Postcards from the Edge

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North County Times -- Escondido, Calif.

Border Patrol shoots suspected coyote in Escondido

An early-morning shooting involving a Border Patrol agent killed one person in northern Escondido on Thursday. -- A border patrol agent shot a suspected smuggler around 12:36 a.m. Thursday near Mountain Meadow Road and Champagne Boulevard, near Deer Springs Road.

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R. Cort Kirkwood -- The John Birch Society

Amnesty: Will Congress turn its back on you?

Way back in 1986, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), then, as now, the principal agent of leviathan leftism in the Senate, sponsored an immigration bill. Then, as now, illegal aliens had flooded the country. And then, as now, the Senate had an answer: amnesty. Kennedy said a few things worth remembering...

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Nashville City Paper

Arrests of foreigners double over Memorial Day weekend

The number of foreign-born persons physically arrested by Metro Police over the Memorial Day weekend was more than twice as high as the average number from a weekend, according to Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall, who is responsible for screening all foreign-born arrestees for federal immigration violations.
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Daily Democrat -- Woodland, Calif. Bush's willing workers

Lawmen pursue Mexican invader who shot his wife

A manhunt is under way for the suspect in the brazen murder of his wife at an orchard near Zamora over the weekend. -- Law enforcement officials are hoping they can capture Ignacio Favela Mendoza before he makes it to Mexico, where he had been deported several years ago.

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Rasmussen Reports

Just 16% believe the Bush/Senate scam will slow the invasion

There's a simple reason the immigration bill [aka amnesty scheme] being debated by the U.S. Senate is unpopular with voters - the general public doesn't believe it will reduce illegal immigration. And, in the minds of most voters, that's what immigration reform is all about.

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MSNBC

Iraq refugees knocking: U.S. to let in 7,000

The United States will soon begin admitting a bigger trickle of the more than 2 million refugees who have fled Iraq, acknowledging for the first time the country may never be safe for some who have helped the U.S. there. -- After months of agonizing delays and withering criticism from advocacy groups and lawmakers...

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Tom Fitton -- American Daily

Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2007

The Bush White House and a select group of senators reached a prospective deal on immigration... a deal that could mean amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. This week, [DHS Secretary] Michael Chertoff stumped for the legislation. While acknowledging that there is a "fundamental unfairness" in a bill that allows illegal aliens to stay...
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San Francisco Chronicle

'High costs of the amnesty bill'

The Senate immigration bill has been defended by promoters of virtual unlimited immigration, both from the left and the right. No wonder Americans are very angry at our elite. -- If another amnesty is granted, millions of naturalized citizens could become potential voters. Considering how close recent presidential elections were...
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Media Watch

Mark Edwards'"Wake Up America" radio show returns

The radio show is going back on the air. Mark Edwards will be heard every Sunday Night beginning on June 3 from 10 PM to 12 Midnight on KFNX-1100 in Phoenix, Arizona. Mark will follow the man who "articulates the popular rage," illegal alien crime fighter Terry Anderson.
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Associated Press

MEChA-boy L.A. mayor endorses Hillary

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political courtship of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa landed her an early, influential endorsement this week that highlights the intense competition among presidential candidates for support within the growing Hispanic population. -- Candidates in both major parties are reaching out to Hispanic voters...

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Los Angeles Times

Mexican consulates offer healthcare help

First came the Mexican consular photo identification cards that closely resembled U.S. driver's licenses and allowed immigrants, including those in the country illegally, to establish credit and apply for government services. -- Then the Mexican government worked with the Treasury Department... [More Mexican meddling]

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Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review

Labor divided over amnesty treachery

Sanger, Calif. -- In the 1960s, farm labor leader Cesar Chavez rallied fieldhands to speak out against a guest worker program that recruited millions of Mexicans to pick crops at low wages. -- Today, farmworker advocates are throwing their weight behind a proposal in the current Senate immigration bill that would bring thousands of laborers...

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The Journal News -- White Plains

3 invaders held in Brewster robbery

Brewster, NY -- Three illegal immigrants from Guatemala are being held without bail today at the Putnam County jail after state police charged them in the armed robbery of another man last week. -- Carlos R. Soto, Rolando F. Massariego, and Aroldo Martinez, who police said live in Brewster but have no specific address...
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Washington Times

La Raza and Americans

A recent proposal in Congress - H.R. 1999, which was cosponsored in April by Reps. Ruben Hinojosa of Texas and Rick Renzi of Arizona - would provide $10 million a year to a radical immigration group, the National Council of La Raza (meaning "the race"). The bill offers funds for "community development and affordable housing projects..."

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Judicial Watch

Deported invaders sneak back in to claim money

Illegal immigrants recently deported after highly publicized federal raids of various companies easily returned to the United States days later to claim unpaid wages from their former employers. -- Immigration officials basked in the media spotlight during their nationwide raids of businesses that hired illegal aliens earlier this year...

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