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Schwarzenegger Says Don’t Blame Illegal Aliens
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says those who blame California’s fiscal crisis on illegal aliens are bigoted and wrong.
I don’t think illegal aliens are the main cause of California’s economic troubles, but they’re certainly a significant player in it.
Arnold is either just playing politics or he’s an idiot.
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Border Patrol Agent Held At Gunpoint By Mexican Military
This from The National Border Patrol Council:
A Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint by the Mexican military last night south of Ajo. Mexican military personnel crossed over the border and pointed rifles at him. Backup units arrived from the Ajo Border Patrol station, and the Mexican military personnel eventually returned to Mexico. Unfortunately, this sort of behavior by Mexican military personnel has been going on for years. They are never held accountable, and the United States government will undoubtedly brush this off as another case of “Oh well, they didn’t know they were in the United States.” A few years ago the Mexican military went a step further and put a .50 calibre rifle round through the rear window of a Border Patrol agent’s patrol vehicle south of Ajo. Nothing was ever done. Nobody was ever held accountable. Particularly galling is the fact that the Mexican military often pulls these stunts in Humvees donated to them by the American taxpayers (although they were apparently on foot this time). We note that Border Patrol agents have historically driven worn-out, junk vehicles.
I cannot imagine the United States just shrugging off the continued incursion of foreign military into the United States. This kind of thing should provoke unprecedented outrage by American citizens. Armed Mexican military should be shot on site if spotted on the U.S. side of the border.
Feds Investingating San Francisco For Subverting Immigration Law
San Francisco is one of a handful of left-wing cities that has decided not to follow federal immigration law. However, the true scope of the city’s law breaking is only now becoming evident.
San Francisco’s juvenile probabtion department are actively trying to protect Honduran juveniles caught dealing crack and other offenses by using tax payer money to fly them home. This allows the dealers to avoid official deportation which allows them to re-enter the United States.
Rather than have the drug offenders deported, they have recommended that Juvenile Court judges and commissioners approve city-paid flights home to Honduras for the offenders with the aim of reuniting them with their families.
The practice, federal authorities say, does nothing to prevent offenders from coming back, while federal deportation legally bars them from ever returning. Federal officials also say U.S. law prohibits helping an illegal immigrant to cross the border, even if it is to return home.
Federal officials recently detained a San Francisco juvenile probation officer at the Houston airport, where he was accompanying two Honduran juvenile drug offenders about to board a flight to Tegucigalpa.
Some offenders have been caught and given a free flight home 3 or 4 times on the tax payer’s dime. This is a serious violation of federal law punishable by prison time, and the feds are in the midst of a serious investigation into the city.
This is yet another stunning example of just how crazy San Francisco has become. The rule of law of has become nothing more than a joke as the far-left has tightened its grip on the city.
Geraldo To Chertoff: No Mas Immigration Raids!
Geraldo Rivera wrote a slightly shrill piece for the Huffington Post calling on Homeland Security Chief, Michael Chertoff, to stop ordering immigration raids.
Geraldo refers to the estimated 12 million undocumented workers as “technically illegal” and calls raids by law enforcement as more appropriate for targeting Al-Qaeda than illegal immigrants.
He repeats a now discredited claim that during a raid in early March of 2007 in Massachusetts, “nursing mothers” were separated from their children.
At the time of the raid, liberal news organizations wrote hysterical stories claiming that nursing babies were torn from their mother’s teet and shipped back to Mexico.
Those claims were later discredited after an investigation and I’m almost certain Geraldo is aware of that.
Probably the most sensational charge in the piece is when Geraldo states that any latino who votes against “rational immigration reform” is an “Uncle Tom.”
I have previously written in His Panic, Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S. that, “any Latino who votes for a Republican or a Democrat who opposes rational immigration reform is an Uncle Tom.”
It’s easy to give Geraldo grief about his immigration views, but I too am generally sympathetic to the illegal immigrants. If it weren’t for the terrorism issue, I really wouldn’t care about the illegal immigration thing. It’s not the thousands of Mexicans that pour over the border at will that really bother me. It’s the one Middle Eastern terrorist piggy-backing into the U.S. along with the thousands of Mexicans that worries me.
That hasn’t happened yet that we know of, but can you think of a better way for terrorists to enter the U.S.? I also agree with Geraldo that racism is playing a part in the immigration debate. That is certainly not anywhere near the main reason, but there’s definitely a small percentage of people who just don’t like Mexicans.
