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June 2006

The Senate let the American people down

The Pence immigration plan - the wrong kind of proposal at the worst possible time

No ‘sweeping’ illegal immigration plan has worked

Under Bush, the federal government basically abandoned immigration enforcement, so why should we believe him now?

No amnesty - the American people expect more

The most effective black empowerment program would be enforcement of our immigration laws

Bush campaign veteran dispenses outrageous pro-Mexico drivel

May 2006

The Party of Reagan and the Party of union workers betrays the American middle class with the Senate immigration bill

We ask too little of too many of our immigrants

Hayworth - Give the President's plan a name - illegal immigrant amnesty

May Day rallies brought out those with contempt for American law

Allard - Controlling the border is a necessary first step in comprehensive immigration reform

What's needed – Continuing enforcement of employment laws

Border Patrol agents call Bush proposal a “Trojan Horse”

Just enforce the current immigration laws

A year without illegal immigrants might save the American working and middle class.

A day without an illegal immigrant would offer a lot of pluses

The fence around the White House is working very well

April 2006

The House has the right approach - build the wall now!

Message to the Senate - Don’t pass just anything

It’s time to make black employment a priority

Now is the time to build the wall

Trying a “new” approach – enforcing the immigration laws

Border security, not amnesty, must be the first step

Those who wish to live in America should work to become full citizens

Question for President Bush – where is the concern for American citizens?

How enforcement alone can work

Protests show outsiders asserting power against U.S.

Citizens of the U.S. should stage protests, too

March 2006

End illegal immigration

Guestworker programs just can't work

Work ethic doesn’t exist only south of the Rio Grande

A legislative stalemate this year would mean that immigration policy, and national security, would continue to suffer from "benign neglect"

Try again, Mr. Specter, and first, tighten enforcement

Only a member of Congress could imagine that DHS is ready to track millions more illegals

Americans have a right to define and defend what it means to be an American

February 2006

Guest workers would drive down wages for all workers

Border Patrol and illegal alien murderers...cartel...?

Mexican incursions are symptoms of a growing anarchy along our border

America is becoming more divided, yet assimilation is a necessity

January 2006

Just who is looking out for the interests of American workers?

If U.S. closes border, Mexico will be forced to clean up its pervasive corruption

Mexico, Guatemala try to tell the U.S. how to play the immigration game

Which laws do we ignore next?

House immigration bill was its more important immigration reform in a decade

Illegal immigration is a real issue in the Midwest

Why enforce U.S. immigration laws? Here’s why

December 2005

Bush, Fox PR consultant to help Mexico improve its image in US

Congress’ most ambitious bill in 10 years

American can’t afford a leader who thinks the Constitution is “Just a god damned piece of paper”

A hospital Emergency Room from the doctor’s point of view

No amnesty, Mr. President. Do your duty, defend the border

Illegal immigration proves there's no such thing as cheap labor

Interior enforcement is the key to reducing illegal immigration

We know what works - a border fence

November 2005

America Is A Nation Not A Market

We must put citizens and legal immigrants first

Prediction – A wall will be built

Can you imagine it? Yeah, I can, too

Immigration control may be in our backyards

After four years of ignoring illegal immigration, Bush promises "significant progress" in a year

Attrition through enforcement - another way to ease illegal immigration

October 2005

A call to action – Enforcement First!

It’s the law and it’s time to enforce it

Law without enforcement is a sham

“The underground economy has taken over”

Three steps to immigration reform

40 years later, illegal immigration has become the elephant in America’s room

Illegal immigration – Is anyone at DHS concerned?

Limited English proficiency – the state of emergency Virginia ignores

September 2005

Mexican matricula consular gives day-to-day amnesty to illegal aliens

Illegal immigration poses serious safety and economic burdens on the U.S.

U.S. should bar dangerous ideologues

We must look to local cops for immigration enforcement

Temporary workers, yes; backdoor immigration, no

Washington should take off the diplomatic gloves with Mexico

August 2005

We must keep the Islamist threat from crossing our borders

New Mexico’s border emergency

Arizona’s border emergency

What is MS-13?

The economic costs of low-skilled immigration are too high

An illegal near you has an idea: crime!

Bush seen by Democrats as vulnerable on border control

Ninety percent of gang members arrested are illegal aliens

Statistics on criminal aliens in the U.S.

July 2005

Why North Carolina is a magnet for illegals

Mexican candidate Castanda embodies his nation's arrogance toward the U.S.

McCain-Kennedy amnesty proposal is an insult to law-abiding citizens, immigrants alike

Senator Clinton talks increased border security, but votes against more agents and detention facilities

U.S. is now Mexico's delivery room

White House ineptitude reaches new heights over Bush's amnesty proposal

Like NAFTA?....you will love CAFTA

Guest worker proposal raises thorny questions

June 2005

Border security is needed now, businesses will simply have to adjust

CAFTA will erase America

Law on anchor babies should be changed

How to detect illegal aliens in the workplace

Illegals charged as trespassers

Employers of illegal aliens beware, the MinuteMan Project is on the way

Criminal illegals and the butcher of Baltimore

In small town America, Mexico defends illegals, U.S. does nothing

Immigration issues for 2008 are shaping up

May 2005

Fox comment not news - Frederick Douglass in 1853 described blacks being “elbowed out” of employment by migrants

Federal government – derelict of duty along the border

Fox needs to issue more than one apology

In-state tuition for illegal immigrants is a bad idea and a cruel joke

Minutemen proved themselves to be responsible patriots

Schwarzenegger was right to congratulate Minutemen

Hospital to the world welcomes illegals and contagious diseases

When did law enforcement become a radical idea?

April 2005

The Next American Revolution

This is the true cost of "cheap labor"

Minuteman Project finds outpouring of support from local Arizonans

Crime invasion finds El Salvador's MS-13 gang the fastest growing and most violent in the U.S

Euphemisms for “illegal” abound in media coverage of the Minuteman Project

Watching aliens vanish into the interior of the country

The Minutemen - average Americans, watching the border

Immigrant labor is not cheap

Bush's political will is weak when it comes to border security

Borderline Insanity

March 2005

Bush - Condemning good American citizens

Politics before the safety of the American people

Why are members of a violent Latin American gang on our streets?

Appeasing Mexico is wrong -2,000 border agents are needed now

Immigration agents take a snow day, giving illegals safe passage

Stories from the Border - where life for ranchers has become a living hell

Minute Man Project has its own Air Force

February 2005

Giving illegal aliens the key to the Social Security lockbox

Recovery wasn’t 'jobless’, it's just that all the net growth went to immigrant workers

The Third World is immigrating into America at an unprecedented rate of speed

Time for a lockdown on illegal migration

Common-sense lawmaking

Ten reasons for enforcing America’s immigration laws

Social Security Reform - a red herring to avoid real problems

The 'true amigos’ in Mexico are overwhelmed by drug smugglers

Young mother is dead because U.S. employers won’t pay a living wage, hire illegals instead

January 2005

In Mexico, there are no licenses for illegal immigrants

4,000 illegals a day invade America

Illegal immigrants making the U.S. poorer each day

Second Mexican-American War is underway right now

If 'we the people' were in control of our nation, the borders would be secure

Border residents see Mexican booklet as a 'dummies' guide to breaking U.S. immigration law

The Mexican booklet - an official wink and a nudge to illegals

Mexico's how-to border-crossing book shows its citizens the back door to the U.S.

If those in power were personally affected, our borders would be closed...now


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Last updated July 4, 2006