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Headlines and quotes from all over (2/14/2007 – 2/22/2006):
Hat tips up-front (in order of appearance) to missionaryman, Bill Quick, Lastango, Pamela, Patterico, DRJ, PoliPundit, John Robb, Hot Air.com, PowerLine, SondraK, Jihad Watch, Tammy Bruce, Kim du Toit, SeeDubya, and Publicola.
Articles follow:
2/22/2007
Groups Seek Shutdown of Immigration Center
Groups seek shutdown of Texas center for immigrant families Troops on border help fuel drop in migrant arrestsThe rescue Sunday evening of 40 migrants inside a steamy tractor-trailer at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint was not only a tragedy averted but an example of changing practices along the border. Conditions at immigrant detention center decriedConditions at a facility used to detain immigrant families violate national detention standards and congressional guidelines, according to a report to be released today.
The Home Secretary is asked why police were told to release illegal immigrants and allow them make their way to a screening centre. Senate hearings on Ramos-Compean postponed
Democrats who want ‘extreme’ sentences probed blame ‘scheduling difficulties’ Posted: February 20, 2007 7:57 p.m. Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com Senate Judiciary Committee hearings scheduled by Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., to investigate the prosecution of border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean and Texas Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Guillermo “Gilmer” Hernandez have…
Mexican official’s SUV attacked near border
Associated Press NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico – Gunmen wielding assault rifles attacked a vehicle carrying federal Congressman Horacio Garza in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, wounding him and killing his driver Monday, just one day after the government announced a sweeping crackdown on drug-fueled crime in the area. Garza was in stable condition after suffering gunshot wounds to the neck, leg and.
Mexican Congress OKs Terror Finance Bill
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s lower house of Congress passed a bill Tuesday that provides up to 40 years in prison for people convicted of financing terrorist groups. The bill, approved 413-12 with six abstentions, also authorizes prosecutors to track and obtain information from finance and tax authorities on suspicious transactions. The Senate approved the measure last year and President Felipe
Memo could lead to new trial for agents
Lawyer says defense never saw document By Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:02/21/2007 12:00:00 AM PST The defense for two former El Paso Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican drug smuggler will ask for a new trial based on evidence not provided to them in court. Mary Stillinger, co-counsel for former Border Patrol agent Ignacio Ramos,
Citizenship bids surge, U.S. says
Gannett News Service Published: 02.21.2007 WASHINGTON – More immigrants applied to become U.S. citizens last year than any year since 1999, largely because of the national debate over border security and illegal immigration. Government officials, immigrants’ advocates and demographers say the jump mirrored a spike a decade ago when immigration also was prominent in national politics.
Mexico planning to push hard for immigration deal
The Associated Press MEXICO CITY – Mexico plans to begin an aggressive lobbying effort in the United States to secure an immigration reform agreement, the country’s new ambassador to Washington said Tuesday. The staffs of Mexican consulates in the United States will talk with state and federal lawmakers, business chambers, civic groups and “all actors of U.S. society” who support
Border Patrol agent wounds illegal immigrant suspect
DAVID L. TEIBEL Published: 02.21.2007 A suspected illegal immigrant was shot and wounded before dawn today in Rio Rico in a confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol agents, Santa Cruz County Sheriff Antonio Estrada said. The agents had been staffing a checkpoint in Santa Cruz County and went on a coffee break about 4 a.m. at a gasoline station and market just off Interstate 19 in Rio Rico,
Strike force mobilizes to squelch smuggling
Border targets: Drugs and human cargo Lindsey Collom The Arizona Republic Photo by Pat Shannahan/The Arizona Republic Feb. 21, 2007 12:00 AM What first caught the officers’ attention was the rear of the Chevrolet Astro van. The vehicle slung low as it darted from lane to lane on traffic-heavy Interstate 10. A temporary license plate added a second checkmark to the list. The van fit several
U.S. troop deployment cuts crossings from Mexico
Reuters SAN LUIS, Arizona – Using troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico has cut the flow of illegal immigrants crossing north by more than 40 percent since June, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Tuesday. President George W. Bush ordered 6,000 National Guard troops to the border in May as a stopgap measure to boost frontier security for two years while more Border
