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By Mike Gonzalez


It is undeniable that the out-of-control problem of illegal immigration has begun to threaten our American way of life. And yet none of our local, state, or federal government officials dare to engage this issue head on, even with the increasing violence on our U.S./Mexico border and the national media coverage illegal immigration now garners. Why, you might ask? It’s simple: because no politician, from Mayor Villaraigosa to President Bush, wants to lose the vote of the electorate in support of illegal immigration. It’s all about votes.

Our government representatives have betrayed those of us against illegal immigration in pandering to the minority by ignoring us. Therefore, we, the private citizenry, must stand up for what we believe is right and fair and beneficial to our great nation by putting anti-illegal immigration initiatives on the ballot through our collective vote. The consequences for not employing our democratic power are poignantly articulated in a speech that everyone should read given by former Colorado governor, Dick Lamm, in 2005 at an immigration overpopulation conference in Washington D.C. that articulated eight surefire ways to put America on the road to destruction.

One point highlighted in Lamm’s speech was that to make “our fastest growing demographic group the least educated,â€