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Immigration -- The Elephant in the Room
America's Future - Too Important for a Public Discussion?
Washington Post -- September 6
Tide of immigrants could one day overwhelm us
...An increase of 135 million people by 2050 is equivalent to the entire populations of Mexico and Canada moving here. Assuming the same ratio of population to infrastructure that exists today, the United States would need to build and pay for 36,000 schools. We would need to develop enough land to accommodate 52 million new housing units, along with places for the people who lived in them to shop and work. We would also have to construct enough roads to handle 106 million more vehicles.
Of course, our country can "fit" more people. But such a dramatic increase would affect many issues about which Americans are concerned, including the environment, traffic, congestion, sprawl and the loss of open spaces. Technology and planning could help manage this situation, but there is no way they could offset all of the impact of 135 million more people. This massive increase also would have implications for the size and scope of government; more densely settled societies almost always are more heavily regulated societies. [Not to mention the erasure of the American culture.]
American Patrol Comment: The challenge is to get the immigration issue, especially illegal immigration, into the presidential race. Go to small town presidential campaign meetings and ask questions! Go to FAIR's "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" event.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008 -- 10:30 AM
Limited updates until about 11 AM, possibly resuming after 6 PM for a short time.
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Phillip Matier & Andrew Ross -- San Francisco Chronicle
Schwarzenegger could soon face recall
As if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't have enough troubles with the state's $17.2 billion budget mess, now comes word that there may be a move afoot to recall him. -- Well-placed Sacramento sources tell us the state's politically powerful and well-financed prison guards union has lawyers drawing up language for a recall initiative...  |
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers
Latest news from south of the border
There is evidence that drug cartels are moving their operations to Argentina. Because of tougher enforcement measures in Mexico and Colombia, the “capos” are forced to seek countries with laws and enforcement more lax. Argentina has been considered only a “port of transit” for drugs until recently... |
Alan Caruba -- Canada Free Press -- Toronto
The GOP morning after
Republicans woke up on Saturday morning with the realization they have nominated one of the most liberal candidates for President in decades. After eight years of George W. Bush who didn’t veto a single spending bill until after the GOP lost control of Congress in 2006, and after ballooning budgets and deficits, Republicans in Washington, D.C. have become Democrats.... |
Houston Chronicle
Bars that were bases for sex ring still open for business
For years, Gerardo Salazar played the Romeo in dusty Mexican villages, trolling town squares and schoolyards for women and girls he could seduce with declarations of love and, ultimately, sell in seedy Houston cantinas. -- Salazar, who called himself El Gallo — the Rooster — could have been arrested three years ago... [More "family values"] |
Jan Herron -- Magic City Morning Star -- Millinocket, Maine
Mrs. Palin goes to Washington
Prior to Sen. John McCain's announcement of his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, I had decided not to cast my presidential vote for this election cycle. I'm reconsidering. -- I like her spunk and admire her determination, not to mention her demonstrated drive for smaller government and her implied willingness to go after political corruption in Washington... |
Denver Post
ICE checks out suspect in deadly ice cream shop crash
A man held for suspicion of vehicular homicide in the deaths of a 3-year-old child and two women is now being detained by federal immigration officials. -- ICE sent a faxed a detainer on Francis Hernandez indicating his U.S. citizenship is under question. -- Hernandez has been arrested 16 times in five years in Colorado but apparently has never been deported...[More info on crash here] |
Associated Press
Job applicant is busted by U.S. Border Patrol
Detroit -- The U.S. Border Patrol didn't have to go far to make this bust: a man who applied to become a border agent. -- Jugert Haxhiu, 26, lied about U.S. citizenship on his application and during a job interview in August, the Border Patrol said... |
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
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Houston Chronicle sc
Shipley president says business will comply with immigration laws
After pleading guilty to conspiring to harbor illegal [aliens] on behalf of the company his grandfather founded, Lawrence Shipley III promised Friday that his family doughnut company will continue to evolve. -- Shipley, the current president of Houston-based regional baker Shipley Do-Nuts, pleaded guilty last week to his own similar criminal charge... |
WFAA-TV -- Dallas
School district offers Spanish immersion up to 7th grade
Kids in school today will have to compete for jobs in a global economy unlike their parents ever faced. -- To better prepare them, the HEB school district has launched a unique 'schools of choice' curriculum, including a somewhat controversial program of Spanish language immersion... |
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Associated Press
Mexican official: Oregon man drowned in own blood
Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mex. -- A Mexican prosecutor says an Oregon tourist drowned in his own blood while in police custody. -- Sam Botner of Yancalla, Oregon, was arrested on Aug. 27 in the resort of San Jose del Cabo and was later found dead in a jail cell. Prosecutors say a surveillance video shows officers beating Botner... |
Prescott (Arizona) Daily Courier
Illegals from Texas shelter in Camp Verde jail
Ninety-one undocumented aliens from Texas spent three days this past weekend at the Camp Verde Detention Facility, said Dwight D'Evelyn, spokesman for the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office. -- ICE officers brought the detainees here because of concerns about Hurricane Gustav, D'Evelyn explained. |
Upstate Today
Mayor says illegals sapping city's resources
Walhalla, SC -- Mayor Randy Chastain minced few words in saying that an increasing illegal immigration presence is sapping his city of resources and adding a heavy burden on the backs of Oconee County taxpayers. -- At the same time, Chastain categorically denied that the city’s police department, headed by his brother, Tim Chastain, is engaged in racial profiling... |
Mark Andrew Dwyer
I don't trust Obama
A full-blown offensive of lowly smears and frivolous accusations against Sarah Palin and her loved ones by the so-called "mainstream" media, coast-to-coast, seven days a week, give me a moral mandate, or an ethical excuse, if you will, to write this article... |
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Californians for Population Stabilization
Stop even more illegal alien freebies in California!
While California's middle class families struggle during these tough economic times, the state legislature has voted to give financial aid to foreign students who are in the country illegally. The Assembly passed SB 1301... |
Hendersonville (North Carolina) Times-News sc
Federal, local partnership apprehends 83 illegals
Eighty-three illegal immigrants have been identified and charged through a joint federal and local program aimed at deporting illegals who commit crimes, Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis said this week, as the program marked its two-month anniversary... |
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