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Pretending to Guard
the Nation
National Guard Does Little to Protect Us
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working on barrier in Arizona. On August 24, ABP
could find no evidence of the Guard on the border in California.
ABP plans to return to California this week. |
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San Francisco Chronicle
National
Guard at the border
...None of the 1,200
National Guard troops stationed on the border is patrolling treacherous
mountain terrain, or helping capture coyotes, drug smugglers
or illegal migrant workers. The Guard is armed with hard hats,
binoculars and sharpened pencils -- but no weapons and no enforcement
powers -- and it's unclear whether the mission, costing in excess
of $750 million overall, and $27 million so far in California,
has made the border any less porous.
Some Border Patrol personnel, whom the
Guard was supposed to assist, are less than impressed. "In
reality, it is accomplishing very little," said Rich Pierce,
executive vice president of the National Border Patrol Council. |
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KTRE-TV
-- Lufkin / Nacodoches
Agents
find Mexican invader in engine compartment
Falfurrias, Texas -- An [illegal
aliens... criminals] from Mexico was found hiding in the
engine compartment of a truck at a checkpoint in Falfurrias.
-- Border Patrol agents located the man yesterday after a security
dog reacted to the vehicle. -- The man was found in a compartment
between the radiator and engine. |
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Houston
Chronicle
Invaders
overrunning Tennessee town
Morristown -- The khaki-clad state troopers
hup-hupped into formation on opposite sides of the courthouse
lawn, wearing riot gear and clutching batons. -- About 100 state
and local officers stood on the square this summer, some carrying
M-16 rifles. They were more than a match for an equal number
of mostly middle- aged locals... |
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Arizona
Republic
Law
on overseas brides keeping couples apart, supposedly
Palm Coast, Fla. -- Adam Weaver thought
everything was set to bring his Colombian fiancée, Yesenia
Meza, to the United States. -- But Mr. Weaver did not count on
being hindered by a Congressional effort intended to protect
women from potential abuse by American men who seek brides from
other countries on the Internet... |
Invasion |
Arizona
Republic
Fence
bill heads to White House for signature
A bill to build a 700-mile fence on the
U.S.-Mexican border is poised to become law just in time for
next month's elections. -- Weeks after the bill passed both the
House and Senate, Republican leaders sent the fence bill to the
White House on Monday morning. -- President Bush must sign it
within 10 days or it will be automatically vetoed... |
Angelides |
The Gothamist
-- New York
Angelides,
Dems carp about Nguyen letter
Gubernatorial candidate Phil Angelides
and fellow Democrats on Monday blasted a Republican congressional
candidate's campaign for sending out a mailing that has triggered
an investigation into whether it was an effort to intimidate
Hispanic voters in Orange County. -- Rallying on the steps of
a courthouse, Angelides said the county registrar of voters... |
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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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Review |
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The Gothamist
-- New York
Minutemen
want to sue Columbia University
Columbia-Minutemen fracas from a few
weeks ago continues to simmer, as the Minutemen now want to sue
the university and members of the Chicano Caucus. The Columbia
Spectator reports (on what the Bwog mentioned last week) that
the group wants to sue "for discrimination and defamation
of character during the Minuteman events..." |
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Ben Barr
-- Goldwater Institute
Arizona's
Voter ID laws restored by the U.S. Supreme Court
Last week I wrote that the Ninth Circuit
got it wrong when it put Arizona's voter ID law on hold. My hope:
that the Supreme Court would put the Ninth Circuit judges in
their place and overturn the decision. On Friday, put them in
their place they did. Like Sir Winston Churchill... |
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John Lillpop
Word
Games: "Undocumented immigrants" or "illegal aliens"?
Those arguing on behalf of illegal aliens
and their "rights" often play word games in appealing
to the pride of real Americans. -- "Immigrants Built America"
and "We are all Immigrants" are popular slogans at
pro-illegal alien protests and in jargon used by those who favor
open borders, regardless of the impact on America's homeland
security... |
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New York
Post
Cabby
permit furor
In a move some fear could open an avenue
for terrorism, prospective cabbies would no longer have to prove
they are in the country legally, under a measure proposed by
taxi officials, The Post has learned. -- The Taxi and Limousine
Commission will vote Wednesday on whether to reduce driver requirements... |
Nguyen |
Doc Farmer
-- ChonWatch.com
Tan
Nguyen: Fat, white, rich, anti-immigrant racist?
