NumbersUSA      Rep. Smith makes case for unemployed Americans in nation's largest paper    Representative Lamar Smith (R-Texas) had an op-ed published in Monday's edition of USA Today speaking up for the more than 14 million unemployed US citizens. The letter was published in response to the USA Today editorial "Recession freezes immigration debate but points to answers" also published in Monday's paper...

US Rep. Tom McClintock      The biggest economic mistake since the days of Herbert Hoover    I had a strange sense of Deja Vu as I watched the self-congratulatory rhetoric on the house floor tonight [June 26], and I feel compelled to offer this warning from the Left Coast. -- Three years ago, I stood on the floor of the California Senate and watched a similar celebration over a similar bill, AB 32...

Judicial Watch      Third officer shot by a Mexican invader in sanctuary city    A third law enforcement officer in one of the nation’s biggest sanctuary cities has been shot by an illegal immigrant who was protected by a don’t-ask-don’t-tell immigration policy during previous police encounters. -- The Houston Police Department’s longtime rule prohibiting officers from questioning suspects about immigration status has cost the department dearly in the last few years... [See Crime Watch & Sanctuary Watch]

KTVK-TV -- Phoenix    Maricopa County jails locked down over racial tension    Sheriff Joe Arpaio has ordered that all Maricopa County jails, which house approximately 10,000 inmates, be immediately placed on lockdown over reported racial tension. -- According to a news release, intelligence officials received information that inmates were planning large-scale assaults that are racially motivated...

Coming Up JULY 11 Mower County Courthouse -- Austin, Minn. -- 2 PM CDT Anti-Illegal Immigration Rally

American Border Patrol     William Gheen is an idiot     ALIPAC NOTE:  "We warned the nation and all group leaders, including Spencer and Gilchrist, about Shawna Forde many months before these murders." -- SPENCER'S COMMENT: I don’t recall ever hearing anything from ALIPAC about Forde...

NJ.com      Illegal alien involved in Franklin Twp. DUI crash    A Vineland (NJ) man whom police said is in this country illegally was driving while intoxicated when he was involved in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Main and Lake roads, police said Monday. -- Nasario Torres-Pedroza had a blood alcohol level of 0.16 percent -- twice the legal limit... [See Crime Watch]

CNSNews.com      Reps say they didn't get chance to read 'climate change' scam before voting    Almost all of the House members surveyed Friday by CNSNews.com had not read the entire 1,200-page climate-change bill before they were to cast their vote Friday evening. But almost all of them knew how they were going to vote... [Related item and list of GOP sellouts shown here]

Andy Arnold -- The Examiner     Amnesty for gang members? No thanks    As socialists on the latest new left attempt to bond illegal aliens and the working class as allies, as something called New America Media did last week, it would be nice if they would take a moment and explain how making citizens of international gang members and killers is good of America...

Michael Cutler -- NewsBlaze.com      Synergy works to catch illegal aliens, criminals    The news article Berry, GOP blame Denny's murder on immigration rules, by Marjorie Childress is important for you to consider because it is absolutely essential that local law enforcement work in close cooperation with ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Jerome R. Corsi, Ph D -- WorldNetDaily.com      Illegals to kill Obama health plan?    With President Obama determined to get a universal health insurance program passed this year, the administration is overlooking an important part of the debate that might just kill the bill altogether: A surprisingly large percentage of those currently lacking health insurance are illegal [aliens]...

USA Today Editorial     Recession freezes immigration debate but points to answers    Not all that long ago, immigration was the nation's hottest political topic. Then the economy fell apart, a new president set a new agenda, and immigration quietly moved out of sight, where it will likely stay for a while, eclipsed by two other mammoth problems — the economy and health care...

HSToday -- Germantown, Md.     Napolitano seeks more "global collaboration" with DHS    At a “pen and pad” session held Thursday June 25 with local DHS beat press reporters in Washington, DC, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Janet Napolitano outlined her agenda and priorities for her trip this week to Europe and the Middle East...

Uruknet -- Milan, Italy     U.S. budget crisis sets stage for new attack on the working class    By Tuesday, many US state governments must pass budgets for the coming fiscal year. The state capitals are now the scene of bitter feuding among governors and legislators over how the deficits will be met. But there is unanimity that the working class must foot the bill...

Nation Media Group Limited -- Nairobi     Kenyans embroiled in new US crackdown on illegals    The noose is tightening on millions of illegal immigrants in the US, including thousands of Kenyans. -- On Thursday, Senators from President Obama’s Democratic Party outlined plans to overhaul immigration laws to ensure all workers in the US verify their identity through fingerprints or an eye scan...

NBC News      Washington to California: Drop dead    With California’s state government deadlocked over a $24 billion hole in its budget, the Golden State is hurtling toward financial apocalypse. -- Washington’s response? Deal with it yourselves. -- California is the world’s 8th-largest economy, home to one out of every eight Americans and the holder of 55 electoral votes... [See Cal Meltdown Watch]

WLOX-TV -- Biloxi, Miss.      Illegal immigration law set to enter second phase    A Mississippi law passed to curb illegal immigration is about to enter a second phase. Last year the state made it a felony for anyone not in the country legally to accept a job in Mississippi. -- When the law went into effect in July 2008, it also mandated that all companies with 250 or more employees use the federal E-Verification system...

Denver Post Editorial     New roadblock for immigration?    The nation's leaders have begun to talk about immigration reform again, but the latest discussion comes wrapped in news both good and bad. -- The good news is that it's being discussed at all by the president and Congress, considering how volatile the topic is and how many other major issues are on the public policy table...

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Vallejo (Calif.) Times-Herald The land of free speech?       Thursday, June 4 was the 20th anniversary of the pro-democracy demonstrations in Beijing and other Chinese cities that ended with a bloody crackdown by the communist government. Some elite Americans have seized this opportunity to finger-point...

Steve Sailer -- VDare.com      That Sotomayor Decision: One law for Ricci, another for Bazelon?    This Monday, June 29, is supposed to be the day when we’ll find out if the Supreme Court overturns Sonia Sotomayor’s notorious decision in Ricci v. DeStefano. Sotomayor permitted New Haven to junk the results of its fire department promotional exams because too many whites had done well on them... [Update: Court reverses Sotomayor decision on firefighters]

Director Blue      RED ALERT -- La Raza: "If the American people found out..."    ...And someone from Menendez' office [Ed.: Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ] promised that he would make sure that "the useless barriers of citizenship would not be in this bill" and that he would make sure that they would use keywords like "streamline"....

Dallas Morning News      Anti-illegal immigration group says John Cornyn supports amnesty    On the eve of the White House immigration summit a few days ago, NumbersUSA - a group determined to shut the borders to illegal [aliens] -- tried to drum up donations by bashing Sen. John Cornyn and his "frightening pro-amnesty" stance...