Immigration Law

IMMIGRANT OF THE DAY: ANH "JOSEPH" CAO - CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS

By Greg Siskind

There's a very interesting election in New Orleans tomorrow. Louisiana's unusual runoff rules mean that the final congressional election in the Crescent City is actually a month later than the rest of the country. The Democrat in the race is Congressman William Jefferson who has been indicted for corruption (which includes the allegation that he stuffed $90,000 from his bribes in his freezer). The Republican is Vietnamese-born Anh "Joseph" Cao, a former philosophy professor at Loyola University who has worked for the last few years as an immigration lawyer.

Cao describes himself as a moderate Republican and when I heard him interviewed on the radio today, he made it clear that he supports immigration reform including legalizing the massive unlawfully present immigrant population. He's exactly the kind of candidate Republicans need to be fielding around the country if the GOP hopes to dig itself out of the hole in which it finds itself.

Cao would normally have no chance at winning this heavily Democratic district. But because of his opponent's serious legal problems, some of the pundits are saying he's got a decent chance. He also won the endorsement of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the city's daily newspaper.

Good luck Mr. Cao.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on December 06, 2008 (boomark / email).