Friday, December 28, 2007

People vs. Elite Populist Uprising in America Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- December 27 Stein: Nowhere do you see a voice of populous America stronger than on the immigration debate. It pits elites against basically the American people. Wian: FAIR also released a new study concluding that illegal immigration accounts for virtually all of the increase in Iowa's foreign-born population. FAIR estimates the number of illegal aliens in the state has jumped 130 percent since 2000. FAIR's study also estimates that illegal immigration cost Iowa taxpayers $241 million a year. Ron Paul: If you subsidize something you get more of it. And we've been forced to subsidize illegal immigration; you know the promise of amnesty, the promise of birthright, citizenship, free medical care, free education, food stamps and getting on Social Security.  Watch FAIR / Local / Romney Transcript Past Features   Operation B.E.E.F. Updates

Pest Nest

Los Angeles Times A Southern accent on day laborers ...In the Deep South, like the rest of the nation, [illegal aliens... criminals] have come to dominate many of the corners and parking lots where day laborers gather. But this region is different because of the high percentage of Americans who still compete with Latino immigrants for such jobs.

J. R. Nyquist -- Financial Sense The advantage of the nation state The real international struggle is between nations and governments. It is not between cabals or cliques or capitalist enterprises. It is not even between ideologies. When we read of a looming financial crisis, credit contraction or the falling dollar, we are reading about things that will affect nations...

Huck

John Birch Society Huckabee's elite backers The much-touted "Huckabee Surge" in November-December opinion polls has been attributed by the major media pundits to the former Arkansas governor's performances in the televised GOP candidate debates and the recent discovery of him by Evangelical Christian voters. However, more skeptical observers might be inclined...

Cleveland Jewish News ADL urges tone down "immigration debate" The Anti-Defamation League asked presidential candidates to refrain from anti- immigration rhetoric [these left-wing radicals fail to differentiate between legal and illegal, as usual]. -- The anti-bias group sent a letter to the major party presidential candidates requesting that they refrain from using language that demonizes and dehumanizes minorities...

Jerome R. Corsi -- WorldNetDaily.com Talk radio puts illegal immigration reform in spotlight Twenty talk show hosts from across the nation are gathering in Des Moines today in a "Talk Radio Row" organized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform that is intended to bring presidential candidates' positions on immigration reform into the spotlight. [Broadcast stations and airtimes for December 27-28 event]

Washington Post           Mike Scott If Arizona's law succeeds The Post hyperbolized when it faulted Arizona law for its failure to recognize "the plain reality of America's need for immigrant labor" ["Immigration Ground Zero," editorial]. -- According to a July Census report, there are 54,277,000 Americans ages 16 to 64 who aren't in the labor force. This includes 23 million "less-educated" adults...

Associated Press Feds add 400 beds to LA invader lock-up Federal officials have signed a deal to add 400 beds to a Lancaster detention center for immigrants, making it the largest facility of its kind in California. -- Authorities say the Mira Loma Detention Center will now be able to hold 1,400 people. -- The facility is run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...

East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix Businesses fighting state's employer sanctions statute Companies who admit they're breaking federal immigration laws should not be able to anonymously challenge a new Arizona statute, the state's chief litigator is arguing. -- State Solicitor General Mary O'Grady wants U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake to require that the identity of the business owners be publicly disclosed if they want to...

Jerome R. Corsi -- WorldNetDaily.com Thompson, Paul, Keyes target immigration Republican candidates Fred Thompson, Ron Paul and Alan Keyes showed up at the Federation for American Immigration Reform talk radio row in Des Moines to talk about immigration policy, and surrogates for Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee made appearances. -- But other Republicans ­ and all Democratic candidates ­ declined the opportunity...

East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix Mesa officer investigated for activist remarks Back in March, an undercover Mesa police detective was asked to speak at the state Capitol about how the national immigration debate was providing fuel for hate groups and violent extremists in Arizona. -- Detective Matt Browning, recognized as one of the top investigators of extremists and racism in the state, also said he believed...

Dallas Morning News In rejecting grant, Collin County clinic fuels debate ...Commissioner Jerry Hoagland, the most outspoken critic of illegal immigration, said he's received a flood of supportive e-mails from throughout the Dallas area. People are commending him for trying to keep Collin County funds from being spent to treat illegal [aliens], Mr. Hoagland said.

U.S. Census Bureau Census Bureau projects population of 303.1 million As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the Jan. 1, 2008, population will be 303,146,284 -- up 2,842,103 or 0.9 percent from New Year's Day 2007. -- In January, the United States is expected to register one birth every eight seconds and one death every 11 seconds.

