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What's good for golf, should be good for U.S. The LPGA Tour has announced that beginning in 2009 all tour players must speak English. Veteran players will have two years to pass an oral exam but new players must pass the oral exam to join the tour. There are currently 121 international players from 26 countries on the LPGA Tour. Tour players who can't pass the oral exam will be suspended. Fortunately for the LPGA, it is a private organization and can set its own rules. The new English-language requirement makes perfect sense for an enterprise like professional golf that...

Remember the hot immigration debate? The topic won't be headlining either presidential convention this year — and the border security issue barely drew a crowd Monday to a daylong anti-illegal immigration rally in Denver aimed at keeping immigration before politicians this fall. A rally by the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps featuring Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr drew just a few dozen people...

MASSIVE Anti-Illegal Immigration Rally at the Democrat Convention! August 25th! We've got some BIG NEWS for you -- the all-star lineup of speakers at the Rally Against Illegal Immigration just got even BETTER! We've just confirmed that Ambassador Alan Keyes, Congressman Bob Barr, and Reverend Chuck Baldwin -- all of them running for U.S. President -- PLUS anti-amnesty hero Rep. Tom Tancredo, will ALL be speaking at the day-long rally, right near the Democratic National Convention! You DO NOT want to miss this event!!!

California is going bankrupt over taxpayer dollars funneled to illegal aliens. "Dear Governor: According to many news reports and statements from your office, California is facing an unprecedented budget crisis. The available data suggests California could save several billion dollars by reducing the amount spent providing services to illegal aliens. A 2007 study estimated that California spends over $10 billion on services to illegal aliens and their children. Much of this expenditure is for K-12 education and emergency health care. But some of it is not mandated by federal law and can be eliminated. In your FY2009 budget message, you...

Senator Obama went to Berlin and told a crowd of 200,000 Europeans that he was speaking to them not as a candidate for President of the United States, but as “a fellow citizen of the world.” He then proceeded to insult the memories of any German over age 30 and the intelligence of every American who remembers what the Berlin Wall was all about. In Berlin, Obama credited the “people of the world” for bringing down the Berlin Wall. That will be surprising news to the people of Mexico, Switzerland and dozens of other nations who not only sat out...

California going bankrupt over taxpayer dollars funneled to illegal aliens WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) today sent a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) asking him to look into the vast amounts of money spent on services for illegal aliens in California, despite the serious budget concerns the state is facing. A copy of the letter is below: Dear Governor: According to many news reports and statements from your office, the State of California is facing an unprecedented budget crisis. The available data suggests that California could save several billion dollars by reducing the amounts spent providing...

Mexican law enforcement officials are walking into U.S. ports of entry in increasing numbers to seek political asylum, and the flow may soon become a flood as Mexico's battle with the drug cartels intensifies. Our first instinct is to welcome them, but there is more at stake than humanitarian sentiments. The problem is that if our immigration laws are stretched to grant asylum to law enforcement personnel on the grounds that their own government cannot protect them, any Mexican threatened by these violent criminal gangs can claim the same right of asylum. U.S. immigration law does not easily accommodate these...

But just months later, with Washington sweltering in humidity, the hawkish immigration reformer, who wants to deport the nation's 12 million illegal immigrants, has declared his support for McCain. "I expect to be supporting him in November," Tancredo told TIME last week. "But certainly it is not set in stone." But in public comments, McCain often delivered a somewhat mixed message of his own. He continued to favor all the parts of his comprehensive plan — border security, increased employer sanctions for illegal hiring and a path to citizenship for the undocumented — but he mostly refrained from using the...

Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado drew attention early in the Republican primaries as a champion of securing our nation's borders against illegal crossing and fighting against amnesty for illegal immigrants. Now, in an open letter to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, Tancredo is questioning McCain's role in a private meeting with Hispanic leaders in Chicago last week, and is challenging the candidate to stand firm on border security, regardless of the audience he's addressing. The finger-in-your-chest tone of the letter may have subtly accused McCain of backpedaling on border security pledges in Chicago, where it was reported McCain...