Tougher Tactics Deter Migrants at U.S. Border
Article published Feb 21, 2007 JAMES C. MCKINLEY JR. SAN LUIS RÍO COLORADO, Mexico — For 10 years, Eduardo Valenzuela has been crossing the border illegally near Yuma, Ariz., trekking over desert scrub and hopping a freight train to get back to his job with a construction company in Phoenix. The clandestine trip has become an annual ritual for him, as he goes home each winter to see his
Homeland Security chief applauds progress on Yuma fence
BY JEFFREY GAUTREAUX, SUN STAFF WRITER February 20, 2007 – 7:45PM DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Secretary Michael Chertoff addresses the media Tuesday along the primary border fence near San Luis, Ariz. Chertoff said advances in infrastructure and the presence of the National Guard have improved border security. Top Homeland Security official Michael Chertoff announced in Yuma on
I’m moving this one from gs to the front.SteveF, the link to the transcripts at the WorldNetDaily article is broken. Per lonewacko.com, the transcripts are here. If true–note the caveat–, this is explosive:In an interview with Grassfire.org’s Steve Elliott (see audio above, transcript below), Corsi explained that no action was taken for days following the incident at the border. In fact the agents’ actions were considered “normal” and the reporting “acceptable” until Mexico intervened. Says Corsi, “Then on March 4 the request came through from the Mexican Consulate to the U.S. consulate in Mexico demanding an investigation on the basis that the Mexican Consulate was bringing forth Davila and wanted the agents to be punished.”Like the man says, read the whole thing–and follow the links. (As usual, my apologies if I’ve overlooked previous DP coverage.)It must be fun in the White House, trying to decide whose ass to kiss from day to day. Can you imagine the consternation if the Saudis and the Mexicans should ever find themselves at loggerheads over marching orders to GWB?
Mexico’s Full-Court PressMexico to lobby aggressively for immigration reform
Mexico plans to begin an aggressive lobbying effort in the United States to secure an immigration reform agreement, the country’s new ambassador in Washington said Tuesday. Mexican consulates in the United States will talk with state and federal lawmakers, business chambers, civic organizations and “all actors of U.S. society” who support comprehensive immigration reform, Arturo Sarukhan said. …Sarukhan said the government’s lobbying effort would not overshadow its promise to speak out to protect the rights of Mexicans living in the United States, which he said “forms the backbone of our diplomacy in the U.S.”Man, I’ve had it up to here with the Mexican government, its countless consulates and ubiquitous officials running around our country meddling in our affairs, corrupting our politics and trying to steal our sovereignty
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Want more information? Start with DP post A Rallying Point For Anti-Illegal Conservatives
2/20/2007
Why Mexican Hospital Emergency Rooms Aren’t Swamped
Emergency rooms in American hospitals are being overwhelmed by uninsured patients who don’t pay for medical care, as my VDARE.COM colleague Edwin Rubenstein has pointed out in several articles (see here and here ). A significant portion of these patients are immigrants, often illegal aliens. The complicating factor is a law known as EMTALA ( Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act )
Ramos attorney calls for mistrial
Claims key document withheld from border agents’ defense Posted: February 20, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com The prosecutor in the high-profile case that sent border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean to prison never showed the defense a potentially exculpatory Department of Homeland Security memo. The document, an April 12, 2005, memo by Special Agent
Fight to control corridors on Arizona border turns violent
By Dianne Solis The Dallas Morning News (MCT) ALTAR, Mexico – For nearly a decade this village on the edge of the Sonoran Desert has been a supermarket for smugglers and the smuggled. Migrants choose from an array of packages offered by coyotes and pick up day packs and anti-dehydration potions for the trek north. Now drug smugglers want their route. And to drive home their point, they’ve
Gunmen wound federal legislator, kill driver in Nuevo Laredo
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico Assault rifle-wielding gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying a Mexican congressman in Nuevo Laredo, wounding him and killing his driver. The attack yesterday in the violence-torn city across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, wounded Mexican Congressman Horacio Garza. He’s in stable condition with gunshot wounds to the neck, leg and shoulder. His driver, Hector (EHK’-tur)
