Oct. 29, 2007 – 10:51 p.m.
Tancredo May Soon Be Gone, but Certainly Not Soon Forgotten by His Colleagues
By Michael Sandler, CQ Staff
Tom Tancredo’s retirement will be felt in the House among the core group of illegal-Â*immigration critics.

But a spokesman for the House Immigration Reform Caucus said Tancredo, the founder of the group, divested himself of leadership responsibilities on the issue in Congress a long time ago to make his run for president.

Tancredo, R-Colo., has kept up the fight outside Washington, however, making it the focus of his presidential bid.

“Obviously, we are losing one of our leading voices on the immigration issue,â€