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...growing millions of illegal aliens cross the border on their own two feet, the problem is one of the U.S.'s own making. The government doesn't want to fix it, and politicians, as usual, are dodging the issue, even though public-opinion polls show that Americans overwhelmingly favor a crackdown on illegal immigration. To be sure, many citizens quietly benefit from the flood of illegals because the supply of cheap labor helps keep down the cost of many goods and services, from chicken parts to lawn care. Many big companies, which have an even clearer stake in cheap labor...
...they barreled off. When they arrived he was blindfolded and beaten some more, his pockets emptied, and a picture of his young daughter rifled from his wallet. "Who is this?" a captor quizzed. "This is my daughter," he says he replied. "Can I ask you a favor? Can I kiss that picture before you kill me?" The price for his release, he was warned, was $20,000 by morning-or he would never see his daughter again. To drive home the point they lifted his blindfold just enough to let him see bare electrical wires, with a promise that...
...crafted over the last year. The business lobby was not shy about taking credit. "We got him to introduce it," says Reiff, "because he's a Republican." When it came time for final passage, Specter literally produced gasps in the hearing room as he cast the final vote in favor of the bill himself, giving it extra momentum as it heads to the floor...
...wake of the enormous protests across France today, Chirac cancelled planned trips out of Paris at the end of the week, when the key ruling is expected. If the courts rule in favor of the law - which for all intents and purposes would be against de Villepin - Chirac's protege could soon see his planned trip to the Presidential palace permanently cancelled...
...surprisingly, San Francisco wasn't unanimously in favor of hosting such a gathering. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors prepared for the event by passing a resolution last week condemning BattleCry's rally on the steps of City Hall as an "act of provocation" by an anti-gay, anti-choice organization that aimed to "negatively influence the politics of America's most tolerant and progressive city." Democratic State Assemblyman Mark Leno went further, telling counter-protesters that he found the BattleCry participants "obnoxious" and "disgusting" and that "they should get out of San Francisco." (On Monday, Leno issued a statement...