Los Angeles Times       sc        Los Angeles gets another useless top cop when it comes to illegals    Charlie Beck, the mayor's nominee to head the Los Angeles Police Department, told Hoy Newspaper he will make a particular effort to reach out to Latinos through community meetings and by conducting press conferences and any other police function in English and Spanish... [Also see: Special Order 40]

Center for Immigration Studies         Daily news from CIS    In an 'era of restriction' when immigration policies of countries around the world are becoming more strict, dramatic changes can be seen in rates of return migration, according to UT sociology professor Bryan Roberts. -- 'The migration system from U.S. to Mexico is a good example,' Roberts said...

Rasmussen Reports      Health Care Scam: 83% say proof of citizenship should be required    The health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats contains many controversial items that divide the general public. However, one area of consensus among the public is the desire to restrict government health care benefits to U.S. citizens only...

Cato Institute      Health care bill could increase young adults' premiums by 100%    One of the most interesting questions about the health care overhaul now moving through Congress is how it would affect young adults. That legislation would force most or all Americans to purchase health insurance and would impose price controls on health insurance that would limit insurers' ability to offer lower premiums to low-risk enrollees...

El Diario/La Prensa      Reconquistas' knickers in twist over election of NJ Atty. General    Newark -- Immigrant rights organizations were alarmed by the election of Kim Guadagno as lieutenant governor of New Jersey because she has supported the implementation of 287 (g), which allows local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws, reports El Diario/La Prensa....

Ronald W. Mortensen -- Center for Immigration Studies      Health Care Reform: The fraudulent-document dealers full employment act    Contrary to assurances by the President and key Democrat Congressional leaders that illegal aliens will not be covered by health care reform, we now learn that House and Senate Democrats have been busy building gaping loopholes into their bills so illegal aliens can still obtain coverage...

WBUR-FM -- Boston      San Francisco illegal alien sanctuary law prompts battle     For the past two decades, the city of San Francisco has declared itself a "sanctuary" city. It's one of about 30 American cities where local officials won't report illegal [aliens] to federal authorities. -- But San Francisco's reputation for liberal tolerance is being tested in a simmering debate among city leaders over how to treat [illegal alien] juveniles suspected of a crime...

Richard W. Rahn -- Washington Times     sc              Choosing fantasy or facts    Have you noticed that many politicians who have trouble dealing with reality also seem to prefer fantasyland when dealing with budgets? -- Those on the left never stop claiming that problems will be solved if only tax rates are increased. Why then does California, with its 10.6 percent state income tax rate, have a huge budget deficit...

Boston Globe     Health care opponents intensify late attack    Washington -- The sweeping health care overhaul package before Congress is under an 11th-hour attack over a pair of emotional issues, abortion and immigration, that are complicating Democrats' efforts to piece together the coalition they need to pass the bill...

Heritage Foundation    10% unemployment shows objective failure of Obama stimulus   Last week the Obama administration issued a report purporting to show that the President's $787 billion economic stimulus plan had saved or created exactly 640,329 jobs. Such a precise number for such a fuzzy concept as jobs 'saved or created' immediately raised doubts about the veracity of the report in any honest American's mind....

Californians for Population Stabilization        Call to stop the health care plan's illegal alien loophole!   The health care bill is likely to receive a floor vote in the House on Saturday after the Rules Committee considers amendments on Friday.....

Chris Edwards -- Cato Institute      Government of continual failure    The Washington Post is full of so many stories about government failure these days, it's hard to keep up. -- Today, on page A19 we learn about a Small Business Administration subsidy program that has a 60-percent default rate. On the same page, we learn that the U.S. Postal Service will lose $7 billion this year... [See Obama Watch]

Peter Brimelow -- VDare.com      After NY-23: Goldwater, Reagan, and the mirage of "moderation"    Patriotic immigration reformers didn't have a dog in the NY-23 Congressional special election fight -- Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman toed the Club For Growth line, so the issue didn't surface -- but you have to be amazed at the gloating over-interpretation of his very narrow loss (46%-49%)....

Courthouse News Service      ACLU questions efficacy of immigration raids    Most [illegal aliens.... criminals] arrested during the highly publicized "Return to Sender" raids in Northern Arizona had no criminal records, the ACLU says, citing documents it received in response to a FOIA request. More than 50 addresses agents used were more than 10 years old... [See ACLU watch]

U.S. Rep. Steve King        Second "House Call" event planned for Saturday morning   Congressman Steve King today made the following statement calling on American citizens to come to Washington this weekend to stop a government takeover of health care....

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix     Mesa nails down deal for ICE police training     Three years after first considering the idea, Mesa finally has nailed down an agreement to get federal immigration-enforcement training for some of its police officers. -- The City Council approved the deal with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week, but not before a local immigration lawyer raised concerns...

Heritage Foundation via Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      A closer look at the Dems' health care scheme    The House of Representatives will soon vote on a massive overhaul of America's $2.4 trillion health care system. This amounts to one-sixth of American gross domestic product (GDP), a sector roughly equal to the size of the entire British economy... [Send a Message: No ObamaCare Scam!]

Business & Media Institute      CNN asks about need for 'porkulus 2.0,' doesn't point out failure of the first one    President Obama lobbied for government stimulus almost as soon as he took office. In order to gain passage of that $787 billion spending spree, Obama warned of economic “catastrophe” including double-digit unemployment. -- Roughly 9 months later, we now have proof that those billions of taxpayer dollars...

Michelle Malkin     The death of deliberative democracy    In 2006, the minority party in Congress issued a dire report on the "unprecedented erosion of the democratic process." Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter, then the ranking member of the House Rules Committee, authored the scathing document. She blasted the majority Republicans' violations of "procedural fairness"...

Eagle Forum        Health Care Votes to Begin 9am Saturday Federal Abortion Funding Remains in H.R. 3962: Tell Your Representative to Vote NO on the "Rule Vote!"...

Media Research Center     'Noisy Rally' by 'a few thousand' matched by 'powerful' endorsements    Despite the mass shooting at Fort Hood, the ABC, CBS and NBC newscasts Thursday night squeezed in full stories pegged to a "kill the bill" anti-Pelosi/ObamaCare rally outside the U.S. Capitol attended by "angry protesters" as all the stories also stressed how President Obama got a "boost"...

Brian Anderson -- ASU Web Devil      America's toughest scapegoat    The recent stripping of some of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's powers by the Department of Homeland Security has caused uproar, both cheers and boos, this past month. I was just one of many people who were upset by this action taken against him. -- Sheriff Joe, known around the country as "America's Toughest Sheriff," can no longer arrest people...

Federation for American Immigration Reform      Latest House health care bill still has illegal alien loophole    After months of debate, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is finally ready to bring the health care reform bill to the House floor. As FAIR has reported, this bill contains a suspect verification mechanism that will almost certainly allow illegal aliens to game the system...

Tom Tancredo -- Denver Post      The threat of the "Muslim Mafia"    The recent indictment and arrest of Aurora resident and Afghanistan immigrant Najibullah Zazi on terrorism charges has again put a spotlight on the problem of Islamic radicals plotting acts of violence. But a book released this past week raises the question of whether our nation's response to the terrorist threat...

Connie Hair -- Human Events      Bachmann's House Call rocked    The "House Call on Washington" press conference turned rally yesterday brought people from all over the country by the thousands to Washington to petition their representatives for redress of their grievances. Over 25,000 made it to the Capitol City on just a few days' notice...

Numbers USA      'NO' Vote urged on rule that would bring Healthcare Bill to House floor    NumbersUSA is mobilizing our 920,000 members to contact their Representatives to urge defeat of the Rule to bring H.R. 3692 to the House floor. -- NumbersUSA takes no position on the non-immigration parts of the bill. But Speaker Pelosi and the Rules Committee have broken the promises...

Associated Press      Illegals will be able to buy into 'health care' scam    ...Illegal [aliens] can buy private health insurance now, so some lawmakers say the White House position goes too far. The House bill doesn't have that language, and several members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus met with Obama at the White House on Thursday to tell him that if that changed, he could lose as many as 20 votes... [Related item]

Colorado Springs Gazette      Colorado Dems want cheap tuition for illegal aliens    Colorado Democrats plan to take another run at a bill that would provide reduced tuition to the children of illegal [aliens] by creating a new class of tuition that would not require state subsidies. -- Sen. Paula Sandoval, D-Denver, said the measure, billed as the "Workforce Development and Unsubsidized Tuition Act," is a compromise...

Springfield (Mass.) Republican      Illegals swept up in raids on 'massage parlors'    Springfield, Mass. -- State and local police and federal officials Tuesday afternoon arrested three women on prostitution charges and six others for immigration violations during simultaneous raids on several area massage salons in Hampden and Hampshire counties, officials said...

American Border Patrol      ABP: Operation Hidden in Plain Sight    American Border Patrol has launched Operation Hidden in Plain Sight. Now BorderInvasionPics.com, an affiliate of ABP, has posted its latest videos showing 250 people, suspected to be illegal aliens, marching into the U.S. - In October alone. ABP plans to expand the operation to cover 30 miles of border.

The Hill -- Washington      Illegal immigration may threaten health vote    The illegal immigration issue is emerging as the biggest threat to passing healthcare reform in the House. -- Congressional Hispanics have threatened to vote against the bill because of a last-minute threat from within the Democratic Caucus to bolster the House bill's immigration restrictions to match those included in the Senate Finance bill... [Related Item] [Send a Message: No ObamaCare Scam!]

Associated Press      Ft. Hood suspect reportedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar'    Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" -- an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" -- before opening fire, the base commander said Friday...

Wall Street Journal      Pot gangs infiltrate Indian reservations    Warm Springs, Ore. -- Police Chief Carmen Smith says he knows three things about suspected drug trafficker Artemio Corona: He's from Mexico, prefers a Glock .40-caliber handgun, and is quite possibly growing marijuana on the Indian reservation that Mr. Smith patrols... [See Crime Watch]

Wall Street Journal      How's That 'Change' Treating You?: Unemployment exceeds 10%    U.S. unemployment rose by more than expected in October to hit its highest level in more than 26 years and employers cut more jobs than forecast, a sign the labor market continues to struggle as the economy emerges from its deep recession...

Weekly Standard     Pelosi lies again... health care bill won't be posted online 72-hours before vote    Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office tells The Weekly Standard that the speaker will not allow the final language of the health care to be posted online for 72 hours before bringing the bill to a vote on the House floor, despite her September 24 statement that she was "absolutely" committed to doing so... [Send a Message: No ObamaCare Scam!]