Thursday, December 15, 2005

Live Video from the Border Border Hawk Makes History Suspicious activity spotted on border First time in history live streaming video sent from an aircraft flying the border. Goal Achieved Palominas, Arizona -- December 14 On Wednesday, American Border Patrol, a non- profit organization, achieved a long-sought-after goal of bringing live streaming video and audio from the border directly over the Internet. Viewers with broadband capability could watch TV-resolution video live from the Border Hawk M's airborne camera. "We are poised to truly bring the truth about our borders to the American People," said Glenn Spencer of ABP. Spencer flew the airplane while at the same time doing an interview with a talk show from Washington, D.C. Watch [Broadband Speed Only] Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

S.F. Chronicle POLL

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Reuters House nears vote on invasion Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives scrambled on Thursday to bridge deep divisions within their party over President George W. Bush's proposed guest worker program as lawmakers neared a vote on legislation aimed at stopping illegal immigration...

DayLaborers.org

The Connection Newspapers Minutemen Surveillance George Taplin, president of Herndon's Minutemen, has submitted the names of 16 contracting companies that he believes are in violation of various state, county and town laws, to the proper governmental authorities, including the Internal Revenue Service.

Allen

Human Events Sen. Allen Squishy on Immigration Reform Potential 2008 Republican presidential candidate Sen. George Allen (Va.) declined Wednesday to support the idea of a fence separating the U.S. and Mexico, but said he would back a guest- worker plan as envisioned by President Bush. -- In an exclusive interview with Human Events, Allen passed on the opportunity to take a firm stance on immigration reform...

San Diego Sector PIO Press Release BP seizes another 1-1/2 tons of pot over the past week Over the past week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Border Patrol agents of the San Diego Sector have seized approximately 3,074 pounds of marijuana. These seizures follow a combined 2,900 pounds of marijuana seized December 2, 2005...

George Bush

WorldNetDaily.com Poll: 1/3 of Americans want Bush impeached One-third of Americans say they believe President Bush should be impeached, according to a new survey -- a figure that mirrors the number of people who say the United States cannot win a military victory in Iraq. -- Scott Rasmussen of the polling firm said his survey found an even higher percentage of respondents believe Vice President Dick Cheney...

Coming Up January 7 CT Citizens for Immigration Control is organizing a National Day of Protest -- Stop the Invasion

Racine Journal-Times Should Wisconsin ban licenses for invaders? State Sen. Cathy Stepp said Wednesday she is undecided on a bill that would ban [illegal aliens... criminals] from getting a driver's license. -- "My job is to listen to both sides of the issue, which I plan to do at the hearing," said Stepp, who serves on a Senate committee scheduled to take up the legislation today.

No Illegals!

Los Angeles Times Out-of-State Students Sue Over Tuition Contending that they are illegally charged higher tuition and fees than undocumented immigrants, a group of out- of- state students and parents filed a class- action lawsuit Wednesday against California's public university and community college systems. -- The suit, filed in Yolo County Superior Court, challenges practices based on...

American City Business Journals Business groups fight conservative border plan ...Arizona and national business interests are fighting hard against an enforcement-oriented federal immigration bill that looks to punish illegal immigrants and employers but does not include a guest worker program. There is also a conservative push to build a wall along the 2,000-mile U.S.- Mexican border.

John O'Sullivan -- Chicago Sun-Times Bush has his guest work cut out Some weeks ago the White House held a meeting with potential supporters on the hot topic of immigration. It was promoting its "comprehensive" reform package, which combines enhancement of border security with a "guest worker" program that would admit as many new legal immigrants...

Agape Press Advocate feels school right to suspend student The head of a group that advocates making English the official language of the United States says a Kansas high school was justified in suspending a 16- year- old student for speaking Spanish with another student in the hallway. -- Junior Zach Rubio was suspended for one and a half days...

VDare.com Desperate U.S. Worker Needs Our Help I recently received an e-mail from Roger Thomas, an American construction worker who is feeling the impact of foreign labor (much of it illegal) in the Gulf Region where he is trying to earn a living. -- The subject line read: "It's about the rule of law and not racism/please help!"

