KCEN-TV -- Temple, Texas     Video Included   sc       Tests being conducted at a Waco elementary school for tuberculosis     Someone at a Provident Heights Elementary School in Waco has been diagnosed with Tuberculosis and now students, faculty and staff are undergoing testing. -- Parents were made aware of the situation Monday night and testing began Wednesday. A group of 28 faculty members and children at the provident heights elementary school...

Tampa Tribune        Bus riders hit by ID checks    ...Ramon Rivera, a Washington-based spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, said that when he became a Border Patrol agent 20 years ago, he was one of 5,000 agents, and transportation checks were most commonly done along the U.S.-Mexico border...

Austin American-Statesman         Mother of slain girl supports immigration agents in jail    Ann Hayden can't relate to the outcry over plans to put federal immigration agents in the Travis County jail full time. -- Just as she believes her daughter would be alive today if Austin police aggressively enforced immigration laws, she is convinced of the need for increased screening of illegal immigrants at the jail.

Andres Oppenheimer (Latino Propagandist) -- Miami Herald         McCain wrong to embrace immigration hawks    ...My opinion: To his credit, McCain has been much better on immigration than his Republican rivals for the party's nomination. But his new stand in support of securing the border without simultaneous measures to, among other things, provide a path to legalization of [illegal aliens] is economically stupid, politically unwise and, from a security standpoint, dangerous.

KCBS-TV -- Los Angeles   Video Report         Kidnapped woman rescued after 16-day rape horror    We are posting this item because three notorious Calif. sanctuary cities are involved (Los Angeles, Huntington Park, and Maywood, all crawling with illegals), and because the reporter insinuates that both the suspect and the victim may be illegal Honduran aliens.

Eugene (Oregon) Register Guard        Illegal alien Dari-Mart robber gets 15 years    An illegal [alien] who has re-entered the country at least twice after being deported was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for the brazen robbery of a northwest Eugene convenience store. Arturo Garcia continued to deny involvement in the Jan. 28 hold-up of the Dari-Mart store at 800 Highway 99 North...

Gainesville (Georgia) Times Editorial         The law is the law    Five men fishing. That's the new focal point in our community over the immigration debate that continues to play out in our nation. -- The Hall County Sheriff's Office has begun enforcing a new initiative known as 287 (g) that requires local law enforcement officials to turn over to federal immigration officials anyone who is arrested and lacks proper documentation...

Cox News Service         Bill would punish nations that reject own emigrants    The United States is facing a major obstacle in its efforts to deport thousands of illegal immigrants, including many convicted felons: Their home countries don't want them back. -- This does not sit well with Sen. Arlen Specter, a veteran lawmaker and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Black Voice News     Black teens feel the 'bilingual preferred' summer job blues    When San Bernardino High School teens Jazanique Jackson, Ashanae Brown and Kimyen Hawkins decided they wanted to work this summer, they left nothing to chance. -- They knew the rules: plan ahead; role play; be positive; adapt; relate and encourage. So when they hit the streets to start their summer job search they were prepared for virtually every eventuality except one...

The National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers         Latest news from south of the border    For years we have been warning about the security crisis now in one of its most decisive moments due to the brutal confrontation and the pitiless slaughter between hired killers of drug traffic, who are basically tied to "narco-retailing", who dispute each street, each neighborhood, each city of the country with blood and by gunfire...

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San Antonio Express-News         Border mayors, Colorado lawmaker fight over 'no border' comments    Members of the Texas Border Coalition are sparring with Colorado Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo over his muttered suggestion that if politicians think a border fence will disrupt the region's multiculturalism, the best place for it might be north of Brownsville....

WKBT-TV -- LaCrosse, Wisconsin        Illegal alien sex fiend gets slap on wrist    A Sheboygan man who admitted having sex with a mentally disabled teen has been sentenced to 1-1/2 years in prison. -- Forty-four-year-old Juan Aguilar pleaded no contest in February to charges of exposing himself to a child and causing a child to view pornography... [More "family values"]

Coming Up May 5 Los Angeles -- 1:30 pm -- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Press Conference re: Agents Ramos & Compean

D. A. King -- Athens (Georgia) Banner-Herald          Immigration laws prove enforcement works    A brilliant example of "irony" from Sonora, Mexico: In January, elected officials reacted with vehement dismay to recently instituted laws in the bordering U.S. state of Arizona aimed at the crimes of illegal employment and illegal immigration...

