Thursday, December 20, 2007

Two-Layered Fence Works Yuma Proves It Double fence south of Yuma, Arizona. Photo by American Border Patrol, 11/20/07. Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- December 20 Border arrests drop along new barriers near Yuma     Between the Colorado River and a desolate rock hill to the east are 48 miles of various types of barriers dividing the United States and Mexico, almost all of them new.     While other parts of the southwestern border remain porous, this small part of Arizona has become an example in the federal government's effort to stop illegal immigration and other traffic. [...]     The most recent, detailed construction estimates come from Glenn Spencer, founder of American Border Patrol, a group of anti-[illegal] immigration volunteers [paid employees] who monitor the border. About every month, he flies along the international line documenting fence- construction progress with a digital camera and global positioning devices. Past Features   Operation B.E.E.F. Updates

WWSB-TV -- Tampa Sheriff: Invaders obtained legal car tags Hillsborough County authorities say several area businesses exploited a loophole that allowed [illegal aliens... criminals] to obtain valid vehicle registrations. -- Sheriff David Gee says several car dealerships and other businesses advertised to illegal immigrants that they could get legitimate registrations.

Washington Times Judge rejects greens' bid to halt border fence A federal judge in the District threw out a bid by two prominent environmental groups to halt construction of a portion of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona that they say would harm the wildlife. -- Defenders of Wildlife and the Sierra Club sued to stop the fence's construction in San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area...

El Universal -- Mexico City   (Roughly translated by Google.com) Mexicans: ADL for 'immigrants' coming in 2008 Hispanic activists announced that they will create the Mexican League against Defamation, an initiative to fight the defamatory and offensive language that is used in some American mass media against the [illegal aliens... criminals]. -- The League will be an open civil society to whomever wants... [Also see: Meddling Mexicans]

Des Moines Register Radio show on invasion spurs carping from usual suspects Twenty-two radio talk show hosts from across the United States are scheduled to take part in a broadcast marathon in Des Moines next week on the hot campaign topic of illegal immigration. -- Critics would like to scuttle the event, which is booked for the Des Moines Marriott Hotel on Dec. 27 and 28...

The Oklahoman Hispanics feeling heat of enforcement Regardless of citizenship status, Hispanics say they are being hurt by the ongoing immigration debate. In contrast, a recent study by the Congressional Budget Office reports that local and state governments are uniformly incurring costs due to the presence of [illegal aliens... criminals].

Baltimore Sun Day-labor center opens Labor groups, [illegal alien... criminal] advocates and city leaders applauded yesterday's opening of a Southeast Baltimore employment center, a move designed to keep day workers off street corners and provide them with jobs, training and legal assistance. -- Operated by the [Mexican Reconquista] advocacy group CASA of Maryland...

Honolulu Advertiser Feds arrest 19 illegal aliens in Hawai'i Federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement agents arrested 19 people, including eight workers at a Downtown construction site, suspected of being illegally in the United States in warrant-search raids yesterday at two separate locations. -- Eleven people were arrested at a Halawa warehouse at about 6 a.m...

Los Angeles Times More flee invader-bloated California than move in California's population continued to grow modestly in the last fiscal year despite a significant exodus of residents to other states, according to a state report released Wednesday. -- The annual study by the Department of Finance showed that 89,000 more people moved out of California than moved here from elsewhere in the United States...

San Diego Union-Tribune Mexicans issue threats over junker-truck issue The Mexican government is considering blocking U.S. exports, such as pork and rice, should Congress cut off funding for a cross-border trucking program, as is expected to happen within days. -- Even if Congress ends funding for the contentious program through the catch-all spending bill that is under consideration, there is a growing expectation...

Dickinson (North Dakota) Press 9 contractors fined $30,500 in roofer probe Bismarck, ND -- Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says nine contractors have agreed to pay a total of $30,500 in fines in an investigation of roofing workers in Fargo. --- He says 31 illegal [aliens... criminals] were taken into custody. -- Stenehjem says most of the violations involved unlicensed subcontractors.

