Tom Tancredo: Not a One Issue Candidate

Iowa Independent’s Jay Wagner was one of seven people to attend Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo’s appearance at the country club in Sibley, IA, over the weekend. The seven people included “two county Republican committee members, three journalists and a smiling couple wearing Tancredo for President t-shirts.”

And he insisted that although his focus on immigration may make him look like a one-issue candidate, he isn’t one because illegal immigration is actually the cause of all of our problems:

Tancredo said the more he studies the issue, the more it seems that many of the nation’s problems can be blamed on Hispanics crossing into the United States from Mexico.

Health care costs? Blame the burden of paying for emergency-room care for 12 million illegal immigrants who receive free medical services, he said.

The nation’s rising addiction to methamphetamines? Mexico has become a major source of the illegal drug, he said.

Low wages? If America rids itself of illegal immigrants who take minimum-wage jobs, the country’s businesses would be forced to pay decent wages and benefits to attract a work force, he said.

“There aren’t many problems that we can’t attribute to these lawbreakers who cross our borders to live here,” he said.

He also said our weak border makes it easy for Islamic terrorists to enter the country unchecked, causing a major security problem in the United States.

Also of note, Tancredo said that he has to finish in third place in the Iowa Caucuses to continue his campaign.