NJ.com         Illegal alien charged after apparent knife fight    A New York man who cut his hand during a knife fight at the National Auto Dealers Exchange also had a loaded handgun, which police say they found after the incident. -- The man, Giorgi Barnabishvili, 28, of Brooklyn, is also in the country illegally and yesterday federal authorities placed a hold on him...

Coming Up May 6 John and Ken Show -- Los Angeles -- 7:30 pm -- Skirball Center | Other Events Benefit for Ramos & Compean

American Border Patrol     Photo of the day Photo taken by American Border Patrol on April 29, 2008. This break in the so-called fence in Arizona has been in this same state of disrepair for at least six months...

Wichita (Kansas) Eagle         Immigration bill unlikely to live    It appears unlikely that the Legislature this year will pass a law cracking down on illegal [aliens] and employers who hire them. -- For the second time Friday, the House blocked a full debate on a compromise immigration bill....

Aspen Times         ICE, FBI raid came with little notice    Eight people arrested in Aspen (Colo.) Thursday for alleged immigration violations are being held in Park County Jail. -- The early morning sting at 560 Spruce St. came with little warning, according to the Aspen Police Department, which participated in the raid as an assisting agency...

East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix         Illegal-immigration team sets up in Valley    Having already had success busting several gangs of suspected human smugglers, a special team of U.S. and local police ratcheted up their efforts Friday by moving into new headquarters to further coordinate their work. -- The group, known as the Illegal Immigration Prevention and Apprehension Co-op Team, or IIMPACT...

Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson         Load vehicle crashes on upswing    Seven illegal [aliens] were killed, and several more were critically injured in Southeastern Arizona vehicle crashes in April — making it the deadliest month for such crashes in nearly four years. -- Wrecks and rollovers of overloaded trucks and vans driven at high speeds by smugglers frantically trying to make it...

Michelle Malkin     Video and Photos Included        May Day Invader Tantrum: Things you may have missed    The MSM focused on the diminished numbers of May Day protesters earlier this week, but those who did turn out were as militant as ever. Blog correspondents from across the country sent in their coverage. -- Here's a taste of what you missed–with thanks to all the bloggers, photographers, and readers who sent in their submissions...

Omaha World-Herald      Outside counsel can't represent agency, Bruning says    Attorney General Jon Bruning said Friday that the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission cannot be represented by outside attorneys — even if they do not seek payment. -- Bruning, whose dispute with the commission over housing discrimination cases has led to the suspension of federal funds, also said...

Idaho Statesman -- Boise        Mexico gets U.S. go-ahead for consulate in Boise    The Mexican Embassy hasn't set a date for opening its consulate in Boise, but Mexican officials say the U.S. State Department has green-lighted the plan. -- The Mexican government is still looking for a location and hasn't determined who the highest-ranking official will be or how many consular staffers there will be...

Roanoke (Virginia) Times        Migrant case is rare for officers    The case of Pedro Antonio Antonio Mateo is an unusual one for Western Virginia's law enforcement officers: a window into the smuggling of human beings. -- Mateo was the driver of a GMC Suburban that was pulled over on the morning of April 11 on northbound Interstate 81 in Botetourt County.

Laura Armstrong -- Marietta (Georgia) Daily Journal         Teaching technique raising eyebrows    When I wrote recently about the radical group MALDEF sending one of their activists over to Osborne High each week to guide a student club, I wasn't surprised to get an immediate e-mail from a big-time, left-leaning, inside the beltway PR firm, The Raben Group, whose attorney wanted to "chat" about what MALDEF's trying to accomplish down here...

Palm Beach Post        Immigration agents seize 11 workers at country club    immigration authorities, tipped to one worker's illegal status, checked files of other workers before launching the raid afternoon at the club west of Delray Beach. The men allegedly had ignored a judge's order to leave the country, officials said...

KTAR -- Phoenix         Woman gets prison for smuggling children into US    Tucson -- A Phoenix woman has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for trying to smuggle two Mexican children into the U.S. -- Monica Rodriguez was arrested last July as she tried to enter the country at Nogales. The 27-year-old was with two boys and presented Arizona birth certificates belonging to...

Florence (South Carolina) Morning News         Illegal aliens plead guilty in check scam    Eleven illegal aliens pleaded guilty in federal court to being in the U.S. without authorization and for attempting to pass counterfeit payroll checks, according to a press release issued Friday by acting U.S. Attorney Kevin McDonald. -- Prosecutors say Alfredo Bautista-Bello, Miguel Antonio Mayen-Cardona...