Mexican Prosecutor Questioned in Killing
Feb 20, 12:35 AM EST By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) — An assistant state prosecutor in Mexico was detained for questioning in an investigation into the killing of an opposition politician and four others, and the passing of information to drug traffickers. In the border city of Nuevo Laredo, gunmen wielding assault rifles attacked a vehicle carrying a federalGroup launches ads calling for pardon of border agentsBy Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:02/20/2007 12:00:00 AM PST A grass-roots organization and a media consulting firm launched a campaign Monday seeking a presidential pardon for two former Border Patrol agents convicted of shooting a Mexican national during a 2005 incident. The 30- to 60- second television spots, produced by Demos Chrissos, owner of
Sacramento to be the scene of fierce debate on immigration
By Harrison Sheppard, Staff Writer Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:02/20/2007 12:00:00 AM PST SACRAMENTO – Lawmakers are expected to take up the fierce debate over illegal immigration again this year with a host of bills meant to deny or expand benefits to the undocumented. Already in this new legislative session, Republicans have proposed bills to deny public benefits toRaids leave immigrants in fear nationwideBy Juliana Barbassa The Associated Press Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:02/19/2007 12:00:00 AM PST RICHMOND – Fear has gripped immigrant families across the country as federal agents raid neighborhoods, work sites and jails in a nationwide crackdown on illegal immigration. Tens of thousands of people have been rounded up over the past several months, and many more are afraid to
Guard team again visited by possibly armed men
By Brady McCombs ARIZONA DAILY STAR A group of possibly armed men approached a National Guard observation team near Sasabe Friday night, marking the third close encounter of the year and second in that area. Armed National Guard members working in an entrance-identification team west of the Rancho de la Osa near Sasabe radioed the Border Patrol about a group of several men approaching theirLeft Activists: Let Aliens VoteIt is ironic that this story should run President’s week. This is yet another leftist attempt to circumvent the will of the American people and change the outcome of our elections. Promising all sorts of entitlements and living off of others, they lock up the illegal immigration vote. Taking down this great country, brick by brick. hat tip Jon.
NY PostImmigrant-rights activists yesterday renewed their push to allow legal noncitizens to vote in the Big Apple. A bill that would grant permanent residents and other legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections has been stalled in the City Council since last year. “More than 50,000 adult noncitizen taxpayers in those two districts are disenfranchised by citizenship voting laws,” said Cheryl Wertz, of New Immigrant Community Empowerment, referring to today’s special election for council seats in Brooklyn and Staten Island. Councilman Charles Barron (D-Brooklyn), the sponsor of the Voting Rights Restoration Act, said that years ago, when immigrants were mostly European, they had voting rights. “Then when the complexion of immigrants changes, then all of a sudden, the laws change,” he said.America was a different country then. It was free from the slavery of taxation. Complextion is not the issue Barron, welfare is the issie and medicare and cradle to the grave entitlements are the issue.
Mexican drug war soldiers will get 50% more pay
The Associated Press Published: 02.20.2007 MEXICO CITY – Soldiers waging a nationwide offensive against drug traffickers will get a pay boost of nearly 50 percent this year in a bid to insulate them from corruption, Mexican President Felipe Calderón announced Monday.
Mexican Prosecutor Questioned in Killing
Mexican state prosecutor faces questioning in killing of opposition leader
DRJ Pores Through the Border Patrol Trial Transcripts — Medical Testimony (Vols. VIII and IX)
2/19/2007
Latin Corn Farmers See Gold in Ethanol
Mexico’s corn farmers expanding production to reap benefits of rising prices
DRJ Pores Through the Border Patrol Trial Transcripts — Oscar Juarez (Vols. VIII and IX)Crime Does Pay
Illegal alien who turned states evidence against the border agent who captured him has been rewarded: An illegal alien got a “get out of jail free card” plus U.S. legal documents and monetary compensation from federal prosecutors in exchange for his testimony against a U.S. Border Patrol agent accused of using …
Mexico steps up drug fight, sends troops to border
Ratcheting up its fight against drug cartels, the Mexican government announced Sunday that it is deploying about 3,300 troops and police to two besieged states bordering Texas.
