Foreign Voters for Obama!

Michelle Malkin points out something interesting about Barack Obama's voter registration website, Vote for Change.

If you go there and answer that you're not a U.S. citizen, a page pops up which says:

Vote for change
Unfortunately only US citizens are eligible to register to vote.

Unfortunately? Unfortunately?

Does this mean if we are insane enough to elect Barack Obama to the presidency, he's going to push to allow citizens of foreign countries to vote in our elections?

I'm serious, man: where did all the adults go?

Now Environmentalists Stop Border Control

Environmental extremism is standing in the way of more than just America's energy needs.

From CNS News:

Interior officials have not accepted a proposed finding in an environmental assessment produced for the U.S. Border Patrol that putting towers with radar, cameras and communications equipment on Interior Department lands would have no significant impact, said Mike Friel, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

It seems the environmental extremist-ridden Interior Department is worried over the impact the fence will have on the "fragile desert lands." (Reminds me of the tears shed over the barren wasteland otherwise known as ANWR)

It's high time we woke up to the fact that we can't afford to coddle and appease environmental extremists anymore. No energy source is ever good enough and no product of modern life is ever safe enough.

While there are probably a few sincere rank-and-file environmentalists, the modern environmentalist movement has turned into nothing more than an anti-American opponent of law, order, prosperity and progress.

Democrats Want to Stop Successful Immigration Raids

The headline today from CNS News was "Democrats Want to Stop Immigration-Enforcement Raids."

The headline might as well have read "Democrats Want to Stop Enforcing the Law."

Immigration reform advocates, including Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, are calling for an end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at businesses that knowingly hire large numbers of illegal aliens.

Meanwhile, a report published Tuesday by a Washington think tank shows that raids, along with other enforcement measures, are doing exactly what they are supposed to do: reducing the number of foreigners illegally working and residing in the United States.

So like liberals: find out what's working and put a stop to it.

The report from Dr. Stephen Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) says the illegal alien population in the U.S. has declined by 1 million in the last year.

That's good news--especially when liberals told us there was nothing we could do about the illegals already in the country.

The report indicates that the stepped-up immigration raids of the past year or so have had the effect of deterring additional border crossings, and "self deportation" of some who were already here and didn't want to get caught.

If we are to solve the problem of loose borders and millions of illegal aliens in our country, we need to work the issue from several levels.

First we must lock down the border so that it's harder than just walking across as they do now.

Then we must work on identifying, locating, and deporting the 12 million illegals in our country.

Will it be hard work? Yes. Will it take a long time? Yes. Will we get them all? Probably not.

But we'll get a lot more if we try than if we do nothing.

People who respect our laws and our American culture are welcome here. We don't need immigrants who break our laws. Let's make room for the law-abiding immigrants who want to come for a piece of the American life.

Our economy, our tax burden, and our national security demand that we make the effort.

No Habla John McCain

From WorldNetDaily, Republican presidential candidate John McCain has launched a Spanish (I thought our language was English in the United States?) campaign website.

Also,

Sen. John McCain, the de facto Republican presidential nominee, announced today he will attend the national convention of La Raza, a radical Hispanic lobby tied to the movement to reconquer the Southwestern U.S. that was part of Mexico before the Mexican-American War that ended in 1848.

If John McCain wants the support (or at least the votes) of conservatives, um, he's still not acting like it.

Foreign Governments Blocking Deportation of Illegals

According to Government Executive, one of the problems we have cleaning up our illegal alien problem is that the home countries of many of those illegals block deportation:

Sens. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb., said one option would be to deny visas to citizens from countries causing the deportation problem. Specter said eight countries are refusing to accept a total of about 135,000 people who are in the United States illegally. He added that illegal immigrants who have served prison time for committing crimes cannot be held for more than an additional six months in detention facilities, meaning they are released inside the United States if they are not deported. Chertoff said the Chinese government is the worst at taking back its citizens and about 50,000 illegal immigrants are waiting to be returned to China.

