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American Party Focuses On Illegal Immigrants

The newly-formed American Party of Florida has taken up its first fight: illegal immigrants and what it says is the lack of enforcement of laws governing immigrants.

In a press release Thursday, former Avon Park mayor and now founder and state chairman of the new party, Tom Macklin, took issue with the release of five undocumented workers found in the back of a Freightliner box truck following a traffic stop in Highlands County, Feb. 19.

"I am disappointed, perplexed, enraged and disgusted all at the same time," Macklin said in an e-mailed release. "They supposedly were released because they hadn't committed a crime. But in a post-Sept. 11 environment, undocumented individuals need to be detained, fingerprinted, and if possible, have their identities verified."

The American Party is treating the incident as a matter of protecting the country against terrorism. Keep in mind that Macklin, while mayor last year, proposed a city ordinance that would have placed strict fines on businesses that employed undocumented workers. It failed by a single vote when it went to the Avon Park City Commission.

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