Thursday, October 19, 2006

650 Potential Terrorists Caught at Border American Families Put At Risk  "I anticipate that he [the President] will sign it [the fence bill] in the near term." (See "Terror From Below") Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- October 18 Pilgrim: In 2005, 1.2 million illegal aliens caught by the Border Patrol, 165,000 were from countries other than Mexico, 650 from special interest countries, special interest countries being countries that have terrorism links. Were you surprised at the magnitude of this problem? McCaul: Not terribly surprised, but very disturbed by the findings. ...Human trafficking, as you mentioned, the other than Mexican special alien concern has tripled since September 11.... I think the thing that keeps all of us up late at night in the Congress is -- God forbid -- these routes are used for weapons of mass destruction to come across our border.    Watch: Terrorist Segment || Bank Segment  Transcript   Past Features   American Border Patrol Updates

Escondido's Marie Waldron on the Peter Boyles Show FRIDAY - 6 am PT, 7 am MT - KHOW - 630 AM - Denver - Listen

Associated Press Border agents sentenced for shooting Mexican criminal Two former U.S. Border Patrol agents were each sentenced Thursday to more than a decade in federal prison for shooting a Mexican drug smuggler and then trying to cover it up. -- Ignacio Ramos was sentenced to 11 years and one day, and Jose Alonso Compean was sentenced to 12 years. Both were fired after their convictions on several charges...

Len Munsil

KOLD-TV -- Tucson Munsil releases details on border plan Phoenix -- Republican gubernatorial candidate Len Munsil has released more details on what he'd do to improve border security and combat illegal immigration. -- The GOP nominee plan calls for deploying more National Guard troops to the border and creating a new state border patrol as part of the Department of Public Safety...

No Sponging

Chicago Tribune Suit: Arizona targets money wired from invader communities A Burbank truck driver sued Wednesday to block Arizona authorities from seizing large money transfers sent from Illinois and 25 other states targeted because they have significant illegal [alien... criminal] populations. -- Arizona officials report that since 2002, they have seized $17 million in a little-known campaign...

Arellano

FinalCall.com Reconquista nut job goes ballistic over squatter deportation order In a special presentation to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Emma Lozano offered a framed photo of families of La Familia Latina Unida, who have either been separated or are on the verge of being separated because of the "unjust laws of this empire," declared the Latino activist, who played a critical part in mobilizing and organizing...

Lou Dobbs Tonight Border Patrol agents receive harsh sentences An El Paso judge this afternoon handed down sentences of 11 and 12 years in federal prison for border agents Compean and Ramos who were convicted of shooting a Mexican drug mule. The agents will remain free until January 17, 2007. More details later.

Cornyn

Del Rio Live -- Del Rio, Texas Border cities gain congressional support to halt border fence Del Rio Mayor Efrain Valdez rejoiced during his long road home last night, gratified by the response of Sen. John Cornyn to pleas opposing a physical barrier to illegal immigration. -- Valdez, Assistant City Manager Billy Guerra and about forty other mayors, city officials and county judges along the U.S.-Mexico border...

Ninth Circus Court of Appeals

Ben Barr -- Goldwater Institute Requiring voter ID is not a poll tax Sometimes cliches fit. Take the recent shenanigans at the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for example. The court decided to put Arizona's voter ID law on hold. We can't be sure of the court's reasoning, but the plaintiffs spent a lot of time explaining how grueling it is to secure photo identification. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill.

Philadelphia Inquirer 2nd suit is filed against Riverside immigration law A second lawsuit has been filed against Riverside, a township both lauded and condemned for passing an ordinance last summer that bans the hiring and housing of illegal immigrants. -- The suit, filed yesterday in Superior Court in Burlington County by the Puerto Rican Defense and Education Fund, contends the law is a violation of civil rights...

Waldron

Jan Herron -- Magic City Morning Star Escondido's Marie Waldron needs your support Marie Waldron is an elected City Councilwoman in Escondido, California, one of the most Republican cities in the country. She is now seeking reelection to her city council position. She is being attacked because she has tried to curtail illegal alien residency in her community.

Associated Press 2 severed heads found in bag in Mexico Acapulco, Gro., Mex. -- Police on Wednesday discovered two human heads in a backpack in the Pacific state of Guerrero, the latest decapitation victims in a continuing wave of violence in Mexico. -- Guerrero Attorney General Eduardo Murueta said authorities are investigating whether the heads found in Altamirano...

Coming Up October 24 Marietta, Georgia -- 6:15 to 8:30 pm EDT -- | Other Events Protest at Cobb Board of Commissioners Meeting

Calderon

The White House Latest headache from Mexico to meet with Bush President Bush will welcome President-elect Felipe Calderon of Mexico to the White House on November 9, 2006. Mexico is an important hemispheric partner of the United States, and the President looks forward to meeting with President-elect Calderon prior to his inauguration...

