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Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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Houston Chronicle sc
Third soldier sentenced for illegal alien smuggling plot
The last of three Army National Guardsmen who were part of an [alien] smuggling operation has been sentenced for his role in the scheme. -- Julio Cesar Pacheco, 26, was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 months in prison. -- Pacheco, a sergeant in the Texas National Guard, said during sentencing that his actions embarrassed his family... |
Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette
Postville may not qualify for disaster aid
The Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division expressed doubt Tuesday that it could provide assistance following the Postville City Council's declaration of the town as a humanitarian and economic disaster area. -- Disaster declarations are based on natural emergencies, "so I don't know how that would qualify," said division spokesman Bret Voorhees.... |
Bob Unruh -- WorldNetDaily.com
Proofin' the prez: Who's in charge?
A one-time vice presidential candidate who is considered an expert on the U.S. Constitution says it is up the electors from the 50 states to make certain President-elect Barack Obama is a natural-born U.S. citizen before they cast votes for him in the Electoral College Dec. 15... |
Dr. Laurie Roth, Ph. D. -- Canada Free Press -- Toronto
Where is the pardon for former agents Ramos and Compean?
Agent Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean have been in prison for 2 ½ years now for shooting a very bad, serial drug runner in the butt. They didn't even know they had shot the bad guy because he kept running and they thought they were shooting in self-defense... |
Mark Krikorian -- Center for Immigration Studies
Napolitano thoughts
I can see why Obama would ask Arizona Gov. Janet Naplitano to head Homeland Security -- she's about as close as any Democratic governor can get to appearing hawkish on illegal immigration. Of course, there's little substance to that appearance -- yes, she was for using National Guard in support roles on the border... |
Los Angeles Times
Legislature fails to act on state budget crisis
Sacramento -- An emergency session called by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to address the state's budget crisis ended Tuesday night in bickering and party division. Legislators adjourned without taking any action that improves the state's finances. --- "It's like a kindergarten up there," said Schwarzenegger... [See Cal Meltdown Watch] |
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American Border Patrol
Border escalation
American Border Patrol reports that cross-border raiding parties have stolen three cameras off its southeastern Arizona ranch in the past five days. ABP spokesman Glenn Spencer says the aggressive actions... |
Associated Press
Seven bodies dumped at Mexican school
Cd. Juarez, Chih., Mex. -- Seven bodies have been dumped at a school soccer field in the Mexican border city of Juarez. -- The bodies were lined up along the field's fence. Banners allegedly signed by a Mexican drug gang were found nearby. Officials wouldn't give details on their messages... |
Associated Press
Sierra Vista woman gets prison for hiring illegals
A Sierra Vista (Az.) woman has been sentenced to two months in federal prison and 12 months house arrest for her role in employing illegal [aliens] at a construction company. -- Carol Hill pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens for profit and knowingly hiring at least 10 illegal aliens... |
NewsMax.com
Mexican gang leaves funeral wreaths for policemen
A gang of drug hitmen is leaving funeral wreaths with death threats directed at local policemen in the northern Mexico city of Hermosillo. -- State police say six of the wreaths were left on the city's streets, along with hand-lettered posters signed by the Gulf drug cartel... |
Cliff Kinkaid --Accuracy in Media
Fed bails out wealthy Arabs in Citigroup scheme
For several days there was a fierce national debate over whether American car companies in Detroit deserved $25 billion of taxpayer money and whether American jobs should be saved. The automakers and a union representative were ridiculed, didn't get the money, and were told to come up with a "plan" to save the companies... |
KNXV-TV -- Phoenix
Maricopa deputies to start holiday DUI crackdown
..."Recently, there have been a significant number of high profile cases involving drunk illegal aliens that have killed innocent drivers," said [Maricopa County Sheriff Joe] Arpaio. -- According to the Sheriff, there will be no cite and release option... |
El Paso Times
Border watch program called waste of money by Reconquista fanatics
A waste of taxpayer dollars that could encourage border vigilantism is what some critics, including an El Paso lawmaker, called the virtual border watch program Texas border sheriffs unveiled last week with help from Gov. Rick Perry. -- "This is just not an effective or efficient way of providing security to Texans," said Luis Figueroa, MALDEF legislative attorney. |
Jacob Laksin -- Front Page Magazine
Napolitano: Hawk or hack?
...If Gray is skeptical of Napolitano's credentials as an immigration hawk, it's because she has clashed with the governor before. In 2003, for instance, Gray sponsored House Bill 2345. Designed to curb voter fraud, the bill would have required voters to present a driver's license or two forms of identification when voting. Not only did Napolitano veto the bill but she supported a proposal that would have granted driver's licenses to illegal [aliens]... |
PrisonPlanet.com
Iceland Riots precursor to U.S. civil unrest?
