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The reaction to my idea for "A Day Without Americans" has been overwhelmingly positive and strong. I have a feeling, based on my own sense of outrage among dedicated, hard-working, loyal, taxpaying, honest U.S. citizens, that most Americans are fed up with illegal aliens – and their new inclination to demonstrate a sense of entitlement is only making matters worse. It's one thing to sneak into this country in search of a better way of life. It's one thing to take up permanent residency and start dropping anchor babies. It's one thing to take advantage of America's education system, its...

On the heels of the 500,000-person Los Angeles street demonstration, the illegal-alien lobby is promoting a major one-day boycott of American life to demonstrate its clout. It is set for May – May Day – as it is known throughout the socialist and communist world. It's called "A Day Without Latinos." Organizers, like the Mexican American Political Association, are calling on their people to stay home from school, work and shopping and to protest out in the streets instead. Protest what? I can only assume that they believe Americans have been inhospitable to them – only providing 12 million to...