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Requiem for Montezuma: How the US is Losing the Southwest By E.F. Winslow Posted 5-6-2005 There is little doubt that Al Qaeda poses a clear and present danger to the United States. Fortunately, our Homeland Security is aware and vigilant to anti-American Islamicists who might seek to come here for the purpose causing injury to our country. However, there is another threat, which is just as militant, just as bitter against America, and already here on our shores. It is the growing movement by Chicano activists under the “Aztlan” umbrella seeking to re-conquer Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and parts of...

I predict that the immigration reform movement is about to score a monumental victory in Congress with the impending passage of "Real ID," a measure that will, among other things, set federal standards for driver's license documents and prohibit states from giving driver's licenses to anyone in this country illegally. All of which means that Bush must have some other reason for continuing to push his ill-conceived proposal for amnesty for illegal aliens and for turning a blind eye to the dangers of open borders. He appears to be pandering not to Latino voters but to the government of Mexico....