Washington Times   sc DHS grants gay partners discretion in deportation cases   Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said this week gay and lesbian partners will be considered as family members when immigration agents are trying to decide whether or not to try to deport someone from the U.S. -- The directive means illegal [aliens] in gay or lesbian partnerships with American citizens could be spared deportation under the same leniency that is already often accorded to married couples...

Alex Newman -- The New American      DOJ trained police to link political activism with terror   The Department of Justice is under fire after a leaked terror training presentation aimed at state and local law enforcement revealed that police were being trained to be suspicious of popular bumper stickers including some opposing U.S. government participation in the scandal-plagued United Nations and one urging people to know their rights. Even Americans who hold what the document describes as beliefs that...

Rep. Tim Walberg -- The Hill    Fast and Furious: Failures in leadership and communication   Last week, after an 18-month investigation, the Department of Justice's Inspector General (IG), Michael Horowitz, released his 471-page investigative report and findings on Operation Fast & Furious. While many in Washington lined up to claim victory and vindication, the details of the IG's findings present a sobering assessment of a Department of Justice (DOJ) and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives...

Jon Feere -- CIS.org    Birth tourism baby calls United States a "foreign country"    Yet another newspaper has reported evidence backing the claim that birth tourism creates U.S. citizens who take advantage of everything the United States has to offer while maintaining allegiance to the country in which they were actually raised. -- Meet Jennifer Shih, a UC Davis college student born in New York who tells the Sacramento Bee, "I'm Taiwanese more than American." Back in 1989, Shih's mother boarded a jet...

Edwin Rubenstein -- VDare.com     Obamanomics bad for blacks... but they're voting for him anyway   Recent polls show that black support for the first African-American president is as high as an incredible 100%. But looking at their workplace performance under Obama, it's hard to avoid the conclusion that blacks are simply slaves to identity politics. Blacks have not only done badly under Obama -- they've done worse that other racial groups.

Family Security Matters     Incomes have fallen $3,400 during Comrade O's so-called 'recovery'   Americans must be wondering how much more of this "recovery" they can afford. New figures from the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey, compiled by Sentier Research, show that the typical American household's real (inflation-adjusted) income has actually dropped 5.7 percent during the Obama "recovery." Using constant 2012 dollars (to adjust for inflation), the median annual income of American households...

Fox News    Brewer plans to appeal immigration law ruling   Arizona Governor Jan Brewer won't back down on a federal judge's ruling against part of the state's controversial immigration law that would make it a crime for citizens to harbor [illegal aliens]. -- An appeal with the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco is under way by Brewer's lawyers to lift the September 5 hold placed on the measure by a lower court judge. As part of a ruling that allowed the so-called...

Business Insider    Kangaroo court spanks Arpaio   Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio, best known for his fights with [illegal aliens], received quite a blow Tuesday from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. -- The federal appeals court ruled Arpaio can't detain suspects based only on his belief they are here illegally, Courthouse News Service reported Wednesday. -- Arpaio has garnered his fair share of headlines in the past for his harsh stance on fighting illegal immigration...

Christian Science Monitor     Can GOP survive its 'minority problem'?    Some Republican strategists are already preparing for the worst. The numbers, frankly, are dismal. Nearly 2 of every 3 Latinos favor President Obama to Mitt Romney. Voters in the gay and lesbian community favor Mr. Obama by the same margin. Women favor the president by 51 percent to 41 percent, according to an August NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll. And African-Americans?

KCBS-TV -- Los Angeles     Riots break out between black, Latino students at Victorville School   Students at a high school in Victorville said violent fights have been breaking out between African-Americans and Latinos for the past two days. -- Rafael Muñoz said a group of people started the fights at Silverado High on Wednesday, which have poured out into the streets. -- "One person started fighting, then the other would jump in. And continuously jump in and (it) ended up to be mob fighting. (I) got pepper sprayed..."

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith -- Washington Times     Obama puts illegals ahead of Americans    Obama administration officials at the [DHS] claim they are on track to deport a record number of illegal [aliens] this year. But on closer examination, the administration's numbers simply don't add up. -- Internal Homeland Security documents obtained by the House Judiciary Committee reveal that President Obama's administration has inflated the figures to achieve its so-called historic deportation numbers...

KVEO-TV -- Brownsville, Texas     Invader arrested in illegal weapons selling scheme   San Juan, Texas -- Undercover police have busted up an illegal weapons selling ring recovering military equipment, a 38 super handgun, a shotgun and Uzi after a routine traffic stop and raid on a home. Two of the guns and a bullet proof vest were found and seized in the vehicle and the remaining evidence at a home. Sgt. Rudy Luna reported that the father and son team were headed to a location to sell the weapons...

Richard Pollock -- Washington Examiner     Another Obama 'green' boondoggle about to go bust   Another company that got millions of federal tax dollars in clean energy economic stimulus funds and a promotional visit by President Obama appears to be in jeopardy of going out of business. -- Smith Electric Vehicles, a British company now based in Kansas City, canceled its scheduled Sept. 21 initial public offering listing, and now faces an uncertain future reminiscent of the last days of the Solyndra solar energy firm...

Media Bistro     ABC/Univision goes after Joe Arpaio   The ABC News / Univision project continues to develop, and we are beginning to get a sense of the tone that is being set. The network, which for now is just a sub-site on ABCNews.com, is launching a new series called "Arpaio Watch," which is dedicated to monitoring the policies of Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, and the impact they have on the Latino community...

Chad Groening -- One News Now     Mexican government insists on US employment for illegals   An immigration enforcement advocacy organization says the Mexican government has no business meddling in the internal affairs of the United States. -- The Mexican government is reviewing a labor union's complaint that Alabama's crackdown on illegal [aliens] violates an international trade agreement. -- An official with Mexico's labor department confirms the review in a letter released by the [SEIU]...