2/18/2007
Military urbanism is on the march, driven forward by the nation-state’s inability to handle globalization and its guerrillas. If you want to get a glimpse of where we are headed — from border fences to advanced prisons to smuggling tunnels to checkpoints to mass detention centers to day laborer spaces – you need to look no further than
SUBTOPIA: A Field Guide to Military Urbanism by Bryan Finoki. Bryan has put together a fascinating blog that should be turned into a book!
Along for the Ride as Mexico Battles Drug Cartels
ABC News Takes to Air, Sea and Land With Mexico’s Anti-Drug Forces
DRJ Pores Through the Border Patrol Trial Transcripts — C. Sanchez and Oscar Benavides (Vol. VIII)
2/17/2007
Homeland Security chief promotes immigration reform in Mexico visit
JULIE WATSON Published: 02.16.2007 MEXICO CITY – U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Friday that immigration reform would let U.S. law enforcement focus on catching criminals instead of “future housekeepers and landscapers.” But he said Americans are unlikely to back any such reform until added security along the Mexican border convinces them that they’re safe. In his first
Mexico’s crackdown on cartels has limited success
The Associated Press Published: 02.16.2007 MEXICO CITY – Powerful drug gangs control parts of Mexico despite a wide-ranging crackdown involving thousands of federal troops, a top security official said Thursday. Roberto Campa, executive secretary of Mexico’s National Public Security Council, said the military offensive was successful in regaining a few drug strongholds, but other areas
Border authorities worried after spate of violenceJ
ACQUES BILLEAUD Published: 02.14.2007 PHOENIX – Four recent cases in which gunmen apparently tried to kidnap illegal immigrants from their smugglers underscore an increase in violence in the human trafficking trade, border agents say. Three people were killed last week north of Tucson in what authorities believe was the latest example of armed smugglers trying to steal migrants from rival
Hearings about agents’ case could go before House
By Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:02/15/2007 12:00:00 AM PST The speaker of the House of Representatives will be asked to hold hearings on the case of two convicted Border Patrol agents for the shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler. The request, which comes on the heels of the Senate’s decision to hold hearings last week on the case, was drafted by
High-tech system to track the flow of foreigners criticized
HEARST NEWSPAPERS WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s program for identifying illegal immigrants and terrorists is unable to locate foreign nationals inside the U.S. or determine if they ever leave the country, a senior homeland-security official said Friday. The DHS’s $1.7 billion United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program is responsible
Border Patrol in search for 6K agents
Job fair Feb. 24 to offer tentative jobs to people who pass first test CLAUDINE LoMONACO Published: 02.17.2007 The U.S. Border Patrol is expediting its application process in an attempt to meet President Bush’s goal of hiring 6,000 new agents by the end of 2008. At an job fair Feb. 24, applicants may take a four-hour written test and receive a tentative, on-the-spot job offer if they pass.
Four Mexican Police Officers Murdered
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Assailants shot dead four police officers in the western Mexican city of Aguascalientes on Thursday, the latest in a wave of slayings of law enforcement officers across Mexico. The city police officers had arrived at the scene of a car crash when they encountered several men unloading firearms out of a vehicle and tried to arrest them, Aguascalientes state attorney general
Former inspector allowed hundreds of illegal immigrants into the U.S.
