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  • Tea Party Of One (Report from Lake Forest,CA)PICS

    11/07/2009 11:12:37 AM PST · by Ladycalif · 21 replies · 827+ views
    11/6/2009
    his morning at about 6:00 am, I drove by the day labor center and the Lake Forest Home Depot. All was quiet. I returned at 9:00 and there were four people at Home Depot. I forgot the phone numbers Lake Forest Bob gave us, so I got the manager and politely reminded him that when Home Depot moved to Lake Forest, they agreed not to allow day laborers to loiter on the property. He confirmed this and called the police and the four were told to leave the Property. I then returned to the street site and stood among the...
  • U.S. soldier dies in drug attack in Mexico strip bar

    11/04/2009 12:56:39 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 33 replies · 895+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/4/09 | AP
    CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) – Gunmen with automatic weapons burst into a Mexican strip club on the U.S. border, opened fire on patrons and killed six people including an American soldier, the army said on Wednesday. The hooded gunmen stormed into the bar in Ciudad Juarez as strippers were dancing for customers, sought out the six men and shot them each several times. A 26-year-old off-duty U.S. soldier who had crossed over from El Paso, Texas, was among the dead, army spokesman Enrique Torres said. "It appears drugs were being sold at the place," Torres said of the strip joint....
  • Mexican activists place 5,100 crosses at border fence to mark migrant deaths

    10/30/2009 9:00:36 PM PDT · by Saije · 67 replies · 787+ views
    SF Examiner/AP ^ | 10/30/2009 | AP
    Rights activists in the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana have hung 5,100 small white crosses on the fence straddling the U.S. frontier to commemorate migrants who have died trying to cross. The protest coincides with preparations for Mexico's Nov. 1 Day of the Dead holiday. The crosses represent the number of migrants estimated to have died in the 15 years since the United States toughened border security. The Coalition for the Defense of Migrants also erected a traditional floral offering for the dead. The Mexican government estimates about 350,000 of its citizens migrate to the U.S. annually.
  • India/China: Singh to Wen: Dalai Lama an honored guest(to visit the area of border dispute)

    10/26/2009 8:51:39 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 7 replies · 287+ views
    Reuters ^ | 10/25/09 | John Ruwitch
    Singh to Wen: Dalai Lama an honored guest By John Ruwitch – Sun Oct 25, 7:11 am ET HUA HIN, Thailand (Reuters) – India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rebuffed China's wishes that it bar the Dalai Lama from traveling to a disputed border area, telling Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao the Tibetan spiritual leader was an honored guest. "I explained to Premier Wen that the Dalai Lama is our honored guest. He is a religious leader. We do not allow the Tibetan refugees to indulge in political activities," Singh told reporters on Sunday, a day after he and Wen held bilateral...
  • Border courage, Arpaio style (A Big Brass Pair)

    10/25/2009 10:31:06 PM PDT · by bogusname · 10 replies · 629+ views
    World Net Daily ^ | October 26, 2009 | Barbara Simpson
    It must be bizarre for a lawman to be told by the federal government not to do his job, which is to enforce the law. It's especially bizarre when he's the only law enforcement official in the country under such orders. Bizarre, yes – but true. Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., finds himself in just that situation, but he's fighting back, saying he says he's won't comply. The core issue for Arpaio is illegal immigration. His county, which includes Phoenix, is a hotbed of illegal alien activity. He sees dealing with that problem as an important part of...
  • In immigration war, environment is a neglected casualty

    10/25/2009 12:07:50 PM PDT · by Outside da Box · 1 replies · 188+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | October 25, 2009 | Stephen Dinan
    BUENOS AIRES N.W.R., Arizona | Michael M. Hawkes, manager of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, reaches across his desk and pulls out a homemade blue-and-red bumper sticker that reads, "Littering is always a crime." It turns out that here on the U.S.-Mexico border, even that is a controversial statement — because it's aimed at the humanitarian groups that drop gallon jugs of water on public lands to help illegal immigrants crossing the rugged borderlands.
  • Immigrants with arrest records captured (Illegal aliens)

