Center for Immigration Studies  sc        Daily news updates from CIS    Houston -- An 11 News/KUHF Houston Public Radio poll has revealed a split between likely voters and the candidates themselves on the topic of immigration. -- In the poll, we asked likely voters if they would support 'using Houston Police officers to enforce federal immigration laws...

U.S.. Customs and Border Protection    Latest press releases from CBP    U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge made an unusual discovery of close to 14 pounds of cocaine hidden within the saddle tree of two Mexican charro saddles. The estimated street value of the cocaine is close to $446,000...

Phoenix Business Journal      Arpaio may be considering run for governor    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio could be considering a run for governor in 2010, according to rumblings around town. -- The Republican sheriff has toyed with the idea, but never pulled the trigger on a gubernatorial run. -- Arpaio, 77, was elected to his fifth term as sheriff in November despite his image as a polarizing figure in the state...

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review      'Staggering' flow cited in border-area checkpoint push    Green Valley, Az. -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is heading back to Washington with an earful of advice on the Border Patrol checkpoint north of Tubac. But she supports moving forward with $1.5 million in improvements to create an interim checkpoint...

American Border Patrol        Photo of the day    Hummingbirds on Glenn Spencer's porch. He took one photo that showed more than forty birds flocking around four feeders....

Tea Party Express stops in Reno, Nevada

Fox News Memphis      Previously deported illegal alien charged in wife's beating    An illegal [alien] and convicted felon made his first court appearance Wednesday in Bartlett. He's charged with beating and raping his wife, in front of their children. -- Police say it 67happened on the 6000 block of Fairway Heights Cove, Monday. Bartlett police say they have not been called to the home before... [See Crime Watch]

CNN International      Mexican mayor says deportations harm his crime-bloated city    The deportations of thousands of Mexicans who have served time in U.S. jails into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, are adding a deadly ingredient to an already volatile state of security, Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said. -- Turf battles between rival drug cartels, and between authorities and cartels, have made Juarez one of the world's most dangerous cities...

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Council on Foreign Relations    Propaganda Watch  Transcript of CFR's online chat on U.S. immigration policy today    FRED BARBASH: "The continued failure to devise and implement a sound and sustainable immigration policy threatens to weaken America's economy, to jeopardize its diplomacy, and to imperil its national security," concludes a new Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Independent Task Force co-chaired by former Florida governor Jeb Bush and former White House chief of staff Thomas "Mack" McLarty...

Hispanic Business      Amnesty still on Obama's radar    On his recent trip to Mexico, President Barack Obama held out hope for action on a comprehensive immigration bill [read: a massive amnesty] -- but perhaps not this year. -- "I would anticipate that, before the year is out, we will have draft legislation along with sponsors potentially in the House and the Senate who are ready to move this forward..."

The Columbian -- Clark County, Wash.      County gets tough on illegal workers    Vancouver, Wash. -- Clark County's government is getting strict: hand over real IDs, workers, or your bosses won't get our cash. -- The county's biggest contractors will soon be required to verify online that all their employees are legal U.S. workers, under a rule passed by county commissioners Tuesday...

London Guardian      American Apparel boss attacks Obama crackdown on illegal alien job thieves    The clothes retailer American Apparel has expressed "deep disappointment" with US immigration policy after an official crackdown on [illegal aliens.... criminals] obliged the company to lay off 1,500 employees at its California headquarters, amounting to 15% of its global workforce.

CNN      Mexicans running pot farms around the U.S.    ...As many as 82 Mexican nationals were taken into custody and deported, the Fresno County state attorney's office told CNN. So far, the U.S. attorney's office has charged 16 people. If convicted, those without prior drug charges would face 10 years to life and a $4 million fine; those with drug records could get double that sentence. -- But little intelligence is gleaned from growers. They don't want to talk, fearful of the consequences...

Sand Mountain Reporter -- Albertville, Alabama      Town hall meeting hits on 287(g) program    During Albertville’s town hall meeting Monday night, the mayor and City Council hit on issues about how the 287(g) program would be implemented and paid for, but after the meeting some in the Hispanic community still had concerns. -- Mayor Lindsey Lyons and Councilman Chuck Ellis voiced their support for the 287(g) program...

