HAPPY NEW YEAR! Sunday, January 1, 2006

Make or Break Year Stage Set For Border Showdown Illegal aliens cross fence in Southeastern Arizona. Photo by American Border Patrol. Sovereignty Hangs in Balance Border watchers expect 2006 to be the make-or-break year for illegal immigration reform.. "If I were running the open- borders campaign, my primary goal would be to kill the fence and continue the current enforcement strategy, giving in by buying a little more technology and a few more people," said Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol. "They think if they can just hold us off for a few more years, it will be too late to save our sovereignty," Spencer added. Border traffic, low for the holidays, is expected to increase next week and ABP will be there with a new border reporting campaign. (Get the new alert software.) Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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The Times -- London US cannot fence off the challenge of immigration If Republican leaders in Congress have their way, the new year will see a 700-mile security fence, topped with wire, lights and cameras and patrolled by police and troops, begin to push its way along the Mexican border. -- Mexican officials have called it the "Berlin Wall"; others have compared it with the security barrier...

Time Magazine Blocking Bush at the Border Before heading to Congress, Republican J.D. Hayworth of Arizona was a sportscaster with a signature home- run call: "It's vapor!" Now the conservative Hayworth is making a similar charge about President Bush's plan to tighten the border with Mexico and establish a limited guest-worker program.

Alito

Washington Post via the Buffalo News Alito stand on criminals, immigrants tougher than most During 15 years as a federal appeals court judge, Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. has been highly sympathetic to prosecutors, skeptical of immigrants trying to avoid deportation, and supportive of a lower wall between church and state, according to an analysis of his record by the Washington Post...

Greeley Tribune Illegals arrested on Wal-Mart grounds In Nebraska, 14 [illegal aliens... criminals] who were working for a Wal-Mart subcontractor have been arrested at one of the retail giant's distribution centers. ICE officials say the illegal workers were all from Mexico and were arrested December 20th while installing shelves at Wal-Mart's North Platte distribution center.

Greeley Tribune 'They go as far north as they can' The flood of Latino migration to Colorado begins as a trickle somewhere in Nicaragua. -- Many tributaries flow into the stream as it moves north: Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, southeastern Mexico, the area around Mexico City, and then come large inputs from heartland states like Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco and Aguascalientes. [Also see: Propaganda Watch]

North County Times Illegal immigration continues to rile Southwest County Illegal immigration continued to be a hot- button issue in Southwest County -- so much so that a popular Los Angeles talk radio duo came to the region in support of a state border police initiative. -- In the same year that activists took to patrolling the U.S.- Mexico border as part of the Minuteman Project and other similar efforts...

Associated Press 425 cars torched in New Year's unrest in France Paris -- Rowdy revelers in France torched 425 vehicles overnight in scattered New Year's Eve unrest that has become an annual problem in troubled neighborhoods, the national police chief said Sunday. Last year, 333 cars were burned. Police Chief Michel Gaudin also said there were no major clashes this year between youths and police overnight...

North County Times Illegal immigration debate boils over in 2005 It all depends on which side of the fence one calls his own. When it comes to the debate over illegal immigration, 2005 was either a banner year that raised awareness of a major problem facing the state and nation, or a series of blows to the human rights of [illegal aliens... criminals] and Latinos in America.

Hogwash

Chicago Tribune Editorial Regaining border control ...Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist plans for his chamber to take up immigration reform in February. That debate is likely to center on a package pushed by Arizona Republican John McCain and Massachusetts Democrat Edward Kennedy that marries toughened enforcement with a guest worker program.

Invasion

Todd J. Gillman -- Dallas Morning News Border fence divides lawmakers Good fences make good neighbors. But do they make for good policy along the Mexican border? -- Just before going home on recess, the House approved 700 miles of fencing despite objections from every Texas lawmaker whose district touches the border. -- Advocates say the fence will keep out drug smugglers, terrorists and illegal immigrants.

KVOA-TV -- Tucson Suspect in slaying of ice cream vendor is repeat invader Tucson investigators are looking for a Mexican man suspected of killing an ice cream vendor. -- Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Felix Gaxiola- Flores, who has been returned to Mexico more than a dozen times for being here illegally. [This guy was in custody at one time but was released.]

Arizona Daily Sun -- Flagstaff 2005 was Year of the Border Tucson -- For Arizona, 2005 was the year of the border. Or more accurately, the latest year of the border. -- For years now, anger and frustration have been mounting over the steady flow of illegal immigrants crossing into Arizona, the busiest illegal entry point on the U.S.- Mexico border. But 2005 was a year when even more people than usual seemed to be paying attention. [Related item]

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

Washington Post Farewell to the expert on borders (RINO Kolbe) Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-Ariz.) recently announced that he would not seek re-election after serving 11 terms in Congress. His quiet announcement was barely covered in the national media, which is a real pity. His leadership, especially on issues of immigration and border security, will be sorely missed. [Vote Randy Graf for Congress]

Los Angeles Times Immigration plan riles Bush's Texas neighbors ...Under legislation passed by the House in December and praised by Bush, stories like Tellez's would be heard less often. Living in the United States illegally would change from a civil offense to a federal crime, turning an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants into felons and rendering them permanently ineligible for legal residency.

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Turmoil dominates news stories of 2005 Fed up with the federal government's handling of immigration, hundreds of volunteers spread out along the Arizona- Mexico border in April to monitor illegal crossings and push the problem into the national spotlight. -- Latino activists railed against the Minuteman Project, denouncing volunteers as racists.

MetroWest Daily News Immigration reform moves to front burner For both sides of the immigration debate, next year will be decisive. -- With the U.S. Senate scheduled to take up the thorny subject early next year, immigrants and their advocates look forward to it as a year of hope, while opponents wait for a year of strict immigration measures.

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