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Stunning facts about the proposed immigration bill
NRO ^ | 4-6-06 | Mark Levin

Posted on 04/08/2006 9:32:07 PM PDT by JustPiper

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To: TigersEye; JustPiper
There is the slight chance that I may someday be a lama. (Though odds are probably better that I'll someday be a llama.) ; )

How about we like you fine just the way you are!

1,341 posted on 04/21/2006 10:19:39 PM PDT by La Enchiladita (God Bless Our Troops...including U.S. Border Patrol, America's First Line of Defense)
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To: La Enchiladita

Change is inevitable! ; ) lol


1,342 posted on 04/21/2006 10:32:37 PM PDT by TigersEye (Sedition and treason are getting to be a Beltway fashion.)
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To: TheLion; HiJinx; All

Couple of new good threads on the Minutemen building the fence!


THE MINUTEMEN WANT A FENCE
Neal Nuze ^ | 4/21/06 | Neal Boortz


Posted on 04/21/2006 8:27:36 AM EDT by NotchJohnson


The immigration "debate" continues....and with every passing day, the American people get more and more fed up with the invasion of illegal aliens from Mexico. One proposal being kicked around is to build the equivalent of The Great Wall of Mexico. That's right...a huge wall stretching some 1,951 miles...from San Diego to Brownsville. That should just about do it. Make it a double-fence. Let really hungry dogs patrol the space between. It's an invasion ... it needs to be stopped.

At any rate, the desire for some sort of border wall is falling on deaf ears in Washington. It's not politically correct.....people think it's mean. But building a wall to prevent an invasion is natural right of any citizen or government. Mexicans are talking about the "reconquista." That's the dream of many Mexicans to retake the American Southwest ... as their own. If you aren't sufficiently agitated by this invasion, perhaps you would like to log on to http://www.aztlan.net. There you will find a story about a University of New Mexico Chicano Studies professor who is predicting a new, sovereign Hispanic nation in the Southwest. He calls it the "Republica del Norte" That would translate into the Republic of the North. This professor in an American university says that this is inevitable. Do you like the sound of that?

Anyway, enter the Minutemen. This is the group of citizen militia that have been patrolling the border with Mexico on their own time. They're tired of the endless stampede from Mexico. So now they've issued an ultimatum to President Bush. Build a fence or we'll do it for you.

In fact, it may happen. Already, landowners along the border are stepping forward to donate the land to put up the wall and contractors have stepped forward to donate equipment to build it. This could work...and maybe we can finally put a lid on illegal immigration.

Maybe


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618819/posts





Minutemen to Bush: Build Fence or We Will
Associated Press ^ | ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN


Posted on 04/20/2006 9:12:54 AM EDT by 300magnum


TUCSON, Ariz. - Minuteman border watch leader Chris Simcox has a message for President Bush: Build new security fencing along the border with Mexico or private citizens will.

Simcox said Wednesday that he's sending an ultimatum to the president, through the media, of course — "You can't get through to the president any other way" — to deploy military reserves and the National Guard to the Arizona border by May 25.

Or, Simcox said, by the Memorial Day weekend Minuteman Civil Defense Corps volunteers and supporters will break ground to start erecting fencing privately.

"We have had landowners approach," Simcox said in an interview. "We've been working on this idea for a while. We're going to show the federal government how easy it is to build these security fences, how inexpensively they can be built when built by private people and free enterprise."

Simcox said a half-dozen landowners along the Arizona-Mexico border have said they will allow fencing to be placed on their borderlands, and others in California, Texas and New Mexico have agreed to do so as well.

"Certainly, as with everything else, we're only able to cover a small portion of the border," Simcox said. "The state and federal government have bought up most of the land around the border. I suspect that's why we'll never get control of the border."

But he said the plan is to put up secure fencing that truly will be an effective deterrent, and to show how easily it can be accomplished.

Simcox gave this description of the envisioned barrier-and-fencing complex:

Start with a 6-foot deep trench so a vehicle can't crash through; behind it, roll of concertina (coiled, razor-edged barbed wire), in front of a 15-foot high heavy-gauge steel mesh fence angled outward at the top.

Behind the fence will be a 60- to 70-foot wide unpaved but graded dirt road, along with inexpensive, mounted video cameras that can be monitored from home computers. On the other side of the road will be a second, 15-foot fence, with more concertina wire on its outside.

