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An immigration enforcement bill that would allow the president to send military personnel to the border was introduced Monday by the chairman of the House immigration subcommittee. The Secure America Act, authored by Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., will be among the measures considered by the Judiciary Committee. Hostettler's measure is expected to have support from those who want to crack down on illegal immigration but opposition from those who want a more comprehensive approach to the problem that includes a temporary guest-worker program. Hostettler's bill would: Require all illegal immigrants caught within 100 miles of the border to be sent...

Two recent Union-Tribune editorials illustrate how out of touch the editorial board is with middle class Americans: "No place for debate / When nativism invades the playing field" (Aug. 2) and "Protectionism loses / CAFTA passage will promote trade growth" (July 30). The residents of Danbury, Conn., have it right. The recent wave of illegal aliens and many legal immigrants are not assimilating. One has only to visit Little Havana in Miami or Little Saigon in Orange County to see it. Whatever happened to the melting-pot theory? The problem is not only a lack of assimilation but the much greater...

SAN DIEGO -- A La Jolla surgeon is among a handful of people suing the federal government to reverse a medical translation law. The law requires that doctors provide access to professional translators when needed by patients, NBC 7/39 reported. It does not require that the translators be there in person and doctors may provide the translation via 3-way telephone calls. Cliff Colwell,a La Jolla orthopedic surgeon, says many doctors and hospitals are opting out of the program because it is too expensive. Moreover, he says, the 5-year-old law passed during the Clinton presidency is unconstitutional. Before the law passed,...