|
|
Land Line Magazine sc
Agents bust truck from Mexico with $8 million in cocaine, weed
Federal agents patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border recently busted two drug-smuggling loads coming into the United States. -- On July 22, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in Laredo, TX, at the Interstate 35 checkpoint were alerted by a border patrol canine that a tractor- trailer might contain hidden contraband or people.  |
Ben Nelm -- The Citizen -- Fayetteville, Georgia
Quietly, North American Community slips in
You have all heard of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement. How many have heard of the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP)? -- If you haven’t, you might want to get acquainted with the burgeoning agreement that is expected to result in what many have called the North American Union or what SPP brainchild Robert Pastor calls the North American Community... |
My Way News
Feds, "tribe" wage legal fight in immigration scam
Wichita, Kansas -- When federal agents raided the offices of the Kaweah Indian Nation, Malcolm Webber told the arresting officer he had not committed fraud and was confused how he could be arrested on "sovereign soil," court documents show...  |
|
|
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Foreign investment
According to "Expert Says Outsourcing 'Is All About The Money'" on July 18, Professor Vivek Wadhwa said his Duke University team found that one in four engineering/ technology companies founded between 1995 and 2005 had at least one immigrant founder... |
Los Angeles Times
Mexican police linked to rising kidnappings
When their 14-year-old son was snatched off the street by armed men in early June, the Marti family reportedly did what many wealthy Mexicans do in such a crisis. -- The founders of a chain of sporting goods stores hired a private negotiator to deal directly with the kidnappers. They said nothing to police or to the press. They paid millions of dollars in ransom money... |
Allan Wall -- VDare.com
Will returning illegals remake Mexico... or take the US Southwest with them?
Ending mass illegal immigration, and drastically reducing legal immigration is necessary for the survival of the United States as we know it. These things must be done. -- But reforming our immigration policy is going to involve a lot of Mexicans in the U.S. going back home to Mexico...  |
Chuck Baldwin -- NewsWithViews.com
The Three Amigos
Both Republican Party Presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Party Presidential candidate Barack Obama recently spoke at the annual convention of the National Council of La Raza. I'm sure most readers understand that "La Raza" is Spanish for "The Race."  |
Arizona Republic -- Phoenix
Suspected drophouse found in Avondale
Avondale police arrested three men in connection with a suspected drophouse on Sunday. -- Police received a 911 call around 1 p.m. from a female claiming she and others were being held against their will at a residence at the 3200 block of North 103rd Avenue in Avondale, according to police... |
Associated Press
Venezuelan thug donates $1.5-million to Maryland Reconquista fanatics
Silver Spring, Md. -- [Illegal alien cheerleader] group Casa de Maryland is receiving a $1.5 million donation from Citgo Petroleum Corp., a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company that is overseen by President Hugo Chavez. -- Kim Propeack, advocacy director for the Montgomery County-based group, said Monday it's the largest corporate donation the organization has received... |
KTVK-TV -- Phoenix
Operation Scheduled Departure kicks off
Phoenix -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are handing out fliers Tuesday to kick off a new program called Operation Scheduled Departure. -- The program targets illegal [aliens] who have ignored past deportation orders...  |
|
|
American Border Patrol
Outrageous fence story
The French AFP news service (touted to be the oldest international news service) reported that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) "construction crews have completed a steel fence authorities say is a new model for border security." |
The Times-News -- Burlington, North Carolina
Commissioner 'highly upset' by recent actions by sheriff
...Public comments chiding the sheriff's office's investigation of two Hispanic women sparked a heated exchange between Sheriff Terry Johnson and Commissioner Chairman Larry Sharpe. -- Sharpe took Johnson to task for his department's role in the recent arrests of two [illegal aliens]....  |
Lynn Wooley -- Waco Tribune
Look who's prison-bound, and who's sitting pretty
Very rarely do you see conservatives rally around convicted criminals demanding they be set free. -- That’s what makes Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and José Compean so special. That, along with the fact that so many people who should be behind bars are free...  |
U. S. Senator David Vitter
Holding sanctuary cities accountable
On June 22 in San Francisco, Edwin Ramos, an illegal alien and member of the MS-13 gang, allegedly pulled a gun on Tony Bologna and his two sons, Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, and shot all three to death. Last August, illegal alien Jose Carranza was charged in Essex County superior court in New Jersey for the execution-style murders of three college students...  |
|
|
Freedom Folks -- Chicago
Latest V-burst from Blogs 4 Borders
Our weekly vlog podcast on illegal immigration and border security. In this week's edition -- Media Malpractice: What has the LA Times tap dancing about hate crimes in their neck of the woods? |
Agence France-Presse
US races to erect controversial steel fence on Mexican border
Just west of El Paso, near where Spanish conquistador Juan de Onate crossed the Rio Grande from Mexico in 1598, construction crews have completed a steel fence authorities say is a new model for border security. -- The five-meter (18-foot) tall fence has a mesh woven so tightly that feet and fingers cannot grab hold, but it still allows people to see through.  |
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
Latest news from south of the border
...A municipal police chase in the state of Veracruz ended in a violent accident in which two were killed and 25 undocumented aliens were injured, five of them seriously. The tractor-trailer truck was spotted by local police near the town of Agua Dulce and began the chase, shooting at the fleeing truck before it collided with an embankment. -- |
|
|
American Border Patrol
Photo of the day
This is a Mexican cow that wandered onto American Border Patrol's ranch through a hole in the fence created when a drug runner came through. The Mexican rancher (rumored to be part of the drug cartel) usually fixes the fence right away but didn't this time.... |
TruckingInfo.com
Reaction swifts to Mexican truck scheme announcement
Monday's announcement by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that it was extending the Mexican border truck pilot program drew swift criticism and a vow from a powerful Congressman to act swiftly. -- "When Congress reconvenes in September, I intend to move our bill as quickly as possible..." |
The Dustin Inman Society -- Marietta, Georgia
County now checks immigration status of license applicants
...Gwinnett County has fallen in line behind Cobb in efforts to verify immigration status of business-license applicants. Cobb Commission Chairman Sam Olens announced July 24 that Cobb would henceforth check the state of all applicants for what are commonly known as business licenses... |
Herald-Zeitung -- New Braunfels, Texas
Kosher slaughterhouse owners surrounded by scandal
Two decades ago, the Rubashkin family of Brooklyn opened up a kosher slaughterhouse amid the cornfields of Iowa - not exactly a center of Jewish culture. -- The bearded, fedora-wearing strangers from Brooklyn quickly transformed Postville into its own small-town melting pot. [Illegal aliens] from Guatemala and Mexico began arriving in great numbers...  |
Pete Borden -- Marietta (Georgia) Daily Journal
We've seen two miracles; Can we hope for a trifecta?
Residents of Cobb County and Marietta were smiled upon by the gods, not once, but twice in recent days. -- It is indeed a rare occasion when a politician reverses a previously stated and restated opinion, even when such opinion is rooted in ignorance, emotion and/or self-interest...  |
Canadian Transportation & Logistics
OOIDA applauds Bill that kills Mexican truck program
The controversial pilot project granting Mexican trucks access to the US may be halted, much to the delight of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA). -- Bill HR 6630 would eliminate the program, which OOIDA says is unsafe. Yesterday, the Bill was passed unanimously...  |
|