Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Support for Illegal Alien Gangsters What Next - Drunk Drivers Against Mothers? "We've got to stop deporting these individuals..." Lou Dobbs Tonight - CNN - December 20 Kitty Pilgrim: Illegal alien gang members in this country have become the subject of an unbelievable new debate. Open border advocates are now criticizing federal and local authorities for deporting some of the most violent criminals. Casey Wian reports from Los Angeles. Casey Wian: Nearly 1800 illegal alien gang members have been deported since February under operation community shield, the joint effort by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and several local police departments. A model of successful immigration law enforcement is now the target of protests.    Watch  Transcript  Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Associated Press Mexico admits poor treatment of migrants Mexico City -- Mexico's federal Human Rights Commission acknowledged on Wednesday that the country uses some of the same methods in dealing with illegal migrants that it has criticized the United States for employing. -- The admission comes as Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez called on Latin American countries to unite against a U.S. House of Representatives bill...

KRIS-TV -- Corpus Christi Feds arrest gang member for illegal entry McAllen -- Federal agents have arrested a Mexican member of the "Texas Syndicate" on immigration charges, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday. -- State police tipped the agents off to Heriberto Rocha- Martinez under Operation Community Shield, a nationwide anti-gang initiative..

Investor's Business Daily The Rx Dems Ignore Immigration Reform: Democrats are still pushing for nationalized health care. If they really want to fix what they see as a medical crisis, they should start by doing something about immigration, which is linked. -- A new study says mass immigration is swelling the ranks of the uninsured and driving up medical costs as more and more immigrants...

Napolitano

WorldNetDaily.com Napolitano bludgeons border-fence proposal Despite recent momentum in Washington for the construction of a physical barrier being constructed on the Mexican border to prevent illegal aliens [criminals] from coming into the U.S., some of the strongest opposition is being voiced by the governor of one of the border states...

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Illegal immigration concerns could split both parties In 1990, hardly a Spanish- speaking person could be found in California, Mo., population 4,106. -- That's not the case anymore. Today, Mexican immigrants are almost two of every 10 residents. They account for nearly 40 percent of the workers at the area's largest employers, three meat-processing plants.

Associated Press Agents nab 74 invaders near Yuma A total of 74 illegal border crossers were apprehended by Yuma sector Border Patrol agents Monday night. -- Agents seized a pickup truck with a shell trailer, two vans, a Chevrolet Suburban and a Blazer all crammed with illegal immigrants in four different busts Monday night.

Fox News 'Shenandoah Rape' Suspect Escapes in Florida Police were in the middle of a massive manhunt Wednesday for the suspected "Shenandoah Rapist" who escaped from a correctional center in Miami-Dade County. -- Reynaldo Elias Rapalo is accused of committing a series of rapes in Southern Florida before he was captured in 2003. He is the sole suspect in the rapes of seven victims, ages 11 to 79...

Steve Sviggum (Minn. House Speaker) -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune Skip the euphemisms on people here illegally ...Words have meaning: Illegal immigrants begin their stay in America by breaking the law. In fact, the federal law definition of Coleman's preferred term, "undocumented alien," is a person who enters the United States without legal permission or who fails to leave when his or her permission to remain in the United States expires.

WorldNetDaily.com CAIR issues U.S. 'travel advisory' A controversial Islamic lobby group has issued a "travel advisory" for Muslim U.S. citizens attending a conference in Canada this weekend or participating in the upcoming pilgrimage to Mecca. -- The Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, says it's concerned the travelers will be "singled out by U.S. Customs..."

Invasion

Ivy Sellers -- Human Events Pro-Fence Group Is Closer to Its Goal Even with passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill in the House last week, the issue continues to sit at the top of conservatives' list of concerns. After all, with the Senate to debate the issue in February, it's far from certain what type of bill will land on the President's desk.

William Buchanan Birthright Citizenship - A Limited Right In my 10 years of volunteer lobbying, unlimited birthright citizenship and its disastrous consequences have rated a ho-hum. This year it has exploded onto the national consciousness. -- Nowhere was this more obvious than during the acrimonious debate over H.R. 4437, Rep. James Sensenbrenner's...

