http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=22 ... 6&id=10601

mp3 of ad
http://www.bucherforag.org/Domains/buch ... Radio2.mp3

MONDAY, Aug. 28, 2006, 5:49 p.m.
By Stacy Forster

New Bucher radio ad highlights immigration
A new radio ad from Republican attorney general candidate Paul Bucher raps Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk, one of the Democrats running for the same office, for turning her back on illegal immigration problems on her watch.

Bucher's campaign said today it would start airing a new radio ad tomorrow that features Anselmo Villarreal, a Waukesha County community leaders, calling Bucher's plan to deport certain illegal immigrants accused of crimes "common sense and the right thing to do."

The ad also highlights the case of Manuel Arguijo, who Bucher said was convicted five times on drug and weapons offenses in Dane County before being deported in 2005.

"[Falk] should explain to the public why releasing illegal immigrant drug dealers who possess firearms into the community is a smart way of dealing with crime," Bucher said in a statement.


As county executive, Falk has little say in prosecution matters, but she has said that Dane County officials don't ask people if they are legal residents when they come to the county seeking services. Bucher said Falk is responsible because of her "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Falk campaign spokesman Adam Collins called the ad "misleading" and "sleazy" and said it should be taken off the air. In a statement, Collins said a judge not the county executive had made the decision to put Arguijo on probation. Falk has always said illegal immigrants who commit crimes should be subject to deportation, Collins said.

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager has said federal authorities should take the lead on immigration issues.

Bucher's Republican opponent, former U.S. attorney J.B. Van Hollen, challenged language in the ad that made it seem as if Bucher had changed his position on deporting some illegal immigrants who have committed non-violent crimes before prosecuting them. Van Hollen has said that position is like giving a "get out of jail free" card to those who have committed crimes.

"I remain committed to making sure illegal aliens serve their sentences before facing deportation," Van Hollen said in a statement.

Bucher said he had not changed his position.

The ad is available here.