"It's a very simple, effective design based on feedback we've had from Border Patrol and the military," Simcox said. "It's a fence that can be built on the cheap, effective and secure."

Simcox said supporters will try to build the fencing with volunteer labor. Surveyors and contractors have offered to help with the design and survey work, he said, and some have said they will provide heavy equipment.

Simcox said those involved in the planning hope to keep costs to between $125 and $150 a foot.

Access to land literally on the border is an issue because so much is state-leased trust property or federally owned, he said.

"You may have to deal with a situation where private property owners erect their own fences and may be faced with the president sending the National Guard to prevent them from protecting their private property," Simcox said.

He said the Minuteman plan is "to keep turning up the heat" until President Bush has to respond somehow.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618219/posts


1,343 posted on 04/21/2006 11:01:38 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: JustPiper; HiJinx; MamaDearest; All

Good article linked by MamaDearest on the Threat Matrix page. Note that the OTM's are still being released on their own recognizance.......totally insane!

Posted on Fri, Apr. 21, 2006

Scope of job can overwhelm Border Patrol By JAY ROOT

STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

HIDALGO — We got a sense of the enormous task facing the U.S. Border Patrol as we watched agents play cat and mouse with the immigrant smugglers in and around this Texas border town.

The agency’s Rio Grande sector, without counting an extensive coastal jurisdiction that stretches from the mouth of the Rio Grande to Corpus Christi, covers everything from Boca Chica at the Gulf of Mexico to Falcon Lake. Look at the map — it’s a long way.

The sector has 1,400 agents, but that’s an awful lot of ground to cover — 320 river miles, in fact, according to sector spokesman Roy Cervantes. We were told it was a very slow day, but at least 12 people were caught trying to cross a three-mile stretch of river during our four-hour ride-along with several agents. There’s no telling how many immigrants might have slipped past us. Sometimes electronic sensors went off or calls from citizens were reported over the radio, without a subsequent catch. Who knows what or who triggered them.

Among those arrested late Thursday were three unidentified Hondurans — a “family unit,” as authorities call them — a 24-year-old woman, her 17-year-old brother and her 1-year-old daughter. They hadn’t eaten in three days and had been reduced to drinking water from the polluted Rio Grande.

I can’t imagine the desperation that would lead a young mother to put her baby on an inner tube and cross that swift and foul river, not to mention the awful trek north from Central America. She said “terrible things” happened on the journey, which began March 5 and ended in Hidalgo on Thursday.

The agents’ work is hot and sweaty, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much dust in all my life. I’ve got the grit in my socks and shoes to prove it. All up and down the river there are hot spots like this, but the Rio Grande sector offers an exotic twist.

It is a major crossing point for OTMs, or “Other Than Mexicans.” On the trash-strewn riverbank “landings” where immigrants cross, we found ample evidence of it. In one spot, we gathered torn letters, receipts, photos, ID cards and other items from Brazil and Honduras.

The numbers speak for themselves: In fiscal 2005, 60 percent of the 134,174 apprehensions in this sector were from countries other than Mexico — 72 nations in all. In the current fiscal year, 51 percent have been OTMs in the Rio Grande sector — a reduction that officials attribute to the “expedited removal” process that helps streamline deportation in many cases.

When jail space is available — often it is not — many of these immigrants are taken to the Port Isabel detention center maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency did not give the Star-Telegram permission to tour the facility, but we’ll keep trying for access farther up the border.

“It’s impressive to see how many people from different nations are apprehended here. It’s almost like a mini-United Nations at the detention facility,” said one U.S. government official, who did not have approval to speak on the record. “Everyone thinks Mexico or El Salvador or Guatemala, but when you see how many people from Asia, South America or even the Middle East are apprehended on the southern border, it makes you think about it.”

If detention space is not available, the immigrants are released on their own recognizance — a process many refer to as “catch and release.” They’re supposed to show up for a court hearing, but many slip away, never to be seen again.

We have no way of knowing whether the Hondurans we saw will show up for their hearing, but Cervantes said they would be released on their own recognizance a few hours after the agents apprehended them. There is simply nowhere to house immigrants with families, he said.

