Thursday, December 28, 2006

Guard Effect: Fact or Fiction? Skepticism In Order Cutler: "I think it's more a matter of window dressing, and I don't think it's deterring as many illegal aliens as the president would like us to believe. " Lou Dobbs Tonight - CNN - December 27 Government Claims Guard Helping Wian: ...Border Patrol apprehensions are the best available indicator of attempted illegal entries into the United States. Since National Guard troops arrived at the border in a support role in June, southwest border apprehensions have plunged 34 percent, compared to the same five-month period last year. .... Cutler: Right now the National Guard on the border is nothing more than a Band-Aid, and it's a very flimsy one at that.    Watch  Transcript Associated Press via KVOA-TV Arrests of illegal immigrants at border down more than 11 percent Drop in apprehensions meaningless Watch "The Truth About the Border" -- by American Border Patrol Past Features   American Border Patrol Updates

Atlanta Journal-Constitution MALDEF claims Cherokee ordinance on shaky ground Cherokee County recently followed the lead of Escondido, Calif., by prohibiting landlords from renting to [illegal aliens... criminals]. Now that the California city has abandoned the ordinance and agreed never to enforce it, Cherokee County should do the same. -- Under the Escondido measure, landlords would have been given 10 days...

Gallegos

KESQ-TV -- Palm Springs Thrice-deported cop shooting suspect confirmed dead Long Beach, Calif. -- The man killed during a gun battle with Santa Ana police yesterday has been positively identified as the suspect in the shooting of two Long Beach police officers. -- Long Beach police say Oscar Gallegos' identity was confirmed today following an autopsy.

Deseret Morning News -- Salt Lake City Dixie getting anti-illegals organization A new voice has entered Utah's crowded immigration debate. -- St. George resident Vic Shade is founding a southern Utah chapter of the Arizona- based Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, which opposes illegal immigration. -- The group is widely known for its civilian border patrols...

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

Daily News-Record -- Harrisonburg, Virginia Invaders getting attention An anti-illegal immigration group is slated to visit Harrisonburg next month. -- The Virginia Chapter of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps was formed in Herndon in 2005 to oppose town officials who, members of the group say, weren't cracking down on illegal immigration, according to the chapter's director, George Taplin.

Conor Friedersdorf -- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario, Calif. Yes, both sides make use of fear-mongering Often you'll read that someone is scaring illegal immigrants. The tone is always disapproving. -- Jose Gonzales, an "immigrant advocate," told the Associated Press this week that illegal immigrants should be given driver's licenses. -- Otherwise they'll be afraid that a ticket or traffic accident will get them deported, he said.

Yeh Ling-Ling

Chicago Sun-Times Get a handle on immigration [Scroll Down] -- I commend the editorial of Dec. 21, ''Immigrant mother hurts her cause with standoff.'' In the debate on immigration, Americans should look at the big picture: -- This July 7, Mexican-American professor Armando Navarro, who has organized many pro-illegal immigrant rallies, was quoted in the Los Angeles Times as saying...

Chicago Tribune Voters could shatter legal lull After three months of turmoil, efforts to curb illegal immigration in Carpentersville appear to be stalled for the foreseeable future, dependent on the slow grind of justice in a distant courtroom. -- But that may just shift the debate from Village Hall to the voting booth when three trustees come up for election in April...

Chicago Tribune Mexican national, one other charged in fatal crash About 4 a.m. on Christmas, Jose Diaz- Perez was drunk and heading to get more beer, prosecutors said Wednesday. -- Elizabeth Currie had just left a Humboldt Park bar. -- After a thunderous crash that killed Currie's two back-seat passengers, both drivers have been charged with drunken driving, officials said.

Bartlesville (Oklahoma) Examiner-Enterprise Bill would make English Oklahoma's official language A state senator's plan to push for a bill to make English Oklahoma's official language could act as a barrier to people seeking government services, according to opponents. -- Sen. Kathleen Wilcoxson said Wednesday she filed the legislation to promote unity and allow agency leaders to decide whether to provide materials in another language.

American Border Patrol Year-end tax deduction time An Arizona rancher took advantage of its special tax status and donated a road grader and an ultra-light aircraft to American Border Patrol. "You'd be surprised what ABP can use," said Glenn Spencer of ABP. Spencer says there is still time for others to take advantage of this tax benefit status...

David Perdue -- Dallas Morning News A new form of slavery The 80th Texas Legislature and the 110th U.S. Congress will convene early January, and one important issue each body will address is immigration reform. In finalizing new laws, lawmakers must avoid promulgating laws that conceal the presence of slavery. That may result either in granting amnesty...

VDare.com    Richard Humphries Arizonan asks Bush to deport Calderon's illegal relatives Just a few days before Christmas, Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon, addressed a group of his countrymen at a Mexican checkpoint just south of Nogales, Arizona, a few miles from where I live. -- He praised those who cross into America illegally... [See an e-mail response to this item]

Gallegos

KESQ-TV -- Palm Springs Suspect killed by police may be cop-shooter suspect Santa Ana, Calif. -- Police think officers may have shot and killed the gunman who critically wounded two Long Beach police officers last week. -- Police Officer Victor Standke says the man was shot to death early yesterday evening during a gun battle with police at a Santa Ana strip mall parking lot.

KSL-TV -- Salt Lake City Man loses half of family in DUI crash (Invader involved) Gary Ceran lost half his family when a drunk driver hit his car on Christmas Eve. His heart is heavy, but even in his grief he has compassion for the man police arrested in the crash. -- Ceran says it is only by faith that he is surviving the death of his wife and two of his children. He is also thinking about the man who is responsible, Carlos Prieto.

Charleston (West Virginia) Daily Mail Capito says border control is top priority Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are revamping legislation that would make it easier for illegal immigrants to become citizens. -- That concerns Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, W.Va., who pounded on the illegal immigration issue this year in her re-election bid.

Waah! Waah!

Associated Press Petition forces action on anti-invader rental law Farmers Branch, Texas -- Opponents of a city ordinance prohibiting landlords from renting to illegal [aliens... criminals] have collected enough valid signatures to force the City Council to repeal the measure or put it to a city vote. -- The petition drive gathered at least 908 valid signatures, more than the 721 required...

Arellano

WLS-TV -- Chicago Church housing arrogant Mexican criminal frets raid Members of a storefront church said Wednesday they fear U.S. authorities plan to raid their building and arrest an illegal [illegal alien... criminal] who has taken refuge there. -- Adalberto United Methodist Church has sheltered Elvira Arellano and her 8- year- old son, Saul, since August. Arellano sought sanctuary at the West Side church...

RINO Creep

Jim Kouri, CPP -- The Post Chronicle Border Patrol slams McCain, Kennedy on amnesty scheme The latest scuttlebutt on Capitol Hill is that Senator John McCain and his friend Senator Edward Kennedy are planning to introduce a new immigration bill that is even more liberal than their past "amnesty" bill. They're calling it a fast-track to citizenship for illegal aliens. -- US Border Patrol agents haven't been happy with Senator John McCain...