Border agent gets 5 years in prison The Associated Press Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:02/16/2007 12:00:00 AM PST SAN DIEGO – A former border inspector was sentenced Thursday to five years in federal prison for guiding hundreds of illegal immigrants through his checkpoint booth in exchange for taking at least $70,000 from a smuggling ring. Michael Anthony Gilliland, a 44-
Illegal alien’s licenses are legal
By Paul Peirce and Bob Stiles TRIBUNE-REVIEW Thursday, February 15, 2007 While most states tightened requirements for obtaining driver’s licenses after 9/11, illegal Ghanaian immigrant Sam P. Thompson was able to obtain commercial driver’s licenses to operate trucks in at least two states — Maryland and Kentucky, records disclose. Today, Thompson, 32, of Gaithersburg, Md., sits in the
2/16/2007
Video: Michelle vs. Marones on crackdown of illegal immigrants
Guest hosting for Bill, Michelle duked it out with Immigrant Rights Activist and illegal alien apologist Enrique Morones on tonight’s Factor. Morones argues the crackdown on illegal immigration in cities across the nation is racist, adding law enforcement officials only go after “people who look like me” and not blue-eyed blondes.
In any given corporation, Part TwoI
concluded my post just below on the NFL’s decision not to allow the U.S. Border Patrol to run a
Training bottleneck for predator pilots
The homeland security official in charge of using drone aircraft on the U.S. border says a shortage of qualified pilots is a problem for the department.
Dubya—speak up, here, fella
The Mexican Consulate played a previously undisclosed role in the events leading to U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton’s high-profile prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who are serving 11 and 12 year sentences for their role in the shooting of a drug smuggler, according to documents obtained by WND. And Mexican consular officials also demanded the prosecution of Texas Sheriff’s Deputy Guillermo “Gilmer” Hernandez, who subsequently was brought to trial by Sutton, the documents reveal. …”We have it in writing,” he told WND, “a letter from the Mexican Consulate in the case of the deputy sheriff from Edwards County and verbal confirmation of the Mexican Consulate’s complaint in the case of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean.” Culberson told WND it is “outrageous and unacceptable that our government is prosecuting U.S. law enforcement officials at the request of the Mexican government.”
Governor Ted Strickland speaks out against the Bush Administration’s immigration madness. “Strickland: No Iraq refugees,” from Associated Press, with thanks to A Girl Scout:Border Agent Sentenced to 5 YearsSan Diego border agent sentenced to 5 years for letting migrants into U.S. illegally
2/15/2007
Illegal Crossings Drop On US-Mexico Border
Operation Jumpstart, the push to reinforce America’s southern border, appears to be discouraging would-be illegals from crossing the border. The number of apprehensions is down by 27 percent; the amount of marijuana seized is up by 51 percent.
DRJ Pores Through the Border Patrol Trial Transcripts — Opening Statements (Volume VI)Tancredo Urges Support for Border Patrol Agents
On Representative and Presidential candidate Tom Tancredo’s website, there’s a way you can send a message to Border Patrol Agent Nacho Ramos. He is the agent who was beaten mercilessly, as John Walsh of “America’s Most Wanted” notes, by 4-5 illegal aliens serving time in the same prison. Here’s the YouTube video by Representative Tancredo on the issue and how a word from you to our agents will make the world of difference for their morale.
