DENVER POST CONTINUES TO TRY TO RETALIATE AGAINST REP. TOM TANCREDO

Continuing to try to retaliate against Congressman Tom Tancredo for insisting that U.S. immigration laws be enforced, the Denver Post now tries to accuse the Colorado Congressman of using a contractor who – without either Tancredo's knowledge or the contractor's – hired workers who were apparently using fraudulent documents. Tancredo and his allies have fought for years to try to prevent the use of fraudulent documents. For a new low in press bias, see the full article.

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In a House floor speech last night, Tancredo said that he expected this to come from his critics in the media. "I know that I suffer the slings and arrows. I know that I am going to be vilified in the paper. Tomorrow I am sure that the article that the Denver Post writes about me will not be complimentary. But, you know, I guess I am really thinking aloud here with you tonight, and that is, who is really the bully? Who is really mean-spirited here? . . . What is the most discouraging or disconcerting aspect of this whole thing is that when trying to characterize and personify the illegal immigration issue by using the Apodacas, what you do is ignore another face of illegal immigration that is much, much uglier, much nastier. That is the face of illegal immigration that you confront on the borders of this country, both the Canadian border and the Mexican border. It is the face of murder, it is the face of infiltration into the country of people who are coming to do us great harm, it is the face of drug smuggling. . . . Because I can assure my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, that this will not be on the front page of the Denver Post tomorrow. . . . However, this is the face of illegal immigration on our borders. . . . I have no doubt that my concerns about illegal immigration, about the immigration issue have made me a number of very powerful enemies. I have no doubt that they will from this point on hound me, dog me, find out who delivers the milk to my house, who cuts our lawn. I mean, I have no idea to what extent they will go to try and vilify me for bringing the message. . . . And I will suffer the slings and arrows of an angry media and of angry constituents and of angry members of the Hispanic and immigrant communities in the United States, although I must say, Mr. Speaker, that we get many, many supportive e-mails and calls and letters from Hispanic Americans who consider themselves to be Americans only, Americans."