Nashville Tennessean     Illegal alien charged with statutory rape of girl, 15    A 23-year-old man who told police he is in the country illegally is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old girl he met online through the social networking site, MyYearBook.com. -- Jose A. Chicas is scheduled to appear in court next week on two counts of statutory rape in connection with the crime... [More 'family values' that should have stopped at the Rio Bravo]

Right Side News -- Kennesaw, Ga.      The Obama "birth certificate" scandal     Cliff Kincaid, the editor of Accuracy in Media, has released a copy of his own birth certificate, in order to demonstrate what needs to be done to resolve the growing controversy over the alleged birth certificate of President Barack Obama. "My birth certificate includes the names of my mother and father, my mother's doctor, and the hospital in which I was born," said Kincaid...

Long Island Press -- Syosset, NY     Long Island rag parrots dubious info from discredited fund raising group    As if Suffolk County couldn't look any worse. -- Hispanics are routinely harassed by bigots, treated unfairly by police and the climate is a direct result of inflammatory rhetoric coming from politicians, according to a report compiled by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), an Alabama-based nonprofit that monitors hate groups.

Numbers USA      American Apparel to fire 1,500 illegal alien workers    American Apparel, a Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer and retailer known for its racy advertising and social consciousness, has announced that it will fire about 1,500 of its workers who do not have the legal right to work in the United States... [Related item from Carl Braun -- The Examiner]

Los Angeles Times      Even higher taxes coming for Californians    Reporting from Sacramento - While Californians are still feeling the sting of income and sales tax hikes signed into law earlier this year, now comes news that state tax authorities plan to take a little more from their pockets. -- For only the second time in 30 years, the tax board is lowering the point where each tax bracket begins, bumping many people into a higher category... [See Cal Meltdown Watch]

Triangle Business Journal -- Raleigh, NC      Arpaio: Phoenix mayor major force behind federal investigation    Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is one of the key forces pressuring the federal government to investigate handling of immigration raids and crime sweeps. -- Arpaio says Gordon, during his numerous trips to Washington this year, has lobbied the Obama administration and federal agencies to investigate the sheriff’s office...

National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers          Latest NAFBPO update from south of the border    Guatemala's National Immigration Agency reported that Mexican immigration officials expelled 43,365 Central Americans by land between January 2nd and August 24 of this year. The nationality breakdown: 20,014 Guatemalans; 16,010 Hondurans; 6,730 Salvadorans and 611 Nicaraguans. In 2008, Mexico expelled 78,247 Central Americans...

David Dick -- The Examiner      Citizen pressure forces Congress to re-think health care scheme    Unrelenting pressure from concerned citizens over the August break is forcing Congress and the administration to re-think health care reform legislation. At the very least it appears that the "public option" will be removed from the final bill. This is a victory for the electorate but it is only one battle, the war continues....

We Get E-Mail      What is left for Americans?    I drove through LA on Monday, and had breathing problems for 1.5 hours. The smoke is incredibly thick in high population areas in the valley. I have no doubt many are dying due to health conditions such as asthma, emphysema, etc. And many more in perfect health are breathing millions of ash particles every minute...

Dallas Morning News       Irving ISD officials expected drop in enrollment, but district continues to grow    Just two years ago, Irving school officials braced for a drop in enrollment after years of growth fueled mostly by Latino children. -- The deportation of illegal [aliens] arrested by police was breaking up families and spreading fear in the community. The demolition of aging apartment complexes also raised the possibility of sudden drops...

KNXV-TV -- Phoenix      43 illegals nabbed in Douglas drop house    Tucson -- Border Patrol agents and Douglas police uncovered a stash house Monday. -- Agents and officers discovered 43 people concealing themselves within the home. -- All the occupants were determined to be illegally in the United States... [See Crime Watch]

The Herald -- Rock Hill, S.C.       Illegal alien pleads guilty in crash that killed couple    York, SC -- The woman who police say caused a head-on crash that killed a Charlotte couple near York earlier this year plead guilty to two counts of reckless homicide today and will spend the next eight years in prison. -- On May 6, Maria Garcia-Sanchez, 29, crossed four lanes of traffic and the paved median of S.C. 161, striking a pick-up head on... [See Crime Watch]