It’s definitely understatement to say that the immigration bill has been a hot topic in recent weeks. Turns out Sen. Richard Burr was catching his fair share of the heat:

Callers asked him to vote against the bill and reminded his staff that they knew where he lived, Burr said. He said he alerted Capitol Hill police to one call.

“This was a very vicious issue for a lot of people,” he said.

Burr declined to offer many details about the call that was forwarded to the Capitol Hill police, other than to say that it came into his Washington office and that it did have a traceable number.

The call came in several weeks ago, and Burr said he has not heard anything about it since his office alerted the police.

Capitol Hill police did not return two phone calls yesterday.

Burr also said that his wife received a call at 2:30 a.m. yesterday morning at their Winston-Salem home to let her know how Burr should vote.

Meanwhile, Rep. Virginia Foxx still supports “wholesale deportation” of illegal immigrants, just not all at once. Admittedly, that would be tough. I don’t know if we have the school buses to swing it.

Update: After hearing that Rep. Foxx’s office wanted to get in touch with me, I took another look at the Journal article. Here’s what the paragraph in question said:

Some supported the wholesale deportation of illegal immigrants.

Nathan Tabor, who ran unsuccessfully in 2004 for the seat now held by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th, said that they should be deported, but not all at once.

“If you bust all 12 million out, you’d have some industries collapse,” Tabor said. “Is it opportunistic? Yeah. It has to be, because you have to protect your businesses.”

OK, didn’t read that closely. Here are Foxx’s statements from her office and the House floor:

Mr. Speaker, last week, House Republicans outlined five principles that we want included in any
immigration reform legislation before it is sent to the President. They are:

Republicans want to put a premium on border security and provide the
resources necessary to strengthen our Border Patrol.

Republicans want to strengthen the enforcement of immigration laws
and stiffen the penalties for those who break those laws.

Republicans want to hold employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens
accountable and strengthen the penalties on them.

Republicans oppose any and all efforts to reward those who break our
immigration laws.

And last, Republicans believe that immigrants must come here legally,
obey our laws, and assimilate into American society by learning
English.

Mr. Speaker, House Republicans passed a bill last December that
incorporated these principles. Unfortunately, some of our colleagues in
the Senate are pushing for legislation that would actually weaken our
borders.

Mr. Speaker, this is neither what the American people need nor want.