    10/24/2009 8:31:03 AM PDT · by SandRat · 8 replies · 407+ views
    A trio of illegal male immigrants from Mexico were found to have arrest records in California when they were processed by Border Patrol agents from the Douglas Station. Tucson Sector spokeswoman Colleen Agle said the three were found to have significant criminal arrests when their fingerprints were checked against records Thursday. One individual had been accused of intercourse with a minor and rape by force/fear, another of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and the third of threatening crime with intent to terrorize, child cruelty, and possible injury/death and battery of a spouse,...
  • Smuggling tunnel found under border in Nogales

    10/23/2009 5:15:29 PM PDT · by SandRat · 13 replies · 549+ views
    Arizona Daily Star ^ | Phil Villarreal
    U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered a smuggling tunnel under the border in Nogales, Ariz., on Wednesday. It was the first passageway agents have found in the Tucson Sector in nearly four months. The 30-foot tunnel, 150 yards east of the DeConcini Port of Entry, was fortified on the Mexican side with shoring, but on the American side it appeared unfinished, U.S. Border Patrol spokes-man Mario Escalante said. The tunnel was not connected to the drainage system. Escalante said there was no evidence as to who was using the tunnel. "They already had an opening on the north side at the...
  • Google map cedes Indian Himalayan state to China

    10/22/2009 7:38:01 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 8 replies · 483+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 10/21/2009 | Dean Nelson in New Delhi
    Leading Indian politicians have condemned Google, the internet search engine, for publishing a map which cedes parts of the country's Himalayan states to China. Google's satellite map of the border area between India and China show several Indian towns in Arunachal Pradesh listed under their Chinese names as part of the People's Republic of China. Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, is shown on Google Maps as north of a dotted line marking the border between India and China, ie in disputed territory The maps also show the state's southern border with Assam and its northern boundary with China as...
  • Hundreds Arrested In Raids Targeting Mexican Drug Cartel (In USA)

    10/22/2009 10:17:46 AM PDT · by AuntB · 23 replies · 887+ views
    kwtx TV ^ | Oct. 22, 2009 | KWTX
    Hundreds of people have been arrested in Texas and around the country what officials say is the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel in the U.S WASHINGTON (October 22, 2009)—U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calls the arrests of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids in Texas and across the country the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating here. Holder said at a news conference Thursday that the arrests over the past two days were aimed at the U.S. operations of the La Familia cartel. Click here to find out more! Holder...
  • U.S. put Mexican human rights crusader into forced asylum

    10/22/2009 7:05:44 AM PDT · by La Lydia · 13 replies · 419+ views
    Washington Post ^ | October 22, 2009 | William Booth
    MEXICO CITY -- Gustavo de la Rosa looks over his shoulder, notes suspicious license plates, changes his routine. As one of the most prominent human rights officials in Ciudad Juarez, he would be a fool not to. On Wednesday, his Juarez reached a milestone: more than 2,000 people slain this year. His phone rings with pleas for help -- and with threats. When de la Rosa crossed the international bridge from Ciudad Juarez to El Paso on Oct. 15, as he has done hundreds of times, he did not think it unusual that inspectors with the U.S. Customs and Border...
  • Mexican family finds work, then loss, in US

    10/19/2009 2:10:49 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 31 replies · 1,476+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Oct. 19, 2009
    EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) - Esteban Contreras had a bad feeling when his daughter and her husband said they were going to sneak across the border with their children. He remembers telling his son-in-law: "You're going to put your children's lives in danger. You're going to put your wife's life in danger, your own life." "He replied that he found a good smuggler, that everything would be all right, nothing would happen," Contreras said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.
  • Rifqa Bary's parents in U.S. illegally; her father committed perjury on visa applications

    10/16/2009 10:46:05 AM PDT · by La Lydia · 21 replies · 1,459+ views
    Jihad Watch ^ | October 16, 2009 | Robert Spencer
    Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) has uncovered some explosive information about Mohamed Bary, the father of the most famous convert from Islam to Christianity, Rifqa Bary -- who fled from her father's home after she says he threatened to kill her for her apostasy. It seems that the Barys are in the U.S. illegally, and that Mohamed Bary has sworn to contradictory statements on his visa applications -- in other words, he has clearly committed perjury. The family could therefore be deported, with Rifqa -- which would leave her at the mercy of the Islamic community in Sri Lanka, many of...
  • Will Mexican violence spill over border?

