William Gheen (@ALiPAC)

Last night, the late Senator Lindsey Graham's sister, Darlene alias Darline Graham, defeated ALIPAC-endorsed candidate Ralph Norman in the SC special GOP runoff election by 52.4% to 47.6%. Special thanks to each of you who helped the Ralph Norman campaign directly and through ALIPAC at our request. There was a flurry of activity behind the scenes when, in the televised debate between Darline and Ralph (View the entire debate HERE), some very interesting things came out during the immigration section, which starts around the 47-minute mark. Darline Graham accused Ralph Norman of hiring illegals, and when asked about pathways to citizenship for illegals on US soil (Currently thankfully prohibited by law), said she was not like her brother Lindsey on immigration issues and wants them all deported. By contrast, Ralph Norman said he was for getting the illegals out of America but then having some kind of "pathway to citizenship" and "expedited process" for illegals to return legally. This sounds just like the Touchback Amnesty plans of former Texas Governor Rick Perry, which ALIPAC opposed and ended his Presidential aspirations. ALIPAC immediately wrote to both campaigns asking for clarification on their immigration positions in the hopes we could understand and help inform voters of what they both meant by these comments. Darline Graham's campaign did not respond to our request at all, and Ralph Norman's campaign staffers sent us a list of his prior actions in Congress on immigration issues, which we already have. We replied asking what kind of pathway to citizenship and expedited process to return illegals Norman was talking about (a second time) and received no reply. Something smells rotten in Denmark to us. We think Norman may be describing a plan that is already secretly in the works, so we sent the following request to DHS/ICE asking... "Please provide us with the following information ... 1. The current number of illegal immigrants who have been directly deported by DHS / ICE in 2025 and 2026? 2. The current numbers of illegal immigrants who have participated in the self-deportation program in 2025 and 2026? 3. The current number of illegals who participated in the Trump administration's self-deportation process in 2025 and 2026 and returned to the US legally?" DHS Responded with... "In President Trump's first year back in office, more than 3 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. because of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, including an estimated 2.2 million self-deportations. As of August 4, we have now deported over 1 million illegal aliens and arrested over 1 million illegal aliens." Which is not the information we requested. If DHS/ICE does not tell us how many of the Operation Homecoming illegals they have sent home (200,000 according to Axios) have been given some kind of Touchback Amnesty "expedited return" soon, ALIPAC is considering filing a FOIA request to get this information. It won't do America nor Americans any good to pay illegals $2,600 and a free flight to "self-deport" if they are coming right back in "legally"!!! ALIPAC PS: We need immediate, strong support to keep the lights on and operations running at ALIPAC. Please support our efforts with contributions of $10 or more online or by mail.