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From the Good News, Bad News Department: McCain Forced to Denounce Call for Forced Labor Camps for Immigrants

By immigrationprof

A John McCain Press release (June 23, 2006);

Washington D.C. ­– Today, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) issued the following statement regarding the suggestion of Don Goldwater, candidate for Arizona governor, to incarcerate illegal immigrants in forced labor camps:

I strongly denounce Don Goldwater’s deeply offensive suggestion that illegal immigrants should be incarcerated in concentration camps along the border, and pressed into forced labor. That Mr. Goldwater is either unaware of or indifferent to the loaded symbolism, injustice and un-Americanism of his “plan” to address the many serious issues caused by illegal immigration reveals his flaws as a candidate, and a stunning lack of respect for the basic values of a generous and decent society. I hope that Arizona Republicans, no matter how passionate they feel about the issue, will not want Barry Goldwater’s Republican Party to be associated with such an obviously inappropriate messenger.

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What’s going on in Arizona?  Forced labor camps?  What images does that idea conjure in your mind?  What has happened over the last few months to allow a mainstream politician to make such a proposal?

KJ