statesmanjournal.com
Oregon -- Jim Ludwick just might be the busiest man in the Willamette Valley.
Most days, Ludwick, the president of Oregonians for Immigration Reform, is up at 6 a.m. checking on his horses, placing calls to politicians in the nation's Capitol, sending e-mail alerts and connecting via the Internet with other organized and budding groups opposed to illegal immigration.
His 800-member group is one of an ever-growing base of organizations that have become a powerful voice at the grass- roots level in towns and cities throughout the nation.
Their critics have called them racists, a label that Ludwick rejects.
However, there's no disputing that their strong anti-illegal-immigration stance has connected with people who say they are frustrated about the federal government's failure to enforce immigration laws.
Recently, Ludwick took a break to talk about himself and his group.
Posted by tyne at October 31, 2006