Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, whose department includes Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, announced last week that the government would begin mailing “no match” letters to employers suspected of hiring illegal immigrants. These letters would notify employers that some of their employees were using Social Security numbers that did not match names in the Social [...]
Tag Archives: Minnesota
Asian Candidates Vie for State, Congressional Seats
October 20, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Texas House candidate Sandra VuLe (campaign photo). The Dallas Morning News reports on a local race where the changing faces of America are facing off against each other. In Texas’ 112th state house district, Taiwanese-American Republican Angie Chen Button is running against Democrat Sandra Phuong VuLe, who was born in Vietnam. Both naturalized citizen advocate [...]
Karl Rove speaks to Minnesota’s Republicans
May 31, 2008 – 3:56 pm
-Karl Rove at Minnesota’s state GOP convention. By Carlyn Reichel When Karl Rove delivered the keynote address at the Minnesota State Republican Convention this afternoon, one republican was noticeably missing from his speech on the importance of winning the presidential election in November — John McCain. In an approximately 45 minute speech, Rove spoke [...]
Veepstakes in Minnesota
May 31, 2008 – 11:33 am
-Minnesota Governor and Republican VP-hopeful Timothy Pawlenty after speaking at Minnesota’s GOP state convention. By Carlyn Reichel In an early-morning speech to the GOP state convention in Rochester, Minnesota Governor and potential McCain running mate Tim Pawlenty performed exactly the way a VP-hopeful would be expected to behave. Short on policy, long on rhetoric, Pawlenty [...]
Republicans in Minnesota
May 30, 2008 – 6:11 pm
By Carlyn Reichel and Cynthia Dizikes The Republicans at the Minnesota State Republican Convention were in lock step today – almost. Politicians from underdog 4th Congressional District challenger Ed Matthews through incumbent candidate Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) echoed the Republican Party line on restoring fiscal responsibility, reducing wasteful government spending, making the tax cuts set [...]
