America is known as a melting pot. If that’s the case, then Debbie Stafford, a Colorado state legislator, has decided to stir it. Colorado just passed passed an immigration bill that denies public assitance to anyone who is not in the state legally, but which makes exceptions for children to get food and healthcare. Stafford’s response?
“We’re helping create the next generation of terrorists.”
In the meantime, many of Stafford’s Republican colleagues were upset because they were unable to get on the ballot a constitutional amendment that would have required all workers in Colorado to have a state I.D. The bill’s sponsor, Al White, attacked Governor Bill Owens, who he said was actively lobbied by Colorado homebuilders and Republican donors who did not want to see the state’s labor pool decreased.
Colorado’s Hispanic population was up to 19% in 2004 and is growing. Stafford apparently has some kind of inside track on the terrorist intentions of illegal immigrants from Mexico and other South American nations.
