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Congressman addresses 'North American Union' issue with commerce secretary

WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., has asked Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez in a letter to suspend plans that would further a proposal known as the "Security and Prosperity Partnership," until Congress has a chance to examine its goals.

"I know the administration has given assurances that the SPP is not a veiled effort to create a 'North American Union,' nor an effort designed to dilute American sovereignty by entering into a European Union-like arrangement with Canada and Mexico," said Tancredo, chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. "Unfortunately, however, [the SPP's] 'recommendations' seem to be at odds with those assurances."

Tancredo, the author of "In Mortal Danger," which exposes what he sees as the crisis of illegal immigration in the U.S., concluded, "As such, I would ask that you consider suspending Commerce Department participation in this tri-lateral effort."

Tancredo is one of four members of Congress who has signed on to a resolution designed to express "the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada."

Several alarming "recommendations" from the U.S. component of the "North American Competitive Council" suggested that the U.S., Canada and Mexico "work toward acceptance of equivalent standards, objectives, surveillance and enforcement," Tancredo noted.

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