Jan LaRue -- American Thinker -- Bellevue, Wash. -- October 11, 2010     Illegal alien stumps 'Big Sis' Napolitano    If you thought Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano's silly remarks and bungling couldn't get any worse, you must have missed her performance on Fox's "O'Reilly Factor" last Wednesday night. -- The woman in charge of our immigration enforcement said she "doesn't know" what to do about the country's celebrity illegal alien, Nicky Diaz...

Washington Independent -- October 11, 2010    ICE chief confirms Secure Communities participation is mandatory    More bad news for cities that want to opt out of Secure Communities: Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief John Morton confirmed to the Associated Press Friday that participation in the program, which shares fingerprints taken by police with federal immigration enforcement, is not voluntary... [At last, this ICE clown does something right!]

Stephan Dinan -- Washington Times -- October 6, 2010      Deportations of illegals falls short of goal    President Obama's new immigration enforcement strategy led to an all-time record number of criminal aliens being deported last year, but removals of other illegal [aliens] fell to the lowest rate since 2007, before the Bush administration began its crackdown... [See Napolitano Watch - Obama Watch]

Sacramento Bee -- October 3, 2010      Experts: Whitman's ex-housekeeper unlikely to be deported anytime soon   Nicky Diaz Santillan has been outed across the nation as an illegal immigrant who used a fake ID to gain employment with Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. -- But immigration law experts say authorities are unlikely to move in to deport or prosecute Whitman's former housekeeper any time soon... [See Obama Watch & Napolitano Watch]

CNS News -- October 1, 2010     Sheriff Dever has just about had it with the Obama regime    Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz. told CNSNews.com that President Barack Obama has "got his hands wrapped around our throat" as his administration sues the state of Arizona for trying to enforce the immigration laws that the federal government itself will not enforce...

Weasel Zippers -- September 30, 2010      SPLC, labor union demands Obama stop checking immigration status of arrestees  Los Angeles -- Hundreds of human rights groups [including the notoriously radical Southern Poverty Law Center] are asking the Obama administration to end programs that allow local police to check the immigration status of arrestees [In other words, amnesty for all]. -- A letter to the president Wednesday says it encourages racial profiling... [See Napolitano Watch]

American Patrol Report Feature -- September 25, 2010     Poisoning the Well -- Sending Hardened Criminals To Mexico    At meeting of northern Mexican cities held in San Diego yesterday, Jose Reyes Ferriz, mayor of Ciudad Juarez, said of the 80,000 people deported to his city in the past 3 years, 28,000, or 35% had criminal records, including 2,000 who had been convicted of murder...

Washington Times -- September 23, 2010      Better border vigilance needed    It appears that our federal government has abdicated its responsibility to secure our borders and perform its primary task of providing national security for the American people. -- Radical, leftist open-borders activists and ultra-liberal members of the Obama administration are working to bypass the laws...

W. James Antle, III -- American Spectator -- September 21, 2010      Immigration doublespeak    In public, the Obama administration boasts of being tough on illegal immigration. "We're trying to put our money where our mouth is," ICE director John Morton told the Washington Post in a story claiming that deportations are rising. "You've got to have aggressive enforcement against criminal offenders. You have to have a secure border... [See Obama Watch]

One News Now -- September 14, 2010      Arizona Sheriff to ICE: 'Just get it done'    An Arizona sheriff says the U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is being disingenuous for blaming a lack of resources as an excuse for a new proposal that would let illegal aliens go free if they are merely pulled over for a traffic offense... [See Napolitano Watch & Obama Watch]

Connie Hair -- Human Events -- September 13, 2010      Obama's backdoor amnesty    The Obama administration has begun implementing a backdoor amnesty through selective enforcement of U.S. immigration law. -- A leaked internal memorandum from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) -- part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- entitled "Administrative Alternatives to Comprehensive Immigration Reform" revealed... [See Amnesty Watch]

Yahoo News -- September 11, 2010      Obama regime pushes small immigration reforms    Even though the Obama administration is deporting people at a record clip, ProPublica reporter Marcus Stern says the president has shifted the focus of immigration enforcement even as he's ordered its expansion. The White House, Stern writes, has recently enacted under-the-radar, small reforms that will "reduce the threat of deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants."

