America needs a leader like Winston Churchill to stop an invasion of illegal immigrants, Republican state Rep. John Graham Altman of Charleston told Fox News on Monday.

Altman appeared live from a Charleston studio on "Your World with Neil Cavuto," billed as the No. 1-rated cable news business show.

"When Adolf Hitler, the evil Hitler, was about to invade England, Churchill rallied the people. We don't have a Churchill to rally Americans to stop these illegal aliens. And I want to do my share," Altman said.

Altman has filed a bill that would make it unlawful for illegal immigrants to cash winning lottery tickets. Winners would have to show proof of legal U.S. residency.

Altman said he has no way of knowing how many illegal immigrants participate in the South Carolina lottery. "When the government doesn't even know how many we got over here, I don't know how many buy lottery tickets. You hear 11, 12 million, 20 million illegal aliens here. We've been invaded," he said.

When Cavuto asked Altman about businesses that don't like his bill because it might hurt lottery sales, Altman said, "I think they're traitors."

Altman compared Mexican President Vicente Fox to Nikita Khrushchev, who said, "We will bury you without firing a shot." Altman said, "And that's what he's doing. He's encouraging his poor people to come over. We've become Mexico's welfare system."

More than 80 percent of respondents to a Fox News poll agree with Altman's position that illegal immigrants should not be able to cash winning lottery tickets, Cavuto said.

"I'm shocked by a lot of what's going on with these illegal aliens. We never thought we'd be invaded and not fire a shot back," Altman said.

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