Americans speaking out against illegal immigration
By DAVE MONTGOMERY
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON | Seven weeks after the collapse of legislation in Congress, the outcry against illegal immigration is louder than ever.

It is manifested by proposed clampdowns at the state and local level and an uproar over the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in the execution-style slayings of three New Jersey college students.

Scores of organizations, ranging from mainstream to fringe groups, are marshalling forces in what former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Georgia Republican, calls “a war here at homeâ€