All that said, if we are a nation of laws then we should enforce those laws. If we as a country decide that we really don’t care about securing the border, then we should change the laws. No other country on earth allows people to just enter unannounced through the back door.
I believe the now defunct “Comprehensive Immigration Reform” package that President Bush and John McCain supported was the right idea.
Geraldo is dead wrong about the immigration raids. ICE has a responsibility to enforce Federal immigration laws, and they should continue to do so.
-Chris Jones
Immigration Raid On Iowa Meatpacking Plant Nets 390
From the AP:
Federal officials say a raid at a northeastern Iowa meat processing plant this week was the largest in U.S. history.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials say 390 people have been arrested on immigration charges after Monday’s raid at Agriprocessors Inc. in Postville. The facility is the world’s largest kosher meatpacking plant.
The raid was aimed at seeking evidence of identity theft, stolen Social Security numbers and people who are in the country illegally.
Fifty-six of those arrested have been released on humanitarian grounds; many of them have to take care of children.
Others arrested in the raid at are being held in county jails and at a converted fairgrounds.
Supreme Court Backs States Right To Demand Photo ID For Voting
The Supreme Court ruled today that states can require citizens to show a photo ID to vote. Twenty-five states require some form of ID, and the court’s 6-3 decision rejecting a challenge to Indiana’s strict voter ID law could encourage others to adopt their own measures.
It seems like a no-brainer that people should have to prove who they are before voting, but Democrats of course are adamantly opposed to this.
According to liberals, having to prove who you are will “disenfranchise” poor and elderly voters. That’s total nonsense, and merely a cover for their real grievance.
If people have to prove who they are, it’s going to make it harder for illegal immigrants to vote fraudulently for Democrats. That’s the reason liberals are in a huff about photo ID, because it’s going to cut into the illegal voting block they were counting on in the upcoming election.
U.S. Census Stats
From the Census Bureau:
As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the Jan. 1, 2008, population will be 303,146,284 — up 2,842,103 or 0.9 percent from New Year’s Day 2007.
In January, the United States is expected to register one birth every eight seconds and one death every 11 seconds.
Meanwhile, net international migration is expected to add one person every 30 seconds. The result is an increase in the total U.S. population of one person every 13 seconds.
New Tancredo Ad Says No To Subtlety
I think Tom Tancredo should tell voters how he really feels.
San Francisco Approves ID Cards That Exclude Gender
Next year, San Francisco will issue municipal identification cards showing the usual name, birthdate and photo, but not gender.
When other cities considered issuing ID cards without regard to legal status, the debate was over illegal immigrants. In San Francisco, where the Board of Supervisors approved such an ID on Tuesday, transgender activists added gender to the discussion.
“Transgender” is a broad term for people who do not identify with their birth sex. Those who refer to themselves as transgender include cross-dressers and transsexuals.
“The card really makes gender a non-issue,” says Kristina Wertz, legal director of the Transgender Law Center in San Francisco.
Wertz says legally changing a name and gender designation can be time-consuming and cost hundreds of dollars. IDs that don’t match appearance could “out” people and make them vulnerable to discrimination or abuse, she says.
Spitzer Pulls The Plug on Drivers Licenses For Illegals
With his poll numbers collapsing, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer pulled the plug on his incredibly controversial plan that would have given drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
The embattled governor made the announcement after he met with the state’s heavily Democratic congressional delegation, which had grown increasingly critical of the plan.
Spitzer aides said the decision was made because the firestorm over the issue was so fierce it was blocking the governor’s overall agenda, and there were serious concerns that various lawsuits, as well as threatened legislative action, would block the plan anyway.
Forcing the issue on the public has given the Governor his lowest approval ratings ever, with only 25% of New Yorker’s saying they would vote to re-elect him if the vote were held today.
There was also anxiety about the negative impact the issue was having on Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
San Francisco Approves I.D. Cards For Everyone Including Illegal Aliens
The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to issue municipal identification cards to city residents, regardless of whether they are in the country legally.
Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who authored the ID card legislation, said the program is a smart public safety measure because it would make residents living on the social margins of San Francisco more likely to seek the help of police and could give them more access to banking services.
The truth is that everyone in San Francisco lives on the social margins, that’s why they hate the military, religion, and border security.
It’s totally irresponsible to allow anyone to have an official I.D. card. A terrorist only has to buy a fake passport and then use it to get an official I.D. card and they have officially become a new person. Then they can take that shiny new I.D. and open bank accounts, get drivers licenses, and even vote.
This is yet another example of why San Francisco is completely out of touch with reality.
-Chris Jones
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