“There is no detention space for family units, especially for mothers with young children,” he said.

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/state/14400858.htm


1,344 posted on 04/21/2006 11:34:45 PM PDT by TheLion
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To: exhaustedmomma

Momma good to see you, missed ya!

Those calls/faxes will make their heads reel!

I would love to see Frist with each of his offices being hit!


1,345 posted on 04/21/2006 11:45:48 PM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: TheLion

Thank you Lion!


1,346 posted on 04/21/2006 11:46:27 PM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: TheLion

Thanks for bringing this over, I've not been on there for a few days


1,347 posted on 04/21/2006 11:47:11 PM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: JustPiper

Well, you could have fooled me! :-) Hope you will be having a good weekend!


1,348 posted on 04/21/2006 11:50:13 PM PDT by TheLion
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1,349 posted on 04/21/2006 11:53:11 PM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: TheLion

You too Lion it actually may be decent for once


1,350 posted on 04/21/2006 11:53:53 PM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: NRA2BFree

1,351 posted on 04/22/2006 12:03:44 AM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: TigersEye

Add to the revolutionary tone of the Mexican American leaders a profile of the marchers: Mecha, Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan; Jose Mujica,union organizer for La Raza;
Mexica Movement, pushing their territorial ambitions (reconquista) with banner reading "If you think I'm illegal because I'm a Mexican, learn the true history because I'm in my homeland"; behind-the-scenes organizer InfoShop, an
alternative media project supplying news and directives of the radical far left; José Gutiérrez, Director of Latino Movement USA; the Party for Socialism and Liberation carrying their banner ("Join us in the struggle against colonialism, racism and empire building"); The World Can’t Wait( rabidly anti-Bush, anti-capitalist, dedicated to block bans on gay marriage,flag burning,and new restrictions on abortion; Revolutionary Worker/Obrero Revolucionario Newspaper,with a bold mission: preparing the ground for revolution; A.N.S.W.E.R., Ramsey Clark's socialist anti-war professional protestors; Industrial Workers of the World who are calling for shut down strikes until the ports and rails enter into collective bargaining agreements with them; and IndyMedia, a news organization "celebrating the resistance to HR 4437" joining up with Southern California Anarchist
Federation in proclaiming May 1st as "International Worker's Day! The world is Ours! The Streets are ours!"
Incredible that our government would tolerate people who are not even legal residents of our country generating the kind of mass demonstrations and work shutdowns with the intent of manipulating legislative debates on our IMMIGRATION LAWS, isn't it?
Even as organizers urged marchers to display U.S. flags along with that of their country's, the theme of reclaiming "stolen" land remained strong.
The Mexican government is deliberately and systematically attempting to destabilize and undermine the laws and very framework of American society as he promotes massive illegal immigration. And Congress is on the Defensive!


1,352 posted on 04/22/2006 1:26:14 AM PDT by parousia
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To: La Enchiladita

Wow...good for him!

Lou Dobbs had Americans who WERE doing the jobs that the President claims we won't do.
That line is a insult to all Americans
PLUS if you think about it legal citizens are being discriminated against when a company/business only will hire an illegal!
There are so many laws being broken, RICO laws, Discrimination laws.


1,353 posted on 04/22/2006 3:34:17 AM PDT by stopem (If we need a "guest worker" we'll call........if the phone doesn't ring it's me!)
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To: JustPiper

Thats a great letter
Congress is worried that their polls are down to 30 and the Presidents down too 33

It would take one thing (well maybe several ;) to get the poll numbers back up and that is they need to listen to the people. WE VOTE! HELLO...........

They are NOT listening to their people, we call fax email
they need to listen to us. WE VOTE!! We are the ones who answer the polls... their loyalty needs to be to us NOT Fox and illegals

NO amnesty, Build a wall with armed guards
punish the employers

Very simple solution./


1,354 posted on 04/22/2006 3:40:55 AM PDT by stopem (If we need a "guest worker" we'll call........if the phone doesn't ring it's me!)
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To: parousia

Thank you for posting this, Mecha and LaRaza seem the most militant but at this stage...


1,355 posted on 04/22/2006 10:13:42 AM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: stopem

I heard on Talk Radio this AM that ALL voter's are very fed up on Both sides and want a fresh start, voting the majority of Critter's out come November


1,356 posted on 04/22/2006 10:14:49 AM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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To: stopem; La Enchiladita; Spiff; Smartass; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; AnnaZ; devolve; TheLion; ...

