XETV -- San Diego / Tijuana            sc     Boatload of illegals nabbed in Carlsbad    Nearly two dozen illegal [aliens] were arrested on a North County beach early Friday, shortly after arriving in the area by boat. -- About 2:30 a.m., U.S. Border Patrol personnel spotted a skiff approaching the coastline in Carlsbad and watched as a group of people got off it and went ashore...

Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      Stealth amnesty by attrition     ...On Wednesday Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol was flying the border when he spotted a huge gap in a new fence recently constructed on the border near his Arizona ranch. "The U.S. government dismantled more than 100 feet of brand new fence with no real justification other than to make it easier for Mexicans to get into our country," Spencer said...

Billings (Montana) Gazette         APF spokeswoman breaks down during press conference    A sobbing spokeswoman for the secretive company occupying the Hardin jail welcomed an investigation by Montana’s attorney general Friday and expressed concerns for her own safety amid rumors about her company. -- Becky Shay, in a 45-minute, wide-ranging press conference during which she occasionally broke into tears...

Chicago Tribune      In Arizona desert, illegal immigration's mysterious spike    Nogales -- Amid an overall drop in arrests of illegal crossers at the U.S- Mexico border, an intriguing anomaly has cast new light on the global underworld of immigrant smuggling. -- Authorities report an almost ten-fold spike in arrests of clandestine migrants from China in the southern Arizona desert, the busiest smuggling corridor on the international line...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner      The endorsement that John McCain kept quiet    Early in 2008, realizing that he needed the support of conservatives to have a chance at winning the general election, John McCain stopped talking about his failed Amnesty bill and toned-down his pro-illegal alien rhetoric. -- However, actions speak louder than words and based on McCain´s past actions, a leading Latino newspaper which supports a completely open border between the U.S. and Mexico endorsed McCain...

Associated Press      Montana to Feds: We don't want your gun control    If Montana has its way in a lawsuit filed Thursday, there will be far less federal gun control in the state. -- The state's libertarian streak -- which has spawned efforts to buck the federal Real ID Act and sparked widespread contempt for the Patriot Act is now triggering a fight over whether Montana should have sovereignty over made-in-Montana guns and equipment...

KNXV-TV -- Phoenix      11 illegals 'rescued' from Phoenix drop house    Officials say 11 undocumented immigrants being held at gunpoint were rescued from a West Phoenix drop house Thursday night. -- According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, one suspect was arrested at the home near 85th Avenue and Indian School Road...

Nicholas Stix -- VDare.com      Diversity is strength! It's also... minority jury nullification    "What do you have to do today to get the death penalty?" asked Channon Christian’s father incredulously. -- Letalvis Cobbins, a black man, was convicted of kidnapping, raping, and murdering the 21-year-old white girl in the January 2007 Knoxville Horror...

MyCentralJersey.com      Outrageous!: N.J. county votes to end jail's 287(g) agreement    The Middlesex County freeholders voted Thursday night to end their contract with ICE that allowed federal detainees to be held in the Middlesex County jail in North Brunswick. -- The resolution, recommended by Freeholder Mildred S. Scott, was accepted into Thursday night's agenda and passed...

Fox News via PatriotsNetwork.com          Big government run amok    Jail time for all Americans that don't keep up insurance payments? It's up to the states to block this federal intrusion on our freedom... [This segment aired 10.3.09] [See Obama Watch]

ACLU      ACLU & pals churn out more open-borders propaganda    A new video, "Restore Fairness" produced by Breakthrough in association with 26 other organizations, including the ACLU, is part of a national campaign asking our government to restore fairness and due process to the broken immigration system.... [See ACLU watch]

Fort Worth Star-Telegram      Secession movement spreads well beyond Texas    Austin -- As head of the Texas Nationalist Movement, Daniel Miller of Nederland believes it’s time for the Lone Star State to sever its bond with the United States and return to the days when Texas was an independent republic...

Tom Tancredo -- WorldNetDaily.com      Memo to GOP: No guts, no glory    Thank God John McCain lost the election. Citizen activists are now energized to defeat Obama's Marxist radicalism – with no help from McCain's anemic pragmatism. -- Eight months into the Obama presidency the Republican opposition is suddenly thriving because of the patriotic reawakening provoked by Obama's Marxist agenda...

Dave Gorak -- Numbers USA      Obama's stance on energy/environment doesn't jibe with his immigration goals    The president has talked a lot since taking office about creating new energy guidelines, and the White House paid the usual lip service to Earth Day. But I'm wondering: How does this president square his energy and environmental concerns with his apparent willingness to continue fueling our population growth with a reckless immigration policy...

We Get E-Mail      Thinking about selling your house? - A look at H.R. 2454 (Cap and trade bill)     Wow!  Home owners take note & tell your friends and relatives who are home owners!!!  Beginning 1 year after enactment of the Act, you won't be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it to comply with the energy and water efficiency standards of this Act...

Boston Globe      Outrageous!: Framingham, Barnstable no longer enforcing US immigration laws    Two Massachusetts law enforcement agencies – the Framingham police and the Barnstable County sheriff’s department – are no longer enrolled in a controversial program that let them enforce federal immigration laws. -- The program had stirred anger and fear among advocates for immigrants who said it would terrify [illegal aliens.... criminals] and deter them from reporting crimes...

WSOC-TV -- Charlotte, NC      Illegal alien accused in kidnapping plot    An illegal [alien] is accused of plotting to kidnap two Cornelius girls from a bus stop. -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Ruben Garcia-Rosario, 25, on Tuesday. He's charged with two counts of first-degree attempted kidnapping, felony conspiracy, carrying a concealed weapon and driving without an operator's license... [See Crime Watch]