I concur with Specter and Nelson: deny visas from offending countries, on a one-for-one basis, or entirely.

I'd also suggest that if the troublesome countries are receiving any aid from us, that we reduce their amount of aid by the cost of enforcement, incarceration and deportation of these illegals.

Maybe this would provide an incentive for these countries to work with us a little better. Especially countries like Mexico, where their government has been known to encourage and assist their citizens in entering our country illegally.

Illegal Immigration Advocates Pleased with Remaining GOP Candidates

Our borders are leaking like a sponge, with the number of illegal aliens in the United States growing by half a million each year. We have no idea who these people are, we don't know where they originally come from, and we don't know what there intentions are.

Amnesty advocates would have us believe they are all just coming to the United States to get a job, to share in the American dream. While that may be true of many, even most, the fact remains they violated our borders and came here illegally, violating our laws.

But did any come here with the intention of causing harm to Americans? Did any come to peddle drugs? Did any come to commit terrorist acts? We don't know. 911 taught us that foreigners will come to the United States to do us harm; it's no stretch of the imagination that many more might slip across our scantly-defended borders. We'd never know if people on a terrorist watch list came across the border because we have no control of our borders, and no identification of the people in this country illegally.

What are our elected representatives doing about this dangerous situation? Well, last year they worked very hard to make it worse with their amnesty plans.

Can we hope that it will get better with the next president? What can the Mexican president tell us about those chances?

From NewsMax:

Eying the results so far in the U.S. presidential primary race, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said he is hopeful that the next administration in Washington will usher in reforms that would legalize the status of Mexican immigrants.

“It seems to me that the most radical and anti-immigrant candidates have been left behind and have been put in their place by their own electorate,” Calderon told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday, the day after the Super Tuesday primaries.

Apparently the Mexican president understands what some Republicans can't seem to grasp.

Mike Huckabee, despite his recent attempts to sound like Congressman Tom Tancredo, has a sorry record on immigration. I don't know about you, but I put more stock in what a person has proved they will do, rather than what they say they'll do.

And there's really no difference with John McCain. McCain has recently tried to change his tune on immigration and border control, but he has a record as an amnesty-proponent. And he's being advised by a former Mexican government official who is an open-borders proponent and illegal alien advocate.

How long can a nation survive when those leading it are intent on it's dissolution?

McCain Advisor was Mexican Government Official

John McCain claims to have learned his lesson on immigration and border control, but you have to wonder when you see stories like this from CNS News:

Juan Hernandez, the man who served in Vicente Fox's cabinet when the latter was president of Mexico, is now advising Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on reaching out to Hispanics during his presidential bid.

Hernandez is the son of a Mexican father and American mother and has dual citizenship in the United States and Mexico.

He has not responded to requests by Cybercast News Service to answer critics who say a man who allegedly took an oath of office to the Mexican government and has been an outspoken advocate for open borders and illegal immigrants should clarify how his views comport with those of McCain, who reportedly has toughened his views on illegal immigration since entering the presidential race.

While I respect McCain's service to our country both as a pilot in Vietnam and as a POW in North Vietnam, he has gone from a good politician to one who seeks the favor of the "mainstream" media far too much.

From failure to respect our borders and the rule of law, to taking a weak position on the confirmation of originalist judges, to trampling on the First Amendment his Campaign Finance Reform (aka Incumbent Protection Act), John McCain is a poor choice for conservatives to support.

This is another example of why you can't believe what politicians tell you on the campaign trail, but should instead look to what their record says about their positions on the issues.

Mike Huckabee Lacks Understanding of the Nature of Evil

Well, it's been at least a few days since I posted anything negative about Mike Huckabee, so I suppose it's time to stoke the fires again.

The Washington Times has a piece today on the chaos Huckabee left in the Republican Party in Arkansas. More specifically, it examines how he was at odds with his party on so many key items.

If you've researched much about Huckabee at all, you may know that, outside of being pro-life and pro-marriage, his record is predominately a liberal record.

