Sunday, October 29, 2006

Perfect Conditions for Corruption "Designed to Fail" Border Patrol is Vulnerable Conditions for Corruption: Design to Fail --- Hypocrisy Selective Recruitment "Safe and Orderly" migration "You can't bribe a fence." - Glenn Spencer Baltimore Sun -- October 29 Sharp rise in bribery cases tests integrity of U.S. border El Paso -- Bribery of federal and local officials by Mexican smugglers is rising sharply, and with it the fear that a culture of corruption is taking hold along the 2,000-mile border from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego. [...] While corruption is growing, the number of internal investigators overseeing a vastly expanding work force is stagnant or even shrinking. [...] Michael Maxwell resigned this year as head of internal affairs for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services after clashing repeatedly with Homeland Security over a shortage of resources. When he left, 3,000 allegations of misconduct, including 100 reports of bribery, were uninvestigated, he said. Past Features   American Border Patrol Updates

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Associated Press N.Y. journalist slain in Mexico Undeterred by violence, journalist Bradley Roland Will felt compelled to document what he called human rights abuses around the globe, so he headed to the volatile city of Oaxaca in Mexico. -- As the situation turned increasingly dangerous, Will decided to stay.

Chicago Tribune "Hispanics" bewail Hazleton's new rules Hazleton, Pa. -- The day after illegal [aliens... criminals] were declared officially unwelcome in this struggling little city, Wyoming Street fell quiet. -- It had been a lively downtown strip of bodegas, hair salons and clothing stores patronized by the Hispanics who have poured into town seeking work over the last five years.

New York Times U.S. investigates voting machines' Venezuela ties The federal government is investigating the takeover last year of a leading American manufacturer of electronic voting systems by a small software company that has been linked to the leftist Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chávez. -- The inquiry is focusing on the Venezuelan owners of the software company...

Associated Press Federales surround Mexican city gone berserk Federal police with assault rifles and riot-shields advanced into Oaxaca on Sunday, bypassing or extinguishing barricades of burning tires and tree trunks in this normally picturesque tourist destination wracked by five months of protests and violence. -- Flanked by armored vehicles, water-cannon and bulldozers and with helicopters roaring overhead...

Associated Press 3 police killed, 1 decapitated in Mexico The bodies of three state police officers, one of whom had been decapitated, were found Saturday in a sport utility vehicle abandoned outside the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, police said. -- Acapulco has seen a wave of beheadings, shootings, stabbings and grenade attacks on police stations. Criminals have left the decapitated heads of at least six victims...

Blogger News Network Securing our borders and our communities Lou Dobbs ran a special on CNN's This Week on 10-28-2006. This special was a "town meeting" in San Antonio, TX titled Broken Borders. Several guest speakers were invited on the show, including a Congressman, and representatives for various interest groups concerning the issue of illegal immigration. I use the term illegal immigration because...

Invaders

Wichita Eagle Border a revolving doorway for authorities, invaders ...The Wichita office of ICE will process [load vehicle] passengers this year from places such as the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico. -- They cross the Great Plains, stacked like firewood into Ford F-150s, shielded from view by camper shells, or stuffed like packing crates into minivans.

American Border Patrol Photo of the Day An American Freedom Rider and passenger fly Old Glory as they head for the border near Bisbee, Arizona on Sunday, October 22.

Dallas Morning News Vicious MS-13 gang seen as growing threat Pharr, Texas -- Shortly after midnight in late September, a Texas National Guard soldier with night-vision equipment spied four figures slipping through the brush and alerted Border Patrol agents. -- The men were arrested, and one in particular stood out for the extensive tattoos across his face, body and arms...

Gary Nodler -- Joplin Globe It's time to make English official Concern about illegal immigration is one of the deep underlying issues in this year's election. -- Missourians want elected officials who understand their concerns and are willing to act to do something about them. While this issue has been discussed for years, I believe it took on increased urgency in the minds of Americans after the widespread demonstrations...

Tan Nguyen

Orange County Register Dueling rallies debate letter A singer, a pastor, Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese expatriates turned out Saturday to cheer beleaguered congressional candidate Tan Nguyen as he continued to defend a letter his campaign sent to Hispanic voters warning immigrants against voting in the Nov. 7 election. -- Minutemen, painters and political independents lined Garden Grove's Main Street...

Arizona Daily Star Four Arizona anti-invader propositions out in front Comfortably leading in the polls and lying low in the shadows of more talked-about races, a foursome of ballot measures aimed at curbing illegal immigration appears headed to victory. -- Propositions 100, 102 and 103 lead by at least 25 percentage points in a poll of 1,019 voters released last week by KAET-TV, the Phoenix PBS affiliate.

McClatchy News Service Illegals are inundating nation's Con Air flights Con Air is becoming big business, thanks to illegal [aliens... criminals] and criminal aliens. -- And this is one flight you definitely want to miss. -- Federal officials flew 95,876 incarcerated [invaders] and criminal aliens around the country in 2005, a 28 percent increase since 2000. Those foreign nationals now account for nearly half...

Coming Up October 30 Salem, Oregon -- 11 am to 3 pm Pacific -- | Other Events Lars Larson Live at the State Capitol

Houston Chronicle Gulf Coast "immigrants' whine about low pay ...So many immigrants have settled in the area, at least temporarily, that remittances from Louisiana will soar nearly 250 percent to $208 million this year from $61 million in 2004, according to a recent report released by the Washington- based Inter- American Development Bank's Multilateral Investment Fund...

Len Munsil

Arizona Daily Star 'Republic' praise of Napolitano ignores the facts Although I did not receive its general election endorsement, I am thankful for The Republic's recommendation of me in the primary, where its Editorial Board noted my knowledge of the issues, intellect, energy and ability to lead. -- Obviously we have differences on policy. The Republic enthusiastically agrees with Janet Napolitano...

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

Denver Post Trooper and cadet hurt in crash A state trooper and a training cadet were injured early this morning when a driver lost control of his SUV and slammed into their cruiser on I-70 near Silver Plume. -- Trooper Randy Noftsger received "moderate" injuries and Cadet Gabriel Easton received minor injuries. [Denver TV news reported the SUV driver and his passengers are suspected invaders.]

North County Times -- Escondido, Calif. FAIR could join Escondido to defend rental ban One of the country's well-known immigration restrictionist groups said it is willing to help Escondido defend its controversial new rental law against an almost certain legal challenge. -- Under the complaint-driven law, the city would require landlords to provide proof that tenants are in the country legally...