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McCain's Loves Teddy Roosevelt But Not His Ideas on Immigration

O'Reilly Factor -- May 8 
    
O'Reilly: OK, McCain, what jumped out at you.
    
Ingraham: Well, Bill, it's not surprising that the most troubling aspect of the interview was his answer on sanctuary cities. It was; Yes, of course I'm not for sanctuary cities - but. And, after the but, came comprehensive immigration reform which, as we have talked about many times, is a rallying cry for conservatives across the United States. And I think on that issue, conservatives and John McCain have just parted ways and I don't think he feels comfortable about that.
    And on the issue of green energy, and I know you were talking with Nancy about that, I think that John McCain ought to remember that Teddy Roosevelt, whom he cites as his favorite president. Teddy Roosevelt on immigration, Bill, was tough. I mean he basically said we have to end this idea of a hyphenated America. America has to be more than just a polyglot boarding house - and was tough on immersion for English and across the board on immigration. So I found it interesting that he cited Roosevelt on the conservation issue
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"Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all." – Teddy Roosevelt

Friday, May 9, 2008 -- 7:30  AM

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix   
Election jitters put House Dems at odds on immigration   
House Democratic leaders worried about the November election are seeking to thwart enforcement-only immigration legislation supported by Democrats who represent districts where immigration is a hot-button issue, a leading House liberal said Thursday... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~


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Arizona Republic -- Phoenix   
Illegal-alien crackdowns have Valley churches on edge   
..."We don't feel safe for the Latino people," said Hector Ramirez, pastor of Iglesia Wesleyana in Phoenix. He canceled a trip this weekend to the Assembly of God Camp in Prescott that involved seven Valley Latino evangelical churches and 80 members. The retreat will be at one of the churches... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers    
Latest news from south of the border   
Edgar Millan Lopez, variously described and titled as Commissioner and General Regional Coordinator of the "PFP" ("Preventive Federal Police")  was ambushed, hit eight times by gunfire and murdered this morning (Thurs.) as he arrived at his home in a condominium in Mexico City....

Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Express-Times -- Elizabeth, New Jersey      sc  
Illegal alien gets prison for fraud   
Mario Leonel Flores-Cabrera said he came to America from Guatemala for a better life and never wanted to hurt anyone. -- For the past 10 years, Flores-Cabrera held a steady job, paid taxes, bought a home and raised a family, but he did it all with a stolen identity... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

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May 10

KSAT-TV -- San Antonio    Video Included   
Plane carrying illegal alien crashes in Texas   
Pleasanton, Texas -- A plane that skidded off the runway was just the start of what police said was the end of a bi-national trek for an illegal [alien]. -- Law enforcement officials stopped a car carrying a woman, two men and a child about the same time state troopers received a call for a plane crash at the Pleasanton airport...~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Boston Globe   
"Immigrants" wary; officials deny bias   
Immigrant enclaves across the region say they are feeling a local backlash as federal authorities conduct large-scale raids nationwide, tracking down and deporting [illegal aliens]. Yet elected and appointed officials say immigrants are not being singled out, and that leaders have been working hard to...

UPI   
33 suspected illegals arrested at site of new U. S. courthouse   
Federal immigration agents raided the construction site of a new federal courthouse in Richmond on Monday, arresting 33 workers on charges of violating federal immigration laws and being in the United States illegally, officials said yesterday.... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Fox News Houston   
Illegal alien guilty of killing Houston policeman   
Less than six hours after jurors began deliberating the fate of an illegal [alien] accused of murdering a Houston police officer on Thursday, the jury said they have reached a verdict. -- Jurors convicted Juan Leonardo Quintero-Perez of capital murder shortly before 6 p.m. [central time].~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

KMSB-TV -- Tucson    sc
Governor signs bill targeting drop house providers   
Phoenix -- Gov. Janet Napolitano has signed into law a bill making it a crime in Arizona to help provide locations for use as drop houses for smugglers to temporarily house illegal [aliens]. -- The bill makes it a mid-tier felony for people to lease or sell homes that the owner or agent knows will be used as drop houses... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Mesa Mayor Keno Hawker -- East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix  
Local governments must be willing to take on immigration   
There has been a lot of discussion lately concerning whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio should notify Mesa Police Chief George Gascón prior to conducting immigration sweeps in Mesa. -- Of course he should. It’s not only a matter of professional courtesy but, more importantly, safety... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Miami Herald  
10 smuggling suspects arrested off Key West coast   
U.S. authorities detained 10 suspected alien smugglers piloting boats off the South Florida coast in a period of 24 hours, the Coast Guard announced Wednesday. -- The Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection air and marine crews intercepted the suspected smugglers between Miami and Key West, the Coast Guard said. ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

San Diego Union-Tribune   
Construction of fence across Smuggler's Gulch to start in June   
More than two years after a precedent-setting move by the federal government cleared a path around environmental laws and legal challenges, the construction of a stretch of border fence across a deep canyon known as Smuggler's Gulch is set to begin next month. ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Associated Press   
US Gov. Richardson: Border more secure   
Chihuahua, Mex. -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that he has seen an improvement in security along the U.S.-Mexico border. -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that he has seen an improvement in security along the U.S.-Mexico border... [Video: Reconquista Richardson on the invasion] ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Los Angeles Times  
Fired Los Angeles carwash employee joins in calling for a boycott   
A former Los Angeles carwash employee who alleges that he was fired for publicly speaking out about being illegally underpaid joined others Wednesday in calling for a boycott of local carwashes. -- "This is a fight," Jose Torres said in Spanish during a news conference outside his former workplace, Vermont Hand Wash. ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Gaithersburg (Maryland) Gazette   
Sheriff: Checking legal status not pricey   
Sheriff Chuck Jenkins is disputing a report released Tuesday that places an annual price tag of $3.2 million on a program that allows his deputies to check the immigration status of everyone arrested in Frederick County. -- "Much of it is not factual information," said Jenkins (R) on Wednesday... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

East Valley Tribune -- Phoenix  
Maricopa County OKs $1M for illegal alien sweeps   
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to give the sheriff’s office nearly $1 million to capture illegal immigrants, despite strong objections from small-business owners. -- Members of the Arizona Small Business Association asked the board to hold onto the money until it was sure... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Laguna Journal -- Laguna Beach, Calif.   
Mexican drug cartels infiltrating colleges and high school campuses in US   
In a recent drug bust at the San Diego State University Federal agents and SDSU police culminated a yearlong investigation into drug dealing around campus and found it to be more sophisticated, more pervasive and more dangerous and far reaching than they expected or have seen before... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix   
Fountain Hills sweep yields similar illegal alien-arrest result   
Critics have railed against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for concentrating his "crime-suppression efforts" in neighborhoods with a high percentage of Hispanic and Latino residents. -- So this week, he took the operation to Fountain Hills, where Arpaio lives and few Hispanics do... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~

One News Now   
Wilderness bill would limit Border Patrol   
Zack Taylor, who is a former Border Patrol agent, says a bill being proposed by [MEChA-boy Mexican reconquista fanatic Raul Grijalva] would make it very difficult for law enforcement agents to operate in areas along the U.S.-Mexico border where illegal immigration and drug smuggling is rampant... ~Visit AmericanPatrol.com~



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