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Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, put out a press release this morning calling on Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle, to withdraw from the 1st District congressional race, just as the GOP candidate was formally announcing his candidacy. “Raul Labrador is an immigration attorney and admits to defending illegal immigrants in his law practice,” Jorgenson declared in his release. “His pro-illegal immigrant stances are wrong for Idaho taxpayers and Idaho’s unemployed.” Asked why he sent out the release, Jorgenson said, “The fact that he’s running for the 1st Congressional District and I have very strong feelings against what his established record is in that area.” Jorgenson has been the sponsor of several unsuccessful anti-immigration bills in the Legislature focused on Idaho employers. “I’ve had many debates and discussions with Raul Labrador and I do know his history on this,” Jorgenson said.
Labrador, asked about the Hayden Lake senator’s move during his Boise announcement, didn’t mince words. “You know, Sen. Jorgenson is usually a person who doesn’t have a lot of friends,” Labrador said. “So I wouldn’t worry too much about what Sen. Jorgenson has to say.”
He added, “The immigration issue is one of the most important issues facing America today, and we have a broken immigration system, and I’m the only candidate in this race who actually understands the immigration issue, because I’m actually somebody who has actually studied it and worked on it for many years. We have to have a system where amnesty is not the solution, but we have to have a way that we can solve the immigration problem, and there’s good, conservative ways that we can solve this problem.”
After his announcement, Labrador told reporters three things are needed to fix the immigration system: 1 - Enforce our current immigration laws; 2 - Put more law enforcement officers at the border and “give them the resources they need to do their job;” and 3 - “We need to have a guest worker program that works … without amnesty, a guest worker program that puts American workers first.”
Said Jorgenson, “My concern is, to me he’s demonstrated his position on this issue. I don’t want him as a representative for me in a federal office.” Jorgenson has endorsed Vaughn Ward in the GOP primary for the 1st CD.
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GrayRiv on December 07 at 2:45 p.m.
All over the country, the hardline on immigration is doing irrepairible damage to the GOP. The fantasy that we will deport 12,000,000 immigrants here illegally, build a wall (LOL) and maintain our legal immigration system that rational people try to go around rather than through — it’s all so out of touch with reality. If the opponents of legal immigration got out of the way, the rest of us could solve our current immigration mess.
LarrySpencer on December 07 at 4:13 p.m.
Maybe Jorgenson is just trying to sound tough on the issue because he keeps screwing it up every session with every bill he can get his hands on. I wonder if he isn’t working for the other side the way he keeps killing the bills he tries to “help” through the process.
DelawareBob on December 07 at 6:45 p.m.
Illegal aliens are destroying this Country, and one has to be near blind not to see this.
Illegal aliens have made America the dumping ground for all their illegal alien children, then we have to school them and give them free medical care.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSe3C5vMafM&NR=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ZnX9JRo5M&NR=1
I for one, am sick and tired of these illegal aliens snubbing their nose at our immigration laws and the many other laws of this Country. If our Federal Government can not ENFORCE our immigration laws, and get these illegal aliens out of this Country, then let the States do it! One way or another, an end has to come to this illegal immigration, and not with AMNESTY! Amnesty will only encourage more illegal aliens to invade our Country and reward those who broke our laws and raped the American taxpayer in many ways…depressing our wages, taking our jobs, overwhelming our schools with their ILLEGAL ALIEN children, driving without a license or car insurance, all the crime from stolen identities to rape, drugs and everything else.
It’s time for ZERO TOLERENCE with these illegal aliens. It’s time for them get out of this Country and back in their own Country where they belong. When we get rid of the illegal aliens, we will get rid of all the problems that go with them. THAT IS A FACT!
E-Verify works! Put it in all businesses and social services! Illegal aliens will self deport. GIVE IT A TRY!
tinybobidaho on December 08 at 10:56 a.m.
Raul Labrador is an open borders advocate who wants a free flow of cheap, foreign labor coming into this country. Not only that, as an immigration attorney, he defends illegal aliens who have come here in violation of federal law. He defended an admitted human smuggler who brought illegal aliens to Idaho, housed them, and gave them false documents. This man Labrador defended, Javier SOTELO-Sotelo, who was also wanted for murder in his home country, Mexico. Labrador fought to keep this man from being deported. Thankfully he lost that case. Do you people really want someone like Labrador in the U.S. House of Representatives when it’s clear he defends criminals like this who put Idaho citizens at risk? I am really puzzled why Jim Clark is supporting someone like this.
tinybobidaho on December 08 at 11:09 a.m.
