This is, indeed, good news, but, unfortunately it comes right on the heels of an academic travesty. Julea Ward, a graduate student in Eastern Michigan University’s counseling program, lost her case against the school. She was kicked out of the program when she referred a homosexual client to another counselor because of a conflict between her religious beliefs and counseling someone on a homosexual relationship. Ms. Ward was told that in order to remain in the program, she would have to engage in “remediation,” in order to change her beliefs. She refused remediation, was interrogated, mocked, and ultimately dismissed from the program. With the help of the ADF, she sued, and lost. The ADF plans on appealing the decision. (Read more HERE.) ~Laurie Higgins

The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana confirmed to Alliance Defense Fund attorneys Thursday that it will once again allow popular professor Dr. Kenneth Howell to teach on Catholicism after recently firing him for explaining the Roman Catholic Church’s position on human sexual behavior to members of his class.

ADF attorneys representing Howell sent a letter to university officials on July 12 explaining that the university’s actions violated his rights protected by the First Amendment and asked that he be reinstated.

Read more…

Also see “Agree With Homosexuality – OR ELSE…”

McCain is an entrenched RINO who has done more to destroy the Republican party than any politician than I can think of. It’s time the good people of Arizona sent McCain a stronger message than he received in the election against Barack Obama. JD Hayworth bills himself as the “consistent conservative”...with the right message, he will unseat McCain, and deservedly so.

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CAPITOL FAX

• Cook GOP official Jeremy Rose resigns in wake of scandal – Rich Miller¹

(DIERSEN: Why isn’t this Illinois Republican “news” on the Illinois Republican Party website or the Illinois Review website?)

• Bill Brady Wikipedia page: Stupid Internet tricks – Rich Miller ²
• Must-see morning video: Pets for Pat³

(DIERSEN: What percent of Democrats and RINOs care more about dogs than they care about humans, especially about unborn humans – 85%?, 90%?, 95+%?)

HILL BUZZ

• Welcome to the program, already in progress: HuffingtonPost and CapitalFax are finally covering the Cook County GOP sex scandal and coverup ⁴

HUFFINGTON POST

• Jeremy Rose Resigns: Cook County GOP Official Leaves Amid Growing Scandal ⁵

(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the Republican Party in Illinois, these are heady times. In a state that has been reliably blue in recent years, the GOP candidates for U.S. Senate (Mark Kirk) and Governor (Bill Brady) are running competitively, giving the party a chance at two national wins in Illinois for the first time since 1998. But as the party prepares for battle with Democrats in November, it has also suffered its first casualty in an internal conflict that has embroiled the GOP’s Chicago organization, and threatens to derail the entire state party. Jeremy Rose, the executive director of the Cook County GOP, resigned Tuesday night after word spread of a past allegation of sexual misconduct. According to documents obtained by Huffington Post Chicago, his boss — Cook County GOP chairman Lee Roupas — has known about the allegations for over a year, during which time he hired and promoted Rose. And when a whistleblower came forward about the complaint, Roupas organized a concerted effort to remove that person from her elected position within the party.)

• Giannoulias Leading Kirk In Latest Poll, But Some Numbers Spell Trouble For Democrats ⁶

ANDY MARTIN

• Andy Martin sex probe helps break Chicago Republican Party scandal ⁷

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

• Court ruling unlikely to change politics of immigration The equation spelling gridlock in Congress remains unchanged: The comprehensive overhaul promoted by Obama – and Bush – lacks any GOP support in the Senate, and therefore cannot pass – Ken Dilanian and Lisa Mascaro⁸

(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs would love to surrender America to Mexico, but Democrats and RINOs use Republicans as an excuse for not doing so.)

• Independent watchdog needed at Metra, officials say But appointment power spurs disagreement – Richard Wronski ⁹
• Democrats plan TV ad blitz for final weeks of U.S. House campaigns – Rick Pearson ¹⁰
• Immigrant groups react to changes in Arizona law – Becky Schlikerman ¹¹
• Blago a lone hyena, not a political lion – John Kass ¹²

(DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats elected him governor not only once, but twice.)

