Bob McCarty Writes

Immigration Crackdown in Our Backyard The headline above appeared atop a no-byline article on the ABC News web site site this morning after a story on immigration aired on the network’s morning program, Good Morning America. While I missed the television version of the story, I suspect it contained the same anti-illegal immigration slant as [...]

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Illegal immigrants moving out. Those words appear as a headline above an article in today’s online edition of USA TODAY. The article, which describes the simple cause-and-effect relationship that results from enforcement of existing immigration laws, begins this way: Illegal immigrants living in states and cities that have adopted strict immigration policies are packing up [...]

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One of the most-read items in recent months at Bob McCarty Writes is a post, ‘They’re back!’ Senator’s DREAM Act is Our Nightmare, which highlighted the pitfalls of pro-illegal immigration legislation backed by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and called for citizens to let their elected officials know how they felt about it. According to a [...]

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UPDATE 9-20-07: The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports today that the illegal immigrant (the subject of a Bob McCarty Writes post yesterday) whose SUV ran into diners outside a Clayton eatery this week had been involved in a crash in St. Louis less than two months ago. City police records indicate that the driver, Sergio Lopez, [...]

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An article in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch begins this way: A driver whose SUV plowed into a crowd of lunchtime diners outside a restaurant in downtown Clayton (Mo.) on Tuesday told police he had been blinded by a bright light. Clayton police Capt. Steve Grenier said police cited the driver, who lost control while making [...]

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By Randy Alcorn, Guest Blogger Among the repertoire of rationalizations repeatedly presented by supporters of illegal immigrants to convince the American public that illegal immigrants are beneficial to America is the one that asserts illegal immigrants are hard working people who pay their fair share of taxes. While it is empirically true that illegal immigrants [...]

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Regarding my post, Blogger Sends Message to Senator Bond, earlier today: As of 5 p.m. Central, I have not received an e-mail reply from Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) or any of his staffers. Now, I guess I’ll just have to wait and see how the senator defines “amnesty” and, in turn, how he votes on [...]

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