    10/15/2009 3:17:44 PM PDT · by Kartographer · 28 replies · 820+ views
    ktrk ^ | 10/15/09 | Art Rascon
    So will it spill further into Texas? Absolutely, says the drug smuggler. "It will in the future. It will escalate, escalate and continue to escalate," he said. What does he think about us reporting from Juarez? "You might as well write your last will and testament," he said. "There is no guarantee you're coming back."
  • Crime & accident WATCH -- Border police not fooled by new trick

    10/10/2009 6:38:02 PM PDT · by Saije · 5 replies · 372+ views
    Saudi Gazette ^ | 10/10/2009 | Mohammed Sabati
    ARAR – Border Guards detained six Somalis – three males and three females – as they attempted to enter Iraqi territory on foot from the Kingdom Friday. The official spokesman of the Border Guards directorate-general, Lt. Col. Salim Bin Saleh Al-Salmi, said the six were in the Kingdom in violation of residency and labor laws. The foiled attempt to slip into Iraq was seemingly a new tactic, possibly being tested for the first time. “The six Somalis tried to get into Iraq using broad daylight as camouflage,” Lt. Col. Al-Salmi said. “Investigations are continuing to ascertain whether they are on...
  • Border agents: We need more, not fewer

    10/10/2009 10:27:19 AM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 6 replies · 560+ views
    Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | October 10, 2009 | Editorial Board
    Recent reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security may cut back on the number of Border Patrol agents along the southern border have made U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, John McCain and John Kyl of Arizona and several others very nervous. Nervous enough to write DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano a letter, asking for reassurance that no such cuts are being planned. “ we would like you to confirm that the current strength of 17,415 agents will be maintained or increased in fiscal year 2010,” the letter reads. Hopefully the reports of border agent cutbacks...
  • Border fence funds pulled at request of lawmakers

    10/09/2009 6:25:26 AM PDT · by deport · 26 replies · 724+ views
    Houton Chronicle ^ | 10-8-09 | GARY MARTIN
    Border fence funds pulled at request of lawmakers WASHINGTON — A provision to build an additional 300 miles of pedestrian fence along the U.S.-Mexico border has been stripped out of a $42.8 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The provision by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., was removed at the behest of House members from Texas, Arizona and California who called the fencing a waste of taxpayer money and an ineffective way to secure the border. “We need to invest and secure our border and our land ports without being tied down to an amendment that is out...
  • Sharp Rise In Chinese Arrests At U.S. Border [10-Fold Spike in Chinese Illegals!]

    10/04/2009 9:13:39 PM PDT · by Steelfish · 15 replies · 900+ views
    LATimes ^ | October 04th 2009
    Sharp Rise In Chinese Arrests At U.S. Border At least 261 have been arrested this year trying to cross near Tucson. Illegal Chinese immigrants can be big money for smugglers. By Sebastian Rotella October 5, 2009 Reporting from Nogales, Ariz. - Amid an overall drop in arrests of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S-Mexico border, an intriguing anomaly has cast a new light on human smuggling: Authorities report an almost ten-fold spike in the number of Chinese people caught in the southern Arizona desert, the busiest smuggling corridor on the international line. The Border Patrol in the Tucson sector has arrested...
  • Obama Removing Border Patrol from Southern Border

    09/26/2009 12:22:03 PM PDT · by oldskuulconserv · 18 replies · 1,269+ views
    Right Handed Pitcher ^ | 9/26/2009 | Timothy Knight
    The fight to secure the southern border has been a long one, as with a viable national security and millions of criminal trespassers coming as they please, the southern border has been in need of complete shutdown (not at border entrances, along the American border where illegals enter), ultimate security from the Border Patrol, and support from both major political parties.
  • Another Warning on Amnesty

