Wednesday, December 7, 2005

American Patrol's Person of the Year Jim Gilchrist founded the Minuteman Project Composite image by American Patrol. A Great American     In less than a year, Jim Gilchrist founded the Minuteman Project and made a respectable showing in running as an independent for congress in a usually safe Republican District. His dogged determination, discipline and professionalism helped bring national attention to the problem of the porous border with Mexico. He is American Patrol's Person of the Year for 2005.     As a proven leader, we expect to hear more from Jim Gilchrist in 2006. Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Gilroy Dispatch Hire illegal aliens? Watch out ...Frustrated by the federal government's response to illegal immigration and worried that [illegal aliens... criminals] are depressing wages, conservative immigration reform groups are broadening their focus from the U.S.- Mexico border to the workplace - in Southern California, Texas, Illinois, Virginia and elsewhere.

Lynn Woolley -- Human Events Capital Murder in Sanctuary Cities A grieving father named Humberto Garcia came into my radio studio on April 5, 2005, desperate to tell an incredible story of rape, murder and official misconduct. The story had been told before on cable TV. However, unlike the Natalee Holloway case in Aruba, it had been dropped like a rock...

Fox News Aides: Menendez Chosen as Newest N.J. Senator New Jersey Gov.-elect Jon Corzine has chosen Rep. Robert Menendez to serve out the remainder of his Senate term, Democratic congressional aides said Wednesday. -- An announcement will be made as early as Thursday, according to the congressional figures close to Corzine, also a Democrat.

Arizona Daily Star 2 arrested for smuggling invaders in boat Customs officers at the San Luis Port of Entry, near Yuma, found three border crossers hidden in a boat as it was towed across the border Monday. -- The 1974 Bayliner Saratoga boat in tow on a truck caught the attention of the officers, who questioned a man and a woman about their visit to Mexico and return to the United States...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services Conservatives look at ending birthright citizenship ..."They see people are coming here simply for the purpose of having a child here and then, because they're the anchor, they can have all the family come in on that child's ticket ... There are thousands upon thousands of people who are doing it," said Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., a leading opponent of illegal immigration.

New Standard Bush's immigration ideas worry invaders ..."America has always been a compassionate nation that values the newcomer and takes great pride in our immigrant heritage," Bush stated in a November 28 speech at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. "Yet we're also a nation built on the rule of law, and those who enter the country illegally violate the law..."

Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner

Los Angeles Times GOP bill ignores Bush's amnesty scheme A key lawmaker unveiled legislation Tuesday that underscored the differences between President Bush and many House Republicans over how to fix the nation's troubled immigration system. -- Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. said his bill would tighten border security, require all businesses to verify that their employees are in the U.S. legally...

Mac Johnson -- Human Events Illegal Alien Invasion Deadlier Than Iraq When your first acts in America are to illegally sneak in, lie about your status, obtain fraudulent identification, deceive public services and solicit an itinerant job in the underground economy, people have a right to ask what sort of neighbor you might become. -- The illegal alien's life of deceit and struggle would seem to appeal only to those very desperate...

Orange County Register Update: Costa Mesa police will enforce immigration law Costa Mesa, Calif. -- The City Council early today approved training city police to enforce federal immigration law. The plan was scaled back from an original proposal that could have allowed patrol officers to detain illegal immigrants first stopped for minor offenses such as jaywalking or soliciting day labor.

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Arizona Daily Star Border Patrol adding 640+ Arizona agents The U.S. Border Patrol will add 1,700 new agents along the Mexican border this fiscal year, with Arizona getting more than 640 of them, the agency said Tuesday. -- Border Patrol Chief David Aguilar said the number of agents in the Tucson Sector will increase to 2,779 from 2,339 by the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

Boston Globe Immigration raids empty New Bedford fish plants A waterfront sweep by the US Coast Guard and immigration authorities that resulted in the arrest of 13 men has sent panic through New Bedford's large immigrant community, causing workers at seafood processing plants to stay away from their jobs. -- When workers at the AML International fish processing plant arrived for their shifts...

San Antonio Express-News Voter registration drive will be on at border Laredo -- Election officials are hoping the masses of paisanos heading back home for the holidays will drive up the number of Mexicans living abroad who are registered to vote in the 2006 elections, a government adviser said Monday. -- In December, thousands of Mexicans working in the United States head home for Christmas...

