butterbean
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 Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2006 8:10 am Post subject: Tancredo to Return to Miami to Speak on 'Need for Assimilati |
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Tom Tancredo is headed back to Miami a month after sparking a tense exchange with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush by likening the city to a "Third World country."
The Colorado Republican, who vocally opposes illegal immigration - and who has never shied away from a chance to talk about it - plans a speech Thursday to the Miami Rotary Club titled, "Renewing America: The Need for Assimilation."
The speech will include more details about his thoughts on how to address "problems" in Miami, his spokesman Carlos Espinosa said.
Alia Faraj, Bush's communications director, said Tancredo is welcome. But she added, "I didn't realize we had a problem in Miami."
While visiting Palm Beach for an immigration conference last month, Tancredo angered Bush and others by criticizing Miami's poverty and crime. He said the city suffers because a growing number of residents don't speak English.
"Look at what has happened to Miami," he said to WorldNetDaily, a conservative online news site. "It has become a Third World country. You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace. You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country."
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http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061211/APN/612112270 |
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