"Tancredo presses White House on control of border"

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The chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus [Tom Tancredo R-CO] yesterday questioned the commitment of the nation's border czar [Asa Hutchinson] to track down and deport the 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens in the United States, asking whether he had "any real interest" in getting the job done.

[...his statement was based on Hutchinson's recent interview "Rounding up all illegals 'not realistic'"...]

...Mr. Tancredo said Mr. Hutchinson said, in a message left with a staff aide, that he had been "misrepresented" in The Times article, and the three-term congressman said he was "anxious to discuss" the matter with Mr. Hutchinson.

"If the statements attributed to him are accurate, then this administration has got some major problems," he said.

Neither Mr. Hutchinson nor his representatives have made any claims of misrepresentation to The Times concerning the luncheon interview, which was attended by editors and reporters and was recorded with Mr. Hutchinson's agreement. A copy of the tape was sent to Mr. Hutchinson's spokesman, Dennis Murphy, on Monday at his request.

Mr. Murphy did not return calls yesterday for further comment or elaboration...

Immigration2004 · Wed, 09/15/2004 - 10:39 · · Importance: 1