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Committee talks border securityBy Jonathan Clark Herald/Review SIERRA VISTA — Three members of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee peppered a panel of local and regional law enforcement officials with questions about border security and surveillance during an open hearing on Thursday. What they heard was that Southern Arizona remains a hotspot for smuggling activity, and that while the potential exists for terrorists to penetrate the nation’s porous southern border, there is little evidence that they are doing do. During his opening remarks, ranking committee member Rep. Rick Renzi, a Republican from Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, told the audience that human-...

August 03, 2006, 9:03 a.m. A Compromised Plan By The Editors Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, both Republicans, are making a last-ditch effort to bridge their party’s divide on immigration and pass a bill this year. We agree that the country, and the Republican party, would benefit if a sensible immigration plan were passed soon. The Pence-Hutchison plan isn’t one. The pro-amnesty Republicans have responded more favorably to the plan than the enforcement-first Republicans, and both sides are reading the plan correctly. Its central component is to allow illegal immigrants to continue...

County decides it cannot block Minuteman fence By Jonathan Clark Herald/Review BISBEE — Cochise County’s planning director ruled Tuesday that the Israeli-style border barrier a local rancher has asked the Minutemen to build on his property can be considered as having an agricultural purpose, and is therefore exempt from county regulation. The decision clears the way for the Minutemen to begin building a 0.9-mile-long security fence on Richard Hodges’ ranch east of Naco later this month. According to state law, improvements made for agricultural purposes to properties of five or more contiguous acres are exempt from county jurisdiction. County Planning...

How Unskilled Immigrants Hurt Our EconomySteven MalangaA handful of industries get low-cost labor, and the taxpayers foot the bill.The day after Librado Velasquez arrived on Staten Island after a long, surreptitious journey from his Chiapas, Mexico, home, he headed out to a street corner to wait with other illegal immigrants looking for work. Velasquez, who had supported his wife, seven kids, and his in-laws as a campesino, or peasant farmer, until a 1998 hurricane devastated his farm, eventually got work, off the books, loading trucks at a small New Jersey factory, which hired illegals for jobs that required few special...

Thomas Sowell: Voters know 'reform' is another word for 'amnesty' No issue I've written about has brought in so much virtually unanimous mail, so full of outrage, as the issue of amnesty for illegal aliens living in this country. Much of this mail also expressed a sense of futility. "What can I do?" these letters and e-mails often asked. "I am just an ordinary citizen." "I am just one person," some said. "What difference do my views make?" What difference? Public outrage made the Senate and the president of the United States back down from their amnesty bill. That's the...

Bush task force to assist aliens By Stephen Dinan THE WASHINGTON TIMES June 8, 2006 OMAHA, Neb. -- President Bush yesterday announced the creation of a task force to expand English, civics and history lessons as he pushes his plan for longtime illegal aliens to gain a path to citizenship. He said the government must take an active role in assimilation, a move he called critical both for the nation and for those who have entered its borders.

Border Patrol captures more than 70 after chase May 17, 2006 11:57 AM PDT More than 70 illegal immigrants were arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Sierra Vista Wednesday morning after the box truck they were riding in crashed in a neighborhood park. Border Patrol officials said they were trying to get the driver to pull over when the truck made too quick a turn and crashed about 4:30 a.m. About a dozen immigrants managed to run away, but agents caught about 70 people, said Agent Sean King, a Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman. There were no reported injuries....

Ranchers say border boundaries not always clear May 17, 2006 07:22 AM PDT (Video available at above link) Is it possible to accidentally end up in Mexico? Some cattle ranchers in Southern Arizona say, "Yes." They say there are no clear borders on their land and it's hard to tell when you've stepped into another country. "If I fix it, they'll just cut it again," says cattle rancher Bob Heilig who owns 13,000 acres. That's about nineteen square miles of land that borders Mexico; land that, he says, is hard to contain. "Snip, snip, snip and they just go right...

National Guard ‘Photo Op’ at the Border is Not a Substitute for a Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement Strategy Real Reductions in Illegal Alien Population Must Be a Prerequisite to Any Other Immigration Policy Changes May 15, 2006 Washington, DC— President Bush’s widely anticipated announcement that National Guard troops will be sent to patrol the border is a “welcome, but a baby step toward the type of comprehensive immigration enforcement strategy that the American public is demanding,” said Dan Stein, president of FAIR, in reaction to the President’s Monday night speech to the nation. “After five and half years of complete...