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., has reluctantly come to the conclusion that he will have to vote for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., whose immigration reform bill Tancredo blasted as amnesty. "Sometimes I say to myself, 'Can I really do this?'" Tancredo said of voting for McCain, according to the Rocky Mountain News. "And then you listen to Obama or Hillary and say, 'Yeah, I have to.'" At a debate last October Tancredo sounded less sure of such an idea. "You know, I've said I don't know how many times, that I am absolutely tired and sick and tired of being forced...

Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado donned his bulletproof vest last year and hit the campaign trail expressly to get his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination - and the voters - to make illegal immigration a real, rather than rhetorical, priority. And he doesn't trust Democratic Sens. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or even presumptive Republican nominee John McCain to do the right thing on immigration ..... "Nobody's going to enter the White House in January of '09 who is committed to securing the border and ending the disaster of illegal immigration," said Tancredo, who wears the vest when he feels...

Although our campaign ended, the fight to secure our borders and preserve our national identity has not. Far from it! Last year "We the people" taught the elites a lesson when we killed the Bush-McCain-Kennedy bill, and the other side hasn't gained any ground in Congress since then! But in November we'll elect a new Congress and President. We must be ready to stop the new effort by the open-borders lobby to jam amnesty for illegals down our throats. And let's face it: the major presidential candidates have shown plenty of willingness to respond to pressure of the Hispanic and...

OUR OPINION: U.S. MUST SUPPORT EFFORT TO DEFEAT NARCOTICS CRIMINALS The outpouring of drug-related violence in Mexico over the last few months has made it indisputably clear that President Felipe Calderón's government is engaged in a fight to the death against the powerful criminal gangs that run the cross-border drug trade. For Mexico, the stakes are all too clear: Either it prevails or the country becomes one big sanctuary for druglords. With Mexico reaching out to the United States for help and the Bush administration eager to comply, Congress must make assistance to Mexico an urgent priority. Last week, the...

While Newt Gingrich is correct in warning that Republicans in Congress face formidable odds in November, his proposed nine-point "action plan" does not measure up as a solution to the crisis. Some of Newt's assumptions are undeniably sound, such as the folly of hitching congressional campaigns to McCain’s non-existent coattails. And it is true that the Republican Party's crisis is the result of "catastrophic collapse of trust in Republicans." What are missing from Newt's plan are policy measures that match his apocalyptic rhetoric. Of Newt's nine proposals, only a few attack major problems. Yes, declaring English our official language would...

Republican congressman Tom Tancredo has fired off a wisecracking press release saying he wants to be a professor of conservative politics at the University of Colorado -- a school often criticized by conservatives as being too liberal. The outspoken opponent of illegal immigration is suggesting classes in "English Only 101" and "American Assimilation." He's also proposing a 20-foot-high fence around the border of the university's Boulder campus. Tancredo spokesman T.Q. Houlton said Wednesday Tancredo doesn't really want a job at CU when he retires from Congress in January. He's just poking fun at reports that CU wants to establish a...

Give retiring U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo a job at The Onion! The Littleton Republican got such a chuckle out of a Rocky story this morning about the University of Colorado's $9 million plan to bring high-profile political conservatives to teach on the left-leaning Boulder campus that he jokingly threw his hat in the ring. "I should be the clear favorite for the job," Tancredo said — tongue firmly in cheek — in a news release announcing he'd sent in his application. "Who doesn't want a slightly used Congressman, with a 98% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, educating their...

Congressman, Texans clash over border McALLEN, Texas (AP) - South Texas officials who oppose a border fence are stepping up their criticism of a Colorado congressman who favors the divider. The mayors of Brownsville and Eagle Pass said Friday that U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo falsely suggested that they believe there is no border between the two countries. In a letter Friday, Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada and Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster, who is also chairman of the Texas Border Coalition, called the suggestion "ridiculously juvenile," and noted that the Rio Grande is a clear border between the United States and...

