PenceBlog: Roger Hedgecock, frequent guest host of Rush Limbaugh show, Indy Star, Pal-Item praise Pence immigration reform bill - U.S. Congressman Mike Pence : 6th District Of Indiana

Brandon Crocker of The American Spectator wrote about the Congressman's immigration plan in this article today. Here are two excerpts:

"Conservative Republican congressman Mike Pence, in addressing the Heritage Foundation recently, suggested a possible 'middle ground' with the Senate's guest worker provision. He stated his support for a guest worker program that would be available to current illegals only if they first returned to their home countries."

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"I was surprised, for instance, when I heard local San Diego radio talk show host (and sometime Rush Limbaugh fill-in) Roger Hedgecock, who fulminates long and often over the Senate's 'guest worker/amnesty' program, express the opinion that Pence's view was 'reasonable.'"

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Today's Indy Star editorial also praised the Congressman's plan, saying it is "better than bills that have passed (the) House and Senate."

Here is another excerpt:

"Pence, Indiana's representative from the 6th Congressional District, argued in a speech at the Heritage Foundation last week for what he calls the 'rational middle ground on immigration reform.'

"Pence, like many fellow conservatives, calls for much tighter border security and a crackdown on employees who hire illegal immigrants.

"But what's different about his plan is that it would create a legal and realistic means for guest workers to match up with U.S. employers. Under Pence's proposal, the federal government would license private firms to set up 'Ellis Island Centers' in the nations most likely to supply labor to the U.S. Employers would contract with the firms to find workers, who would be required to pass a background check and health screening before receiving a visa."

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Today's Richmond Pal-Item editorial page also strongly supports the Congressman and his plan.

Here is an excerpt from today's editorial:

"He's attempted to find a middle ground in the increasingly polarized Congress.

"Those who favor full amnesty send a bad message. That's only further encouragement to those considering illegal entry in this country.

"And those who support full deportation are unreasonable. With much of our armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, how will we deport 12 million people? The full-deportation people haven't offered a solution.

"Those on both sides of the immigration issue ought to look to Pence as an effective legislator and work with him, not chastise him."

posted by Pence Press Office # 8:55 AM