<DIV>I am voting to reelect Bill Sali precisely because he is attempting to keep illegal activities and illegal immigrants out of the state. Idaho has enough problems getting enough funding for its schools, and providing other social and medical services. Having to provide for thousands of others who are not legal residents is to much of a burden for poor Idahoans. An influx of labor also reduces wages, something we also can ill afford in Idaho. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Just when you thought that Bill Sali couldn't get more ignorant, I am here <BR>to tell you . . .<BR><BR>>From today's (May 1, 2008) Spokesman Review -<BR><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Sali seeks to delay Mexican consulate
<BR>Todd Dvorak <BR>Associated Press<BR>May 1, 2008<BR><BR>BOISE – Rep. Bill Sali, R-Idaho, is urging Secretary of State Condoleezza <BR>Rice to hold off opening a Mexican consulate in Idaho until the government <BR>can show the office won't aid illegal aliens.<BR><BR>Sali, a conservative first-term congressman, sent Rice a letter Wednesday <BR>saying Idaho residents deserve guarantees that Mexican consular offices <BR>will not help illegal aliens obtain identification cards that can be used <BR>to receive government services or other benefits.<BR><BR>"Our government has the moral and constitutional duty to take into <BR>consideration how foreign consulates affect our fellow citizens here in <BR>our own country," Sali wrote in the letter to Rice that was made available <BR>to news media.<BR><BR>"While I appreciate the important role that the Mexican and other foreign <BR>consulates play in facilitating trade and assisting their citizens in <BR>distress just as our foreign
consulates do, that is not the issue at stake <BR>here," he added.<BR><BR>Sali asserted that the State Department has done little to assure <BR>residents that a consular office would not be used to aid illegal <BR>immigration.<BR><BR>The State Department did not return phone messages from the Associated <BR>Press on Wednesday.<BR><BR>In March, Sali received a letter from the State Department saying an <BR>application for a consular office in Boise is pending.<BR><BR>Idaho is one of several states without a Mexican consulate, but a grass-<BR>roots effort to open one has been under way for several years. Supporters <BR>say they have collected about 10,000 signatures on a petition requesting a <BR>Mexican consular presence in the state.<BR><BR>-----------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow.<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in chat-<BR>room forums are neither brave nor
clever." <BR><BR>- Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21,<BR>2007)<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------<BR>This message was sent by First Step Internet.<BR>http://www.fsr.com/<BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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