Congressman Tancredo (R-Colorado) joined Congressman Ortiz in Brownsville on Tuesday for a joint committee meeting regarding the proposed fence building to attempt to curb illegal immigration (amongst other things) in the area. Not surprisingly, Tancredo was met with a rather cold reception with his known favoritism towards building the fence. “It really isn’t a border to most of us who live down here” said Betty Perez local activist. No need to guess which side she’s advocating. Now, on the not so stereo-typical side, you’ve got me to give you some insight into uber minority: the endangered Republican Female Mexican American...

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — One of Congress' strongest border fence proponents received a hostile reception Monday in the city that has become the epicenter of fence opposition. Boos and hisses emanated from the audience for a congressional field hearing when Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado dismissed residents' concerns that the effort to build 670 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border by year's end would damage the environment and destroy a centuries-old bond between residents on both sides of the Rio Grande. Late in the five-hour hearing, Tancredo returned to a comment made earlier by panelist Betty Perez, a...

Rep. Tom Tancredo – who vied for the Republican presidential nomination to make illegal immigration a priority issue – suggested in a House speech yesterday that Pope Benedict XVI is encouraging Latin Americans to come to the U.S. to bolster flagging membership in the Catholic Church.

Rep. Tom Tancredo today asked Gen. David Petraeus about infiltration of American gangs into the U.S. military. "The fact that gang members are being trained in our military is a growing cause for concern," said Tancredo. "Our local law enforcement officers and gang units are now facing criminals who have obtained advanced weapons and training courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer." News reports indicate that the growing level of gang activity, driven largely by the growing problem of illegal immigration, has begun spilling over into the military. A number of gang members have returned to their communities only to commit crimes...

<p>WASHINGTON — Add another reluctant supporter to the list backing Republican presidential contender Sen. John McCain: Colorado's Rep. Tom Tancredo.</p> <p>Tancredo, who once told a national television audience he was "sick and tired" of having to choose between the lesser of two evils, said he'll go ahead and back his longtime immigration-reform foe, McCain, because he thinks either of the Democratic alternatives would be worse.</p>

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An explosion has rocked the centre of Mexico City, killing at least one man and injuring two other people. The device was set off near the city's police headquarters, Mexico City police chief Joel Ortega said. No group has so far said it carried out the attack. Investigators believe the bomb was activated remotely by a mobile phone. The dead man's hand was blown off, the police chief said. It is unclear whether he was responsible for the bomb or if he simply picked up the package. The blast occurred at about 1430 (2030 GMT) near the tourist area known...

( WASHINGTON, D.C. ) – Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) today sent a letter to Mexican President Felipe Calderon questioning the motives behind his current visit to the United States as well as the charges levied by Mr. Calderon against the fairness of American immigration policy. A copy of the letter is below: President Calderon: I was disappointed by misguided comments you recently made regarding U.S.-Mexico relations and U.S. immigration laws. Purveying misinformation and absurd allegations is hardly a positive step to building a constructive partnership. According to the Associated Press you recently said, “You have two economies. One economy is...

Rep. Tom Tancredo today criticized the tax package passed by the Democratic Congress as a giveaway to illegal aliens. The package, among other shortcomings, would direct the IRS to issue checks of up to $600 to individuals and $1200 to married couples, as well as rebates for children. The legislation does not, however, contain any provision barring illegal aliens from these benefits. "This package will stimulate one thing for certain: more illegal immigration," said Tancredo. "It's just the latest unfortunate example of American workers footing the bill for illegal aliens." The bill would allow so-called "Resident Aliens" to receive rebate...

For Tom Tancredo, who stepped out of the Republican race to support Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee's runaway win in Iowa on Thursday spelled big trouble for the Colorado congressman's anti-illegal-immigration cause. "It's a discouraging thing," Tancredo said. "Because, really, to tell the truth, the real winner in this thing is McCain. . . . I think he's the worst in the bunch." During his run for the GOP presidential nomination, Tancredo — whose single issue was a hard-line stance against illegal immigration — deeply criticized John McCain, the Arizona senator, for reform measures Tancredo equated with amnesty. Tancredo said he...

