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Illegal Immigration Foes Credit Joe Wilson With Highlighting Cause
Foes of illegal immigration are in Washington this week to continue a fourteen-year tradition of lobbying Congress for tighter immigration control, and this year they're crediting Joe Wilson for putting their cause in the context of health care reform. About 200 people participating in this year's Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR) effort, the largest in the group's history, roamed the Phoenix Park Hotel in Washington in between lobbying trips to Capitol Hill, taking photos with radio personalities and CNN's Lou Dobbs.
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Dobbs said Wilson deserves "great credit" for reinvigorating the anti-immigration effort in the midst of the contentious battle over health care reform, an effort that could have a significant impact on illegal immigration. Activists attending the FAIR lobbying event, known as Hold Their Feet to the Fire, said they hope the national attention on immigration reform will lead to a major battle in 2010 -- the third over illegal immigration in five years.
Illegal Immigration Foes See Opportunity After Wilson's Outburst [Washington Independent]
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Dobbs said Wilson deserves "great credit" for reinvigorating the anti-immigration effort in the midst of the contentious battle over health care reform, an effort that could have a significant impact on illegal immigration. Activists attending the FAIR lobbying event, known as Hold Their Feet to the Fire, said they hope the national attention on immigration reform will lead to a major battle in 2010 -- the third over illegal immigration in five years.
Illegal Immigration Foes See Opportunity After Wilson's Outburst [Washington Independent]
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Tammy
2:37PM Sep 16th 2009
Good for those activists and good for Lou Dobbs! To hell with appeasing voters. This is about our economy and our national security, not some politician's career!
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Mary Hagans
2:41PM Sep 16th 2009
Good for Sen Wilson, someone needs do something about these people that do not pay taxes. No taxes no medical especially the mexicans.
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(15) moderate
5:15PM Sep 16th 2009
All mexicans or just illegals. you should explain yourself. If there are white immigrants should they be excluded also?
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(0) Charles Queen
2:58PM Sep 16th 2009
I am also against the illegals that are still being allowed to stay in this country.there simply is no excuse for it.If they really wanted to they could deport these people without any problems whatsoever,and Wilson was right on the money although he should have went about it a little better than he did he was right on the money.This so called thrown tegether health care plan is nothing more than another reason for the demos to raise tax's.The people do not want it which is very apparent by the many thousands that have been marching on Washington in protest of it not to mention both party's having problems with it as well.You know the old saying everybody is not wrong
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(14) pattycash39
3:10PM Sep 16th 2009
Oh Boo, puffing up Wilson for his rude behaviour in the Congress.
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(-14) A. River
9:42PM Sep 17th 2009
If even one of you actually worked in the areas of law enforcement that deal with illegal immigration, it would frustrate and depress you. You all have have the right idea but you have no clue just how much worse the problem is. It is a debacle and a damn shame what the toll is on the taxpayer. The lies that illegal aliens are hardworking taxpayers that help the economy is a downright lie. They only help themselves and send most of their earnings back home. Those that get rooted here via fat white trash woman and U.S. anchor babies just exploit the system by not putting their names on the birth certificate thereby making their kids eligible for free hospital care, welfare, food stamps, and ultimately college. Most of these kids that grow up in the border towns help out the plight of illegals by smuggling them in. They rarely get prosecuted and in turn make some tax free income as well. Meanwhile they introduce more parasites to the already burdened economy. Illegals that can't make ends meet often turn to illegal activities as well. Read the paper, almost all drug raids and arrests are usually perpetrated by guess who? The media rarely tell you.
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(20) sdudek1490
3:09PM Sep 16th 2009
You people are so racist. If you can read, look up the research. Illegal immigrants, for the most part, work and pay taxes. They shop in our stores and help our economy. I am sure that most of you who write about illegals are red neck white men.
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(-20) ProPalin
3:45PM Sep 16th 2009
You are seriously mistaken.
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(4) harrell333
5:06PM Sep 16th 2009
sdudek,, how stupid can you be? Probably a lot more if you open your mouth frequently.
The truthful conscience of this country is being heard through people like Joe Wilson & Glenn Beck. So far they're batting a 1000 getting rid of garbage like Van Jones & exposing Obama's henchmen organization ACORN. Now Joe Wilson caused just enough stirring of the truth to expose THERE WAS NO CLAUSE stating illegals had to show citizenship verification! Would that have happened if he hadn't blurted out what he did for all the country to hear? He's taken unfair ridicule for pointing out facts that the Democrats turn their backs to.
It's an absolute disgrace that none of the other news organizations are making an effort to expose more of this corrupt administration. Look what CBS & Dan Rather did with a PHONY NEWS STORY to try to discredit Bush! I guess Democratic lowlifes were in agreement to that but have a hard time swallowing true realities.
If all you've got is to call people racist for demanding the truth then you need to clearly keep your opinions & your ignorant mouth shut! It's become more than obvious that your sorry choice of a leader's bad decisions are being defended over & over again by idiots like yourself & the media calling anyone in disagreement a possible racist. Look at the liberal blogs on AOL skirting the issues with that one response.
This is one "redneck white guy" that'll defend the truth to my death. If you don't like it,, please let me know!!
