Postcards from the Edge

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Chicago Sun-Times

Student loans for invaders?

Illegal immigrants with "B" averages would be eligible for state-backed student loans if a controversial Senate proposal becomes law. -- Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) has called for the state to establish a taxpayer-funded student loan fund from which Illinois residents -- regardless of their citizenship...

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Charlotte Observer

Drug bust uncovers fake ID operation

The Lexington County seizure in January of 11 pounds of cocaine from illegal Mexican immigrants has led to the discovery of a fake Social Security card and identity theft operation, authorities say. -- About 20 members and associates of a Lexington County Mexican family, many illegally in the United States...
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Hal Netkin's L. A. Watchdog

9-11 Commissioner John Lehman on Real ID Act

Any federal ID act is dead on arrival if airlines accept foreign IDs such as the Mexican matricula ID to board airliners. -- Read Lehman's May 8, 2007, piece on the Real ID. -- While Lehman's argument on the need for federal driver's license standards is compelling, incredibly, he ignores the Mexican matricula ID.

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Akron Beacon Journal

Invaders arrested at dairy farm deported to Mexico

Bad Axe, Mich. -- Eleven of 13 [illegal aliens... criminals] arrested during a raid at a Huron County dairy farm have been deported to Mexico, while the other two are challenging deportation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said. -- Michigan State Police, meanwhile, are continuing their investigation...
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Amanda B. Carpenter -- Human Events

Giuliani opposed welfare reform in order to protect illegals

Rudy Giuliani's record as a pro-choice, pro-gay-marriage New York City mayor is well known, but his willingness to shelter illegal aliens from federal immigration laws in the Big Apple should also give conservatives pause. -- Under his control, the New York City Corp. lost a lawsuit against the federal government...

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