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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
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Betrayed....Again
Chertoff Redefines Fence
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Chertoff's border "fence." Defining away a "problem."
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Chertoff's Strange World
American Border Patrol -- February 5
Yesterday, DHS Secretary Chertoff told the press "...we have currently got 287 miles of fencing built across our Southwestern border; that includes pedestrian and vehicle fencing. " American Border Patrol reports that there are 163 miles of fence and 130 miles of vehicle barrier, for a total of 293 miles, which is very close to the DHS numbers.
"Anyone who calls a flimsy barrier made out of cannibalized railroad rails a fence doesn't speak the English language," said Glenn Spencer of ABP. "Most would call this a blatant deception," he added.
A recently released environmental plan calls for only seven miles of new fence in Arizona. [Update at 10:55 AM PST: The 7 miles was changed to 21 miles, according to our sources]
"There is no question that the American people are being betrayed once again," Spencer said.
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Frederick (Maryland) News Post sc
Immigration training announced
Local law enforcement officers will soon have the authority to arrest, detain and begin the deportation process of undocumented workers. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement began a four-week training course Monday for five law enforcement agencies in Northern Virginia and Maryland, including... |
North County Times -- Escondido, Calif.
San Diego Minutemen sue Caltrans for discrimination
The San Diego Minutemen took their battle to pick up litter near a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint to federal court Monday, suing the California Department of Transportation for allegedly trashing the group's free speech rights. -- The anti-illegal immigration group contends that Caltrans officials bowed to a heckler's veto...  |
Wheeling (West Virginia) News-Register
Permit deputies to arrest invaders
Most Americans probably believe that the law is the law and, when it is broken, law enforcement officers attempt to arrest those responsible. That is not necessarily true in all categories of crime and in all places. -- Immigration law is a good — or bad, depending upon your point of view — example of criminals often allowed to go free... |
WTNH-TV -- Danbury, Connecticut
Illegal alien invasion issues front and center
Danbury has been front and center in the illegal immigration debate. People were rounded up in a federal raid not so long ago. The police department now stands on the verge of a controversial decision. -- Manuel Bataguas plans to shut his doors in support of Danbury's [illegal alien.... criminal] community... |
Decatur (Alabama) Daily
More than 21 cars towed in Decatur
Decatur police have impounded more than 21 vehicles under the city’s new impoundment ordinance for unlicensed drivers. -- Members of the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice, a Montgomery-based advocacy group, have criticized the new ordinance, claiming it would be used to target [illegal aliens.... criminals]... |
D. A. King -- Washington Times
Governor Kaine, the appeaser
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine doesn't want to crack down on the crime of illegal immigration or risk offending the business lobby by making it more difficult for lobby members to find black-market labor in his state. -- At least he is honest. Though he apparently is labeling illegal aliens new "Americans..." |
Associated Press
Suit filed over Dallas suburb's anti-invader ordinance
A resident of this Dallas suburb's effort to keep illegal [aliens.... criminals] out filed another lawsuit Tuesday over a new city rule barring home rentals to people who can't prove their legal status. -- The suit, filed Tuesday on behalf of real estate broker Guillermo Ramos, alleges the Farmers Branch City Council... |
KERA -- Dallas
Mayor sells Dallas to corruption-bloated Mexico
...[Mayor Tom] Leppert says the approach of cities like Farmers Branch, who are writing their own immigration policies, is the worst policy. He urged Congress to find a solution that secures the borders without hindering small businesses. Mexico's Consul General in Dallas, Enrique Hubbard, was part of this delegation. And he says mayor Leppert separated himself from local leaders trying to legislate against illegal immigration. |
Rense.com
Invaders cost U. S. taxpayers more than Iraq war
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens each year. -- 2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. -- 3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens... |
Real Clear Politics
McCain's Arizona problem
John McCain will win all of Arizona's allocated delegates when polls close this evening. But come November, and even earlier if the Republican primary race continues beyond today's primaries, the Copper State could become a serious albatross around his neck... |
Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson
2 face prison for attempts to smuggle illegals into U.S.
