Homeland Security Deems Illegal Immigrants Threat To Environment

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Ah, isn’t it great when the Bush administration starts to channel Ronald Reagan? The linguistic twists alone are so priceless, like this one, from yesterday’s Washington Post. In a story about how the new anti-immigrant fence along the Mexican border is threatening endangered wildlife by disrupting migration patterns and cutting off animals from water sources, a spokesperson from the Department of Homeland Security suggested that the new fence might actually improve the environment by “reducing the trash left by immigrants crossing the border.” And ketchup is a vegetable…

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