Tom Tancredo

Rep. Tom Tancredo -- Human Events Mexico's lawless border threatens U.S. In his book, "The Next War," the late Reagan administration defense secretary Caspar Weinberger predicted that by 2003 the United States would be at war with Mexico. Continued social unrest along the border regions, exacerbated by drug trafficking and illegal immigration, would eventually lead Washington and Mexico City to blows, he wrote.

Coming Up October 20-22 Benson, Arizona -- | Other Events American Freedom Riders' "Brotherhood of the Border"  Watch Live on October 22

WLS Radio -- Chicago Carpentersville Part Dos I tuned in early this morning to WLS-AM 890 and was very disappointed to hear Jennifer Keiper report in her newscast that the ordinance to discuss illegal immigration in Carpentersville had been tabled indefinitely. We immediately called Paul Humpfer, who had moved to introduce the ordinance earlier this month...

Sonoran News -- Cave Creek, Arizona American Freedom Riders secure the border Sunday Benzon, Az. -- Danny Smith said he and Rusty Childress started American Freedom Riders "to combine the passion of riding the open roads with the urgent need to inform politicians at all levels that we will no longer stand by while the integrity and sovereignty of our nation is compromised by the adverse social and economic effects..."

Daniel Sheehy

VDare.com Fighting Immigration Anarchy At The Grass Roots "What do you mean, George Bush is merging us with Mexico and Canada? You're lying to us! You shouldn't be allowed to speak at our meeting and tell us lies!" -- I was speaking at a monthly luncheon meeting of retired United Airlines pilots about my book Fighting Immigration Anarchy: American Patriots Battle to Save the Nation...

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

Associated Press Mexicans charged in phony document scheme Wichita -- A federal indictment filed Thursday charges five Mexican nationals with making and selling fraudulent documents to illegal immigrants in western Kansas. -- U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren says the case began with an investigation targeting suspected document dealers in Dodge City.

Miami Herald Usual suspects want Miami-Dade to be invader sanctuary With the debate on immigration reform stalled in Congress, Miami immigrant advocates looked elsewhere Wednesday for inspiration: to such cities as San Francisco that have declared themselves ''sanctuaries'' where local police are barred from participating in certain kinds of immigration enforcement.

Suburban Journal - Town and Country, Missouri Immigration law backers conduct rally Waving American flags as drivers passing by on Highway 141 at Helfrich Road Sunday, Oct. 15, honked their horns in support, Lionel Hall and Carla Peeler of Valley Park said they felt duty-bound to rally around their city. -- "Back when I served during the Korean War, I supported my town and country, and I'm here to continue to support them..."

Southwest Florida News-Press -- Fort Myers Rally Sunday against illegal immigration Citizens against Illegal Aliens, a Southwest Florida-based group, plans to hold its "I'm Proud to be an American" rally at 11 a.m. Sunday at Centennial Park with speakers and music. -- "Our goal for this event is to educate the public," said Russ Landry, president of the organization.

Judicial Watch Lethal U.S.-Mexico Border Middle Eastern terrorists, violent Mexican drug cartels and sophisticated human smugglers regularly use the Southwest border to illegally enter the United States. In fact, the U.S.-Texas border is infested with violent crimes carried out by organized syndicates that smuggle drugs, humans, weapons and money across the U.S.-Mexico border on a daily basis.

Waah! Waah!

Daytona Beach News-Journal Editorial Volusia County rag bewails Minuteman Project ...The so-called Minuteman Project was created in 2005 to do what the group claims the U.S. Customs and Border Protection isn't doing -- stopping illegal immigrants from crossing into the United States. "The Minuteman Project is not a call to arms," the group claims -- even as it uses an armed Minuteman as its logo...

KABC-TV -- Los Angeles GOP campaign linked to so-called intimidating letter Santa Ana -- State investigators have linked a Republican campaign to letters sent to thousands of Southern California Hispanics warning them they could go to jail or be deported if they vote next month, a spokesman for the attorney general said. -- "We have identified where we believe the mailing list was obtained," said Nathan Barankin...

Yakima (Washington) Herald-Republic Minutemen can't meet at Selah venue Citing safety and manpower concerns, Selah Civic Center administrators have denied meeting space to a local chapter of the controversial Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. -- The group had asked to hold regular Sunday afternoon meetings in the center, which is owned by the city of Selah and operated by a city-appointed board.

Associated Press Escondido says no to renting to invaders City leaders have approved an ordinance prohibiting landlords from renting to illegal immigrants, the latest of a handful of communities nationwide to pass laws cracking down on people who hire or rent to [illegal aliens... criminals]. -- More than 100 police officers and sheriff's deputies dressed in riot gear were on hand for the vote...

Seattle Times Study: Latin American migrants will send home record amount Latin American migrants in the United States this year will send a record $45 billion to support relatives back home, according to a study released Wednesday that sheds light on the powerful economic forces driving migrants - both legal and illegal - to America's labor-hungry regions.