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A Houstonian armed to the teeth stands atop his pickup truck in the Arizona desert. He wishes to deter illegal immigrants from Mexico, but he and his confederates will fail. Border Patrol officials said some civilian observers set off motion detectors, complicating rather than aiding the agency's mission.

TOMBSTONE, Ariz. — They came by the hundreds Friday, men and women from across the nation, hearts brimming with righteous anger, determined to staunch the flow of illegal immigration. Some wore pistols slung low on their hips. Others walked the dusty streets in leather cowboy hats, wearing buttons that read: "Undocumented Border Patrol Agent." There were pilots, window washers, private investigators and exterminators.

Minuteman Project volunteers arrive, rally, spotlight border debate BY BILL HESS Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:05 PM MST Deborah Sattler expresses her opinion to Gabriel Mondragon concerning the open border and terrorism outside Schieffelin Hall in Tombstone on Friday. Mondragon is against the Minuteman Project. They were some of the dozens of people who demonstrated outside of the sign-up meeting place for the Minuteman Project. (Ed Honda-Herald/Review) Sierra Vista Herald/Review TOMBSTONE - Minuteman Project organizers and supporters rallied their volunteers on Friday by pointing the blame for the lack of border security to national elected officials. They said the president...

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., fresh from victory in three online presidential straw polls over formidibale candidates, told Joseph Farah's radio audience today he would run for president in 2008 if no other Republican candidate takes the border issue seriously."I'll tell you what," he said, "if no one else does, I will do it."Tancredo is the head of the House Immigration Reform Caucus and has challenged his own party's president on the issue of insecure border and his proposed "guest worker" proposal.Tancredo said he was encouraged by President Bush's recent meeting with Mexican President Vicente Fox because the U.S. leader told...

For most Washington Republicans, a berating from Karl Rove is the stuff of nightmares. For Tom Tancredo, it was the best thing that ever happened to him. One morning in April 2002, the representative from Colorado was driving to work when his cell phone rang. It was Rove calling from the White House. The president's fabled strategist had just finished reading a Washington Times article in which Tancredo, whose political obsession is to limit both legal and illegal immigration into this country, had warned the Bush administration to treat border control more seriously. As usual, Tancredo had delivered his point...

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico- A Mexican man suspected of killing a woman in this rough border city was deported on Wednesday from the United States and turned over to Mexican federal and state agents. Manuel Angel Rodriguez, 32, was taken to the half-way point of the Santa Fe international bridge linking El Paso, Texas, with Ciudad Juarez, where he was arrested by Mexican authorities. Rodriguez was wanted in connection with the killing of Patricia Montelongo, whose body was discovered Saturday morning. Left wrapped in a blanket on a back porch, Montelongo's body had been stabbed 25 times. Chihuahua State Attorney General...

Anchor BabiesHe brought with him his wife, Felipa, and three children, 19, 12 and 8 – all illegals. When Felipa gave birth to her fourth child, daughter Flor, the family had what is referred to as an "anchor baby" – an American citizen by birth who provided the entire Silverio clan a ticket to remain in the U.S. permanently But Flor was born premature, spent three months in the neonatal incubator and cost the San Joaquin Hospital more than $300,000. Meanwhile, oldest daughter Lourdes married an illegal alien gave birth to a daughter, too. Her name is Esmeralda. And...

Hispanic teen sex study puzzling Increased use of new language seems to lead to a much higher level of activity By ERIC BERGER Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle As Hispanic teens shed the language of their native countries and immerse themselves in American culture, they become dramatically more sexually active, a new study shows. A review of 7,300 Arizona teenagers' behavior, which should translate well to other states that border Mexico, including Texas, found that 31 percent of Hispanic teens who speak primarily English have had sex, more than twice the percentage of those who speak primarily Spanish, 14 percent. The...

Fox News Network has become a favorite target of leftists who, in all their impotent rage, like to ascribe sinister motives to what they see as a staunchly conservative news channel. An entire documentary, "Outfoxed," has been devoted to the idea that Fox News is part of some right-wing cabal. Liberals are particularly fond of mocking Fox`s claim to be "fair and balanced." Of course, if you`re part of a crowd that considers The New York Times to be conservative, your frame of reference is going to be just a tad bit skewed. Actually, for those who once had hopes...

