's the backdoor way in and that's what Congress wants to do.
MR. KILMEADE: I don't know. You're a former Congressman, Tom Tancredo; you'd have a lot more power if you didn't retire. We'll see what you can do here now.
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Below is a comment on Tancredo and nativism from the NYT Immigration blog
"Please remind your readers about the racism that lies hidden in the anti-immigrant movement. You say “The reaction in some quarters to our editorial has been furious.” Please ignore these modern know-nothings and continue to expose the racist core of those who oppose large-scale immigration to the US. Your editors should also consider supporting selective deportation of those who oppose immigration. Tom Tancredo comes to mind. Deport Tancredo! Long live immigration!"— American Patriot
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