Fox News -- September 10, 2010      Feckless Feds propose new policy that would let invaders go free    Illegal [aliens] who get pulled over by police for traffic-related offenses will be set free if a proposed change in Immigration and Customs Enforcement policy is approved. -- The proposal has come under fire by county sheriffs near the Arizona-Mexico border -- including some who spoke out against SB 1070... [See Obama Watch - Napolitano Watch]

CNS News -- September 8, 2010    ICE says it's caught-and-released 506,232 illegals who are now fugitives    The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says that as of Sunday, Sept. 5, it had caught-and-released 506,232 illegal aliens who are now fugtives. That is more than the population of Sacramento, California, which currently numbers 486,189. -- Fugitive illegal aliens are individuals who were apprehended ICE for being in the United States illegally... [See Obama Watch - Napolitano Watch]

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner -- September 2, 2010      GAO: Feds should work with Arizona cops on human smuggling cases    Last month, hundreds of protesters marched in front of the Arizona state Capitol to display their opposition to that state's quest to enforce illegal immigration laws following passage of the state's new immigration law. After holding a prayer vigil at a church, the protesters demonstrated in front of the federal courthouse... [See Napolitano Watch - Obama Watch - AG Watch]

James R. Edwards Jr. -- Center for Immigration Studies -- August 30, 2010      Seeing is believing    If there's any doubt that the Obama administration is running headlong away from immigration enforcement and toward de facto amnesty, it will disappear with a quick review of the latest evidence. -- The weak-on-crime, coddle-the-lawbreakers political appointees in the DHS have had their deliberate non-enforcement policy direction exposed in the past few weeks... [See Napolitano Watch & Obama Watch]

Sara A. Carter -- Washington Examiner -- August 30, 2010      Fed agents frustrated by judges' immigration decisions    In March, Jose Manuel Gonzalez-Sandoval -- who had committed serious crimes in the United States since 1998 -- stood before Florence, Ariz., Immigration Judge Bruce Taylor on a deportation hearing. That day the judge canceled his removal proceedings, allowing him to stay in the United States... [See Napolitano Watch & Obama Watch]

Fox News -- August 30, 2010        As Guard heads for border, Obama takes heat for shift in deportation policy    As the first of more than 530 National Guard troops deploys to Arizona to help local officers secure the border, those clamoring for more federal assistance say the latest immigration policy change out of Washington shows the White House is still falling short on enforcement... [See Napolitano Watch & Obama Watch]

Heather Bachman -- Family Security Matters -- August 30, 2010     This is not about immigration - It's about America    While Judge Susan Bolton lays out the "Welcome" mat for the illegal [aliens] to enter our borders, she is threatening not only our immigration standards, but also our standards as a nation. Since the moment Governor Jan Brewer refused to allow ignorance of the White House to infect her state for another day... [See Napolitano Watch - Morton Watch - Obama Watch - AG Watch]

James Jay Carafano -- San Francisco Examiner -- August 30, 2010     Catching immigration 'criminals' is not enough    Social scientists James Wilson and George Kelling introduced the "broken windows theory" nearly three decades ago. Its premise was simple: By enforcing "petty" laws, police can help create a "well-ordered" environment that discourages more serious crime... [See Napolitano Watch - AG Watch - Obama Watch - Amnesty Watch]

Sky News -- London -- August 29, 2010        U.S. sea patrols stepped up to snare invaders    American border security officials have been forced to step up their patrol efforts as an increasing number of illegal [aliens] attempt to get in to the country by sea. -- Over the past year US Customs and Border Protection guards have arrested 736 suspected illegal [aliens], up from 400 the previous year, and 230 the year before that... [Video featuring the invader-coddling Obama lackey John Morton included]

Your World with Neil Cavuto -- Fox News -- August 26, 2010      Obama Regime Chicanery: Back door amnesty for invaders? Department of Homeland Security dismissing thousands of deportation cases against illegal aliens... [This segment aired on August 25] [See Napolitano Watch - Obama Watch - Amnesty Watch]

Hindenblog -- August 22, 2010      CRASH: The ICE conspiracy with illegal aliens    A good working definition of a conspiracy is this: an agreement between parties to do or facilitate any illegal or wrongful act, or a lawful act by illegal means. -- That definition seems perfectly applicable to the actions of John Morton, the Obami who heads ICE, and his staff... [See: Eye on Napolitano & Obama Watch]

Michelle Malkin -- August 20, 2010     Another Team Obama draft memo we're not supposed to worry about    When President Obama's minions put their policy wishes on paper, we're told it's nothing. Just "brainstorming." Idle chatter. No worries. -- It's what they said about the BLM's land grab scheming. and the DHS's amnesty-by-administrative fiat musings. And it's no doubt what they'll say about the latest draft memo from ICE chief John Morton to his field agents...

