Friday, December 14, 2007

Wait A Minute! Changes to Secure Fence Act Premature USBP helicopter searches for illegal aliens who crossed new fence onto Ladd Ranch in Arizona. -- Contact your Senator - Say wait a minute! No changes in fence plan! American Patrol Let's See How We're Doing First     As reported by World Net Daily, an amendment by Texas Senator Hutchinson to the Homeland Security bill would drop the requirement for the security fence as specified in the Secure Fence Act of 2006. "Much of the new fence has been up for less than 30 days. Why don't we see how well it's working before we decide to make changes in the underlying law?" asked Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol.     Spencer said ABP is just now launching an effort to see if the single fence is doing the job.     "The Border Patrol just got its hands on the Boeing virtual fence and they don't yet know if it works," he added. "     "This is what we meant by Border Enforcement Evaluation First," Spencer said. Past Features   Operation B.E.E.F. Updates

ABC News 5th grader questions Obama, making immigration-terror link When Iowa Democrat Tod Bowman got home on Thursday night, he got an earful from his wife about what their fifth-grader had just done. -- Earlier that day, their son asked Sen. Barack Obama what he would do as president if U.S. troops were not yet back from Iraq when illegal immigrants "start to take action and start bombing buildings and stuff."

Wall Street Journal Arizona squeeze on invaders angers business Arizona businesses are firing [illegal aliens... criminals], moving operations to Mexico and freezing expansion plans ahead of a new law that cracks down on employers who hire [invaders]. -- The law, set to take effect on Jan. 1, thrusts Arizona into the heart of the national debate on illegal immigration...

KGTV -- San Diego Mexico says Border Patrol assaulting Tijuana with tear gas Witnesses, Mexican authorities and human rights groups said U.S. Border Patrol agents have begun launching pepper spray and tear gas from San Diego into densely populated Tijuana neighborhoods in response to escalating clashes with smugglers, it was reported Friday. [Related report from KNSD-TV]

Tancredo

Austin American-Statesman Tancredo talks tough on immigration, riles powerful people The Colorado Republican, who is running for president, has managed to upset a variety of powerful people, including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Republican strategist Karl Rove and just about every Hispanic advocacy group in Washington.

Huck

Rich Lowry -- King Features Syndicate Huckacide The ghost of Howard Dean haunts the pundit class. As soon as a candidate of either party spikes up in the polls, he is compared with Dean, who had a spectacular boomlet in the second half of 2003 only to deflate as soon as people began to vote in early 2004. -- After many false prophecies, Dean circa 2008 has finally arrived...

Washington Times Virginia panel urges ICE training for police The Virginia State Crime Commission yesterday approved a measure calling on Gov. Tim Kaine to pursue federal training for Virginia State Police officers that would allow them to enforce immigration laws in some circumstances. -- Mr. Kaine, a Democrat, has long opposed state police entering into the 287(g) training...

WorldNetDaily.com Drug dealers' pardons left unexplained The White House has left unexplained the president's decisions to grant pardons to drug dealers, carjackers, thieves and a moonshiner, but deny the same mercy to two former U.S. Border Patrol agents each serving more than a decade in prison for shooting at a fleeing drug smuggler...

Ramos & Compean

American Conservative Union Hispanic Caucus blocking the release of Ramos and Compean Last week Congressman Rohrabacher and Democrat Congressmen William Delahunt and Silvestre Reyes put forth a bi-partisan resolution to release Compean and Ramos. -- But it only took a few days for the wind to change direction: And to add insult to injury, according to Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher...

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif. Latinos feel heat of immigration debate At her job as a water store cashier in Santa Ana, Marisol Barrera worries when she hears news flashes about immigration raids on her black box radio. -- An Orange County native, the 18-year old knows she has nothing to fear. But she worries about her cousins, whose parents ­ Barrera's aunt and uncle ­ don't have legal papers.

Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph Man gets 8 months for transporting illegal aliens A man was sentenced to eight months in prison for transporting 21 illegal aliens [criminals] through Van Zandt County. -- Luis Miguel Benitez- Lara pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting in transporting aliens, unlawfully in the United States, for private gain.

San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun Survey: Most Latinos disapprove of raids As the federal government has stepped up immigration enforcement measures, Latinos are increasingly concerned about deportation, according to a survey released Thursday. -- A little more than half of Latinos worry that they, a relative or close friend could be deported, according to the survey by the Pew Hispanic Center...

Dr. Paul

Associated Press Paul brings Huckabee critics to Iowa Two former Republican legislators from Mike Huckabee 's home state are in Iowa this week criticizing Huckabee's record on immigration and taxes on trips paid for by Ron Paul, Huckabee's Republican presidential rival. -- Paul's campaign said Thursday it was paying former Sen. Jim Holt and former Rep. Randy Minton...

