Friday, November 20, 2009 -- 1:00  PM

Associated Press      Criminal deportations spike in Pacific Northwest    Seattle -- Deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records from Alaska, Oregon, and Washington this past year spiked by nearly 40 percent, while overall removals dropped for the first time in five years, according to new data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement... [See Crime Watch]

Charles Krauthammer -- Human Events     Travesty in New York    For late-19th-century anarchists, terrorism was the "propaganda of the deed." And the most successful propaganda-by-deed in history was 9/11 -- not just the most destructive, but the most spectacular and telegenic. -- And now its self-proclaimed architect, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, has been given by the Obama administration a civilian trial in New York...

Jim Kouri, CPP -- Family Security Matters      Witnesses, jurors protection overlooked in NYC terrorist trial    Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute murderous, fanatical terrorists – including the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – speaks volumes about his ignorance of a major problem with protecting witnesses and members of a jury in a case involving terrorism or organized crime...

Cleveland Live      Illegals detained in separate traffic stops    An officer on patrol at 8 p.m. Friday, saw a trailer being pulled by a truck. The trailer had no lights and the truck was stopped. -- The truck's driver had only a Mexican driver's license. When asked, he admitted he was in the country illegally...

George W. Grayson -- Christian Science Monitor     Health care and illegals in America: Why Mexico is the key    Mexico, DF -- Few issues have caused as much of a stir this year as the question of whether illegal [aliens] will be included in the Democratic healthcare bill. -- Rep. Joe Wilson's "You lie!" outburst after President Obama stated in September that illegal immigrants wouldn't be covered is just one example of the tension...

Deseret News -- Provo, Utah      Immigration agency will audit 8 Utah businesses    Eight Utah businesses are among 1,000 targeted across the country for audits of records that verify workers' identities and employment eligibility, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Thursday. -- ICE Assistant Secretary. John Morton said the companies on the list, none of which have been identified, are in industries with critical infrastructure...

We Get E-Mail      Barack Obama's Rules for Revolution: The Alinsky model    [ PDF Book -- 56 Pg.] -- Barack Obama is an enigma. He won the 2008 presidential election claiming to be a moderate and wanting to bring Americans together and govern from the center. But since he took office, his actions have been far from moderate. He has apologized to foreign dictators abroad for sins he alleges his own country committed...

Michelle Malkin -- Family Security Matters      When big labor bullies and volunteers collide    The Boy Scouts' motto is: Be prepared. Who knew it meant preparing to defend themselves against purple-shirted union thuggery over community service? Kids, pay attention. This is a teachable moment for all of you on power, politics and Big Labor's culture of corruption...

Numbers USA      Latest Numbers USA newsletter    aces a crisis in filling lower skilled jobs because we aren't producing as many high school dropouts as in the past. Perhaps somebody could explain to him that we have around 2 million native-born high school dropouts who are actively looking for a job and can't find one -- and another 7 million who have dropped out of the job market altogether...

Micheal E. Hill      Senate to begin debate on procedural motions relating to health care reform scam    The Senate this morning begins debate on procedural motions relating to its health care reform bill. -- Debate on a motion to invoke cloture (bring debate to a close) on a motion to proceed to consideration of the measure begins at 10:00 am EST today. That debate will continue until 11:00 pm EST today and again all day tomorrow...

KFDM-TV -- Beaumont, Texas       Businesses hiring illegals face increased scrutiny     U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton today announced the issuance of Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 1,000 employers across the country associated with critical infrastructure -- alerting business owners that ICE will audit their hiring records to determine compliance with employment eligibility verification laws.

NPR    Audio Report Included      Onslaught of "immigrants" on Long Island causing consternation    ...Louise Scarola lives in one of those villages, a town of 17,000 called Farmingville. -- "I won't really go to a 7-Eleven where there's 50, 60 guys standing out there in the morning," Scarola said on a recent walking tour of her neighborhood. "I'm just not comfortable with that."

Andrew Cline -- Front Page Magazine       sc      Obama's broken promises    Last Friday, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the United States would try Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspected terrorists in a federal court in New York City, not a military tribunal. The same announcement contained the news, subsequently under-reported, that the U.S. would try five other terror suspects in military tribunals, not civilian courts...

Castillo Chronicles      SPLC Smear Artists: Follow the management of the money    Charity Navigator, the respected outfit that has evaluated over 5,000 charities regarding how responsibly they manage donor dollars, has given U.S., Inc., (the non-profit I work for) four stars – their highest rating! CN, using IRS tax return forms, evaluates groups...

Lurita Doan -- Big Government      Politics California Style: Pelosi and Waxman    The success of the Chicago-style politics of Dick Durbin, Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama, characterized by brass knuckles, intense bullying, finger pointing and public attacks has been mesmerizing. Meanwhile, very little attention has been focused on the California-style politics of obfuscation and intimidation practiced by Nancy Pelosi and her sidekick, Henry Waxman...

The Hill -- Washington      Poll may signal tough primary for open-borders RINO McCain    A new poll from Rasmussen may foreshadow a tough primary fight down the road for Republican Arizona Senator John McCain in 2010. -- In a hypothetical match-up against former Rep. J.D. Hayworth, who is reportedly considering a 2010 bid, McCain holds only a two-point lead, besting his potential opponent 45 percent to his 43 percent, according to Rasmussen...

Labor Pains     SEIU's health care words that work    Welcome to the second installment in our series exposing SEIU's internal documents. -- This time we're looking at the SEIU's push for universal health care, I mean, quality affordable health care, that would include a public option like the Social Security system, I mean, strengthen Americans health care system by making smart investments in the future.

Rosanna Pulido -- Free Republic      Gutierrez's amnesty scheme a disaster    Rosanna Pulido, staunch defender for unemployed American citizens in her district, expressed outrage this afternoon at Luis Guterriez's Amnesty reform bill, to be introduced some time this month. "With unemployment in Illinois at 10% and rising, our nation's legal law abiding citizens do not need more competition for jobs", Rosanna said. "It is irresponsible public policy..."

Editors -- Family Security Matters      Government data imply high immigrant crime rates    Those of you who have been reading our ongoing series entitled "America's Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime" are well aware that in addition to the crime of entering our nation illegally, an appalling number of illegal aliens are involved in other types of crime here in the United States... [See Crime Watch]

Associated Press      Lawyers seek bail for Iowa slaughterhouse manager    A bail hearing for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager convicted of financial fraud turned testy Wednesday when a prosecutor accused the manager of lying in court. -- The bail hearing in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids followed former Agriprocessors Inc. manager Sholom Rubashkin's conviction last week on 86 counts of financial fraud...

WFTS-TV -- Tampa      Family terrorized in two day home invasion by illegals    Winter Gardens, Fla. -- Authorities say a family was terrorized during an armed home invasion that lasted for two days. -- Police arrested three male suspects and are looking for a fourth, a woman. -- Detectives say the suspects invaded the family's upscale Winter Garden home on Sunday... [See Crime Watch]

Michael Barone -- Human Events      Obama bows, but the world refuses to bow back    On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia last April and to the emperor of Japan last week, the world refuses to bow back...

CBS News      Giuliani: 9/11 trial part of Left-wing political agenda    Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the Obama administration's decision to try professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal court is a political move to satisfy "left-wing critics" of military tribunals...

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