Labrador says, “He added, “The immigration issue is one of the most important issues facing America today, and we have a broken immigration system, and I’m the only candidate in this race who actually understands the immigration issue, because I’m actually somebody who has actually studied it and worked on it for many years. We have to have a system where amnesty is not the solution, but we have to have a way that we can solve the immigration problem, and there’s good, conservative ways that we can solve this problem.”
Really? He’s the only candidate who understands this issue? He understands it enough to make a living on the side off it, at the expense of the Idaho taxpayers. While being an Idaho legislator, he works as an attorney to help people who are in this country in violation of federal law. He even defended an admitted human smuggler who was wanted for murder in his own country of Mexico. Labrador fought in court to keep this criminal from being deported, and putting the Idaho citizens at risk. Is this who we want representing all of America in the U.S, House of Representatives? Not only should he get out of the race for U.S. Representative, he needs to be given the boot out of politics in the state of Idaho.
Brittanicus on December 08 at 11:50 a.m.
Next year Americans had better be on their guard against fraudulent voter registrations and the possibility of illegal immigrants voting in the 2010 Senate elections. Sen.Harry Reid (D-NV) comes up for re-election and if you didn’t know already, the great state of Nevada is overwhelmed by foreign nationals of the illegal kind. Be aware that under current voting law, a—UTILITY BILL— is officially identified as a legal document as identification in Nevada. In states that are heavily involved with illegal immigrants and the product of welfare fraud, Nevada and California specifically should be under the eye of the election authorities. As of now only contractors and subs are required to use E-Verify, which is very loosely audited. E-Verify must be enacted permanently as its success rate is progressively moving forward. E-Verify could be introduced to identify drivers license applicants, car registration, health care and even voter registrations. Then organizations that facilitate in suspicious activities would have a major obstacle to contend with, including fraudulent documentation.
During this ACORN controversy these two Western states have very large apportionment’s of political illegal immigrant sympathizers and—MUST—be removed from their career seats. ACORN and its big brother SEIU. ACORN and SEIU are the lead organizations behind Health Care and Comprehensive Immigration Reform known in truth as AMNESTY, which is the principle entities aggressively shoving for the passage of these very serious issues. ACORN is better known for hiring people with questionable backgrounds, to be engaged in fraudulent voting registrations. Sen.Harry Reid, Speaker Pelosi can be attributed to the near destruction of E-Verify, the federal verification program that a growing number of nationwide employers are beginning to use. As a pro-illegal immigrant incumbent he must be ejected from his Senatorial seat, because he is directly involved in the 2010 Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill.These are the worst of the worst with a grading of ( F ) - as according to NUMBERSUSA.
They have been adamant conspirators against any immigration enforcement and readily agreeable with another BLANKET AMNESTY. WE NEED TO MAKE EXAMPLES OF THEM AND THROW THE IDIOTS OUT OF OFFICE NEXT YEAR? These individuals are just part of the political conspirators who don’t mind illegal aliens settling in our nation and stealing AMERICAN JOBS.
Bennet, Michael F. - (D - CO) ,Bennett, Robert F. - (R - UT),Dodd, Christopher J. - (D - CT),Feingold, Russell D. - (D - WI),Gillibrand, Kirsten E. - (D - NY),Inouye, Daniel K. - (D - HI),Leahy, Patrick J. - (D - VT),Lincoln, Blanche L. - (D - AR), Mikulski, Barbara A. - (D - MD), Murray, Patty - (D - WA), Reid, Harry - (D - NV), Schumer, Charles E. - (D - NY), (R - AL),Wyden, Ron - (D - OR),
Statement from Gov. Jim Gibbons “Our voting system is very simply the greatest in the world and is the basis of what makes this country great. The allegation that an organization that’s main purpose is to register new voters was doing so fraudulently is very troubling. I believe that requiring a photo ID to vote is a very reasonable protection for our voting system and should be enacted as law by the 2009 Legislature.”
Those who believe in America’s survival, without OVERPOPULATION as stated by the US Census bureau better read facts at NUMBERSUSA not the lies spawned by open border entities. Those who want details of corruption in WASHINGTON and state government go to JUDICIAL WATCH. Overpopulation, traffic hell should go to CAPSWEB. Other sites of interest on Immigration enforcement is ALIPAC and AMERICAN PATROL. We the people have the ultimate power to throw out anti-sovereignty incumbent politicians. Call and command these do-nothings to—STOP—this facade at 202-224-3121.