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The reason why Mexico is having chilly relations with the United States because we are importing Mexico's poor and the American tapayer is paying for them. Mexico refused to do nothing about the corruption that is pervasive in all levels of government. There is a massive crime wave being committed more and more by Mexican nationals against American citizens. Could this also be another reason why there is a chill between Mexico and the United States?The author of the piece does not touch this.

Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist says he does not support a compromise immigration proposal by Rep Mike Pence, R-Ind., despite the congressman's claim to the contrary. Pence told a Republican Study Group mini-retreat Monday at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., that Gilchrist backs his plan to form worker-placement centers outside the U.S. But Gilchrist clarified to WorldNetDaily his remarks to Pence. "I congratulated Congressman Pence on putting forth alternatives, "Gilchrist explained, "but that does not mean I think the alternatives Congressman Pence proposed are the solution. Quite frankly, I don't." Gilchrist said the "only solution that has any chance of...

This paper was published last year without much fanfare from the media. It is a briefing paper for the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future. The paper was sponsored by Spencer Abraham,former U.S. senator and who was former Demaprtment of Energy head under President Bush. Also, it was co-sponsored by Lee Hamilton, former Congressman from Indiana. This bipartisan paper gives in delatiled account the costs of illegal immigration to the United States. It gives the cost in education, health care costs and what industries illegal immigrants work in . It is very easy to follow and it has...

Forthcoming book "Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders" by Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist and "Unfit for Command" co-author Jerome Corsi details the devastating social and economic costs of rampant illegal immigration. The Mexican government's influence is questioned. How will this controversial book impact this fall's elections?Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 15, 2006 -- George W. Bush's call to deploy National Guard troops along the Mexican border in an effort to keep out illegal immigrants represents a major shift from the president's own calls for amnesty earlier this year. What prompted this development? The Minuteman Project, the all-volunteer civilian...

The main message is the Sunday Shows.  Message 1 will be the Saturday Shows and message 2 will be the show guest links post.  Then I'll post the ping list.ABC This Week (George Stephanopoulos) Meme: The battle is joined!  Place your bets!  How badly will the GOP lose? Topics: Power Politics: Two Sunday exclusives as former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and DNC Chairman Howard Dean join me to discuss gas prices, the 2006 elections and the war in Iraq. Will record low approval ratings for President Bush and rising gas prices fuel a Democratic takeover of Congress in...

Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project, is considering a run for president in 2008 with the Constitution Party. Gilchrist has just returned from Florida where he met with the Constitution Party's national committee. Party Chairman James Clymer told WorldNetDaily the party was excited about the possibility of Gilchrist as its marquis candidate. "Yes, indeed we are interested," Clymer told WND. "Gilchrist spoke to us last weekend in Tampa and our people asked Jim then if he would be the candidate. We think it would be wonderful if Jim Gilchrist would seriously consider being our presidential candidate." Gilchrist told...

WHITFIELD: Three southern California women are taking the fight over illegal immigration into their own hands. They're call Gilchrist Angels. They named themselves after Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist, and you'll find them at sites where day laborers congregate.

Minutemen At ACLU Meeting for Illegal Aliens in Costa Mesa Due to some excellent recon by Minuteman (name deleted), a group of Minutemen, led by Jim Gilchist, attended a meeting organized by the ACLU to encourage illegal aliens to protest the Mayor Mansoor’s plan to have the city police coordinate with ICE. The meeting was lead by female attorney from the ACLU, Benito Acosta, recently arrested at the Cost Mesa City Council meeting, and John Earl a Huntington Beach “Socialist” who apparently did not get the memo from Stalin that the whole thing did not work out after all. Earl...

Protest Bush for not stopping the illegal alien invasion Saturday May 6 , 2006 The good citizens of the United States of America with the help of the patriotic media will be in Crawford Texas to lawfully and peacefully demonstrate against George W. Bush's lack of enforcement of immigration law. For calling the Minutemen and other border watchers "vigilantes", for not directing ICE to round up illegal aliens in our cities, for willfully failing to put our miltary on the border, For being a Mexican president and the best friend an illegal alien can have, for putting American citizens last....

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) February 21, 2006 -- Despite being the former governor of a border state in the throes of an immigration crisis, President George W. Bush has been reluctant to address the issue of illegal immigration, preferring instead to maintain warm ties with Mexican President Vicente Fox. That may change later this year, though, in the wake of a forthcoming book that promises to make security along America's borders the most hotly debated subject going into this fall's elections -- and one that Republicans ignore at their own peril. Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the Minuteman Project, and Jerome...

LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) - His deep green eyes sparkling with intensity, Jim Gilchrist speaks nonstop for more than an hour about the nation's porous Mexican border and the flood of illegal immigration that he says will bring America to its knees. Suddenly, his gaze softens and he talks warmly about his Mexican son-in-law and his half-Mexican "grandbrat." The distinction is not a complicated one for Gilchrist. His son-in-law is legal. The immigrants he targets with his all-volunteer civilian border patrol, the Minuteman Project, are not. That distinction is much less clear for Gilchrist's many vocal critics, who say the...

Since the republicans don't have a candidate and Jim gilchrist did well in the race for Cox's seat, but obviously would've won it if he ran as a republican are reasons why I think he should challenge Feinstein. Who agrees?

Last week California State Representative John Campbell won a special election to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat vacated when Chris Cox was appointed to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission this summer. But Campbell's victory, which was never in doubt, wasn't the headline of the election. Jim Gilchrist, founder of the volunteer border-watching group known as the Minutemen, ran as an independent on a border-security platform, and garnered about a quarter of the vote, 10% higher than his showing in the 19-candidate "jungle primary" in October. Campbell's share of the vote dropped a percentage point from the primary,...

Jim Gilchrist, American Independent (Constitution Party) nominee received 25.1% of the vote. The Republican, State Senator John Campbell, won with 44.7%; the Democrat is second with 28.0%. The Green polled 1.3% and the Libertarian polled .9%.Gilchrist’s showing is the highest percentage received by a minor party for U.S. House (in a race with both major parties also in the race) since 1994, when A Connecticut Party polled 26.3% in the First District of Connecticut.

Illegal Immigration: When a one-issue activist from a fringe party holds the Republican candidate to under 45% in GOP territory, it's time to take notice. If you're looking for the Orange County of pop culture and political lore, you'll find it in California's 48th Congressional District. This is the quintessential O.C., from storied beaches to rock-ribbed Republicanism. Outside the college enclave of U.C. Irvine, this is turf where the GOP reigns and its candidates usually win in a walk.

In a race that drew national attention, Sen. John Campbell (R-Irvine) held a wide lead throughout the evening, ending the night with nearly 45% of the vote. But it was Minuteman Project co-founder and first-time candidate Jim Gilchrest of the American Independent Party who drew the spotlight with his one-issue campaign... Gilchrest lost the election, but he found victory in his showing.

...What to conclude? Despite massive media attention and around-the-clock boosterism from local radio flaks and know-nothings John & Ken, the candidacy of anti-illegal immigration single issue candidate Jim Gilchrist could only muster 23,237 votes --less than one third of the Graham vote in November of 2004. No "Minuteman" candidate will ever have more favorable conditions than this special election, and still the Minuteman candidate failed miserably. As will a Congressman Tancredo if he mounts a "run" for the presidency. Hard truth: There is a small, but important anti-illegal immigrant vote. It is less than 10% in one of the most...

Orange County 48th Congressional District General Election December 6, 2005 Unofficial Results for Election Next Update: 0 Days 0 Hours 54 Minutes 0 Seconds Registration and Turnout Completed Precincts: 0 of 268 Reg/Turnout Percentage Total Registered Voters 405655 Precinct Registration 405655 Precinct Ballots Cast 0 0.0% Early Ballots Cast 0 0.0% Absentee Ballots Cast 0 0.0% Total Ballots Cast 0 0.0% UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE 48th District Vote Count Percentage JOHN CAMPBELL (REP) 0 0.0% BRUCE COHEN (LIB) 0 0.0% STEVE YOUNG (DEM) 0 0.0% BÉA TIRITILLI (GRN) 0 0.0% JIM GILCHRIST (AI) 0 0.0%

<p>Conservatives who see illegal immigration as the next powerful political issue are getting an early test run barely 100 miles from the Mexican border.</p> <p>Jim Gilchrist, co-founder of the Minuteman Project of armed citizen border patrols that began last fall, has transformed a special congressional election with his call to put U.S. troops along the Mexican border to choke off the human flow.</p>

Cambell is faltering, John and Ken are on a rampage for being duped by Campbell, the polls are "neck and neck" with the undecideds breaking for Gilchrist. I am cold, exhausted and I got a "dear Jane" email because the boy friend has lost patience with my "little hobby." Say a prayer for us. God Bless the Minutemen And God Bless the United States of America. Jim and Supporters. What fun is is doing "meet and greet" with Jim. People walk up say "It is an honor to meet you, sir." And "Thank you for what you are doing." Legal...