A 48-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman have been sentenced to serve time in federal prison after attempting to smuggle three children into the country in unrelated cases. -- Brenda Adilene Corral-Miranda was sentenced to 15 months in prison after she attempted to enter at the Nogales port of entry with... |
KGTV -- San Diego
Suspected smuggler shot by Border Patrol agent dies
A suspected migrant smuggler shot by Border Patrol agents as he allegedly steered a truck toward them near an East County gambling hall died at a hospital, a sheriff's official said Monday. -- Ronald Deugan, of Potrero, succumbed to his injuries Sunday night, homicide Lt. Dennis Brugos said. |
Pat Buchanan -- American Conservative Magazine
The great betrayal
... Now McCain is running on a platform that says your jobs are not coming back, the illegals are not going home, but we are going to have more wars. If you don’t like it, vote for Hillary. -- And this was to be the Year of Change... |
Gainesville (Georgia) Times
Sheriff's officers complete immigration enforcement training
Nine Hall County Sheriff’s officers were among 38 local law enforcement officers from around the nation now authorized to enforce federal immigration laws. -- A ceremony was held at the Sheriff’s training center off Monroe Drive, where the officers have participated in an intensive two -week training course... |
WGRZ-TV -- Buffalo, New York
Traffic stop results in arrest of Mexican invaders
A routine traffic stop in the southtowns has led to the arrest of seven illegal [aliens.... criminals] from Mexico. -- The Erie County Sheriff's Department said Deputy Dan Walczak stopped a vehicle carrying three men Sunday night on Gowanda State Road in North Collins... |
Jed Babbin -- Human Events
Gingrich not endorsing RINO McCain
Rumors that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was endorsing Sen. John McCain are untrue. In an interview late this morning, Gingrich told me, “I am neutral on the presidential nomination. I will support the Republican nominee.” |
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MooreIsBetter.com
Dump the Mexican Reconquista L. A. mayor
Los Angeles can and should be the envy of the world. Instead, our city is a mess, and it gets worse each month. We can't afford four more years of a mayor who spends all his time running for the next office, staging photo-ops and going on out- of- town trips. We need a competent, full-time working mayor... |
Danbury (Connecticut) News-Times
Judge denies motion to halt deportations
A federal immigration judge denied today a motion to stop the deportation of the so-called Danbury 11. -- Judge Michael Straus is ordering the defendants, now down to nine, to voluntarily leave the country within 60 days. However, Yale law students plan to appeal the federal judges decision... |
Jonathan D. Strong -- Family Security Matters
Anxiety over 'McAmnesty'
...On immigration, McCain has proven completely unreliable as the conservative he claims to be. He was strongly in favor of granting amnesty to illegal aliens, evidenced by his close work with Ted Kennedy. Not only was the deal bad, the manner in which it was driven through the Senate verged on dictatorial... |
Washington Times Editorial
Beware of RINO McCain and his 'Mexico First' amigo
...But Juan Hernandez is one endorsement that Mr. McCain won't be trumpeting in front of the cameras. -- Mr. Hernandez, who now serves as one of Mr. McCain's Hispanic Outreach Directors, is no amateur in the debate over illegal immigration into the United States. Though largely unknown to the public, he's been at the center of the policy maelstrom for years... |
Tomah (Wisconsin) Journal
Mexican invader gets 5 years in prison for illegal re-entry
Julian Cervantes-Garcia, a resident of Mexico, was sentenced to 60 months in prison by U.S. District Judge John C. Shabaz on Wednesday for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported. -- Cervantes-Garcia, who had been living in Monroe County, pleaded guilty to the charge... |
ImmigrationWatchdog.com Newsletter
Mitt Romney, the CFR, and the North American Union
The people that believe Mitt Romney is a Washington outsider are falling for a campaign ploy that has been used for a hundred years. Mitt Romney, as well as all the major candidates, have surrounded themselves with the same campaign handlers that have been involved in all the Presidential elections in recent memory... |
James Fulford -- VDare.com
McCain And megalomania
This is from the May, 2000 issue of Liberty Magazine, via archive.org. In a sign that I’m getting older, I read this the first time it was published. It’s by Gene Healy, and as we go into the 2008 election cycle, it’s worth asking if McCain has changed:.. |
Rocky Mountain News
Decision due today on charges against ICE agent
A federal judge is expected to decide this morning whether charges should be dropped against Cory Voorhis, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent accused of looking up information about illegal immigrants to help Bob Beauprez’s campaign for governor... |
Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle
Immigration law's effects are difficult to measure
..."Enforcement works," said D.A. King, head of the Dustin Inman Society, which pushes for tougher laws to combat illegal immigration. "People are leaving Georgia for more hospitable states and this law has an awful lot to do with that." -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently estimated Georgia's illegal immigrant population at 470,000... |
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