Well, you can certainly tell that we're
getting close to an election. Claims, counterclaims, ads about
a candidate's record which are called "attack" ads
(gee, telling the truth is an attack?), heated arguments, high-profile
congressional leaders going into hiding, photos of candidates
in bed with a cigarette and a handsome farm animal... |
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Inland Valley
Daily Bulletin
Study
suggests education in California in decline
The future looks grim for the state and
even grimmer for the Inland Empire in education and the economy,
according to a Cal State Sacramento study. -- Called "State
of Decline," the study by the university's Institute for
Higher Education Leadership and Policy found the Inland Empire
is least likely in California to prepare students for college. |
Rep. King |
Sioux City
Journal
King:
'I want to provoke debate'
...Congressman Steve King King takes
credit for pushing "a colossal national debate" on
immigration, citing his Aug. 22, 2005, hosting of two forums
on the topic in Des Moines and Council Bluffs. He said his proposal
to build a wall on the Mexican border was criticized as "a
fringe issue," but after "astonishing movement in the
political center..." |
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Ruben "Harvard
Chicano" Navarrette Jr.
Invasion
apologist whines about Nguyen campaign letter
What we have here is an attempt to intimidate.
-- There is no question that was the intent behind a toxic letter
sent to an estimated 14,000 Spanish-surnamed voters in Southern
California's Orange County. Just as there is no question that
the letter came from the campaign of Republican congressional
candidate Tan Nguyen... |
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El Universal
-- Mexico City
250,000
deported from Mexico this year
So far this year, Mexico has deported
250,000 Central Americans who entered the country illegally and
were detained by authorities, National Immigration Institute
Commissioner Hipolito Treviño said in a recent interview.
-- The Central Americans are repatriated "with absolute
respect for human rights," Treviño said... |
Randy Graf |
Associated
Press
GOP
shuns pro border-enforcement Randy Graf
Tucson -- Randy Graf is a tough-on-immigration
Republican in a district that is fed up with people pouring illegally
across the border and hasn't elected a Democrat to the House
in two decades. -- Yet Graf's national party is turning its back
on him, the retiring Republican congressman he wants to succeed
has disavowed his candidacy... |
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Xinhua --
Beijing
Obsessed
Mexicans urge Calderon to push amnesty
Mexican opposition leaders on Sunday
publicly appealed to Mexico's president-elect Felipe Calderon
to focus on migration when he meets U.S. President George W.
Bush next month. -- The Bush-Calderon meeting is set to take
place on Nov. 9, and will form part of Calderon's tour of the
United States and Canada. |
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Houston
Chronicle
Invaders
fret change in Houston Police policy
A change earlier this month in the Houston
Police Department's policy requiring officers to ask anyone arrested
for a misdemeanor whether they are a U.S. citizen has Houston
immigrants on edge as they seek to understand what the change
means for them. -- "The climate today is one of terror in
the community..." |
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Agence France-Presse
Alien-smuggling case trial opens today
Houston -- The second trial of a trucker
accused of transporting 85 illegal immigrants from Mexico to
the United States 19 of whom died en route opens
today here, and the driver could face the death penalty. -- While
traveling between Mexico and Victoria, Texas on May 13, 2003,
19 [illegals] stowed away in the truck... |
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Arizona
Daily Star
4
invaders arrested over weekend
Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested
four more [illegal aliens...
criminals] this weekend, accusing them of conspiracy to smuggle
themselves into the United States. -- The arrests happened Saturday
near Wickenburg and brought the total arrests under Arizona's
year-old human smuggling law to 330. |
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Southwest
Florida News-Press -- Fort Myers
About
100 rally against illegal immigration
...Russ Landry, president of Citizens Against
Illegal Aliens and Southwest Florida Brigade of the American
Freedom Riders Southwest Florida brigade, said the rally was
organized to inform the public about political candidates' stance
on the issue. -- "We want people to know our government
has failed us at the local, state and federal offices..." |
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American
Border Patrol
Photo of the Day
Photo taken by American Border Patrol
from the Border Hawk M on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 10:56 am.
shows American Freedom Riders "Secure the Border" motorcycle
riders lined up on Arizona State Route 92 just east of the San
Pedro River, a major smuggling route into the United States. |
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KRGV-TV
-- Harlingen
Border
Patrol agent shot
San Juan, Texas-- A massive search is
underway for a man who fired at border patrol agent. -- The incident
happened near San Juan, at the same site where a different attack
on agents had occurred a few months back. The agent was on routine
patrol when he saw the man walking out of a known smuggling trail.
Agents tried to arrest him... |
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