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Immigration

Something for the Open-Borders Crowd to Explain

The Washington Times reports that Afghani and Iraqi Islamic jihadists have targeted the largest military intelligence training facility in the U.S. Mexican drug traffickers cooperated with the terrorists to smuggle weapons and operatives across the border. 
Weapons including Milan anti-tank missiles and Soviet made surface-to-air missiles, and grenade launchers, were to be smuggled through the underground [...]

In Case You Missed It: San Francisco to give illegal aliens ID cards

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco will give resident identification cards to illegal immigrants under a plan approved on Tuesday amid a fierce nationwide debate on granting privileges to undocumented aliens.
In a 10-1 vote, the city’s board of supervisors — the equivalent of a city council — approved giving identification cards to all residents, including [...]

Senate may not think it’s Amnesty - but Mexico does

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents recently arrested Julio Leija-Sanchez, the head of a large forgery operation creating counterfeit documents for illegal immigrants specifically focused on the expectation that the United States Senate would pass what he called “amnesty.” While many members of Congress and the President insist the current proposal isn’t amnesty, those that would [...]

On the border…

As predicted in the March issue of A Line of Sight, both the House and Senate are making noise about taking another shot at illegal immigration legislation. On April 9, 2007, in Yuma, Arizona, President Bush made his pitch [link] for what was labeled as a “new proposal” touting a 4-point set of principles and [...]

Enforce the law, then go to jail?

Want to get your blood pressure up? Check out [link] the following sagas of Border Patrol Agents Jose Alonso Compean, Ignacio Ramos, and David Sipe.
Three men hired to secure our borders and enforce the law. And, I believe they did just that. Yet, the United States government prosecuted all three and sentenced [...]