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In the post-election "lame duck" session of Congress, Obama and the Democrats will focus on jobs, jobs, jobs. ... Oh, wait, no. They'll focus on passing a big amnesty for illegal immigrants, in order to reward their Latino "base"--which was only 8 percent of the national vote but supposedly cares with something approaching monomania about amnesty (despite evidence that Hispanic American opinion is shifting against illegal immigrantion). ... When did the Democrats' African-American base--11 percent of the vote--get that kind of service? ... P.S.: ABC News calls the bill in question--the so-called DREAM Act--a "small piece of immigration legislation." But...

Don't worry about Iraq. We are surrendering to Mexico on Monday. If the McCain/Kennedy immigration bill passes, we will have lost the Nation as we know it. In 30 to 50 years, the descendents of the people who founded and built this country will be English-speaking aliens in their own land. By surrendering on the legislation that will be voted on Monday 5/21 or Tuesday 5/22, the future of the United States will be turned over to the aliens in our midst. Our liberal public benefits will selectively attract and support the most needy and reproductive segments of the Mexican...

The pace of illegal immigration to the United States has increased despite tighter security measures and it generally parallels the pace of economic growth and the availability of jobs, a report said Tuesday. The report by the Pew Hispanic Center also found that the stronger security steps since the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 have had the effect of reducing legal immigration. Overall, immigration to the United States declined along with the economy after 2000, but the report says the number of people trying to get into the country is on the upswing again. Immigration _ both legal and...

...The problem with the Gulag wasn't that the letter of the law wasn't followed — that the prisoners were given "arbitrary and indefinite" sentences. It's that the charges were trumped up and confessions were coerced. The situation at Gitmo is entirely different. No one argues that, at the very least, the vast majority of those imprisoned there were, in fact, al Qaeda personnel. The problem, according to those who scream about the unfairness at Gitmo, is that the prisoners aren't being treated as lawful combatants under the terms of the Geneva Convention or as prisoners of war. They have been...

LOS ANGELES - More than 5,000 people marched downtown to call for amnesty for illegal immigrants and freedom for foreign detainees. May Day marchers held signs that read "Legalization Now" and chanted while marching to a steady drum beat. They held a sit-in in front of Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites)' Los Angeles office before holding a candlelight vigil outside the downtown Federal Building. Police Department officers stood at every corner, some in riot gear, and a police helicopter hovered overhead, but there were no reports of problems. "This is the international day of workers, and we want...