• Entangling marriage into a political jujitsu – Steve Chapman ¹³

DAILY HERALD

• Quinn expected to sign DuPage County water reform bill Friday – Jake Griffin ¹⁴
  FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN DUPAGE EDITION WITH COLOR PHOTOS: Ex-DuPage County cop alleges sexual discrimination in suit – Christy Gutowski ¹⁵

(FROM THE ARTICLE: She lost her job Feb. 24 “despite an unblemished, exemplary record” on a baseless pretext, the suit alleges, while male deputies accused of far worse infractions not only remained but, in some cases, were later promoted. In her lawsuit, Kuttner names 15 male deputies who were not fired despite various wrong acts, such as drunken driving arrests, domestic battery, drug use, sexual harassment, soliciting prostitutes, stealing, on-duty political campaigning and viewing pornography on work computers. Zaruba referred comment to DuPage County State’s Attorney Joseph Birkett, who as the county’s lawyer represents the sheriff’s office, which employs an estimated 550 people. Birkett said he anticipates the lawsuit will be promptly dismissed, though he declined to elaborate. Birkett also said the lawsuit was designed to try to smear the sheriff’s office through sensational headlines to leverage a favorable outcome in court. “We’re going to file an appropriate response,” Birkett said, “and are confident it will be dismissed. The sheriff runs a very large department, the second largest in the state, with hundreds of employees. In my opinion, he does an excellent job.” . . . Zaruba, who has been with the sheriff’s department since 1974, rose to the top spot in 1997 when he was selected to finish the remaining term of retiring Sheriff Richard Doria. Zaruba easily won election in 1998, 2002 and 2006, and garnered more than 80 percent of the vote in this February’s GOP primary. Zaruba served as the 2009 president of the National Sheriffs’ Association and an Illinois Sheriffs’ Association vice president. The DuPage County jail has won consistent praise and reaccreditation from correctional associations. One longtime female deputy, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the office’s no-talk media policy, said Zaruba is a strong advocate for women. Added Birkett: “I don’t know how they could have that superior reputation and, at the same time, have the kind of behavior that is alleged to be going on.”)

• Senator Terry Link: All Metra board members must go – Marni Pyke ¹⁶
• Donations strong for Hatcher’s re-election bid in 50th House race – Susan Sarkauskas ¹⁷
• Is Quinn’s veto of U-46 funding bill a political move? – Kerry Lester ¹⁸
• Homemade explosive detonated in Wheaton – Robert Sanchez ¹⁹
• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joan Solms of Aurora blasts Quinn ²⁰
• Tryon dwarfs Kaempfe in 64th House race fundraising – Jameel Naqvi ²¹
• Cook County Democrats cash in on suburbs – Thomas Manion, Mount Prospect ²²

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

• Chicago Public Schools crackdown on cyberbullies New rules call for suspension, possible expulsion – Kim Janssen²³

(DIERSEN: How many Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers are Democrats? How many CPS teachers promote Saul Alinsky?)

• Blagojevich saga a lesson for pols – Alejandro Escalona ²⁴
• Why didn’t Blago ‘victims’ go to the feds? No-snitch culture extends to boardrooms, Capitol – Mark Brown ²⁵

(DIERSEN: Brown should read all the many hundreds of documents filed in Diersen v. GAO. Those documents show how employers retaliate against their employees who complain, specifically, how GAO retaliated against me for complaining about reverse discrimination and age discrimination.)

