re: #66 Gus 802

Which will never happen. There won’t be any new immigration reform without amnesty. Even Ronald Reagan instituted amnesty which many people still refuse to acknowledge.

I’m sure it wouldn’t take very long to find a lot of dirt on J.D. Hayworth.

Some quickies:

Wife on Leadership PAC’s Payroll

Between 2001 and 2005 inclusive, Mary Hayworth, J.D. Hayworth’s wife, received $101,872 compensation from her husband’s leadership PAC, TEAM. During the same period, TEAM PAC also paid outside sources for bookkeeping and political consultation/fundraising a total of $61,676.

In the period between 2001 and February 2006, inclusive, TEAM PAC took in $538,109. This puts administrative costs for TEAM PAC at around 30% of contributions over a five year period.

(Data Source: Center for Responsive Politics)

Abramoff Related Contributions

Hayworth was listed in the Center for Responsible Politics Newsletter “Capital Eye”, as being the 2nd largest recipient of Abramoff related contributions, receiving $64,060.

Praising of Henry Ford and “Americanization”

In his 2006 book, Whatever it Takes: Illegal Immigration, Border Security, and the War on Terror, Hayworth praised automaker Henry Ford’s ideas on the early 20th-century concept of “Americanization,” endorsing them as a model for integrating immigrants into American society. Many historians view Ford’s views in this area as anti-Semitic. In response, the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix sharply criticized Hayworth in a August 2006 editorial. Matt Lambert, a spokesman for Hayworth, responded by saying, “This has nothing to do with Henry Ford or antisemitism; it’s all about politics.”

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