[Mr. Mojo]

Ridge rapped for immigration views

Does anyone truly believe that our Homeland "Security" director would say anything this controversial without the full backing of the President?

[Mr. Mojo]

It's akin to folks getting angry at Colin Powell for his occasional nutty statements regarding Israel and the Middle East. ......It all flows from the top.

[Bikers4Bush]

No, and that's why I will not vote for Bush in '04 if it looks as though he will continue this into his next four years.

I have e-mailed the White House to say as much as well.

I don't even know who this guy is anymore. Aside from being willing to beef up the military and go after the scumbags who have us targeted, and the meager tax cut (and I say meager because the my state and local governments have already taken that and more to make up for their shortfalls) I can't honestly say I believe he's a true republican let alone conservative.

[AmericanInTokyo]

In responding to the recent White House's TRIAL BALLOON to Conservatives on this one, we need to accompany our organized outcry with such articles as this one from Northern Virginia/D.C. suburbs (this week):

Gangs threat: 'Extreme' By Jon Echtenkamp 12/09/2003

Northern Virginians can expect a rising tide of violent crimes committed by street gangs that have established "a major hub" in this area, as more gang members – possibly numbering in the thousands – may flock here from Central America, according to a recently issued FBI report. The report specifically focuses on the rise of the most notorious of the gangs known to operate in this area, Mara Salvatrucha 13, or MS-13. The gang, with roots in El Salvador and Los Angeles, established a foothold in this region in the early 1990s and has been responsible for untold violent crimes over the years. The FBI estimates that some 3,000 MS-13 members and 30 MS-13 cliques are operating in the Washington, D.C., area, primarily in the prosperous Northern Virginia suburbs. "The greater Washington, D.C., area, and specifically northern Virginia, is now a major hub of MS-13 gang activity," the report says. "Violent crime associated with continued expansion of MS-13 is most predictable." The report serves as a wake-up call, even as federal, state and local law enforcement officials are implementing a broad array of programs to combat the rapid growth of gangs here. In language that is all the more startling because it comes from the FBI, the report notes that MS-13 groups "pose a serious threat in the United States and abroad due to their propensity for extreme random acts of violence and involvement in myriad criminal activities." Those crimes include shootings, rape, armed robberies, theft, car theft, drug dealing, and assaults with bats, knives, machetes or other weapons, the report says.

"Dear Mr. Ridge, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Rove: Does your "amnesty" include these thousands of illegal aliens who are no more than domestic terror paramilitaries now, operating in your neighbors' backyards and streets and schoolyards in suburban Washington D.C.?"