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Chicago Sun-times makes it all the more clear that it hates Americans and that it hates America ²⁶

NBC5

• Chicago Could End Contracts With Arizona Businesses Over Immigration Law – AP ²⁷
• Journolist Veers Out of Bounds – Roger Simon ²⁸
• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, Democrats have joined Mexico in declaring war on America ²⁹

CBS2

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Speaking for those who voted for Blagojevich in 2002 and/or in 2006, Ruzica Malsimovich says to Blagojevich: “I always thought you’d be good president.” and “I pray for you every morning. I pray every night.” You Would’ve Been Good President.” Shouldn’t those who voted for Blagojevich in 2002 and/or 2006 be denied the right to vote in 2010? ³⁰

ABC7

• DISGUSTING: Chicagoans rally for immigration reform in DC³¹

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS

• Illinois can win big if privatization of lottery management is handled properly – Andy Shaw ³²

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER

• Rep. Aaron Schock displays toothpick know-how on “Top Chef” – Kathryn Rem ³³
• Quinn forgetting some ‘paycheck-to-paycheck’ folks – Bernard Schoenburg ³⁴

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH

• Quinn strikes blow to dead voter bill – Kurt Erickson ³⁵

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR

• Latino advocacy group objects to Boone immigration effort – Betsy Fritscher ³⁶

(DIERSEN: By sending many millions of its citizens into America illegally, by encouraging them to stay in America illegally, and by sending trillions of tons of illegal drugs into America illegally, Mexico has constructively declared war on America. What if during WWI and WWII Germany had sent many millions of its citizens into America illegally, encouraged them to stay in America illegally, and sent trillions of tons of illegal drugs into America illegally, and, German-Americans had opposed efforts to stop that?)

ST. LOUIS TODAY

• Illinois voters face confusing, simultaneous Senate elections – Pat Gauen³⁷

NORTHWEST HERALD

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Northwest Herald knows full well that with open primaries, even more often, Democrats will cast Republican primary ballots and vote for RINOs or for candidates that are the least likely to win. Nevertheless, disgustingly, dishonorably, unethically, the Northwest Herald promotes open primaries. ³⁸

SOUTHTOWN STAR

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Kristen McQueary promotes Whitney ³⁹
• Calumet Township to probe party, drowning -Bob Rakow ⁴⁰
• State police taking over Moustis case – Joe Hosey ⁴¹

SUBURBAN LIFE

• Chemical explosive found outside Wheaton home ⁴²

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER

• If Federal Law is Supreme Law, How Did Chicago Become a “Sanctuary City”? – Dennis Byrne⁴³
• Quinn Pro Quo: $475K for Pat Quinn’s Services – Greg Hinz ⁴⁴

TOM ROESER

• Guess Why Obama Skipped the Boy Scouts’ 100th? Stop the Presses! Kirk’s 1976 Boat Accident Filled with Misrepresentations!⁴⁵

(DIERSEN: Obama spends most of his time and effort promoting homosexual activity and Islam. But wait, Islam does not promote homosexual activity.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW

• WYLL’s Sandy Rios announces move to DC ⁴⁶

FREEDOM PUB

• Argonne National Laboratory as an Illinois Gem – Nancy J. Thorner ⁴⁷

WBEZ

• Patrick Fitzgerald’s Top 10 Political Prosecutions⁴⁸

(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are overjoyed that Fitzpatrick sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO. At the 2006 Illinois Center Right Coalition annual convention, RINOs used the fact that Fitzgerald sided with GAO to demonize and denigrate me.)

PROGRESS ILLINOIS

• Brady’s Own Staff Thinks He’s Too Conservative – Adam Doster ⁴⁹

(THE ARTICLE: Is GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Brady embarrassed by his record as a legislator? Just this week, Brady’s campaign staff scrubbed his own Wikipedia entry because they said it “misrepresented him.” In fact, they replaced factual policy positions (that he wants to cut the State Board of Education in half, teach Intelligent Design in schools, and discriminate against the LGBT community) with a series of canned (and uncontroversial) talking points. Rebecca Mastey saved both versions here. The Quinn campaign offered Rich Miller a good response. “If Bill Brady doesn’t think his record is too extreme then why did he erase it. . .?” For more on that radical agenda, check out our February primer.)