Senate Republicans' new point man on immigration said that it is unrealistic to assume that the 10 million illegal aliens in the United States can be deported and that the only alternative is to create a temporary worker program that has them come forward on their own. Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican and the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration subcommittee, also said he thinks new temporary workers from overseas must return home after their work visa ends, but he is skeptical about how successful it would be to have illegal aliens return home before applying for the program...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a national ID bill last week that masqueraded as “immigration reform.” The bill does nothing to address immigration policy, however, nor does it propose deporting a single illegal alien already in our country. It does nothing to address the porous border between the U.S. and Mexico, which is the fundamental problem. In reality, the bill is a Trojan horse. It pretends to offer desperately needed border control in order to con a credulous Congress into sacrificing more of our constitutionally protected liberty. Supporters claim the national ID scheme is voluntary. However, any state that...

Try crossing our southern border; try going the other way, To enter Mexico illegally for an extended, unlawful stay. Ignore immigration quotas, all their visas and their fees, And quietly slip their border, anytime you damn well please. Just sneak in past the policía, ignoring Mexican laws; You’ve a desperate need to improve your lot; you have a righteous cause. With Evil Bush in power now, destroying your liberal order, You’ve a right to seek asylum, to trespass their northern border. Once there, speak English only and demand it in their schools; Forget assimilation, make Mexicanos change their rules. What...

House OKs Citizenship Check for Licenses 1 minute ago By SUZANNE GAMBOA WASHINGTON - Hoping to keep drivers licenses out of the hands of terrorists, the House voted Thursday make states verify that applicants are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants. Republicans pushed the measure through on a 261-161 vote despite protests from governors and state motor vehicle departments that it would be too costly and would require them to take on the role of immigration officers. The bill also would make it easier for judges to deport immigrants seeking political asylum if they think they might be terrorists. "Common sense...

White and ethnic minority communities are becoming increasingly separated by growing levels of population movement and immigration, a report says today. More white families are moving from London to the regions while many immigrants arrive in the capital from overseas, the think-tank Migrationwatch says. The change in 10 years has been "extraordinarily rapid'', with 606,000 more people moving out of London than arrived from elsewhere in the country. In the same period, a net 726,000 immigrants arrived in the capital. Other regions, notably the South West, South East and East Midlands are having to expand rapidly to deal with the...

PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has billed the federal government for nearly $118 million in unreimbursed costs for imprisoning criminal illegal immigrants. If the federal government doesn't pay, it should take custody of approximately 3,600 illegal immigrants in state prisons, Napolitano said in a letter sent last week to U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. "This is just wrong," Napolitano said in a statement Tuesday. "Arizona has held up its end of the bargain, and has taken these criminals off the streets. Yet the federal government has abandoned its job by refusing to pay for them." Justice Department spokesman...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A ragged fence and a canyon called Smugglers Gulch mark the westernmost stretch of the California-Mexico border, a favorite crossing point for illegal immigrants and drug runners.

Analysis of the latest Census data indicates that California's illegal immigrant population is costing the state's taxpayers more than $10.5 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. Even if the estimated tax contributions of illegal immigrant workers are subtracted, net outlays still amount to nearly $9 billion per year. The annual fiscal burden from those three areas of state expenditures amounts to about $1,183 per household headed by a native-born resident. This analysis looks specifically at the costs to the state for education, health care and incarceration resulting from illegal immigration. These three are the largest cost areas,...

WASHINGTON - Florida Sen. Mel Martinez, the first Cuban-American elected to the U.S. Senate, on Wednesday apparently marked another first: delivering the first Spanish speech on the Senate floor. Martinez, a Republican from Orlando, was speaking in favor of President Bush's nomination of White House counsel Alberto Gonzales as the new U.S. attorney general. Gonzales, a Mexican-American, would be the first Hispanic to hold that post. After praising Gonzales in English as a qualified public servant and a role model for Hispanic-Americans, Martinez switched to Spanish and addressed all "those who came to America to create a better life." "Judge...