Mark Krikorian -- National Review -- August 19, 2010     Another draft memo on how to stop enforcing immigration laws    In the wake of last month’s DHS memo on how to create a de facto amnesty without congressional consent comes a similar “draft” proposal instructing local police to stop enforcing immigration laws. As reported by my colleague Jessica Vaughan, “According to a draft policy document now being circulated... [See Obama Watch & Napolitano Watch]

CNS News -- August 13, 2010      Sheriff: Border Patrol abandons 'dangerous' parts of the border   Sheriff Larry Dever of Cochise County, Ariz., one of four Arizona counties contiguous with the U.S-Mexico border, said Friday that the U.S. Border Patrol has pulled back from parts of the border in his and neighboring counties because manning those areas has become too dangerous... [See Napolitano Watch - Obama Watch]

Associated Press -- August 12, 2010      ICE Windbag Morton: 'We're going to get this right'    Phoenix -- The federal government has deported more illegal immigrants from the U.S. than ever before, the director of U.S. ICE said Thursday as part of an effort to push back on the suggestion Washington isn't doing enough. -- "For those who doubt the federal government's resolve in the enforcement of immigration law, let me say this..." [This clown claims Obama's 'comprehensive immigration reform' isn't amnesty, too]...

Ray Tranchant -- Fox News -- August 12, 2010      My daughter was kiled by a Mexican invader    My 16-year-old daughter, Tessa, was killed by an illegal [alien] in Virginia Beach three years ago while sitting at a stop light. Her friend Ali Kunhardt, 17, also perished instantly. -- Beautiful girls with tons of future plans, they had just stopped at a convenience store for a pack of gum at 10 on a Friday night... [See Napolitano Watch -- Obama Watch]

Washington Times -- August 10, 2010      Sheriffs call ICE honcho John Morton's visit a pathetic 'stunt'    Two key sheriffs along the Arizona-Mexico border on Tuesday called a planned visit by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton a "political stunt" and described as "pathetic" Obama administration attempts to "cover up its inaction in protecting our borders."

California Independent Voter's Network -- August 10, 2010      New ICE policy may me harbinger of another catastrophic amnesty scheme  According to new guidelines from ICE, director John Morton says his agency will use limited resources from Congress to focus on removing only those illegal aliens threatening U.S. national security and posing a public safety hazard. -- The finding comes from a lengthy story by The Washington Times... [See Amnesty Watch and Obama Watch]

Jerry Seper -- Washington Times -- August 10, 2010      Agents' union disavows leaders of ICE    The union that represents rank-and-file field agents at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has unanimously passed a "vote of no confidence" for the agency's leadership, saying ICE has "abandoned" its core mission of protecting the public to support a political agenda favoring amnesty... [See Obama Watch - Napolitano Watch]

Washington Times Editorial -- August 10, 2010      Immigration enforcement on ICE    America's front-line defenders against illegal immigration want to do their jobs, but they say the Obama administration is practicing unilateral disarmament. -- The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council and its affiliated local councils, which represents rank-and-file ICE officers, unanimously approved a no-confidence motion on U.S. ICE Director John Morton... [See "Hope & Change" Watch]

Jim Kouri, CPP -- Intellectual Conservative -- August 9, 2010      ICE chiefs slammed with "no confidence" vote by agents     The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council and its affiliated local councils cast a unanimous 259-0 vote of no confidence in ICE Director John Morton and Assistant Director Phyllis Coven. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents overwhelmingly say that their department's leadership has become politicized...

Washington Times -- August 9, 2010      Feckless feds failing to protect citizens from illegal alien invasion    New guidance telling U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to focus on apprehending terrorists and criminals has many of ICE's rank-and-file agents wondering who then is responsible for tracking down and detaining the millions of other illegal border-crossers and fugitive aliens now in the country...

Micheal E. Hill -- Washington -- August 9, 2010      Video clips from "This Week" and other weekend TV shows    Segments include discussions with John Boehner, Governors Jennifer Granholm and Bob McDonnell, Senator Claire McCaskill, embattled ICE director John Morton who pathetically pushes for another disastrous amnesty, and others...