Froma Harrop -- Dallas Morning News Will Arizona's new immigration law work? What would happen if the United States seriously enforced the ban on hiring [illegal aliens... criminals]? We may find out starting Tuesday, when Arizona promises to do it locally. -- The Arizona law is tough. Companies that knowingly employ illegal workers will have their business licenses suspended for a first offense...

CBS News Huckabee ties Bhutto's assassination to illegal immigration Pella, Iowa -- A foreign issue made domestic. An assassination abroad turned into a hardline immigration stance. After Mike Huckabee was done gladhanding with Iowans at the overcrowded Pizza Ranch restaurant, journalists grilled Huckabee on a hard right turn he took from the subject of Benazir Bhutto's assassination to illegal immigration.

Lou Dobbs

ABC News Lou Dobbs to the rescue? CNN's Lou Dobbs could come under pressure to run for president from a group opposed to illegal immigration if the GOP nominates former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Arizona Sen. John McCain or former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. -- "We still hope that we can get a comprehensive enforcement candidate out of the Republican field..."

Dr. Paul

Associated Press Paul expects to gain Tancredo supporters Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul on Thursday said he expects to gain support from people who previously backed Tom Tancredo because of his tough stand against illegal immigration. -- "His views and my views were very similar, and therefore we will be picking up support from those individuals not only here in this state..."

San Diego Union-Tribune Mexican trucks to keep rolling in U.S. The Bush Administration will continue to operate a controversial, cross-border trucking program despite language in the $555 billion appropriations bill signed by President Bush yesterday aimed at eliminating the program's funding. -- The administration's move, while not unexpected, sparked outrage... [Related story]

Des Moines Register Immigration talk fills airwaves The air was hot with immigration talk Thursday in Des Moines. -- The Federation for American Immigration Reform Congressional Task Force, a controversial anti-illegal-immigration group, staged the first of a two-day event featuring more than 20 radio talk show hosts, several presidential candidates and politicians...

Minneapolis Star Tribune Immigration dominates the debate in Iowa vote ..."A country that can't protect its own borders cannot remain a sovereign nation," former Sen. Fred Thompson told supporters Thursday at a rally in suburban Des Moines. "We have to stop illegal immigration!" -- The battle cry was greeted with thunderous applause.

Inter Press Service Mexico fails anti-drug test A decade of efforts by Mexico to eliminate, or at least significantly curb, drug trafficking and consumption has led to nothing but failure. -- Over the past 10 years, consumption has increased by over 50 percent, at least 11,800 people have been killed since 2000 in drug-related violence, and Mexican drug traffickers...

The Denver Channel ICE agents arrest sex fiends, gangster Greeley, Colo. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents arrested three illegal [aliens... criminals] Wednesday in Greeley. -- ICE officials said the suspects include two registered sex offenders and a member of a violent street gang. -- Officers from Greeley Police Department assisted with the arrests.

Associated Press Cox: Invaders can't get Michigan driver's license Lansing, Mich. -- Illegal [aliens... criminals] can no longer get a Michigan driver's license, Attorney General Mike Cox ruled Thursday, reversing a practice that has come under increasing scrutiny post-Sept. 11. -- Michigan has been one of seven states to allow [invaders] to get driver's licenses.

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]

Xinhua -- Beijing Mexico seizes nearly 3 tons of marijuana The Mexican army seized 2.95 tons of marijuana in the northern state of Sonora on Tuesday night, the National Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. -- The capture took place in the town of Agua Prieta, where officers spotted a suspicious car and found 354 packets that contained "a dry green herb with the characteristics of marijuana," police said.

What Homeland Security?

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Scientists fleeing border, smugglers Biologist Karen Krebbs used to study bats in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the Arizona- Mexico border. Then, she got tired of dodging drug smugglers all night. -- "I use night-vision goggles, and you could see them very clearly" - caravans of men with guns and huge backpacks full of drugs, trudging through the desert, Krebbs said...

Statesman-Journal -- Salem, Oregon ALIPAC assails Huckster's nutty scheme Americans for Legal Immigration PAC released the initial results of their informative poll of Republican voters in Iowa which asked, "Do you support or oppose Mike Huckabee's touchback amnesty plan to allow the illegal aliens to leave the US and return legally in one day?" with initial responses showing GOP voters reject Huckabee's plan by a factor of 6 to 1.

Daytona Beach News Journal DeLand mayor seeks visas for circus workers As debate over illegal immigration continues to polarize the U.S., a local politician recently asked the federal government to help a local company secure visas to bring skilled Mexican workers here legally. -- The request for legal workers cites the same justification voiced by politicians, including the president...