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Tea Party Patriots admit immigration "isn't an issue for us" (Mark Meckler) - 07/12/11
... illegal immigration, such as Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who has introduced a bill to eliminate automatic citizenship for children born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants.
King was strong on illegal immigration years before the teaparty annoyingly burst on the scene, and while some smaller teaparty groups have placed more of an emphasis on immigration, they haven't gotten national support from the...
Lamar Smith might be weak on immigration (GOP DREAM Act?) - 12/24/10
... of harsh enforcement."
* Rep. Steve King:
"I read the Pledge to America. It wasn’t particularly moving... So, OK, they decided not to write the treatise that I would have on immigration. It wouldn’t be the first time that I worked on an agenda that wasn’t laid out for me. I can deal with that."
* Roy Beck of Numbers USA:
"We think there are a lot of issues in the Internet world that people get...
2010 Elections: Tea Party wins some, loses some, does somewhat less damage than feared - 11/03/10
... John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who will chair the immigration subcommittee.
Per Rasmussen Reports (link):
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds, in fact, that 59% of Likely U.S. Voters think it is at least somewhat likely that most voters will be disappointed with Republicans in Congress before the next national elections. That includes 38% who say it is...
If Andrea Nill of CAP can't get Steve King's joke, what else is she unclear on? - 04/16/10
... if they love taxes," said Rep. Steve King, an Iowa Republican who rallied with the tea partiers later in the day... He said the IRS won’t turn down any extra revenue from illegal immigrants who want to pay it now, but also doubted legalization would be a good deal for American taxpayers...
In response to the last, Andrea Nill of ThinkProgress says (thinkprogress.org/2010/04/16/steve-king-...
Border Patrol agent talks to Congressman, gets suspended - 09/27/06
... without pay for speaking with Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, who made an unannounced visit to the border in May.
"Preventing Congress from speaking freely to federal employees violates at least two federal statutes, and agents are fearful of telling the truth," said King, who recounted several visits to the Mexican border when Border Patrol agents would not speak with him for fear of reprisal.
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