What Did The Justice Department Hide From The 9/11 Commission?
By Tom Fitton
February 27, 2007
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The news story is not the Hillary-Obama back and forth. The important story is why it took several weeks for the political class to note the elephant in the middle of the presidential race -- the sordid ethics record of Team Clinton.
Judicial Watch Educational Panel: Local Government and Illegal Immigration
Communities across the nation are struggling with the crime, financial strain and social pressure created by the illegal immigration crisis. Despite the severity of the growing problem, the federal government continues to fail in one of its most basic functions -- to protect our borders -- and local officials and taxpayers are left with the resulting burden.
Judicial Watch is holding an educational panel, entitled "Local Government and Illegal Immigration" on February 28, 2007. The panel will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. from 9:30 -- 11:00 a.m. It is free of charge and open to the press and the public.
Panel guests will include Hazelton, Pennsylvania, Mayor Louis Barletta, former Beaufort County, South Carolina Council Member, Starletta Hairston and Virginia Delegate Jackson H. Miller -- all of whom have bravely taken on the issue of local enforcement of our nation's immigration laws.
Mayor Barletta pushed through the Illegal Immigration Relief Act last summer to hold accountable landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and employers who hire them. The ordinance also makes English the official language of Hazleton.
"Illegal immigration is a drain on city resources," Mayor Barletta explained at the time. "Every domestic incident, every traffic accident, every noise complaint, each time we send our police department, fire department or code enforcement officer to respond, it costs taxpayer dollars."
Ms. Hairston, meanwhile, has also been a community leader in the fight against illegal immigration, spearheading action similar to that in Hazelton in Beaufort County. And Delegate Miller has been a key leader in Northern Virginia's battles on this issue.
We hope to see you at our panel, but, in the meantime, take a few minutes to read about Judicial Watch's campaign to help enforce our nation's immigration laws at www.judicialwatch.org/immigration.shtml.
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Tom Fitton is President of Judicial Watch, a nonpartisan educational foundation that fights government corruption.
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