Illegal immigration: Democrats lead while Beauprez waffles
Both Ways Bob Beauprez and his cronies are trying to smear the Colorado Democratic Party on the subject of immigration. Let's look at the facts.
The Democrats
In 2006, the Democratic Colorado legislature passed seven bills that addressed the problem of illegal immigration. Democratic House Speaker Andrew Romanoff wrote that the House "...targeted illegal immigration, crafting the most comprehensive set of reforms in the history of Colorado. We turned human smuggling and human trafficking into felonies, toughened the enforcement of existing laws, cracked down on forgery, and prohibited the government from doing business with companies that hire undocumented workers. By a vote of 95-2, we sent Congress a blueprint for national border security and immigration reform."
Bob Beauprez
Throughout his legislative career, Both Ways Bob has waffled on immigration. He was the only Colorado Republican to oppose an amendment that prohibited federal funding for sanctuary cities. He flip-flopped the next year and voted for a nearly identical measure. He put his own banking interests ahead of his concern for illegal immigration, supporting an amendment that allows banking institutions to accept Mexican matricula consular documents in lieu of U.S.-issued IDs. And he opposed a measure that would have required hospitals to report undocumented immigrants in order to receive Medicare reimbursements and held employers liable for knowingly hiring undocumented workers.
If Colorado voters want preening, politicking, posturing and paranoia, Both Ways Bob is the man to provide it. But if they want real solutions for illegal immigration, they should elect Democrats.
The Democrats
In 2006, the Democratic Colorado legislature passed seven bills that addressed the problem of illegal immigration. Democratic House Speaker Andrew Romanoff wrote that the House "...targeted illegal immigration, crafting the most comprehensive set of reforms in the history of Colorado. We turned human smuggling and human trafficking into felonies, toughened the enforcement of existing laws, cracked down on forgery, and prohibited the government from doing business with companies that hire undocumented workers. By a vote of 95-2, we sent Congress a blueprint for national border security and immigration reform."
Bob Beauprez
Throughout his legislative career, Both Ways Bob has waffled on immigration. He was the only Colorado Republican to oppose an amendment that prohibited federal funding for sanctuary cities. He flip-flopped the next year and voted for a nearly identical measure. He put his own banking interests ahead of his concern for illegal immigration, supporting an amendment that allows banking institutions to accept Mexican matricula consular documents in lieu of U.S.-issued IDs. And he opposed a measure that would have required hospitals to report undocumented immigrants in order to receive Medicare reimbursements and held employers liable for knowingly hiring undocumented workers.
If Colorado voters want preening, politicking, posturing and paranoia, Both Ways Bob is the man to provide it. But if they want real solutions for illegal immigration, they should elect Democrats.
2 Comments:
Send this to the Denver Post. Their honeymoon with Beauprez ended last week with that scathing editorial.
I think he was on the right side of opposing the requirement for hospitals to report undocumented workers.
I don't think we'd like to suffer infectious disease outbreaks because undocumented workers won't go to hospitals when they are hacking up blood.
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