Sunday, May 19, 2013 -- 7:00 PM Updates will resume on Monday morning when there is news to post.

Los Angeles Times      In a border town, a newspaper forced to be silent    Laredo,Texas -- A recent wave of kidnappings in Nuevo Laredo was prominently featured in a recent Sunday edition of El Mañana, one of the largest and most long-standing Spanish-language newspapers on the border. -- But the story carried no byline, and no residents were quoted or pictured. "People don't want to go out for interviews — they say, 'No, we may get kidnapped,'" said Ninfa Cantú Deándar, who runs the paper with her siblings...

Anthony Martin -- Examiner.com     Obama team conducts stealth war against conservatives    The current IRS scandal during which IRS officials used the power of their office to intimidate, harass, and delay conservative and religious groups, is but the tip of the iceberg. -- The deeper investigative reporters dig into the scandal, the more it becomes clear that Obama operatives used the IRS to conduct a "stealth war" for purely political motives during an election year. Conservative groups were stalled. Liberal groups were placed on the fast track...

June 6-9 -- Gila Bend, Arizona No-To-Amnesty Rally Planned A group of concerned citizens is planning a camp-out rally to oppose amnesty. It will be held from June 6 to 9 (ust three weeks before the Senate is scheduled to vote on the Gang of 8 bill) at Interstate 8 just east of Gila Bend. See map. Details of the rally can be found here. Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol plans to attend the rally and take aerial photos of the activity. Spencer said the people organizing the rally are of the highest caliber.

Daniel Greenfield -- FrontPageMag.com      Amnesty will legalize 32 million + add 25 million guest workers    And those guest workers will eventually find ways to become citizens as well. -- But at least the good news is that our vast overemployment problem caused by a job surplus that has been dragging our economy down is on the way to being solved. -- Also the grave problem of not having enough people on the Medicaid rolls has also been worked out. -- It's smooth sailing to Failed State country from here on in...

Coming Up May 21 Phoenix -- 10 AM MST No Amnesty - Press Conference

Jerry Galloway -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution      Immigration and the blessings of an IRS scandal    On Saturday morning, Sarah Robinson gave the breakfast prayer that opened the second day of the state GOP convention. Among many other things, she asked God to protect us from "the wickedness of the IRS." -- But in point of fact, many a quiet word of thanks was uttered this weekend for the blessing of the scandal at the Internal Revenue Service. For it allowed the hundreds of GOP delegates here, and the speakers who addressed them, to paper over the things that divide them...

Mark Krikorian -- National Review      Memo from RINOs: We trust Barack Obama     It has come to our attention that some bitter-enders are clinging to their opposition to S.744, the Gang of Eight immigration bill now being considered by the Senate. The most vexing issue for us is the skeptics' lack of trust in the Obama administration's willingness to faithfully execute the immigration laws. Since the whole bill is predicated on trust in Obama, we wanted to dispel any lingering doubts you may have about the legislation.

Oregon Registered Voters Protect Oregon Driver's Licenses Senate Bill 833 was recently passed in the Oregon legislature and signed into law on May 1. This law gives driver privilege cards to illegal aliens in Oregon. Protect Oregon Driver Licenses has filed a referendum (#301) to place SB 833 on the 2014 ballot so that voters can decide for themselves whether they want this law to be implemented in Oregon. Your signature and that of 58,142 others will make that possible... Read More

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix    Senators: Scandals won't kill the catastrophic amnesty scheme    Arizona's two members of the U.S. Senate's bipartisan "Gang of Eight" say they expect their push for comprehensive immigration reform to withstand the explosion of scandals that have rocked President Barack Obama's administration. -- Obama, who also champions immigration reform, has found himself scrambling to respond amid controversies related to inappropriate Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative "tea party" groups...

XETV -- San Diego / Tijuana      Another panga nabbed in La Jolla    A panga boat was spotted in La Jolla Saturday, and three people were taken into custody, San Diego police said. -- The open hull fishing vessel was reported near Windansea Beach about 6:10 a.m., according to San Diego police. -- The U.S. Border Patrol was also called to the scene, police said. [Related]

Texas Tribune     Driver's permit proposal for illegals stalls    An amendment that would have allowed [illegal aliens] to obtain a permit to legally drive and purchase insurance in Texas was derailed Friday on a point of order. -- But state Rep. Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, the chairman of the powerful House State Affairs Committee who authored the amendment to a Senate bill, said he isn't giving up...

William Teach -- Right Wing New      Saturday Obama scandals    I highly doubt whether anyone will obtain information linking Obama to either the IRS or phone records scandal. Say what you will about his "governance" style, but the man is able to keep his hands clean. Surely no emails, phone records, or paper records will link him, nor will anyone say "yup, Obama (or one of his advisors) ordered this". What Obama does is create an atmosphere as the Executive Branch head of underlings doing what they want ...

KPHO-TV -- Phoenix      ICE released more than 600 detainees with criminal records    According to a new letter released to Sen. John McCain's office, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers released 622 people with criminal records back in February. -- "ICE's reprehensible actions put Arizona at risk by setting free into our communities hundreds of detainees who were guilty of criminal offenses," said McCain. -- "The ICE officials responsible for this must face disciplinary action and must take all actions necessary to ensure that this never happens again," he continued.

Heritage Foundation      Ed Meese: We've seen the effect of "amnesty" before    Experts can't always predict exactly how public policy will affect the nation, despite our best efforts. But when it comes to immigration policy, we have tried many of the types of reforms advocated by today's Gang of Eight --- so we should consider the effects these reforms had in the past. -- In the mid-'80s, many Members of Congress advocated amnesty for long-settled illegal immigrants...

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