Fox News -- August 6, 2010      Virginia officials demand answers on release of illegals    As a Bolivian native faces charges for killing a nun while drunk driving, a Virginia official is calling on Congress to subpoena Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to find out how many criminal illegal immigrants referred for deportation are released back into the communities where they were picked up...

Fox News -- August 6, 2010      ICE freezing information on illegals?    Megyn Kelly discusses the outrageous death of a Benidictine nun at the hands of an allegedly drunk-driving Bolivian illegal alien repeat offender. Segment aired August 6, 2010.

BBC -- August 6, 2010        A widow's plea    The first time I see Sue Krentz she's riding on a quad bike, a tool as indispensible to the modern rancher as a fleet-footed pony was to the cowboys who used to work the cattle in this part of southern Arizona. -- Sue is short, compact, burnt by wind and sun, and looks as tough as they come...

Dream Activist (Open-borders Zealots) -- August 6, 2010      Feckless feds defer deportation of convicted illegal alien crook     Tucson -- Yesterday, August 5th, Marlen Moreno was granted deferred action for one year. She was scheduled to be deported on August 8th, but after a campaign initiated by DREAM Act activists, hundreds of phone calls, over 6,000 faxes, and a sign-on letter supported by over 50 national and local organizations... [See Napolitano Watch & Obama Watch]

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Examiner -- August 6, 2010      ICE chiefs get "no confidence" vote from their agents    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents overwhelmingly say that their department's leadership has become politicized to the point of affecting the effectiveness of ICE. -- ICE agents through their union claim their leaders have little regard for the safety of American people... [See Napolitano Watch & Obama Watch]

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner -- August 5, 2010     ICE clown Morton receives unanimous no-confidence vote from own agents    It has just come to light that on June 11, 2010, the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council and their local chapter representatives, which represent 7,000 ICE agents working across the country, took a vote of no-confidence on ICE Director John Morton, resulting in a 259-0 total against the director...

Washington Examiner -- August 5, 2010      ICE union took a no-confidence vote in its leadership    ICE agents believe overwhelmingly that their department leadership has become so politicized as to compromise the effectiveness of ICE and the safety of American people. Their union has released a letter announcing its recent unanimous "vote of no confidence" in ICE agency heads...

Los Angeles Times -- August 2, 2010      More Obama Antics: U.S. to boost protections for illegal alien 'crime victims'    U.S. immigration officials are boosting efforts to protect immigrant crime victims with increased funding and greater outreach to publicize visa opportunities for those who assist law enforcement in prosecuting their perpetrators. -- The stepped-up efforts helped the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services approve the maximum number of visa petitions for this category...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- July 18, 2010      Arizona law finds widened support    ...U.S. ICE John Morton agreed with Mr. Rendell, telling the Associated Press: "I don't think that 50 different immigration enforcement laws is the answer to our immigration troubles. I understand the frustration that many communities feel over the question of illegal immigration, but I don't think having a patchwork of state laws is the right way to go." [See Amnesty Watch]

Associated Press -- July 13, 2010       Obama's ICE Director: States shouldn't follow Arizona's lead    Richmond, Va. -- States should not follow Arizona's lead and enact strict new Immigration laws because ridding the country of illegal [aliens.... criminals] is the federal government's job, the director of the nation's Immigration enforcement agency [illegal alien-coddling clown John Morton]said Tuesday...

WorldNetDaily.com -- July 8, 2010      Obama creates 'protected class' of illegals     The Obama administration's immigration-enforcement agency has distributed a list outlining protected classes of illegal aliens who should not be arrested: those who are mentally ill, disabled, pregnant, elderly, nursing or caring for children or sick people. -- Except in cases of extraordinary circumstances, ICE policy requires... [See Napolitano Watch & AG Watch]

CNS News -- July 7, 2010      Memo reveals ICE has resources to remove only 4% of illegals a year   In a June 30 memorandum, John Morton, assistant secretary of ICE, said that enforcing civil immigration laws is vital to "our national security, public safety, and the integrity of our border and immigration controls." -- But Morton also said that ICE only has the resources to remove about 400,000 illegal aliens each year...

Los Angeles Times -- June 30, 2010      Obama ICE stooge Morton gives pass to illegals with anchor babies    ...Obama's immigration enforcement chief, John Morton, issued a memo Tuesday ordering his agency to focus on deporting criminals and those who pose a national security threat, rather than on pursuing people such as "immediate family members of U.S. citizens" and those caring for children... [See "Hope & Change" Watch & Napolitano Watch]

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif. -- June 30, 2010     Invader-coddling Morton says immigration enforcement needs overhaul    Anaheim, Calif. -- Immigration officials must prioritize their limited resources on criminal and new illegal [aliens.... criminals] when it comes to deportations, John Morton, assistant secretary of homeland security for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told a group of sheriff's officials gathered Tuesday morning for a national convention...

