The Republican Governors Association is targeting Beverly Perdue on illegal immigration.
A mailer from the RGA's North Carolina PAC sent this week shows four Hispanic men walking on a red carpet toward a "Welcome to North Carolina" sign.
"Bev Perdue is rolling out the red carpet for illegal immigrants," the mailer says.
Inside, it argues that Perdue has expanded government benefits to illegal immigrants, including driver's licenses, health care, community college and worker's compensation.
The back of the mailer says Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory would "get tough on illegal immigrants."
The mailer cites the 2001 state budget as legislation that "made it much easier for illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses." As we've noted before, that bill actually made it slightly harder.
It correctly notes that Perdue "presided" over that bill, although as lieutenant governor she would not have voted on it unless there was a tie.
Document(s):
RGA-immigration.pdf
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Re: RGA mailer hits Perdue on immigration
Slightly harder? Your link only shows that the ITIN went into effect as an acceptable form of ID on Jan 1, 2002. How does that make it harder? Illegals can get ITINs so the Feds can collect taxes from their paychecks. Whoopie! Have you checked to see how often the same ITIN was used in NC? Maybe you should....
Your back must be getting pretty tired by now, carrying Lt. Gov. Perdue around all day is hard work.
You picked the one item out of four issues raised that you could plausibly take a shot at. What about the other 3? Any Bevcuses there?