    09/25/2009 8:28:04 AM PDT · by La Lydia · 6 replies · 705+ views
    National Review ^ | September 25, 2009 | Mark Kirkorian
    There was an important vote on a minor procedural matter Wednesday on the floor of the House. Arizona's Rep. Raul Grijalva, a leftist open-borders guy (MEChA member, 100% rating from the ACLU, etc.) sponsored a bill to create new national-park area along the border. Republicans in committee smelled a rat and attempted to insert an amendment that stipulated that the Border Patrol would be permitted to operate in the new area, but were rebuffed; the amendment's needed because the Department of Interior has reportedly interfered with efforts to patrol border lands under its jurisdiction. Well, Republicans decided to try to...
  • Administration Will Cut Border Patrol Deployed on U.S-Mexico Border

    09/24/2009 3:45:50 PM PDT · by OldDeckHand · 30 replies · 1,520+ views
    CNSNews.com ^ | 09/23/09 | Terence P. Jeffrey
    (CNSNews.com) - Even though the Border Patrol now reports that almost 1,300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is not under effective control, and the Department of Justice says that vast stretches of the border are “easily breached,” and the Government Accountability Office has revealed that three persons “linked to terrorism” and 530 aliens from “special interest countries” were intercepted at Border Patrol checkpoints last year, the administration is nonetheless now planning to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border. Border Patrol Director of Media Relations Lloyd Easterling confirmed this week--as I first reported in my...
  • On the Border: Degraded Environmental Quality, Security and Transparency

    09/19/2009 12:42:36 PM PDT · by Outside da Box · 2 replies · 378+ views
    Heritage Foundation ^ | September 17, 2009 | Rob Gordon
    Representative Rob Bishop’s (R-UT) is concerned about how the Department of the Interior is – or perhaps more appropriately isn’t - working with the Department of Homeland Security to secure our borders, and he let Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar know it at a hearing [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRT5C9_YiI0] of the Committee on Natural Resources. As evidence of the issue’s gravity, Bishop points to a 2004 Interior Department report that had never been released to the public. According to the report the vast majority of the Organ National Pipe Monument in Arizona has been so degraded that it has lost its ‘wilderness’...
  • Napolitano Says Border Construction Halted Until Department Review Completed

    09/16/2009 6:08:22 PM PDT · by csvset · 14 replies · 351+ views
    Fox ^ | September 16, 2009
    WASHINGTON -- Facing criticism for her handling of federal stimulus money, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she would not start any new border construction projects while the department reviewed how projects were selected. Napolitano has faced questions since The Associated Press reported last month that Homeland Security officials did not follow their internal priority lists when choosing which border checkpoints would get money for renovations.
  • [Texas:]Mayors, others challenge Perry's statements on border violence

    09/16/2009 5:04:51 PM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 23 replies · 591+ views
    Star-Telegram ^ | Sep. 16, 2009 | DAVE MONTGOMERY
    AUSTIN -- A coalition of municipal and county officials along Texas' 1,200-mile-long border is challenging Gov. Rick Perry's statements that property owners and local law enforcement are being overwhelmed by smugglers and gangs from Mexico. "Your remarks, if accurately reported, create a public impression of lawless hordes overrunning the border region and do not reflect our collective experience," Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster, chairman of the Texas Border Coalition, said in a letter to Perry. "While each of our communities has their own unique issues, being overwhelmed by criminal elements from Mexico is not one of them." Foster made the...
  • Terry Anderson LIVE Thread - September 13, 2009

    09/13/2009 5:04:59 PM PDT · by Tennessee Nana · 33 replies · 856+ views
    TheTerryAndersonShow ^ | September 13, 2009 | Terry Anderson
    The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! Sundays - 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100 - Phoenix If You Ain't Mad, You Ain't Payin' Attention!" Call-In Number - (866) 870-5752 Don't miss Terry's September 6th show with guest... JOE WILSON, member of the US House of Representatives from South Carolina, and the man who told the truth when he said "YOU LIE" to Barry Dunham-Soetoro... Can you guess WHO the most Horriblest Clown of the...
  • Man charged in slaying of prostitute had been deported 3 times

