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Saturday, October 24, 2009
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Border Audit Planned
Operation "Hidden in Plain Sight"
KVOA-TV -- Tucson -- October 23
Martha Vasquez, KVOA Anchor: A border watch group is going high-tech to figure out exactly how many people are illegally crossing the border. The American Border Patrol is raising money for a plan to put up hidden cameras and sensors along a stretch of the border. News 4's Ed Trible shows us what they're doing in tonight's Four on the Border investigation.
Ed Trible, KVOA: Whether it's by air or by camera, Glenn Spencer is always keeping an eye on the border.
Glenn Spencer, American Border Patrol: We're going to show that it can be done.
Trible: He's the president of the border watch group, the American Border Patrol and is planning an operation called Hidden in Plain Sight.
Spencer: We're going to take a pretty wide segment of the border and we're going to wire it, we're going to sensor it, we're going to camera it.
Trible: They're going to count how many people pass by and compare that to the number caught by the Border Patrol to see if current efforts are working.
Spencer: If you don't measure it, you can't improve it because you don't know what improvement is.
Trible: To be balanced we asked the Border Patrol for reaction to Spencer's plan and if they have the numbers Spencer is trying to find out.
Mario Escalante: U.S. Border Patrol Spokesman: I can't speculate there is something that we don't know. We apprehend what we can see. I cannot count something that I do not see.
Trible: He (Spencer) says he counted 440 illegal immigrants coming across trails in September. His group plans to use these cameras and sensors for data, not apprehension.
Spencer: We won't try to stop anybody, we won't enforce the law – It is a totally passive audit.
Trible: With balanced news in Cochise County, Ed Trible, News 4.
Vasquez, KVOA Anchor: The American Border Patrol says it plans to have enough data by this spring.
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U.S.. Customs and Border Protection sc
Latest news releases from CBP
Brownsville, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge discovered more than $963,000 in cocaine hidden within the walls of a Pontiac Grand Am; one Mexican citizen was arrested... |
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Authorities take eight illegals into custody
Eight [illegal aliens] were taken into custody about 10:30 a.m. Saturday after they tried to flee a routine traffic stop, said John Lopez, spokesman for U.S. Border Patrol, South Texas Region. -- A Nueces County constable attempted to stop a vehicle at county roads 70 and 73... [See Crime Watch] |
Michael Cutler -- Family Security Matters
Will the feds ever secure the borders and shore up the immigration system?
An article at GovernmentExecutive.com, titled ""Senate sends Homeland Security spending bill to Obama," deals with the appropriations for Homeland Security. What it makes utterly clear is that our government has no intention of securing our nation's borders or creating an immigration system that has even a shred of integrity... |
Tom Tancredo -- WorldNetDaily.com
Hate-crimes law: Another attack on free speech
...Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., wrote a letter to the secretary of commerce complaining that he hears the words "'illegal-alien lobby,' 'amnesty agenda,' 'criminal illegal aliens'... broadcast on our nation's television, radio and Internet outlets," and demanded the Commerce Department produce a study of "the relationship between telecommunications and hate crimes." [See Free Speech Watch] |
Dr. Jerome R. Corsi -- WorldNetDaily.com
Insider reveals secrets of North America plot
The integration of the United States with Canada and Mexico, long deemed by many as little more than a fanciful "conspiracy theory," was actually an idea promoted by the Council on Foreign Relations and sold to President Bush as a means of increasing commerce and business interests throughout North America... [See Obama Watch] |
Devvy Kidd -- NewsWithViews.com
Another citizenship case dismissed -- What next?
The only purpose of this column is to bring forth some of the complicated legal issues swirling around the citizenship cases so hopefully, all of us laymen and women can have a better understanding. Not to play favorites of one attorney over another because I respect Orly, Leo and Mario and am trying to do my part in helping when I can... [See Obama Watch] |
Denver Post
Obama backs Villafuerte, despite Colo. GOP concerns
President Barack Obama on Friday stood behind Stephanie Villafuerte, his nominee for Colorado U.S. attorney, while state Republicans called for her to either withdraw her nomination or answer questions about whether she may have acted inappropriately during the 2006 gubernatorial campaign. |
Dwight L. Schwab Jr. -- The Examiner
Moving to Mexico? Do not forget your list of demands!
I read a funny article the other day poking fun at the reality of illegal immigration in this country. -- After I finished the piece, I sent it along to a multitude of friends on all sides of the issue. The amazing part of the whole reading and sending was the return reaction from other readers... |
Denver Post Editorial
End mystery on Villafuerte
Stephanie Villafuerte, nominee for Colorado U.S. attorney, owes the public some answers. -- A Denver Post story published Friday raised questions about Villafuerte's involvement in the response by Bill Ritter's campaign to the controversial accessing of a restricted law enforcement database in the heat of the 2006 gubernatorial campaign... |
Hazleton (Pa.) Standard-Speaker
Barletta, Connecticut mayor talk illegal immigration
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. -- Two mayors with two very different approaches for dealing with [illegal aliens] share one similar viewpoint: the need for federal dialogue on immigration. -- "I do believe we have some common ground," Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta told New Haven, Conn. Mayor John DeStefano Jr. at a forum... |
Chris Chmielenski -- Numbers USA
Americans moving on our direction
Two new polls reveal that Americans favor lower immigration numbers, stronger border and interior enforcement, and oppose giving amnesty to the 12-18 million illegal aliens currently living in the United States. While Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) works on a "comprehensive immigration reform" bill that would provide a mass amnesty to illegal aliens... [More from Numbers USA] |
Denver Post
Questions raised by Obama nominee's FBI chat
President Barack Obama's nominee as Colorado's next U.S. attorney told the FBI two years ago that she never spoke to anyone in the Denver District Attorney's Office about an illegal [alien] who became a controversial figure in the 2006 gubernatorial race... |
Brenda Walker -- VDare.com
Winning Through Intimidation: Immigrant threats cow Europe... and America
A small skirmish was won recently in the long war between Western Civilization and alien totalitarian religion -- but the associated agitation shows that even a win can be costly. -- Geert Wilders, a Member of the Dutch Parliament who has been outspoken about the dangers of Islamic immigration, was permitted entry to Britain after being blocked for months... |
Numbers USA
Rasmussen poll shows strong support for immigration enforcement
A new survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports reveals that 56% of Americans say that federal immigration policies encourage illegal immigration, and 64% believe that local law enforcement should conduct raids in places where illegal aliens gather to find work. Only 19% opposed the raids compared to 24% who opposed such raids back in April... |
Jessica Vaughan -- Center for Immigration Studies
Arpaio-gate investigation grasping at straws
The Obama administration investigation of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's immigration enforcement program is starting to look a little futile. A federal source revealed today that more than 40 percent of the 500-plus arrests made in Sheriff Joe's crime suppression operations were in fact "serious" criminals... |
The Oklahoman
Upcoming 2010 U.S. Census has detractors
With fewer than six months to go before the start of the 2010 census, immigration reform activists — divided over whether undocumented immigrants should volunteer to be counted — are escalating rhetoric as they seek critical support from Hispanic evangelical pastors... |
Gary Bauer -- Human Events
The slippery slope to a state-run media
I have always felt sorry for people who find themselves in the darkness of authoritarian societies where basic freedoms are denied. Imagine not being able to peaceably assemble, worship your God or speak your mind. Imagine if every news outlet merely parroted the line of the government rather than exposing corruption and oppression... [See Obama Watch & Big Brother Watch] |
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