We have to fight radical Islam wherever it exists. Itโs in Afghanistan, itโs in Saudi Arabia, throughout the Middle-East in big numbers and itโs in the United States.
Tom TancredoThe Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency.
Tom TancredoThe issue of remittances where we have millions of Mexicans working in the United States sending back dollars. He said they send back 10 billion dollars a year.
Tom TancredoThe word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation.
Tom TancredoI believe that what we are fighting here is not just a small group of people who have hijacked a religion, but it is a civilization bent on destroying ours.
Tom TancredoThe problem with much of the debate over this issue is that we confuse two separate matters: immigration policy (how many people we admit) and immigrant policy (how we treat people who are already here). What our nation needs is a pro-immigrant policy of low immigration. A pro-immigrant policy of low immigration can reconcile America's traditional welcome for newcomers with the troubling consequences of today's mass immigration. It would enable us to be faithful and wise stewards of America's interests while also showing immigrants the respect they deserve as future Americans.
Tom Tancredo