Tom Tancredo
Republican from Colorado
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Tancredo is a congressman from Colorado, first elected in 1998. He previously served in the Colorado state legislature and was part of the Department of Education under Ronald Reagan. He was born in Denver in 1945 and graduated from the University of Northern Colorado. Tancredo and his wife, Jackie, have two children and five grandchildren. He withdrew from the presidential race on Dec. 20, 2007.
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Recent statements by Tom Tancredo
"For every single illegal immigrant family in this country, it costs $20,000 — it costs us $20,000; $20,000 in infrastructural costs. They pay about $10,000 in taxes."
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Detroit
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"I spend a lot of time in Iowa, and believe it or not, in Ottumwa, Iowa, this is the heartland, the newspaper, the regular newspaper for Ottumwa, Iowa, is (a) bilingual newspaper."
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 in Fox News interview
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"There was a report that came out from the FBI – a warning, not a report ... saying that, in fact, al-Qaida was planning to attack malls during the Christmas holidays."
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 in an interview on CNN.
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He received "A" ratings from "every conservative organization that gives ratings."
Sunday, October 21st, 2007 in a Republican debate in Orlando, Fla.
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In 2006, Arizona had four ballot issues that were "very tough on illegal immigration... Forty-seven percent of the Hispanics in Arizona voted for them."
Monday, September 10th, 2007 in
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Recent stories featuring Tom Tancredo
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