Terrible Tancredo
By Grace Low | Indiana Daily Student | Monday, January 29, 2007
In an outstanding display of the xenophobia and racism we’ve come to expect from proponents of harsher immigration policies, the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, headed by the ever-terrifying Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., has issued a response to President Bush’s lukewarm attempt at making everyone happy, aka “Comprehensive Immigration Reform.” Bush’s tepid reform policy proposes upping border patrol, “expedited removal” of so-called “illegals,” cracking down on those who employ illegal immigrants and outlining a temporary worker program.
Not satisfied with Bush’s version of nationalist paranoia, the caucus is calling for “reforms” so offensive they make the president look like a Mexican sympathizer. It takes just one look at the caucus’ agenda on its Web site to see that these people have some scary preconceptions about humanity. Not only do they hold strong to the normal paranoia that immigrants are taking our jobs and adding disproportionately to U.S. crime rates, but they also go so far as to insinuate a negative impact on American culture from the immigrant presence. (Also check out their Web site for their sad attempts to connect immigrants to environmental degradation. Seriously.) In their most disgusting proposition for preserving the American way, they are demanding an amendment to citizenship requirements to prevent children of illegal immigrants born in America the rights of protection constitutionally guaranteed to them. These people are heartless enough to prevent even babies born within our arbitrary borders from being taken care of on account of their parents’ countries of origin. Sick. [more]