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Friday, April 27, :25 PM
Limited updates will resume after 9:30 AM PT Saturday. Good evening
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NBC-TV -- Dallas
 A federal risk assessment of a now-canceled West Texas boxing match predicted it would draw leaders from two rival drug cartels, but noted the cartels had declared the event a "neutral zone," a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Friday. -- The official, who is familiar with the contents of the report, spoke on condition of anonymity because the official isn't authorized to release the information... |
KRGV-TV -- Weslaco, Texas 
 Three law enforcement agencies are investigating, after a group of illegal [aliens] bailed out a vehicle near McCook. -- DPS spokesperson Johnny Hernandez said the white Chevy pickup was stolen from the McAllen area. The area the group bailed out at is a good place to hide. But authorities said it's also a dangerous one. -- "They've got no water... They have no idea where there at," explained Hernandez... |
Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner
 ..."What would you say if you learned that a member of the highest court in the land has spent the last 30 years openly advocating for the destruction of the US Constitution and even went so far as to accept $20 million from Shariah Law proponents to accomplish her goal?" asks Alan Gottlieb, president of the Second Amendment Foundation. -- "That Supreme Court Justice is Elena Kagan," he bluntly states... |
Associated Press
 Houston -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon said during a speech Wednesday evening that while he respects U.S. laws designed to control illegal immigration, he's against statutes like Arizona's controversial law that he believes unfairly go after [illegal aliens]. -- "I want to be very clear. We are respectful of U.S. sovereignty. But we have to be firmly against those initiatives that tend to criminalize those that are not committing a crime," Calderon said... |
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Dustin Inman Society -- Marietta, Georgia
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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal / Co-Governor Chris Riley:
Get illegal aliens out of Georgia's university system!
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WTHR-TV -- Indianapolis
 Inside his central Indiana office, a longtime tax consultant sits at his desk, shaking his head in disbelief. -- "There is not a doubt in my mind there's huge fraud taking place here," he said, slowly flipping through the pages of a tax return. -- The tax preparer does not want you to know his name for fear of reprisal, but he does want you to know about a nationwide problem with a huge price tag... |
Politico
 A decade ago, Americans felt similarly about their local, state and federal governments. No longer. -- Today, just one in three has a favorable view of the federal government --- the lowest level in 15 years, according to a Pew survey. The majority of Americans remain satisfied with their local and state governments --- 61 percent and 52 percent, respectively --- but only 33 percent feel likewise about the federal government... |
Patrick J. Buchanan -- LewRockwell.com
 The charismatic young Cuban-American challenged Gov. Charlie Crist in a Senate primary, ran him out of the party and swept to victory by 19 points in a three-way race. -- Among those mentioned as running mates for Mitt Romney, it is Rubio who generates the most excitement. That he is young, Hispanic and conservative, and his place on the ticket might secure Florida, are the cards he brings to the table... |
The Blaze
 On Wednesday evening, GBTV unveiled a powerful documentary, "Rumors of War III," exposing how radical Islamists, including the Muslim Brotherhood, are infiltrating American government at its highest levels. Above is a video clip from the program outlining some of the key players involved. -- The following is an overview of each of the Islamist figures who have found their place --- in some way, shape or form --- at the Obama administration's table... |
Agence France-Presse
 More Mexicans were deported from the United States than those who migrated there last year, according to a second study this week showing a changing pattern of migration in the region. -- The study, released Wednesday by Mexico's College of the Northern Border, said the flow of Mexicans to the United States started falling in 2008, when more than 700,000 crossings were recorded, to less than 350,000 in 2011. |
American Border Patrol
Photo of the day
 Five of American Border Patrol's seven German Shepherds guard the approach to Melissa's desk at ABP's headquarters. She calls them her "K 9 security." Nice to have when you're only 1,000 feet from the Mexican border.... |
Associated Press
 Colorado Republicans rejected a measure to allow illegal [alien] students to attend state colleges at discounted tuition rates Wednesday, an outcome that prompted tears from youth in attendance and some lawmakers. -- I don't know what to say,' teary-eyed Democratic Sen. Angela Giron told a group of youth outside the House committee room where the bill was shot down on a party-line vote... |
Associated Press
 Under heavy pressure from farm groups, the Obama administration said Thursday it would drop an unpopular plan to prevent children from doing hazardous work on farms owned by anyone other than their parents. -- The Labor Department said it is withdrawing proposed rules that would ban children younger than 16 from using most power-driven farm equipment, including tractors... |
Associated Press
 The United States could see an official about-face in the coming months in how it confronts illegal immigration. -- Supreme Court justices, weighing arguments over Arizona's tough immigration law, seemed to find little problem Wednesday with provisions that require police to check the legal status of people they stop for other reasons. -- Over the last several years, states frustrated with the country's porous borders have... |
WallStreet Journal
 Thirty-five big U.S.-based multinational companies added jobs much faster than other U.S. employers in the past two years, but nearly three-fourths of those jobs were overseas, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. -- Those companies, which include Wal-Mart Stores Inc., International Paper Co., Honeywell International Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc., boosted their employment at home by 3.1%... |
WABE-FM -- Atlanta
 The Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, along with some immigrants' rights groups, has filed a “Freedom of Information Act” request with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The request asks for information related to two immigration enforcement programs in Georgia. Azadeh Shashahani, with the Georgia ACLU, says they want information about Secure Communities and 287 (g)... |
