Thread: Immigration at center of Connecticut race

Immigration at center of Connecticut race
By: Josh Kraushaar
November 5, 2007 06:30 PM EST

Immigration could become a pivotal issue in a Connecticut congressional race in the wake of a Republican challenger’s effective use of the issue in an unexpectedly close special election last month in Massachusetts.

Connecticut state Sen. David Cappiello (R) said he plans on highlighting illegal immigration as a major theme in his campaign against freshman Rep. Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.), suggesting the issue has potency even in suburban districts far from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Cappiello said that the issue “runs very deepâ€

This guy gets it, legal immigrants turned citizens are way more p.o'd than native born Americans and while we do not march in protest, we VOTE.