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eled at private expense to
FAIR GAME FAIR spokesman
Washington for the very
Ira Mehlman speaks out
fi rst Hold Their Feet to
against amnesty.
the Fire event. The objec-
tive at that time: hold the and false innuendoes of
new Republican majority the open-border advocates.
in the House to the prom- His sticking point: the
ises they’d made in the opposition’s penchant for
“Contract With America.” making border enforce-
In 2006 he began a ment proponents look like
partnership with FAIR to heartless fanatics poised to
focus attention on immi- round up illegals like so
gration, an issue he had much stray cattle.
been discussing on his San “They try to smear us,”
Diego-based radio show Hedgecock says. “No one
since the failed amnesty attempt Stein adds, “They need to start that I know of on our side of this
in 1986. thinking in terms of attrition, deter- debate has ever suggested that we
“I have teamed with 150 aver- rence, things that work, and stop ever round people up.
age citizens,” Hedgecock explained. promising the kinds of programs “The idea has always been that if
“They are up there in teams today on that are actually creating a magnet you enforce the border, if you enforce
the Hill with assigned offi ces to get that are drawing more and more the workplace, there is no reason for
people to believe a message that we people here.” people to be here because they come
are against amnesty for illegals and In a clear parallel to the raging here for the jobs. When the jobs are
we’re against subsidies for illegals, healthcare reform debate, Hedgecock not there, they go home, wherever
including health reform. went on to correct the misstatements the home is.”
“I think the worst-case scenario
is that the healthcare reform pass-
es and then amnesty passes, which
WHERE WERE RAMOS AND COMPEAN?
puts 12 million people on subsidized
health insurance paid for by working
IT BECAME CLEAR EARLY ON absence. “They put their lives on the
at FAIR’s “Hold Their Feet to the line to protect our border and were
Americans,” he says.
Fire” immigration event that two put in jail,” says Hedgecock. “It is
Mark Sexton, a Hedgecock lis-
personalities — albeit absent — the most outrageous injustice. Many
tener and longtime resident of San were a major factor of us in talk radio
Diego, says he paid his own way to
holding the complex spent a lot of time
Washington to confront Congress
movement together. raising money to
about immigration reform.
Former Border help these families
Patrol agents during this crisis,”
“I came out here because I’m very
Ignacio Ramos and he adds. “[Ramos]
close to the border,” Sexton says.
Jose Compean, appealed to his
“The changes I have seen have been convicted in 2006 probation offi cer
beyond dramatic. I’m concerned
for the shooting for the time to get
about the amount of money that we
of a Mexican drug
Ramos and Compean
off to fl y up and
are spending. And I’m concerned
smuggler, had their was denied by
11-year sentences commuted in the the judge because the judge knew
about the quality of life and some of
fi nal days of the Bush administration. where he was going. The oppression
the human issues that are going on
Ramos was scheduled to appear continues. It is a national disgrace,”
along the border.” at the FAIR event to receive an Hedgecock says.
As for FAIR’s Stein, he’s slashed a
award, but a judge concluded that Appearing in Ramos’ place
line in the sand.
traveling to the nation’s capital would was his wife, Monica. She was
violate his parole. Compean’s lawyer presented with a special American
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advised him not to go after hearing fl ag to commemorate her husband’s
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may never pass,” he says. “As long as
the judge’s ruling. Organizers Roger sacrifi ces. Monica thanked “the
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talk-show hosts are involved, as long
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Hedgecock and Dan Stein said they many who didn’t give up on him, and
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as the Internet is there, as long as the were disturbed by the reason for their didn’t give up on us.”
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