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I know immigration isn’t in the news today, so I thought it would be a good time to bring it up without any media influence. As we all know, the U.S. shares a 1,952-mile border with Mexico; much of it is “unsecured” in the sense that there isn’t a border wall dividing the two nations. [...]

Source:  Ed Gruberman
This better make somebody angry. I don’t even have a lot to say for this except that it speaks for itself.
Wash Times
Congress last night passed a giant new spending bill that undermines current plans for a U.S.-Mexico border fence, allowing the Homeland Security Department to build a single-tier barrier rather than the two-tier [...]

Source:  The Fireside
Son,
We are talking about people. Suffering people. oppressed people. Oppressed by poverty, by repressive land owners, by corporate greed, by poor health care, and by an unresponsive government. North, they are told. North to a land of opportunity. A land where they will not be subjected to the fierce drudgery of poverty.
They have [...]

Source:  The Fireside
Son,
The news media is talking. Politicians are yapping. Bloggers are blogging. Protect America - close the borders!
This immigration thing has somehow been tied to terrorism. Immigration is also associated with economic prosperity. So the solution is to build a really big fence and train some pit bull border guards. Arm the general populace [...]

Source:  Liberty’s Last Stand - The Future of our Country
This is a partial transcript (bold emphasis added) you can read the interview here.
GLENN: Right. But isn’t illegal immigration a crime in and of itself?
GIULIANI: No.
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