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Most Americans I talked to in California summed up their reactions to the marches as something like, 'Why would anyone wave the flag of the country that they would never return to--and yet scream in anger at those with whom they wish to stay?' Depending on the particular questions asked, polls reveal that somewhere around 60-80% of the public is vehemently opposed to illegal immigration. -snip- There are over 300 million resident Americans, and the vast majority of them are citizens. Had the demonstrators marched chanting "God Bless America," confined their flag waving to Old Glory, and expressed thanks to...

... This was a major problem when I worked in law enforcement in Los Angeles County. The illegals would come to Los Angeles to work. Several of them would then join together to buy an old junk car. If they were involved in an accident they would simply abandon the car and flee. I investigated numerous vehicular manslaughter cases where the driver would flee back to Mexico.... A perfect example of how this affects American citizen tax payers would be Salinas, California, which has a large population of illegal workers working in agriculture there. Due to a 3 million dollar...

“The Other Wall”: Michelle Malkin’s Senate Testimony By Michelle Malkin Michelle Malkin recently testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship on proposals to improve co-operation between local police forces and federal immigration officials—which, incredibly, is now virtually non-existent. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for the privilege of testifying before this subcommittee. Senate Bill 1906, the Homeland Security Enhancement Act, closely tracks many of the recommendations I made in my recent book Invasion on how to fix systemic failures to detect, detain, and deport immigration violators who undermine our safety and our...