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It started with Ted; the "reforms" to flood the U.S. with legal and illegal immigrants from everywhere, and to put the government in charge of your health care started with Ted, back in the 1960s. Patient Zero: The 1906-07 typhoid epidemic in the U.S. was traced back to a single infected individual – "Typhoid Mary" Mallon. The AIDS epidemic of the 1980s in the U.S. has been traced back to a single infected flight attendant – Gaeton Dugas. The virus of revolutionary "reforms" in immigration law beginning in 1965 which have transformed immigration from a positive infusion of aspiring Americans...

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The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" has never gotten so much resistance from the federal government. The Homeland Security Department wants Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz., to stop arresting illegal immigrants whose only crime was crossing the U.S.-Mexico border without documents. The thing is, Arpaio doesn't much care. "I'm not going to bend to the federal government, I'm going to do my job," he said. "I don't report to the federal government, I report to the people." Shifting winds in Washington have led the Homeland Security Department to rework a federal program that has allowed Arpaio's deputies to...

La Raza held it's convention in guess who's hometown this week?: "At this week's annual convention in Chicago of one of the country's largest Hispanic advocacy organizations--the National Council of La Raza--attendees got tips on how to lobby lawmakers. The bill to bring back the "Dream Act" , HR 1751, was reintroduced in the U.S. House this past March. Last action it was refered to the House Subcommittee on Higher Education back in May. Call, write your representative.

<p>PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona officer who stopped a refrigerated trailer found nearly 100 undocumented immigrants crammed inside in near-freezing temperatures.</p> <p>A tip from federal agents led the Department of Public Safety officer to make the stop to check for faulty equipment Wednesday night on Interstate 19 north of Nogales near the Mexico border.</p>

A plan containing guidelines on getting Mexican trucks back on U.S. highways has gone through bureaucratic review, the first step toward ending Mexican tariffs on $2.4 billion worth of U.S. goods. Implementing the plan would quell growing dissent among U.S. businesses that are hurt by Mexico's tariffs and that continue to besiege Washington with claims that doing nothing will result in job losses. The tariffs were imposed as retaliation for legislation enacted in March that took Mexican trucks off American highways, despite the North American Free Trade Agreement's program to let them into the United States.

U.S. and Mexican officials say they have launched a manhunt for the killer of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, who was shot and killed 60 miles east of San Diego. Officials said Robert Rosas, 30, was slain by one or more assailants after responding to a reported incursion along a steel border fence near the rural town of Campo, Calif., in eastern San Diego County, the Los Angeles Times reported.

Whether it was illegal immigrants or drug smugglers is not immediately clear. What is certain is Border Agent Robert Wimer Rosas, was killed in the line of duty by unidentified individuals at 9:15 PM on July 23rd while on patrol. A three-year veteran of the Border Patrol and working out of the Campo/Pine Valley Station here in the high desert of Southern CA, Agent Rosas was reportedly in pursuit of suspected illegal border crossers with two other agents. They were tracking a group within a hundred yards or so of the border when shots rang out. Agents found Rosas mortally...

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano released a statement this morning on the deadly shooting, identifying the agent as Robert Rosas... ...Napolitano said in the statement: "Agent Robert Rosas was gunned down while protecting our nation’s Southwest border. This act of violence will not stand — nor will any act of violence against the Border Patrol. I have directed that the full resources of the Department assist in the investigation to find and bring to justice those responsible for this inexcusable crime."] A manhunt is going on this morning at the U.S.-Mexico border in eastern San Diego County...

Washington - “Last night, Border Patrol Chief Daavid Aguilar and I were devastated to learn about the senseless killing of one of our young Border Patrol Agents, Robert Rosas. Agent Rosas’ murder is a tragic reminder of the ever-present dangers CBP officers, Air & Marine and Border Patrol agents face as they protect our nation’s borders. “By his service and sacrifice, Agent Rosas joins a long line of law enforcement officers and agents who have served—and died—in the law enforcement tradition of honor, valor and dedication to duty. “The FBI, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office, our brothers and sisters...

