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May 11, 2006, 6:10 a.m.In Our BackyardIf only McCain and Kennedy lived on ranches in southern Arizona. By Leo W. Banks I know how to kill the McCain-Kennedy immigration bill and the illusions that inspire it. We need every citizen to spend a day at John and Pat King's Anvil Ranch in southern Arizona. The experience would create an overnight revolution in America's view of this domestic crisis.The Kings live every day with barking dogs, vandalism, guns at their bedside, trash on their land, and most tragically, human remains. The bodies of seven illegals were found on the 50,000-acre...

E-mail Author Send to a Friend Version March 30, 2006, 7:23 a.m. We’re Thinking About Tomorrow Illegal immigration hits home. By Leo W. Banks Tuscon, Ariz. — I got an e-mail today from somewhere in southern Arizona ranch country that captured the uncertainty, anger, and fear that illegal immigration brings to border residents every day. The message told of a wildfire in the Chiricahua Mountains, probably started by illegals. It's common. A group busts the line, finds a secluded spot to cook a meal, and then, because they don't live here and have no stake in what they might...