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Friday, August 8, 2008

Begging the Question -- Again
What Does Border Security Mean?

Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- August 7  

Kitty Pilgrim (CNN): Well a Lou Dobbs Tonight viewer strongly challenged Senator McCain today on his policies on illegal immigration. She also wanted to know about McCain's position on moves to create a so-called North American Union involving the United States, Mexico and Canada. So let's hear what that Lou Dobbs Tonight viewer asked McCain in Lima, Ohio today.
Unidentified Female: Does your pro-amnesty position make you reluctant to stand against the NAFTA Super Highway and emerging North American Union, which threatens American sovereignty? [...]
McCain: Well let me just say, again, no North American Union will take place when I'm president of the United States nor will it be in the Congress of the United States. Thank you. Let me just say -- let me just say because it will come up again and then I will -- on immigration. My friends, our borders are broken. We have to see secure our borders. We have to secure our borders first, but we also have to have a comprehensive approach to immigration reform.
Pilgrim: Now McCain insists he does not support amnesty. But at the same time McCain says illegal aliens should have a pass to legal residence in this country, so if that's not amnesty, what is it? We'll have more on this and the rest of the day's campaign news with our political panel later in the broadcast.  
Red DotAmerican Patrol Comment - The question that must be placed before McCain: Please define what you mean by border security and how we will know when it has been achieved? -- See Operation 20-20.
Video Watch McCain // Sanctuary Cities Segment 1 // Segment 2   Transcript

Rocky Mountain News -- Denver   
Things you might not know about Barack Obama   
Among other things: ... Holds both American and Kenyan (since 1963) citizenship. ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

George Weissinger, Ph. D. -- Family Security Matters         sc   
Why don't the candidates have a solution for the illegal alien nightmare?   
With regard to immigration, most pundits inside the blogosphere suggest little difference between the Presidential candidates. Both support the construction of a wall at the U.S. southern border. Both want to deal humanely with the twelve million (I think it is closer to twenty million) illegal aliens already in the U.S., insisting on a path to citizenship (amnesty)... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Joseph Farah -- WorldNetDaily.com  
What jobs Americans won't do?   
Now that the U.S. economy has officially lost nearly a half million jobs this year, what is the excuse for winking at illegal immigration? -- President Bush once told us famously the illegal aliens came to "do the jobs Americans wouldn't do." ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Arkansas News Bureau   
Two nabbed after immigration raid plead guilty to misdemeanor charges    
Two men arrested after December raids on Mexican restaurants in Northwest Arkansas pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to misdemeanor charges of knowingly hiring an illegal alien. -- Armando Reyes, 33, of Lowell, and Arturo Reyes Jr., 35, of Rogers, had faced felony charges of harboring illegal aliens and money laundering... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Newsmax.com    Video Report 
Sheriff Arpaio Interview: Amnesty is coming   
The man who calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff," Joe Arpaio, has a dire prognostication for those hoping for a crackdown on illegal immigration. Hear what he tells Newsmax correspondent Ashley Martella about why politicians are ignoring the will of the American people... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

11Alive-TV -- Atlanta   
Explosive Latino growth in Gwinnett   
Gwinnett County [Georgia] just finished a bruising Republican primary for county commission chair. Incumbent Charles Bannister survived a challenge from fellow Commissioner Lorraine Green. -- Gwinnett's changing population will play a role in the general election. The county's minority population is exploding...

The Denver Channel  
13 suspected illegals walk away from cops   
Aurora, Colo. -- Going 75 mph in a 55 mph zone seemed like a simple speeding ticket. Instead, the stop along Interstate 70 Wednesday morning would highlight an immigration system that is still full of holes. -- A red Dodge minivan was pulled over going eastbound near Tower Road at 9:19 a.m...

City Watch -- Los Angeles   
A 'tough-on-gangs' City Attorney candidate (no, not Jack Weiss)   
Meet Carmen "Nuch" Trutanich, a well-funded candidate for L.A. City Attorney, who wants to get tough on gangs and illegal immigrant criminals. Clearly, he's not City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and certainly not Councilman Jack Weiss, the man anointed by the mayor and L.A. corrupt insider political culture...

Pottstown (Pennsylvania) Mercury   
Usual suspects toss tantrum over arrests of illegal aliens   
Norristown, Pa. -- Shame! Shame! Shame on ABM! -- This chant in both English and Spanish echoed outside on the steps of the Montgomery County Court House as some 150 people rallied in support of 42 workers arrested last week by federal agents for immigration violations... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Tucson Citizen  
DPS: Driver survived Thursday deadly rollover   
Three of the 10 injured in a single-SUV rollover that killed nine Thursday northwest of Tucson remain at University Medical Center. -- Two of the men, described as being in their 20s and 30s, are in critical condition, said spokeswoman Darci Slaten. Another, who underwent surgery on his leg, is in stable condition, she said.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom -- San Francisco Chronicle  
Sanctuary city   
In 1985, San Francisco became one of the first cities in America to address a dangerous local consequence of America's failed immigration policy. City leaders at the time saw that [illegal aliens.... criminals] were refusing to come forward to report or testify as witnesses to crimes, thereby endangering both themselves and the entire community... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon -- Arizona Republic -- Phoenix  
This isn't personal, it's about safety   
My disagreements with the sheriff are about professional decisions and public safety. -- Our shared goal has to be the safety of our community. And, from the beginning, I have respectfully asked the sheriff to do three things to help ensure the safest possible community for us all... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Walter Moore, Candidate For Mayor of Los Angeles   
Jamiel's Law: Selective media coverage of our rally   
The rally yesterday was terrific and moving. Around 300 people made time, on short notice, during a week day, to demonstrate in front of Council Member Jack Weiss's office. Doug McIntyre spoke, as did Sergeant Shaw, Mr. Shaw, Mrs. Bologna, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. March, and yours truly.

