KPIX-TV -- San Francisco        sc         Newsom defends outrageous 'sanctuary city' policy    San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today fiercely defended the city's status as a sanctuary offering protection for illegal [aliens.... criminals], and accused critics of misunderstanding both the law and the intent behind it. -- Speaking after a rally in front of City Hall, during which members of the conservative Minuteman Project clashed verbally with local [illegal alien] "rights" supporters...

Houston Chronicle               White House sidesteps questions on freeing border agents    Under increasing pressure from congressional Republicans to free two imprisoned border patrol agents, President Bush is showing no sign of hurrying his decision. -- White House spokeswoman Dana Perino on Wednesday sidestepped a question about Texas Sen. John Cornyn's demand that Bush commute Ignacio Ramos' 12-year sentence and Jose Compean's 11-year term. Scumbag Coward Bush

Des Moines Register    Counterfeit green cards tied to plant    Postville, Iowa -- Federal agents who raided the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant here in May found evidence that a human resources department employee helped distribute false immigration documents to workers, court papers say.

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix    Sheriff's report dismisses profiling    The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office apparently looked into and dismissed racial-profiling allegations from an employee in Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon's office months before the incident mushroomed into a political spat and a federal lawsuit. -- According to a report released by the Sheriff's Office Tuesday afternoon, supervisors concluded that a deputy broke no department policies...

San Francisco Chronicle   2 busted at city hall as Reconquistas clash with cops, Minutemen    San Francisco -- About a dozen members of the Minutemen, a group that patrols the U.S.-Mexican border in an effort to keep illegal [aliens] out, stood on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall today to decry the city's sanctuary policy and demand that Mayor Gavin Newsom resign...

Norman (Oklahoma) Transcript    Terrill, Stiles, Wesselhoft winners in GOP primary    Calling his primary win the equivalent of "surviving an assassination attempt," an angry Randy Terrill blasted his Republican opponent and an "Oklahoma City oligarchy" which tried to defeat him Tuesday evening. -- "Obviously, in the Devon Energy, Chesapeake, Express Personnel primary, it's Randy Terrill one, them zero," Terrill said.

National Center for Public Policy Research   Chairman of Project 21 again calls for Ramos & Compean pardon    Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, today is re-issuing his long-standing request to President George W. Bush for a pardon or commutation of the sentences of Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos. An appeals court ruling Monday failed to fully clear the incarcerated CBP agents of the major charges against them.

Raleigh News & Observer    Immigration arrest at public library 'raises concerns'    Alamance County has been identifying and deporting illegal immigrants from its jails for more than a year, but now a librarian's arrest has some worried that county officials may be using another tool -- public health department medical records...

The Northwestern -- Oshkosh, Wisconsin   Illegal alien gets 9 years for sexually assaulting girl, 14    A former Sheboygan man convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl on two consecutive days was sentenced Tuesday to nine years in prison. -- Police say Ricardo Robles-Soto, a 33-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, forced himself on the teenager in November 2004 and fled the state... [More of 'The Decider's' pet fiends]

Houston Chronicle    New immigration strategy -- Deport yourself    Rather than risk getting caught, turn yourselves in. -- That's the latest government strategy in its ongoing effort to dramatically reduce the nation's ballooning population of illegal immigrants. -- Scheduled to be unveiled next week, it was announced Sunday by Julie Myers, director of U.S. ICE, in an interview...

Herb Denenberg -- Philadelphia Bulletin    Pull up our anchors to Discourage illegal immigration    Contrary to popular opinion, current practice, and the conventional wisdom, children of illegal aliens born in the U.S. should not receive automatic citizenship. These children, sometimes called "anchor babies," have been thought to deserve automatic or birthright citizenship in accordance with the Constitution...

Houston Chronicle    Catholics whine to feds about immigration raids    The official leading the Bush administration's election-year crackdown on [illegal aliens] got an earful Tuesday from immigrants' advocates tied to the Roman Catholic Church who dubbed the effort ''enforcement only." -- Julie Myers , vigorously defended a nine-month campaign that has detained nearly 4,500 [illegal aliens]...

Associated Press    City to hold hearing on so-called "immigrant rights"    Activists and several Chicago aldermen are investigating dozens of claims that city and county authorities violated immigrant rights, including federal immigration laws affecting jail inmates. -- Officials announced Tuesday that the City Council will hear testimony from immigrants next week...

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers        Latest news from south of the border    Three presumed people-smugglers were murdered execution style in Nogales, Sonora. The three were guiding a group of seven toward the US border when they were interrupted by several armed men. The guides were then separated from the group, tied up and each shot once in the head...

