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amnesty, immigration, Political wind

The Mexican Mafia

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The Mexican Mafia has taken over one town in California and is corrupting local governments from there to Texas. Yet if you think this is only a problem along America’s southern border, think again:

It’s been called the most dangerous gang in American history. In Los Angeles alone, it’s responsible for over 100 homicides per year. With less than 300 members, it controls a 40,000-strong street army of gangsters eager to throw down and stand up for the cause. It flies the flag of the Black Hand and its business is murder. Although known on the streets for over fifty years, the Mexican Mafia has flown under the radar of the public’s awareness and flourished under a deep cover of secrecy. Members are forbidden to even acknowledge its existence.

For the first time, in its history, the Mexican Mafia is getting the attention it’s been trying to avoid. In this briskly written and thoroughly researched book, Tony Rafael looks at the birth and blood soaked growth of this criminal enterprise through the eyes of the victims, the dropouts and the cops and DAs on the front lines of the battles against the Mexican Mafia. As the first book ever published on the subject, this is a pioneering work that unveils the operations of this California prison gang and how it grew from a small clique of inmates into a transnational criminal enterprise … READ THE REST

Yesterday, Laura Ingraham spoke with Tony Rafael, author of a book entitled The Mexican Mafia:

Listen to that interview and think about who among the current candidates running for President has repeatedly failed to secure our borders or is now (or has been) for granting amnesty to illegal immigrants.

border security, immigration, John McCain

John McCain no sheriff on immigration

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Senator John “The Sheriff” McCain does not talk straight on immigration. Despite his current campaign rhetoric that he heard the American people and implication he will stop trying to grant illegal aliens amnesty, his record shows he has consistently ignored them on the issue.

The Washingon Times gave a brief history of his record, including since he began running for President, this morning:

Supporting mass amnesty. The May 29, 2003, Tucson Citizen quoted Mr. McCain as stating that “Amnesty has to be an important part of” any immigration solution. He was part of the bipartisan coalition that tried to pass amnesty legislation in 2006 and 2007. In 2006 he voted in favor of S. 2611, legislation that would reward between 10 and 11 million illegals with amnesty if they apply for legal status and pay a $2,000 fine.

Supporting in-state tuition for illegal aliens. Mr. McCain was a cosponsor of S. 774, the Dream Act, providing in-state tuition for illegal aliens. The legislation would have enabled illegal aliens who entered the United States before age 16 to obtain a green card and then use their newly acquired status to obtain green cards for the millions of parents who illegally brought their children with them into the United States. Mr. McCain missed a Senate vote on the issue in October. He said that he would have opposed it on the Senate floor had he been there to vote.

Voted to kill border fence. In 2006, Mr. McCain voted for an amendment to S. 2611 offered by Sen. Arlen Specter to require consultation with the Mexican government concerning the construction of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border. According to Numbers USA, an organization that lobbies against illegal immigration, this amendment would have effectively guaranteed that the border fence was never built.

Voted against permanently barring gang members and terrorists from the United States. Last year, Mr. McCain voted against an amendment (Senate Amendment 1184) introduced by Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, that would have permanently barred gang members, terrorists, sex offenders, alien absconders, aliens convicted of domestic violence and aliens convicted of at least three DUIs from the United States. The Cornyn Amendment was rejected on a 51-46 vote.

Voted in favor of Social Security benefits to illegal aliens who commit identity fraud. In 2006. Mr. McCain joined with Mr. Kennedy in working to defeat an amendment by Sen. John Ensign, Nevada Republican, that would have barred Social Security credits for work being done prior to their receiving amnesty — in other words, while working under a false Social Security number. The Ensign Amendment, (Senate Amendment 3985) was defeated on a 50-49 vote.

So, hypothetically as President, John McCain would give amnesty to a mother who was also a gang member, had been convicted of identity theft, been ordered deported, yet absconded while her son served in Iraq. John McCain would grant her amnesty because of her son’s noble service to our nation. It seems that “The Sheriff” would pick and choose which laws to enforce.

South Carolina primary voters have a chance this Saturday to speak loudly to John McCain and every candidate and say border security first and no amnesty for illegal aliens. They can say that by not voting for John McCain.