Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Government Malpractice DHS Evades the Question  American Patrol Report -- October 28 "I cannot count something that I do not see."     "I cannot count something that I do not see." So said Mario Escalante, U.S. Border Patrol spokesman in response to American Border Patrol's plan to use cameras to count illegal aliens.     Glenn Spencer, head of ABP said this is a silly statement. "The U.S. Border Patrol has hundreds, if not thousands of underground seismic sensors that count people crossing the border every day," Spencer said, "They can't see them, but they can count them and Escalante knows this."     Spencer said Escalante was doing what he was told – obfuscating the border situation by lying. "The Department of Homeland Security knows that the issue of measuring border control effectiveness is becoming very important and they are very afraid of it," he added.     On Sept. 9, the Government Accountability Office released a report that had one and only one recommendation: Customs and Border Protection (CBP) should evaluate its performance and compare that to the cost of the border fence and other systems used to control illegal immigration.     In other words, CBP should figure out what impact fencing and other systems are having on stopping illegal border crossings and compare that to the cost.     "Janet Napolitano, head of DHS, and in turn CBP, knows that if a real evaluation was done it would probably show that properly designed border fencing is the cheapest way to protect against unlawful entry, but she doesn't like the fence," Spencer said.     Spencer said as the nation's attention is focused on health care, open borders advocates in Congress quietly shelved plans to complete the border fence. "The least they could do is follow GAO's recommendation and see what works," Spencer added. He said anything less is "government malpractice." Past Features

U.S.. Customs and Border Protection           sc       Latest news releases from CBP    Indio, Calif. -- U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Indio station seized more than $1.45 million worth of narcotics yesterday. -- Yesterday, a black Dodge Charger entered the Highway 111 Checkpoint for inspection and was referred to the secondary inspection area...

Center for Immigration Studies         Daily news from CIS    Worcester, Mass. -- For weeks, Nathaniel Cunningham and his boyfriend secretly lived together in rural Jamaica. They showed no affection in public and rarely spoke to neighbors. -- Then one morning, Cunningham picked up a local newspaper with a front-page story under the headline...

KNXV-TV -- Phoenix      Border Patrol agents seize nearly $800,000 of pot in 3 days    Wellton, Az. -- Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents seized nearly $800,000 worth of marijuana over the weekend in a remote area of southwest Arizona. -- Border Patrol Agent Shaun Kuzia said that on Saturday agents assigned to a Yuma area base spotted nine individuals...

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers          Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    Mexico’s National Population Council (“CONAPO”) reports that the number of Mexicans who reside in the United States in 2008 rose to 8.11 million, which places Mexico as one of the nations with greater rate of migrants. "CONAPO" added that Mexicans residing in the United States make up 4% of the U.S.’s population and around 30% of its migrant population.

Los Angeles Times      The drug war -- in words    Mexico, DF -- Words can hardly convey how vicious, how over the top, Mexico's drug war has become. So those involved invented some. -- The Mexican media now have a special expression for being lined up and shot, and another for being dumped in the trunk of a car...

PR Newswire      Obama signs repressive 'hate crimes' [read: thought crimes] bill into law    President Obama has just signed into law the very first protections for transgender people in US history: The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. The bill passed both houses of Congress earlier this month as an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act...

Associated Press        sc   Mexican military finds tunnel 100 feet from US    Tijuana, BCN, Mex. -- Mexican soldiers have discovered a secret tunnel complete with electricity and an air supply that may have been planned for smuggling migrants or drugs under the U.S. border into San Diego. -- Reporters in Tijuana were invited by military officials on Tuesday to a private, industrial property...

New York Times      California would lose seats under Census change    A Republican senator's proposal to count only US citizens when reapportioning Congress would cost California five seats and New York and Illinois one each, according to an independent analysis of census data released Tuesday. Texas, which is projected to gain three seats after the 2010 census, would get only one...