Numbers USA    E-Verify agreement reached in U. S. House    Mostly good news to report this evening from multiple sources in the U.S. House -- negotiators have agreed to a 5-year re-authorization of the E-Verify program to keep illegal aliens out of U.S. jobs and without the strings attached that had threatened to strangle it in future years...

NBC5-TV -- Dallas         sc         Reward offered in postman's hit-and-run death    Corsicana, Texas -- A $50,000 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest of a suspect in a hit-and-run that left a Corsicana postal worker dead. -- Corsicana police said Daniel Gonzalez Rodriguez (who is believed to have fled to....you guessed it -- MEXICO) is wanted on a felony charge of failure to render aid.

Nancy Salvato -- Family Security Matters    The issue of dual citizenship in the US    There is an issue, rarely discussed in the news, which has critical implications for our national security and political sovereignty. The United States is one of the most permissive countries in the world with regard to dual citizenship. Our government recognizes dual citizenship and tolerates multiple citizenships. How did it come to this?

Howie Carr -- Boston Herald    Illegal actions, not status, got illegal alien killed    Memo to the illegal-alien community: That presumably doped-up Brazilian with the criminal rap sheet as long as your arm was not shot by a Yarmouth policeman because he was in this country illegally. Andre Martins was killed after he rammed a police car in an attempt to avoid being arrested...

Mark Cromer -- Washington Times  The cost of sanctuary cities -- More blood on the hands of our leaders    If Americans needed another horrifically bloody testament to the absolute chaos the federal government has allowed our immigration system to collapse into, the "sanctuary city" of San Francisco has delivered it again in spades. The outrage over San Francisco's policy of hiding illegal-immigrant drug dealers..

Californians for Population Stabilization      Tragedy in San Francisco from sanctuary policy!    You may have seen the recent news reports from San Francisco about the apparent triple homicide by an illegal alien gang member who had already been convicted of violent felonies, but was shielded from federal immigration authorities by the city's sanctuary policy....

Verde Independent -- Cottonwood, Arizona   Illegal alien van leads to ID theft documents    Early Saturday morning, a Yavapai County Sheriff's Deputy stopped a blue Dodge Caravan for blocking traffic on the Interstate 17 near the 260 interchange. As the deputy approached, he saw several people crouched down inside, including some sitting on other passengers because of limited space...

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif.   O.C. reacts to appeals court ruling on jailed ex-border agents' convictions    ...“It's unconscionable,” said Barbara Coe, who leads the California Coalition for Immigration Reform, an anti-illegal immigration group. -- “I think it very clearly reveals that our own government is dedicated to the well-being of the illegal alien drug smugglers and has no concern for the border patrol agents who put their lives on the line every day to protect our lives.”

Politico.com   Obama launches massive Latino voter drive    Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign launched a massive $20 million effort to attract Latino voters on Tuesday, hoping to erase the inroads the Republican Party has made with the key demographic group in the last two presidential elections...

American Border Patrol     Yuma fence progress report     American Border Patrol reports that new fencing along the Colorado River near Yuma is more robust than other places along the border. Although less than a mile of the new fencing has been installed...

Rocky Mountain News -- Denver   Denver council opposes ballot measure on impounding illegals' cars    The Denver City Council voted 10-1 Monday to oppose a ballot measure aimed at taking cars from illegal [aliens]. -- Initiative 100 would require police to impound the car of any unlicensed driver who could not prove citizenship...

Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN via E-mail from 'Lone Wolf'    Video Report  Dobbs miffed over Ramos & Compean kangaroo court outrage    Lou MUST be upset with the Court of Appeals decision in the Ramos and Compean case. -- Lou is, under normal circumstances, a perfect gentleman. -- But, if Lou calls the sitting US president obtuse, ignorant and irresponsible on live television, on one of the most watched shows in the nation, he MUST be upset... [Video credit] [Transcript]

American Border Patrol     Border fence (lack of) progress report     Glenn Spencer is flying the Border Hawk M back to its Arizona base from California. Although a detailed analysis mission data will take time to analyze, he reports fewer than three miles of new fencing between Naco, Arizona and San Diego, California...

Associated Press   6 charged with asylum fraud in Philadelphia    Federal authorities in Philadelphia have charged a native of Russia with helping 380 asylum seekers file bogus applications over a four-year period. -- David Lynn, who is 33 and lives in the Philadelphia suburbs, is charged with conspiracy and fraud. Five others, all Russian-born, are also named in the indictment announced Tuesday.

American Border Patrol     Photo of the day    Man waves at ABP's Border Hawk M as it flies by "Patriot's Point" on the border in California.

D. A. King -- Marietta Daily Journal   Ask a fifth-grader: Compliance with law is not optional    To this long-time Cobb citizen, it is becoming somewhat comical to watch the endless discussion and intentionally created confusion concerning the language and intent of the 2006 Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, written by state Senator Chip Rogers...