New policy stems some illegal border crossings

From the Star Telegram:
A U.S. Border Patrol initiative to press charges against all illegal border crossers caught in a section of West Texas curtailed the number of crossings, officials said.
Under Operation Streamline II, the Border Patrol is working with other agencies to enforce a “zero-tolerance” policy for undocumented immigrants apprehended in the highly trafficked area [...]

IAEA Report Says Iran Has Bomb Plans

Previously I reported how Iran had obtained plans for a Nuclear Bomb, well the U.N. has finally caught up.
From FNC:
A document obtained by Iran on the nuclear black market serves no other purpose than to make an atomic bomb, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday.
The finding was made in a report prepared for [...]

Immigrant Groups Try to Convince Us Not To be Tough on Illegal Immigrants

This just made me so happy.
From the Arizona Daily Star:
It was 20 years ago when President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
It made it unlawful to knowingly hire undocumented immigrants. It boosted border enforcement. It created a special class of agricultural immigrant workers and it granted amnesty to nearly 3 [...]

ACLU Chief Calls on President to Shut Down “Illegal Spying on Americans”

Stop the ACLU reports how the ACLU has taken out anther political ad slamming the President about the State of the Union Address tonight.
The State of Our Union Cannot be Strong if the President Continues to Violate the Law,” Says Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU
Stop the ACLU has the Ad displayed and [...]

Wounded Newsmen Show Slow Recovery

Yup, go read about it. It is always sad when people get wounded or killed, but this has really brought up how self centered the MSM are right now. I have seen nothing but over coverage of this particular tragedy. Our men and women get wounded in Iraq all the time, and they don’t get [...]

Contacts With Lobbyists Cut Back

There seems to be some fallout to the Abramoff Lobbyist scandal.
From WaPo:
Republican and Democratic lawmakers are canceling their regularly scheduled meetings with lobbyists as the fallout from the Jack Abramoff scandal continues to roil Capitol Hill.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said it has ended its biweekly meeting between congressional chiefs of staff and lobbyists, and [...]

Guard may grow despite proposed cuts

Remember how the Left was sayng that Guard recruiting was down because of the war in Iraq?
From USA Today:
The National Guard Bureau said recruiting has accelerated so much in recent months that the Guard may expand even as the Bush administration proposes to shrink it. The Guard has about 333,000 soldiers, which is the [...]

Immigration fuels housing battles

More problems with illegal immigration.
From USA Today:
Overcrowded housing is emerging as a battleground in the national debate over immigration as towns and counties crack down on landlords who permit many unrelated people to occupy single-family homes.
Local officials in New York, Virginia, Massachusetts and Georgia have evicted residents, threatened landlords with fines or jail time or [...]

Ahhh, The Smell Of Fear

Cross Posted From Freedom Folks.
This just in: ICIRR (Illinois Coalition For Immigrant and Refugee Rights) may require a clean pair of briefs…
From ICIRR:

TAKE ACTION: Turning Workers into Criminals
Republican Speaker Hastert fast-tracks anti-immigrant bill;
Democrat Leader Emanuel delivers key Democrat votes
Do we want an America where
…busboys and gardeners are sent to jail as felons?
…a priest is a [...]

Cindy Sheehan is Back; The Left is Calling for Impeachment

Guess who’s back? Cindy “loo who” Sheehan! I guess Britain didn’t want her, and she just came back from Venezuela where she chummed it up with fellow commie Chavez. Oh yeah they had a love fest. What I want to know is who is paying for Sheen’s global tour? I mean poor Cindy “loo Who” [...]