The Mass Deportation Canard National Review Online: The Corner Andy McCarthy 15 May 2006 Maybe it is because I’m in the middle of reading Ramesh’s tour de force, which utterly shreds popular canards, particularly the false claim that we must either keep Roe v. Wade or make all abortions illegal. But I can't help observing that a similar canard – also being used to great effect – is this blatant nonsense from immigration enthusiasts that our stark choice is either a guest worker program for illegal immigrants or mass deportations of 12 million people. That is absurd. Illegal immigrants...

Kolbe watching BP checkpoints in area By Jonathan Clark Herald/Review BISBEE — Congressman Jim Kolbe said he would be “closely watching” the Border Patrol’s management of traffic revision points in the area after the officer in charge of the agency’s Naco station said that a permanent checkpoint on Highway 90 would be reinstated. Kolbe has long opposed permanent Border Patrol revision points, which he says are predictable and ineffective. Instead, he advocates roving checkpoints and has inserted a provision into Border Patrol appropriations bills requiring the agency’s Tucson Sector to relocate checkpoints on a regular basis. “The law allows checkpoints,...

Rep. King Slams Senate on Immigration Wednesday, May 10, 2006 9:31 p.m. EDT The national outrage over the government's failure to stop illegal immigration has not caught hold in the Senate, says Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y. "There going to use this term 'immigration reform,' and their idea of immigration reform is to throw a few things, a few nods towards border security without being serious about it," he said. King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told Lou Dobbs Wednesday night that the Senate's way of getting rid of 10 million of the 11 million illegal immigrants now...

Since 1999, RINO Rep. Jim Kolbe of Arizona's 8th District has added to "must pass" national security appropriations bills language which shuts down all permanent Border Patrol checkpoints in his district only. He's done this despite the fact that the Border Patrol insists that these checkpoints are key tools in their border security arsenal. He's done this despite that fact that the GAO has released a report that says that shutting down the checkpoints has reduced Border Patrol effectiveness in the Tucson sector by 77%. He's done this, ignoring the outrage of his constituents who live along the border who...

Majority Leader Signals Republican Establishment's Desire for Immigration Reform WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) praised Majority Leader Tom Delay's endorsement of key components of his immigration reform and border security bill, the REAL GUEST Act of 2005. The Houston Chronicle reported today that Delay favored withholding federal funding from so-called sanctuary cities that do not cooperate with federal law enforcement in identifying and prosecuting illegal aliens. Tancredo has proposed amendments to the Commerce, Justice, Science, State appropriations bill and the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities in each of the past...

Guest Opinion: Enforcement, not reform, of immigration laws needed RANDY GRAF Tucson Citizen The Tucson Citizen published a June 6 opinion piece on border policy by U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe. The irony is so thick, one could cut it with a knife. Mr. Kolbe declared, "We don't need a Band-Aid; we need major surgery." What he failed to tell readers is that he has been prescribing the small bandages all these years. Frankly, we need a new doctor. I have read the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act of 2005, as espoused by Mr. Kolbe and U.S. Sens. John McCain...

Bush's guest-worker proposal lured illegal entrants, poll says WIRE REPORTS President Bush's proposal for a guest-worker program encouraged some people to enter the United States unlawfully because they believed they would be allowed to participate, according to a poll of illegal entrants detained by the Border Patrol. Sixty-one percent of about 870 illegal entrants arrested by Border Patrol agents said they had heard of the program, and 45 percent said it influenced their decision to come to America illegally, according to the January survey. The results were released Tuesday by Judicial Watch, a public-policy group that obtained the documents as...

By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES A coalition of civilian volunteers in the United States and Canada yesterday said it has begun the first stages in developing internationally supported citizen patrols along the U.S.-Canada border patterned after the Minuteman Project in April in Arizona. The American-Canadian Conservative Coalition, in concert with Minuteman Project organizer Chris Simcox, said it is preparing for its first vigil along the border in Michigan, south of Ontario, and is actively working to expand the watch to every state and province along the northern U.S. border. This first project will be called the Michigan-Ontario Minuteman Border...