Investor's Business Daily De-Fence, De-Fence Congressional Democrats, and some Republicans, gut the Secure Fence Act in the omnibus spending bill against the wishes of the American people. In a bill with 9,000 earmarks, border security takes a back seat. -- The Secure Fence Act of 2006 required the construction of 700 miles of border fence, modeled on the success of the border barriers...

Mike Cutler

Family Security Foundation Why we must fight the misleading language of immigration The term "illegal alien" had been universally used by INS employees until the presidency of Jimmy Carter.  It was Carter's appointee for Commissioner of the old INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service), Lionel Castillo, who mandated that the term "illegal alien" be stricken from INS official vernacular...

Washington Times Virginia groups unite against invaders Seven grass-roots organizations across Virginia have joined together to form a statewide coalition to lobby state officials for tougher enforcement of immigration laws. -- The umbrella group, called Save the Old Dominion, was started Dec. 13. A mission statement on the group's Web site, at www.savetheolddominion.org, says its members are...

Ann Coulter

WorldNetDaily.com There's a Huckabee born every minute Despite the overwhelming popular demand for another column on Ron Radosh's review of Stan Evans' book, this week's column will address the urgent matter of evangelical Christians getting blamed for Mike Huckabee. -- To paraphrase the Jews, this is "bad for the evangelicals."

Sun Herald -- Gulfport, Mississippi Hoffa thanks congress for cross-border truck ban Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today praised Congress for banning funds for the Bush administration's reckless pilot program to let trucks from Mexico travel freely on U.S. highways. -- The ban was part of the omnibus spending bill that Congress passed Wednesday.

Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Police pursue DUI invader, results in crash A traffic stop for a possible DUI led police on a block-long chase about 6 p.m. last Saturday night, Dec. 15, and ended in a car crashing into an apartment house on Washington Street. -- Eloy police initiated a routine traffic stop near Adams and Frontier after noticing a driver weaving down the road, as a suspected DUI...

Waah! Waah!

KNSD-TV -- San Diego Escondido parking plan sparks opposition Sparks flew Wednesday night at an Escondido (Calif.) City Council meeting devoted to discussing a controversial parking proposal. -- City leaders in Escondido want to make it illegal to park on the street without a permit, but some opponents called the plan a new ploy to push illegal [aliens... criminals] out.

American Border Patrol ABP Suspends Border Flights Citing lack of public support, American Border Patrol announced today that it has suspended all aerial border surveys. "Donations to American Border Patrol have fallen off significantly and this tells me that the public does not support this effort," said Glenn Spencer, founder of ABP.  Spencer said he may be forced to sell the Cessna TU-206...

Rep. Tancredo

Associated Press Tancredo to abandon presidential bid Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo, whose forceful opposition to illegal immigration vaulted him to national prominence, plans to announce he is abandoning his long-shot bid for the presidency, a person close to Tancredo said Wednesday. -- The five-term Colorado congressman planned to make the announcement at a news conference in Des Moines...

Huck

American Patrol Add My Name Glenn Spencer of American Patrol wants to add his name to those who renounce Jim Gilchrist's endorsement of Mike Huckabee for President of the United States. "I thought Jim had made a slip-up, but his continued support for Huckabee after looking at the details of his plan for a 'touch-back- for illegal aliens tells me..."

Landline Magazine Mexican truckers planning to block border The long list of opponents to the cross-border trucking program isn't exclusively made up of groups and truckers in the United States. Motor carriers in Mexico are waging their own fight to shut down the program. -- In fact, the Mexican National Truck Drivers Federation is planning to block the border between Mexico and the United States...

Washington Times Immigration official guilty in alien fraud The former assistant chief in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Alexandria on two felony counts of harboring an illegal alien and encouraging and inducing an illegal to reside in the United States. -- Lloyd W. Miner served as the assistant chief of investigations /internal affairs...

Courier Post -- Cherry Hill, New Jersey Police, officials try to calm invaders' concerns Representatives from more than 50 civic and community groups gathered at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception here Wednesday to discuss a state directive that allows law enforcement officials to ask about the immigration status of people arrested for certain crimes.