Burr is cheered by opponents of the bill when he joins those who vote to reject it

WASHINGTON (Winston-Salem Journal) - Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C. said that his office has received "dozens" of threatening calls in recent weeks over the immigration bill, which he voted yesterday to kill.

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.