Friday, December 29, 2006

American Patrol Person of the Year He Got Enforcement (Maybe) Without Amnesty (So Far) "Mexico ranked next to last in terms of countries supporting the United States after the attack." Tancredo - Oct 9, 2001   "After the attack on September 11, scores of nations rushed to help us. One was conspicuous by its absence. That, of course, was the country of Mexico." Tancredo said.     Tancredo suggested that the Hispanic Caucus, instead of trying to divide America, ask Vicente Fox to support America in its fight against terrorism.     "Mexican nationalism has often been defined as anti-Americanism," Tancredo said. Tancredo - Nov. 27, 2001   "The defense of this nation begins with the defense of its borders. We have every right to defend our borders." The result: The Secure Fence Act of 2006 Past Features   American Border Patrol Updates

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Associated Press Man charged in invader smuggling scheme pleads guilty New Haven, Conn. -- A Connecticut businessman pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges that he illegally recruited Portuguese immigrants to work in his 10 Dunkin' Donuts franchises. -- Jose Calhelha pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to two of the original seven counts he faced after being indicted in January...

KJCT-TV -- Grand Junction Suthers plans to recover state costs A new state law will allow Colorado Attorney General John Suthers to start developing a plan to get any money owed by the federal government to pay back state costs for helping illegal [aliens... criminals]. According to sources, Colorado received about four million dollars in federal funds to help cover costs on medical care for [illegals]...

WTSP-TV -- Tampa Mexican invader charged after fatal accident Tampa, Fla. -- Police say the driver charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident on the Courtney Campbell Causeway Thursday night is from Mexico and in this country illegally. -- Four- and 1/2 year- old Joshua Morrow and his uncle Ronald Bishop were killed in the westbound lanes of the causeway at Bay Harbor Drive.

American Patrol American Patrol Reconsidering Due to an overwhelming response to our announcement to end online reporting, American Patrol is reconsidering its termination plans. "I was stunned by the outpouring of support and concern," said Glenn Spencer, founder of the American Patrol Report. "In light of this, and promises of financial support, It is likely that we will continue to provide this service to the American people."

Brokaw

Summit Daily News -- Avon, Colorado Glenwood reacts to Brokaw story on invasion Glenwood Springs, Colo. -- An NBC television report on the national debate over illegal immigration aired the day after Christmas is having repercussions in the Roaring Fork Valley. The documentary team headed up by former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw focused on Glenwood Springs contractor Mark Gould and his struggle to fill laborer jobs...

Waah! Waah!

Deseret Morning News -- Salt Lake City Immigration activists seek 'humane system' In the wake of an immigration raid earlier this month at a Hyrum meat-packing plant, Latino community activists are working on statements and a petition drive to call for a more humane system to deal with [illegal aliens... criminals]. -- The statements to be released next week will go to the governor's office and the public...

FAIR Hispanics didn't desert GOP over immigration stance Hispanic voters deserted the Republican Party in large numbers in the recent elections, according to exit polling conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center and the William C. Velasquez Institute. But so, of course, did voters all across the board, resulting in the party losing control of both houses of Congress and many governor's mansions...

Phyllis Schlafly

Bend (Oregon) Weekly We need compassion for our border guards President George W. Bush pardoned 16 criminals including five drug dealers at Christmastime, but so far has refused to pardon the two U.S. Border Patrol agents who were trying to defend Americans against drug smugglers. It makes us wonder which side the self- proclaimed "compassionate" president is on...

Judicial Watch Border enforcement works Six months after the president sent the National Guard to secure the porous U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security officials are reporting a sharp decrease in illegal crossings even though immigrant advocates skeptically question the statistics. -- CBP officials say that National Guard assistance has helped reduce the arrests...

Washington Times Court to settle petition fight The Arizona Supreme Court will decide next month whether a petition brought by a citizens group seeking to end of a policy barring Phoenix police officers from enforcing federal immigration laws will ever go before voters. -- Members of "Protect Our City" have called for an end to the policy, calling instead for it to be changed...

Readers Write   Mark Andrew Dwyer Left's arrogance When someone says "left", many words are coming to my mind, the most repetitive of which, except, perhaps, for "not right," is the word "arrogant". And, indeed, when I look at the history of over 100 years of diverse movements that experimented with various flavors and brands of leftist ideologies, from cosmopolitan Marxism...

Yuma Sun Chase into Mexico leads to pot bust in Los Algodones, BC U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed tire deflation devices to stop a fleeing vehicle suspected of drug smuggling earlier this month near the U.S. Port of Entry at Andrade, Calif., leading to a brief pursuit, federal authorities said. -- About 660 pounds of marijuana were later discovered in the vehicle and seized by Mexican authorities...

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

South Florida Sun-Sentinel Boat with more than a dozen 'migrants' intercepted A boat with migrants thought to be Haitians and possibly carrying guns and drugs came ashore Thursday night at Coral Cove Park in Martin County, authorities said. -- While there were conflicting reports, news partner WPTV Ch. 5 reported that 15 people were aboard a boat and that 13 were being held in custody at the park...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Links between invasion, terrorism, drug trade worry officials Columbus, NM -- On Sept. 5, a man calling himself Miguel Alfonso Salinas was apprehended off a deserted highway near the U.S.-Mexico border. -- The tinted windows on Alfonso Salinas' vehicle aroused the suspicion of Border Patrol agents patrolling a dark and desolate stretch of Highway 9, which runs parallel to the border...

Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune Advocates hope new Congress will "reform" immigration Millions of immigrants marched from coast to coast demanding new rights. Small towns enforced their own statutes against [illegal aliens... criminals]. A fence may soon go up on the U.S.-Mexico border. -- And by the end of 2006, Congress still hadn't changed one letter of U.S. immigration law.

American Border Patrol American Patrol To End Online Reporting After more than ten years, American Patrol will cease its online reporting this coming Sunday, December 31, 2006. According to its founder and sponsor, Glenn Spencer, demands on his time and resources require that he focus entirely on the border issue. "On January 2. 2007, American Border Patrol will launch Operation B.E.E.F." Spencer said...

William H. Calhoun -- American Daily 'Illegal Immigration: the U.S., Third-World Wasteland?' Rep. Tom Tancredo recently attracted the ire of the left-wing media when he made the rather pedestrian observation that Miami "has become a third-world country." This should not be news. Everyone I know who has been to Miami (or So. Cal. or Arizona, for that matter) has noticed the same: the US is being transformed into a third-world cesspool.

Ramos & Compean

Front Page Magazine People of the Year: Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean ...In 2006, none have suffered worse for doing good than Border Patrol agents Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. In August, the pair received 11 and 12 years in prison, respectively, for trying to stop a drug smuggler from entering the country. -- On February 17, 2005, Ramos and Compean were patrolling the border town of Fabens...

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...

Rockford Register-Star Man twice deported arrested in scheme to smuggle drugs Belvidere, Ill. -- A man who has been deported twice to Mexico is being held without bond in Boone County Jail in connection with a scheme to smuggle drugs across the U.S. border. -- Horacio Ramirez was arrested Wednesday in Elgin after a 10-month joint investigation by police in Belvidere and Elgin and the Rockford DEA.