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Thursday, October 16, 2008
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Three Elephants In The Room
But Schieffer Couldn't See Them
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WJAR-TV -- Cranston, Rhode Island sc
Guilty plea in illegal immigration case
Providence, RI -- The United States Attorney’s office announced the owner of a cleaning company from Johnston agreed to plead guilty to charges of knowingly hiring illegally [illegal aliens]. -- Vincent D’Elia, operator of Falcon Maintenance Company, admitted to knowingly hiring illegal aliens... |
International Herald Tribune
A Somali influx unsettles Latino meatpackers
Grand Island, Neb. -- Like many workers at the meatpacking plant here, Raul Garcia, a Mexican-American, has watched with some discomfort as hundreds of Somali immigrants have moved to town in the past couple of years, many of them to fill jobs once held by Latino workers taken away in immigration raids...  |
Gabriel Garnica, Esq. -- Family Security Matters
Obama, The Media and ACORN: Affirmative action on steroids
It was such a fine, noble and powerful idea. Expose people of all backgrounds and races to new horizons, new opportunities and new dreams to aspire to. Is that not what the American Dream is truly about anyway? If that is true, then what has become of this dream in the hands of liberals like Barack Obama... |
Brenda Walker -- VDare.com
Judge to suspected Jihadists: "Welcome to America!"
For years, we immigration reform patriots have warned that border security equals national security. -- If Washington can't (or won't) bar the door to Juan the tomato picker and Diego the drug smuggler, how can authorities possibly hope to keep out terrorist thugs and Sharia revolutionaries? |
East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix
Supporters tout Arpaio at supervisors meeting
Sheriff Joe Arpaio's supporters struck back at Wednesday's Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting, which has become the venue for heated monthly forums on the sheriff's job performance. -- More than half a dozen people spoke in favor of Arpaio, while most members of an opposition group sat mum... |
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
Latest news from south of the border
The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Antonio Garza, underscored the importance that U.S. visitors to Mexico know the risks involved in traveling and visiting in that country. After the formal travel alert issued by the U.S. Dep’t. of State on Tuesday, the ambassador said that "it reflects the reality prevailing in Mexico." |
Voice of Bahrain -- Manama
New world order urged as recession fears rise
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke yesterday warned that credit market turmoil posed a "significant threat" to an already slowing American economy as new data deepened recession fears, sending stocks tumbling. -- European leaders meeting in Brussels called for a new world financial order to prevent future crises.... |
Tom Fitton -- Front Page Magazine
More illegals, more crime
Judicial Watch is leading a major nationwide campaign against illegal immigration sanctuary policies that prevent local police officers from cooperating with federal immigration officials. One of our key arguments against these policies (and there are many) is that they put American citizens at risk by allowing... |
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Police search for boy taken from home
..."There is a very real possibility the suspects are Mexican nationals," Cannito said, noting that it's also possible they are headed across the border to Mexico. -- Authorities issued an Amber Alert for the Southwest region of the country after police received a description of one of the suspects. |
Arizona Daily Star
2,700 pounds of pot found near Arivaca
U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered 2,700 pounds of marijuana Tuesday in a truck hidden south of Arivaca. -- Agents working near Fraguita Peak discovered the stolen truck, which was covered with a tarp and hidden within the wash, said Rob Daniels, U.S. Border Patrol Tucson Sector's spokesman.... |
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Sheriff tells details of jail illegal alien program
Las Vegas police today announced details of a partnership with federal immigration officials that is expected to begin in the next few weeks. Trained officers at the Clark County Detention Center will be allowed to start possible deportation proceedings for inmates who indicate they are foreign born... |
CaribWorldNews.com -- Jackson Heights, New York
Immigration again MIA in presidential debate
For the third consecutive debate, the issue of immigration reform was completely MIA from the questions posed to the U.S. Presidential candidates by the moderators, all members of `the mainstream media.` -- To Frank Sharry, of America`s Voice, the continued ignoring of the issue in a country where immigrant voters are becoming a large majority... [Related item] [Watch the entire debate] |
KGBT-TV -- Harlingen, Texas
Illegal alien used dead man's identity
An [illegal alien] is behind bars after he allegedly used the identity of a dead man from McAllen for the past 20 years. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials said the incident happened at the Gateway International Bridge on Saturday afternoon... |
The Politic -- Yale University
An interview with Tom Tancredo
You have strongly opposed many of the plans put forth for comprehensive immigration reform in Congress, including the recent Kennedy-McCain bill, which in 2007 you described as “the worst piece of legislation to come down the pike in a long time.” In a broader sense, what is your primary concern with such a proposal? |
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