Elsie Cooper -- American Thinker
 California is changing its laws in order to be "fair and compassionate" toward illegal [aliens] living in the state. Governor Jerry Brown signed the "California Dream Act," which allows illegal [aliens] access to state aid at public universities and colleges. In addition, Assemblyman Gil Cedillo (D) along with Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck are calling for illegal [aliens] to be given California driver's licenses... |
CBS News -- Washington
 The Transportation Security Administration is once again the subject of national scrutiny, this time after aggressively screening a 7-year-old female passenger with cerebral palsy which caused her family to miss their flight. -- The girl, identified as Dina Frank in a report by The Daily, was waiting with her family on Monday to board a flight departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York headed to Florida... |
Associated Press
 The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Border Patrol seeking to bar agents from making traffic stops, saying people are being pulled over and questioned "without reasonable suspicion." -- The lawsuit stems from tensions between immigrants and the expanded presence of Border Patrol agents on Washington state's Olympic Peninsula, which doesn't share a land border with Canada... |
USA Today sc
 In the past five years, Mexican authorities have recovered 68,000 guns that were traced back to the United States, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives reports. More than 30,000 other seized weapons could not be traced. -- Many weapons were recovered after drug cartel shootouts or found in raids on arms caches. The so-called trace data shows that between January 2007 and December 2011... |
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers Disturbing photos
 Mezcala, Gro., Mex. -- Two tortured and executed men were found in an abandoned car, left without lights in the middle of the road from Acapulco near here. A large truck struck the car, and then fled. Police responding to the crash discovered the bodies. -And- A city bus driver was killed in his bus [in Acapulco]. The execution happened at about 5 pm... |
Fronteras Desk -- Phoenix
 Hundreds of people marched in downtown Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon in protest of SB 1070. -- The group gathered after the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on the controversial immigration bill. Opponents say they will continue to protest regardless of what the court decides. -- Civil rights organizers, Native Americans, and other ethnics groups joined the gathering. The march started at the plaza... |
Eloise Lee -- Business Insider
 Russian paratroopers will meet up with American forces next month for an unprecedented military exercise in Colorado, according to RT News. -- It's the first time Russian service members will be invited into the United States for a joint drill. -- A Russian airborne task force will "exercise with U.S. special service weapons," an announcement by Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Col. Aleksandr Kucherenko revealed... |
Steve Watson -- Infowars
 A US Congressman has claimed that he was assaulted during a TSA patdown and was then targeted for future patdowns by the TSA after complaining about the incident. -- Texas Rep. Francisco Canseco says he was inappropriately touched in private areas during a run in with the TSA earlier this month at San Antonio International Airport... |
Daily Caller  Audio Included
 The clamor over Ted Nugent saying he would "be dead or in jail" if President Barack Obama is re-elected has settled down, but the conservative rocker isn't shying away from taking shots at his detractors. -- On Wednesday's broadcast of "The Dennis Miller Radio Show," Nugent blamed a certain core group for making an issue of his remarks and forcing the Secret Service to interview him... |
Matthew Boyle -- Daily Caller
 In a shocking development in the Operation Fast and Furious investigation, documents show Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents allowed grenade parts to walk in addition to guns. --The emails also show Obama administration officials acknowledging that they may lose track of grenades but would still be able to accomplish their original objective even if the grenades explode... |
Ed Ashurst
 "The border is not a fence or a line in the dirt… it is a third country that joins Mexico and the United States." – David Aguilar, Chief Border Patrol Agent under the Obama-Napolitano regime. -- The above statement made by Obama's head Border Patrol agent set off a firestorm of controversy and anger from everyone except those encamped in the midst of the radical left and guaranteed Mr. Anguilar a permanent seat at the current administrations round table that has been graced with the likes of Tony Rezko... |
Houston Chronicle
 Sixteen people in the country illegally were arrested Tuesday at a Waste Management facility in northwest Houston, federal officials said. -- U.S. immigration agents raided the facility on Afton, near Hempstead and Long Point, about 6 a.m., officials said. -- The 16 were being held on administrative immigration violations for being in the United States illegally or for violating the terms of their legal entry into this country... |
Kimberly Dvorak -- The Examiner
 The DEA announced that two former and two current Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screeners, who worked at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) were arrested on federal narcotics trafficking and bribery charges. The TSA screeners allegedly took cash payments and allowed large shipments of cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana to pass through the X-ray machines at security checkpoints... |
CNN
 An alleged hit man for the most powerful Mexican drug cartel lived in the small town of Sandusky, Ohio, for 10 years before being arrested earlier this year, the U.S Border Patrol told CNN on Tuesday. -- Edgar Campos-Barraza, alias 'El Cholo,' is an alleged assassin for the Sinaloa Cartel, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. -- He was arrested on January 5 in Sandusky... |
Reuters
 A hard-line Arizona sheriff under federal investigation for alleged racial profiling of Hispanics placed parts of a Phoenix jail on indefinite lockdown on Tuesday over what he said were rising racial tensions between Latino and black detainees. -- Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said tensions at the jail's maximum security unit rose after the Mexican Mafia prison gang urged Hispanic inmates to refuse to be housed... |
 
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