Investor's Business Daily    sc      Skewed priorities    ...In the former category, there's SEIU boss Andy Stern, who told the Wall Street Journal that if the power of persuasion didn't work, then the persuasion of power would have to do. The records show Stern had 22 meetings, many face-to-face with the president, more than anyone else known so far. Stern might as well borrow a White House bedroom...

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers          Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    [According to this, it's all OUR fault...] Statistics from the House of the Migrant indicate that at least one migrant a day dies while attempting to cross to the United States in search of work and a better life for his family, due to the poverty and scarcity of jobs in their native land...

Center for Immigration Studies         Daily news from CIS    In the midst of the latest Congressional push for immigration reform, the debate over illegal immigration is becoming more heated than ever before. This is the second of a three-part series on illegal immigration in Arizona and its effects on the state, the economy and the University...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner      L.A. doctor arrested for falsifying immigration health exams    Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have taken Los Angeles family practice physician Levon Tebelekian, 72, into custody after an investigation revealed that he was allegedly charging immigrants a fee in exchange for disease-free medical reports...

RTP Press Release      Bachmann presser on outrageous "health care" power-grab set for Thursday    Michelle Bachmann, Randy Forbes, Eric Cantor and others will be holding a press conference about health care on the capitol steps at Noon tomorrow. -- Hundreds of Richmond Tea Party members will be on hand as concerned citizens from across the region join together to Take a Stand Against Government Run Health Care...

Numbers USA      Reid kills E-Verify amendment to unemployment bill    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) used a procedural move to kill an amendment offered by Sen. Jeff Sessions that would have required unemployment compensation recipients to be verified through E-Verify. -- The House overwhelmingly passed (331-to-83) H.R.3548 back in September that would extend unemployment benefits...

KNTV -- Las Vegas     sc        Fence up, day laborers off property    You could call it a sign of the times, the desperation to find work. -- "It is difficult," said Fissmy, an illegal [alien] from Mexico who is looking for any odd-jobs to support his 8 year old son. He says of lately, it hasn't been easy...

Edward H. Crane -- Cato Institute     The GOP should dump the neocons    The founders envisioned a federal government constitutionally limited to defending our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For that to happen, we must have at least one political party that strongly advocates limiting the power of government...

KNTV -- Las Vegas      Fence up, day laborers off property    You could call it a sign of the times, the desperation to find work. -- "It is difficult," said Fissmy, an illegal [alien] from Mexico who is looking for any odd-jobs to support his 8 year old son. He says of lately, it hasn't been easy...

Edward H. Crane -- Cato Institute      The GOP should dump the neocons    The founders envisioned a federal government constitutionally limited to defending our rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For that to happen, we must have at least one political party that strongly advocates limiting the power of government...

New York Times Editorial     More Orwellian Poppycock: N.Y. rag opposes local enforcement   ...The embarrassment is not just a problem for the Dallas Police Department. The country is in the middle of a fierce debate over how local police departments should deal with recent immigrants [read: illegal aliens]. Many but not all of them are here illegally but have otherwise committed no crimes...

Fox News      Arrests of criminal "immigrants" on the rise    Immigration agents assigned to track down people who have ignored deportation orders have increasingly arrested [illegal aliens] with criminal records during the past year, new data show. -- Data from ICE show a shift from the prior three years, when more than 70%t of [illegal aliens] arrested by fugitive operations teams had no criminal histories.

Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights    Open-borders Zealots        "Change": One year later     Today, November 3rd, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the historic election of President Barack Obama, a crowd of over 400 strong packed the auditorium of the Spertus Institute and later in Grant Park to reaffirm our support for the "Change Worth Fighting For." [See Amnesty Watch and Obama Watch]

Matthew Vadum -- NewsReal Blog          Does SEIU boss Andy Stern run America?   ...Stern estimates he visits the White House once a week. SEIU officials talk to senior Obama advisor Nancy-Ann DeParle about healthcare — a top priority for Stern — and to Obama aide Cecilia Munoz [formerly of the 'Tan Klan'] about immigration, Stern said. -- "We get heard," Stern said.... [See Obama Watch]

Denver Post      Bad News: Denver voters drive off vehicle-impoundment initiative    Denver voters Tuesday soundly defeated a ballot initiative that would have significantly restricted police discretion on whether to impound cars driven by unlicensed drivers (i.e. illegal aliens). -- Initiative 300 had prompted opposition from an array of civic and political leaders...

New York Daily News      MS-13 gang leaders puts out hit on ICE agent    El Salvadoran leaders of the MS-13 gang allegedly put out a contract on the federal agent responsible for a crackdown on its New York factions, the Daily News has learned. -- The brazen plot to assassinate the unidentified Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was revealed in an arrest warrant... [See Crime Watch]

Lou Dobbs  Audio Report Included    sc     The truth about immigration    Ethnocentric special interest groups often mischaracterize Lou's position on illegal immigration. The left routinely ignores the context of everything Lou has said about illegal immigrants. So here's the truth: Listen to Lou's record on illegal immigration and illegal immigrants...

New York Times      Mealymouthed RINO Bloomberg's victory speech makes promises on amnesty    ...We'll extend the most ambitious public health agenda in the country and complete the largest affordable-housing plan in the country. We'll offer more immigrant adults English-language classes so they can fully contribute to our economy. And we'll continue to fight for real immigration reform [read: amnesty] in Washington because Nueva York es una ciudad donde adoremos todos las culturas..

Marcelo Ballve -- New America Media     Election results may boost immigration reform efforts in Congress    Viewed through the lens of the immigration issue, the overall results of yesterday's elections might be called a mixed bag. Republican gubernatorial candidates who promised more hardline immigration stances won races in Virginia and New Jersey...

Numbers USA      Pro-enforcement candidates win in Virginia and New Jersey    Voters in Virginia and New Jersey elected Bob McDonnell and Chris Christie, respectively, as their state's next governors because of concerns for high taxes and a lack of job creation. But both candidates also indicated during their campaigns a commitment for strong state immigration enforcement...

Connie Hair -- Human Events      House countdown to Friday on health care    Despite Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's pronouncement yesterday that the health are “reform” bill may not come to a vote in the senate this year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is still pushing and shoving her caucus to the brink, insisting on a vote as early as Friday night...

God Morning Arizona -- KTVK-TV -- Phoenix         Sheriff Joe Arpaio answers viewers' questions     Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio answered viewers' questions live on "Good Morning! Arizona" Wednesday.

New York Times     Health care debate focuses on illegal aliens    The debate over health care for illegal [aliens] continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration's efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally...

KNXV-TV -- Phoenix       MCSO makes 26 more arrests without ICE authority    Phoenix -- Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office arrested 26 people late Monday night on suspicion of being [illegal aliens]. -- According to authorities, deputies made two traffic stops in both the Fountain Hills and North Phoenix areas, resulting in the arrests of 26 people...

CBS4-TV -- Denver     Ritter defends aide amid '06 campaign questions    Denver -- Gov. Bill Ritter is defending the White House's nominee for U.S. attorney in Colorado amid questions about whether she helped access a restricted federal database while working on Ritter's gubernatorial campaign. -- The Democrat said Monday on his monthly appearance on KOA-AM that he thinks Stephanie Villafuerte-...

Heritage Foundation      Reid says NO to transparency    It has been one week since the Senate Majority Leader announced that he had sent his health care bill to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the American people still have not seen Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) version of Obamacare. Last week 40 Senators signed a letter asking Reid to make all materials he sent to the CBO public...

Coming Up NOV. 5 Eagle Forum -- Washington, DC House Call on Washington   Click Here for Update (November 4)

San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun     Supes extend pact with feds for Latino inmate screening    The heated topic of illegal immigration was back on the front burner Tuesday when the Board of Supervisors extended its agreement with federal officials to have sheriff's employees screen Latino inmates suspected of being in the country illegally...

NewsBusters      Sarah Palin and illegal immigration    Recently, it has been implied that Governor Sarah Palin supports amnesty for illegal aliens. This gets bleated by those who find offense at her remark that she supports "a path to citizenship for illegals". That does sound pretty damning all by itself...

Standard-Examiner -- Ogden, Utah      One-third of Mexican people want to come to the U.S.    As Obama and the Democrats push for Amnesty 9 for 13-20 million illegal aliens, it is instructive to notice the context of their demands. All amnesties starting with 1986 IRCA have INCREASED the flow of illegal aliens contrary to politicians stated purpose. Since 60% of illegal aliens are from Mexico, a Zogby International Poll (14 Oct. 2009) in Mexico is instructive...

U.S.. Customs and Border Protection    Latest news releases from CBP    Rio Grande City, Texas -- U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Rio Grande City, Texas station seized 3,762 pounds of marijuana yesterday. -- Border Patrol agents on patrol near La Casita, Texas, observed two suspicious males standing near a shed just north of the Rio Grande...

Eagle Forum        This is it! Act NOW to defeat Pelosi's awful health care scam   Last week, liberal Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) introduced her "new and improved" plan to facilitate a government takeover of the best health care system in the world, which just so happens to make up one-sixth of the U.S. economy... [More info here]

Service Employees International Union          Troublesome SEIU giddy over BHO's 1st anniversary, push health care scam    One year ago, we all worked together to elect Barack Obama to the office of President of the United States. Now, one year later, we must work together again to pass real heath care reform. Yes we can do that -- and yes we will! -- On the one year anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we stand on the [precipice] of real, progressive change... [See this feature]

PR Web      Estulin: G-20 Meeting in Scotland this week about dumping U.S. dollar     Best-selling author Daniel Estulin states that the key issue to be discussed this week at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, being held in St. Andrews, Scotland, is how to bring down the present world financial system through dumping the US dollar. Estulin first reported on this initiative...

GOP.gov      Why it's a monstrosity: Nancy Pelosi's Health Care Bill by the numbers     The Republican Conference has compiled a list of important numbers relevant to Speaker Pelosi's 1,990-page health care bill: 5.5 million-Number of jobs that could be lost as a result of taxes on businesses that cannot afford to provide health insurance coverage, according to a model developed by Council of Economic Advisors Chair Christina Romer...