New York Times        sc    Health care debate revives immigration battle     The Obama administration took an overhaul of the country's immigration laws off its legislative agenda this year, but the prickly issue of public benefits for illegal [aliens] has resurfaced in the health care debate. -- During the summer recess, members of Congress faced persistent questions from constituents...

Media Alert -- Denver      Tom Tancredo fills in for Mark Rosen on KOA 850AM Monday    9:00 AM to 12:00 noon MDT (8 to 11 PT). Call in number is 303-713-8585. Call in and ask questions.

KTRK-TV -- Houston      Police crack down on day laborers    League City's top cop says his police department is getting tough on day laborers after years of letting them gather and find work right next to the police station. -- The city is finding itself in the middle of a heated debate that's raged on for decades. Some say the day laborers are being disruptive and trespassing... [See Crime Watch]

Joe Guzzardi -- VDare.com      With jobs down, illegals are leaving    Immigration reform patriots have finally gotten what we have for years longed for. -- By all accounts, aliens living illegally in the U.S. are returning home while would-be aliens have chosen to stay put in their native country. -- But the trend represents only a partial triumph because the U.S. legal immigrant population remains stable...

Shawn Mallow -- Wizbang      The winds of change    ...It has long been said the best friend of a politician is an ignorant public. -- This episode, in conjunction with the grassroots opposition participating in the myriad of town hall meetings concerning Obama's HealthScare, has shown that a populace which was once politically numb and hypnotized by the mesmerizing huckster from Chicago, has, finally, woken from their civic slumber...

Personal Liberty News Desk       Recovery funds to support Texas communities in fight against illegal immigration    Attorney General Eric Holder has said more than $4 million in Recovery Act funds will be devoted to combating crime and drug trafficking in Texas border communities. -- The project is part of the Justice Department’s Southwest Border Strategy aimed at controlling the activity of Mexican drug cartels...

Tea Party Express stops in Reno, Nevada

The Examiner                 sc  Unstoppable Arpaio, busts piracy in a 'mercado'    Last night's raid at the El Gran Mercado, in Phoenix, Arizona resulted in 33 people arrested. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said to local reporters he had a tip vendors at this mercado were breaking the law selling counterfeit DVDs and CDs. The movies found at the site are the same just released to the Home Box Office while hundreds of copies were confiscated... [Related 'tweet' from Joe Arpaio -- 23 illegals nabbed] [See Crime Watch] [Related item]

Patrick J. Buchanan -- San Jose Mercury News      Health care 'myths' have some truth to them    We should have "an honest debate" on health care, said Barack Obama in his Aug. 22 radio address, "not one dominated by willful misrepresentations and outright distortions." -- Among the "phony claims" made against the House bill, says the president, are that it provides funding for abortions...

Charlotte (NC) Observer      Town hall crowd vents wide-ranging anger at Rep. Spratt    A hostile crowd greeted U.S. Rep. John Spratt in his home county Thursday night, filling a 700-seat hall to voice anger over far more than health-care reform. -- Many in the Rock Hill audience lashed out at illegal immigration, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a federal government they say no longer deserves the trust of Americans...

The Right Perspective -- New York      Van Jones to continue working for Obama?    Despite having announced his resignation as so-called "Green Czar" in the Obama Administration, admitted Communist and self-described "rowdy Black Nationalist" Van Jones will reportedly continue to work for the White House. -- "He [Van Jones] continues to work for the administration," White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters Friday...

KEPR-TV -- Pasco, Wash.        Dozens gather to discuss amnesty scheme    Hermiston, Ore. -- Immigration Reform was the center of a visit by the president of "United Farm Workers" Saturday in Hermiston. -- Agriculture is big business locally. -- The United Farm Workers say they're trying to keep it stable. -- "It's extremely important in the Hermiston area and Southern Washington..." [See Amnesty Watch]

Brownsville Herald      Shootout sparks tension at shops    Downtown shoppers and business owners were shaken — and law enforcement remained on alert — on Saturday, a day after a shootout in Mexico ricocheted into Brownsville. -- "We feel fear because we don’t know who they are or what's going on," said Maria Theresa Rodriguez, a Harlingen resident...

Bill Richardson (Not the Bad One) -- East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix      Mesa police chief will face hard road    ...Even though Mesa police arrested more illegal [aliens] than the county sheriff and lowered serious crime by 33 percent, to hear the politicos tell it, Mesa is a crime-ridden sanctuary city and elected officials had better shape up when it comes to immigration or be prepared to be deported from office in the next election...

Joshua Sharf -- News Busters      Jones resigns over what?    Powerline nicely summarizes the problems with (now former) Obama Administration official Van Jones: Who do they have in the White House? A self-proclaimed Communist. A vulgar Marxist twice over. A supporter of cold-blooded cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal. A 9/11 Truther. A racist hater, whose hatred extends to the United States. And insofar as his current job is concerned, we have a man who sees the "green jobs" con as a tool for overthrowing capitalism... [See Obama Watch] [Related feature]

Phoenix Business Journal     Feds talking to illegals in sheriff's office probe    The U.S. Department of Justice's civil rights investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office’s immigration policies has included interviews with illegal [aliens], some of whom were deported and returned to the U.S. -- USDOJ also is relying on a federal lawsuit, Melendres v. Arpaio, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of a Mexican national...

The Examiner     Poll Included      Van Jones Resigns : Glenn Beck still has some political clout    ...Congratulations to the Glenn Beck circus and all its various performers , if anything can be said of Glenn Beck it's that in recent weeks he has given citizens a first hand account of just how powerful the media can be in the hands of a seasoned veteran. No , Van Jones was not a big fish , but little fish add up... [Related video]

KTIV-TV -- Sioux City, Iowa      Oklahoma authorities arrest Iowa illegal alien murder suspect    ...Authorities in Oklahoma say 20-year-old Luis Angel Trujillo-Mendez was taken into custody on immigration charges and is now charged with first degree murder for the death of Lorenzo Nambo Garcia. -- For police, the case started when a passerby spotted the 27-year-old Garcia's body in a ditch off of Highway 30 near Dow City... [See Crime Watch]

American Patrol Report      Spencer agrees with George Will on Afghanistan George Will has called on the U.S. To remove combat troops from Afghanistan. Glenn Spencer of the American Patrol Report, who opposed the war in Iraq but supported the surge, now supports George Will's idea. "The simple fact is we are bankrupt and cannot afford to pacify Afghanistan," Spencer said. "It is time we stop the terrorists at our border instead of at the Khyber Pass," he added.

Russell B. Culpepper -- Tallahassee Democrat      Mr. Boyd, dump Obama    ...In the first six months of Obama's crusade to change America, we have seen: A massive $3.6 trillion Obama budget that is stuffed with what I would call wasteful pork and political payoffs. -- A plan for government-run medicine that could force rationing and waiting lists. -- An amnesty give-away that will create 12 million to 20 million new citizens for us working taxpayers to support...

NewsOK.com -- Oklahoma City      Hiring rules for farms challenged    The Labor Department is trying again to roll back Bush administration regulations that made it easier for farmers to hire temporary foreign farm workers. -- The agency Thursday said it is proposing new rules that would boost wages and increase safeguards for thousands of seasonal workers brought in each year...