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Congressman Heath Shuler was the odd man out at a press conference last month rallying opposition to then not-yet-finalized Senate immigration bill - the other seven legislators facing the media that day were all Republicans. But the freshman North Carolina Democrat, one of only six members of his party in the 104-member House Immigration Reform Caucus, didn't mind being the lone Democrat on that panel: Elected with just 54 percent of the vote in 2006, his seat is a major Republican target in 2008, and the No. 1 issue he hears about when he goes home...
...here to represent no party," Shuler, a former Washington Redskins football star, said in an interview Tuesday. "I'm here to represent the people of the Eleventh Congressional District...
...Immigration "is the most talked about issue in my district," Shuler added. "And the worst thing we could do is not listen to the people who got us here. And you certainly can't turn your back...
...Even with a Democratic majority of 233-202, the House still poses the biggest threat to the immigration bill, in part because many of the seats gained by the Democrats are in conservative areas such as Shuler's Ashville district...
...truly feel that this freshman class is unique in that they truly know that they are here because the people of their district have spoken, and when they have spoken we must listen," Shuler said...