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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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Border Betrayal
DHS Cancels Fence on ABP's Arizona Ranch
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Glenn Spencer waits for Border Patrol to apprehend group of illegal aliens who were spotted on ABP's ranch last night.
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American Border Patrol -- February 19
Where's the Fence?
"They are all over the place." That's what the Border Patrol agent told Glenn Spencer as he apprehended a group of fifteen illegal aliens on the ABP ranch last night.
ABP has confirmed that cross-border traffic in the western part of the Naco Border Patrol Station patrol area (that includes ABP's ranch) is extremely heavy.
"The Border Patrol promised that they would build a fence on the ranch, but now they are backing down," Spencer said.
According to the Arizona Republic, DHS will construct only 11 miles of new fence in Arizona, none of it on ABP's ranch. |
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Deseret News -- Salt Lake City sc
Major immigration bill held by Senate
A vote on an omnibus piece of immigration legislation was put on hold today, with sponsor Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, saying he's working on fine tuning the legislation to make it palatable to religious and business organizations. -- Describing the changes to SB81 as "word smithing here and there," Hickman said...  |
Statesman Journal -- Salem, Oregon
Mexican president meets with MALDEF
Last week, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico visited the US for the first time since being elected in 2006. In meetings in Boston, New York, Chicago, Sacramento and Los Angeles, he made a case for broad bilateral partnerships that will improve the standard of living and protection of rights of Mexicans in the US and in Mexico. [More Mexican meddling] |
TyronePA.com -- Tyrone, Pennsylvania
Illegals picked up along I-99 in Snyder Township
The Pennsylvania State Police in Hollidaysburg enacted a traffic stop on three vehicles along the northbound lane of I-99 in Snyder Township yesterday afternoon around 1 p.m. -- The stop was in reference to an alleged retail theft which occurred in Freedom Township, Blair County... |
Stockton (Calif.) Record
'Migrants' hope to cut a fair deal
Proposed revisions to the existing H-2A guest worker program, which will make it easier for farmers to recruit foreign workers, have sparked criticism among local migrant worker advocates while offering hope to local farmers. -- The action is part of the Bush administration's 26-step plan to solve the immigration issue... |
Robert Spencer -- Human Events
National security at the border
Three Afghanis were arrested Wednesday at an international airport in India’s Kerala state for flying with forged Mexican passports. They had just arrived there from Kuwait, where officials examined the passports identifying them as “Antonio Lopez Juan,” “Javier Sanchez Alberto,” and “Atonio Lopez Ernesto,” and... |
Hispanic Business
Police investigate Phoenix residents' immigration status
Activists in Arizona expressed their concern over the possible implementation of a new policy by which the Phoenix police could check into the immigration status of people accused of committing even minor offenses such as jaywalking. |
Bob Lonsberry
Is ignoring illegals compassionate?
When you counsel someone to be compassionate, you make an assumption. -- It is an assumption of moral superiority. You presume that they are, in fact, not already compassionate. You presume that their position is inherently one that lacks caring and human concern but that your position... |
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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... |
KVOA-TV -- Tucson
Judge denies injunction during appeal of Arizona sanctions ruling
A federal judge has rejected a request by business groups to put Arizona's employer sanctions law on hold while the groups appeal a ruling that upheld the law. -- In rejecting the injunction request, U.S. District Judge Neil Wake ruled Tuesday that the business groups didn't have a probability of succeeding in their appeal... |
Arizona Republic - Phoenix
Immigration measures move ahead at Capitol
Arizona's conflicted views on immigration surfaced Monday at the state Capitol, as a bill that would create a guest-worker program and another that would make it harder for day laborers to solicit work both won approval in their first outing. |
Cliff Kincaid -- Canada Free Press -- Toronto
Obama's communist mentor
In his biography of Barack Obama, David Mendell writes about Obama’s life as a “secret smoker” and how he “went to great lengths to conceal the habit.” But what about Obama’s secret political life? It turns out that Obama’s childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, was a communist... |
WAVY-TV -- Portsmouth, Virginia
Local company at center of illegal immigration investigation
Illegal immigration is a hot button issue across the nation, and it has one local company under the microscope of federal immigration agents. -- The agents have zeroed in on Hymark Cylinders in Hampton for allegedly hiring illegal [aliens] for cheap labor. |
Associated Press
Guardsman gets prison over Texas alien smuggling
A Texas National Guardsman and another man must serve at least three years in federal prison for helping smuggling illegal [aliens] through a checkpoint. -- Sgt. Clarence Hodge Jr. of Fort Worth and Jerry Zuniga of Laredo pleaded guilty last August to charges of conspiracy to transport illegal [aliens] during 2007. |
