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    "State of emergency" urged

    http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_3709136

    Article Launched: 04/14/2006 01:00:00 AM MDT

    "State of emergency" urged
    GOP gubernatorial hopeful Holtzman cites immigration costs in debate


    By George Merritt
    Denver Post Staff Writer

    Republican gubernatorial hopeful Marc Holtzman said Thursday he would declare a state of emergency in Colorado to pressure the federal government over illegal immigration.

    "I do believe that 400,000 people - almost 10 percent of our population - living here illegally is a horrible economic burden costing ... more than $600 million to the hardworking citizens of Colorado," he said. "We are a government of laws, not of men and women."

    The comments came at a debate of two of Colorado's three candidates in front of about 400 people convened with the Rocky Mountain Workforce Development Association.

    Democratic candidate Bill Ritter, the former Denver district attorney, said the answer on illegal immigration should come from the federal government.

    "For sure, we have an issue with the number of people in this country who have entered illegally," he said, adding that the federal government should enforce the border and prosecute smugglers.

    Ritter said he favors a solution that is "an achievable thing ... not necessarily an ideological thing" such as recently proposed guest-worker programs.

    Holtzman's call for a state of emergency echoes a letter eight Republican state lawmakers sent to President Bush on Tuesday in response to immigration rallies across the country.

    While immigration has been a centerpiece of Holtzman's campaign, it was only a short part of the debate Thursday, which focused on attracting businesses through education.

    Holtzman and Ritter sparred largely over the fundamentals of party ideals.

    Holtzman's Republican primary opponent, Congressman Bob Beauprez, did not attend because his mother was hospitalized with pneumonia.

    Ritter took the opportunity of a mostly friendly crowd to criticize Holtzman for opposing Referendum C.

    "It is interesting that (Holtzman) begins his whole discussion around universities, and yet he was against Referendum C, which was going to fund public education in this state," Ritter said in response to a question about developing the state's workforce.

    "Had Referendum C not passed, we could have been at a place where we were one of the first states to get to a place where we provided no state money to institutions of higher learning."

    But Holtzman, the former president of the University of Denver, said he believes there would have been money available for education without Referendum C.

    "I'm not going to take a back seat to anyone when it comes to providing the resources in education," he said.

    He added later, "I have the same goals that Bill does. I just believe that we can reach them and achieve them in a more market-friendly enterprise way."

    Staff writer Karen E. Crummy contributed to this report.

    Staff writer George Merritt can be reached at 303-820-1657 or gmerritt@denverpost.com.
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    I like it when politicians make statements like that, and you can go for example in the public libraries in Denver and find just about anything written in spanish!
    By damaging us, you damage yourselves!

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