LEZ GET REAL

• AFTAH To Hold Conference To Try And Remedy “Homosexual Agenda” – Bridgette P. LaVictoire ⁵⁰

CHAMPION NEWS

• The threat to religious freedom and the AFTAH Academy – John Biver ⁵¹
• Wanted: Grown-up governance – John Biver ⁵²
• “Tea Party at critical stage” (Part 1) – John Biver⁵³
• “Tea Party at critical stage” (Part 2) – John Biver ⁵⁴

GOPUSA

• JournoList Erodes Media Prestige – Brent Bozell ⁵⁵
• Arizona helped deport thousands without new law – Suzanne Gamboa ⁵⁶
• Democrats attacking GOP as tea party – Philip Elliott⁵⁷
• Judge blocks parts of Arizona immigration law – Jacques Billeaud and Amanda Lee Myers⁵⁸

(DIERSEN: Because of this, how many millions of illegals will come into America or stay in America?)

WORLD NET DAILY

• Are illegals infesting U.S. military bases? Sheriff Joe hunts aliens working at Army intelligence post – Chelsea Schilling ⁵⁹

(DIERSEN: As everyone knows, Democrats and RINOs love illegals as much as they despise conservatives, that is, despise platform Republicans, that is, despise the base of the Republican Party, that is, despise Americans.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL

• Arizona Ruling Is New Hot-Button Issue in Hot Season – Jonathan Weisman and Stephanie Simon ⁶⁰

THE HILL

• Democrats’ campaign strategy aims to link Republicans with Tea Party – Shane D’Aprile⁶¹

(DIERSEN: Because the Republican Party failed to defend and advance its platform, it lost control of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House in 2006 and the White House in 2008. The Tea Party Movement, like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, urges the Republican Party to defend and advance its platform.)

ABC NEWS

• Georgia Grad Student Sues University Over Gay Sensitivity Training Jennifer Keeton Says She Was Told to Change Her Christian Beliefs or Be Dropped From the Program – Sarah Netter⁶²

(DIERSEN: How soon will it be illegal to do anything in America except promote homosexual activity? What do the Muslims have to say about that?)

• Jennifer Keeton’s complaint against August State University: http://www.telladf.org/userdocs/KeetonComplaint.pdf⁶³

(THE ARTICLE: A Georgia student studying counseling says her university went too far in requiring her to change her Christian beliefs on homosexuality before she’s allowed to graduate. Backed by the Alliance Defense Fund, Jennifer Keeton has filed suit against Augusta State University after, she said, school officials threatened to dismiss her from its counseling program when she refused to participate in a “remediation” plan to increase her tolerance of gays and lesbians after she made it known that she believed homosexuality was a personal choice. According to the lawsuit, filed earlier this month in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, school officials told Keeton that she was failing to conform to professional standards because of her views on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.)

CBS NEWS

• Democrats: Republican Party = Tea Party Movement – Brian Montopoli⁶⁴

(DIERSEN: Because the Republican Party failed to defend and advance its platform, it lost control of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House in 2006 and the White House in 2008. The Tea Party Movement, like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, urges the Republican Party to defend and advance its platform.)

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: Judge Susan Bolton confirms that Democrats have joined Mexico in declaring war on America ⁶⁵

NEWSWEEK

• Blagojevich Trial Exposes Illinois’ Political Culture The former governor accused of trying to sell Barack Obama’s former Senate seat didn’t take the stand. But he is still making the administration look bad. – Dick Johnson ⁶⁶

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

• With Apologies to General Motors – Glenn Beck ⁶⁷

WASHINGTON POST

• DNC plan tries to tie Republican Party to fringe ‘tea party’ elements – Philip Rucker ⁶⁸

(DIERSEN: The RNC should tie the Democrat Party to its fringe elements — to those who still support Obama.)

