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Immigrant Sensitive GOPers Facing Tough Times From Conservatives For Position

Heardbeatnews.com, Friday, May 21
 
Republican congressmembers all around the country are having to answer tough questions when it comes to immigration and where they stand, as they battle primary election challengers in their home states....
 
The support is being equated with support for amnesty for “illegals” and being used to shore up opposition against the incumbent representatives. Rep. Christopher B. Cannon, a Utah Republican and a prominent legalization supporter is among those feeling the fall-out for his support of undocumented immigrants working in some agricultural areas to gain legal status.
 
Cannon recently failed to win the required 60 percent of the vote at a Republican nominating convention a little m ore than a week ago and now faces a primary in June against Matt Throckmorton, a former state legislator who is running hard on the immigration issue.
 
In Arizona, the less conservative GOPers, Rep. Jim Kolbe and Rep. Jeff Flake, are also facing the fire for their support of a broad guest-worker program that would allow a path to citizenship for most illegal aliens in the United States...
 
 
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