The buzz over Roland Burris's senate seat just won't stop, and Mark Kirk has the attention of the national Republicans as one of the top contenders on the GOP side.
But meanwhile, closer to home, the News-Sun reports on new legislation that is being proposed by Kirk to make it easier to deport illegal aliens that are members of gangs:
"While most gang members are American citizens, we are seeing the rise of transnational drug gangs that are bringing new levels of violence and criminal activity to our communities," Kirk said at a Chicago news conference attended by various community leaders, including Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran.
Kirk proposed the Alien Gang Removal Act, which would amend federal immigration law to include membership in a street gang as a disqualifying criterion for entry into the United States. The legislation also creates new grounds for deportation after a member of an officially designated criminal gang is found to have been convicted of any felonies or criminal misdemeanors involving weapons, ammunition, child pornography or illegal narcotics.
Seems to me like Kirk is looking pretty senatorial lately. I keep bugging the Congressman for the scoop on his senate plans, so I will let everyone know the moment anyone tells me anything...(!)
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There's no question, TA, that our Congressman would make a great Senator. That said, it's an uphill struggle at best, tougher than I think anyone can imagine. In these economic times I don't see how anyone, even Mark, can raise the kind of campaign money that he will need to be highly competitive. I don't think you can expect any kind of an answer before May or early June. I'm sure you're not giving up on asking!
I've hit Team McKenna and Team Kirk a lot mostly because I think there should be an outrage that this was safe GOP turf 10 years ago and isn't close today and that continues.
You don't wait until May on this. That gives Mark basically a year to raise $20 million and meet the state. Not enough time considering the machine he will face.
More importantly there is a roll call article today on kirk successors. I don't have a subscription but if anyone does it would be interesting to read since it's usually good stuff.
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