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Mexico's President Vicente Fox extended his gratitude to, and praise for, the US Senate for passing an immigration bill he termed "a monumental step forward". The bill, if made law, would provide more than 12 million of illegal aliens with a path to eventual citizenship. However, it must be reconciled with a tougher bill passed in the House of Representatives. Mr Fox, following a four-day trip to the US, said this was "a moment that millions of families have been hoping for". Mr Fox said in an address to the California legislature in Sacramento late on Thursday: "This is the...

Republican members of House of Representatives continue to send their collective message to President George W. Bush and Senate liberals such as Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): They are overwhelmingly opposed to any deal that provides illegal immigrants a path to citizenship through a program that amounts to "amnesty" for over 12 million illegal aliens. The heated rhetoric emanating from the GOP members of the House significantly dims the prospects that President Bush will win the immigration compromise he is seeking, according to the GOP establishment within the Beltway. The Republican opposition spreads across the geographical and ideological boundaries that often...

This battle over illegal immigration and what to do about it is the nastiest, most contentious and divisive issue to afflict the U.S. in my long lifetime. We are literally at each other's throats. As I wrote last week, when things reach this stage reason and sanity go out the window. Nobody listens to anybody else. In this sense the deafest people around are, in this order, the Senate of the United States, the President, and the liberal bleeding hearts who spend most of their energies in thinking up ways to give the nation and everything in it away to...

Mexican Standoff I don't know how everybody else feels about it, but to me I think Hispanic people in this country, legally or illegally, made a huge public relations mistake with their recent demonstrations. I don't blame anybody in the world for wanting to come to the United States of America, as it is a truly wonderful place. But when the first thing you do when you set foot on American soil is illegal it is flat out wrong and I don't care how many lala land left heads come out of the woodwork and start trying to give me...

A representative from Mexican President Vicente Fox claims that if the US National Guard troops detain illegal aliens crossing the US-Mexico border, the Fox government will file a lawsuit against the Bush Administration in US federal court. There are some political observers who believe that the American Civil Liberties Union is preparing to assist the Mexican government in such a lawsuit. In fact, the ACLU sent a statement to the Mexican government regarding their stance on immigration enforcement. As Congress moves forward to reform our nation’s immigration laws, the ACLU said the US must reject measures that threaten to increase...

Senators will start debate as early as Monday on a bill that would create a temporary- worker program, stiffen penalties for employers who hire undocumented workers, and allow millions of illegal aliens to apply for citizenship. Tom Tancredo had harsh words regarding the Frist-Reid compromise that allowed the Senate bill to go forward. "By caving in to the Democrats this morning, Bill Frist pushed the Senate towards the biggest illegal-alien amnesty in American history," said Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., the leader of those Republicans. "It is a sad day for legal immigrants who embrace this country by following our laws,...

For the last couple weeks I have written about my feelings and the history surrounding the illegal immigration problem in America. This problem and the lack of our government doing anything to stop or deal with it this has a majority of people on both sides of the political spectrum upset. Everyone is talking about it and getting upset because our government is doing nothing to deal with it. This is most likely going to decide the outcome of the next few elections in this nation both local and on a state and federal levels. We see demonstrations all the...

Illegal aliens (I refuse to ever again use the word immigrant in this context) commit violent crime. They commit a lot of violent crime. The latest numbers I've seen or heard put the national population of our nation's prisons as being composed roughly 27 percent by illegals. But you sure don't hear about this much. And we know why! Spineless Democrats know that focusing on such numbers would send a shiver down the spine of true God-fearing, rule-of-law Americans. But spineless Democrats are hoping to turn the estimated 12 million illegals who are here into potential voters – so don't...

WASHINGTON — El Paso taxpayers may be stuck next year with paying the full tab of jailing thousands illegal immigrants. Congress left town last week to campaign for the Nov. 5 elections without reaching an agreement with the Bush administration on funding a Justice Department program that provided $546 million last year to the states. All 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, including Guam, have shared in the federal dollars distributed through the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program since 1995. California, New York, Texas, New Jersey and Arizona got the bulk of the federal money. California received...