WASHINGTON TIMES

• Judicial activism against Arizona Judge bucks precedent to keep immigration floodgates open – Editorial⁶⁹
• Feds win round 1 against Arizona Immigration rules blocked – Stephen Dinan ⁷⁰

NEW YORK TIMES

• DIERSEN HEADLINE: IN A FRONT PAGE EDITORIAL WITH A COLOR PICTURE OF DEAD MEXICANS, DISGUSTINGLY, DESPICABLY, AND UNETHICALLY MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NEWS ARTICLE, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARGUES FOR AMNESTY, FOR OPEN BORDERS, FOR SURRENDER TO MEXICO, AND FOR WORSE BECAUSE SOME MEXICAN INVADERS RISK DYING IN THE DESERT TO GET INTO AMERICA ILLEGALLY. ⁷¹

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

• Obama’s transportation goal: coercing people out of cars – Terry Jeffrey⁷²

(DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs despise Diersen because he owns four cars — two Corvettes and two Thunderbirds, and he is in the process of buying his aunt’s Cavalier. But Democrats and RINOs should give Diersen a break — he drives those cars very little.)

(THE ARTICLE: Liberals love Ray LaHood because he is the type of Republican who wants government to control more of American life. When President Obama named him secretary of transportation, it was not so much an act of bipartisanship as an expression of ideological solidarity. About a month into his tenure, LaHood told the Associated Press that the administration should consider taxing people for every mile they drive their car, a system that would require tracking people’s movements. “We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled,” he said. “What I see this administration doing is this — thinking outside the box on how we fund our infrastructure in America.” LaHood’s Big Brother-like suggestion proved too much even for Obama, who had just pushed a $787 billion stimulus law through Congress and was preparing to start an ambitious campaign to enact a national health program. Within 24 hours, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters the president would not back the driver-tracking plan. As we shall see, however, the president would back other ideas LaHood had for controlling how people move. In LaHood’s view, the transportation secretary’s highest duty was not to build highways and facilitate freedom of movement, but to use government to change the way people live. Early on, he announced what he called a “livability initiative” and formed a partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at creating “sustainable communities.” As Ronald Utt of the Heritage Foundation observed, the partnership LaHood’s department formed with HUD, together with a rhetorical attack unleashed by President Obama on suburban “sprawl,” seemed to indicate the administration’s “intent to re-energize and lead the Left’s longstanding war against America’s suburbs.” LaHood first described what he had in mind using benign-sounding words in testimony given to the House subcommittee that allocates gas tax money. “If a large share of the traveling public could walk or bike for short trips, it is estimated that the nation could save over one million gallons of gas and millions of dollars in motor fuel costs per day,” he said. “Transit-oriented development also has the potential to contribute significantly to the revitalization of downtown districts, foster walkable neighborhoods, and offer an alternative to urban and suburban sprawl and automobile-focused commuting.” The administration, he conceded, wanted to “influence how people choose to travel.” But their goal was to increase the “independence” of those who do not drive rather than limit the independence of those who do. In a question-and-answer session at the National Press Club a few days later, LaHood defiantly restated his intention to use government to stop people from driving. “Some in the highway supporters and motorists groups have been concerned by your livability initiative,” said the moderator, reading a reporter’s question. “Is this an effort to make driving more torturous and to coerce people out of their cars?” “It is a way to coerce people out of their cars, yeah. . .” LaHood said.)

CANADA FREE PRESS

• To Hell with Free Trade – Alan Caruba⁷³

THE DIPLOMAT

• How China Gambit Backfired China’s more assertive foreign policy has challenged the Obama administration’s worldview. Expect a new U.S. grand strategy. – Thomas Wright ⁷⁴

RASMUSSEN REPORTS

• Illinois Senate Illinois Senate: Giannoulias (D) 43%, Kirk (R) 41% ⁷⁵

(DIERSEN: Kirk is not “conservative.” According to this survey, 55% of voters view Kirk as being a conservative. That shows that something is very wrong with the survey methodology, with the definition of “conservative” used for the survey, and/or with the voters.)

• Cry Racism! and Let Slip the Dogs of Politics – Tony Blankley⁷⁶

(DIERSEN: From the beginning, Democrats and RINOs a) have called you a racist if you oppose race based preference giving and b) blamed Republicans for all problems that minorities have.)

