For The Cause

from a good site: http://forthecause.us/

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PETITION TO PARDON BORDER PATROL AGENTS TO NO AVAIL - PRESIDENT TURNS HIS BACK
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Compassionate conservatism requires the immediate pardon of Border Agents Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos before Christmas. In a continuing effort to pressure the President to pardon convicted border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, Grassfire presented petitions to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher during a national press conference on the front steps of the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana, California. The centerpiece of the event -- citizen petitions presented to border agent Jose Compean. President Bush will not issue a pardon, however; in a phone call to Dana Rohrabacher after the event, the White House said the agents had used excessive force against the drug smuggler they were pursuing; further, both agents got a "fair trial." Bottom line: no pardon for Compean and Ramos, each of whom begin 10-year sentences in less than a month.

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CNN Lou Dobbs - video:

Georgia Cracks Down on its 500,000 Illegal Aliens

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On January 1, Georgia will begin implementing a set of laws aimed at solving the state's illegal alien crisis. Georgia hopes to succeed where the federal government has failed. Georgia has the fastest growing population of illegal aliens of any state in the country. It's estimated that there are nearly half-a-million illegal immigrants in the state. Chip Rogers (R), Georgia State Senator, said: "When the federal government fails to do their job and enforcing our borders, it really has a bigger impact on the states, when you think about it, because it's the states who have to pay for education. It's the states who have to pay for law enforcement." In an attempt to come to terms with those problems, the state of Georgia is instituting new laws. Beginning January 1, a non-citizen receiving social benefits will have to verify that they are in the country legally. Likewise, employers, contractors, subcontractors, any business doing business with the state will be required to prove their employees are legally allowed to work. All suspects arrested for a crime will have their immigration status checked, along with checking for outstanding warrants. And illegal aliens will no longer be eligible for in-state tuition rates at Georgia colleges and universities. Activist D.A. King said: "The easy way to look at Senate Bill 529 here in Georgia is to just understand that it does nothing more or less than mirror the language and the intent of existing federal law." Georgia's bill passed overwhelmingly, by a greater than 2-1 margin, in the legislature.

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Help Save Herndon:

287(G) Training Could Have Prevented a Tragedy in Herndon, Virginia

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For Jose Santos Sibrian Espinoza, the prime suspect in the November hit and run killing of Joseph Passarelli of Herndon, run-ins with the law were a frequent occurrence. Court records for the Counties of Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William show that Sibrian Espinoza had a combined total of 21 cases within the last 6 years within those jurisdictions. The charges ranged from Driving without a valid operator license, 7 separate incidents, to a DWI conviction. Throw in a myriad of other traffic related offenses such as excessive speeding and failure to obey highway signs, add a trespassing charge whose adjudication was a deferred dismissal and you will have a more complete picture of the person suspected of killing Herndon citizen Joseph Passarelli. What makes the actions of Sibrian Espinoza so egregious is that Sibrian Espinoza was deported before being brought to justice. The Passarelli family must now endure what could be months of anguish before the killer of their beloved husband and father is brought to justice, if the government of El Salvador cooperates and allows him to be extradited. More painful, is the fact that this death was one that could have been prevented had the necessary tools been in place for each of the police departments in the jurisdictions Sibrian Espinoza was charged with an infraction. The time is now that each of the police departments in the northern Virginia area should work with ICE to be trained in accordance with the Section 287G of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This training would have enabled any of the police departments who brought any of the 21 charges against Sibrian Espinoza within the last 6 years to check immigration status, and begin the procedure to remove a repeat offender from the streets.
[More information: Here is the background story of this incident, which appeared in the December issue of The Herndon Compass. Twenty-five (25) Americans are killed each day by illegal alien drivers. Evidently, the Bush Administration believes this is an acceptable price to pay to fuel Corporate America's dependence on cheap labor.]