Links - Official
Sites: Congressional Office,
Tancredo
for a Secure America
Unofficial Site:
tancredo4prez.blogspot.com
Finances: FEC
Organization
| In Brief - Re-elected
to a fifth term in 2006; represents Colorado's 6th Congressional District
(Littleton). First elected to Congress in 1998. President of
the Independence Institute, a libertarian think tank based in Golden, 1993-98.
Served at the U.S. Department of Education during the Reagan and Bush administrations.
State Representative, 1976-81. Teacher at Drake Junior High School.
B.A. in political science from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley,
1968. Born December 20, 1945 in North Denver, CO. [Timeline] |
Notes
The Issue
Perhaps no American political
leader is as closely identified with the fight against illegal immigration
as Tom Tancredo, a five-term congressman from Colorado. Tancredo
warns that "the great American melting pot is broken" and that the millions
of illegal aliens are "threatening our economic security and undermining
our national culture." For Tancredo, the answer is simple.
"Enforce the law," he states. "If you enforce the law, people who
are here illegally go home. They go home because the thing for which
they have come--the job--is no longer available. If they cannot get
social service benefits, they go home by the millions, and if they don't
you must deport them because that is the law." [speech]
Large demonstrations on immigration
in 2006 pushed this issue to the fore, but Congress was unable to pass
any legislation in the election year. In May 2007 a group of Senators
put forth a compromise comprehensive immigration reform bill, which was
much in the news but died on June 28, 2007 when it failed to obtain enough
votes to achieve cloture. Tancredo derided the legislation as "an
amnesty bill." "If this bill passes the day after, anyone who is
in this country illegally that doesn't have a felony record can go in and
get a card that will allow them to stay here indefinitely, to get a Social
Security card, and to be guaranteed that they won't be deported," he said.
"Now that's amnesty in anybody's language."
Conservative
While Tancredo is running
largely to keep the issue of illegal immigration front and center in the
debate, there is more to his record. His campaign brochure highlights
"A" or "A+" ratings from a host of conservative groups including the American
Conservative Union, National Right to Life Committee, the National Rifle
Association, the Family Research Council, the National Taxpayers Union
and the National Federation of Independent Businesses. He speaks
out against abortion, homosexual marriage and embryonic stem cell research.
"Our culture is under attack by the federal courts," Tancredo stated in
a July 2007 radio ad.
"It's Your Country.
Take It Back."
For a while it appeared
that Tancredo might not get in the race. In 2005 he made three visits
each to Iowa and New Hampshire, but in 2006, a re-election year, he made
just one trip to Iowa. He joked that his wife would kill him if he
ran. Nonetheless on Jan. 16, 2007 Tancredo announced formation of
a presidential exploratory committee, and on April 2, 2007 he formally
announced his candidacy. Bay Buchanan, who chaired her brother Pat
Buchanan's presidential campaigns, is leading the national effort.
Tancredo has invested more time in Iowa in advance of the August 11 Straw
Poll in Ames than many of his competitors and is seeking to rally an "Army
Against Amnesty."
Readings
 |
Tom Tancredo.
June 2006. IN MORTAL DANGER: The Battle for America's Border and
Security. Medford, OR: WND
Books.
"'In
Mortal Danger' is authored by outspoken Congressman Tom Tancredo, famous
for his efforts to reform our immigration policies and secure our borders.
He lives up to his reputation of never being afraid to speak his mind in
this sure-to-be controversial book... Without strong, moral leadership,
without a renewed sense of purpose, without a rededication to family and
community, without shunning the race hustlers and pop-culture sham artists,
without protecting our borders, language, and culture, the nation that
once was the land of the free and home of the brave" and the "one last
hope of mankind will repeat the catastrophic mistakes of the past.
'In Mortal Danger' is his prescription for repairing the damage." |
Photos
April
14, 2007-Republican Party of Iowa's Abraham Lincoln Unity Dinner in
Des Moines, Iowa.
Feb.
8, 2006-Rally organized by the Minuteman Project at the U.S. Capitol.
Finances
| |
Contributions
|
Transfers/Loans
|
Total Receipts
|
Total Disbursements
|
Cash on
Hand
|
| Year to Date
Totals |
$ 2,777,131.38
|
$30,000.00
|
$ 2,807,879.07
|
$ 2,209,606.02
|
$
598,451.05
debts
$15,000.00
|
| 2nd
Q 2007 (Apr.1-Jun. 30) |
$ 1,465,776.42
|
--
|
$ 1,466,188.08
|
$ 1,474,791.21
|
$
598,451.05
debts
$15,000.00
|
| 1st
Q 2007 (Jan. 1-Mar. 31) press
release |
$ 1,311,532.96
|
--
|
$ 1,311,868.99
|
$
734,814.81
|
$
607,054.18
debts
$15,000.00
|
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