A former county employee who acknowledged a role in a scheme that helped scores of illegal immigrants secure driver's licenses was sentenced Tuesday to two years and three months in federal prison and then three years of supervision. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - A former Hillsborough County employee who admitted a role in a scheme that helped scores of illegal immigrants secure driver's licenses was sentenced this morning to two years and three months in federal prison and then three years of supervision. ...more

January 22, 2008

As the primary season rolls into full speed, we are being bombarded by a slew of debates. It appears we are faced with political carnage almost nightly. ...more

January 20, 2008

Six family members were indicted on charges of enslaving Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants and forcing them to perform farm labor, federal authorities said Thursday. ...more

January 19, 2008

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has plenty of conservative credentials, but almost no McCain-style conviction. ...more

January 11, 2008

Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-Sept. 11 security rules to be unveiled today by federal officials. ...more

January 11, 2008

The Patriot Act has circumvented our basic rights. I personally have experienced the hand of the government from the local to the federal level. I for one have worked my butt off to accomplish my goals through legal means. My own government has treated me with less respect than that afforded to illegal immigrants or newly arrived Cubans. I am waiting for them to knock my door down claiming I am a terrorist or I am plotting to overthrow. I would rather die than be treated with such disrespect from our overbearing, misled government! ...more

January 9, 2008

After reading the Jan. 5 article "Foreclosure Threat" by Lily Oliva of Sebring, where it was explained how cheap foreign labor was driving them out of the dry wall finishing business, I would like to make the following comments. It was never stated if the Hispanics that were sleeping 15 to a room were illegals or not. And due to the fact that no law enforcement units in Highlands County have received 287-G (ICE) training, which would allow them to enforce the existing laws that make it a crime to hire an illegal alien, we will never know. ...more

January 9, 2008

The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are navigating a far different set of issues as they approach the Iowa caucuses today than when they first started campaigning here a year ago, and that is likely to change even more as the campaigns move next to New Hampshire. ...more

January 3, 2008

We know exactly where one cow with Mad Cow Disease is located among millions and millions of cows in America, but we haven't got a clue where millions and millions of illegal immigrants and terrorists are located. Perhaps we should put the Department of Agriculture in charge of immigration. ...more

December 28, 2007