PUBLISHED ON JUNE 2, 2005: Catastrophe in Care Hospitals are being crippled by the costs of treating migrants--and that could be just the start of an immigrant-related health crisis By LEO W. BANKS One of the many signs on the Naco Highway. If you drive along Southern Arizona's border with Mexico long enough, you might see a lone illegal wandering the desert. Or maybe he's hunched at the roadside sipping water from his milk jug. What's he doing there, and where are his compatriots, the people he broke into the country with? The uninformed might ask those questions, but those...

Web site told to stop encouraging harassment of Minuteman project Associated Press May. 17, 2005 07:10 AM An Internet company will force one of its Web site clients to stop encouraging harassment of the Minutemen project that cracks down on illegal immigrants along the Arizona border. The Scottsdale-based Go Daddy Group said the Swarmtheminuteman.com site, which has been on the Web for less than one week, could face being shut down unless it complies. Swarmtheminutemen.com reportedly is encouraging people to go into the desert border areas to blast their radios or bang pots and pans together in an effort to...

Mark Stine KOLD News 13 Reporter Posted: 5-15-05 "We're two and a half miles from the border everything you see down there is Mexico." Joe Scelso owns the Rockin JP Ranch in Cochise County. He's been dealing with illegal immigrants for nearly a decade. "I've picked up probably, in the last 8 years, a couple hundred backpacks." Scelso says the Minutemen Project in April must have left an ongoing effect on the border, because it's still pretty quiet around his ranch. "It wasn't until they did show up down here that we finally got the relief we've been hoping for,...

U.S. Border Patrol agents have been ordered not to arrest illegal aliens along the section of the Arizona border where protesters patrolled last month because an increase in apprehensions there would prove the effectiveness of Minuteman volunteers, The Washington Times has learned.

Conservatives blast McCain-Kennedy guest worker plan Mike Sunnucks The Business Journal The Business Journal of Phoenix - 1:55 PM MST Thursday Conservative immigration hawks are assailing a new immigration-reform package introduced Thursday by Arizona Sen. John McCain, U.S. Reps. Jeff Flake and Jim Kolbe and Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy. The McCain-Kennedy bill includes a guest worker program and pathway towards legal status for illegals already in the U.S. Arizona and national business interests support a guest worker program to license immigrants wishing to work in the U.S. Conservatives oppose anything that smacks of amnesty. That includes proposals put forward in...

STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL BORDER PATROL COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY AND CLAIMS COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE NEW “DUAL MISSIONS” OF THE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PRESENTED BY T.J. BONNER NATIONAL PRESIDENT MAY 5, 2005 The National Border Patrol Council thanks the Subcommittee for the opportunity to present the views and concerns of the 10,000 front-line Border Patrol employees that it represents regarding the expanded mission of the agencies responsible for enforcing immigration laws. Even before the creation of the Department...

Peter Busch ReportsCongressman says Border Patrol defying checkpoint laws May 2, 2005, 01:34 PM MST On Capitol Hill last Thursday, The U.S. Border Patrol's head man, David Aguilar, told U.S. senators that permanent checkpoints in the Tucson sector would help his agents catch more illegal immigrants. The sector is the only one along the U.S.- Mexico border not permitted to establish permanent checkpoints. Congressman Jim Kolbe wants to keep it that way. "I don't object to checkpoints. The idea of tactical, mobile checkpoints, that move from place to place just like we do all law enforcement, makes sense," says Kolbe....

Hayworth Statement at Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus News Conference "What the Minutemen proved to the American people was this: the federal government can do something about illegal immigration other than to raise a white flag and surrender to the invasion on our southern border. "Now it's up to every American to get involved in this critical struggle to preserve our security and our sovereignty by demanding that this administration and this Congress stop thinking about amnesty and start enforcing our immigration laws. "I saw the Minutemen at the border up close and in person and I was amazed by...

