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Saturday, February 9, 2008
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Two Schey
He Was There to Kill Prop. 187 - Now It's the Fence
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Associated Press sc
Compromise on wall flap in border town
Edinburg, Texas -- Federal officials agreed Friday to a plan to build up levees to 18 feet high along the Rio Grande that would eliminate the need for a section of a U.S.-Mexico border fence that could have stranded dozens of homes. -- Earlier plans had the fence winding through Hidalgo County towns like Granjeno...  |
Richard D. Lamm -- MichelleMalkin.com
I have a plan to destroy America
I have a secret plan to destroy America. If you believe, as many do, that America is too smug, too white bread, too self-satisfied, too rich, let’s destroy America. It is not that hard to do. History shows that nations are more fragile than their citizens think. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time... |
Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World
KU to host national conference on "Hispanic issues"
A surging Hispanic population in the United States has put issues such as immigration, labor policy and border patrol at the forefront of national and local discussions. -- The Latino population is the fastest-growing ethnic minority in the United States, according to 2000 U.S. Census Bureau data... |
Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif.
New consul vows to defend so called 'rights' of Mexicans
...As the issue of illegal immigration has become politicized in U.S. election campaigns, Mexican President Felipe Calderon signaled a change in tactics last year by issuing instructions to local consuls to assert themselves more forcefully on the issue... |
Dos Mundos -- Kansas City
Invaders, usual suspects protest convention
More than 200 people marched to the Uptown Theater last Friday, visibly conveying their message that hate, racism and vigilantism are not welcome in Kansas City. -- The Common Table Coalition – a loosely formed group of individuals, human rights and faith-based organizations... |
Associated Press
Legislation would repeal much of Oklahoma's anti-invader law
A southwest Oklahoma lawmaker has filed legislation to repeal a state law that targets illegal [aliens.... criminals], but the chairman of a legislative committee said Friday its chances of being considered are slim. -- Rep. David Braddock, D-Altus, said he wants to repeal provisions of the anti-[invader] law to help out farmers and businesses in his district... |
Chicago Sun Times
Freedom of speech irks yet another questionable group
Elgin, Ill. -- A local group concerned by what they call "hateful rhetoric" toward the city's Hispanic population said Friday it plans to call on local and state elected officials to denounce the spread of racial prejudice throughout the community. |
New York Times
Mexican nuisance wants North American economies to integrate
...In the interview, Mr. Calderón argued that the only way the Americas could remain competitive in a world where China and Europe were emerging as major powers once again is to integrate the economies in the Western Hemisphere. He warned that the United States was losing influence... |
Vineyard Gazette -- Edgartown, Massachusetts
Traffic fatality stirs negative reaction against Brazilians
Police this week continued their investigation into a traffic accident at the intersection of County and Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Roads last Tuesday that claimed the life of a 20-year-old Island woman and left two others seriously injured... |
CNN / YouTube Video Report
Glenn Beck: McCain will destroy conservative movement
CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviews Glenn Beck who explains why he and other conservatives should reject double- talking RINO John McCain's bid for the presidency. Clip runs 2 minutes, 49 seconds. |
Fox News -- Tampa
Killer Mexican invader gets maximum sentence
He was here illegally from Mexico, according to investigators, working to support his family across the border. -- He remained unnoticed for years, until the night he killed two people crossing the Courtney Campbell, then drove away. -- One of the victims was just 4-years-old. |
Associated Press
Firm suspected of providing illegal workers shut down
Gulf Shores, Ala. -- Federal immigration officials have shut down a Gulf Shores-based labor firm that authorities contend had supplied some 300 illegal workers for area employers. -- Some of the workers lived in a Gulf Shores trailer park owned by Gerald Jones, identified in court records as the owner of the firm, Skyline Services. Jones was not charged... |
Salt Lake Tribune
Security tight at Capitol hearing
More than 150 people Friday showed up at the first public hearing on the only bill in the Utah Legislature that attempts to take a comprehensive approach toward curbing illegal immigration. -- The crowd was sharply divided, with about half supporting SB81 and half opposing it... |
