Migrants prompt election debate

Nearly 5, 000 of state Rep. Monty Davenport’s constituents have been urged in a piece of mail from a conservative advocacy group to “Ask Monty why he’s pampering illegal aliens and putting drug dealers back on the street.”

The Coalition for Arkansas’ Future gave the first-term Democrat from Yellville an “Fminus” grade for voting for a bill that would have allowed illegal aliens who graduate from Arkansas high schools to qualify for in-state tuition rates and taxpayer-funded state scholarships at state universities.

The mailer also gave Davenport an “F-minus” for voting for a bill under which people convicted of making methamphetamine could be eligible for parole after serving half their sentences, not the 70 percent of the sentence formerly required. The bill became Act 1034 of 2005.

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Migrants prompt election debate
Northwest Arkasaw News Service