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MALDEF buddy faces primary.(Insider Report)(Brief Article)

The New American

| June 14, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Congressman Chris Cannon (R-Utah), whose outspoken defense of illegal immigration earned him an award from the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), faces a June 22 primary challenge from attorney Matt Throckmorton. As previously reported in these pages (see "Stealth Invasion" in our April 5 issue), Rep. Cannon received MALDEF's "Excellence in Leadership Award" in June 2002--a profoundly dubious plaudit, given that the foundation-funded radical group openly seeks to subvert our immigration laws and undermine our national borders.

Cannon is perhaps the most outspoken supporter of the Bush administration's illegal alien amnesty proposal, a fact that led to extensive negative publicity in Utah. He blames that negative publicity for his failure to secure a 60 percent majority against Throckmorton in the May GOP state convention. "A lot of money has come into this race from out of state--all over the misinterpreted phrase 'amnesty,'" Cannon lamented to the May 9 Deseret Morning ...

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