Oh, I know he's talking a good game now. He makes himself sound a lot like Reagan-reborn most of the time. But how much weight should the talk of a politician on the campaign trail carry when his record says something different--a lot different.

Consider this excerpt from the Times piece:

Almost immediately after taking office from Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, a Democrat who resigned after federal fraud and corruption convictions, Mr. Huckabee campaigned for his first tax increase — one-eighth cent on the sales tax to dedicate to conservation projects. He followed up with both budget cuts and increases, but the net effect was nearly $500 million in new taxes and an accompanying rise in spending.

What followed were clashes over the growth of government and, as the issue heated up nationally, over immigration policy. Republicans and conservative Democrats wanted a crackdown on illegal aliens, but Mr. Huckabee resisted.

The war of words was just as harsh. In 1998, when he faced a primary challenger who said Mr. Huckabee lacked certain conservative principles, the governor replied that his opponents weren't really Republicans, but rather libertarians or independents.

By the end of his tenure, Mr. Huckabee was calling his Republican opponents the "Shi'ites" and they called him a "Christian socialist."

When Republicans are this divided, you know there's something severely lacking in the conservative credentials of one party or the other. And I think Huckabee's record indicates the problem lies with his credentials.

I think "Christian socialist" is a pretty good description; almost as good as "pro-life liberal," as some have called Huckabee.

I don't doubt Huckabee's faith in Christ, but I do believe he fundamentally misunderstands some things about Christian doctrine that leads him to fall woefully short of a Christian worldview.

For one thing, he seems imminently predisposed to use the power of government (and the taxpayers money) to further what he sees as good things: public education, the arts, the humanities, and so on.

As for public education, that institution is so woefully inept and inefficient at this point that it is highly irresponsible, both from a practical and fiscal standpoint, to throw any more money at it without a solid plan for some fundamental changes in it.

And the arts and humanities are great things. But money for them should come from private sources, not from the taxpayers. Especially when they involve things like a crucifix in a jar of urine, or a painting of the Virgin Mary made out of elephant dung.

Huckabee is also dangerously naive when it comes to dealing with foreign nations that are hostile to us. He has been critical of President Bush's steadfast determination in fighting the war on terrorism. He also wants to close the terrorist prison camp at Club Gitmo because, oh my, some countries don't like it.

In fact, I believe Huckabee is fundamentally naive about the nature of evil altogether, as evidenced by his pathetic record on clemency as governor of Arkansas.

During his tenure as governor, he issued more clemency than the six surrounding states--COMBINED! You may have heard about Wayne Dumond, the convicted rapist Huckabee worked to free (who then went on to rape and kill two women), but you may not have heard about some of the other heinous criminals he let go--many of whom went on to pursue their criminal careers after Huckabee let them out of prison early.

He's also weak on immigration and border control (despite his recent tough-talk). He opposed efforts to deny drivers licenses to illegal aliens, and called such efforts "racist" and "bigoted." He opposed immigration raids to round up illegal aliens, and wanted to provide scholarships and in-state tuition rates for illegal aliens. He's even said illegal immigration isn't really a problem.

If you're seriously considering supporting Huckabee, you should examine this long and thorough examination of whether Huckabee is actually a conservative, as compiled by someone at Free Republic.

All these things add up to a conclusion that Mike Huckabee does not understand the deceptive and aggressive nature of evil. He also does not understand that it must not be tolerated or coddled, and be dealt with firmly. He does not understand that the state has a God-instituted duty to protect its citizens from evildoers within and outside the country. And he does not understand that the rule of law must be upheld, and when it isn't, it breeds lawlessness and contempt for morality.

As a fellow Christian, I'd like to support Mike Huckabee. After all, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Jay said, "It is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."

However, I believe that implicit in Jay's statement was that such Christian candidates have a solidly Christian worldview.

Mike Huckabee does not.