Pat Buchanan

WorldNetDaily.com No amnesty, no deal, Mr. President When the 17th Street levee broke and the floodwaters of Lake Pontchartrain inundated New Orleans, the immediate imperative was: Fix the levee. Before the cleanup could begin, before the refugees could return, the levee had to be repaired so water stopped flooding into the city. Everybody understood this....

Coming Up December 13 Redlands, Calif. -- 11 AM to 1 PM Fire Jerry Lewis Rally

Bloomberg Houston, haven for invaders, pressured to be tougher Houston Mayor Bill White is facing increasing pressure locally and from the federal government to toughen a policy that has helped make the fourth- largest U.S. city a haven for [illegal aliens... criminals]. -- City Councilman Mark Ellis is trying to force a vote on a plan directing police to enforce immigration law...

Press Release DHS Announces Border Agent Deployment Schedule Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced today the fiscal year 2006 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agent deployment schedule. In a significant increase in personnel, an additional 1,700 CBP Border Patrol agents will be assigned to the southwest border.

Waah! Waah!

Hardbeat News Sharry's border-busters slam Sensenbrenner bill A popular Washington-based immigrant advocacy organization has slammed the latest piece of immigration legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress yesterday, saying it only "makes a bad situation worse." -- Angela Kelley, deputy director of the National Immigration Forum said Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner's bill demonstrates a breathtaking misunderstanding of the immigration issue.

Associated Press Drivers' licenses for illegals proposed [Illegal aliens... criminals] in Indiana would receive a special driver's license if they pass an exam and buy auto insurance under a new proposal. -- State Rep. John Aguilera, D-East Chicago, said the licenses would not help people gain U.S. citizenship but would be more like a permit to grant driving rights to [invaders].

Invaders

Kansas City Star Invasion is a growing worry With 11 million [illegal aliens... criminals] in this country, there's little disagreement that the system is broken and needs to be fixed. -- The fight in Congress is over how. -- Most advocate better security at the borders; some would build more fences and put U.S. soldiers behind them...

Jim Gilchrist

Riverside Press-Enterprise Candidate jolts campaigns Win or lose, Jim Gilchrist's independent congressional campaign and its laser focus on illegal immigration will influence how other politicians take up the issue in 2006, political experts said Tuesday. -- "There are a lot of politicians who do not want to say the 'I' word," said Steven Camarota...

English Only Americans Need Not Apply On December 5 The Spectrum, a Southern Utah newspaper, ran an ad for a press man. If you didn't read Spanish you wouldn't know it because the ad was entirely in Spanish, except for the word "press man." "The Spectrum, a Gannett newspaper, is sending a message that if you don't speak Spanish you don't work at their newspaper," said Glenn Spencer of American Patrol. (Contact The Spectrum.)

Invasion

Rep. Virgil Goode -- Roanoke Times More than a fence against illegal aliens ...The bill I introduced along with California Congressman Duncan Hunter does provide for construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border. However, the fence is only a small part of the bill's plan to control mass illegal immigration. If your editors had focused on the whole bill, they would have discovered that we, too, believe that a fence alone will not solve this national crisis...

Poll Info

WWTI-TV -- Watertown, New York Poll: Bush Immigration Stance Unpopular While most people asked say immigration is good for the United States, a Gallup Poll indicates displeasure with President Bush's handling of the issue. -- A November poll showed 26 percent of U.S. residents asked approved of the way Bush is handling immigration, while 65 percent disapproved...

Center for Immigration Studies Invasion worst in history during Bush's reign As the nation considers immigration proposals from Congress and the President, an analysis of new Census Bureau data shows that the immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached a new high in 2005. The data, which the Bureau has not yet analyzed, also show that 2000 - 2005 is the highest five-year period...

Tucson Citizen Plan wouldn't count noncitizens in deciding states' representation The U.S. Constitution should be changed so that only legal citizens are counted in deciding how many House seats each state gets, a Republican lawmaker argued Tuesday. -- "This is about fundamental fairness and the American ideal ... of one man or one woman, one vote," said Rep. Candice Miller, R-Mich., testifying to a House subcommittee on federalism and the census.

Orange County Register Council vote delights invasion foes, miffs usual suspects About 200 people turned out Tuesday night as the City Council discussed enacting a controversial program that would train Costa Mesa, Calif. police officers to enforce federal immigration law. -- A vote had not been taken as of 10 p.m.... [but passed according to a news report on KCBS-TV news this morning]...