WINDY CITY

• Brady alert – Mark E. Wojcik, Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School ⁷⁷

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER

• Study: Newspapers Sink Below Internet and TV as Information Sources – Mark Fitzgerald ⁷⁸

(DIERSEN: Increasingly, newspapers act like they are the propaganda arms of the Democrat Party.)

(THE ARTICLE: CHICAGO Newspapers continue to be seen as less important at their primary job — being sources of information – according to the latest edition of the nine-year-old Digital Future Project from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. The study found that just 56% Internet users ranked newspapers as important or very important sources of information for them, down from 60% in 2008 — and below the Internet (78%) and television (68%). And while newspapers also regard themselves as being in the entertainment business, just 29% of users consider them as important sources of entertainment, down from 32% two years ago, and last among principal media. The University of Southern California study, which has tracked a representative sample of Internet users and nonusers over nine years, found that this year 18% of Internet users said they stopped a subscription to a newspaper or magazine because they now get the same or related content online. The study notes that down from 22% who said that in 2008, “but nevertheless a strong indication that print newspapers can be sacrificed by a significant percentage of Internet users.” If their newspaper dropped its print edition, Internet users say, 59% said they would read the online edition of the publication while just 37% said they would start reading another print newspaper. More than a fifth of respondents said they would not miss the printed newspaper. “The downward spiral in print newspaper circulation no doubt will be accelerated by advances in online delivery of news content through e-readers or other handheld electronic devices,” Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the school’s Center for the Digital Future, said in a statement. “After years of aborted attempts, these advances finally appear to be practical and affordable methods of providing electronic news content to readers. If so, what will that mean for the future of the traditional print newspaper?” If Internet users are increasingly indifferent to newspapers, they maintain a love/hate relationship with the Internet. Mistrust of the Web is growing, according to this latest study. Some 61% of Internet users said that only half or less of online information is reliable, which the project said was a new low. “Even more disturbing is that 14% of Internet users said that only a small portion or none of the information online is reliable – a percentage that has grown for the past three years and is now at the highest level thus far in the Digital Future Project,” the study said. Users are increasingly skeptical even of well-established search engines such as Google and Yahoo. Back in 2006, 64% users told the study they believe that most or all of the information provided by search engines was reliable and accurate. The current percentage if 56%. The study also found it’s not just newspapers that face online pay problems. Half of Internet users reported they have used microblogs such as Twitter. But when asked if they would pay for Twitter, nobody said they would. “Such an extreme finding that produced a zero response underscores the difficulty of getting Internet users to pay for anything that they already receive for free,” Cole said. “Twitter has no plans to charge its users, but this result illustrates, beyond any doubt, the tremendous problem of transforming free users into paying users.” Fully 70% of Internet users said they find online advertising “annoying,” and half said they never click on Web advertising. But more than half, 55%, said they would rather put up with Web advertising than pay for content.)

USA TODAY

• Did Rush Limbaugh err on GM’s electric Volt and ‘Obama Motors?’ ⁷⁹

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Limbaugh also said the Volt was the most expensive Chevrolet model outside the Corvette. But in fact the Suburban and Tahoe Hybrid models also cost more.)

TOP SPEED

• Video: Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Concept makes appearance at the Transformers 3 set in Chicago ⁸⁰

BRADY FOR ILLINOIS

• VIDEO CLIP: Karen Birch, a self-described Bill Brady “super fan” from the northwest suburbs of Chicago.⁸¹

