Kyl Asked to Abandon Immigration Bill
June 5th, 2007 @ 1:59pm
by Doug Ramsey/KTAR

Hundreds of Arizona Republicans, including 26 state lawmakers and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, have signed a letter asking Senator Jon Kyl to abandon his federal immigration reform bill.

Mesa Senator Karen Johnson hand-delivered the letter to Kyl's Camelback Road office.

"I'm concerned and I'm disappointed," Johnson said. "I would hope he would open up his heart and his mind to what his constituents would really like to have him be doing."

Johnson said we shouldn't be making new immigration laws, when we don't enforce the ones we have.

Johnson disputes reports that protest calls to the senator are declining.

"People are calling my office and other offices saying 'We are trying to call Senator Kyl's office but his voice mail is full. We can never get through,'" Johnson said. "How could they tell that the calls have died down?"

The letter calls on Kyl to "put our nation and its security first" and to "oppose illegal alien amnesty in all forms."

Johnson said the public does not want the immigration bill Kyl is supporting.

The letter was signed by hundreds of Republican activists, including 26 state lawmakers and Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

A Kyl staff member accepted the letter, but declined to comment.


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