James Fulford -- VDare.com
The Mexican country mouse and the American city mouse
Twenty-five years ago, in fact I read this self-revelatory anecdote in a William F. Buckley column: “Once, two or three years ago, I was doing a program with the amiable Mr. Gene Shalit of NBC. Everything went swimmingly. Too swimmingly. Because he played me like a cobra..." |
WANE-TV -- Fort Wayne, Indiana
Latino groups speak out against proposed Indiana immigration law
A house committee advanced a bill to crack down on companies that knowingly hire illegal [aliens]. With this proposal, companies could have their business licenses suspended or revoked if they hire illegal workers after 2009. The state would kick in one-and-a-half million dollars to help enforce it... |
San Antonio Express-News
Referendums: GOP zeroes in on immigration
It may not carry one iota of legal import, but it surely can help bulk up political muscle. -- The Texas Republican Party carefully vetted its base before deciding which referendum questions to put to voters in the March 4 primary. From an original list of 100, leaders settled on just three, and it's no coincidence that... |
Edmond (Oklahoma) Sun
Legislature considers English-only idea
Oklahoma City -- Establishing English as the state’s official language is among the changes that could be made in 2008 when area lawmakers consider expanding last year’s sweeping restrictions on illegal immigration. -- Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, authored HB 1804, the landmark immigration legislation enacted in 2007. This year, he hopes to further the bill’s reach. |
Border Fire Report
Michigan sued for denying illegal invader licenses
A new Michigan law that prohibits issuing driver’s licenses to illegal [aliens] is being legally challenged by a national group that claims residents are safer and law enforcement is more effective when all drivers have licenses, regardless of legal status... |
My Fox Colorado
Human smuggler arrested for 15th time
Eagle County, Colo. -- Two illegal [aliens] were arrested for human smuggling in Eagle today. One of the men has been deported 14 times for human smuggling prior to today's arrest. --- Omar Alaverez- Mecedo was arrested and charged with Human Smuggling, a class three felony... |
Access North Georgia
Possible illegal alien smuggling ring busted near Buford
During a routine traffic stop Monday afternoon near Buford, Gwinnett County police found ten illegal [aliens] whom authorities say may have been involved in an Arizona-based human smuggling ring. -- Cpl. Illana Spellman said Tuesday that police pulled over a 2001 silver Dodge pick-up with Arizona license plates... |
Arizona Republic - Phoenix
'Revolution' one of the R's taught in Tucson
...In one of Romero's TUSD classrooms, in fact, a video posted for a time on the Internet Web site YouTube showed at least four separate posters of the beret-capped Ché decorating the classroom walls. And a poster of Pancho Villa. And, yes, one poster of the godfather of the revolution himself, Fidel... |
Philadelphia Inquirer
Specter says convicted illegals too often not deported
U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, the top-ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today that he wants to increase the number of illegal aliens deported after being convicted of crimes. -- In addition, Specter said government statistics show that convicted aliens have a high recidivism rate, putting the public at risk |
Asbury Park Press
Anti-illegal immigration rally slated in Lakewood
Lakewood, NJ -- The woman who struggled for months last year to hold an anti-illegal immigration rally, before finally pulling off an event in October, is now lining up a second protest in the spring. -- Diane Reaves received approval from the Township Committee last week to hold the demonstration May 24 in Pine Park. |
Paul M. Weyrich -- Washington Times
Dangerous delays in immigration checks
It seems immigration, legal and illegal, is too numerically overwhelming for the federal government to handle properly. -- I recently praised the Labor Department and Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao for the decision to change the wage and visa application rules governing farm laborers in an attempt to... |
KRGV-TV -- Weslaco, Texas
Illegals possibly hiding near school
Border Patrol agents say illegal [aliens] could still be hiding near Besteiro Elementary in Brownsville. -- The school was on lockdown earlier today as a precaution. -- It happened after agents pulled a suspicious driver over near the campus. When the car stopped, more than a dozen people jumped out and ran... |
Vail Daily
13 illegals detained after traffic stop
Wolcott, Colo. -- A van with 13 illegal immigrants was pulled over early Monday morning leading to the arrest of two men on charges of human smuggling, the Eagle County Sheriff’s Office said. -- A sheriff’s deputy stopped a silver Chevrolet van headed east on Interstate 70 about 8:20 a.m. because... |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bill would let police seize vehicles driven by illegals
A proposal to allow police to seize cars from illegal [aliens] prompted an emotional public hearing before a legislative committee Monday. -- The bill, sponsored by Rep. James Mills (R-Gainesville), would allow police to seize any vehicle involved in a traffic violation or accident if it's driven by an illegal [alien]... |
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