Thursday, October 5, 2006

Now What? Will Presidential Sour Grapes Delay Fence? Poll: Who is in the best position to report on progress of the border fence? Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- October 4 Dobbs: All right. And will the Republican leadership, particularly in the Senate, tell the president and everybody who wants to talk about comprehensive immigration reform, i.e. amnesty, to stick it until we do secure our borders and ports? Kyl: We might use different terminology than that, but the bottom line is, I think the message has gotten through pretty loud and clear that we're going to start with border security, and that starts with building more fencing. That's what we've accomplished this year, and again, that's in response to what the people wanted. And I think that counts for a lot.    Watch  Transcript   Past Features   American Border Patrol Updates

POLLS

Question on attack on Minutemen at Columbia U -- Scroll down, look right Question on Escondido anti-invader law -- Look right

Contra Costa Times Governor urges "immigrants" to assimilate into U.S. culture Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Thursday that some Mexican immigrants "try to stay Mexican" when they come to the United States, and he urged them to assimilate into the fabric of American society. -- Recalling his own experience emigrating from his native Austria, the Republican governor said...

NorthJersey.com Phony IDs are still just a phone call away An effective tool for would- be terrorists turned up again recently in our area. Did anyone notice? -- Sorry. Not this time. -- Our nation claims to be busy building anti-terror safeguards. We think big and expensive ­ billions to monitor shipping containers at our seaports, millions for TV cameras...

Santa Fe New Mexican The Fence: Meddlesome Mexicans' undies in a bunch Tijuana -- Mexico lobbied for six years for a comprehensive immigration reform that would allow millions to cross into the United States legally. Instead, it got a wall. -- Mexicans -- from leading politicians to migrants preparing to cross illegally -- consider the U.S. plan to fence off much of the border shameful, offensive and ill-conceived.

eCanadaNow.com Mexico City mayor grumbles about fence Mexico City Mayor Alejandro Encinas called US plans to extend a fence along its southern border "one of the worst points of our relationship with the United States," according to reports published Thursday. -- Encinas said the wall shows "that the most conservative, discriminating and racist positions in the US have gained ground."

Fox 31-TV -- Denver -- Includes Video Colorado Minutemen assaulted on video A Colorado group known as the Minutemen -whose aim is keeping an eye on illegal immigrants- says they were attacked. It was all caught on camera. Fox 31's Jeremy Hubbard has the exclusive details. [It appears that one of those harmless day-laborer pests is the culprit. One arrest has been made.]

San Diego Union-Tribune 'Sanctuary city' mayor exposed as apparent slumlord [Article published 12/15/05] -- Nick Inzunza, mayor of National City and candidate for state Assembly, passionately talks about how hard he works to improve the lives of poor people by giving voice to their struggles. -- He has publicly taken credit for investing the millions he has made in real estate "to create affordable housing in the inner city."

Robert Vasquez

Associated Press Vasquez challenges Craig for U.S. Senate in 2008 An outspoken Idaho county commissioner is getting a two-year head start on his bid for U.S. Senate. -- Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez, known for his battles against illegal immigration, announced Wednesday that he would be challenging fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Larry Craig [an open-borders zealot] in the 2008 election...

Coming Up October 7 Laguna Beach, Calif. -- 8-11 am Pacific -- | Other Events Rally Against Day Laborer Pests at Ganhl Lumber

North County Times -- Escondido -- Includes Video More on Escondido's illegal alien rental ban Escondido (Calif.) on Wednesday became the first California city to ban renting property to illegal [aliens... criminals], bringing to a head months of divisive arguments in the community, and possibly setting the city up for a protracted legal battle. -- At the end of a contentious, late-night meeting, the measure passed...

'Tan Klan' Info

Jackson Clarion-Ledger Immigration Web site called racist A Mississippi lawmaker and a state employee are affiliated with an anti- illegal immigration organization that operates a Web site some national advocacy groups describe as a racist attack against the Hispanic community [read: invaders - criminals]. -- Rep. Mike Lott is the executive director of the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement...

Invasion

Victor Davis Hanson -- Real Clear Politics The shifting debate over illegal immigration When I wrote "Mexifornia" more than three years ago, much of the criticism came from the academic and open-borders left. The memoir was considered insensitive in our politically correct age for complaining that it was not wise or moral that millions were here illegally from Mexico.

