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Rudy Mitt Huckabee   By Don FederFrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, December 12, 2007 On the issue of illegal immigration, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney have begun doing passable impressions of Lou Dobbs. But can you trust a candidate whose record contradicts his campaign rhetoric? At the recent CNN/YouTube debate, Romney and Rudy squared off on what's shaping up to be the defining issue of Campaign 2008 -- with the ferocity of rabid mongooses. Rudy -- who wants to "secure the border" (is there anyone, including Hillary, who says they don't?) -- bragged that as mayor of New York...

...In other words, the Senate will act on the following logic: In order to have fewer immigrants, we must admit more of them. In order to halt illegal immigration, we must legalize it. And in order to enforce the law, we must reward those who have broken it... This immigrant competition has hit black Americans especially hard. A recent New York Times report pointed out, "In 2000, 65 percent of black male high school dropouts in their 20s were jobless — that is, unable to find work, not seeking it or incarcerated. By 2004, the share had grown to 72...

South Texas ranch at center of storm over effort to stem illegal immigration HEBBRONVILLE (AP) — A South Texas couple says the U.S. Border Patrol hasn't been much help in stemming the flow of illegal immigrants who make their way into the country across their ranch land. After continuing to find broken fences, food containers and other messes from migrants, Joe and Betty Lou Sutton last year called on Ranch Rescue, an Arizona-based group of armed vigilantes who believe citizens should protect the U.S.-Mexican border themselves. Now, the Suttons' ranch is at the center of a federal court case alleging...

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn conceded today that immigration reform and a proposal to extend the length of stay of Mexican visitors to the United States are receiving opposition in Congress during a heated election year. Cornyn, R-Texas, told border business leaders that changes to current laws face an uphill battle because "political extremists" dominate the debate. "We are having to educate people in Congress and elsewhere," Cornyn told the Border Trade Alliance conference at the Watergate Hotel. The senator's comments came an hour before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on immigration policy and U.S.-Mexico relations. "Mexico's...

Americans in gun sites of Mexican army Posted: March 13, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: John Dougherty's recent book, "Illegals: The Imminent Threat Posed by Our Unsecured U.S.-Mexico Border," is available at WorldNetDaily's online store. © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com You'd think frequent gun battles along the U.S.-Mexico border between federal agents and citizen border-monitoring groups on this side, and drug and people smugglers on the other side, would make the national headlines. If you thought that, you'd be mistaken. Just ask Chris Simcox, owner of the Tombstone (Ariz.) Tumbleweed newspaper, and head of one such border group. He's trying to...

FL driver's licenses get major makeover FORT MYERS, March 17, 2004 — Florida driver's licenses are getting a makeover, with changes meant to protect you. Driver's licenses can be used to validate stolen credit card information, steal your identity and commit fraud. But the state is taking new precautions to make IDs harder to rip-off. In addition, the new licenses are designed to prevent underage drivers from the using their ID to get alcohol. Underage drivers will have vertical licenses, while those over 21 will be horizontal. (click images for larger view) Among the other changes are: --A new beachscape...

The first firefighters at a fiery car wreck Sunday in Fayette County that killed a Memphis driver's license examiner thought it was suspicious even as they put out the flames. Investigators began an immediate search for a device that might have triggered the intense fire, said the chief of the Piperton Fire Department. The fire killed Katherine Smith, the examiner at the center of a federal investigation of an alleged scheme to issue driver's licenses fraudulently to men with Middle Eastern ties. Smith died one day before she was due to appear before a federal magistrate judge for a detention ...

Prison, fine for certifying driving tests By Pamela Perkins Contact March 17, 2004 A retired Memphis police officer was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in federal prison and fined $20,000 for taking money for falsely certifying test results at her driving school - clearing the illegal aliens to apply for Tennessee driver's licenses. "I'm just sorry," said Charlotte Creasy, 57, before U.S. Dist. Court Judge Jon McCalla sentenced her. She pleaded guilty in November to mail fraud conspiracy. Federal prosecutor Steve Parker, member of the U.S. Attorney's anti-terrorism section, asked McCalla to pass a sentence that would send a message...

LOS ANGELES -- Twenty suspected illegal immigrants were found crammed inside the sweltering camper compartment of a pickup truck on a freeway Monday. Seven were taken to the hospital. The discovery came amid a hot spell, with temperatures already into the 80s at midmorning. "They were suffering from dehydration, shortness of breath and chest pains," Fire Department spokesman Jim Wells said. "Their illness did not appear life-threatening." California Highway Patrol officers stopped the pickup on a Harbor Freeway exit south of downtown, tipped off by a motorist who noticed people in the back of the pickup waving, possibly asking for...

The California State Assembly is presently debating the repeal of SB 60 (SB 1XXX, Oller), the measure which gave drivers licenses to illegal aliens has already passed the State Senate, and late last week it passed the Assembly Transportation Committee. It is expected to pass the full Assembly, and after that it goes to the Governor for his signature. If you can, tune in to your local Cal Channel on cable, or you can try to access the live audio stream here-> http://192.234.213.71/asm-flr

Congressman Tom Tancredo (R, Colorado) appeared on the Rick Roberts radio show this morning and said that as soon as Gray Davis signs SB60 (related story on FR here), he will introduce a bill in congress to cut highway funds to states that grant driver's licenses to people who are here illegally. It will take a long while to become enacted, if ever, but at least it's something.While I welcome help from any quarter, I think it's disgraceful that we have to rely on a congressman from another state to do even this much. A caller to the show said...

It's prison for leader of illegal labor ring By Bill Dries dries@gomemphis.com March 15, 2003 San Antonio, Texas, labor contractor David Cantu Jr. was sentenced Friday to four years in prison for heading a scheme to bring 150 illegal aliens to work on FedEx Corp.'s world headquarters at Hacks Cross and Winchester. U.S. Dist. Court Judge Hardy Mays also ordered Cantu, owner and managing partner of Brother's Construction II, to pay more than $860,000 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and to forfeit another $10 million. Asst. U.S. Atty. Linda Nettles Harris said the restitution represents payroll taxes that...

The Cochise County View of the Border  Testimony of Ben L. Anderson Jr., Col US Army Retired, submitted to U.S. Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, Representative Mark Souder, Chairman.   March 10, 2003   Sirs:   My name is Ben L. Anderson Jr.; I am a retired U.S. Army Infantry Colonel.  I am a resident of Cochise County, Arizona.  I served my country for almost 3 decades as a soldier and officer in the U.S. Army.  A significant portion of my career was spent planning for defense of and defending other nation’s borders.  We did quite...