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Friday, September 12, 2008
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Unintended Consequences
Operation B.E.E.F. Exposes Media Bias
American Border Patrol -- September 12
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"....most of what it is building can be stepped over or walked through."
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When the President signed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, we at American Border Patrol knew it was a joke. We knew it wouldn't happen. That's why we launched Operation B.E.E.F., or Border Enforcement Evaluation First. The idea was, "If the government says it is going to beef up the border, we are going to ask; where's the beef?"
Operation B.E.E.F. has been successful in documenting the progress of the construction of the border fence. For the past two years we have flown the border about every two months and produced accurate maps of what is being built. We work very hard to make sure that our reports are accurate, and verifiable.
We didn't expect the government to really build 700 miles of double-layered fence, and they didn't disappoint us. What was a disappointment, however, was the degree to which the media would place a blackout on our efforts. What we were doing was important – so important that the public wasn't allowed to find out about it. CNN even refused to let Lou Dobbs report on American Border Patrol's important border work.
Operation B.E.E.F. was successful, however, in alerting Senator Dole to the failure of the government to build the border fence and this helped defeat the amnesty bill. -- More Here.... |
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KSBW-TV -- Salinas, Calif.
ICE nets illegal aliens in sweep
...Local law enforcement officials said that at least five vans from ICE were picking up [illegal aliens] in Greenfield. -- ICE officials said their fugitive operations officers were on the ground trying to find people who had been ordered deported, but failed to leave the country... |
Reuters
Tens of thousands of Iraqis could come to U.S. in '09
The United States has surpassed its goal of admitting 12,000 Iraqi refugees this year and expects more, perhaps tens of thousands, next year, the State Department said on Friday. -- The United States expects to admit a minimum of 17,000 Iraqi refugees in fiscal 2009, which begins October 1, the department's senior coordinator for refugees said... |
Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson
Mexican invader assaults Border Patrol agent near Casa Grande
A U.S. Border Patrol Agent was assaulted by an illegal [alien] Wednesday while trying to apprehend the man near Casa Grande. -- As the agent approached the man he began punching the agent and attempted to wrestle away his firearm, said Mike Scioli , spokesman for the Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector... |
Rocky Mountain News -- Denver
Another illegal alien case rocks Aurora, Colorado
Aurora police said Thursday that for the second time in a week they have arrested an illegal [alien] after a highly dangerous crash on the city's streets. -- Officers arrested Hipolito Vasquez Rojas, 19, after he and a 16-year-old male accomplice allegedly stole a car, crashed into a police car, plowed into a tree and then led officers on a foot chase... |
KRGV-TV -- Weslaco, Texas
Illegal alien smuggling operation dismantled
Laredo -- Manuel Sandoval, 25, and Juan De Dios Jimenez, 39, have been sentenced for their roles in the smuggling of an [illegal alien] that resulted in the alien's forced detention, US Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced today. Sandoval, a Mexican national, and Jimenez, of Laredo, are the last two of the organization to be sentenced. |
Denver Post
Swift fires 100 Muslim workers
More than 100 Muslim workers were fired from a Greeley slaughterhouse today after refusing to report for work a day earlier in protest of the company's refusal to allow a prayer break during the work shift. -- Another 120 workers -- most of them Somalis -- broke ranks with the protesters, went back to work Tuesday and kept their jobs... |
KGW-TV -- Portland, Oregon
Paper accuses Sen. Smith of hiring illegals
In the small Eastern Oregon town of Weston, Smith Frozen foods is a major employer. -- Gordon Smith’s grandfather started the company in 1919. The senator and his wife now own the business. -- Recently Willamette Week reporter Beth Slovic, who speaks Spanish, spent several days at the plant and neighboring towns... |
Arizona Republic -- Phoenix
ICE to conduct audit of Arpaio's office
Federal investigators will conduct an audit later this month of an 18-month-old agreement that gives the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office authority to enforce federal immigration laws. -- The audit comes amid allegations that the Sheriff's Office is violating the agreement with ICE by targeting day laborers instead of violent criminals and trampling on the civil rights of "Latinos." |
WCPO-TV -- Cincinnati, Ohio
Sheriff Jones warns about illegal immigration
The violence along America's southern border is on its way to the Tri-state, according to a Texas sheriff invited to Butler County to talk about the problems his county faces. -- Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones brought Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez from Zapata County – a county on the US/ Mexico border – to talk about what his Texas county is dealing with.... |
Boston Globe
RI bishop gets "vile" retorts to immigration views