Tom Tancredo discusses Mitt Romney's immigration record with Greta Van Sustern.Click here for video.

Monday, Dec 31, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: Kevin Madden (857) 288-6390Boston, MA – Today, Bay Buchanan announced that she is endorsing Governor Mitt Romney for President of the United States. Buchanan most recently headed Congressman Tom Tancredo's (R-CO) presidential campaign. "I am proud to be supporting Governor Romney. Throughout this campaign, he has distinguished himself as the one Republican presidential candidate who not only speaks to the challenges confronting the American people, but can also win. He will secure the border, strengthen the economy and ensure that America remains strong. I believe that with Governor Romney's vision, values and experience,...

Tom Tancredo may have thrown his personal support to Mitt Romney, but Tancredo's fans aren't buying it. Who are the Tancredo folks themselves backing now? This from the TANCREDO FAN CAMPAIGN Blog. I am turning my endorsement to Duncan Hunter for President Folks, the Primary is about conscience, not about who can beat Hillary. Duncan Hunter was always my second choice. For conscience sake, I must now turn my endorsement to Duncan Hunter. It's been said, why would anyone endorse another candidate that is lower in the polls than the one that you supported (who dropped out)? Simple: for conscience...

Tancredo explais his support to Cavuto. He says lay a templte across the remaining candidates and Romney's positions are closest to his. Illegal Immigration Borders Defense Electability Romney comest the closest Had a lengthy and in depth meeting for several hours and questiond him in detail on these and other issues. Romney fits better tan the rest. Whenever 2 candidates fight it out Romney/Huckabee some support goes away from both. McCain is benefiting from that.

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Matt Johnson was driving to Tom Tancredo's offices in the Des Moines suburbs when he heard that his favorite candidate was dropping out of the race. "I'm going, 'What the heck? Jeez!'" said Johnson, standing in front of Tancredo's locked and already empty offices. Johnson had been on the last leg of the 90-minute drive from his home in Creston when he heard Tancredo's statement live on the radio. "I wanted to volunteer," said Johnson. "Oh, well." Like most Tancredo supporters—and admittedly, it was an exclusive club; the Colorado congressman garnered just 3% in the latest Insider Advantage poll of...

REP. STEVE KING: I’m Congressman Steve King. I want to thank Tom Tancredo for putting his head and his heart and his soul into this presidential race. He’s advanced the immigration issue with border security and the rule of law tremendously, and that’s to his great credit. He and I disagree on who will carry that ball from now on. I’ve put my head and my heart and my efforts behind Fred Thompson because he is the one who will define what amnesty is not what amnesty isn’t. Fred Thompson will stand up for the rule of law. I don’t...

DES MOINES -- Congressman Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., ended his bid for the presidency just two weeks before the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses Thursday, handing fellow Congressman Duncan Hunter a loss and giving Mitt Romney a gain. Tancredo announced Thursday afternoon what many speculated -- he's stopping his efforts to seek the Oval Office. Tancredo then endorsed Republican Romney. "Congressman Tancredo ran a spirited campaign focused on issues that are important to many Americans," Romney said. "I thank him for his support. While we don’t agree on every issue, we agree on the need to keep America strong. I look forward...

Will be interesting to see how he squares his endorsement now with his campaign’s criticism of Romney for supporting amnesty in July. -- Michelle Malkin There is a link on her website to the video, I don't know how to include it.

Tancredo gave thought to where his support might end up and was concerned some of it might go to Huckabee. He hd a meeting with Romney this morning and came away convinced Romney will follow his stated plans. Because of Romney's strong statements on illegal immigration and because he is the conservative who has the best chance to win he endorsed him.

Dear Friends, It is with my heart full of gratitude and a touch of sadness that I write today to tell you of my intention to end my campaign for the presidency. As a loyal friend and supporter it is important to me that you understand why I am doing this, even though you may disagree. For the past ten years I have dedicated my public life to the critical issue of illegal immigration.  I believed then –as I do now—that massive uncontrolled illegal immigration threatens our survival as a nation.  I could not stand by and let open border...

