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Hayworth Statement at Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus News Conference "What the Minutemen proved to the American people was this: the federal government can do something about illegal immigration other than to raise a white flag and surrender to the invasion on our southern border. "Now it's up to every American to get involved in this critical struggle to preserve our security and our sovereignty by demanding that this administration and this Congress stop thinking about amnesty and start enforcing our immigration laws. "I saw the Minutemen at the border up close and in person and I was amazed by...

"We are continuing a defense buildup that is consuming our resources with weapons systems that we don't need and can't use." — John Kerry in 1984 on the Reagan defense build-up. What are some of these weapons systems that John Kerry said "we don't need and can't use?" The list might surprise you. It includes many of the most important weapons in our arsenal and weapons that have performed brilliantly in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Among the systems John Kerry said he wanted to cancel were the B-1 bomber, the Apache helicopter, the Patriot anti-missile system, the Aegis...

<p>WASHINGTON - Arizona GOP Rep. J.D. Hayworth, in a letter to President Bush, declares that a "balkanization" of the United States must not be allowed and accuses Mexico of acting "more as an accomplice in illegal immigration than a partner in preventing it."</p>