Poll Info

Linda Thom -- VDare.com Lessons From A Short History Of Texas In school, I didn't like American history, especially history of anything west of the Mississippi. Because of my sister Barbara's penchant for genealogy, however, I recently learned a bit of Texas history that provides some important lessons. -- A couple of years ago Barbara triumphantly told me that we are direct descendants...

WorldNetDaily.com 51 terror suspects nabbed trying to enter U.S. illegally At least 51 people who crossed the border illegally have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism since such tracking began 14 months ago, according to figures released to Rep. Tom Tancredo by the Department of Homeland Security. -- Tancredo, a leading congressional advocate of immigration reform...

Associated Press Idaho suit over illegal immigration tossed A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a southwest Idaho county's lawsuit against local employers accused of hiring illegal immigrants - an attempt to recoup money the county says it has spent on the workers. -- The judge said the county's claimed higher expenses for social services were simply the costs of being a government entity.

¡México!

Human Events GOP Congressman to Fox: 'Shut Up' U.S. Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R.-Ariz.) said Thursday that Mexican President Vicente Fox should "shut up" about his opposition to a proposed U.S.- Mexico border fence. -- Fox on Wednesday called the idea of a fence "disgraceful and shameful." -- "I'm going to step away from diplomatic rules and offer President Fox some straight talk..."

Arizona Daily Star Border activists say they knew law Indicted volunteer aid workers Shanti A. Sellz and Daniel M. Strauss told a federal prosecutor Wednesday that they were well- versed in immigration law prior to their July arrest for illegally transporting migrants. - But Sellz said the training she received from the faith-based No More Deaths Coalition...

Roger D. McGrath -- American Conservative Magazine End of the Rainbow Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition has a ways to go in Los Angeles, where Mexicans and blacks are killing each other at record rates. The action is particularly hot in South Central Los Angeles and in nearby Compton, two areas that have undergone a dramatic shift during the last two decades from virtually all black to half or more Hispanic...

U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz -- Brownsville Herald Immigration fight is about the money In recent months, a large number of my colleagues in Washington and Texas have discovered the U.S.-Mexico border and our unique security concerns here along the Rio Grande. -- The bill we will consider in Congress this week has little to do with what can we do to secure the border...

Pest Nest

Washington Post Words Fly at Day-Laborer Center in Herndon An open-air, taxpayer-funded day- laborer center opened before dawn in Herndon yesterday, and although the frigid weather appeared to chill the job market, it did nothing to cool the passions of those on both sides of the controversial issue. -- The opening followed months of intense debate as the center...

Washington Post Herndon Dulles Chamber Takes On Immigration Policy A delegation of business leaders from the Herndon Dulles Chamber of Commerce trekked to Capitol Hill this week to talk about immigration policy, advocating an expanded guest- worker program as well as increased security measures at the nation's borders.

Steve Sailer

American Conservative Magazine French Lessons American pundits have been crowing about how much better America is at handling minorities and immigrants than is France, which got what it had coming during the weeks of car-burning riots. -- As in France, where the political class seemed more interested in the riots' impact on the 2007 presidential election...

San Antonio Express-News Anchor Babies: Citizenship bill poses quandary Laredo -- A proposal to end the automatic U.S. citizenship for any baby born in the United States has caught the attention of concerned border residents who question whether the proposal could even be enforced. -- The U.S. House of Representatives could take up the contentious measure on birthright citizenship...

Owens

Rocky Mountain News Owens touts guest-worker scheme (amnesty) Gov. Bill Owens waded into the national immigration debate on Wednesday, pitching a proposed guest-worker plan on Capitol Hill amid an ongoing congressional debate over U.S. border policy. -- The U.S. House started to tackle the enforcement side of the immigration equation this week and was preparing to debate legislation...

Invasion

Washington Times Group seeks security fence A Pennsylvania- based advocacy group seeking the construction of a security fence along the U.S.-Mexico border has delivered nearly 20,000 petitions to members of Congress asking that a fence provision be included in a comprehensive immigration bill pending in the House.

No Illegals!

KGO-TV -- San Francisco Lawsuit says invaders get unfair advantage A lawsuit was filed Wednesday that aims to change the way the state of California charges out of state students to attend college. It claims that [illegal aliens... criminals] pay less for a state education than out- of- state [U. S.] citizens. -- U.C. Davis student Chaning Jang has had it.