Dear Friends, It is with my heart full of gratitude and a touch of sadness that I write today to tell you of my intention to end my campaign for the presidency. As a loyal friend and supporter it is important to me that you understand why I am doing this, even though you may disagree. For the past ten years I have dedicated my public life to the critical issue of illegal immigration.  I believed then –as I do now—that massive uncontrolled illegal immigration threatens our survival as a nation.  I could not stand by and let open border...

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Top Story in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico 20 December 2007(TRANSLATION from Spanish)"A Thin Fence in Certain Zones El Paso--The double metallic fence that was supposed to be constructed between the United States and Mexico, will be "thinned out" to only a single fence in "more practical and effective" areas, instead of specific zones, with conditions placed on consulting local and state governments as well as the landowners before being erected."(Original): "Adelgazan" El Muro En Algunas Zonas (El Diario - 20 dic 01:30) AM El Paso— El muro metálico doble que se pretende construir entre Estados Unidos y México fue "adelgazado"...

Rep. Tom Tancredo today blasted Democrats after a Congressional panel stripped language from the Omnibus Appropriations bill that sought to reverse the conviction of two border patrol agents and release them from federal custody. Agents Ramos and Compean were wrongfully imprisoned in 2006 and are serving 11 and 12 years, respectively. Tancredo's language would have prevented the expenditure of any federal funds to carry out the sentences imposed on the two men, effectively freeing them. "The House passed this bill overwhelmingly - but unfortunately the open borders crowd and their Democrat friends on Capital Hill decided to play Grinch this...

DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, whose forceful opposition to illegal immigration vaulted him to national prominence, plans to announce he is abandoning his long-shot bid for the presidency, a person close to Tancredo said Wednesday. The five-term Colorado congressman planned to make the announcement at a news conference in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak for Tancredo or his campaign. Tancredo's campaign would only say he planned a "major announcement" Thursday. Tancredo has consistently polled at the back of the nine-person GOP field. He...

The scuttle is: Rep. Tom Tancredo will drop out of the presidential race tomorrow and endorse either Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson.... neither of those candidates know who, just yet. But the scuttle is probably wrong. Tancredo has been critical of all his opponents, and, given his issue's saliency, he does not need to endorse. His party sounds like him, now, on immigration.

Tom Tancredo has scheduled a press conference in Des Moines tomorrow afternoon to make a "major announcement regarding the campaign," according to a media advisory his campaign sent out today. Asked whether Tancredo intended to drop out of the race, his congressional spokesman, TQ Houlton, said he didn't know. But Houlton didn't affirm that Tancredo was staying in and directed calls to the campaign. A campaign spokesman didn't immediately reply to an email or voice mail. Tancredo will appear at the Des Moines Marriott tomorrow at 2:00 Central, according to the advisory. Despite the fervor Iowa Republicans have over Tancredo's...

DENVER(AP) --- Republican presidential candidate Tom Tancredo says he will make a "major announcement" Thursday about his long-shot campaign but did not say what it would be. Tancredo, a congressman representing the southern Denver suburbs, scheduled a news conference in Des Moines. Tancredo has consistently polled at the back of the seven-person GOP field. He has based his campaign on opposition to illegal immigration, running television ads that link lax border security to terrorist attacks, rape and other crimes. has based his campaign on opposition to illegal immigration, running television ads that link lax border security to terrorist attacks, rape...

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The last Republican presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses, a sleepy affair, was nearly over on Wednesday when one of the less-known candidates, Representative Tom Tancredo, decided to mount an attack on one of the leading candidates. Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, who has devoted the most resources to winning Iowa, straightened at his lectern. “No, no, no, pointing right over there,” Mr. Tancredo said, gesturing toward Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor, who has come from behind to show great strength in recent Iowa polls. -snip- They did take on the debate’s moderator, Carolyn Washburn, the editor...