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October 22, 2007
Judge Kicks Out Challenge to Oklahoma Immigration Enforcement Law Federal judge James Payne, whose court heard the challenge to Oklahoma IRLI (Immigration Reform Law Institute) has been providing legal assistance to cities and states around the country in drafting and defending laws like HB 1804. We expect that the plaintiffs in this case will appeal. NY Democrats Complain Spitzer Driver's License Decision Will Cost Them "Top Democrats fear that Gov. Spitzer's controversial plan to grant VA GOP Calls Gov., Other Democrats On Links to Radical Islam "Two Republican state legislators are accusing Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and "'It is clear to me that the leadership of the Virginia Democratic Party has compromised the best interests of the citizens of Virginia by cozying up to organizations and individuals that have radical agendas,' [Del. C. Todd Gilbert] said in a statement Friday. 'I am appalled by the utter lack of judgment that Democrats at the highest levels have shown in joining forces with a radical element of the Muslim faith for the sole purpose of filling the ballot box.'" In a related entry, Michelle Malkin notes that Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week has begun. NYT Editors Strange Upset Over French Immigration Fraud Measure "Immigration issues bring out the worst instincts in politicians who should Illegal Aliens Leave Prince William, VA, in Advance of Ordinance "Supporters of the anti-illegal immigration measure adopted in Prince William County last week The Myth of Hispanic Voting Backlash "When President Bush's immigration reform bill collapsed this summer, |
HB 1804, has dismissed the lawsuit. None of the nine (or maybe eleven – he noted that the complaint wasn’t even clear on who was a plaintiff) named plaintiffs had standing, according to the Judge's opinion. This is a major victory for state level immigration enforcement legislation. The order dismissing the lawsuit refers to the Hazleton litigation, pointing out that the John Doe illegal alien plaintiffs in Oklahoma were much more vague and hypothetical than the claims made by the Pennsylvania plaintiffs.
driver's licenses to illegal aliens has endangered their party's candidates across the state -- and even threatens the presidential prospects of Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Post has learned. A half-dozen senior Democrats told The Post that Spitzer's licensing plan is producing what one called "a mass exodus" away from the party's candidates that may lead to unexpected losses in November's local elections," the New York Post reports. "Another senior Democrat predicted that Sen. Clinton, who has repeatedly refused to say whether she backs Spitzer's plan, would soon be forced to reject it. "The immigrant license issue is one of the most politically dangerous in the nation, and Hillary will have to come out against it," the Democrat said."
other Democrats of embracing radical Islamic organizations that support terrorism, an allegation that has outraged the governor and Muslim leaders, who say the GOP is resorting to fear-mongering to win votes. As Republicans work to retain their majorities in the General Assembly, the two delegates from the Shenandoah Valley say they are conducting an investigation into Democrats' ties to the Muslim American Society and Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center, both in Falls Church," the Washington Post reports. 
know better. Congress showed that earlier this year. Now it is the turn of France’s Parliament. It is moving toward final approval of an ugly new law that would introduce DNA testing as a potential basis for excluding prospective immigrants hoping to reunify with family members already living in France. DNA testing can be a useful tool in establishing criminal guilt or innocence. But it has no rightful place in immigration law. Modern French families, like modern American families, are constituted on many bases besides bloodlines and genetics. This is something most French politicians and voters should be aware of," says the New York Times in an editorial. 
have argued that its most important purpose is to send a powerful signal to the county's mostly Latino illegal immigrants that they are no longer welcome. It appears the message has already been received: Terrified that new policies will lead to mass deportations, illegal immigrants and the many legal immigrant relatives and friends who live with them have been moving out of Prince William ever since July, when county supervisors first approved the plan's outline," the Washington Post reports. "Although one of the new measures directs county police to check the immigration status of only criminal suspects, many immigrants think that all Latinos will be subject to random sweeps, Catacora added. The effect on his once-bustling academy was palpable on a recent weeknight, when all but one of the six classrooms were deserted."
largely because of objections from his own party, open-borders advocates warned that the GOP would pay a harsh political price for killing the bill. Latino support had been crucial in electing Bush, the argument went, and Latino voters represented a rising electoral tide that Republicans were ignoring at their peril. But such commentary is based on an inaccurate picture of the Latino voting public that emerged after the 2004 election and persists today. Just days after the election, for instance, Dick Morris, a former pollster and advisor to President Clinton, declared that Latinos had elected Bush; they represented 12% of the electorate, Morris reasoned, and 45% of them had pulled the levers for the president, enough to be decisive," says Steven Malanga in the LA Times. "The Latino vote for Bush was far from decisive, however, and it may be years before it plays a pivotal role in a national election. Latinos may represent about 14% of the U.S. population, but they constituted just 6% of the 2004 electorate -- 7.5 million voters out of 125 million. According to Census Bureau data, only 34% of the nation's adult Latino population registered to vote in 2004, and 28% voted. By contrast, 67% of the country's adult white, non-Latino population and 56% of its adult black population voted in 2004. Black voters outnumbered Latino voters nearly 2 to 1 in 2004."