UA study: Illegal immigrant deaths tied to border policy
CLAUDINE LoMONACO Published: 02.14.2007 Researchers at the University of Arizona released a study today that attributes the exponential increase in border deaths to U.S. policy of “funnelling” illegal immigrants away from urban areas in Texas and California and into Arizona’s harsh deserts. Arizona accounts for a third to half of the 2,000 to 3,000 bodies of men, women and children found
Activists split over new ‘Day Without an Immigrant’
By: EDWARD SIFUENTES – Staff Writer NORTH COUNTY —- Immigrant rights activists from Los Angeles say they plan to repeat last May’s “Day Without an Immigrant” boycott in which many immigrants passed on work and school to protest what they called unfair immigration proposals, but local activists say a second such protest may not be a
Congressman: Probe Mexico’s role in prosecutions
Documents show pressure on U.S. from south in cases of sheriff, border agents Posted: February 15, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com A Republican congressman is asking a Democrat colleague to hold hearings to investigate the involvement of the Mexican government in the decision to prosecute Texas Deputy Sheriff Gilmer Hernandez and Border Patrol agents Ignacio
Cash going to Mexico likely to start at a bank
Los Angeles Times By Marla Dickerson February 13, 2007 MEXICO CITY – Mexicans who work in the United States and send money south of the border are moving into the financial mainstream, according to a new survey. Fully 70% of migrants interviewed by Mexico’s central bank said they had a U.S. bank account. The findings also suggest that U.S. financial institutions are playing an increasing role
Border Patrol agent shoots at migrants throwing rocks
By Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times Article Launched: 02/15/2007 12:00:00 AM MST A Border Patrol agent in El Paso opened fire at a group of suspected migrants who were throwing rocks, in what officials described as part of a growing number of assaults on agents along the U.S.-Mexico border. The agent, whose name was not released, was not hurt and no one was believed to have been shot in the
Hearings about agents’ case could go before House
By Sara A. Carter, Staff Writer Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Article Launched:02/15/2007 12:00:00 AM PST The speaker of the House of Representatives will be asked to hold hearings on the case of two convicted Border Patrol agents for the shooting of a Mexican drug smuggler. The request, which comes on the heels of the Senate’s decision to hold hearings last week on the case, was drafted
New Citizenship Test Gets A Test Drive
They came from Vietnam, India, Mexico, Britain. And they were among the first in the United States to try out a new citizenship test that the U.S. government wants to have ready for 2008.
U.S. agent gets 5 years for immigrant smuggling
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former U.S. border agent who allowed hundreds of illegal immigrants to cross from Mexico in return for $120,000 in cash was sentenced on Thursday to five years in federal prison.
DRJ Pores Through the Border Patrol Trial Transcripts — Volume VI
2/14/2007
DRJ Pores Through the Border Patrol Trial Transcripts — Volumes II – VI Video: Dennis Miller on Bank of America, Rudy
“… if they want to be the B of M, fine, but I’m not in until they’re the B of A again.”DM came on the show with a slip — he withdrew all of his funds at Bank of America today. I don’t know about you, but I absolutely agree with Miller’s perspective of Rudy, McCain, and Romney. Rudy’s the man because he scares the terrorists, McCain’s a patriot, but his time has past. And as for Mitt, well, you’ll see.Also: If you want to let Bank of
MexicoAmerica to know your opinion, here’s their address:Bank of America
Office of the Chairman/President
DE5-019-02-03
Wilmington, DE 19884
CRIMINAL ALIENS? Yeah .. you heard me right. Though it will take me time to get my tongue trained .. I’ve decided to join the politically correct crowd when it comes to referring to the invasion force from South of the border. The politically correct left wants to call them “undocumented workers” or “immigrants.” I’m part of the politically correct right … so the “undocumented” thing doesn’t work for me. I was “undocumented” right up until the time I got my hideous Social Security number from the Imperial Federal Government. They’re also not “immigrants.” Immigration is a legal procedure. The “immigrant” title is given to those who follow this procedure. The Mexican invasion force has decided not to follow the law. They come across the border illegally. They get jobs illegally. They remain here illegally. That’s why we’ve been calling them illegal aliens up to this point. But when you think about it, what do we call people who violate our laws? What do you call people who engage in a pattern of continuing illegal behavior? Why, we call them criminals! The gall of these people waving signs saying “I am not a criminal!” Why hell yes you are! You broke the law coming here. You’re breaking the law staying here. You break the law by working here. You break the law .. .you’re a criminal! So … to the extent to which I can remember .. from now on the Hispanic invasion force shall be known as and referred to as “criminal aliens” on the show and in my writings.
