Houston Chronicle
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH -- As Republican U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon rode in the back of a pickup in the West Fest Parade last weekend, just ahead of the float carrying Miss Samoa, the conservative lawmaker knew that for every voter who waved back, there may have been another who was angry with him over immigration.
In this GOP stronghold, advocates of further restrictions on immigration have targeted Cannon for defeat in today's Utah primary because he favors a broad immigration plan similar to President Bush's.
The race is so emotionally charged by the single issue of immigration — in a district that has fewer than 50,000 illegal immigrants and is 12 hours by car from the Mexico border — that the election could decide whether Bush's ailing immigration policy limps forward or is declared dead.
Posted by Richard at June 27, 2006