Thread: Thompson Campaign Hits Airwaves with Immigration

Thompson Campaign: Hits Airwaves with Immigration Plan
7/16/2007

Contact: Rennick Remley
202-609-9814

Des Moines, IA -- Today, Tommy Thompson's Presidential campaign began airing a new sixty second radio ad focused on Governor Thompson's plan for real immigration reform.

In the advertisement, Governor Thompson outlines his common sense plan to address immigration. First, Governor Thompson opposes any legislation that creates amnesty for illegal aliens.

"We must support the rule of law in our country. People who are found to be in the country illegally should be returned to their home countries and should have to wait at the end of the line, behind people who are seeking to enter the country or become citizens legally," said Thompson.

Second, Governor Thompson would complete the border security wall that Congress authorized last year within the first 150 days of his presidency.

Third, Thompson would pardon the border patrol agents who are being imprisoned for doing nothing more than their jobs.

And last, Thompson would require non-citizens who want to work in the United States to use a tamper proof ID card and penalize employers who do not verify with it.

Thompson added, "Every immigrant who wants to be a citizen of the United States must learn our American language -- English. It's the language of opportunity and success in the U.S."

The radio advertisement is airing statewide in Iowa.

http://www.iowapolitics.com/index.iml?Article=100191

Looks like Tommy Thompson is jumping on the Hunter & Tancredo bandwagon.

On second thought, perhaps it would be more appropriate to say he's stealing from Hunter and Tancredo's play book.