KNXV-TV -- Phoenix      MCSO defies federal order, arrests 32 illegals    Mesa -- Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested more individuals late Monday on suspicions of being [illegal aliens]. -- he deputies reportedly arrested 32 suspected [illegal aliens] as a result of three traffic stops and the discovery of a suspected drop house in the Mesa area...

Chuck Norris -- Human Events       Obama's one-world government    Halloween just got scarier -- much scarier. -- Flying deep under Washington's radar is an upcoming (December) global climate change conference in Copenhagen, the "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change." -- It all sounds pretty politically benign, doesn't it? [See Obama Watch and NWO Watch]

Patrick J. Buchanan -- Human Events     A new GOP    "Sometimes party loyalty asks too much," said JFK. -- For Sarah Palin, party loyalty in New York's 23rd congressional district asks too much. Going rogue, Palin endorsed Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican Dede Scozzafava...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner      San Francisco protecting illegal alien gang members (again)    Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8-2 to stop reporting juvenile illegal aliens arrested in the city, to federal authorities for deportation. -- A former illegal alien himself, and sponsor of the new ordinance, Supervisor David Campos [a former invader from Guatemala] told reporters: "This is really for our youth, for our kids..." [See Frisco Watch & Sanctuary Watch]

Michelle Malkin     Culture of Corruption: Obama U.S. Attorney nominee clams up    Two weeks ago, I pointed you to the festering corruption scandal involving President Obama's US Attorney nominee in Colorado, Stephanie Villafuerte. -- Villafuerte is entangled in the railroading of Denver ICE agent Cory Voorhis — whom federal prosecutors tried to punish after he blew the whistle on sweetheart deals for criminal illegal aliens...

Bloomberg     Here's Your "Change": Consumer confidence drops on unemployment concern    Confidence among U.S. consumers unexpectedly fell for a second month in October, reinforcing the views of Federal Reserve policy makers who say household spending will be restrained by rising unemployment. -- The Conference Board's confidence index dropped to 47.7, trailing the lowest economist forecast... [See Obama Watch]

Dwight L. Schwab Jr. -- The Examiner     Election 2010: Reid & Rangel first to go!    Every thirty years or so, one party or the other takes a huge hit at the polls. The Republicans are still licking their wounds from last November and the Democrats will not soon forget the 1994 landslide the Republicans enjoyed. -- But now with 24/7 news and an exploding information age, the 30 year cycles can now come every election...

Crookston (Minn.) Times      Suspected illegals arrested    Minot, ND -- Two men working on a wind project south of Minot are accused of being in the country illegally and are being turned over to the Border Patrol. Minot police say the arrests came after officers responded to an assault report at a motel about 2 a.m. Monday...

Phoenix New Times      Poll says over 60% of county residents approve of Arpaio    A new Cronkite/Eight poll finds that county residents mostly approve of Joe Arpaio's performance as sheriff. -- The poll, conducted between October 22-25, asked 389 registered voters in Maricopa County if they approved or disapproved of the job the sheriff is doing...

Associated Press      S.F. Supes continue to coddle criminals and threaten public safety    San Francisco is changing the way it deals with illegal [alien] minors who run into trouble with the law. -- The Board of Supervisors gave final approval Tuesday to a measure that would keep law enforcement from turning over minors to immigration authorities unless they have been found guilty of a felony... [See Frisco Watch & Sanctuary Watch]

Debra J. Saunders -- San Francisco Chronicle      License to drive unlicensed    Mayor Gavin Newsom's office has argued that San Francisco's sanctuary city policy protects [illegal aliens] who are otherwise law-abiding residents. -- But as The Chronicle's Phil Matier and Andrew Ross reported Monday, San Francisco has a new policy starting on Nov. 1 that prevents city cops from automatically impounding cars driven by giving never-licensed drivers...

Colleen Raezler -- Culture and Media Institute      CNN, MSNBC hail hate crime legislation; ignore consequences for free speech    After Oct. 28, the federal definition of hate crimes will now include crimes against individuals or groups based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability. -- President Barack Obama will sign the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act on Wednesday...