Anyone wishing to be on/off this pinglist please PM me!

Thanks to stopem for bringing this to our thread- You have gotten the word out to hundres who will be calling/faxing this man!

Thanks to SeaBiscuit : Frist weak wrist ping! 15 posted on 04/21/2006 3:49:09 PM CDT by SeaBiscuit

Thanks to LaEnchiladita for finding our quote for the day!

No! I will fight tooth and nail to ensure that no one - no spineless Republican Senator or malfeasant Republican President - sells out the United States, its security, and its sovereignty, by excusing and rewarding millions of foreign invaders within our borders. Any honest American should be ashamed to even consider such a thing! 28 posted on 04/21/2006 3:57:13 PM CDT by Spiff Frist Will Try Anew For Immigration Bill

And Frist Will Try Anew For Immigration Bill - The goal here is to make sure that the Senate does act on this problem," said one of the aides

Thanks to Smartass!

Are we "SLOW LEARNERS" or what? Theodore Roosevelt on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN

And "Regardless of how one feels about a fence, it's hard not to love the bravura. This is really the defining of the American attitude -- if something has to be done, and the government is blathering and dithering and doing meanwhile nothing, this does not in any way mean that it will not get done." Food for thought PING 10 posted on 04/21/2006 10:55:39 AM CDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub from this thread: Thanks to AnnaZ for posting it!

Of Mice and Minutemen by AnnaZ

Thanks to Devolve for this Important Ping!

United Airlines Flight Diverted to Denver (Passengers Subdue Criminal) - Jose Manuel Pelayo-Ortega was arrested after the plane landed around 4:30 p.m., FBI spokeswoman Monique Kelso said.

4 dead, 21 injured in crash near Sonoita (AZ) [Illegal Aliens in stolen car by Borax Queen

Thanks to SeaBiscuit for the ping!

Voters give politicians earful on immigration -

The Den!

Thanks to TheLion for these pings!

Minuteman Leader Pushes Border Fence

This Just In… U.S. to Try Enforcing Immigration Laws GOPUSA.COM-The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that it would be implementing a new, revolutionary, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art approach to the illegal immigration problem. What is this “new” approach? Believe it or not, the department declared that the U.S. would now be cracking down on employers who “knowingly and recklessly” hire illegal aliens. In other words, they are going to try a “new” program called “enforcing existing laws.” Guess what? It works!

Thanks to Do not dub me shapka broham for this ping

Mexican police kill man mistaken for immigrant - TULTITLAN, Mexico -- A state policeman fatally shot a local man whom he apparently mistook for a Central American immigrant during a raid on undocumented workers Monday, infuriating residents who overturned and smashed two immigration service trucks. People of this town just north of Mexico City expressed outrage that police would open fire on fleeing migrants and said the victim was a construction worker on a lunch break whose dark skin and work clothes may have made him look like a potential target.

Great Article Ping! Giving rights to illegals, and stripping them from citizens. Al Gore is finally right...up is down, and down is up. Good is bad, and bad is good. 3 posted on 04/21/2006 1:14:21 AM CDT by HiJinx

Juris Contemptus: The Un-American Scourge - Home Depot Rules
I know it when I drive past Home Depot, in “Sanctuary” San Jose, and spot protected illegal aliens canvassing for construction jobs, while Senator Ted Kennedy praises their illegality—in Spanish, no less—at an immigration-rights rally in Washington, DC. I know it when the liberal, arrogant mayor of San Francisco, Gavin Newsom, orders the validation of illegal homosexual marriages as well as when he publicly refuses to enforce federal immigration laws.

1,357 posted on 04/22/2006 10:38:54 AM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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THIS is who we have to turn to?!

We have to be careful THIS is how Clinton got elected!

