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OBAMA’S IMMIGRATION SNEAK ATTACK: Plan to Make a Run for Amnesty Lurks Right Behind Healthcare (Guest in MST)
Watch out. While the one hand of ObamaCare is waving up in the air, drawing everyone’s attention, here comes the other. Immigration reform and amnesty for the more than 10 million illegal immigrants in the United States.
Last week, the White House met in private with two Senators—Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY)—in a behind-the-scenes move to rejuvenate immigration legislation. The President’s apparent strategy is to dovetail a bill right in behind the likely healthcare vote and before Congress gets too distracted by the midterm elections in November.
While many conservatives are scratching their heads about the likes of Graham and Senator John McCain (R-AZ) supporting any bill that proposes amnesty, former U.S. Congressman Bob Beauprez (R-CO) bypasses all that and attacks the substance rather than the party lines, going back to the “comprehensive immigration reform that (President) Bush promoted,” and calling it “nonsense.”
“Graham, McCain, Obama, Schumer . . . they all have it backwards,” says Beauprez. “They start with amnesty and pretend they can also secure the border. Well, they won't. Obama’s budget cuts more than $200 million out of our border security. Connect those dots. What’s his priority?”
Get the answer to that question by calling Special Guests and booking an interview with Bob Beauprez today. In addition to providing his perspective on the madness behind the method of Obama’s amnesty for illegals, Beauprez is also prepared to explain his three-step solution for effective immigration reform that optimizes security and rewards only those who follow the law, and penalizes those who don’t—including immigrants and U.S. employers alike.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE MAY BE USEFUL FOR SHOW PREP:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/04/nation/la-na-immigration5-2010mar05
ABOUT YOUR GUEST, BOB BEAUPREZ:
Bob Beauprez is a former dairy farmer, community banker and member of Congress who has spent his entire life working to leave Colorado a little better than he found it.
He was born and raised on a third generation family farm in Lafayette, Colorado. Bob's grandfather emigrated from Belgium in 1907 and founded a general livestock farm specializing in draft horses. Bob's father took over the farm and developed a nationally renowned Hereford beef cattle breeding herd and transitioned to dairy cattle in the 1950s.
The daily regime of chores, field work and milkings taught Bob a disciplined work ethic that would serve him well throughout his life.
After graduating from the University of Colorado in 1970, he went into partnership with his parents and brother, Mike, in the family farming operation. He managed the dairy herd, eventually marketing their cattle throughout the United States with cattle on every continent except Australia.
During that time, Bob pioneered the use of embryo transplant technology to increase the quality and marketability of the family herd. He also served eight years on the National Holstein Association Board of Directors, including five years as Chairman of the Genetic Advancement Committee. He later also became an industry spokesperson and international judge of Holstein cattle.
The dairy herd was dispersed in 1990 and Bob managed the development of the real estate for his family, eventually becoming part of a 1,500-unit residential golf course community. At the same time, Bob and his wife, Claudia, purchased controlling interest in a small community bank. As President, CEO and Chairman, Bob expanded the bank from one to 13 locations and grew its assets from $4 million to more than $400 million in twelve years.
Bob served as President of the Colorado Independent Bankers Association and was on the Board of the Independent Bankers of America.
While running the bank Bob was politically active as the chairman of the Boulder County Republican Party, and later as Colorado State GOP Chairman. He retired from the bank to run for the new 7th Congressional District in 2002, winning the nation’s closest Congressional election that year by 121 votes. After one term, in 2004, he was reelected by more than 30,000 votes.
While in Congress, Bob served on the Ways and Means, Transportation, Veterans Affairs and Small Business Committees. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Highways and Infrastructure Subcommittee and a member of the Republican Leadership Whip Team.
In 2006, he was the Republican nominee for Governor in Colorado.
Since 2007, Bob has published a monthly e-magazine called A Line of Sight (http://www.alineofsight.com/), a public policy and opinion resource on current political issues. Then, in 2009, he authored his first book: A Return to Values: A Conservative Look at His Party. He is also Vice-Chairman of The John Hancock Committee for the States (http://www.hancockcommittee.org/).
Bob married his high school sweetheart, Claudia, in 1970. They have three sons and one daughter, as well as three grandchildren. Bob and Claudia have returned to their agricultural roots recently by purchasing a ranch in the Colorado Mountains near the Wyoming border. They are developing a buffalo breeding herd in partnership with their son Jim. Bob continues to stay politically active, guest hosting on various radio talk shows, doing numerous media interviews nationally, and maintains a busy public speaking schedule.
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