Thread: Top GOP candidates focus on immigration reform

Top GOP candidates focus on immigration reform

By MIKE GLOVER AP Political Writer

6:51 p.m. CDT, June 25, 2010


JOHNSTON, Iowa —
Republican candidates for attorney general and secretary of state said Friday they'd use the offices to focus on illegal Immigration, including a tweaked version of a controversial Arizona law.

Brenna Findley, of Dexter, who is running for the state's top law enforcement job, said she'd push the Legislature to toughen Immigration laws. She praised the Arizona law that allows police to demand proof of citizenship from anyone they suspect of being in the country illegally.

"They certainly acted in order to get their state more resources to fight the illegal Immigration problem," Findley said.

She said she supports "what's behind the law."

"I think it should be tailored for Iowa's circumstances," Findley said. "We're not a border state."

Though many criticize the law, claiming it encourages racial profiling, polls indicate it's very popular in Arizona.

Findley and Matt Schultz, the GOP nominee for secretary of state spoke Friday during a taping of the Iowa Public Television program "Iowa Press" airing this weekend.

Schultz, of Council Bluffs, is challenging Secretary of State Michael Mauro, a Democrat seeking a second term, in November.

"When it comes to jobs and elections, illegal Immigration can play a huge role," Schultz said.

Besides requiring voters to have a photo ID at the polls, Schultz said he would set up a link for businesses on the office's website that would connect them to federal agencies that can verify citizenship.

link to the office's website connecting businesses to federal agencies where citizenship can be verified.

A business owner or human relations official seeking to hire someone could use the link in an effort to verify the applicant is a citizen. If that's successful, Schultz said, lawmakers could toughen the law even more.

"Then we would propose to the Legislature to create some kind of requirement to have businesses verify their work force," he said.

The two are making their first run for statewide office. Schultz is a Council Bluffs City Council member. Findley is a former top aide to U.S. Rep. Steve King.

She faces Attorney General Tom Miller, who was first elected to the state's top law enforcement job in 1978.

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With what is happening in Obama's anti-American administration, remember it was the Democratic party in the last presidential campaign who refused to speak on the illegal alien invasion, even in the debates.

Now we know why, huh, which was mentioned by some as to why the dems refused to, in context, expose their plans before they could shove it down America's throats.

SHOVE seem to be the status quo for their activities against Americans.

Aiding and abetting is their status quo for the illegal alien invasion.

Looks like other states are wanting it too


Florida Republican leaders drawing up Arizona-styled anti-im
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-204035.html

Many legislators aim to copy Ariz. immigration law
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Minnesota, South Carolina and Michigan,
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-204002.html