Inglis calls for Amnesty

Neo-con State SC State Congressman Bob Inglis allegedly called for amnesty behind closed doors, saying it would be “racist” not to reward criminal illegal aliens.

From Robert Novak

At a recent internal debate by the conservative House Republican Study Committee, Rep. Bob Inglis of South Carolina warned that the GOP ran the risk of looking like the racist National Party of South Africa on the immigration issue.

Inglis’ comment was made at a closed-door “retreat” of the Study Committee held at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. The bitter debate reflected the split over immigration in conservative ranks.

Supporters of President Bush’s proposed moderate immigration reforms blamed last year’s defeat of Republican Reps. J.D. Hayworth in Arizona and John Hostettler in Indiana on their immigration hard line. But at the retreat, the response from the majority was that Hayworth and Hostettler were not hard enough.