Gilchrist Accepts Responsibility for Huckabee Misquote

OneNewsNow says Jim Gilchrist is taking responsibility for the confusion over Huckabee's support for a constitutional amendment to curtail automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal aliens.

Gilchrist admits the mistake was his own, and that it was not something the GOP presidential hopeful planned to pursue if elected.

"I should take the blame for this; I misquoted the governor. All the heat falls on me," he maintains, explaining Huckabee would leave it to the rule of law. "... He's going to leave it to the Supreme Court [or Congress] to handle. That's what he meant. When I talked to my writer, I took him out of context."

Gilchrist says he is supporting Huckabee because he is the only candidate who has released a written plan on how to deal with illegal immigration. Gilchrist has been stumping for Huckabee in Michigan.

I wonder if Gilchrist considered weighing Huckabee's record on immigration against what he's saying these days when he's looking for our votes.

More on Huckabee's Constitutional Cha-Cha-Cha

Yesterday the Washington Times reported that Mike Huckabee wanted to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens.

Then Huckabee's office issued a statement yesterday afternoon that this was NOT the case. At that time I asked, "What gives?" And I'm still asking.

Today's Washington Times takes up the issue again and says

The Times reported that Mr. Gilchrist, in a half-hour conversation while campaigning with Mr. Huckabee last week in Iowa, pinned down the Republican presidential candidate on various immigration stances, including how he would address what most legal scholars see as the 14th Amendment's guarantee of citizenship to any person born in the United States, except for diplomatic situations.

Mr. Gilchrist said Mr. Huckabee promised to bring a test case to the Supreme Court to challenge the matter, and also would press Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution.

And after Huckabee disavowed this

But Mr. Huckabee's spokeswoman, Kirsten Fedewa, did talk to The Times for the article. She did not challenge any of Mr. Gilchrist's statements at the time, and was quoted as saying Mr. Huckabee and Mr. Gilchrist were "united by a mutual desire to end illegal immigration and are political allies toward that end."

You would think that between talking to Huckabee's new immigration guru buddy John Gilchrist and Huckabee's spokeswoman, this would be authoritative enough. Guess not.

The Times also said that back in August during an interview with them, Huckabee had expressed a willingness to look at a constitutional amendment dealing with automatic citizenship:

"I would support changing that. I think there is reason to revisit that, just because a person, through sheer chance of geography, happened to be physically here at the point of birth, doesn't necessarily constitute citizenship," he said at the time, according to the audiotape of the interview. "I think that's a very reasonable thing to do, to revisit that."

The article says Gilchrist insists he read his notes back to Huckabee on this issue before speaking, and that as far as he knows, this was Huckabee's intention.

So I'm still at a loss to "What gives?" Did Huckabee become fearful that he was driving too many of his liberal followers away with his recent "Tom Tancredo" stance on immigration? I don't know, but I have to wonder. For a man who used to think immigration and border control was "racist" and "bigoted," he's all over the road, these days.

Now Huckabee DOESN'T Want to End Anchor Babies?

Well, now this is interesting. I posted this morning on a Washington Times article that said

Mike Huckabee wants to amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens, according to his top immigration surrogate — a radical step no other major presidential candidate has embraced.

Mr. Huckabee, who won last week's Republican Iowa caucuses, promised Minuteman Project founder James Gilchrist that he would force a test case to the Supreme Court to challenge birthright citizenship, and would push Congress to pass a 28th Amendment to the Constitution to remove any doubt.

This, of course, runs completely against Huckabee's record of pandering to illegal aliens. But it is within keeping with his recent "conversion" on immigration and border control.

But this afternoon RedState reports that Huckabee's website issued a statement disavowing any support for such an amendment

"I do not support an amendment to the Constitution that would prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens. I have no intention of supporting a constitutional amendment to deny birthright citizenship."

So what's the deal? Obviously if Huckabee' website says this, then this is the official position (for today, at least) of the candidate. But why would the Washington Times print a story like that if there was no foundation for it?