Riots and protests in Reykjavik calling for the government of Iceland to resign have increased following a financial catastrophe that has wiped out half of the krona's value and put one third of the population at risk of losing their homes and life savings. Could similar scenes of civil unrest be repeated in the United States as the economy continues to implode? |
Jim Kouri, CPP -- Family Security Matters
Billions invested in Homeland Security programs lack adequate oversight
In fiscal year 2007, the Department of Homeland Security obligated about $12 billion for acquisitions to support homeland security missions. DHS's major investments include Coast Guard ships and aircraft; border surveillance and screening equipment; nuclear detection equipment; and systems to track finances and human resources... |
Joan Swirsky -- Family Security Matters
The great birth certificate scandal - cover-up of the 2008 election
...Attorney Philip J. Berg, former deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania and a longtime Democrat partisan, sued Obama and the Democratic National Committee for what he alleged was the DNC's failure to vet Obama, and Obama's failure to provide an authentic and verifiable U.S. birth certificate. The suit was dismissed as "too vague..." |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Illegals got driver's licenses in Lithonia scheme
Four former driver's license examiners who worked in Lithonia have been indicted in a scheme to issue more than 130 licenses to illegal immigrants. Two of the examiners also obtained false commercial driver's licenses and landed jobs driving MARTA buses, according to an indictment from a federal grand jury... |
Steve Emerson -- Family Security Matters
Muslim 'charity' officials convicted on all counts
..."Financing is the life-blood of Jihadist organizations like Hamas. With the assistance of willing co-conspirators, they conceal their activities... [The] verdicts say, loudly and clearly, that Americans aren't fooled and won't tolerate it." |
Sioux City (Iowa) Journal
Mexican pleads guilty to transporting illegal aliens
Authorities say a Mexican man who has been deported or forced to leave the country 12 times has pleaded guilty to transporting illegal [aliens] in Woodbury County. -- The U.S. Attorney's Office announced Tuesday that Jose Rosalio Trujillo-Perez, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of transportation of illegal [aliens]. He faces up to 10 years in prison. |
KNXV-TV -- Phoenix
30 illegals arrested in eight hours
Despite a downturn in the economy and a lack of jobs, the Maricopa County Sheriff said his deputies report little change in the numbers of undocumented immigrants they're finding in routine traffic stops. -- On Monday, deputies made 30 arrests from three separate traffic stops and all in a span of eight hours... |
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
Latest news from south of the border
...Bank of Guatemala numbers show that individual monetary remittances to Guatemala reached a record 3 billion 663.33 million dollars during the first ten months of this year... At least 1.2 million Guatemalans reside abroad, more than 95% of them in the United States; of this number almost 70 percent are [illegal aliens]... |
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American Border Patrol
Arizona Republic falls in line... a little
More than a month ago American Border Patrol announced it was working on a report that the drug war in Mexico was the result of fence and barrier construction along the border... |
Associated Press
RINO loser McCain wants another term and another shot for amnesty
...McCain said he remains committed to beefing up border security, improving guest-worker programs and creating a path to citizenship for illegal [aliens]. Still, he noted that the country is facing more pressing problems right now. "The state of the economy will be the No. 1 agenda item," McCain said... |
San Diego Minutemen
Judge rules San Diego Minutemen can add Reconquista lawmakers to suit
Judge William Hayes granted in a 3 page ruling yesterday that the San Diego Minutemen can amend their civil rights lawsuit against Caltrans in three major ways. First the court allowed State Senator Gil Cedillo and Assemblyman Joe Coto to be named as defendants for their roles in the conspiracy violation...[Related item] |
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American Border Patrol
Photo of the day
Welders work to repair hole in fence along Mexican border west of Naco, Arizona. ABP decided to investigate this section of the fence after seeing a lot of enforcement activity in the area, including BP helicopters.... |
Fort Bend (Texas) Herald
Illegals arrested following high-speed chase
A dozen illegal immigrants were detained after they led authorities on a high-speed chase on U.S. 59 Monday morning. -- The people in the 1993 Chevrolet SUV were taken to Fort Bend County Jail and then were detained by U.S ICE officials, said Terriann Carlson, spokeswoman for the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office. |
WorldNetDaily.com
Orders from new president to spark lawsuit every time
A lawyer who is playing a key role in a California lawsuit urging officials to prevent the state's 55 Electoral College votes from being recorded for Barack Obama until questions about his citizenship are resolved says he's organizing plans to challenge, even after the inauguration, every order, every proposal, every piece of paperwork generated by Obama... |
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