A border agent was shot multiple times Thursday night, close to the border near Campo on Shockey Truck Trail about 100 feet north of the border. Reports of the shooting came in around 9:30 p.m. The agent was shot multiple times and was hit in the head. Medical crews report the agent is dead. The shooter or shooters may have fled across the border. Add a Comment (1) Comments Ads by GoogleWhat's this? ADT® Official Site Call 888-356-5194 Now & Get Award Winning ADT® Home Security For $99! www.ADT.com "25 Pounds in 2 Weeks" Yes - Lose 25 Pounds in...

The U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is warning Americans to be aware of a “new spike in cartel-related violence” around the border state of Chihuahua and recommended travelers avoid the northwestern portion in particular. “Drug cartels and associated criminal elements have retaliated violently against individuals who speak out against them or who they otherwise view to be a threat to their organization, regardless of the individuals' citizenship. The U.S. Consulate General urges all Americans to exercise a high degree of caution when traveling to Ciudad Juarez and within the state Chihuahua,” read the text of the message issued July...

While construction on the border fence in Cameron County is at a standstill because of pending lawsuits, at least one local landowner is surprised by a California congressman’s introduction of legislation that calls for more fencing construction along the United States-Mexico border. The bill, known as the Unlawful Border Entry Prevention Act and introduced Wednesday by U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-California, gives Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discretionary authority to build 350 miles of additional reinforced fencing where she deems is necessary. More than 650 miles of fence have already been approved along the U.S.-Mexico border. If approved...

On July 11th, PFC James Gonzalez told his family he was heading to Laredo to hang out with friends before returning to the Ft Hood. But on July 13th Gonzalez' commander called looking for the private. "They've asked what our thoughts are about him going AWOL. It just doesn't add up with the phone..it goes straight to voice mail. If he would have done it he would have contacted somebody," said Jason Gonzalez, who is James' brother. The Gonzalez family says the FBI called them to say the Army had received a call saying the private had been kidnapped. The...

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 July 19th show... When Terry will feature: TED HILTON who claims "Si Se Puede!" stop the illegal aliens.. Listen to Terry online ... http://krla870.townhall.com/ http://www.republicbroadcasting.org/index.php?cmd=listenlive

My research concluded that, along with the environmental groups that peddle fear and flawed science, the most popular recipient of massive foundation money is the vocal open borders and "multicultural" lobby that, among other things, backs amnesty for 15 million-plus illegal aliens and so-called foreign "guest worker programs. This lobby consists of numerous foundation-supported advocacy groups seeking to change the demographic composition and culture of the United States. One of the most militant is the National Immigration Forum, which received over $3.3 million in grants in 2004 alone from the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,...

KUNAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan, July 13, 2009 – Since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001, Pakistan and Afghanistan not only have shared a border, but also a common threat. U.S. Army Capt. Michael Harrison, speaks with Pakistani army Capt. Fahad at Nawa Pass in Afghanistan’s Kunar province, July 5, 2009. Pakistani, Afghan and U.S. military members met to discuss continued cooperation and information sharing along the mountainous pass. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew C. Moeller  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Using early breakdowns in communication along that border to their advantage, insurgents often would attack in one...

The measure would end public benefits to illegal residents, challenge the citizenship of their U.S.-born children, cut welfare payments to those children and impose new birth certificate requirements. The target: Illegal immigrants and their U.S.-born children who receive public benefits. The plan: a California ballot initiative that would end public benefits for illegal immigrants, cut off welfare payments for their children and impose new rules for birth certificates. "We will be out in full force to qualify this initiative," said Barbara Coe, who helped develop Proposition 187, the 1994 measure that would have ended benefits to illegal immigrants but was...

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 July 12th show... When Terry will say ... "Jim Crow, alive and well in Los Angeles - Take a Guess Who? Plus: Can you guess WHO the most Horriblest Clown of the Week is? Listen to Terry...

(Begin my translation synopsis, from original Japanese):North Korean defector KANG CHOL HWANG, who is vice chair of a South Korean humanitarian group which assists North Korean defectors--(who himself is a defector/refugee from North Korea and survivor of the notorious "Yodok" Concentration Camp), reports the following new information to Tokyo based Sankei journalists by telephone:--Gunfire sound is increasing on the North Korean border with China these days. The gunfire can now be heard on almost a daily basis.--The gunfire is coming from North Korean side of the border and indicates two things: a) attempted escapes are increasing and North Korea has...

