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Newt Gingrich was on Fox News Sunday last weekend, pointing out some obvious things. "The people are sending a message," he said, and Congress -- Republicans and Democrats -- ignored it at their peril. He pointed to the Senate compromise immigration bill as being completely out of touch with the American people. "Border security, a test for citizenship, an English language requirement -- these are 80 percent polling issues."

Like many teenagers, President Bush dashed off to Cancun for spring break. Protected by a long and impenetrable fence and plenty of security guards, he met privately with the Mexican president and wealthy CEOs from both countries. Bush should have gone to the Arizona border where American citizens really need a fence to protect themselves, their children, their animals and their property from the hundreds of illegal aliens who tramp across their land every night. Bush thus gave the back of his hand to the 88 percent of Republican House Members who voted to secure our borders against the invasion...

IMMOKALEE, Fla. -- Fourteen field laborers broke into an 18-year-old woman's home, dragged her across the street and then took turns raping her, investigators said. The Collier County Sheriff's Office said the men, ranging in age from 18 to 56, dragged the woman from her home to another across the street early Saturday. She told deputies they choked her and hit her until she lost consciousness. She said that when she awoke, one of the men was pouring alcohol in her mouth. The men then pulled off her pants and each one raped her, she said. When they finished, the...

Just heard up to 300 illegal aliens found in a 3 bedroom home. LOL! They are going for a record folks! Someone call Guinness book of world records! Heard on the scanner they were found crammed in the kitchen cupboards and sitting in the fireplace hearth. This gives new meaning to standing room only.

SASABE, Mexico (AP) - After a four-year decline, illegal immigration from Mexico is spiking as several thousand migrants a day rush across the border in hopes of getting work visas under a program President Bush proposed. Many also are trying to beat tighter security to come in June. The U.S. border patrol told The Associated Press that detentions - which it uses to judge illegal migration rates - jumped 25 percent to 535,000 in the six months ending March 31 compared to a year ago. Near Sasabe, a town bordering the Arizona desert that's the busiest illegal border crossing area,...