National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers     sc        Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    The Mexican consulates in Los Angeles, California, and Miami, Florida pointed out that the participation in the 2010 US census of Mexicans residing in the US will be fundamental for assigning up to 300 billion dollars annually in social programs during the next 10 years... [More Mexican meddling]

Breitbart.tv      Miserable UN "investigating" housing prices in the U.S.     The United Nations has assigned an official, "a special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing," to check the city's affordable housing. The rapporteur, Raquel Rolnik, is to tour the city for the next three days with housing advocates and city officials to "hear the voices of those who are suffering on the ground," she said...

Center for Immigration Studies         Daily news from CIS    A senior Mexican senator and former foreign affairs minister yesterday called Canada's visa controls on Mexico a humiliation and questioned whether Canadian-Mexican relations will improve as long as Stephen Harper is Prime Minister... [More Mexican meddling]

Dave Gibson -- Desert Conservative       Obama continues overthrow of U.S. with North American Union agenda    A silent but all-reaching coup has been taking place within the United States. This coup is not being directed by bomb-laden terrorists, nor will it ever be meaningfully covered by the mainstream media. The seditious act is being carried out by our very own elected officials, with President Bush leading the insurrection... [See Obama Watch]

North County Times -- Escondido, Calif.      20 arrested after smuggling boat lands at state beach     Border Patrol agents arrested 20 people who arrived at Carlsbad State Beach in a fishing boat early Monday, including a member of a transnational gang, immigration officials said. -- About 2:40 a.m., agents spotted a panga boat landing on South Ponto Beach, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection news release...

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts -- VDare.com          Are you ready for the next crisis?    Evidence that the US is a failed state is piling up faster than I can record it. -- One conclusive hallmark of a failed state is that the crooks are inside the government, using government to protect and to advance their private interests... [Related video interview with Max Keiser today] [See Obama Watch] [See Geithner Watch]

Main Justice -- Washington     Colorado U.S. Attorney pick draws more GOP criticism    Another Colorado Republican is expressing concern about whether the state’s U.S. Attorney nominee inappropriately used state resources to help her boss during his successful 2006 gubernatorial campaign, The Denver Post reported Saturday...

Politico      Chamber: White House attacks are backfiring    U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue says a campaign by the White House and its allies to undermine his $200-million-a-year association has largely failed -- and actually has helped raise even more money for its pro-business efforts... [See Obama Watch]

Global Visas      Bloomberg says New York needs more immigration and US visa holders    New York's Mayor Bloomberg has spoken out in favour of US immigration and the positive effects it has had on the city. -- Bloomberg himself is the grandson of an immigrant who moved to the US from Russia at the turn of the century, which seems fitting in a city where 40 per cent of inhabitants are foreign-born...

Los Angeles Times      U.S. newspaper circulation drops as readers turn to online news sources     Circulation at U.S. newspapers fell more than 10% during the last six months as readers fled to the Internet at a faster pace. -- The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported today that the average weekday circulation of the nearly 400 daily papers that reported sales slid 10.6% between April and September...

Karen DeCoster -- LRC Blog      Another government "emergency"    National "emergencies" are always good for "bypassing rules" and making things up on the fly. -- President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients... [See Obama Watch & Rahmbo Watch]

NBC-TV -- Houston      Houston drop house busted    At 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Houston police officers thought they were responding to a burglary in progress. But once they arrived at the 6500 block of Marinwood, they found a bunch of people running from the driveway to inside the home. -- "The officers were allowed inside the home by some males... " [See Crime Watch]

Stein Report      Rep. Giffords introduces bill to triple H-1B cap as US job losses soar    Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) introduced legislation to Congress that would double the H-1B cap, and in some circumstances triple it. The way it would work is that the yearly cap of 65,000 would be raised to 130,000 but if 130,000 H-1Bs were actually used, the cap would go up to 180,000 the following year," the Job Destruction Newsletter reported...

Nashville City Paper      Revision does little to quiet 287(g) debate    Armed with old arguments and new data, Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall set out last week to sell Nashville again on the controversial 287(g) program. -- Following a federal review of the program, a revised version of 287(g) was up for Metro Council approval last Tuesday...

WFED-AM -- Washington, DC     Audio Report Included     Census flap pits House vs. Senate on Capitol Hill    A proposal by a Louisiana Senator for a last-minute addition to 2010 Census forms is meeting with opposition by other lawmakers in both houses of Congress, just months before the first census forms begin arriving in mailboxes all across the country...

POLL Washington Times      Do you think the FCC should regulate the Internet?    Note: This is not a scientific poll. The results reflect only the opinions of those who chose to participate.

Allison Kilkenny -- True/Slant      LAPD freaks out America with new Orwellian ad     The LAPD has just released a new Orwellian commercial for iWatch, a program that encourages residents to spy on each other and report any "suspicious behavior" (whatever that means) to the authorities, who we're assured will sort everything out....

