PROMINENT REPUBLICANS REPUDIATE KENNEDY-BUSH AMNESTY

MITT ROMNEY• “I strongly oppose today’s bill going through the Senate. It is the wrong approach. Any legislation that allows illegal immigrants to stay in the country indefinitely, as the new ‘Z-Visa’ does, is a form of amnesty. That is unfair to the millions of people who have applied to legally immigrate to the U.S.” — Press Release, 5/17/07

NEWT GINGRICH• “[A] sellout of every conservative principle.” – The Spectator, 5/18/07

FRED THOMPSON• “We should scrap this “comprehensive” immigration bill and the whole debate until the government can show the American people that we have secured the borders — or at least made great headway. That would give proponents of the bill a chance to explain why putting illegals in a more favorable position than those who play by the rules is not really amnesty.” — National Review Online, 5/18/07
From the Office of Congressman Lamar Smith