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Immigration: While California's governor is accused of racism for advocating a secure border with Mexico, a Los Angeles billboard provides a revealing glimpse into the mind-set of those advocating open borders. In a recent radio interview, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger committed a couple of faux pas (or however you say that in Spanish). First, he said the U.S. government was failing to secure the border with Mexico. Second, he said the Arizona Minutemen, a bunch of old men in lawn chairs, "have done a terrific job." "Shameful" was the reaction of Nativo Lopez, state national president of the Mexican American Political...

In House, a band of new rebels By Gail Russell Chaddock | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor WASHINGTON - After dubbing President Bush's "open door" border policy a threat to national security, Rep. Tom Tancredo says, he got a call from Bush aide Karl Rove proposing that he never again "darken the doorstep of the White House." He's glad that the non-invite apparently didn't extend to the annual congressional Christmas party. "It means a lot to my wife," quips the third-term Colorado Republican, who attended the White House event Monday. There's no question that a public rift with...