RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT
OF CHAIRMAN PULLEN’S HANDLING OF THE
CONTENTIOUS 2007 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BILL

WHEREAS, IN 2004 THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEEMEN ELECTED RANDY PULLEN AS NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN BASED LARGELY UPON THE KEY ROLE HE PLAYED IN PROTECTING OUR TAX DOLLARS AND VOTING RIGHTS BY PASSING PROPOSITION 200; AND

WHEREAS, IN 2007 THE REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEEMEN AGAIN ELECTED RANDY PULLEN AS STATE PARTY CHAIRMAN BASED LARGELY UPON HIS EXCELLENT REPRESENTATION DOING THE WILL OF REPUBLICAN PARTY VOTERS AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS BY ADVANCING RESOLUTIONS TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAW AND TO SECURE BORDER ENFORCEMENT FIRST; AND

WHEREAS, THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE HAS ESTIMATED THAT ONLY 25% OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WILL BE STOPPED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION BILL, AND FORMER REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NEWT GINGRICH, HAS SAID, “THIS IS THE MOST SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BILL FOR REPUBLICANS TO BE SPONSORING THAT I HAVE SEEN, MAYBE IN MY LIFETIME”; AND

WHEREAS, CHAIRMAN PULLEN, WHILE REFLECTING THE GRASSROOTS REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO THE KYL SUPPORTED IMMIGRATION BILL, HAS ISSUED A LETTER IN STRONG SUPPORT OF SENATOR KYL AND POINTED OUT THE SENATOR’S LONG RECORD OF DEDICATION TO OUR STATE AND NATION;

RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MARICOPA COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, AFFIRM THAT CHAIRMAN PULLEN WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE CORRECT IN HIS ASSESSMENT OF THE SENTIMENT OF THE MAJORITY OF REPUBLICAN VOTERS, AND WE COMPLIMENT HIS RESPONSIVENESS TO THE CONCERNS OF THE REPUBLICAN BASE. WE WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE CHAIRMAN PULLEN’S DELICATE AND SENSITIVE HANDLING OF THIS DIVISIVE COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION BILL. PROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT.