National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers     sc         Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    The UN High Commission for Refugees reports that there's a growing number of African migrants arriving in Latin American countries such as Mexico. According to a UNHCR official for southern Latin America, some of these persons head toward Mexico & Guatemala, while in transit to the United States...

Center for Immigration Studies         Daily news from CIS    Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox [an open-borders zealot] expects immigration reform [read: amnesty] to return to the forefront in the coming months. -- Wilcox said Wednesday that the recession and health care reform have put immigration on the back burner recently, but that supporters of reform are returning to the cause...

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, Calif.      The deficit that wouldn't die    Only last July the state budget was balanced with cuts in "essential" public services, by agreeing to sell high-priced assets, after deciding to switch money from one account to another and by planning to fill remaining gaps with Washington handouts. Despite intentions, the state didn't save billions of dollars... [See Cal Meltdown Watch]

Houston Chronicle      Fort Hood inquiry by Congress: GIs must report signs of Islamic extremism    Senators and witnesses agreed today at Congress' first public inquiry into the Fort Hood massacre that American GIs must immediately report signs of Islamic radicalism among their colleagues to protect the nation's armed forces from inside attacks by lone wolf, self-radicalized gunmen such as the alleged shooter, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan...

Reuters      Lou Dobbs mulls run for White House, Senate    A week after abruptly quitting his longtime job as a CNN television news host and commentator, Lou Dobbs said on Thursday he is considering career options including possible runs for the White House or U.S. Senate. -- "Right now I feel exhilaration at the wide range of choices before me as to what I do next..."

Carl Herman -- The Examiner      US Senate: Banksters the new Enron     ...The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued a report stating that in the oil market alone, manipulated trading adds 50% to the price for consumers. Other analysts document that these parasitic "trades" more than double oil prices. When other commodity markets are accounted for, the total addition to consumer prices are between $2 trillion to $4 trillion every year...

Bucks County (Pa.) Courier Times      Usual suspects participate in pro-amnesty scheme conference call    A nationwide conference call kicked off efforts to get a measure before Congress. -- National immigration reform activists kicked off a campaign that they hope will result in a bill in the spring on Capital Hill. And Bucks County residents want to help... [Listen to these radical Leftists]

Center for Immigration Studies     Immigration and Crime: Assessing a conflicted issue    This study examines academic and government research on the question of immigrant crime. New government data indicate that immigrants have high rates of criminality, while older academic research found low rates. The overall picture of immigrants and crime remains confused due to a lack of good data and contrary information...

POLL	Arizona Republic -- Phoenix      Do you support the latest insane push for an amnesty?     Scroll down, look for poll on right sidebar....

InfoWars -- Austin, Texas      Climate Change Scam: With hurricanes at 30-year low, Gore turns to Photoshop    With the increasingly discredited notion of man-made global warming crashing and burning on a daily basis, climate alarmists are being forced to accelerate their fearmongering to unprecedented levels. With the evidence failing to match up to the doomsday proclamations, Al Gore has turned to Photoshop in order to make a CO2-choked earth look scary enough to sell his cap and trade scam...

Westworld -- Denver      Cory Voorhis hearing should be off-limits to press, supporters, ICE says    The saga of former ICE agent Cory Voorhis seems to get messier with each passing day. -- Voorhis was dismissed from his job for allegedly accessing a federal database for political rather than law-enforcement reasons -- the very thing his supporters accuse U.S. Attorney-nominee Stephanie Villafuerte of doing...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review      Incredible!: Mexican illegal alien receives probation for 10th violation    A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Tuesday sentenced an illegal [alien] to time served in jail for his 10th illegal entry into the country. -- Uziel Jesus Lopez-Jiminez, 28, of Mexico has been deported nine other times between 1998 and 2007, prosecutors said. He was last deported in March...

Miami Herald Editorial      Miami rag buys Napolitano's line, calls for amnesty    The Obama administration has sent an important signal that it remains committed to overhauling the nation's immigration laws, an issue that has lost none of its urgency since Congress and President Bush tried and failed to enact substantial changes in 2007... [Other rags pushing for amnesty: Arizona Republic & San Diego Union-Tribune]

Judicial Watch      Obama transparency promises not being kept    Judicial Watch... announced today that it has filed two separate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits against the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve in its continuing efforts to bring transparency to the federal government's massive taxpayer bailouts...