Cato Institute    Audio Report   Obama vs. the rule of law    Daily podcast with Richard Mourdock discusses troublesome Obama administration's antics....

Deseret News -- Provo, Utah      Illegal alien gets 15 years for kidnapping kids    A man convicted of kidnapping three kids he believed spray painted an obscenity on the side of his new car was sentenced Friday to up to 15 years in prison. -- Juan Estephan Lopez, 21, intended to hold the three boys ransom to recoup the cost of repairing his vandalized vehicle but was later charged with three counts of first-degree felony kidnapping... [See Crime Watch]

Brian Darling -- Human Events      Dare to oppose Obama, end up on the White House enemies list    Advice given years ago to President Nixon? No, a tip delivered just last week -- from Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) to President Barack Obama. -- Alexander cited some of the announced enemies of Obama and his henchmen, including the Chamber of Commerce, Humana, Fox News, banks, investment houses, bondholders of General Motors...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix      Kyl, McCain question ICE's snub of Arpaio    Arizona's two Republican senators are asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to explain why controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was largely cut out of the federal program that previously allowed his office to enforce U.S. immigration laws on the streets...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix     sc      County immigration authority muddled    When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials decided to remove the street-level immigration-enforcement authority granted to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, it looked like the beginning of the end for Sheriff Joe Arpaio's controversial measures... [Malfeasance Defined: See Napolitano Watch and Obama Watch]

La Opinion Editorial -- Los Angeles     San Francisco sanctuary (More Orwellian BS from the Reconquistas)    The deportation of minors solely because they are [illegal aliens] is an unfair punishment for two reasons: Parents are usually responsible for their children's presence in the United States and this action breaks up families. -- This week the San Francisco Board of Supervisors took an important step... [See Sanctuary Watch]

Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger Editorial      New Jersey's illegal alien problem    Two stories about illegal immigrants ran back-to-back in the newspaper edition of the Star-Ledger last week. -- The first was about Lazaro Tista, 45, robbed and beaten to death by a group of thugs -- aged 17 to 21 -- in Plainfield. Prosecutors say the men deliberately targeted Tista because he was Hispanic... [See Crime Watch]

NewsMax.com      Questions on stimulus spending at border linger    A watchdog's review of stimulus spending by the Department of Homeland Security doesn't resolve the controversy about how the Obama administration allocated the money for border projects. -- The inspector general's report, obtained Friday by The Associated Press, says the department generally had a good spending plan....

Long Island Press -- Syosset, NY      Immigration agents mishandle informants    One immigration agent was accused of running an Internet pornography business and enjoying an improper relationship with an informant. Another let an informant smuggle in a group of illegal [aliens]. And in a third case, an agent was investigated for soliciting sex from a witness in a marriage fraud case...

Miami Herald      Haitian activists want Obama to address immigration goals    Haitian-American and [illegal alien] activists who greeted President Barack Obama's election with high hopes are growing frustrated with the administration's failure to deliver one of their top goals. -- Obama said in July he was ``very sympathetic'' to the community's request to allow Haitian [illegal aliens] now illegally in the country to stay temporarily...

San Francisco Chronicle      More Insanity: San Francisco to ease up on unlicensed drivers    Call it sanctuary on wheels: San Francisco is about to give a big break to people, many of them illegal [aliens.... criminals], who are caught driving without a license. -- Beginning Sunday, cops will no longer impound cars the first time drivers are pulled over without a license... [See Frisco Watch & Sanctuary Watch]

La Prensa San Diego      Usual suspects continue to arrogantly demand amnesty for outlaws   ...Despite the administration's best intentions, only comprehensive immigration reforms [read: amnesty] can provide DHS with the policy framework it needs for rational, effective enforcement. -- In addition to dealing with the 12 million [illegal aliens.... criminals], Congress must enact laws that safeguard the rights...

Politico      Bernanke to make "trillion dollar decision," not Obama    The biggest decision of the economic recovery will be made in the next six months, and Barack Obama will have almost nothing to do with it. -- Forget the debate over TARP, and never mind the questions about a second stimulus. This decision is about when to pull out $1 trillion... [See Obama Watch]

Pat Boone -- WorldNetDaily.com      An insightful twist on the alien invasion    ...As I was preparing this week's column, I read this from my own e-mails. And it's so good, I just want to share it with you. Naturally, I don't have all the e-mail addresses of my readers, and this is the best way to see that you get a look at this one. I certainly couldn't have written it better myself.

Fox News      Obama declares Mexican flu "national emergency"    President Obama signed a proclamation declaring the H1N1 influenza [aka the Mexican flu] a national emergency, giving doctors and medical facilities greater leeway in responding to the flu pandemic. -- Obama signed the declaration late Friday, which the White House said allows medical treatment facilities to better handle a surge in flu... [Mexican Flu Map]