Monday, April 16, 2012

A Clear Choice: Obama vs. Romney -- Arizona Showdown A secure nation or open borders Washington Times -- April 14  Obama hits Romney over immigration stance ~~~ /// ~~~     President Obama attacked presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney over his support for Arizona's tough immigration law Saturday and pledged to work for comprehensive immigration reform if he wins a second term.     In an interview with the Spanish-language Univision network in Cartagena, Colombia, Mr. Obama called Mr. Romney's position on immigration "very troublesome."     "We now have a Republican nominee who said that the Arizona laws are a model for the country," Mr. Obama said, referring to Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor. "These are laws that potentially would allow someone to be stopped and picked up and asked where their citizenship papers are based on an assumption." [...]     The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on April 25 on the Arizona law, as justices prepare to rule on the legality of the state's immigration crackdown... [...]     "I'll also complete the fence [along the Mexican border], I'll make sure we have enough Border Patrol agents to secure the fence, and I will make sure we have an E-Verify system and require employers to check the documents of workers," Mr. Romney said. American Patrol Report Comment     CNN spent two days taping an interview with American Border Patrol in preparation for the April 25 Supreme Court hearing. Glenn Spencer of ABP says he gave them an accurate picture of the situation on the border in Arizona, if they use it. "It is now in the hands of the video editor," he said.  Comment on This Feature     Past Features

Tom Tancredo -- WND.com     sc   Hispanic assimilation has failed    A recent Pew Hispanic Center report, "When Labels Don't Fit," shows that the 50 million Americans of Hispanic descent have some huge gaps still to bridge if assimilation to American society is to be achieved. It obviously has not been achieved yet for an alarming number of Hispanics into the third generation. -- To be fair, there is both good news and bad news buried in the lengthy report...

WABE-FM -- Atlanta   Illegals in Georgia prepare to file taxes    ...DA King, president of the Dustin Inman Society, which advocates enforcement of immigration laws, says that's not the real motivation. -- "They are getting a refund on the Additional Child Tax Credit," King says, "Refund is not the right word. They're getting a rebate from the government for having U.S.-born children," he says.

KTVK-TV -- Phoenix     Deputies arrest 9 in Arpaio's latest identity theft raid     Glendale, Az. -- Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested nine people in another employer sanctions raid. -- According to MCSO spokesman Sgt. Brandon Jones, the investigation into Circle B Grading & Hauling Inc. goes back several months, when deputies received information that the company was hiring illegal [aliens] who were using false identification...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner  What an alliance between Los Zetas and MS-13 really means  Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 has been described by many as the most dangerous gang in America, while Los Zetas is arguably the most violent of Mexico's drug cartels... Now, there is evidence that these two powerful and ruthless organizations have struck a deal which makes both groups even more dangerous to the United States. -- MS-13 was formed by Salvadoran, mostly illegal immigrants in the 1980's...

James Crugnale -- Mediaite       sc   Obama tells Univision Romney supports racial profiling    President Obama sat down with Univison's Enrique Acevedo on Friday and was questioned if reelected whether he would make immigration reform a priority. "I can promise that I will try to do it in the first year of my second term," Obama affirmed. "I want to try this year. The challenge we've got on immigration reform is very simple. I've got a majority of Democrats who are prepared to vote for it..."

Dustin Inman Society -- Marietta, Georgia Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal / Co-Governor Chris Riley: Get illegal aliens out of Georgia's university system! Click Here to Help

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner   Has La Raza called for race war?... White House silent    Last week, La Raza (the Race) President Janet Murguia appeared on Al Sharpton's radio show, during which she called for African-Americans and Latinos to unite and "attack" their "common enemies." -- Murguia said: "I think for us it's about understanding that we have common interests and we have to be able to understand that our demographics today, a lot of people want to pit who's the largest minority..."

Joe Newby -- The Examiner     Thousands sign petition demanding investigation of Obama's eligibility  Does Barack Obama meet the constitutional requirements to serve as President? That's the question many still want answered, given the results of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation. -- 37,880 people have signed a petition at WND.com demanding Congress investigate the matter. -- The petition starts by noting that Arpaio's investigation found "probable cause" to believe that...

Nogales (Arizona) International     Sheriff's Office no longer leads local Metro drug task force    Drug smuggling evolves. So efforts to thwart it should, too. -- That's the thought process of Elizabeth Kempshall, director of Arizona's High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program, whose executive board has the ultimate say in the operations of the state's HIDTA task forces such as the Santa Cruz County Metro Task Force. -- However, a recent vote by the board as part of its evolving anti-drug strategy...

Katie Pavlich -- Townhall.com     Barack Obama's bloodiest scandal    Operation Fast and Furious is the deadliest and most sinister scandal in American history. A scandal so big, it's worse than Iran-Contra and makes Watergate look like a high school prank gone wrong. -- In the early days of the Obama Administration, President Obama claimed his goal was to stop the trafficking of guns from the United States into the hands of violent Mexican drug cartels...

Daily Caller     Obama, GOP set to launch rival Latino outreach campaigns this week    President Barack Obama's campaign team and the Republican National Committee will roll out rival campaigns this week to reach out to Latino voters. -- The Obama campaign's "Latinos for Obama" theme will begin April 18, with a synchronized set of house parties featuring a conference call with comedian George Lopez. -- The rollout will come just after Obama used his attendance at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia...

American Border Patrol        Photos of the day    On April 9 and 10 a CNN crew taped interviews with Glenn Spencer and Mike King. The interviews will be part of a CNN special report on the Arizona border as part of the coverage of the upcoming Supreme Court hearing on April 26. ...

Kris Kobach -- News & Insight     Immigration isn't just a federal matter    The battle over illegal immigration heads to the U.S. Supreme Court next week, when the high court will hear arguments for and against new Arizona laws requiring police, employers and landlords to expose undocumented immigrants. Arizona of course is not alone in its crackdown on illegal [aliens], with states including Alabama, Georgia, Utah, as well as a number of cities, passing similar measures...

KGTV -- San Diego     15 arrested after panga found on San Diego beach    Ocean Beach -- At least 15 suspected illegal [aliens] were arrested after their panga boat washed ashore in the Ocean Beach area early Monday, authorities said. -- The incident occurred around 1:30 a.m., according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -- Paramedics and lifeguards also responded in case anyone was in the water...