Local Politicians Fight Illegal Alien Problem
by James Buchanan
Finally after ignoring the problem for decades, local politicians are admitting that illegal immigration is a serious problem. The endless propaganda, praising immigrants, by the Feds and mass media has finally been challenged by someone with actual political power. Any law designed to fight the illegals -even on a town by town basis- is a huge improvement and a great first step.
A recent New York Times article reports “Tom Macklin, the mayor of this faded city deep in Florida’s citrus belt, heard the idea on talk radio and latched on with relish. A city up north, Hazleton, Pa., planned to root out and punish landlords who rented to illegal immigrants, fining them $1,000 for every such tenant. Mr. Macklin, whose own small city has swelled with immigrants from Mexico, Haiti and Jamaica over the past decade, swiftly proposed the same for Avon Park. ‘It was almost as if I was sitting in church at a revival and he was preaching to me,’ ” (more…)