Minuteman effort serves as a warning EQUAL TIME: Dan Stein says Americans are tired of immigration laws being ignored. Few things are more misleading than the frequently made argument that it is simply impossible to control America's borders. Nothing could be farther from the truth - and the Minuteman Project demonstrated this in the plainest terms imaginable. A few hundred everyday Americans in lawn chairs armed only with walkie-talkies were able to curtail a substantial amount of the illegal traffic routinely crossing our borders. In the process, they humiliated national politicians, presidents of United States and Mexico and a wide...

Military's use on the border expands BY BILL HESS Thursday, April 21, 2005 5:37 PM MDT Herald/Review NACO, Ariz. - Military units are now allowed to do more along the U.S.-Mexico border, which includes helping to spot illegal immigrants, a spokesman for Joint Task Force North said. Earlier this year, a Stryker unit from Alaska deployed to New Mexico, where it provided ground surveillance and reconnaissance that led to the apprehension of "a number" of illegal immigrants and drug smugglers, Armando Carrasco said Tuesday. But, he said, the unit was preparing to deploy to Iraq and needed training in a...

KFYI is Reporting: CHARGES HAVE BEEN DROPPED against Army reservist Patrick Haab who was accused of holding a group of illegals at gunpoint.

Border agents approve of 'Minutemen' Posted: April 21, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com Through the years politicians, lawyers and advocacy groups have overseen the implementation of policies that grant illegal aliens more rights to sneak into the country than rights given to Border Patrol agents charged with keeping them out. Needless to say, that has led to a level of frustration, anger and resentment within BP ranks that is virtually unparalleled in terms of federal service. This month, however, a fortunate few of them have been given a temporary reprieve, and receiving much-needed assistance to do the jobs...

House approves letting local police enforce immigration law PHOENIX The Arizona House approved a proposal today to give state and local police the power to enforce federal immigration laws. Supporters sat the proposal is needed because the federal government isn't doing enough about the thousands of people who sneak across the border each year. They say police departments need to get rid of "sanctuary policies" that, in some cases, discourage or prohibit officers from inquiring about a person's immigration status. Many local police agencies in Arizona, the busiest illegal entry point on the nation's porous southern border, don't want the...

Minuteman founder leaving border early but volunteers to remain By Arthur H. Rotstein ASSOCIATED PRESS 1:32 p.m. April 18, 2005 TUCSON, Ariz. – The chief organizer of civilian volunteers who are spending the month watching for illegal immigrants and smugglers along the Mexican border is pulling out of the Minuteman Project early, a project official said Monday. Jim Gilchrist, a retired accountant from California, will leave Arizona on Wednesday and plans to appear before the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus next week in Washington. He will be taking the official Minuteman Project name and a group of volunteers. "He is claiming...

This week in Washington Congressman Charlie Norwood, 9th District, Georgia April 8, 2005 The Miracle on the Southwest Border: Illegal Immigration Smashed A Direct Field Report on the Arizona-Mexico No-Man’s Land April 4, 2005: The Arizona border with Sonora outside NacoBy Congressman Charlie Norwood An on-going miracle is occurring this month in America’s Southwest, a miracle with a direct impact on our district. After decades of being told that it is impossible to stop illegal immigration on the Arizona border, it has been all but halted since April 1 through the very means we were told wouldn’t work –...

Eyewitness report from the Arizona/Mexico border from two Minuteman volunteers Jack & Barb April 12, 2005 Didn’t go out on the line today. We just did some odd jobs around the camp, whatever needed doing, until time to go to work in the communications center from 4P to 8P. At 8P went on duty at the main gate until midnight. Not as cold tonight as it has been thank God. It sure was cold Saturday and Sunday at night. Thought we were back in Washington State. Very quiet night at the gate. Not much traffic. Just Minutemen coming and going...

MMP Director Jim Gilchrist has been informed that James E. Vlahovich, Director, Cochise County Planning Department has levied a fine of $750.00 per day on the The Miracle Valley Bible College in Hereford, Arizona for renting dorm rooms and campground lots to the Minuteman Project. Isn't it bad enough that we have MALDEF, the ACLU (who are inciting problems daily), Vicente Fox, the Mayor of Douglas, Jorge Bush, Derechos Humanos, Hoover and his water barrels, anti-American politicians, the Cochise CountyBoard of Supervisors and all the rest harassing the Minuteman Project. Please overwhelm Vlahovich with your protests. Please do two things:...

