Atlanta Journal-Constitution       sc     Cherokee fingerprinting for illegal aliens    Cherokee County on Tuesday joined the federal "Secure Communities" fingerprint-sharing program aimed at deporting violent illegal [aliens]. -- Under the program, everyone booked into Cherokee County's jail will now have their fingerprints checked against millions of others held in a U.S. Homeland Security Department database...

Aaron Wiener -- Washington Examiner      Driver's licenses for illegal aliens    Here in Washington, D.C., public transportation's pretty good -- you can get basically anywhere you need to go by Metro or bus. But the vast majority of the country doesn't enjoy that luxury. People in places like, say, Utah and New Mexico need to drive in order to go about their daily lives -- regardless of their immigration status...

Dick Yarbrough -- Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal     KSU badly in need of good external counsel If Kennesaw State University has a communications department, they may want to get their money back or give taxpayers a refund. The best thing I can say about this bunch is that they make the Cobb County School Board look like a well-oiled machine...

Bobby Eberle -- GOPUSA.com     It's time for a little common sense with airport screenings    The travel season is upon us. As people get ready to see friends and relatives for Thanksgiving and Christmas (insert PC holiday of your choice), added attention has been focused on air screenings and the procedures of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)... [See Napolitano Watch - NWO Treason Watch - Big Brother Watch - Obama Watch]

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers          Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Hector Murguia argued that the causes of violence are a lack of opportunities. He says his city has been forgotten by the governments of Mexico and the U.S. The Mayor said, "The real causes that are creating insecurity in Juarez and throughout Mexico are the lack of opportunities, lack of education, impunity, lack of justice..."

KGUN-TV -- Tucson     Border Patrol agent shoots man near Walker Canyon    Nogales, Az. -- Border Patrol agents patrolling near Walker Canyon, two miles northwest of Nogales, shot a man who was with a group of [illegal aliens]. -- Antonio Estrada, a spokesperson with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff Department tells KGUN9 that a 30-year-old man was shot in the abdomen...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner     Obama holding strategy meeting on amnesty this afternoon    Despite overwhelming public opposition, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Nydia Velasquez (D-NY) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) are meeting with President Obama right now, discussing how they can pass comprehensive immigration reform (i.e. amnesty) passed before Christmas...

National Post -- Don Mills, Ontario              sc Billionaire George 'Spooky Dude' Soros wins CIC Globalist of the Year award Global market fundamentalism and U.S. attempts at international cooperation have failed and given rise to a new world order, one dominated by China, says George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist whose forays into politics have made more headlines lately than his massive hedge fund profits... [See NWO Treason Watch & Obama Watch]

Federal Computer Week      Misuse of tax ID numbers costs at least $380M, IG says    The Internal Revenue Service isn't doing enough to stop wrong claims of about $380 million yearly when families claim tax benefits for the same child twice or more times, according to a new report today from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration...

USA Today      SB1070 allegedly "strains U.S.-Latin America relations"     When Arizona passed a law in April allowing police to conduct roadside immigration checks, Mexican officials blasted the law as a prejudiced attack against its citizens in the state. That condemnation has spread throughout Latin America. -- Ambassador Luis Gallegos of Ecuador presented the law Nov. 5 to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva...

Washington Examiner     Pro-amnesty Democrats to meet with Obama    President Obama will meet with pro-immigration reform Democrats -- Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Reps. Nydia Velasquez (D-N.Y.) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) -- this afternoon to discuss immigration plans for the lame-duck session. The meeting will be a follow-up to a September meeting with the three Democrats, where Obama pledged support for comprehensive immigration reform [aka amnesty] and the DREAM Act...

Modesto (Calif.) Bee     Denair Flag Flap: Middle school student overwhelmed    As flags flew, cameras rolled and motorcycles revved around him, the unlikely hero in the patriotic tale that swept up this town broke into tears. -- Cody Alicea, whose stepfather called in news crews after a Denair Middle School employee told the boy to remove an American flag from his bicycle, seemed eager to get away from the crowd...

