Received from Wilson Myers, Attorney and candidate for Florida Attorney General: "This will happen more and more. Fairness be damned, full speed ahead!"

He's talking about the lame INS attempt to oust Thar Abdeljabera, a 30 year old Palestinian father of five, for failing to report an address change.

The INS rarely deports anyone for this violation. In fact, their own regulations say failure to report an address change should not normally not be the basis for deportation. So what's behind this?

In March, Abdeljaber was tracked going 4 miles over the speed limit in Raleigh. He was stopped and found to have several thousand dollars in cash and maps with some cities in North Carolina circled in red. Abdeljaber told police he drew circles around places with flea markets and swap meets and Mexican stores--relatives say he travels to these places to sell electronic equipment he buys through the mail.

He has never been charged with any other crime. He's a legal permanent resident who came here to join his wife, also a legal resident, in 1998. Two of their five kids are U.S. citizens. In 1999, they moved to Richmond to be near his sister. He was charged with failing to report this address change within ten days. He pleaded guilty, served 25 days, and now INS is trying to deport him. He's been in jail for four months for this.

Jeanne Butterfield, executive director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, says "They're using the immigration laws to go after people that they don't have any basis to go after under the criminal laws. I think it's appalling."

So do we, and so does Attorney General candidate Myers. We wish him the best and will track the race.