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Utah's loose Cannon.(Insider Report)
Rep. Chris Cannon (R-Utah), who represents what may be the most Republican district in the nation, has emerged as a feckless apologist for the Bush administration's open borders agenda. He volubly supports the proposed Bush amnesty for illegal aliens, and he has sponsored one of several bills in the House to accomplish that treasonable objective.
As noted recently in these pages ("Stealth Invasion," April 5 issue), Rep. Cannon received the 2002 "Excellence in Leadership Award" from the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). Funded almost entirely by the Ford Foundation, MALDEF is the legal activist arm of what could be called the reconquista lobby: Radical groups that support illegal immigration and the reconquest of the American Southwest by Mexico.
During a March 24 hearing on Capitol Hill, Rep. Cannon performed to perfection the role of congressional surrogate for the reconquista lobby. "Cannon ... interrogated anti-immigration witnesses at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing after all other members of the panel had left to vote on the floor," reported the March 25 Salt Lake Tribune. "His 40 minutes of withering questioning was halted ...
- Immigration reform: Farmers put their hopes on guest-worker program.
- Newspaper article from: Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) April 11, 2007 700+ words
...11--PROVO -- Immigration reform legislation is back...said Utah Rep. Chris Cannon at a town meeting of...them here on time." Cannon pledged that a transition...the Senate-passed immigration reform bill. This year...Senate versions, said Cannon. The legislation would...
- Western Growers Calls for Speedy Approval of AgJOBS Legislation; Urgent Need...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 10, 2005 700+ words
...towards the vital immigration reform this nation desperately...of comprehensive immigration reform called for by President...and by Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT) and Rep...achieve the goal of immigration reform. AgJOBS is needed...
- Immigration Reform Makes for Divisive Debate in Utah Congressional Race.
- Newspaper article from: Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City, UT) April 19, 2004 700+ words
...Republican Congressman Chris Cannon met his two GOP challengers...Saturday where, once again, immigration reform proved to be the most polarizing...in the 2004 election race. Cannon and former state Rep. Matt...remarkable debate," said Cannon who was reluctant at first...
- Utah tests GOP alien policy; * Primary candidates at odds over proposed path to...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times June 25, 2006 700+ words
...Mr. Jacob accuses Mr. Cannon of siding with Mr. Bush on...of immigration. Like Mr. Cannon, Mr. Bush supports a "guest...president also supports a Senate immigration-reform bill that would grant citizenship...millions of illegal aliens. Mr. Cannon denies that he supports that...
- Immigration reform creates strange political bedfellows.
- Newspaper article from: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) February 27, 2005 700+ words
...where he stands on immigration reform but his past statements...ideas. Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah is also...where he stands on immigration reform but his past statements...ideas. Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah is also...
- Remarks on immigration reform.(Week Ending Friday, January 9, 2004)
- Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents January 12, 2004 700+ words
...joined us today. I appreciate the Members of Congress who have taken time to come: Senator Larry Craig, Congressman Chris Cannon, and Congressman Jeff Flake. I'm honored you all have joined us. Thank you for coming. I appreciate the members of citizen...
- Obama launches immigration reform.(Main Business)
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin July 11, 2009 700+ words
...day in and day out [including] immigration reform that will secure our borders, and...launched” comprehensive immigration reform. Specifically, President Obama...rsquo;s launch of comprehensive immigration reform gives reason for immigrants and their...
- Immigration Reform Can Pass in 2009 if Enforcement Assured
- Magazine article from: The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Orchowski, Peggy Sands September 21, 2009 700+ words
...two years after the Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR) bill failed in the W Senate...campaign promise: to pass comprehensive immigration reform (including amnesty for millions...2007. "Americans will never accept immigration reform unless assured that, in the future...
Source: HighBeam Research, Utah's loose Cannon.(Insider Report)