Boston Globe      Illegal alien-abetting schemes go to Cabinet    A governor's advisory council outlined a number of measures yesterday to improve the lives of [illegal aliens.... criminals] in Massachusetts. As a result, Governor Deval Patrick gave his Cabinet 90 days to craft a plan for better integrating all foreign-born residents into life in the Bay State...

Steven Malanga -- Real Clear Politics     And now, on to amnesty for invaders    Even with everything else on its agenda, the Obama administration has declared itself ready to plunge forward on an issue likely to be as contentious and exhausting to the nation as health care reform, namely a new effort to restructure our immigration laws. Last Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano laid the groundwork...

KVIA-TV -- El Paso / Las Cruces      Juarez violence affecting UTEP athletic recruiting    The widespread violence in Juarez is affecting a lot of things in El Paso, including the UTEP athletic program. -- The basis of UTEP's athletic teams are formed by recruiting student-athletes from across the state and country to study and play in El Paso...

Kimberly Dvorak -- The Examiner      U.S. gives Mexico keys to open border and amnesty     Mexico's culture of corruption is synonymous with the drug dealers, Federales as well as the government. It is no secret business south of the border is handled with a greasy handshake full of money, but what's surprising to most Americans are the major trade deals cut to benefit our neighbor to the south... [See Amnesty Watch]

Judicial Watch      Documents obtained on Obama' dangerous FCC "Diversity Czar"    ..."Obama seems to have a 'czar' for everything and too many wield power with zero congressional and public accountability. And considering the radical views of 'czars' like Mark Lloyd, the more information the American people can get on them the better. Do we really want a race-baiting promoter of Hugo Chavez presiding over questionable diversity programs at the FCC?" said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton...

Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal Editorial      Section 287(g)    Cobb Sheriff Neil Warren signed a new agreement last month with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency to update the 1996 federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act. Part of that act, Section 287(g), has become the focus of intense efforts...

Gwinnett Daily Post -- Lawrenceville, Ga.      Duluth attorney pleads guilty to aiding illegals    A Duluth attorney pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday for her role in trying to help at least 17 illegal aliens fraudulently obtain legal status. -- Sai Hyun Lee, 63, faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 after admitting to one count of filing a false document to the United States Department of Labor...

American Border Patrol        Another failure to protect our borders     American Border Patrol has posted yet another video as part of Operation Border Count. Watch as more than twenty people pass this hidden camera north of the Mexican border....

Congressman Kevin Brady      Treasury huckster Geithner asked to quit    Rep. Brady asks Treasury Secretary and tax cheat Timothy Geithner to step down at hearing.

Associated Press      Arizona prosecutor files 1st employer sanctions case    Phoenix -- Maricopa County prosecutors on Wednesday filed Arizona's first civil complaint against a business under a 22-month-old state law that prohibits employers from knowingly hiring illegal [aliens]. -- County Attorney Andrew Thomas said Scottsdale Art Factory manager Michelle Hardas used a "subcontractor" who was an illegal [alien]...

Los Angeles Times      California's budget woes will continue for years, report says    ...State government faces a nearly $21-billion deficit over the next year and half, according to the report by nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor. Sacramento will be forced to muddle along, he says, unable to reverse the deep cuts that officials have made to K-12, universities, healthcare and social services... [See Cal Meltdown Watch] [See This Feature]

Washington Times     Work site arrests of illegals fall dramatically... thanks to Obama    Arrests of illegal [alien] workers have dropped precipitously under President Obama, according to figures released Wednesday. -- Criminal arrests, administrative arrests, indictments and convictions of illegal [aliens] at work sites all fell by more than 50 percent from fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2009... Lamar Smith

Washington Times      Bush aide urges weapons ban to help corruption-packed narco-state next door    The former head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection called Monday for the U.S. to reinstitute the ban on assault weapons and take other measures to rein in the war between Mexico and its drug cartels, saying the violence has the potential to bring down legitimate rule in that country... [See Gun Grabber Watch]

Stein Report      Bill O'Reilly: SPLC takes "fascist" approach    [Tuesday] night, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly said what many believe, that the tactics of the SPLC are "fascistic," seeking through feigned tolerance a calculated effort to smear into silence those with whom they disagree. Stein Report readers know that FAIR has been a target of the same sort of bigoted tactics for several years now...

Linda Bentley -- Sonoran News -- Cave Creek, Arizona      From diversity to damnation     Political correctness has allowed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano to rename the Global War on Terror "Overseas Contingency Operations," and terrorist attacks are now "man-caused disasters." -- The DHS is instead preoccupied with the potential threat of conservative, patriotic Americans...