There were no direct quotes from Huckabee in the article about this proposed amendment, but it seems to indicate that this information came through his new buddy, border control advocate Jim Gilchrist:

Mr. Huckabee told Mr. Gilchrist that he supports a Supreme Court test case but also would encourage Congress to introduce a constitutional amendment to exclude from automatic citizenship any children born to illegal aliens.

So is Gilchrist going rogue here? Is he running ahead of Huckabee? Hopefully more on this will develop.

Too bad Huckabee doesn't support such an amendment. It would be a good way to slow down the illegal alien problem by ending the "anchor" by which some maintain residence in the United States. As I stated this morning, if we limited birth citizenship to children whose parents were in the country legally at the time of birth, this could be an effective and fair measure.

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Huckabee Wants to Stop Anchor Babies

The Washington Times is reporting that Mike Huckabee wants to "amend the Constitution to prevent children born in the U.S. to illegal aliens from automatically becoming American citizens."

I think this is a great idea, and I join Huckabee in advocating this. The article isn't specific on the parameters of such an amendment, but I think something like this would be about right: require that the parents must be in the country legally before a child born here can have automatic citizenship. Some might argue that this is too generous, but hey, I'm just a magnanimous kinda guy.

However, since Huckabee has a clear record of opposing immigration reform, I have to suspect that he's simply trying to put some distance between that record and his presidential candidacy with this announcement. After all, does this sound like a man who wanted in-state tuition rates and scholarship opportunities for illegal aliens, opposed efforts to deny drivers licenses to illegal aliens, opposed immigration raids to identify and deport illegal aliens, and called efforts to deny benefits to illegal aliens "racist" and "bigoted"?

The Times article provides this reminder:

Mr. Huckabee has defended his policies on illegal aliens while he was Arkansas governor. He pressed for illegal aliens to gain college tuition benefits, complained about federal immigration raids in his state and declined to have state police enforce immigration laws, although the state legislature gave him the authority to do so.

If I have a choice of what I believe (and I do), I'll choose what he's done in the past as a determiner of what he'll do in the future, as opposed to just what he says when he needs my vote. It's not like a politician has never advocated one thing on the campaign trail, only to never see any serious effort in that direction once he's in office.

Still, the idea is something we should pursue.

Why Chuck Yeager supports Duncan Hunter

Why Chuck Yeager supports Duncan Hunter

WorldNetDaily Exclusive Commentary
Posted: January 3, 2008

1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Christopher G. Adamo

The unfolding 2008 presidential campaigns have brought some unusual names to the forefront of American politicking. Among them, Oprah Winfrey, that citadel of expertise on domestic and foreign affairs, gives her flamboyant support to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., while the intellectually vacant social activist vote of Barbara Streisand goes to Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.

In contrast, consider the preference expressed by retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager. A true American superhero of unrivaled pedigree, Yeager was the first human being ever to fly "faster than a speeding bullet," as he successfully broke the sound barrier six decades ago in the Bell X-1. He went on to reach numerous other aviation milestones as a test pilot, eventually achieving the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force.

(Complete Article)

Excellent commentary! Exceedingly interesting and informative!

Does Huckabee Have a Grasp on the Issues?

Not only do I not trust Mike Huckabee's recent conversion on the illegal alien/border control issue, he appears to be all over the map and a little confused about this issue.

From the New York Times:

On Thursday night he told reporters in Orlando, Fla.: “We ought to have an immediate, very clear monitoring of our borders and particularly to make sure if there’s any unusual activity of Pakistanis coming into the country.”

On Friday, in Pella, Iowa, he expanded on those remarks.

“When I say single them out I am making the observation that we have more Pakistani illegals coming across our border than all other nationalities except those immediately south of the border,” he told reporters in Pella. “And in light of what is happening in Pakistan it ought to give us pause as to why are so many illegals coming across these borders.”

In fact, far more illegal immigrants come from the Philippines, Korea, China and Vietnam, according to recent estimates from the Department of Homeland Security.

