Tom Vilsack

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Former Iowa governor, named by Barack Obama to be Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. Strong supporter of illegal immigration.

Last modified Dec 17, 2008

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Napolitano, Vilsack: call it the "H1N1 virus", not "swine flu". More concerned about pork industry than public safety - 4/28/2009

... Department of Homeland Security and Tom Vilsack of the Department of Agriculture want us to call swine flu the "H1N1 virus" instead (link). They have somewhat of a point: if you really can't get it from eating pork then perhaps we should grit our teeth and not wish for the demise of the pork industry. The problem is that while they're rushing to the aid of pork producers, they...

Your Monsanto, Tom Vilsack, GMO food assignment - 3/07/2009

... the Department of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. * "The Multiple Ways Monsanto is Putting Normal Seeds Out of Reach" (link) * "Six Reasons Why Obama Appointing Monsanto's Buddy, Former Iowa Governor Vilsack, for USDA Head Would be a Terrible Idea" (link) * S.425 from Sherrod Brown: "A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the establishment ...

Obama names Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary - 12/17/2008

... has named former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack to be his Secretary of the Department of Agriculture. Vilsack is a strong supporter of illegal immigration, who went as far as joining with the Mexican government-linked Peter Schey to speak out against the Swift Packing raid in order to reduce employer enforcement and push for comprehensive immigration reform. In his new position, expect him to make sur...

Obama cabinet might include Democrat titans: Gore, Napolitano, Vilsack, Howard Dean, Caroline Kennedy... - 11/11/2008

... Napolitano, former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack, Caroline Kennedy, Howard Dean, Bill Richardson, John Kerry, and many more truly titanic names. This link has a "transition flowchart", a PDF showing some potential picks and all of them are truly great figures who will help the Repu... er, I mean the Democrats. While this could all be a jolly joke, who knows since the head of the transition ...

Former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack takes illegal immigration side in Swift raid; Peter Schey link - 4/29/2008

... includes testimony from former Gov. Tom Vilsack...

Swift meatpacking raid: manager pleads guilty, may testify against higher-ups - 3/26/2008

In December, 2006, Swift & Co.'s meatpacking plants in various cities were raided by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in what was probably a show raid. Now, one of their former managers has pleaded guilty (link): Christopher Lamb is a human resources manager at Swift & Company.

Crooked Towns: Sharon Cohen/AP on illegal immigration in Marshalltown, Iowa - 9/02/2007

In addition to PIIPPs, a new way the mainstream media attempts to sell massive immigration - usually of the illegal variety - is through what we'll call "Crooked Town Stories". These articles - some quite long - detail how a small town has changed after an influx of "immigrants", most of whom are illegal aliens.

Deval Patrick knew about New Bedford immigration raid in February ("humanitarian crisis") - 3/14/2007

After the New Bedford immigration raid, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick ranted against the Feds, claiming that they had caused a "humanitarian crisis" due to the children of illegal aliens involved.

Tom Vilsack misled about Swift raid, DHS cooperation? - 1/03/2007

... illegal immigration supporter Tom Vilsack didn't lie about the Swift immigration raids, which were held on December 12. A week later, Vilsack and Iowa National Guard Maj. Gen. Ron Dardis sent a strongly-worded letter to DHS head Michael Chertoff complaining about a "media blackout" and that they hadn't been informed of the "size and scope" of the raids.

Will Rod Blagojevich pro-illegal immigration scheme violate law? - 12/13/2006

In November 2005, Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich - a very strong supporter of illegal immigration - created the "New Americans Immigrant Policy Council" (press release link) to come up with ways to deal with immigrants in his state. The report from the NAIPC has been released, as has a report from a similar panel. Blago has endorsed their findings, but has not committed any money.

Swift packing immigration raid conducted; send Bush a cookie! - 12/13/2006

Yesterday ICE conducted the latest in a series of what are most likely show immigration raids, this time of Swift & Co.'s meatpacking plants in various cities. A roundup is here.

Tom Vilsack for President? - 11/09/2006

Democratic Iowa governor Tom Vilsack has announced that he's running for president. For the short, punchy version, see the "Traveling Tom" website from the IA GOP. From this: Vilsack supporters seemed to have forgotten about the CIETC scandal unfolded while he was campaigning in New Hampshire. The Vilsack team will not be able to bury the scandals and failures in Iowa on the nationa...

Iowans get exotic treat: Central American gangs - 9/07/2005

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa The Midwest seems an unlikely hideout for Osama bin Laden's hired hands. But an ongoing federal crackdown shows an increasing presence of a violent gang with suspected links to al-Qaida. The gang, M-S-13, was founded in El Salvador and is known for smuggling drugs and immigrants into the U-S.

Illegal immigration-supporting governors complain about minor costs - 7/18/2005

The AP reports on the National Governors Association's summer conference in "Driver's license costs will skyrocket, governors warn".

"Who is the Cheap Labor Lobby?" - 7/16/2005

FPM has a good roundup of those groups that support massive illegal immigration. Their list of the perps includes: - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and the high-tech industry... - The meat packing industry... - Clothing manufacturers... - Unions... - The hotel and restaurant industry... - The ultra-wealthy a

New Americans welcomed to Iowa, Arkansas - 6/30/2005

The U.S. Department of Labor has recently given $850,000 grants to at least two states to establish "immigrant centers". From this: [The office of AR Gov. Mike Huckabee] was informed of the grant by U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao... The centers will provide job placement assistance, translation assistance, resettlement assistance and legal assistance for immigrants, according to th...

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