Michelle Malkin      Obama's FCC, liberal churches, and the "media justice" mob    My syndicated column today probes the FCC/left-wing church alliance to silence conservative critics of illegal immigration through "hate speech" regulation. Tip of the iceberg. -- Jeffrey Lord at the American Spectator first broke the story of how United Church of Christ officials met with kindred spirit/FCC Commissioner Michael Copps earlier this month... [See Free Speech Watch and Obama Watch]

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner      Forget Newt... Even Reagan was no Ronald Reagan!    The leader of the 1994 Republican Revolution, Newt Gingrich, has endorsed a very liberal Republican candidate who is running for a vacated seat in New York's 23rd Congressional District. The candidate, Dede Scozzafava is a strong supporter of abortion as well as gay rights...

Washington Times      Vitter takes on census, illegal alien "rights" groups    In his push to have the Census Bureau count the number of U.S. citizens, Sen. David Vitter, Louisiana Republican, is taking a very parochial approach with his colleagues: Your state could be the one to lose an extra seat in Congress...

William J. Bratton -- Los Angeles Times      Good riddance to the seriously confused LAPD Chief Bratton    ...Americans want a solution to our immigration dilemma, as do law enforcement officials across this nation. But the solution isn't turning every local police department into an arm of Immigration and Customs Enforcement... [See BrattonMustGo.com and this item]

Infowars.com -- Austin, Texas      Obama's "national emergency" violates the Constitution    Drew Zahn, writing for WorldNetDaily, takes issue with Infowars declaring Obama's "national emergency" amounts to martial law. "An article by Kurt Nimmo of InfoWars took the worry a step further, wondering if the White House's declaration engaged certain measures of the National Emergencies Act," writes Zahn... [See Obama Watch]

Connie Hair -- Human Events      Obama's Health Care Scheme: Does Pelosi have the votes?    House Democrats in a preliminary whip count Monday night fell well short of the 218 votes needed to pass the "robust," in-your-face government run health care option. The Washington Post "Plum Line" blog reported late yesterday a leaked internal whip count document that shows support for H.R. 3200 falling short of even the 200 vote margin...

Washington Post      BofA grants go to vehement Reconquista fanatics in Maryland    ...Two $200,000 grants will go to CASA de Maryland, a group helping low-income Latino communities with such services as education and job training, and Manna Inc., which works to provide affordable housing and help tenants collaborate to purchase or renovate buildings...

Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      The dark side of Mexico on the south side of America    In his groundbreaking book, Wakeup Call from Mexico, Wilson Beck describes how the dark side of Mexico stretches back to the days of the Aztecs when hundreds of thousands of people were sacrificed and eaten each year. He says today many young men in Mexico are enamored with the idea of being descendants of the Aztecs...

Feet In 2 Worlds      New bill introduced after Obama regime limits Arpaio's powers    Phoenix -- After the recent decision by federal authorities to limit the power of Maricopa County sheriff 's deputies to enforce U.S. immigration laws, Arizona lawmakers are renewing a push to grant local police the ability to detain and question suspected [illegal aliens]...

David Boaz -- Cato Institute     Support for government health care scheme dropping    Here's a striking graphic of the results of continuing New York Times/CBS News polling on the question, "Do you think the federal government should guarantee health insurance for all Americans, or isn't this the responsibility of the federal government?"

Center for Immigration Studies         Latest news from CIS    Saipan, CNMI -- Nonresident workers can exit the CNMI any time during the transition period from Nov. 28, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2014, but they cannot re-enter the islands using their valid CNMI entry permit. -- This is based on the interim final rule on the CNMI-Only Transitional Worker Program...

Westworld -- Denver      Read the order muzzling embattled ICE agent Cory Voorhis    No doubt former ICE agent Cory Voorhis would have loved to comment on an October 23 Denver Post article about Stephanie Villafuerte, a former deputy district attorney and Bill Ritter associate nominated by President Barack Obama as U.S. Attorney...