Asked how a border fence would help keep out Pakistani immigrants, Mr. Huckabee argued that airplane security was already strong, but that security at the southern United States border was dangerously weak.

Okay, I'll buy that Pakistani terrorists might come to Mexico and then cross our borders. However, their greatest difficulty might be with Mexico, since Mexico's immigration and alien controls are far tougher than ours. But really, his response to this came across as pretty muddled.

But it sounds like his incorrect assertion about how many illegals are coming from what country just makes him continue to sound ill-informed on this issue, like when he said in the past that illegal immigration wasn't a real problem in the first place.

That, and the fact that he got it wrong about whether Pakistan was still under martial law. Someone who wants to be president should be on top of issues like this.

And "apologizing" for Bhutto's assassination isn't the thing to do...unless he thinks we had something to do with it. I know Huckabee's pretty liberal, but surely he isn't liberal enough to have joined the blame-America-first crowd. Probably just a mis-statement. But a mis-statement that makes Bush's "misunderestimated" verbal gaffs pretty inconsequential in comparison

Open Letter to Tom Tancredo Supporters

SK Johnson from The Duncan Hunter Grass-Revolt blog has printed an open letter to supporters of Tom Tancredo. Here is an excerpt:

Today is a sad day for conservatism. Another candidate has dropped out of the GOP race, one of the few candidates that can actually be considered conservative. Right now, the media is shoving several moderate candidates down our throats, and forcing the actually conservative candidates to the bottom of the race. Tom Tancredo was one such candidate.

Not only was Tom Tancredo one of the few conservatives in the race, he was one of the few that could be trusted when it comes to the issue of border security; and he is an expert on it too. Now that he has left the race, where are those of us to turn that support actually securing our borders?

Except for Ron Paul (whose record on immigration isn't 100%, and whose Iraq policy ideas are downright scary), there is no presidential candidate with a solid record on immigration and border control. Fred Thompson's is fair, and better than most, but can't touch Duncan Hunter's consistent record.

National security, American jobs and the rule of law are all too important to entrust to pretenders or those who don't really take this issue seriously.

Gilchrist Explains Huckabee Endorsement

At Land of the Free, Jim Gilchrist tells why he endorsed Mike Huckabee for president, and why he did so when there are other canidates with far more solid records on immigration and border control:

There have been very few voices in Washington DC who have echoed our call to secure the borders and enforce our immigration laws. One of those lone voices, and a great leader for America as well, is Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo. Congressman Tancredo is a personal hero of mine who gave me the inspiration to create the Minuteman Project over three years ago.

And Duncan Hunter, Congressman from California, actually wrote the bill to get the fence built on the border between the San Diego, California and Mexico.

Both of these men have been more instrumental in moving the debate of border security and illegal immigration to where it is today than any one else. Tom Tancredo and Duncan Hunter are the quintessential political pioneers in the quest to maintain a respectable and responsible immigration system.

But as we go forward in our movement with a national stage to implement a new policy with new leaders, we have to recognize that the American people have decided there are only three viable candidates for a Republican Party presidential nominee: former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, and former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

I understand Gilchrist's point, but I have to disagree with him technically and in essence on one important point: with not a single vote cast yet, the American people have NOT "decided there are only three viable candidate."

At this point, the media and party elites have told us who they consider viable candidates. They have done so with their coverage and lack thereof. They have done so with their endorsements and big contributions. And as the general public is wont to do, the people have dutifully followed with little question.

One of the sad realities of our political process, and our society in general, is that most voters stay asleep until right before the primary election, and many still do not wake up then, taking note of the political landscape about 6 weeks before the general election in November. By this time, the choice has already been narrowed for them by the media and other elites, and by those few who woke up enough to take a cursory glance at the field of choices available during the primary election.

I won't have the media and party elites dictate to me who is a viable candidate and who is not. I'm just silly like that. But apparently Gilchrist and many other Americans are willing to follow their dictates like sheep and go along with whatever they're told.