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7/29 Event: Downtown Chicago Brady Campaign Headquarters Grand Opening
7/29-8/1 Event: Lake County Fair
7/29 Event: Andrzejewski to speak at Take Back Illinois 9/12 meeting in Taylorville
7/29 Event: Joe Morris on rules for radicals
7/29 Event: Plummer at Lake County Fielders Stadium
8/4 Event: Nancy Brady to speak at Aurora Township Republicans Pig Roast in Cool Acres Park
8/4 Event: Bill Brady on 42nd Ward Boat Cruise
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8/14 Event: Tea Party Rally in Bartlett
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8/17 Event: Cook County Sheriff candidate Frederick Collins to speak at TownHall meeting in Chicago
8/19 Event: Republican Day at the State Fair
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8/22 Event: Republican Victory Rally and Picnic in Bloomington
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8/26 Event: Radogno fundraiser in Chicago
8/27-28 Event: State GOP Women’s Conference in Carbondale
8/28 Event: Duncan Hunter to speak at Illinois Forum luncheon in Champaign
9/9 Event: RALC meeting in Mundelein
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9/12 Event: Naperville Township Republican Organization Victory Brunch
9/13 Event: Bill Brady to speak at RNHA of Illinois fundraiser
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9/25 Event: Kane County GOP Roundup
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11/29 Event: Republican State Senate Campaign Committee Annual Fall Chicken Fry in Springfield
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The cost of amnesty: $999 billion.
The cost of attrition by enforcement: as little as $14 billion.

$999 billion cost of Amnesty (Mass Legalization)

Source: The Heritage Foundation
Summary: The Heritage Foundation issued two studies in 2007 pointing out that the big problem with mass legalization is that

(a) most illegal aliens are low-skilled and therefore do not earn enough money to pay enough taxes to cover the government benefits they receive; and

(b), amnesty would eventually make them eligible for the full array of welfare and medical benefits offered by local, state and federal governments. They found the cost of allowing illegal aliens to remain in the United States, and eventually to become citizens, would be $3.7 trillion through the year 2056. That works out to a present cost of $1 trillion, at a 5 percent discount rate. In other words, immediately upon passage of an amnesty bill, the United States government would need to
put $1 trillion into an investment earning 5 percent per year if it were honest about paying for the costs of amnesty.

$14 billion cost of attrition through enforcement option #1.

Source: Congressional Budget office Estimate for H.R. 4437.
Summary: This option is the bill H.R. 4437 sponsored by Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner that passed the House of Representatives in 2005. This bill would have been so effective in combating illegal immigration that some 1 million illegal aliens marched in cities around the United States on May 1, 2006 to protest it. The Congressional Budget Office
estimated the bill would cost $1.9 billion over the 5 years 2006-2010, which we extrapolate out to the year 2056 using a linear model to account for cost increases. Then we use a discount rate of 5 percent to bring the future costs back to a single present cost figure. The resulting cost was actually $13.5 billion, which we round up to $14 billion to facilitate comparison to the other cost figures.

$177 billion cost of attrition through enforcement option #2.

Source: Congressional Budget Office Estimate for H.R. 4088.
Summary: This option is the SAVE Act (Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement Act) that was introduced in the House of Representatives in 2007. This is a strong attrition through enforcement bill. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the bill would cost $40.7 billion over the 10 years 2009-2018, which we extrapolate out to the year 2056 using a linear model to account for cost increases. Then we use a discount rate of 5 percent to bring the future costs back to a
single present cost figure.

Detailed Explanation:

Amnesty Would Have a Present Cost of $1 Trillion

In 2007, the Heritage Foundation issued two studies, one on the cost of low-skilled immigration and one on the cost of amnesty. The study on the cost of low-skilled immigration noted that low-skilled immigrants do work hard: “It is important to note, these families are rarely idle; they consistently work and pay taxes. However, the taxes they pay are seldom, if ever, sufficient to cover the cost of the government benefits they receive. In consequence, these households must be continually subsidized by other taxpayers.”

The Heritage study concluded that low-skilled immigrant households will cost native born U.S. taxpayers $89.1 billion per year over each of the next 30 years.

The Heritage report estimated that illegal residents comprise 41 percent of low-skilled immigrant households.¹ Simple multiplication indicates that illegal-immigrant households cost the U.S. taxpayer $36.5 billion each year. Over 30 years, that works out to $1.1 trillion in costs. Using a financial calculator, we assumed a discount rate of 5 percent, and computed the net present value of a cost stream of $36.5 over the next 30 years to be $589 billion.

