Postcards from the Edge

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Kimberly A. Strassel -- Wall Street Journal

Blurring the borders

Let's imagine that over the coming weeks Republicans defy gravity and get behind comprehensive immigration reform. Let's assume it then falls to the new Democratic majority to close a deal. And let's consider the fortunes of Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez. -- Mr. Gutierrez is the eight-term Democrat who has evolved from bomb- thrower...

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Virgil Van Camp -- Amarillo Globe-News

North American Union would be disastrous for U.S.

President Bush visited Mexico recently to meet with that country's president, Felipe Caldern. In a joint news conference, Bush referred to our large and growing Mexican population as "migrants." -- Not illegal immigrants, guest workers nor undocumented workers. -- Was this just a slip of the tongue...

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El Universal -- Mexico City

L.A.'s mayor emphasizes greater unity

L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa [the dangerous Mexican Reconquista at left] arrived in Mexico City Thursday with a strong pro- [illegal alien... criminal] message and an urgent call for the US and Mexico to "build bridges, not walls." -- "Our fates are intertwined and indivisible and we need to stand and to stay united," he told a gathering...
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Georgie Anne Geyer -- Yahoo News

Dishonest immigration language masks the real issues

This week's large immigration rallies, led in numbers by the estimated 150,000 marchers here on historic May Day, showed some new attitudes of illegal aliens that, if they were thinking squarely, they would not want revealed. -- The revelations come, as so often, with the language used in the rallies across the country...
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Diane M. Grassi -- RenewAmerica.us

NAFTA Superhighway has Guiliani as key player

On March 25, 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush, former Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney and former Mexican President, Vicente Fox, authorized the Security and Prosperity Partnership, now under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Most Americans have little to no knowledge of this seemingly innocuous...

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Rhinelander (Wisconsin) Daily News

Panel delays proposed illegal alien ban

Green Bay -- A proposal to revoke city licenses of businesses that hire illegal immigrants drew heated complaints even before the City Council's Advisory Committee took it up Thursday night. -- After a number of speakers denounced it, the panel tabled the proposal at the urging of council president Paul Fradette, who chairs the committee...
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WorldNetDaily.com

Mexico announces date for trucks to roll in U.S.

With U.S. officials refusing to respond to key questions, Mexico announced the controversial truck demonstration project will begin July 15, with both Mexican trucks operating throughout the U.S. and American trucks allowed to travel south of the border. -- WND has obtained a copy in Spanish of a news release issued Tuesday...
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VDare.com

Hey GOP! Do nothing on immigration... this year!

There's a Bill on the Hill.... or something of the sort... and it ostensibly pertains to immigration reform. -- Wonder if that's true! -- They're calling it the Middle Way: An immigration reform plan that is broad- sweeping and includes a "path to citizenship" in addition to some type of Guest Worker Program.

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KTRK-TV -- Houston

Survey: Invaders a growing concern in Houston area

Houston -- Houstonians apparently feel a little less comfortable with the area's growing racial diversity. -- New research from an annual survey conducted by Rice University was released Thursday. It shows crime is the area's No. 1 concern. But concern over immigration is growing.

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Gwinnett Daily Post

Feds help monitor illegal workers...

D.A. King, president of the Dustin Inman Society, an organization that supports legislative efforts to reduce illegal immigration, said he would like to see the law's requirements expanded from the public sector to include all private employers. -- "This is a terrific start," he said. "(But) it should be applied to every business in Georgia."

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Americans for Legal Immigration

Invader protests filled with arrests, mayhem, and radicalism!

While most of the Main Stream Media is reporting that the illegal alien protests on May 1, 2007 were peaceful and benevolent, the truth is emerging as documented arrests from LA, Portland, NYC, and other locations come in. On May 1, many of the illegal alien protests had anarchists, communists, socialists, and radical illegal alien...

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Times Record -- Fort Smith, Arkansas

Invasion foe plans to sue state, capitol

A local illegal immigration opponent hoping to press charges against the state and its capital for their involvement in establishing a Mexican consulate has a strike against him by going public prematurely, a prosecutor said Wednesday. -- Joe McCutchen, who has in the past participated in the Minuteman Project at the U.S.-Mexico border...