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We need a new rallying point to STOP unelected Judges, and to show the Federal Government that the People's vote cannot be overturned by ONE UN-ELECTED JUDGE.. I PROPOSE WE PICK ONE DATE (Not more than 3 weeks away) AND RALLY/PROTEST THIS DECISION + FOR THE RULE OF LAW?? WHAT SAY YOU? CONSERVATIVES, TEA PARTIERS, AMERICANS, PATRIOTS, LEGAL IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR PROGENY? I say either Saturday 29, or in one week hence, but could be persuaded (if we can get more involved to go three weekends out if it would get more involved)~!

Deportable Criminals Released In U.S. Last Updated: Wed, 07/29/2009 - 3:51pmDozens of illegal aliens convicted of serious felonies have been released in the U.S. because federal immigration authorities fell for a scheme in which a foreign diplomat blocked their deportations for cash.The Armenian Consul in Los Angeles sold letters for up to $35,000 a piece to dozens of deportable criminals from his country that wanted to remain in the U.S. after serving their jail sentence. The letters were sent to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and said that the Armenian government could not verify that the criminal aliens...

Foreclosures nationwide continued to soar at a record pace in the third quarter, in large part because of the distressed properties in California, the Mortgage Bankers Association said Friday. And the worsening economy - officially in recession for a year - is exacerbating the problem, the bankers group said. Through September, one in 10 U.S. homeowners with a mortgage was at least a month behind on payments or already in foreclosure. Many of the home loans that were 90 days or more past due were in California and Florida, states hit hard in the mortgage meltdown. "California and Florida represent...

The state said there will be a six month gap of vulnerability at the border when feds pull National Guard troops. Sate homeland security said the National Guard on the border will leave in July, six months earlier than expected. Officials said border agents won’t take over until December at the earliest, leaving more than 180 miles of border virtually unwatched. The original plan was to have the National Guard watch the border until 6,000 new agents could be properly trained. Border patrol officials said that won’t happen until December, but state officials said that’s not stopping the feds from...

Once again a familiar pattern emerges, one that has occurred many times before especially after a disasterous election result for the party in question. Case in point the Republican Party which had its asses handed to them in the last federal election wherein Republicans across the board were slaughtered, not because the Republican constituency suddenly embraced liberal ideology and rejected conservatives values and principles, but because Republicans in positions of power did. Thus they were rewarded with a withdrawl of support which greatly contributed to their defeat. The crystal clear lessons of the elections of 2006, instead of being a...

TIGERVILLE, S.C. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee yesterday continued to move to the right on immigration during this year's presidential campaign, signing a pledge to enforce immigration laws and to make all illegal aliens go home. The pledge, offered by immigration control advocacy group Numbers USA, commits Mr. Huckabee to oppose a new path to citizenship for current illegal aliens and to cut the number of illegal aliens already in the country through attrition by law enforcement — something Mr. Huckabee said he will achieve through his nine-point immigration plan. "Some would say it's a tough plan. It is,...

NORTH COUNTY ---- Rep. Darrell Issa, a Vista Republican who has been considered in some circles a relative moderate on immigration matters, has joined a caucus of anti-illegal immigration lawmakers. Issa, R-Vista, announced last week that he had joined the Immigration Reform Caucus, a predominantly hard-line Republican group founded in 1999 by conservative members of Congress opposed to illegal immigration. His move comes at a critical time, as the U.S. Senate continues debating a controversial immigration reform bill that would pave the way to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance to become legal residents. Immigration analysts on both sides...

In an interview aboard Air Force One last week with Ron Hutcheson of McClatchy Newspapers, President Bush said: "I'm deeply concerned about America losing its soul. Immigration has been the lifeblood of a lot of our country's history. And I am worried that a backlash to newcomers would cause our country to lose its great capacity to assimilate newcomers. And I believe that a newly arrived adds to the vigor and the entrepreneurial spirit, and enhances the American Dream." These sentiments, coupled with Bush’s suggestion that opponents of his compromised immigration compromise "don't want to do what's right for America,"...

SOME UPTIGHT Americans are going loco over the peso. In fact, it's a real food fight. Pizza Patron, a Dallas-based pizza chain, is accepting pesos at its 59 stores in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, California and Nevada. The gimmick is aimed at the company's clientele, which is 60 percent Latino. The company has received thousands of angry e-mails and even death threats. The thinking was that folks might find themselves with a loose peso or two after trips to Mexico. So why not trade pesos for pizza? That sounds like capitalism. Everyone wants Latinos' dinero. According to marketing experts, Fortune 500...

Colonel Bruce A. Gandy, U.S. Marine Corps Proceedings, May 2006 Discuss this article in the eForum. The focus on the back door of the United States should be wider ranging than illegal immigration. The banana republics are no more. In their stead is a burgeoning political power hidden beneath the cloak of 19th-century Latin American nationalism that is unfriendly to its northern neighbor. GIRAUDON/ART RESOURCE, NY Simon Bolivar, as depicted in 1859 by Arturo Michelena, is a man of almost mythic proportions in Latin America. One scholar noted that he is viewed as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in one....

This caught my eye several months ago and its a good way of enforcing immigration law.This may give you the added tool to enforce immigration law. From the Backrounder In 1996, Congress expanded the Racketeer influenced and Corrupt Organization(RICO) to include violations of federal immigration law. While this expansion may not recieved publicity, it could potentially change the face of U.S. immigration law eforcement. Under the new RICO provisions, a violation of certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act(INA) meets the definition of racketeering activity, also know an "predicate offenses" and an entity that engages in a pattern of...

Almost all of the state's poorest residents will have to show proof of US citizenship to continue getting medical care by July 1, under a little-noticed federal law that could endanger coverage for many, as Massachusetts is trying to expand access to healthcare.

McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona. Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain's job offer. "I'll take it!" one man shouted. McCain insisted none of them would do such menial labor for a complete season. "You can't do it, my friends." Some in the crowd said they didn't appreciate McCain questioning their work ethic.

HANAHAN - In an interview with local Spanish-language TV station WJEA, state Rep. John Graham Altman on Friday proposed fining Mexico $1 million in U.S. aid for every illegal alien from the country found here. "The Mexican government is disgraceful. America can not be the welfare system for Mexico," said Altman, R-Charleston. WJEA owners Phyllis Bancroft and Jose Villegas sat down with Altman at his law office for more than an hour to discuss the issue of illegal immigrants, and his controversial bill that would allow South Carolina to lock them up. Bancroft and Villegas will translate his interview into...

<p>SANTA ANA – As a child, Lupe Moreno helped her father run a safe house for illegal immigrants. She cooked large pots of beans for them and filled out their job applications on her family's dining-room table.</p> <p>Three decades later, she lives in the same modest stucco house, but it's no longer a haven for those here illegally. The dining room serves as her headquarters for fighting the flow from the border, which she blames for a devastating childhood and California's decline.</p>