    09/13/2009 10:02:12 AM PDT · by BGHater · 23 replies · 919+ views
    The Orange County Register ^ | 11 Sep 2009 | JON CASSIDY
    Police say that DNA material found at hotel after killing matches that of Cesar Gomez,34. A man arrested and charged with murdering a prostitute at a Garden Grove hotel is a gang member who has been deported to Mexico three times in the last decade, Garden Grove police said at a press conference this morning. Cesar Gomez, 34,of El Monte,is scheduled to be arraigned on a murder charge Monday at West Justice Center. He is accused of strangling Ashley Lilly, 24, of Inglewood, to death at the Crowne Plaza Anaheim Resort on Harbor Boulevard some time late Aug. 20 or...
  • 10th Amendment Issue: Texas Sends Rangers To Border

    09/11/2009 7:08:58 AM PDT · by 84rules · 246+ views
    84rules News and Commentary Blog ^ | September 11, 2009 | 84rules
    I predict that as the Federal Government over-reaches on some issues and fails to uphold its responsibility on other issues, states will begin acting more independently. 10th Amendment Issue: Texas Sends Rangers To Border Because Federal Government Failed To Address Problems 84rules September 11, 2009
  • The US won't secure a single additional mile of border in 2010

    09/10/2009 11:05:22 AM PDT · by MamaDearest · 16 replies · 658+ views
    CNS News ^ | September 9, 2009 | Terence P. Jeffrey
    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is planning to move several hundred Border Patrol agents away from the U.S.-Mexico border and will not secure a single additional mile of the U.S. border in fiscal 2010, according to the department’s annual performance report. 
 
The document—“Department of Homeland Security Annual Performance Report: Fiscal Years 2008-2010”—was originally published by the Bush administration on Jan. 15 and was updated by the Obama administration on May 7. 
 
Excluding the border between Alaska and Canada, the combined length of the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada is about 6,000 miles (with almost 2,000 miles along the...
  • Terry Anderson LIVE Thread - September 6, 2009

    09/06/2009 4:36:41 PM PDT · by Tennessee Nana · 48 replies · 1,442+ views
    TheTerryAndersonShow ^ | September 6, 2009 | Terry Anderson
    The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! Sundays - 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100 - Phoenix If You Ain't Mad, You Ain't Payin' Attention!" Call-In Number - (866) 870-5752 Don't miss Terry's September 6th show with guest... TOM TANCREDO, former member of the US house of representatives, and former candidate for president of the United States. Tom has been a leader in the fight against the invasion by illegal aliens. Can you guess WHO...
  • Man On Terror Watch List, Murder Suspect Arrested

    09/06/2009 7:27:56 AM PDT · by Sammy67 · 6 replies · 973+ views
    WYFF News 4 Digital Reporter ^ | 9/4/09 | Sean Muserallo
    Both Men Arrested During 'Operation Rolling Thunder' SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- The Spartanburg County Sheriff called a week-long special traffic enforcement effort named Operation Rolling Thunder a success. Spartanburg County was just one of several agencies from across the state that took part in the week-long enhanced traffic effort along I-85 and I-26. Some of the people pulled over during the effort were wanted on serious charges.
  • (NY)Farm Bureau to Ask for Border Patrol Inquiry

    08/30/2009 9:34:10 PM PDT · by Sammy67 · 6 replies · 843+ views
    wayuga.com ^ | 8/26/09 | Louise Hoffman Broach
    NORTH ROSE – Border patrol officers can’t break the law to enforce it, the Wayne County Farm Bureau is asserting. Farm Bureau is in the process of gathering information for a formal complaint to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo, asking for an investigation into the circumstances of the stop of four migrant farm workers on Route 414 in front of Barbara Jean’s Furniture Store Aug. 17. Also, U.S. Sen. Kristen Gillibrand was made aware of the incident last week and indicated she will write a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napalitano regarding border patrol activity in...
  • 3 Men Arrested After Shots Heard Near Ginna (Nuke Plant)

