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An image of U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is seen behind him as he speaks during a Homeland Security from the Citizens' Perspective (WHAT Fuckin' "Citizens' Perspective" is this Wizard of Oz set supposed to represent- The "MUD 'CITIZENS' " PERSPECTIVE only??? He shoulda put a microphone stand up in center court at an NBA game halftime, had Julio Iglesias sing the Star Spangled Banner, and then come out and made his announcement!
-Chain) Town Hall meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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Tom Ridge shown making mud pies in Mudami today. -Chain
U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, center, gestures as he speaks to attendees after a Homeland Security from the Citizens' Perspective Town Hall meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2003, in Miami.
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Weinberg brings story from jew and variegated mud FL where Ridge finally let the cat out of the bag!:
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Homeland security chief Tom Ridge endorses legalizing undocumented illegal immigrants
Posted by Roger Roger on Wednesday December 10, 2003 at 9:57 am MST [ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/miami/sfl-cridge10dec10,0,5230415.story?coll=sfla-news-miami

By Tanya Weinberg Staff Writer Posted December 10 2003

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told a Miami audience Tuesday that the country should legalize millions of undocumented immigrants living in the country.

"The bottom line is, as a country we have to come to grips with the presence of 8 to 12 million illegals, afford them some kind of legal status some way, but also as a country decide what our immigration policy is and then enforce it," Ridge said at a town hall meeting at Miami-Dade Community College.

The forum was the second in a national series organized by the nonprofit Council for Excellence in Government, which aims to develop homeland security recommendations for various levels of government and the public. Business and community leaders, students and others had the chance to ask Ridge and state and local officials about topics that included cybersecurity, airport security, cargo inspection and immigration.

A man who identified himself as Miguel Arroyo, of Aventura, asked Ridge whether he supported immigration legalization and whether he thought it would benefit national security.

Ridge said he thinks the body politic is about ready to address the issue of the illegal immigrants, who he said contribute to communities and Social Security and pay taxes. He referred to a growing number of bills that would grant residency to some of those living here illegally. He said one of these, which would require all illegal immigrants to leave the country before applying for residency, is "not workable."

"I'm not saying make them citizens, because they violated the law to get here," he said. "So you don't reward that type of conduct by turning over a citizenship certificate. You determine how you can legalize their presence, then, as a country, you make a decision that from this day forward, from this day forward, this is the process of entry, and if you violate that process of entry we have the resources to cope with it."

At the town hall meeting and at a morning meeting with Gov. Jeb Bush, Ridge praised Florida's level of security preparedness. This year Florida is spending $403 million on homeland security. Most comes from the $29.4 billion in federal money for domestic security programs.

At the morning meeting, Bush told a national security advisory council that the state has improved coordination between law enforcement and emergency personnel and heightened security at seaports.

"In the event of a disaster, a terrorist attack of any kind, ... today we are better trained, better equipped, better coordinated," Bush said.

The town hall audience of about 300 was asked "Do you feel safer than you did a year ago?" Fifty-two percent said yes, 28 percent said no, and 20 percent said unchanged.

Staff Writer Christy McKerney contributed to this report.

Tanya Weinberg can be reached at tweinberg@sun-sentinel.com

Look at this mindfuck, will ya! Look- they've written the word "Excellence" in faux script all behind him! Ha ha ha- they could of AT LEAST had the decency to write the Spanish word for "excellence"!

If this were a novel or a screenplay- and believe you me, it's weirder than fiction already- this would be about the instant a gunman stepped up from the crowd and demonstrated a little excellence!
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Do we not go trough this every 15-20 years? Everytime the government gets overwelmed with illegals it agrees to make them legal and promises that they won't screw up again.

When was the last time? Early 1990s?

What we need is to get these immigrant officials out from behind their desks and put them on a quota. If they do not find x number of illegals in a year, they lose their jobs.

Wait.....here is a better job. Privatize the immigration office and give the business to "Aryan Nations" or some other neo nazi organization on a piece rate agreement....pay a bounty of, lets say $100.00 per illegal.

Within two months our immigration problem will be a thing of the past.

That was before 911, the Patriot Act and the most-massive-in-US-history combining of agencies under "Homeland Security".

It's quite clear now that the decks are being cleared for the next waves of world scum to float in here. The Civil War draws nearer.

I like your bounty plan, though I think it should be about $1,000 per. White men need good, high paying jobs after decades of affirmative action and invaders.

I like your bounty plan, though I think it should be about $1,000 per. White men need good, high paying jobs after decades of affirmative action and invaders.

I think you'd find a ton of folks willing to do the job for free. Y'all got any idea how many prairie-dog shooters there are out West just itching for a chance to get at something a little more challenging? Just pay $5.00 a head and give 'em looting privileges and I think you'll have an easy solution to the problem that won't make any kind of dent in the taxpayer's wallet. Hell, it'd save a ton of cash, considering what the gummint spends on feeding, housing, clothing, "educating" and medicating these cucarachas every year. Next time some mud ambulance driver crosses the border to dump a tortilla-fat charity case in one of our emergency rooms, the cops really need to seize the ambulance and toss the driver in the clink until the Mexican kleptocracy pays their friggin' bill.

This would make for a great flyer or conversation piece when persuading our people. The head of HOMELAND SECURITY wanting all ILLEGAL INVADERS to be legalized. It would have to make people think. There is absolutely no reason why the kosher "anti-immigration" organizations should only benefit from this.