Gainesville (Ga.) Times -- June 26, 2010      Immigration facility may get softer look    A privately operated midtown Gainesville facility that holds illegal [aliens] prior to deportation could soon have a less jail-like environment. -- The North Georgia Detention Center, former site of the Hall County jail, holds about 500 people who are detained by ICE officials for being in the country illegally...

Fox News -- June 25, 2010      Obama picks another illegal alien-coddler for key role at ICE     The Obama administration has tapped an outspoken critic of immigration enforcement on the local level to oversee and promote partnerships between federal and local officials on the issue. -- Harold Hurtt, a former police chief in Houston and Phoenix, has been hired as the director for the U.S. ICE's Office of State and Local Coordination. Starting July 6...

W. James Antle, III -- American Spectator -- June 21, 2010       Obama cracks down    The sweet nothings Hillary Clinton whispered into the ears of foreign television audiences went stateside on Friday, as America media outlets began confirming what the secretary of state first told an Ecuadoran news channel: the Obama administration is planning a lawsuit against Arizona's new immigration law... [This clown Morton said his agency might not process suspected illegal immigrants referred to it under SB 1070]

Fox News -- June 17, 2010      Contractor to turn ICE detention centers into resorts for invaders    In an agreement U.S. immigration officials hope will begin to reshape the entire 30,000-bed detention system, some asylum-seekers and [illegal aliens] awaiting deportation proceedings could soon be held in facilities where they can wear their own clothes, participate in movie and bingo nights, eat continental breakfasts and celebrate holidays with visiting family members...

Fox News -- June 10, 2010      Whose side are Eric Holder and John Morton on?    The nation's top immigration enforcement official vowed on Thursday to process many -- but not all -- of the illegal immigration cases referred to his agency by the state of Arizona, something he said his agency has continued to do even while federal attorneys wrangle over the Grand Canyon state's new immigration law... [See Obama Watch and AG Watch]

Lynn Stuter -- NewsWithViews.com -- May 28, 2010      We don't need no stinkin' rule of law    Last week, Assistant Secretary John Morton, Department of Homeland Security, I.C.E. Division, went on record stating his department would not necessarily process illegal aliens referred to I.C.E. by Arizona authorities. -- Even though his boss, Janet Napolitano, has admitted she hasn't read the law, knows nothing about the law...

Aaron Goldstein -- American Spectator -- May 27, 2010      Is Arizona's immigration law being put on ICE?    For all the histrionics, hoopla and hysteria that has surrounded Arizona's recently passed immigration enforcement law, it must be noted that its success depends on the cooperation of the federal government and the feds know it. -- How else to explain the words of John Morton, Assistant Secretary of State for Homeland Security for U.S. ICE?

American Patrol Report Feature -- May 23, 2010    Realizing the Mexican Dream -- Obama Paves the Way -- To Aztlan    As American Border Patrol reported last week, the Obama administration has begun to abandon parts of the Arizona / Mexico border, despite the furor over the murder of rancher Rob Krentz and the passage of a tough new immigration law. -- Now, John Morton, head of I.C.E. says he may not take illegal aliens turned over to them by Arizona...

Fox News -- May 22, 2010   Poll on Page     Screwing Arizona: Have Obama and his ICE chief gone too far?    A top Obama administration official, John Morton, who heads U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said his agency might not process illegal [aliens.... criminals] referred to them by Arizona authorities under the state's new immigration law...

Abby Wisse Schachter -- New York Post -- May 21, 2010     Why is Obama complaining, Arizona's new law won't be enforced    The country's top federal immigration enforcement cop says his agency won't be doing its job . -- John Morton, who heads ICE, said his agency will not necessarily process illegal [aliens] referred to them by Arizona officials. The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach [aka amnesty, or surrender], not a patchwork of state laws, he said... [See Obama Watch]

Center for Immigration Studies -- April 15, 2010         Latest news headlines from CIS    Mexico will be able to prosecute some accused drug smugglers caught in the U.S. under a new program being launched by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials said Wednesday. -- The Illegal Drug Program will focus on cases that U.S. prosecutors decline to take on, said John Morton...