    08/30/2009 9:38:34 AM PDT · by Sammy67 · 30 replies · 2,621+ views
    Wham13 ^ | 8/29/09
    Ontario, Wayne County)- State Police in Wayne County arrested three men Saturday after reports of gun shots heard near the Ginna nuclear power plant in the town of Ontario. Police say the shots were fired on Ontario Center road around 4:50 a.m. Troopers say they stopped a car in the area and found an AK-47 rifle in the trunk.
  • Despite Obama’s promises, pet projects still coddled

    08/29/2009 12:04:53 PM PDT · by canuck_conservative · 6 replies · 672+ views
    Boston.com ^ | Aug. 27, 2009 | Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo
    A sleepy Montana checkpoint along the Canadian border that sees about three travelers a day will get $15 million under President Obama’s economic stimulus plan. A government priority list ranked the project as marginal, but two powerful Democratic senators persuaded the administration to make it happen. Discuss COMMENTS (83) Despite Obama’s promises that the stimulus plan would be transparent and free of politics, the government is handing out $720 million for border upgrades under a process that is both secretive and susceptible to political influence. This allowed low-priority projects such as the checkpoint in Whitetail, Mont., to skip ahead of...
  • Policy would allow illegal immigrants to attend community colleges

    08/24/2009 9:49:46 AM PDT · by Sammy67 · 13 replies · 672+ views
    TheTimesNews ^ | 8/24/09 | Mike Wilder
    Students would pay out-of-state tuition and wouldn't get government grants or loans Community colleges in North Carolina would be required to admit students who are not legal residents of the United States if the state approves a proposed policy. The state Board of Community Colleges will consider a proposal that would admit students who aren’t in the country legally and require them to pay the out-of-state tuition rate.
  • ObamaCare Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens To Receive Tax-Payer-Funded Health Care

    08/23/2009 3:19:22 PM PDT · by Sammy67 · 24 replies · 1,151+ views
    RightSideNews ^ | 8/23/09 | FairUS.orf
    House Health Reform Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Receive Taxpayer-Funded Health Care Critics of America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (AAHCA), the health care reform bill currently working its way through the House of Representatives, have suggested the bill will provide taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens. Supporters of the bill maintain that Section 246 will prevent illegal aliens from receiving benefits under the bill. Section 246 states that "[n]othing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States."1 As discussed in this memorandum,...
  • Perry wants Obama to authorize 1K National Guard troops for border

    08/23/2009 11:01:19 AM PDT · by Sammy67 · 37 replies · 1,588+ views
    KVIA ^ | 8/21/09
    EL PASO -- Governor Rick Perry said he was deeply troubled by drug cartel violence in Mexico, and Juarez in particular, and has asked President Barack Obama to authorize 1,000 National Guard troops for use in support of civilian law enforcement agencies along the border. "As violence in northern Mexico continues, it is paramount that our international borders be secured to ensure the safety of our citizens and the security of our Homeland," Perry said in his letter to the President. Perry said drug cartels have recruited Texas teenagers for operations on both sides of the border. He also stressed...
  • Four Farm Workers Detained After Roadside Stop (N.Y. Farmer declares Racial Profiling)

    08/20/2009 8:23:39 PM PDT · by Sammy67 · 7 replies · 1,329+ views
    WayugaTimes ^ | 8/19/09
    NORTH ROSE – A Wolcott fruit grower is accusing the U.S. Border Patrol of racially profiling four of his workers who were stopped on Route 414 Aug. 17 as they were returning to his farm from a trip to purchase clothing. The men were all detained and taken for processing; Border Patrol Officer E. Rodriguez, who was in charge of the scene, told fruit grower Brian Doyle the men volunteered they were in the U.S. illegally. Doyle said Rodriguez then accused him of being a “federal criminal” because he employed the men. He said Rodriguez continually referred to the men...
  • The ACLU is going after Sheriff Joe Arpaio big-time

    08/19/2009 5:49:49 PM PDT · by SandRat · 53 replies · 2,900+ views
    Sorry but the story is an Associated Press Story so link only.
  • Mexico Replaces Customs Staff, Revamps Borders

