Tancredo wins important victory

For the first time that I’m aware of, the Congress has voted to punish cities that protect illegal aliens from U.S. law. From the Rocky Mountain News:

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. House of Representatives this morning voted to withhold federal emergency services funding for “sanctuary cities” that protect illegal immigrants.

Anti-illegal immigration champion Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., sponsored the measure, which he says would apply to cities such as Denver and Boulder. He was elated by its passage, which stunned critics and supporters alike….

The House passed the amendment, 234 to 189, with 50 Democrats voting in favor….

Tancredo said he thinks his amendment is an indicator that the House would crush the reform plan if it passes in the Senate.

“If I were (Speaker of the House) Nancy Pelosi, I’d be asking if she could pass a vote on amnesty on the House side,” Tancredo said. “If she lost 50 Democrats on this one, and she says she needs 70 Republicans to pass the immigration plan, this is an interesting indicator of things coming down the pike, and that the times, they are a-changing.”

Congratulations to Tom Tancredo, who has tried for years to pass such a measure without success. The article does not say, but we must assume that the increased support for the measure stemmed from the increased opposition in the country to the illegal immigration invasion and to any accommodation to illegal aliens, an opposition which in turn has been sparked by the Bush-Kennedy Invite The World To Take Over America Act.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at June 16, 2007 08:24 AM | Send