Californians for Population Stabilization    sc    
Support the E-Verify requirement for federal contractors!
President Bush has issued an Executive Order directing federal agencies to require contractors to use E-Verify to check the employment eligibility of all persons hired for performing work within the United States on federal contracts...

KSAT-TV -- San Antonio   
New Mexican law stopping thrifty gas shoppers at border   
Cd. Acuna, Coah., Mex. -- People going across the border to save some bucks on gas may find out the hard way about a new Mexican law. -- The new law restricts the amount of gas Americans can buy across the border, and one couple said Mexican authorities seized their vehicle and won't return it for at least four days... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

CNN     Video Included   
Mexican cartels running pot farms in U.S. national forest   
Sequoia National Forest, Calif. -- Beyond the towering trees that have stood here for thousands of years, an intense drug war is being waged. -- Illegal [aliens] connected to Mexico's drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of marijuana in the heart of one of America's national treasures... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Californians for Population Stabilization     
Action Alert for Californians   
California's "water shortage" is receiving much attention. Some water districts are calling for voluntary reductions; others have instituted mandatory rationing. Politicians are proposing environmentally-destructive new water projects, but none of them is talking about the root cause of overpopulation...

Washington Times 
Sheriff questions McCain on illegals   
An Ohio sheriff who has been an outspoken critic of efforts by Congress to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants wants some answers from Republican presidential candidate John McCain. -- In half-page ads in the Cincinnati Enquirer on Thursday and one scheduled for Saturday, Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones is asking the presumptive Republican presidential nominee:... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

XETV -- San Diego / Tijuana        sc    
Reconquista zealot, Border Patrol in war of words   
In the video that was shot Tuesday by Christian Ramirez of the American Friends Service Committee, a young man walks through the border fence at Border Field State Park. -- Shortly after the man is detained, Border Patrol agents made their way to Ramirez and detained him. ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

News Channel 9 (El Paso) via E-Mail from 'Lone Wolf'   Video Report
Texas boy murdered while family vacations in Mexico    
An El Paso family, on vacation in Mexico, was attacked by Mexican thieves. -- During the attack, the family's 11 year old 5th grader was shot and killed by the thieves, who obviously hadn't received the Bush memo on family values.

KRDO-TV -- Colorado Springs   
Sheriff Under Fire For Illegal Alien Flyer   
Information teaching illegal aliens how to skirt the law is drawing fire from State Representative Douglas Bruce. -- Bruce claims victim's advocates at the El Paso County Sheriff's Office handed out the information. -- "This is a brochures that is trying to turn illegal aliens into victims and this program sponsored by the sheriff's office is telling people how to undercut federal law enforcement," says Bruce. ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Yuma Sun   
Three illegal aliens arrested have a combined 69 arrests   
Border Patrol agents in Yuma arrested three illegal aliens with extensive criminal histories and immigration violations in two separate incidents Wednesday. -- At about 6 p.m., agents discovered a set of footprints leading away from the Colorado River near County 8th Street - "a high-traffic area," said BP spokesman Ben Vik... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Gabriel Garnica -- RenewAmerica.us  
Frisco, or what you call the mess that liberals can make when given the chance   
...Liberals are always telling us how well they can run things, how much better they can accomplish this and that. They love to wave their books, programs and ideas in our faces while boasting about how much smarter and more practical they are. As far as I am concerned, the proof is in the pudding, and San Francisco is their pudding... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers         
Latest news from south of the border   
Ismael Placencia, president of the “Confederation of Industrial Chambers” of Mexico asserted at a press conference that the high indices of insecurity that exist in that country inhibit investment. Insecurity costs the country 120 billion dollars a year, the equivalent of 15 percent of the Gross Domestic Product...

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- Arizona Republic -- Phoenix  
Arpaio to Dingbat Gordon: Mayor, you're out of step, out of line   
This is my response to Mayor Gordon's plea to the national press to investigate my crackdown on illegal immigration in hopes of "stopping the madness." -- Your Washington antics (paid for by Phoenix taxpayers) before the national press corps made me chuckle. -- You disagree with how I am fighting the problem of illegal immigration... [Related East Valley Tribune item]

Raleigh News & Observer  
Some fear checkpoints may target illegal aliens   
A statewide push to catch drunk drivers has alarmed members of the Hispanic community, where many fear that highway checkpoints will be used to catch and deport illegal [aliens]. -- The Governor's Highway Safety Program is encouraging law enforcement agencies across the state to set up checkpoints Friday... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Green Bay (Wisconsin) Gazette   
Buffet owner charged with harboring illegals   
Yu Tian Li, a De Pere restaurant owner whose wife was killed inside their De Pere home in 2004, has been charged in federal court with harboring illegal [aliens]. -- A grand jury for U.S. District Court returned an indictment on Tuesday alleging Li knowingly hired three illegal [aliens] to work for him at the restaurant...

USA Today  
Demographic landscape shifts across United States   
White populations have declined in more than half of the USA's counties since 2000, helping fuel a rise in the number of communities where minorities are now the majority, an analysis of 2007 Census estimates released today shows... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

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