# 1 Conservatives point to Dean for significance of border issue - Conservatives in Congress say that Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's new get-tough stance on illegal immigration shows how important the border-security issue could be in this year's elections.
Mr. Dean's advocacy of "tough border control" this week -- at an event at which the DNC chief outlined his party's November election strategy -- shows clearly that Mr. Dean has seen polls showing that Americans are fed up with the federal government's failure to secure the nation's borders, said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican.
"It's another indication of just how stupid the Republican Party is when they say we better not go after immigration as an issue, we better not go after border security as an issue," said Mr. Tancredo, a longtime advocate of immigration reform.
Mr. Dean apparently hopes to make an issue out of immigration this fall, Mr. Tancredo said. Other Republican conservatives also saw Mr. Dean's remarks as an election-year ploy.

# 2 I want security from all illegals - Scare-mongering columnist George Diaz -- "Raise Torch of Liberty, Not Riot Shields" -- warns us that we might see Nazi-like security police during an immigration demonstration on May 1. Nazi? C'mon. The Nazis killed 6 million innocent people. I want security from people -- Mexican or not -- who would harm us." Diaz also says we've lost our patience and memory regarding embracing the disenfranchised. Huh?

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# 3 Kyl leads fundraising as Pederson presses on immigration- Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl continues to hold a fundraising advantage over Democratic challenger and real estate developer Jim Pederson as both sides battle over immigration and border security. First quarter campaign finance documents show Kyl has raised $8.6 million for his re-election effort and has $7.3 million of cash on hand.

# 4 Immigration debate hits historic proportions- (RALEIGH) -- The huge jump in the Hispanic population is no secret but that impact on North Carolina's economy was unknown until a UNC study was released in January.

NOTE: Give them a call and tell them!

U.S. Mexican Consulates

Raleigh
336 E. Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Tel: (919) 754-0046
Fax: (919) 754-1729

Charlotte
P.O. Box 19627
Charlotte, NC 28219
Tel: (704) 394-2190

# 5 Middletown, Ohio -BUTLER CO.: Sheriff urges boycots of business that hire illegals - Jones: Feds will share cost of housing illegals - Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones plans to ask for a boycott on county businesses that hire illegal immigrants, it was reported late Thursday night.

# 6 New Mexico Heads Up! Senate candidate plans to walk along Mexican border - ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate plans to walk the roughly 180 miles of New Mexico's boundary with Mexico to call attention to what he says are failures by incumbent Sen. Jeff Bingaman to secure the border.
"We're starting from Arizona and walking to Texas," said David Pfeffer, a former Santa Fe city councilor who challenged Bingaman, D-N.M., to make the same walk. Pfeffer announced his 19-day "Walk the Line" campaign stunt on Thursday. He plans to begin Tuesday, carrying an American flag, and he hopes to sleep each night in a borrowed recreational vehicle.

# 7 Anti-immigration rhetoric could backfire for GOP

# 8 Meth trends continue to evolve - The federal government is especially interested in MS-13, a gang officials say is one of the most violent in the country. Clark hopes the federal government will see the threat of gang involvement in the meth trade as a national security threat, freeing money to target trafficking.

# 9 Gov´t labors to fight migrant smugglers - The industry is estimated to be worth US $10 billion a year, according to U.S. Customs officials. Sidling up to migrants who arrive at the Tijuana airport and cruising the streets in border towns, "coyotes" in gold chains and dark sunglasses openly find customers for nightly scrambles across the U.S. border.

1,358 posted on 04/22/2006 10:52:25 AM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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# 1 Crackdown targets employers of illegal immigrants Homeland Security announces plan to curb illegal hiring of workers- Criminal aliens, visa violators, fugitives and businesses that hire illegal immigrants are among the targets of a new Department of Homeland Security plan meant to improve national security and enforce the nation's immigration laws.

# 2 Managers of Nationwide Company Arrested for Hiring Over 1,000 Illegal Aliens -AXcess News) New York - Yesterday, federal agents arrested seven current and former managers of IFCO Systems North American, Inc. for conspiring to transport, harbor, and encourage and induce illegal aliens to reside in the United States for commercial advantage and private financial gain. The conspiracy charge carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each alien they're responsible for hiring. Two other IFCO employees were arrested on criminal charges relating to fraudulent documents.
In addition to the criminal arrests, agents yesterday conducted "consent" searches or executed criminal search warrants at more than 40 IFCO plants and related locations in 26 states that resulted in the apprehension of approximately 1,187 illegal alien IFCO employees. Three of the criminal search warrants were executed at residences in Guilderland, New York, where IFCO was allegedly housing illegal alien employees.
The consent searches and search warrants were conducted at locations in 26 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia and Utah.