The president of the union representing 12,000 Border Patrol agents on Thursday disputed arguments from Obama administration officials that the U.S. and Mexican governments are gaining the upper hand in the battle against drug cartels...

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 July 5th show... When Terry will say ... "Geraldo says 'the immigration debate has demonized an entire race of people'. THAT'S THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK !!!!!" Plus: Can you guess WHO the most Horriblest Clown...

PALOMINAS — It isn’t along a highway, but Glenn Spencer’s billboard along the American-Mexican border carries a special message to those responsible for the nation’s security: Finish the Job. The day before the Fourth of July, Spencer, who heads the private nonprofit American Border Patrol (which should not be confused with the federal U.S. Border Patrol), and a number of helpers placed 3,000 small American flags and messages on part of the 18-foot high border fence, changing a 60-foot stretch of rusty metal into colorful patches of red, white and blue. This is the second year during the national independence...

Israeli Border Police films itself humiliating Arabs The video isn't long, only 43 seconds in length and was most probably filmed with a mobile phone. Watch it and you'll see a scared Palestinian youth slapping himself - a sad and humiliated look in his eyes - while cameramen chuckle in the background and order him to continue slapping himself.

In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day? The house is worth $35,000. A screen dangles by a wall-unit air conditioner. Porch swing slats are smashed, the smattering of grass is flattened by cars and burned yellow by sun. “I’ll do the talking on this one,” agent Tim Sloan, of South Carolina, told partner Brian Tumiel, of New York. Success on the front lines of a government blitz on gunrunners supplying...

A U.S. federal probe has found that about a third of American Apparel's factory workers in the Los Angeles area had supplied suspect or invalid records and were not authorized to work in the United States. The findings, from a January 2008 federal investigation, may deal a blow to the corporation's image as a proponent of immigration reform. But the company said on Tuesday the potential loss of those 1,800 workers would have no significant impact on its results. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency found that some 1,600 current employees at American Apparel's Los Angeles factories appeared to...

WASHINGTON - Spc. Moonsammy Narinesammy isn’t worried about dying in Iraq. He’s worried about spending the rest of his life in Guyana. Narinesammy, 31, who has months left on his deployment, spends all of his free time between missions trying to solve his wife’s citizenship problems. Immigration and Naturalization Services officials are finalizing deportation paperwork for Ratashwarie, while she waits nervously in New York. "I don’t know if somebody is going to knock on the door one day and haul me away while my daughter is out at school," she said.

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2009 – Afghan, Pakistani and coalition military operations designed to restrict militants’ movements and eliminate safe havens along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have accomplished visible gains, a senior U.S. military officer posted in Afghanistan said today. The continuation of Operation Lionheart border-interdiction operations that began last year has made “it difficult for the enemy to function,” Army Col. John M. Spiszer, commander of 3rd Brigade Combat Team assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, told Pentagon reporters during a satellite-carried news conference. Spiszer’s forces comprise Task Force Duke posted in Regional Command East in northeastern Afghanistan. The task force...

Do you mind answering a few questions...? As we found out yesterday, NRA has issued a statement on the GAO Mexican "crime gun" trafficking report. Their bottom line: For American gun owners, the battle will be to make sure that politicians who see an opportunity to advance their gun ban agenda do not use Mexico as an excuse to sacrifice our Second Amendment rights. True enough. But it was the second link in this morning's email from their Institute for Legislative Action that really grinds my gears: "In Border States, BATFE Asks: 'May We See Your Guns?'" NRA-ILA has recently...

60 Minutes just three minutes ago pushed the blatant lie of 90% of the drug cartel's machine guns come from the U.S. citizens. It is complete with pictures of M-60 belt fed GP machine guns, hand grenades, etc etc. Not a peep on the origin of the select fire weapons coming from Mexican army defectors and the huge increase of State Department approval of sales of those very same M16's to Mexico. Just the usual pack of lies, it our fault `cause American are evil enough to actually but the dope THEY smuggle into the U.S. I included the link...

