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We are told to call, e-mail, or write to express our needs or concerns to our elected representatives since, after all, they are there to serve “we the people.” So, I had occasion recently to request assistance from one of our Congresspersons, an experience I would like to share with you. Some months ago, I became aware of a fully accredited female medical doctor who was attempting to legally emigrate to the US. Of course, my recommendation was for her to fly into Mexico, walk across the border and be welcomed with all the usual goodies — food stamps, green...

Under Hawaii law, a lawfully admitted permanent resident was not permitted to apply for a firearm permit because he was not yet a citizen. A federal district court invalidated this practice, finding an unlawful classification based on alienage under the Equal Protection Clause and the Second Amendment. The undisputed facts establish that Fotoudis, as a lawful permanent resident alien of the United States (and resident of Hawaii), was denied the opportunity to apply for a permit to acquire firearms solely because of his alienage.3 This classification violates the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. HRS § 134-2(d) is thus...

frontenac — Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., asserted Friday that his anti-immigration message, which brought a crowd here to its feet, is also dragging down his Republican bid for the White House. Why? "Money," or rather, lack of it, replied Tancredo, as he mingled with the audience of activists with Eagle Forum, a social conservative group holding a national meeting this weekend at the Frontenac Hilton. The major presidential fundraisers, regardless of party, "are taking money from executives with corporations that have a very big stake in this,'' Tancredo said. They oppose his candidacy, he said, because big business favors "massive...