    08/16/2009 5:51:55 PM PDT · by Sammy67 · 4 replies · 545+ views
    FoxNews ^ | 8/16/09
    Mexico replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. The shake-up — part of a broader effort to root out corruption and improve vigilance at Mexican ports with new technology — doubled the size of Mexico's customs inspection force. The inspectors at all 49 of Mexico's customs points were replaced with 1,400 better-educated agents who have undergone background checks and months of training, Tax Administration Service spokesman Pedro Canabal said Sunday. He said the inspectors were not fired. Instead,...
  • Mexican Army takes over customs operations on US border

    08/16/2009 5:42:01 PM PDT · by Sammy67 · 29 replies · 1,983+ views
    Breitbart ^ | 8/16/09
    Mexican Army takes over customs operations on US border
  • Talk Radio Hosts from Around the Country Gather in Washington, DC to Discuss Illegal Immigration

    08/14/2009 9:59:07 AM PDT · by FAIRcomm · 22 replies · 1,406+ views
    Federation for American Immigration Reform | August 2009 | Federation for American Immigration Reform
    Radio Talk Hosts Prepare for Historic Two-Day Broadcast Blitz Live from Washington 50 Talk Hosts Gathering to Support Secure Borders and Continued Immigration Enforcement (Washington DC) The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) announces September 15th and 16th as the dates for its annual Hold Their Feet to the Fire radio rally in Washington, D.C. 50 radio hosts, led by Roger Hedgecock of KOGO-AM in San Diego and Lou Dobbs of United Stations Radio Network and CNN, are scheduled to broadcast live from “Radio Row” on Capitol Hill. As in previous events, talk show hosts from around the nation will...
  • Ministry of Interior Police Academy Prepares Iraqi Federal, Emergeny, Border Forces

    08/13/2009 5:41:56 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 220+ views
    Multi-National Force - Iraq ^ | 2nd Lt. Frederick McAfee, USA
    Capt. Allen Trujillo, commander of Company D, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, meets with Iraqi Police Training Academy instructors following the July 30 graduation ceremony. Trujillo's Soldiers advise and assist Iraqi Police in Maysan province. Photo by 2nd Lt. Frederick McAfee, 4th Brigade Combat Team. FOB GARRY OWEN — In 2005, the Ministry of Interior founded the Iraqi Police (IP) Academy to begin training District, Emergency Response and Federal Police in Maysan province. In the new "advise and assist" phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Coalition forces train Iraqi Security Forces to conduct combat operations as opposed to conducting unilateral combat...
  • Funding stalls putting Guard soldiers on border

    08/12/2009 4:12:38 AM PDT · by Cheap_Hessian · 4 replies · 240+ views
    Breitbart (AP) ^ | August 12, 2009 | LOLITA C. BALDOR
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A proposed government plan to use National Guard troops to help stem Mexican drug violence along the southern border is stymied by disagreements over who will pay for the soldiers and how they would be used. Ordered by President Barack Obama in June to help secure the border with Mexico, the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security drafted a $225 million program to temporarily deploy 1,500 Guard troops to supplement U.S. Border Patrol agents. The two agencies are wrangling over how to structure the deployment, but the primary sticking point is the money, according to senior administration...
  • ACROSS THE BORDER, COST-SPIRALING SYSTEM IS ABOUT TO CHANGE —AND MUST

    08/10/2009 2:14:22 PM PDT · by Nachum · 3 replies · 401+ views
    buffalonews.com ^ | 8/10/09 | Harry W. Pope
    It is the sacred cow of Canadian politics, and those in power who think they will tinker with it do so at their peril. For while the Canada Health Act—the legislation that provides universal health care for all its citizens—is revered by Canadians, paradoxically it is also heavily criticized, as each new survey shows. The term “crisis” tends to be overused today, but when applied to any medical or health report, people do take notice, as when it was recently estimated that some 5 million Canadians—about 850,000 of whom live in Ontario—do not have a family doctor. One quarter of...
  • Canadians crossing border, escaping government-run health care (Video)