Eyewitness report from the Arizona/Mexico border from two Minuteman volunteers Jack & Barb April 9, 2005 Wind is really strong today. Blew over one of the porta-pots they put out in the field for the tenters to use. It was very strong out on the line for the time we were there. Lots of new people came in today. Some to stay the weekend and some for a week or more. It is encouraging to see new people arrive every day. We received an official BP report today. Only 74 aliens arrested yesterday where normally there are hundreds. In the...

Aliens hide from patrols in canyons By Jerry Seper THE WASHINGTON TIMES SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. -- Several hundred illegal aliens are holed up in the canyons of the Coronado National Memorial here, six miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, unable to meet up with smugglers because of ongoing patrols by Minuteman Project volunteers. Cindy Kolb, who has lived in the area for the past six years, yesterday told The Washington Times that she saw about 300 aliens "huddled in the brush" near her home, waiting to come down the wide, brush-covered washes that cross State Highway 92 to be picked...

Nine days of blockade has begun to result in desperation. We believe 500-700 illegals and their coyotes are bottled up in the Huachuca Mountains at present. They are running out of food and water. We have also figured out the system used here for putting out food and water caches and have been routinely using them to add some variety to our dogs’ diets. Our canine companions are most appreciative. A recap of last night’s action: several Minuteman were almost run down by a fleeing load vehicle last night. Fellow LePer idratherbe painting is now on the injured reserve list...

Day Nine and illegal alien apprehensions are still way down. Locally, traffic has shifted away from the Naco Line, moving eastwards towards Douglas and westward to the Huachuca Mountains and beyond to the San Rafael Valley. There are also reports of more traffic heading towards Nogales and the Tohono O’odham reservation. There were a couple of good sized groups passing through the Huachucas overnight. Some were nabbed by the Border Patrol immediately after detection, with stragglers appearing throughout the day. Most were reportedly from Michoacan, west of Mexico City. One alien was seen to toss a cell phone into the...

After incident, man asked to leave Minuteman Project By BILL HESS Friday, April 8, 2005 12:58 PM MDT Herald/Review TOMBSTONE - A Minuteman Project volunteer who was investigated for potentially detaining an illegal immigrant by force has been asked to leave the volunteer group. Bryan Barton, who reportedly is a possible Republican candidate for one of the California congressional seats, reportedly came upon an illegal immigrant and forced the man to hold a T-shirt that read: "Bryan Barton caught an illegal and all I got was this lousy T-shirt." An investigation by Cochise County Sheriff's Department and the Mexican Consul...

Sheriff: Detention report much ado about nothing BY BILL HESS Thursday, April 7, 2005 11:37 AM MDT Herald/Review NACO, Ariz. - What could have been a serious incident of forced detention of an illegal immigrant Wednesday afternoon turned out to be a Minuteman Project volunteer making a fool of himself, Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said. Border Patrol Tucson Sector spokesman Andy Adame said a citizen called around 12:45 p.m. saying there were three people along Highway 92 near milepost 328. An agent arrived and found a Mexican national who had illegally crossed the border and two U.S. citizens. The...

Day One Day One Friday April 1, 2005 I arrived in Tombstone late morning...A beautiful day though there was a cold breeze blowing...I've never been to Tombstone, but the tiny town seems a little overwhelmed with both the Minutemen and an Arizona Motorcycle Rally. The media have taken over most of the street in front of Schiefflen Hall....satellite trucks, news vehicles, photographers and reporters are gathered in front of the historic hall hoping to get access to Chris Simcox or Jim Gilchrist, the co-founders of the Minuteman Project. In just a couple hours, the hall will fill with volunteers...

Just as the controversial Minuteman Project was getting under way in Tombstone Friday night, a Cochise County resident was forced to use a handgun to defend himself from a menacing border intruder. The citizen, who wishes his name not be used, was visiting his girlfriend's home in one of the lower canyon areas on the east side of the Huachuca Mountains along Highway 92 when an angry border intruder charged him. The home's yard and driveway have been the scene of many reports of illegal aliens being picked up by load vehicles. Recently, in the evenings, two or three load...