Providence -- The Roman Catholic bishop of Rhode Island says he has received many "vile and violent" reactions since he called on federal authorities to halt immigration raids in the state. -- Bishop Thomas Tobin says he has received about 300 e-mails, letters, faxes from all over the country in the past couple of weeks and has been shocked with the vitriol in some... |
Dave Gibson -- American Chronicle -- Beverly Hills
Parents bury latest child victim of illegal immigration
On September 10, the parents of 3-year-old Marten Kudlis buried their son at Fairmount Cemetery, after he was killed last week, while waiting for his ice cream in a Denver Baskin and Robbins. -- An SUV speeding through the intersection of Havana and Mississippi, with Guatemalan national Francis Hernandez at the wheel... [Related video] |
Fort Wayne (Indiana News-Sentinel Editorial
Influx of refugees is straining city's ability to provide
The local economy is being overwhelmed, but, since it's a federal issue, local elected officials can't really seem to do much about it. -- That might sound like the problem of illegal immigration, but, as Fort Wayne and some other areas of the country are learning, it also applies to legal immigration... |
Peter Gadiel -- VDare.com
"Present At The Creation" -- Of the DisUnited States
...Today the United States is divided as never before. Reunification is less achievable than we ever believed possible. Where once people who immigrated to the United States did so determined to become Americanized, if not in the first generation then certainly in the second, now we have millions who arrive completely intent on remaining different and apart. |
Glenn Spencer -- American Patrol Report
Broadcasting legend and patriot George Putnam silenced
George Putnam has died. At 94 he lived a long life. But he wasn't finished. He fought the good fight all the way to the end. He died because his body failed him, not his mind, or his voice. -- American Patrol wouldn't exist without George Putnam. When I became an activist back in 1992, George allowed me to call his radio show... |
Associated Press
2 accused of helping illegals get fake IDs
Des Moines -- Two workers at an embattled kosher slaughterhouse facing immigration charges are accused of helping workers obtain and submit false documents. -- Laura Althouse, 38, of Postville, and Karina Freund, 29, of Fayette, were arrested by ICE agents on Tuesday at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville... |
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Californians for Population Stabilization
CAPS launches new television ad campaign
CAPS launched a new television campaign highlighting the effects of Sanctuary Cities. The TV spots ask Californians to express their opinions about Sanctuary City policies in force, formally or informally, in many cities across the state... |
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Walter Moore, Candidate For Mayor of Los Angeles
Villaraigosa's new musical: "Nine to Ten"
You may have heard that Dolly Parton has written a new musical, now showing at the Ahmason Theater, based on her movie "9 to 5." -- But you probably don't know about the new musical based on Villaraigosa's typical workday: "Nine to Ten."... |
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
Latest news from south of the border
Mexico’s federal agency of public security (SSP) has become entangled in the infamous Fernando Martí kidnapping case in more than just the investigation with the revelation that one of their active agents played a major role in the crime... |
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Radio Ink
George Putnam dies at 94
Los Angeles -- Newscaster and talk host George Putnam has died at age 94. He had been ill and in and out of hospital for some time, but had been providing reports for his CRN Digital Talk Radio show, Talk Back. -- Putnam's career began at WDGY/Minneapolis in 1934, and he later worked as a reporter and commentator at NBC... |
The Dustin Inman Society -- Marietta, Georgia
Unemployment rate soaring in Georgia
State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond issued this release Thursday: The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that 59,090 laid-off workers filed first-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits in August, an increase of 72.1 percent from August of 2007... |
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American Border Patrol 
Photo of the day
This is a screen grab from a video taken Tuesday evening. Four people are seen walking north into the U.S. After crossing the border west of American Border Patrol's Arizona ranch. Since this is an almost nightly occurrence... |
New York Sun
Racism is charged of opponents of voting rights for noncitizens
In advance of the 2009 citywide elections, a coalition of immigrant and advocacy organizations is reigniting a fight to give noncitizens the right to vote in municipal elections, drawing the ire of opponents who argue that voting is a right for American citizens only... |
El Paso Times
Congress should not provide more money for fence, Texas "border officials" say
Congress should reject the Bush administration's request for another $400 million to build fencing on the U.S.-Mexico border, a coalition of Texas border officials and business leaders said Wednesday. -- "It would be a taxpayer travesty for Congress to reward DHS for its inability to control spending," Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster... |
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