The high court announced Monday it is refusing to consider a challenge to the Homeland Security secretary's ability to expedite border fence construction by waiving it from federal and local laws. The Supreme Court will not jump into the contentious debate over the construction of a 500 mile-long fence on the United States-Mexico border. The high court announced Monday it is refusing to consider a challenge to former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff's decision to expedite border fence construction by waiving it from 37 federal and local laws. A collection of environmental groups, the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Indian tribe...

A spry, 98-year-old Queens man who loved to travel and was a Meals-on-Wheels volunteer tragically died in a head-on collision with a drunk driver barreling down the wrong side of the road, police said today. Joseph Capatosto, a retired navy yard worker, was sitting in the backseat of a 2007 Toyota Matrix driven by his daughter Patricia, 62, when they were allegedly hit by Juan Collantes, who was weaving in and out of his lane on Spur Drive North in Brentwood, LI. "This guy was coming at me, never stopping. I swerved the wheel and that's all I remember," said...

TUCSON, AZ - Three people have been arrested in connection with last months deadly double homicide in Arivaca that left a nine-year-old and her father dead. One of the people arrested for the homicide is the National Executive Director of the Minuteman American Defense group (M.A.D.), a group known for patrolling the border, and is dedicated to "Defending America's Borders" according to their website - http://minutemenamericandefense.org/ Jason Eugene Bush, 38, Shawna Forde, 42 and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 43, were all taken into custody and charged in connection with the murders of 29-year-old Raul Flores and 8-year-old Brisenia Flores. Both were...

PHOENIX — The state moved on two fronts Tuesday to prohibit politicians and appointed agency chiefs from blocking law enforcement officers from enforcing immigration laws. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 8-3 to outlaw any policies that keep any public employee from contacting federal immigration officials to determine whether someone with whom they are dealing is in this country legally. That would include not just people stopped by police, but anyone who enters a government building applying for a benefit, service or license where being a legal resident is a condition. And to make sure SB 1162 had some real teeth,...

Rob Rossi loved baseball. Exiting the trolley near Petco Park, he admired all the new residential development around the stadium. Rob and his son Charlie took their seats and joined 42,000 happy San Diegans singing "Take me out to the ball game." Charlie cheered when the Padres scored their first run of the evening. Rob hardly noticed the small plane circling slowly overhead. On Saturday, Rob woke up with a splitting headache. His chest felt like it was on fire. Why is it so hard to breathe? And today is Charlie's Little League game! "Daddy," his son gasped from the...

A team of Los Angeles Times reporters has been covering Mexico's drug war from both sides of the border since June, 2008 Complete seriesUse the list below to sort and view all Los Angeles Times coverage of Mexico Under Siege

GUWAHATI, India, June 8 (Reuters) - India will deploy thousands of additional troops and build airstrips along its remote northeastern border with China, in a sign of persisting wariness between the two countries despite growing business ties. India and China fought a brief war over their 3,500 km (2,200 mile) Himalayan border in 1962, and both sides claim the other is occupying big but largely uninhabited chunks of their territory. Although India and China have signed a treaty to maintain "peace and tranquility" along the disputed frontier and agreed to find a political solution to the row, talks have made...

SAN DIEGO — A Mexican man is in federal custody Monday after Border Patrol agents found 73 illegal immigrants inside the semi-truck he was driving. The man stopped at the Interstate 8 checkpoint in Pine Valley Saturday about 5:45 p.m. and agents decided to inspect his truck after observing the that driver seemed nervous, Border Patrol officials said. Agents found a plastic container inside the cab which the driver said was methamphetamine. They then opened the doors of the trailer and discovered 50 men and 23 women inside, officials said. The 50-year-old truck driver was arrested and is in federal...

Ten people "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports-utility vehicle were killed when the driver lost control on a remote southeastern Arizona highway, a spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Public Safety said Sunday.DPS Officer Joy Craig said at least 27 men and women were in the vehicle traveling on State Route 82 about four miles east of Sonoita when the vehicle rolled for an unknown reason shortly before midnight Saturday.Most of the vehicle's passengers were ejected.Authorities said all the victims are believed to be illegal immigrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Equador and perhaps Mexico."There was no...

