Indoctrination begins at a young age.

I think this is yet another lesson to the Republican Congress that they just can’t pander to their base and then once they get in, forget about them. The result of this issue dealing with illegal immigration, in my opinion, will be the deciding factor this year as to how the Republicans do in November. While I don’t think it is realistic to go out and deport 12 million people all of a sudden, I do believe that this idea of a guest worker program as well as potential amnesty for these criminals in our country is not going to fly with the American public.

I think the best way to deal with this problem is: 1. Secure the border, 2. Cut off the jobs. Heavily, and I mean heavily, fine employers who are caught employing these people illegally. 3. Cut off the public dole to illegals. When the well dries up a lot of them will go back on their own. In concurrence to all of this, deport anyone who is found to be illegal at any time, such as a traffic stop, for instance. It is not impossible to fix this problem, not at all. It is simply reluctance on behalf of our politicians in Washington D.C. and quite frankly, I think Bush should be impeached for doing nothing about this problem in a post 9-11 world.

Minuteman organizers say this spring’s marches have proved to be an unexpected recruitment tool for Americans who feel uneasy about the burgeoning immigration movement but may have considered the organization a pack of gun-toting vigilantes.

“We’re not trying to be more mainstream — mainstream has found us,” said Stephen Eichler, the group’s executive director. “They’re saying, ‘These guys actually have teeth, they don’t all chew tobacco, they don’t all have a gun rack in the back of their truck.’ They’re saying, `They believe what I believe,’ and they’re joining us.”

Lisonbee, a registered Republican, said only one issue matters to her now.

“My vote will go to the candidate who’s the toughest on immigration, whether they’re Democrat or Republican,” she said from her home in Orem, Utah. “Before, we were pretty much the types of people who would call our congressmen and not take to the streets. But that’s all changed now.”

The Minuteman Project first gained attention last year when Orange County resident and former tax accountant Jim Gilchrist helped lead its first 30-day patrol of the border in Arizona. The group has added mainstream political tools, including a network of local chapters and e-mail lobbying campaigns.

AP