# 3 Immigrant takes plea deal in Ready altercation - Martinez, an undocumented Mexican native, pleaded guilty to giving the false name of Eduardo Godina to police. In exchange, Mesa prosecutors dropped assault and threatening and intimidation charges. Martinez received credit for time served and will be deported to Mexico shortly.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Border Patrol is poised to become the federal government's largest law enforcement agency, but it's not clear that more agents have slowed illegal immigration. The Border Patrol will soon rival the FBI in terms of the number of agents each agency has in the field. By the end of September, the Border Patrol will have 12,100 agents, according to spokesman Salvador Zamora. As of March, the FBI had 12,515. A 2004 law calls for expanding the Border Patrol to 21,000 agents by the end of the decade.

Border Patrol Agents Bust Illegal Immigrants- Immigration reform and protecting the US border are two topics, with recent protests across the country, and the U.S. Senate battling over how to handle the issues. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol just opened a new checkpoint in South Texas. Border agents gave News 4 WOAI exclusive access to be there on a bust and round-up on Thursday.

Minutemen say volunteer calls pouring in over fencing proposal- TUCSON, Ariz. Spokesmen for a border watch group say volunteer offers to help build border fencing are flooding in. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has said it'll build fencing on the Mexican border unless President Bush militarizes the border and adds new security fencing.

1,359 posted on 04/22/2006 10:55:56 AM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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Top 10 Most Ridiculous Quotes by Hillary Clinton

by Thomas D. Kuiper

10. "It's been said, and I think it's accurate, that my husband was obsessed by terrorism in general and al-Qaida in particular."

(Hillary telling a post-9/11 world what a great commander in chief her husband was; Dateline, NBC 4/16/2004.)

9. "I have to admit that a good deal of what my husband and I have learned [about Islam] has come from our daughter."

(Circa 1996, at a White House function, Hillary proudly tells some Muslim groups she is gaining a greater appreciation of Islam because Chelsea was then taking a class on the "religion of peace"; TruthInMedia.org 8/8/1999.)

Note: See No. 4. Muslim groups, with ties to Hamas, were welcomed at the Clinton White House. But not Republicans.

8. "Many of you are well enough off that [President Bush's] tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

(Hillary to her fellow liberals in a speech in San Francisco; SFGate.com 6/28/2004.)

7. "Why do I have to keep proving to people that I am not a liar?"

(First Lady Hillary in her 2000 Senate campaign; "The Survivor," p. 382, by John Harris.)

6. "A right-wing network was after his presidency...including perverting the Constitution."

(To Barbara Walters about the Republicans who impeached her husband; 20/20, ABC 6/8/2003.)

Note: Even though it is common knowledge what Clinton did with Monica Lewinsky and a cigar, Hillary claims the Republicans are the perverts.

5. "Son of a bitch."

(Hillary's opinion of President George W. Bush when she found out he secretly visited Iraq just days before her highly publicized trip to Iraq; "American Evita," p. 259, by Christopher Anderson.)

4. "What are you doing inviting these people into my home? These people are our enemies! They are trying to destroy us!"

(Hillary's reaction to an aide, when she found out that some Republicans had been invited to the Clinton White House, circa 1993; "The Survivor," p. 99, by John Harris.)

Note: She said this just months after Islamic terrorists bombed the World Trade Center, attempting to kill everyone at the WTC complex.

3. "I mean, you've got a conservative and right-wing press presence with really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum."

(Hillary complains about the mainstream media, which are all conservatives in her opinion; aired on C-Span, 1/19/1997.)

2. "Come on Bill, put your dick up. You can't **** her here."

(Hillary to Gov. Clinton when she spots him talking with an attractive female at an Arkansas political rally; "Inside The White House," p. 243, by Ronald Kessler.)

1. "You sold out, you mother******! You sold out."

(While an intern on Capitol Hill, Hillary Rodham yells at a prominent Democrat lawyer because he was representing someone from a large, profit-driven corporation; "Inside," p. 213, by Joseph Califano.)

1,360 posted on 04/22/2006 11:02:28 AM PDT by JustPiper (In our time, no foreign army has ever occupied American soil. Until now.)
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