Cory Voorhis

WorldNetDaily.com Governor accused of 'revenge' prosecution Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, a Democrat, is leading a politically motivated "revenge" prosecution against a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who exposed the results of one of Ritter's actions during the 2006 election cycle, according to critics. -- During the 2006 campaign, agent Cory Voorhis accessed the NCIC to document Ritter...

WorldNetDaily.com Anti-American CFR touts Huck's sympathy for invaders While many pro-life supporters trace Mike Huckabee's rise in the polls to his success in the Sept. 17 Values Voter Presidential Debate, his recent success can also be traced to increased coverage by the Council on Foreign Relations. -- The CFR's increased focus on Huckabee began with a speech on foreign policy posted Sept. 28...

Huck

Arkansas News Bureau Arkansans talk for, against Huckabee in Iowa Dueling bands of Arkansas travelers hit Iowa on Thursday with drastically different accounts of Mike Huckabee's record as governor. -- Republican ex-legislators squared off on a Des Moines, Iowa, radio talk show, then campaigned in the state ahead of its GOP presidential caucus Jan. 3.

Citizen Tribune -- Morristown, Tennessee Commission to discuss illegal immigration Illegal immigration and what to do about it is expected to be the hot topic at next week's meeting of the Hamblen County Commission. -- The commission's Public Safety Committee voted Monday to recommend that the commission join the Morristown City Council in asking for state and federal help in enforcing immigration laws.

Huck

Arkansas News Bureau Arkansans talk for, against Huckabee in Iowa Dueling bands of Arkansas travelers hit Iowa on Thursday with drastically different accounts of Mike Huckabee's record as governor. -- Republican ex-legislators squared off on a Des Moines, Iowa, radio talk show, then campaigned in the state ahead of its GOP presidential caucus Jan. 3.

Newport-Costa Mesa Daily Pilot ICE finds 500 are illegal in Costa Mesa city jail Since Immigration and Customs Enforcement first set up residence at the Costa Mesa City Jail, officials have identified more than 500 illegal immigrants who met the criteria to be deported, authorities said Thursday. -- Out of the department's 5,369 arrests between December 2006 and November of this year...

Arizona Republic Phoenix PD invader policy change riles forum attendees Changing Phoenix police's immigration-enforcement policies will create a climate of fear in Phoenix that could lead to multimillion-dollar lawsuits and even riots, speakers said Thursday at a raucous town hall. -- From the audience, supporters of drafting a new policy said police need more freedom to enforce the law and said their voices...

Wilson R. Smith, Esq. -- Lyons, Georgia   Audio Report Open-borders crackpot interviewed on Georgia radio Kevin Johnson is an attorney, a law professor, an author and a proponent of open borders. He teaches at the University of California, Davis. He has written many books on the issue of immigration. -- He was recently in Atlanta, speaking at Emory University. He caught my eye with an article he wrote that was published in The Sacramento Bee.

East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix Mesa cops could join war on invaders Mesa will pursue an effort to cross-train police officers in its jails to flag and help deport illegal [aliens... criminals] arrested for criminal offenses. -- In a symbolic move, the City Council agreed Thursday to send a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, asking when Mesa officers could be trained to act as immigration officers.

Hey, America!

Washington Times Lack of pardon for agents ripped Several members of Congress derided President Bush yesterday for not including former U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean among the 29 pardons that he issued this week. -- Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and presidential candidate, said that...

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif. Iowa Hispanic voters frustrated by U.S. campaign Marshalltown, Iowa -- The church basement was filled with families celebrating the festival of the Virgin of Guadalupe, but everyone around the table was talking about the U.S. election. -- "I saw Joe Biden last night," said Irlanda Helgen. -- "What did he say?" the others wanted to know...

Walter Moore

MooreIsBetter.com Dump the Mexican Reconquista L. A. mayor Los Angeles can and should be the envy of the world. Instead, our city is a mess, and it gets worse each month. We can't afford four more years of a mayor who spends all his time running for the next office, staging photo-ops and going on out- of- town trips. We need a competent, full-time working mayor... [Watch this video]

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif. Illegal alien fiend held in freeway rape case Authorities have linked a man arrested in connection with the rape of a woman along the I-5 through a DNA match this morning, authorities said. -- About 36 hours after he was taken into custody, the OCSD's crime lab matched a DNA sample taken from the crime scene and a sample taken from Alejandro Martinez Leyva... [Related item] [More 'family values']

KETV -- Omaha 11 invaders arrested in I-80 traffic stop Kearney, Neb. -- Eleven illegal immigrants have been arrested after a traffic stop, and two are recovering from hypothermia after evading police in the cold. -- The stop happened Wednesday evening near the Interstate 80 interchange at Minden...

NBC4-TV -- Washington Invader charged in fatal hit-and-run Laurel, Md. -- Police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal hit-and-run crash that happened last month in Laurel, Md., News 4's Miguel Almaguer reported. -- Police on Wednesday said Rodolfo Ramirez, a Latin American native who has been living illegally in the U.S. for nine years...