Transcripts of the border patrol agents prosecution( read fiasco) finally available on line. _____ Transcripts detail immunity deal in border agents’ case By Dave Montgomery Star-Telegram Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Newly released transcripts from the trial of two Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting and wounding a Mexican drug courier shed fresh details on the immunity deal
Amnesty disaster looms – Michelle Malkin
December, President Bush signed off on a few dog-and-pony illegal immigrant employment raids. Whoop-de-doo. Politically expedient holiday gestures over, the White House is now back to work pushing its long-planned, massive alien amnesty. The state of the borders, green card process and entrance system for visitors and tourists? Porous. Chaotic. Understaffed. And overwhelmed. But no matter.
Mexico demanded U.S. prosecute sheriff, agents
Documents show role of consulate in cases of Gilmer Hernandez and Ramos-Compean Posted: February 13, 2007 6:28 p.m. Eastern By Jerome R. Corsi © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com The Mexican Consulate played a previously undisclosed role in the events leading to U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton’s high-profile prosecution of Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who are serving 11 and 12 year
So you thought “football” was our national sport?
Nazzo fast, Guido: The National Football League refused to run a recruitment ad for the U.S. Border Patrol in last week’s Super Bowl program, saying it was “controversial” because it mentioned duties such as fighting terrorism and stopping drugs and illegal aliens at the border.Yeah, drugs, illegal aliens and terrorism are pretty controversial issues—if you’re a liberal dickhead. (I used the quotes around football because the ball is hardly ever kicked during a game. But that’s not the point.) Of course, considering that the NFL is essentially a socialist’s wet dream (annual drafts to make the talent pool “fair”; unionized labor force, etc.), such a statement should not be surprising. Wonder how they’d feel about terrorism being “controversial” if an Al-Qa’eda pilot were to use the Hall of Fame in Canton for a landing-strip?
Mexico drug gangs ‘in web taunts’
Mexican police probe claims rival drug gangs are taunting each other by posting bloody clips on the internet.
Border Patrol Transcripts — Volume IBorder Patrol Shooting Trial Transcripts AvailableUnion calls for border agents’ pardon
The largest union for federal employees has called for the release of two U.S. Border Patrol agents imprisoned for shooting a Mexican drug courier.
Unbelievable, Laughable, Inexcusable
You know how every so often they find tunnels through which illegal aliens and drugs are smuggled over the Mexican border? Congressman Tom Davis is looking into what happens to these things once they’ve been discovered. And nobody at the… 2/12/2007
Commentary: Anti-immigrant mob creates false heroes
The world is upside down. A posse of Republican lawmakers who, when opposing amnesty for illegal immigrants, like to talk about how rules must be followed and how we shouldn’t reward lawbreakers. They’re now demanding that a pair of convicted felons be rewarded with a presidential pardon.
Something fishy in
DenmarkTejas Two Border Patrol agents who testified against two co-workers convicted of shooting a drug smuggler will be fired [and a third resigned] for changing their stories about events surrounding the shooting, … The agents were given immunity in exchange for their testimony despite changing their accounts of the incident several times. … “When you give deals to witnesses like immunity, the government usually gets the testimony (it wants),” said Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, a former judge and prosecutor. “This case is a perfect example.”So, the suspect, after grappling with one of the officers and throwing dirt in his eyes [too much TV], fled the scene leaving his van with 800 lbs of skunk weed in it. As he fled, the officer[s] shot at him but he continued to flee, escaping. His wounds were described thus; a lateral wound to the left buttocks …bullet fragments were found in Aldrete-Davila’s pelvis but not removed. The path of the bullet is clearly described as entering in the left side of the left buttocks, traversing the groin area, and lodging in the right thigh. … records also indicate reconstructive surgery was performed on Aldrete-Davila the same day at the army hospital. Damage to the urethra required a catheter to be insertedNow, I’m no Doc, but ‘t seems to me that this feller got shot in the dangly bits. Now, answer me this; if one is shot in the major man part, does one continue to flee? Pamibe has done a great job boiling down the story from various and multiple outlets.
Minuteman Project to Probe Prosecution of 2 Border Agents
The founder of the Minuteman Project may soon announce a citizens’ investigation commission to look into the prosecution of two former Border Patrol agents now in prison for the nonfatal shooting of a Mexican drug runner in Texas.
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