Los Angeles Daily News Editorial Wall of shame The Republican-controlled U.S.House of Representatives last week took one of the most important debates of the nation's future domestic policy, and came up with the most inadequate solution it could: Build a really big wall. -- The bill, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005...[Also see: Propaganda Watch]

MichNews.com Rallying Cry on Immigration: No Deportations, No Peace! As immigration reform heads to the Senate, sources suggest the House Bill may be covertly sabotaged to reward 15 million illegal immigrants with amnesty. -- Cynics even speculate the House Bill was merely a smoke screen to temporarily placate amnesty opponents. The final bill, according to cynics, will be butchered by Republicans...

Greeley Tribune Council supports law enforcement, two resolutions After more than a month of protests, delayed decisions and public forums, the Greeley City Council decided endorsing an ICE office wasn't its business anyway. -- Council members passed two resolutions on Tuesday night to support law enforcement, oppose crime and deal with the tension that appeared during the process.

Bridget Johnson -- National Review Going South -- Life on the border There's an ad campaign dotting the freeways of Los Angeles: signs pitching the crystal-blue waters of the Baja peninsula, beckoning Californians to "Just Drive South." Yet just as Angelenos can't wait to head to Mexico for a weekend of sun, cerveza, and shopping, many on the other side of the border can't wait to cross in the opposite direction.

No Illegals!

WPRI-TV -- Providence Illegal alien students can't receive government financial aid Boston -- A published report says dozens of [illegal aliens... criminals] are among the 14-thousand high school students being offered free tuition to Massachusetts state colleges. -- The students received letters this month from Governor Romney telling them that because of their high M-CAS scores, they had qualified...

WorldNetDaily.com Passed immigration bill 'will secure our borders' The National Football League's first-round draft picks don't always live up to their teams' expectations. Sometimes players who initially looked promising lack an instinct for the game on the professional level, aren't able to compete in a more aggressive environment, or they simply weren't good enough to be there in the first place.

¡México!

El Universal -- Mexico City Border wall proposal angers many in Mexico Mexico pledged to block a U.S. proposal to extend walls along the U.S. border, promising Tuesday to raise "a storm of criticism" and the condemnation of the international community against a bill that would also criminalize [illegal aliens... criminals]. -- Mexico raised the stakes in the battle against the bill by hiring a U.S. public relations firm... [Also see: Meddling Mexicans]

WorldNetDaily.com Billboard shows terrorist with driver's license A controversial billboard showing an Arab terrorist holding a grenade and a driver's license is set to go up soon in both New Mexico and North Carolina, two states where it is comparatively easy for immigrants to secure ID. -- The billboard is sponsored by New York- based Coalition for a Secure Driver's License...

The Hill CHC 'livid' at DCCC on border bill Several members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and their allies off Capitol Hill were furious that House Democratic leaders urged some of their colleagues to vote for an immigration- enforcement bill. -- Democratic leaders encouraged members of the Democrats' Frontline program - which aids the party's 10 most at-risk incumbents...

Arizona Republic Smuggling of migrants gets violent Jorge Avena-Pardo preyed on [illegal aliens... criminals] as the ringleader of a violent smuggling group. -- He and several men with guns kidnapped some undocumented immigrants from another smuggling gang, held them hostage in a vacant west Phoenix house and threatened to let them die in the desert if relatives didn't pay...

Storm Lake (Iowa) Pilot-Tribune King backs immigration reform bill Iowa Congressman Steve King is commending his colleagues this week for supporting "a real debate on immigration." -- The area congressman was among those supporting the 239-182 approval of U.S. House of Representatives H.R. 4437 - also known as the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005.

Washington Examiner Editorial The hidden costs of cheap labor The ongoing political debate over whether it takes a village - or a family - to raise a child takes on new meaning when the whole village seems to be living in a house originally designed for one family. -- Ordinances governing single- family neighborhoods in Fairfax County have been flagrantly violated for years.

¡Viva México!

Associated Press Blatant Interference: Mexico Retaliates for Border Wall Plan The Mexican government, angered by a U.S. proposal to extend a wall along the border to keep out migrants, has struck back with radio ads urging Mexican workers to denounce rights violations in the United States. -- Facing a growing tide of anti- immigrant sentiment north of the border, the Mexican government is also hiring an American public relations firm to improve its image.