A second report was issued by the Heritage Foundation a few weeks after the report discussed above. This report discussed the costs allowing current illegal aliens to become United States citizens. They will become eligible for the full array of welfare and medical benefits offered by state and federal governments. This study concluded that the $36.5 billion per year figure is valid for the next 30 years. The average age of an illegal alien is early 30s. Beginning 30 years from now, the current illegal alien population will retire.

The problem is that low-skilled illegal aliens do not earn enough money to support their families, send remittances back to their homelands, and save adequate money for retirement. The U.S. taxpayer will be stuck supporting most illegal aliens in retirement. And each retired illegal alien is projected to cost the U.S. taxpayer $17,000 per year.

The Heritage report continues, that of the 10 million retired illegal aliens, some 8.5 million will live to the retirement age of 67 years old. At that time, the statistically normal lifespan is an additional 18 years. $17,000 per year for 18 years is $306,000. That is the cost of supporting one amnestied illegal alien through retirement.

Multiplied by 8.5 million people, and that comes to the astounding figure of $2.6 trillion.² Using a financial calculator, we assumed a discount rate of 5 percent and computed the net present value of a cost stream of $144.5 billion per year for 18 years from the years 2039-2057. The net present cost was given as $410 billion.

Attrition Through Enforcement Would Have a Present Cost of as Little at $13.5 Billion

H.R. 4437, The “Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005,” had Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner as its original sponsor. This bill had several features to combat illegal immigration including:

• mandatory E-Verify 6 years from date of enactment
• end the “catch-and-release” policy for all persons apprehended at border
• require DHS to reimburse counties within 25 miles of the border for the costs relating to illegal aliens
• removal orders would become final more quickly and readily
• facilitate removal of aliens who reenter the country illegally after having been deported
• mandatory minimum prison sentences for offenses related to illegal entry into the United States
• additional port-of-entry inspectors and canine detection teams

This was the bill to which Sensenbrenner offered an amendment to reduce the penalty for illegal presence (aimed at visa overstayers) from a felony to a misdemeanor (Amendment 656, Roll Call Vote 655).³

However, all but 8 Democrats voted against the amendment (in other words, they voted for upgrading illegal presence to a felony) because they wanted to use the provision as a rallying point from which to stir up opposition to the bill.

The passage of this bill attracted a firestorm of opposition from the open borders lobby, including illegal alien demonstrations in a number of cities on May 1, 2006.

The illegal alien lobby was opposed to this bill because it would have been effective. This is why we can safely conclude that effective attrition through enforcement would cost as little as $13.5 billion.⁴

Strong Attrition Through Enforcement Would Have a Present Cost of $177 Billion

The SAVE Act (Secure America Through Verification and Enforcement) Act was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on November 6, 2007. It never made it to a vote because the House leadership would not allow it. Among the key provisions of the bill were:

• mandatory E-Verify 4 years from the date of enactment;
• increased employer sanctions for those knowingly employing illegal aliens;
• a “National Birth and Death Registration System” to reduce stolen identities;
• 140 additional Criminal Alien Program (CAP) officers to identify and remove criminal aliens detained in federal, state and local facilities;
• training at least 250 state and local law enforcement officers on how to perform federal immigration enforcement procedures;
• 8,000 additional beds for illegal aliens detained by immigration officials;
• 13 additional federal district judges in border states to increase the flow of deportations, including 4 for the District of Arizona and 5 for the Southern District of California;

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the bill would cost $40.7 billion over the 10 years between 2009-2018.⁵

1. Robert E. Rector and Christine Kim, The Fiscal Cost of Low-Skill Immigrants to the U.S. Taxpayer, Special Report #14, May 22, 2007, The Heritage Foundation.
2. Robert E. Rector, Amnesty Will Cost U.S. Taxpayers At Least $2.6 Trillion, Web Memo #1490, June 6, 2007, The Heritage Foundation.
3. See The Congressional Record – House – December 16, 2005, H11951-11953.
4. The CBO report can be found by searching www.cbo.gov for H.R. 4437.
5. The CBO report can be found by searching www.cbo.gov for H.R. 4088.