Port Clinton (Ohio) News Herald
Mexican invader arrested after almost hitting police car
An illegal Mexican [alien.... criminal] was arrested Wednesday after his mini-van nearly hit a police cruiser on Northeast Catawba Road, an officer said. -- Jahir Laredo, of Columbus, was charged with driving without a license and marked lanes violation, said Lt. John Gangway of Catawba Island police. |
KNSD-TV -- San Diego
Update: 100+ grabbed in immigration raid, ACLU rushes to scene
More than 100 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a printer supply manufacturer in the San Fernando Valley on Thursday, taking into custody about 120 employees on documentation-related charges and arresting eight on federal criminal charges, authorities said. |
Yale Daily News -- New Haven, Connecticut
Feds raid offices of suspected invader aides
...What provoked the Dec. 14 raid on this local nonprofit, one that helps fight poverty by allocating federal funding to low-income communities? -- The simple answer: heating aid. And, more specifically, a federal investigation into the organization, which allegedly provided this service to illegal [aliens.... criminals]. |
Leslie Dutton's Full Disclosure
Toughest sheriff in America discusses the invasion
In a two-part interview with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Full Disclosure Network® host Leslie Dutton discovers the reasons why he is considered the "Toughest Sheriff In America" and the only one to be arresting illegal immigrants who are smuggled into his county... |
El Paso Times
Vicious teen invader arrested for threatening BP agent with machete
Border Patrol agents arrested a 14-year-old boy accused of threatening agents with a machete on Thursday after he illegally entered the United States, officials said Friday. -- Border Patrol agents watched the teen cross the Rio Grande about a mile east of the Zaragoza Bridge. The boy waved a machete at an agent.... |
The Sentinel -- Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Specter takes hard line on invaders who commit additional crimes
Senator Arlen Specter wants to take a hard line on illegal aliens who commit crimes. “They’re a threat. They ought to be deported,” Specter said Friday during a visit to the State Correctional Institute at Camp Hill. -- “There are hundreds if not thousands of convicts in our state and county prisons who ought not to be here,” Specter said... |
Wall Street Journal
McCain's Latin dance
Republican presidential front-runner John McCain could help swing back to his party a crucial constituency considered lost to Democrats amid a rancorous immigration debate: the Hispanic vote. But Mr. McCain will have to tread carefully as he intensifies a push to win over his party's right-wing base. |
Paul Craig Roberts -- VDare.com
Does McCain's GOP have aces up its sleeve?
The Brownshirt Party has chosen John "hundred year war" McCain as its presidential candidate. Except for Cheney, Norman Podhoretz, and Billy Kristol, McCain is America’s greatest warmonger. -- In a McCain Regime, Cheney will be back in office with another stint as Secretary of War.... |
International Herald Tribune -- France
Meddling Mexican heads to U. S. to throw weight around
...[Felipe] Calderon's coast-to-coast trip, beginning Sunday, with stops in New York, Boston, Chicago, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, "allows him to refresh in the minds of the candidates of both political parties that the immigration issue is not going to go away and that he'll be back in 2009," said Riordan Roett... [Related item] [More Mexican meddling] |
Quad Cities Online -- Davenport, Iowa
Four invaders arrested on cocaine charges
Four [illegal aliens.... criminals] living in a Davenport apartment were in jail late Friday after police allegedly found $181,375 worth of cocaine there, according to court records. -- Jorge Martinez Perez, Claudia A. Trujillo, Andres Farias Garcia, and Miguel Trujillo have been charged in Scott County District Court with |
TIME Magazine
Mexico tries to help deportees
...Rep. Jose Jacques Medina, a leftist Mexican lawmaker who was an immigrant activist in California for more than 30 years, says Calderon should be defending migrants' rights rather than easing their landing after deportation. -- "Calderon is very ignorant of the needs of the [alien.... criminal] community," Medina said... |
San Francisco Examiner
California pols want Vietnamese deportation plan delayed
Congressional lawmakers are asking the federal government to delay implementation of an agreement that would send Vietnamese who are living illegally in the United States back to their country. -- "The Department of Homeland Security is meant to protect our safety, but not at the cost of real justice... |
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