Santa Fe New Mexican      Martinez: Immigrant license repeal still the goal    Gov. Susana Martinez said Wednesday that she remained committed to "full repeal" of a New Mexico law that allows illegal [aliens] to obtain driver's licenses, despite signaling a willingness to compromise with state Democrats a day earlier. -- Speaking at a news conference in Albuquerque about a new state driver's license system, Martinez told reporters that she will continue to push for a repeal of the law...

Associated Press     County loses bid to get dismissed from Arpaio suit   Phoenix -- A federal judge has rejected Maricopa County's request to reconsider an earlier decision not to dismiss the county from a lawsuit alleging that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office carried out a pattern of discrimination against Latinos. -- U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver turned down the county's request on Friday. -- The sheriff's office was dismissed last month from the Justice Department's lawsuit...

Santa Fe New Mexican      Martinez: Immigrant license repeal still the goal    Gov. Susana Martinez said Wednesday that she remained committed to "full repeal" of a New Mexico law that allows illegal [aliens] to obtain driver's licenses, despite signaling a willingness to compromise with state Democrats a day earlier. -- Speaking at a news conference in Albuquerque about a new state driver's license system, Martinez told reporters that she will continue to push for a repeal of the law...

Associated Press     County loses bid to get dismissed from Arpaio suit   Phoenix -- A federal judge has rejected Maricopa County's request to reconsider an earlier decision not to dismiss the county from a lawsuit alleging that Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office carried out a pattern of discrimination against Latinos. -- U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver turned down the county's request on Friday. -- The sheriff's office was dismissed last month from the Justice Department's lawsuit...

Robert Wenzel -- LewRockwell.com      President Obama's haunting anti-liberty inaugural speech    I have now read President Obama's second inaugural speech for the third time. The speech haunts me. In very clever language the speech lays out a plan for a more centralized government, for more interference by the government in the affairs of individuals. The speech is about government as the solution to society's ills. -- The President does this, though, while early on in his speech hailing the Constitution...

U.S. News & World Report      Villaraigosa: Amnesty bill isn't amnesty    Immigration reform will be a priority in Washington, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is hoping to shape the conversation. This week, Villaraigosa announced a six-point plan, which includes a path to citizenship, family reunification, and smarter border enforcement. The California Democrat recently spoke with U.S. News about the urgency of immigration reform and the details of his proposal...

Jon Gillooly -- Marietta (Ga.) Daily Journal       Cobb Commission still divided on IMAGE issue    Residents lined up to speak passionately to Cobb commissioners Tuesday about a code change that would require contractors doing business with the county to apply for certification to a federal program that identifies illegal immigrants. -- Commissioners Bob Ott and JoAnn Birrell have proposed that the contractors who do business with the county be required to apply for federal IMAGE certification...

Bismarck (ND) Tribune      Man accused of sex crime in Mandan in country illegally    A man charged Tuesday for allegedly inappropriately touching a woman who allowed him to live in her home now also faces deportation. -- Adolfo Ramirez, 47, was charged Tuesday with Class A felony gross sexual imposition. According to court documents, a Mandan woman and her husband allowed Ramirez to rent a room in their home after finding out he had nowhere else to stay...

Dick Morris -- NewsMax.com      Obama's Real Agenda: 'Balkanize America'    ...In Barack Obama's first inaugural address, he spoke of America's needs, goals, and mission. In his second --- like a pointillist painter --- he decomposed our country into a series of atomized special interest groups and, one after the other, pleaded their case. -- A comparison of his first and second inaugural speeches shows us how badly he fooled us the first time and what the reality of his second term will be like...

KEYT-TV -- Santa Barbara      Usual suspects demand amnesty for illegals    Members of the Central Coast Comprehensive Immigration Reform Taskforce took to the steps of Ventura City Hall to share their message. -- They say President Obama and Congressional Representatives should pass reform that is fair and just in 2013. -- The taskforce is a diverse group that includes: Black American Political Association of California, Ventura County (BAPAC VC)...

Erik Rush -- WND.com      Obama and the Chinese infiltration    Americans have lived in relative safety and comfort for a very long time. It has been nearly 70 years since the nation operated in a modality that was geared toward its very survival, such as in the two World Wars. None of the military escapades in which we've since engaged possessed the gravity of those, and economically we have not suffered a calamity since the Great Depression matching that period...

Ira Mehlman -- FAIRUS.org      New details in delayed arrest of Menendez's illegal alien staffer    Department of Homeland Security (DHS) internal documents confirm that officials delayed arresting pro-amnesty Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-NJ) illegal alien sex offender staffer until after the November elections. (Associated Press, Jan. 15, 2013) The illegal alien sex offender–18 year-old Luis Abrahan Sanchez Zavaleta, who overstayed his visitor visa from Peru – worked on immigration issues at one of the Senator's New Jersey offices...