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Ike lays bare immigration paradox
Debate rages on fate of undocumented workers in hurricane-hit areas
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Mexican drug cartels damaging US national forests
This is heartbreaking that our national treasures are being destroyed.
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Illegal immigrants connected to Mexico's drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of marijuana in the heart of one of America's national treasures, authorities say. It's a booming business that, federal officials say, feeds Mexico's most violent drug traffickers.
"These aren't Cheech and Chong plants," said John Walters, director of the National Drug Control Policy. "People who farm now are not doing this for laughs, despite the fact Hollywood still thinks that. They're doing it to make a lot of money."
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Star athlete, Honor Student murdered by illegal alien
In early 2008, star athlete and honor student Jameil Shaw Jr. was brutally gunned down by Pedro Espinoza, an illegal alien who had been released from encarceration less than 48 hours before... In early 2008, star athlete and honor student Jameil Shaw Jr. was brutally gunned down by Pedro Espinoza, an illegal alien who had bee... more
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The Great Wall of America: the Mexican-U.S. border
"The smuggler was surprised to see us. It's his business to monitor traffic along his stretch of the border, and he had just watched from his hiding place as a white-and-green patrol truck rolled slowly past on the U.S. side. The day shift was ending for "la migra," the border patrol, so it was time for him to move.
He urged his clients--11 illegal aliens--to get over the fence quickly. Within minutes, all were safely across the border about five miles (8 km) west of Naco, Ariz.--roughly the same spot where Coronado and his conquistadores made the first recorded crossing in 1540. The smuggler was brushing their footprints from the border road when our four-wheel-drive rental appeared unexpectedly over the hill.
He did what smugglers always do when spotted: he bolted. In an instant he was safely back on the other side, leaving his customers to their fate. They followed him, bewildered, only gradually realizing that we were journalists, not federal agents. In this way, we had a chance to see how a group of ordinary Mexicans--one a grandmotherly woman, another a 10-year-old boy--cope with the U.S. government's new $1 million-per-mile border-security fence.
Passions don't shake out neatly along party lines. Republican John McCain wove frantically through last winter's debates trying to avoid the scarlet A-for-amnesty. His sin was promoting a "pathway to citizenship" for undocumented workers. Democrat Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, tripped on a debate question about driver's licenses for illegal aliens. Senator Barack Obama has stepped carefully with the issue, voting for the fence and for more agents on the border while saying that this covers "only one side of the equation."
In this cloud of intangibles, the fence is something solid. After years of talking about it, Congress last year put $1.2 billion into the project, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) promptly started hiring posthole diggers. DHS aims to complete more than 650 miles (roughly 1,000 km) of barrier by the end of the year, built in sections by National Guard units and private contractors. That represents only about one-third of the U.S.-Mexico border; on the other hand, the fence clearly delineates, for the first time, a frontier that was previously just a four-strand cattle fence at best.
New fence goes up every week in Arizona and California, mile after mile of posts and plates and screens and rails marching across sun-blasted deserts and up rugged, rock-strewn hillsides. No one seems able to keep track of it all. Even agents of the newly reorganized Customs and Border Protection (CBP) department find themselves coming upon sections they've never seen before. The work is less advanced in New Mexico and stalled in Texas, where fierce local opposition has delayed construction--a coalition of border-town mayors and chambers of commerce has sued DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, alleging he is trying to seize land at inadequate prices. But Texas already has more than 1,200 miles (almost 2,000 km) of well-marked border in the form of the Rio Grande."
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Source: Time Magazine "The smuggler was surprised to see us. It's his business to monitor traffic along his stretch of the border, and he had just... more -
Hinckley Sr. And Bush Sr. Were Business Partners / Reagan Said Secret Service Shot...
Ronald Reagan told the Associated Press that a Secret Service agent shot him when he landed on him in the limousine, while appearing to pose as a cover against John Hinckley's gunfire. He said before then,"I knew that I was not hit.When Jerry landed on me , was the first time that I felt pain at all" At that time , he said that he then felt like he had been hit by a hammer..He ordered his own Secret Service of off his door at the hospital while recovering.He and his family brought in U.S. Navy Guards to watch his room entry, until he was released. Reagan told family members that George Bush Sr. had ordered the assasination attempt. Bush was forced on him as a running mate by Henry Kissinnger and David Rockefeller. After recovering from the shooting, Reagan became a passive President,while behind closed doors, George Bush ran the Oval office.Hinkley's brother was scheduled to have lunch with Neil Bush that following day after the shooting.
Remember the scene at his funeral when Nancy Reagan blantanly refused to allow Bush Jr. to hold her hand or touch her. Ronald Reagan told the Associated Press that a Secret Service agent shot him when he landed on him in the limousine, while appearing t... more -
Illegal Drug Smuggling Army Controls Our Border Allowing Al-Qaeda Terrorist Entry ...
The American government has lost control of our borders. The Meican terror squad is now smuggling terrorist from the Middle east into America, by way of the Mexican border. It has become apparent to everyone living in this country that NAFTA by far is probably the worst mistake made by our government in recent years, outside of the Iraqi war. Human traffic is big business. The American government has lost control of our borders. The Meican terror squad is now smuggling terrorist from the Middle east into... more
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Mexico's Attorney General Says, Zetas Rule The Land.Killer Army Now Rules Our...
Not so fast.Before we decide that's it's wrong, racist, and unfair to call Mexican immigrants illegal, maybe we should first find out who really is coming in through our borders,where they are really coming from, and what their true agenda is. Maybe we should stop being so naive about everybody that comes here, realize and admit the possibilty that our borders are in serious danger and are under seige ! Not so fast.Before we decide that's it's wrong, racist, and unfair to call Mexican immigrants illegal, maybe we should first... more
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Immigrants are people, not aliens
Americans need to see past the title of immigrant and see the person instead.
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How many immigrants does it take to kick Mitt Romney's Ass? (Candidate vs. Co...
Candidate vs. Comedian: Episode 2 (Romney on Immigration) Do comedians have more answers than candidates? www.LeeCamp.net
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