    08/10/2009 2:10:46 PM PDT · by Nachum · 4 replies · 398+ views
    publicplanfacts.org ^ | 8/10/09 | staff
    Fox and Friends interview with Rick Baker. Baker is the founder of Timely Medical Alternatives, a company that helps Canadians “leave the queue” and come to the US for treatment. Mr. Baker gives examples of a 2 year wait for a gynecological consultation and that cancer is considered as elective medical care
  • Terry Anderson LIVE Thread - August 9, 2009

    08/09/2009 4:51:32 PM PDT · by Tennessee Nana · 15 replies · 791+ views
    TheTerryAndersonShow ^ | August 9, 2009 | Terry Anderson
    The TERRY ANDERSON SHOW.. Articulating the Popular Rage! Sundays - 12-1 AM EDT, 11-12 PM CDT, 10-11 PM MDT, 9-10 PM PDT KRLA - 870 AM - Los Angeles -- KDWN - 720 - Las Vegas -- KFNX - 1100 - Phoenix "Stupid People of America !!! If You Ain't Mad, You Ain't Payin' Attention!" Call-In Number - (866) 870-5752 Don't miss Terry's August 9, show... Terry will be here ranting poetically about the illegal alien invaders... It's going to be a great show...You be here too... Can you guess WHO the most Horriblest Clown of the Week is? Listen...
  • LA Lawyer Arrested for Promise to Tamper with Grand Jury Witness Testimony

    08/08/2009 3:24:21 PM PDT · by Larry381 · 3 replies · 689+ views
    Department of Justice ^ | August 5, 2009 | United States Attorney's Office Central District of California
    An attorney was arrested late Tuesday after accepting $53,500 in cash that he believed was half of a bribe being paid in exchange for him instructing his client to lie to a federal prosecutor and a federal grand jury investigating allegations of immigration fraud. Alfred Nash Villalobos, 44, a South Lake Tahoe resident who recently relocated from West Hills, was arrested by FBI agents Tuesday afternoon at a law office in Century City. Villalobos was charged in a criminal complaint filed yesterday with obstruction of a grand jury proceeding. According to the affidavit in support of the complaint filed yesterday...
  • Shootouts in Mexico leave at least 12 dead [Pachuca, Hidalgo]

    08/07/2009 4:22:16 PM PDT · by SwinneySwitch · 4 replies · 416+ views
    Houston Chronicle/AP ^ | Aug. 7, 2009
    PACHUCA, Mexico — A running battle between police and gunmen has left 12 people dead in this central Mexican city, officials said Friday. The dead included three police officers and nine gunmen, said Hidalgo state Attorney General Jose Alberto Rodriguez. Two state police officers and one city officer remained hospitalized Friday after suffering gunshot wounds in the attacks late Thursday on the outskirts of Pachuca. A state officer, who was also wounded, died Friday at the hospital. Hidalgo state police director Donanciano Millan said officers were acting on a tip that gunmen were in the area when they stopped four...
  • Sun, Wind Power Border Checkpoints

    08/05/2009 3:50:27 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 176+ views
    BAGHDAD — A lack of traditional power sources to run equipment poses a significant challenge here, particularly for remote Border Security Checkpoints unable to connect to the national power grid. The engineering arm of Multi-National Security Transition Command – Iraq (MNSTC-I), in partnership with the Army Corps of Engineers, has found a possible solution through alternative energy systems. The command’s engineering team has designed a unique system that leverages solar panels along with a large wind turbine. Engineers designed a rugged system they refer to as "energy in a box" for a checkpoint southeast of the Iraqi capital, connecting the...
  • Complementary Operations Improve Afghan, Pakistan Border

    08/04/2009 5:36:42 PM PDT · by SandRat · 1 replies · 164+ views
    WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2009 – Insurgent activity across the Afghanistan and Pakistan borders has declined as a result of complementary operations in the region, a U.S. commander said today. Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Army Maj. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, commander of Combined Joint Task Force 82, which oversees Regional Command East in Afghanistan, noted the reduction in areas of his command. “We have seen a decrease in the cross-border activity throughout [Regional Command East] as a result of the operation [in Pakistan],” he said, referring to the Pakistani army’s offensive against militants along its border region in recent...