November 24, 2007 – 1:27 pm
And they have good cause to be Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were indicted two months after shooting a drug-smuggling suspect as he fled back into Mexico, but it took the Justice Department more than two years to bring charges against the suspect, and the head of the National Border Patrol Council wants to know […]
November 19, 2007 – 11:56 am
But, will Bush listen? (Washington Times) In a letter that was delivered today to the White House, 31 major conservative petitioners joined a campaign led by Rep. Duncan Hunter, California Republican and presidential candidate, asking President Bush to pardon Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean before Thanksgiving. The letter comes on the heels of the […]
November 17, 2007 – 7:17 am
Epitomizing the phrase “bleeding heart liberal” (New York Times) Federal immigration agents were searching a house in Ohio last month when they found a young Honduran woman nursing her baby. The woman, SaÃda Umanzor, is an illegal immigrant and was taken to jail to await deportation. Her 9-month-old daughter, Brittney Bejarano, who was born in […]
November 16, 2007 – 5:40 pm
Johnny Sutton’s star witness An admitted Mexican smuggler faces federal drug charges more than two years after being shot by a pair of U.S. Border Patrol agents who were later convicted in the shooting, authorities said. Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who was shot in the buttocks in February 2005 after fleeing from border agents during a […]
November 16, 2007 – 1:41 pm
Today’s illegal immigration sob story, via the Raleigh News And Observer Some illegal immigrants in North Carolina are being deported after being jailed for traffic violations. Opponents of the program to screen jail inmates’ immigration status say deportations after traffic arrests hurt people who are basically law-abiding and productive. Supporters, however, say that the immigrants […]
November 15, 2007 – 1:36 pm
If you go to Mexico, that is MEXICO CITY – The question of whether to give driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants ignited a national debate in the United States. But in Mexico, the largest source of U.S. immigrants, there’s no question: Here, you must be a legal resident to get a driver’s license. All of […]
November 14, 2007 – 12:36 pm
Hmmm, now this is an interesting plan BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) – Texan mayors opposed to a planned border fence with Mexico want to widen and deepen the Rio Grande river instead, and say it will be more effective in keeping out illegal immigrants. The U.S. government aims to build 700 miles of new fencing along […]
November 9, 2007 – 6:29 pm
I expect Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer to call some private meetings smack downs with a few of their peeps shortly Democratic House members can’t understand why their party’s national leaders are embracing driver’s licenses for illegal aliens, and say their constituents see it as a “de facto amnesty.” Rep. Nancy Boyda, Kansas Democrat, said […]
November 7, 2007 – 7:58 am
Morning, y’all, Jebediah Murphy here with a bit of that old truth thang this fine Wednesday. Looking past the Impeachment Palooza theater, overriding Bush’s veto of the pork laden water bill, and a new retreat and defeat attempt, the Congress critters are actually doing something right More than 80 House Democrats and Republicans yesterday teamed […]
November 6, 2007 – 1:03 pm
It’s not all about the fence U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers failed to stop roughly 1 in 10 illegal immigrants and serious drug and weapons violators from entering the United States through airports and official land border crossings last year, according to a new congressional review. While screeners turned back more than 200,000 foreigners […]