Geocities.comdrew Dwyer The nation defeated I watched with a dose of disbelief how the story of U.S. Rep. Mark Foley (Republican ­ Florida), who got caught sending quasi-erotic e-mails to teenage boys, developed since the ABC brought it up last week. The titles of the news that swept the country coast- to- coast and circulated on the Internet were escalating...

Coming Up October 7 Anderson, Indiana -- | Other Events IFIRE Conference with Dan Sheehy, Edwin S. Rubenstein, plus.... Yeh Ling Ling, Susan Tully of FAIR, Rick Biesada, Ted Hayes, others

Pest Nest

Arizona Republic Grant to help fund center for day laborers A $30,000 grant announced Wednesday will give a boost to Phoenix's cash-strapped day-labor center through most of next year. -- The grant from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, a social justice program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will pay for the Macehualli Work Center's operating costs...

Derbez Watch

El Universal -- Mexico City  Radical Mexican kook fumes over border fence in Congress Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez expressed frustration on Wednesday with the US' decision to build a border wall to stem migration, saying the measure was "mistaken and unfortunate." -- "I am frustrated by this unfortunate and wrong-headed decision that does not provide solutions to the immigration issue," he said. [More Mexican meddling]

Coming Up October 11 Newport Beach, Calif. -- 2 pm Pacific -- | Other Events Rally Against Amnesty for Invaders

Angelides

Sacramento Bee California candidates decries border fence Phil Angelides says he doesn't favor erecting "a Great Wall of China" to keep illegal [aliens... criminals] out of California, adding that he would take a "compassionate and pragmatic" approach as governor to the politically volatile immigration issue. -- In a meeting with The Bee editorial board Wednesday, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate...

Steven Yates -- NewsWithViews.com Quietly, quietly building the North American Union Just when you thought it might be safe to go on to topics other than regional integration and trade practices driven by the love of money and the lust for power, you get blindsided again. -- While ordinary Americans were reflecting on the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, globalists of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico...

Goode

Bedford (Virginia) Bulletin Volunteer meeting features Goode A Monday night meeting of the Citizens Police Academy Alumni and the county's neighborhood watch program featured Congressman Virgil Goode as a guest speaker. -- "In my opinion, illegal immigration is one of the biggest issues affecting this country," Goode said.

McAllen Monitor Valley quivers as border barrier now closer to reality President Bush signed a homeland security bill Wednesday that authorizes $1.2 billion for fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border and overhauling FEMA. -- He signed the $35 billion spending bill into law in Arizona, one of the heaviest border crossing points for illegal immigrants and a likely site for some of the 700 miles of fencing...

Sydney Morning Herald Meddling Mexicans threaten to whine to U.N. Mexico says it may go to the United Nations to challenge US plans to build hundreds of kilometres of fences on its southern border. -- The Foreign Secretary, Luis Ernesto Derbez, said the plan was offensive. -- Asked if he would take up the issue with the UN, a step some Mexican politicians have called for...

Jim Gilchrist

Powerline Blog --   Includes Video Berserk "students" attack Gilchrist on stage in New York Last night the Columbia University College Republicans hosted what was to be a speech by Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. Within moments of Gilchrist taking the podium, however, the event was disrupted by left-wing students mounting a coordinated attack on the stage. Columbia Public Safety stood by and watched. [More here]

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 | Review

¡México!

Allan Wall -- VDare.com Another outrageous invasion scheme from Mexicans Mexican lawmakers are not happy about the recent fence bill passed in the U.S. Congress. But not to worry, they are working on ways to get around it. -- If they can't get a bilateral migratory accord signed between the U.S. and Mexico, a group of Mexican senators has an alternative -- set up migratory accords between states in the U.S. and Mexico.

San Diego Union-Tribune Escondido outlaws renting to invaders The national immigration debate rocked Escondido (Calif.) on Wednesday night when the City Council passed a highly divisive ordinance that would prohibit landlords from renting to [illegal aliens... criminals]. -- Every chair in the 350-seat council chambers was filled and the meeting was broadcast live at a park next door where hundreds more watched...