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The Trump administration created a registry for immigrants in the U.S. illegally to submit their personal information or face fines and prison time, according to documents including a draft regulation seen by The Wall Street Journal. Immigrants in the country illegally including children 14 and older would be required to submit fingerprints and home addresses to the registry, the documents show. Immigrants who qualify but fail to register could be fined up to $5,000 and sentenced to up to six months in prison. The move to criminalize being in the U.S. illegally would build on the Trump administration’s efforts to...

A song about Illegals

The City Council of Newton, Massachusetts is considering a sanctuary city ordinance this month. Newton’s city paper The Heights characterized the move as a protest against the election of President Donald Trump and said, “Through these proclamations, the cities cement their commitment to protecting their undocumented immigrant populations, promising that immigrants in violation of federal immigration laws will not only avoid prosecution in the city, but also have continued access to city amenities regardless of their status.” That may sound very generous, but it’s actually the height of hypocrisy. Newton has virtually no illegal alien population. It is a bedroom...

A potential San Francisco ballot proposal could give illegal immigrants a voice in Bay Area schools. A charter amendment by San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar’s is intended to grant illegal immigrants with children in school the right to vote in San Francisco Unified School District school board elections. Two similar measures were presented in the past, but they were rejected by voters. “The time is right for San Francisco to make history, to pave the way for immigrant parents to have a say in the policy decisions that impact their child’s education and who gets to sit on the Board...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, your beloved host has once again hijacked the debate on this issue in the United States Senate this afternoon. We take you -- via the miracle of solid-state hard drive disk -- to the Senate floor just moments ago and Senator Chuck-U Schumer from New York. SCHUMER: The other side says it's amnesty. They're listening to Rush Limbaugh. Amnesty, amnesty, amnesty! Amnesty means you get away with it without paying a price. Here's the price you gotta pay if you across the border illegally: 1) You gotta pay all your back taxes. 2) You...

At Power Line News Video, you can find the video (with photographs) of the "marches of the illegals" around the country on Monday. Assembled and edited by Joe Malchow and John, it is a powerful, unsettling, thought-provoking document. John comments on the video here. Please check it out. [See Below For John's Comments: Yesterday's Demonstrations, From Coast to Coast As an exercise in citizen journalism, we put out a call to readers to attend yesterday's demonstrations in support of illegal immigration, film them, and send us the resulting video. We didn't know what to expect, but the results were gratifying....

Acting: a way of life for border crossers By Fulano de Tal Editor’s Note: The following story was submitted by a Mexican national about his travails in crossing the border. Names have been withheld for obvious reasons. I just had my best acting performance ever with an immigration officer. And for a Mexican, it is a performance, even though I’m not an actor. I have a laser visa. I’ve never crossed contraband. It doesn’t matter: If a border agent gets suspicious, and he escorts you to the windowless questioning room – where agents won’t tell you their names – there...