Meanwhile, our choices come down to a bunch of outright socialists in the Democrat Party, and those that dabble with it in the Republican Party.

Some disagree with the sentiment, "We get the government we deserve." Me? I think if we stay asleep during the opportunity to support and select a good candidate, then we deserve the lousy choice we get in the general election, and have no justification to bellyache that "they're all the same."

Duncan Hunter slams Congress for gutting the border fence

Most Mexicans Enter U.S. Illegally

From Fox News:

The Mexican government reported the results of recent studies on Tuesday showing that 68 percent of Mexicans who migrate or try to migrate to the United States do so without documents and 55 percent of them hire immigrant smugglers.

The report, timed to coincide with the U.N. International Migrants Day, also noted that the Mexican-born population living in the United States increased from about 800,000 in 1970 to more than 11 million in 2006.

The majority of Mexicans now living in the United States — 6.2 million — are undocumented, according to the report, which was based on surveys of migrants and information from the government's National Population Council.

Several sources list the illegal alien population in the U.S. at about 12 million.

While that figure is probably low (how do you accurately count people who aren't here legally in the first place?), I think it's a stretch than only half of them are from Mexico, given that this is the easiest way for illegals to get into the country, and the Hispanic population is exploding in America.

Either way, that's an incredible amount of people here illegally, and how many of them are members of terrorist cells, working on the next 911?

We need a president and congress who will deal with this--now!

Gilchrist Has Second Thoughts About Huckabee's Unrealistic Immigration Plan

Now border control activist Jim Gilchrist is reconsidering his endorsement of Mike Huckabee.

From WorldNetDaily:

Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist says he will have to reconsider his endorsement of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee after learning the Republican presidential candidate favors allowing illegal aliens to wait only days to receive documents allowing re-entry into the U.S.

Gilchrist's ill-advised endorsement of Huckabee aside, this aspect of Huckabee's plan is unrealistic, to begin with.

The majority of Mexicans who came across our border illegally are working for peanuts. Both sides of the argument admit Mexicans who are here illegally are working for sub-industry wages. Yet we expect them to have the financial resources to pack up their homes and families and move back to Mexico--only to move back again in days or weeks? Man, I don't have enough legs to pull for that one!

If Huckabee wants to feel good about himself, he can include such a provision in his plan. But realistically, we must be prepared (as we already should be) to locate, arrest and deport massive numbers of illegal aliens. And then put them at the BACK of the line of people legally applying for entry into the United States--if we allow them to come back in at all.

Civilizations have been turning back invasions for millennia. With the incredible technology we have at our disposal, and the wealth of the United States, it is not impossible to round up and deport most illegals, and to get control of our borders.

All we lack is the will to do it.

Gilchrist Endorsement of Huckabee Now Said to be 'Conditional'

From WorldNetDaily, Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist now says his endorsement of Mike Huckabee is a conditional endorsement--basically that Huckabee actually does what he now says he will and fix the border/immigration problem.

The founder of the Minuteman Project says his endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is a conditional one – based on a tough understanding of the former governor's "Secure America Plan" to oust all illegal aliens, or put them behind bars.

"Huckabee's plan would force all illegal immigrants to leave the United States within 120 days, or be arrested," Jim Gilchrist told WND in an exclusive interview.

When asked why he thought illegal immigrants would voluntarily deport themselves, as Huckabee's plan requires, Gilchrist said, "If you start arresting illegal aliens and start take away all their social welfare benefits, the illegal aliens won't have a choice except to leave."

I wonder if Mr. Gilchrist caught a whole lot of grief over this endorsement?

If Huckabee does get elected but goes back on this new plan for dealing with immigration, it's not like Gilchrist revoking his "endorsement" is going to mean anything at that point.

We'll just have to hope Huckabee is sincere in this change of heart. Based on his previous statements, I don't place a whole lot of stock in the sincerity of campaign-trail-conversions.