Sunday, July 30, 2006

Begging the Question What is Operational Control? "When Chertoff announced the SBI program last year, he said it would take five years to gain operational control of the northern and southern borders..." United Press International -- July 28 Chertoff Pledges Better Border Security     U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday his department would boost its ability to control the nation's borders by 2008.     Chertoff told the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday during a hearing that the DHS could shorten the time it would take to gain "operational control" of the borders through its Secure Border Initiative. "I think we can get this done in 2008," he said. Comment: DHS should set a goal of no more than 20,000 getting past the Border Patrol. (See Missing Link) Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Mike Bailey -- SuburbanChicago.com Mexico law worth copying Elginite and former U46 school board member Douglas Heaton asked for a simple explanation of what Elgin police are doing locally to enforce immigration laws. He was met with silence, at least until newspaper articles about his frustration at the lack of response were published...

Fighting Immigration Anarchy - by Daniel Sheehy "This book is not just informative but inspiring. Readers will want to join up." Peter Brimelow, author of Alien Nation and editor of VDARE.com

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Full Disclosure -- Video Report LAPD officials speak out on Special Order 40, invaders In the City which at one time declared itself a "sanctuary" for illegal aliens, former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates describes in a two part Full Disclosure™ series how illegal aliens shot and killed police officers while the Department waited for Federal authorities to enforce immigration law at the border and on the streets of Los Angeles...

Daily News-Journal -- Murfreesboro, Tennessee Minuteman group brings invasion issue at rally The Tennessee Minuteman Civil Defense Corps held a rally on Murfreesboro's Public Square Saturday to speak out on the hot-button political issue of the year: Illegal immigration. -- Joe Carr, a candidate for 48th District state representative, kicked off the assembly with a frank message...

George Bush

John W. Lillpop -- Wizbang Blog Whither Bush concern for Americans and the US Constitution? As illegal aliens continue to invade America across our unsecured southern border, GW Bush, America's alleged war- on- terror chief, is said to be unwilling to take a hard-line approach to stop the invasion. -- The president's refusal is said to be based on 'concern' about offending illegal aliens...

Baldwin (Alabama) Press-Register Lack of Spanish speakers problem for Mobile, Baldwin police Mobile Police Officer Steve Rocha didn't learn English until he was 6 years old, because his parents, who immigrated from Mexico to Mississippi, wanted to make sure he never forgot his heritage. -- Now, decades later, Rocha is putting his Spanish skills to use helping Latino families and law enforcement agents in Mobile...

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The Dustin Inman Society Georgia cities to host illegal immigration/amnesty-again hearings Here in Georgia we have two up-coming opportunities to give the media, the senate and the president a very clear view on how Americans in Georgia view the amnesty- again legislation the senate has passed. -- From the AJC: "House leaders are betting that increased public pressure will help them defeat..."

Tampa Tribune Hiring rule has employers worried The letters come every year telling managers at Tampa Wholesale Nursery that some of their workers' Social Security numbers don't match government records. -- Owner Roy Davis tells the workers to bring in correct information or he'll have to fire them. Sometimes they return with new numbers. "Sometimes they're not Guadelupe anymore. They're Jose," he said.

Richmond Times-Dispatch Mexicans dole out unreliable Mickey Mouse IDs in Virginia The Mexican Consulate has set up shop this weekend in South Richmond, where it is expecting to issue about 600 documents. -- One of the documents being issued to Mexican nationals who stop by the temporary office at Ramsey Memorial United Methodist Church is the controversial consular identification, or matricula consular...

San Antonio Express-News Coexisting with the cartels Rio Bravo, Texas -- Empty cocaine packages littered the tall grass like candy wrappers along the bank of the Rio Grande in El Cenizo, a small but growing city 15 miles southeast of Laredo. -- On closer inspection, each of the 30 or so packages revealed layers - foil, plastic kitchen wrap and brown packing tape...

Associated Press 3 Mexican invaders obtained jobs with fake IDs Gulfport, Miss. -- Three Mexican nationals who used fake identification to obtain jobs were caught when Gulfport- Biloxi International Airport personnel reported the men to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. -- Authorities said the three were trying to obtain airport security identification badges...

Waah! Waah!

Jose Calderon, 'Chicano Studies' Prof. -- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Ethnic hustler whines about anti-invasion efforts Every time there are economic problems and there are cutbacks on social services, the immigrant is made a scapegoat. Now, after 9/11, the fear of "terrorism" has been used by various groups (such as Save Our State and right- wing politicians) to criminalize [illegal aliens... criminals] and anyone who supports them.

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Rhonda Chriss Lokeman -- Kansas City Star White House treading on other branches Are we to understand that the legislative solution to the constitutional crisis precipitated by Bush II is to sue the administration? -- Senators proposed reviewing signing statements that President Bush attaches to legislation signed into law. Congress could have the right to sue. -- Remember Sen. John McCain's anti-torture amendment...

Arizona Daily Star Invaders burying border in garbage After three years of cleanups, the federal government has achieved no better than a 1 percent solution for the problem of trash left in Southern Arizona by illegal border- crossers. -- Cleanup crews from various agencies, volunteer groups and the Tohono O'odham Nation hauled about 250,000 pounds of trash from thousands of acres...

Charlotte Observer Guardsmen's impact begins to show at border Los Algodones, B.C., Mex. -- Not five minutes after the boatload of immigrants slipped across the Colorado River at dusk, the Border Patrol trucks arrived. -- First, trucks tear down a dirt road and cut their headlights. The migrants call the trucks "dog catchers" because they resemble animal- control vehicles.

Washington Post Invasion a top issue in Colorado Republican House candidate Rick O'Donnell has come to one clear conclusion from hours spent knocking on doors in the Denver suburbs. Immigration is the No. 1 issue "by a factor of 10" in Colorado's 7th District. "The anger that the border is not secure is visceral and real," he said.

The Governator

San Diego Union-Tribune Immigration challenging governor Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's encounter with angry illegal immigration foes this week in La Mesa touched off a furor on the conservative talk radio circuit and blogosphere, creating renewed dissension on the Republican governor's right as he runs for re-election.

Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Times-Leader Cost to teach English jumps Hazleton Area School District's budget for English as a second language students has increased by about 54 percent during the last three years. -- And this fall, the number of ESL students will have more than doubled, according to projections provided by Director of Curriculum Deb Carr.