The truthful conscience of this country is being heard through people like Joe Wilson & Glenn Beck. So far they're batting a 1000 getting rid of garbage like Van Jones & exposing Obama's henchmen organization ACORN. Now Joe Wilson caused just enough stirring of the truth to expose THERE WAS NO CLAUSE stating illegals had to show citizenship verification! Would that have happened if he hadn't blurted out what he did for all the country to hear? He's taken unfair ridicule for pointing out facts that the Democrats turn their backs to.
It's an absolute disgrace that none of the other news organizations are making an effort to expose more of this corrupt administration. Look what CBS & Dan Rather did with a PHONY NEWS STORY to try to discredit Bush! I guess Democratic lowlifes were in agreement to that but have a hard time swallowing true realities.
If all you've got is to call people racist for demanding the truth then you need to clearly keep your opinions & your ignorant mouth shut! It's become more than obvious that your sorry choice of a leader's bad decisions are being defended over & over again by idiots like yourself & the media calling anyone in disagreement a possible racist. Look at the liberal blogs on AOL skirting the issues with that one response.
This is one "redneck white guy" that'll defend the truth to my death. If you don't like it,, please let me know!!
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(8) cloakndagger55
12:52PM Sep 22nd 2009
sdudek1490, What a dope you are. Illegals don't pay income tax. They have to pay taxes when they buy stuff from a store but income taxes pay for the social services that they frequently use to house and feed themselves and other illegals. They are a tax burden. THAT MEANS THEY ARE A BURDEN TO TAX PAYERS. GET IT? Do the legal citizens of this country a favor. Turn illegals in to the INS.
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(2) riveraxyz
3:14PM Sep 16th 2009
How is it being racist to dislike illegal immigration. What an ignorant comment. Last time I checked, there are illegal immigrants from every race and nationality. They shop and spend money. So would legal visitors, tourist and regular residents. Of course they spend money, everyone just for being around spends money. Each time you buy something you pay sales tax. You do research. You look up how much they cost the jail system. How they overrun neighborhoods. Do you work in the field? Ever been to the border? Where you a Border Patrol Agent?
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(16) cowboybill117
1:04AM Sep 21st 2009
9% work in the fields and very few of them pay taxes. 30% live in our prisons, fine upstanding people huh?
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(4) Howard
3:15PM Sep 16th 2009
Way to go Joe!!! We need more politicians with balls like you. Not the politically correct homos we have now. Their the ones who will screw this country over. Screw illegal aliens. Send them back now!!!!!!!!!
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(15) Jim
4:15PM Sep 16th 2009
You have to be kidding. Have you listen to this guy on the tube since his 15 minutes of fame shouting down the President? Dumber than a breadbox. Deer in the headlights. Trouble stringing two sentences together. While we are talking about the expense of illegal immigration, how about the enormous drain the Southern states have always been on the federal deficit. Southerners, particular white Southerners, have been on the federal dole since the Civil War. Besides outright welfare, there have been endless crop subsidies and federal disaster fund expenditures up the kahzoo.
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(-8) mercuriojoe
3:34PM Sep 16th 2009
OBAMA IS GOING TO LEGALIZE EVERY ILLEGAL AS SOON AS HE GETS HEALTH CARE REFORM!
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(2) rawnak
3:49PM Sep 16th 2009
Send all the illegals - a plague on our country - back to where they
came from. seal the borders and allow only legal visitors and immigrants-
they steal from all the taxpayers - all due to the politicians who have
been acting stupid all this time. reacll the ones that promote giving
any kind of benefits to illegals! send them on theri way een if uc govt has to charter air flights. the sooner they are gone the better we all will be!
came from. seal the borders and allow only legal visitors and immigrants-
they steal from all the taxpayers - all due to the politicians who have
been acting stupid all this time. reacll the ones that promote giving
any kind of benefits to illegals! send them on theri way een if uc govt has to charter air flights. the sooner they are gone the better we all will be!
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(12) norfwest
3:56PM Sep 16th 2009
If we enforced the laws currently in place, the illegal immigration problem would not be as prevalent as it is. I am not opposed to immigration but, like most people, I am opposed to the illegal immigration. And that has not been taken seriously enough by those in Congress, period. Illegals do not do the jobs that Americans refuse to do. They do the jobs Americans will not be paid peanuts to do.
As for making Joe Wilson being given "great credit"... LOL If Wilson wants more laws to prevent illegal immigration, not just pertaining to health care but in every facet of American life, then he should speak directly to that. As for Lou Dobbs, his wife is Hispanic, right? Being anti-immigrant doesn't suit him. I imagine he means anti- ILLEGAL immigration.
As for making Joe Wilson being given "great credit"... LOL If Wilson wants more laws to prevent illegal immigration, not just pertaining to health care but in every facet of American life, then he should speak directly to that. As for Lou Dobbs, his wife is Hispanic, right? Being anti-immigrant doesn't suit him. I imagine he means anti- ILLEGAL immigration.
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(7) groundspeed
4:02PM Sep 16th 2009
If that's what it takes to trim US tax dollars from Mexicans' health care expenses, I'm in favor. Let Mexico pay for their own, wherever they are.
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(11) AmericanMade138
4:15PM Sep 16th 2009
Help fight illegal immigration , go to http://wehirealiens.com .
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(6) AmericanMade138
4:16PM Sep 16th 2009
Help fight illegal immigration , go to http://wehirealiens.com .
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