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican police found 11 bodies - most with their hands and feet cut off - inside an abandoned car in the border state of Sonora Thursday in violence attributed to drug traffickers battling for control of the region. Sonora's state prosecutors said in a statement that the bodies were discovered inside a sport utility vehicle on a road between the towns of Caborca and Sonoyta along with a threatening message. The SUV had been stolen in Arizona. Prosecutors did not reveal what the message said or the identities of the bodies. They said the killings are linked...

"E-Verify is crucial because it gets to the source of the problem," said Cramer, who began his career as a border patrol agent in Eagle Pass, Texas, and who retired in 2002 to consult on Immigration issues. "You can put 50,000 Immigration agents on the borders and you could build a wall around the whole United States, but if there's a job waiting for them, they're coming. If you don't shut off the valve, they're coming." Despite all their speeches about fiscal responsibility, our bipartisan politicians in Washington have always found it easy to open the federal money valve. But...

Officials from several area restaurants have made citizen's arrests on 27 day laborers at the Home Depot on Gale Avenue in Industry, authorities said Thursday. Officials from businesses near the Home Depot at Gale and Fullerton Road near Rowland Heights recently complained that laborers were urinating in public and harassing customers in the parking lot.

Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement Monday designed to increase border security by allowing the RCMP and the U.S. Coast Guard to team up and ride in each others' vessels during border patrols. Known as the Shiprider program, the new rules intend to improve security and eliminate jurisdictional grey areas in Canada-U.S. waterways. Without the new program, vessels must stop at the border and call upon the other country's officials for help. The Shiprider program has been used as a pilot program over the past few years to catch smugglers and criminals on joint waterways. Public Safety Minister Peter...

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says there are legitimate security concerns along the Canadian border that require tough new measures, and Canadians should realize that both sides will benefit. But she would not comment on specific groups or individuals who may pose a concern, or whether suspected terrorists have been apprehended along the border without the public's knowledge.

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 May 24th show with guest... JAMIEL SHAW, Sr. - Father of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Jr. who was murdered by an illegal alien gang member released from jail 24 hours earlier. Jamiel's Mom was serving our country in Iraq at the time.. http://web.mac.com/waltermoore/WalterMooreForMayor/Jamiels_Law.html...

Trucking Headlines U.S.-Mexico trucking plan may resumeBy Jill Dunn The United States may allow Mexican trucks to do business here as early as June, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood reportedly said May 22. This spring, Congress ended the cross-border trucking program between the two countries. Mexico responded with 90 tariffs totaling $2.4 billion on U.S. products, casting a heavy burden on U.S. producers, LaHood said in a Bloomberg story. Candice Tolliver, the new communications director for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, did not immediately respond to questions. In recent weeks, the FMCSA began work with the U.S. Trade...

WASHINGTON — The Defense and Homeland Security departments are finalizing plans to station National Guard troops along the border with Mexico, most likely as backup support to local law enforcement personnel in border states. The four border-state governors who requested National Guard assistance — including Texas' Rick Perry — have provided their input, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a breakfast meeting with reporters Tuesday. The final decision on whether to implement the emerging plan is in the hands of White House officials, she said. Napolitano said the White House decision-making process “is not by any stretch final” but that...

For two and a half days after Andrade's abduction, the kidnappers -- including a man whom Andrade later said had been a friend -- deprived their victim of food and water. Through the door of the closet where he was held, Andrade could hear the cries of other victims being tortured in the house, the report said.

BASRAH — U.S. Soldiers of Border Transition Team (BTT) 10613 have spent six days a week since March training Iraqi Border Police in basic combat drills and maneuvers to help them better protect their country from smugglers. The team spends all day with a small group of Iraqis, teaching skills that the American Soldiers learn while going through Basic Combat Training, such as weapon clearing, clearing buildings and vehicle searches. "We are here to train, assist and advise the Border Police," said Maj. James Tully, with the BTT. The BTT Soldiers taught the Iraqis drills they had never seen before....

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit to stop construction of the U.S.-Mexico border fence ordered by the Bush administration. The Texas Border Coalition, a coalition of mayors and business and community leaders, sued the Homeland Security Department last year. The group said the department did not fairly negotiate compensation with landowners for access to their land for six-month surveys to choose fence sites.