Group demonstrates near port; Naco expecting minutemen BY MICHAEL MARESH Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:05 PM MST HERALD/REVIEW NACO, Ariz. - The border-crossing point in Naco was blocked for about 30 minutes Friday as a group in Mexico protested near the border. The demonstration came as the Minuteman Project got under way in Tombstone. The monthlong project is geared at having private citizens help watch the border and report border crossings. Roger Maier, a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol, said a group of 40 to 50 people at about noon Friday blocked southbound traffic at the Naco point of...

Demonstrators for and against project share their views BY GENTRY BRASWELL Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:05 PM MST HERALD/REVIEW TOMBSTONE - Minuteman Project supporters and opponents on Friday took to the streets of Tombstone and expressed their opinions on the border and the monthlong operation through signs, chanting and dancing. It all came before more than 100 members of the international media and near Schieffelin Hall, where the Minuteman Project volunteers signed in. "This is pretty much what I expected," said Caroline Isaacs, a spokeswoman for the regional chapter of the American Friends Service Committee, of the demonstrations. AFSC, in...

Minuteman Project volunteers arrive, rally, spotlight border debate BY BILL HESS Saturday, April 2, 2005 12:05 PM MST Deborah Sattler expresses her opinion to Gabriel Mondragon concerning the open border and terrorism outside Schieffelin Hall in Tombstone on Friday. Mondragon is against the Minuteman Project. They were some of the dozens of people who demonstrated outside of the sign-up meeting place for the Minuteman Project. (Ed Honda-Herald/Review) Sierra Vista Herald/Review TOMBSTONE - Minuteman Project organizers and supporters rallied their volunteers on Friday by pointing the blame for the lack of border security to national elected officials. They said the president...

ACLU plans to follow Minuteman Project BY BILL HESS Wednesday, March 9, 2005 11:31 AM MST Sierra Vista Herald/Review BISBEE, Arizona - The Minutemen are coming to Cochise County next month, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona is, too. At least two ACLU observers will tag along wherever Minuteman Project volunteers go, said, Ray Ybarra, an Ira Glasser Racial Justice Fellow, a title given him by the national ACLU headquarters. Hopefully, he said, there will be no confrontation with "the vigilantes." "If they go hiking through the desert, we'll be there with them. If they sit in lawn...

Free Republic Opinion Poll: Do you approve of the president's guest worker plan? Composite Opinion Definitely not. A guest worker program will not work. 40.4% 1,231 Yes, but illegal aliens must go home first and apply for entry. 28.9% 879 Maybe, but it needs a lot of work. 18.0% 549 Yes, will be fine as is or with minor changes. 7.6% 231 Undecided, other, pass. 5.1% 155 100.0% 3,045 Member Opinion Definitely not. A guest worker program will not work. 38.4% 916 Yes, but illegal aliens must go home first and apply for entry. 28.7% 685 Maybe, but it...

PAN Phoenix Rally Report - America’s Focus on Arizona’s PAN Initiative By Dennis Durband, Editor On Thursday evening, the eyes of America focused on Arizona, ground zero in the border invasion that tears at the fabric of the nation. Lawmakers and immigration experts came to Phoenix to encourage volunteers to do everything possible to succeed in getting the Protect Arizona Now (PAN) initiative qualified for the fall ballot. PAN aims to require proof of citizenship to register to vote, photo I.D. when voting and proof of eligibility to receive non-federal mandated public benefits. By June 30th, PAN must submit 122,000...

<p>Newly arrived illegal immigrants join others in the compound, which is equipped with a misting system. Military-type tarps shield immigrants from the sun.</p> <p>Border Patrol agents are busting illegal immigrants faster than they can ship them to processing centers, cramming a temporary holding facility with as many as 500 detainees at a time.</p>

Amnesty, Guest Worker Program, Illegal Immigration Strange Times on the Border By John W. Slagle Since January, the Borders of the United States has become a war zone. Border Patrol Agents have been shot at by automatic weapons fire from Mexico. Rural residents have been assaulted, carjacked, homes invaded and still there is a push for 12 million more Mexican guests. Last week a video photographer who was escorted to Fresnal Canyon near Sasabe taped over 120 illegal aliens heading north from the border. The amount of fresh trash and load-up areas increases each day. On the 11th of March,...