Associated Press    Florida justices hearing illegal alien lawyer case   Tallahassee -- The Florida Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about whether an illegal immigrant can be granted a law license. -- The case will be heard Tuesday. -- Jose Godinez-Samperio came to the United States from Mexico at age 9. He has since graduated from college, earned a law degree and passed the Florida Bar. -- The Board of Bar Examiners has asked the Supreme Court for an advisory opinion on...

NAFBPO   Disturbing photos       Special press release    Early this morning, Tuesday, October 2, two Border Patrol Agents were shot. One, whose name we do not yet know, was killed. The shootings reportedly took place eight miles north of the international border with Mexico, near the town of Naco, Arizona. The agents were thought to be responding to sensor alerts. Drugs may have been involved but we lack any further details at this moment. We note the cruel irony that this murder takes place within a week after the Border Patrol station...

Associated Press     Obama to resume flying invaders back to Mexico at your expense   San Diego -- The U.S. government began flying Mexican deportees home on Tuesday in a two-month experiment aimed at relieving Mexican border cities overwhelmed with people ordered to leave the United States. -- The flights will run twice a week from El Paso, Texas, to Mexico City until Nov. 29, at which time both governments will evaluate the results and decide whether to continue...

Terence P. Jeffrey -- CNS News     Obama increased foreign aid 80%; spent 76% more on foreign aid than border security  From fiscal 2008 to fiscal 2011, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal government increased spending on foreign aid by 80 percent and, in fiscal 2011, spent 76 percent more on foreign aid than it did securing the borders of the United States. -- In fiscal 2008, the government spent a total of $11.427 billion in international assistance programs, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement...

Jason Richwine -- National Review     The congealing pot    They're not just like the Irish --- or the Italians or the Poles, for that matter. The large influx of Hispanic immigrants after 1965 represents a unique assimilation challenge for the United States. Many optimistic observers have assumed --- incorrectly, it turns out --- that Hispanic immigrants will follow the same economic trajectory European immigrants did in the early part of the last century...

KTAR -- Phoenix    Murdered Border Patrol agent identified   A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that spawned congressional probes of a botched government gun-smuggling investigation. -- The agent, Nicolas Ivie, 30, and a colleague were on patrol in the desert near Naco, Ariz., about 100 miles from Tucson, when shooting broke out...

KTAR -- Phoenix    Brian Terry Foundation statement on Border Patrol shooting   Today's shooting of two U.S. Border Patrol agents near Naco, AZ is a tragic reminder of the dangers faced by the brave men and women who patrol our borders and keep our nation safe. It is also a graphic reminder of the inherent dangers that threaten the safety of those who live and work near the border. It's a stark reminder of the armed criminals who roam the border seeking to do harm to those who cross their paths...

The Intel Hub     Operation Fast and Furious tied to 2010 Juarez massacre   Fox news is now reporting that guns from Attorney General Eric Holder's Operation Fast and Furious are tied to the 2010 Juarez massacre and other murders in Mexico. -- In the article published by Fox today, the first of October, 2012, they point out that: "A new report finds dozens of weapons recovered in Mexico have been connected with the ill-fated and ill-conceived anti-gunrunning program..."

KOLD-TV -- Tucson     Report shows sheriff traveling 62 mph before crash   Flagstaff -- The former Cochise County sheriff had been traveling at 62 mph along a dirt and gravel road in northern Arizona when he lost control of his vehicle and died. -- A report released Monday by the Coconino County Sheriff's Office says the black box in Larry Dever's vehicle also shows that the seat belt was unbuckled. -- Dever was on his way to meet family members for a camping and hunting trip...

Fox News Latino     Romney won't revoke invader work visas under Obama scheme   Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he would honor temporary work permits for young [illegal aliens]  who were allowed to stay in the U.S. because of President Barack Obama's new temporary policy of so-called "deferred action." -- In an interview appearing in Tuesday's Denver Post, Romney said that people who are able to earn the two-year visas to stay and work...

Dave Gibson -- The Examiner     Obama demonized ICE agents for votes   While it has become painfully obvious that President Obama has little-to-no respect for this nation's immigration laws, he once actually claimed that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were tearing "nursing mothers from their babies." -- He made the absurd comment while pandering to Hispanic voters at the 2008 National Council of La Raza Conference in San Diego...

Daily Caller     In Obama's economy, immigrants outpace native-born Americans   Immigrant job-seekers have gained far more in President Barack Obama's weak economy than have native-born Americans, according to government data. -- Since Obama's inauguration, employers have fired and hired millions of workers during the bust and slow recovery. The net result is that they employed more than 1.7 million more immigrants --- but only 418,000 more native-born Americans --- in August 2012...

Glenn Spencer -- American Border Patrol     Naco border fence inadequate Reports are coming in that the U.S. Border Patrol agent that was killed early this morning was responding to a ground sensor alarm.  This is not surprising since the area around Naco is swarming with drug smugglers. -- John Ladd owns a ranch that runs for ten miles along the border just west of Naco.  Just last week, John told me that in the past month three drug loads of drugs were driven across his ranch...

American Border Patrol        Photos of the day    Glenn Spencer lives right next to a U.S. Border Patrol camera tower. He has for seven years. He reports that lately the U.S. Government has been treating him like a suspect. -- The top photo shows the U.S. Border Patrol camera pointing directly at him - and he is on his own property. He was inspecting strange footprints and tracks on his property...

Associated Press     Border agents were not shot at Brian Terry Station  A U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and another wounded in a shooting early Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, according to the Border Patrol. -- The agents were shot while patrolling on horseback in Naco, Ariz., at about 1:50 a.m. MST Tuesday, the Border Patrol said in a statement. -- The agents who were shot were on patrol with a third agent, who was not harmed...

Fox News     Report says Border Patrol shooting occurred at Brian Terry Station   Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were shot, one fatally, Tuesday morning in an area in south Arizona known as a major drug-smuggling corridor, authorities said. -- The identities of the agents were not immediately released, but the shooting occurred at the Brian Terry Station near Naco, Ariz., which is just south of Tucson. The station was named after an agent who was killed in the line of duty in December 2010... [See station]

KOLD-TV -- Tucson    Border Patrol agent killed, one other injured in Naco shooting   One Border Patrol agent has died and another has non-life threatening injuries following a shooting near Naco, according to a Border Patrol spokesperson. -- Both agents were assigned to the Brian Terry Station in the Tucson Sector. -- The injured agent has been airlifted to a hospital. Names of the agents are being withheld until next of kin has been notified, Border Patrol stated...

Patrick Gavin -- Politico     Perot: Fiscal nightmare means U.S. could be taken over   Ross Perot, the billionaire who shook up the 1992 presidential campaign, has largely remained silent since his emergence on the nation's political stage nearly two decades ago and as he emerges from the shadows (in part to drum up interest in his forthcoming autobiography), he's remaining silent about one more thing: the current top candidates running for office...