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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Elizabeth Dole blogs on immigration
Sen. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina said on her campaign blog Tuesday that “liberal politicians in Raleigh” were partly to blame for the state’s big increase in illegal immigrants.
“They’ve come here for two primary reasons. First, North Carolina has historically had a growing economy, so there were jobs. Second, the liberal politicians in Raleigh were very slow to address our lax laws regarding identification, so it was very easy to get a driver’s license in North Carolina,” she said.
Dole, who is facing a tough challenge from Democratic state Sen. Kay Hagan, is making the fight against illegal immigration a centerpiece of her campaign.
Her first television ad released last week touted a program that helps local police partner with federal agencies to identify, apprehend and deport illegal immigrants convicted of crimes.
According to Politico, the state-wide ad buy cost about $500,000 — a sizable chunk of the $3.2 million Dole reported in mid-April, in her latest filing report.
On the blog, Dole also quoted figures from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) about the cost of illegal immigrants to North Carolina. FAIR, which advocates lower levels of immigration, has been designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization based in Montgomery, Ala.
Read more of Dole’s blog, here.
See her TV ad here.
