Postcards from the Edge

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BBC

289 US-bound invaders found in truck in Chiapas

Mexican police say they have detained 289 illegal [aliens] from Latin America, including 226 Guatemalans found inside a single lorry. -- The Guatemalans, who were hungry and dehydrated, were discovered during a routine road check in the southern state of Chiapas, police said.

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J.R. Dieckmann -- The Conservative Voice

Stop saying "We can't"

I'm tired of hearing "we can't". We can't secure the borders. We can't deport 12 1/2 million illegal aliens. We can't even find them. We can't deny them free healthcare and social services. We can't even count them. If we could, we would find more like 20 million. -- We can't offend Islam. For that matter, we can't offend anyone. We can't...

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Los Angeles Times Poll on Page

60 Million Californians, 40% of LAT Readers Plan to Flee

60 million Californians by mid-century

Over the next half-century, California's population will explode by nearly 75%, and Riverside will surpass its bigger neighbors to become the second most populous county after Los Angeles, according to state Department of Finance projections released Monday. -- California will near the 60-million mark in 2050... [Related Item]

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Marietta (Georgia) Daily News

Chairman blasts feds over invaders

Cobb Commission Chairman Sam Olens on Monday blasted the federal government for its "ineptitude" in blocking action to crack down on illegal immigration. -- Olens and Cobb's four commissioners are expected to discuss code amendments that address illegal immigration in the county during a 9 a.m. public hearing at today's commission meeting.

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WSTM-TV -- Syracuse

Boater's tip leads to arrest of illegal alien

Clayton, NY -- A tip from a boater led to the arrest of a German citizen who entered the US illegally at the northern New York border. -- Customs and Border Protection officers at Ogdensburg say they got a call from a concerned citizen on July 7th, saying he had just seen a man with a German accent being dropped off by a boat...

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MSNBC

Legal immigrant has had enough

I am a Cuban- born Hispanic naturalized citizen. I came to America as a child, legally. When I was old enough to ask, my parents told me that we had escaped from a bloody civil war and that we were now safe in America. -- Unlike my home country, in America there was peace, prosperity and justice because...

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Linda McQuaid -- Toronto Star

Continental integration on the march

It's a great irony that, while the United States has probably never been less popular among Canadians than in the era of George W. Bush, plans to integrate Canada more deeply into the U.S. have been proceeding at a brisk clip. -- The threat of Canada being absorbed into the U.S. has traditionally provoked strong reactions here...