NBC17-TV -- Raleigh, NC      Absurd!: Durham approves resolution to recognize sham Mexican IDs    Durham City leaders entered the national debate on immigration by officially recognizing a form of identification currently issued by the Mexican consulate to Mexican nationals living in the U.S. -- The city council voted Tuesday on a resolution prompted by the Bill of Rights Defense Committee to allow Matricula Consular card holders to present it as a valid proof of identification within the city... [Related item]

Rick Oltman -- The Examiner      The Immigration Tea Party    Resolved: The United States must send an unequivocal message to the world that we are serious about securing our border and enforcing our immigration and employment laws. -- This Immigration Contract with America calls for: 1.) # A Secure Border. The U.S. Border Patrol and Customs will be reinforced with the National Guard and U.S. military as needed... [More from Rick Oltman]

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner       TSA now groping 3-year-olds    Under the leadership of Janet Napolitano (aka Big Sis), the Transportation Security Agency has been subjecting airline passengers to naked body scans and have now begun groping people... even toddlers are not immune to the indignities. -- Watch the TSA screeners committing what would be classified as an assault on a child...

Gailann Jarocki -- The Examiner       8 leaders of violent LA gang indicted on state extortion charges    Eight men believed to be leaders of the violent Canoga Park Alabama street gang based in the San Fernando Valley were named in an 11-count state grand jury indictment unsealed Friday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Patricia M. Schnegg. All pleaded not guilty Friday to state conspiracy and extortion charges... [See Crime Watch]

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner      Mexican national suspected of DUI freed after deadly crash    On Saturday, the California Highway Patrol took Carlos Bobadilla into custody after he hit a group of motorcyclists on Highway 80, near Ocotillo. Bobadilla, who was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving, swerved to avoid another driver... [See Crime Watch]

Tyler Durden -- Zero Hedge      Federal workers making over $180,000 increase by 2,000% in past five years    For all those wondering how to cut down on government expenditures, here's a thought: cut the skyrocketing salaries! A study by USA Today, using US Office of Personnel Management data, confirms what has been widely known: that the biggest beneficiaries of government largesse over the past 5 years as a worker cohort... [Related item] [See "Change" Watch]

Reuters      Here's Your "Change": One in 7 US households hit by hunger issues in 2009     The number of U.S. households that reported getting emergency food from a food pantry almost doubled between 2007 and 2009, at the height of the recession, a government report said on Monday. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the number of households jumped to 5.6 from 3.9 million... [How's all this 'hope and change' working out for you?]

Sylvia Cochran -- Yahoo News      Immigration reform, according to Obama    [Illegal aliens] have long hoped against hope that a comprehensive immigration law reform [read: amnesty] would alter their precarious legal standing to such an extent that they might apply to become permanent residents. As a permanent resident with a clean criminal record, a path to citizenship thus becomes a reality for those who overstayed visas or entered the country illegally... [See Obama Watch]

Washington Independent    Florida RINO pushing DREAM Act amnesty scheme    Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), co-author and an original sponsor of the DREAM Act, today called on Speaker Nancy Pelosi to schedule a vote on the "American DREAM Act" in the U.S. House of Representatives during the upcoming "lame-duck" session. The legislation, which Rep. Diaz-Balart has sponsored or cosponsored since 2002, would restore states' rights...

USA Today     Obama ponders amnesty scheme during lame-duck session    Another potential issue for President Obama and the lame-duck Congress: immigration. -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., said he might try to meet with Obama to see whether an immigration deal [read: amnesty] can be done before the end of the session...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner       Trial postponed for illegal alien charged with grisly murder    The trial for Mexican national Jose Herrera-Luciano, 31, has been postponed until April. He is accused of stabbing to death Honduran national Jose Medina, 26, in southwestern Pennsylvania, last February. -- Herrera-Luciano's lawyer has asked for more time to review the forensic evidence. -- Medina was stabbed 38 times... [See Crime Watch]