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Watch for the "Clergy Response Teams" (quell citizens after martial law) - 8/17/2007

The following is an actual news report from Shreveport's KSLA (text here and in extended entry) discussing how the DHS is working with local religious leaders as part of "Clergy Response Teams" who would tell the citizens to give up their guns and abide by any martial law restrictions. Speculation on this here; note that back in 2006 Prison Planet posted this: A Pastor has c...

Rudy Giuliani names immigration advisory board - 8/13/2007

... Policy and Planning at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security * Victor Cerda, former Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the DHS * Michael Petrucelli, former Acting Director of U.S.

Chortle: Bush admin beginning major crackdown on employers of illegal aliens - 8/01/2007

From the AP: Employers across the U.S.

National Guard border force to be halved; "private contractors" to augment Border Patrol? - 7/26/2007

From this: The number of National Guard troops posted near the southern border nationally and in Arizona will drop by half in September, but federal officials have assured Gov. Janet Napolitano that key personnel will remain... While those numbers will drop by half within the next couple of months, Napolitano said the drawdown will involve troops performing administrative duties, not those conduc...

Raul Grijalva wants to secure border ecologically soundly (Defenders of Wildlife) - 6/13/2007

... bill provisions: * Provides the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the ability to decide whether fences, vehicle barriers or virtual fences would be most effective in securing the border. * Gives land management agencies, Native American tribes and local communities a voice in border construction decisions. * Requires compliance with laws meant to protect the air, water, wildlife, ...

WFMOJALI: New Haven's John DeStefano to file complaint over ICE raid - 6/12/2007

... file a complaint with the DHS (Department of Homeland Security): He said Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents failed to notify local authorities of the operation and lacked search warrants. "They pushed into homes without warrants," DeStefano said. "This was just very aggressive intervention." The city plans to forward witness statements to federal officials describing h...

ACLU has "concerns" about Senate immigration amnesty bill - 5/26/2007

From their press release [1]: The American Civil Liberties Union today [5/25/07] expressed grave concerns about the due process and privacy implications of the Senate immigration bill. The proposed legislation would create a vast federal database to verify the work eligibility of all job applicants in America - including U.S.

Samuel G. Freedman helps show how New York Times would scuttle "reform" - 5/23/2007

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Fmr CBP Chief Robert Bonner criticizes Ramos/Compean sentences - 5/09/2007

... agency in 2003 as a part of the Department of Homeland Security, says the lengthy prison sentences handed two U.S. Border Patrol agents for shooting a fleeing drug-smuggling suspect were excessive. Robert S. Bonner, a former federal judge and veteran prosecutor who also headed the U.S.

Orwell Alert: Temporary Protected Status extended 18 more months - 5/02/2007

... an 18-month extension. The Department of Homeland Security is allowing the added time for citizens of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador who have Temporary Protected Status. Salvadorans have had the status since early 2001 after two earthquakes killed 12-hundred people.

Sen. Patrick Leahy begins comprehensive immigration "reform" hearings - 2/28/2007

... Secretary Carlos Gutierrez and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

Michael Chertoff promotes illegal immigration in Mexico - 2/16/2007

Speaking in Mexico before the American Chamber of Commerce, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff promoted illegal immigration: Comprehensive immigration reform, he said, would allow U.S. law enforcement to "focus more on the people that we don't want in the country under any circumstances, namely the criminals and the dangerous folks." "Every time a Border Patrol officer is trans...

Wells Fargo knows many of its customers are illegal aliens - 2/14/2007

... problematic," said Russ Knocke, a [Department of Homeland Security] spokesman. "It seems to be lending itself to possibilities of perpetrating identity theft or creating more risk for money laundering." ...[Rep. Tom Tancredo] said he sent a letter to U.S. Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff asking them to look into the pr...

Ramos/Compean: "Government admits lying about jailed border agents" - 2/07/2007

... adminstration's side in this matter: A Department of Homeland Security official admitted today the agency misled Congress when it contended it possessed investigative reports proving Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean confessed guilt and declared they "wanted to shoot some Mexicans" prior to the incident that led to their imprisonment. ...Under questioning by [...

Ramos/Compean: prison beating; supervisors knew of incident; written report not allowed - 2/06/2007

... or the Lou Dobbs show. And: A Department of Homeland Security internal memo discloses seven Border Patrol agents and two supervisors were at the scene of

Bush '08 budget only covers half of border fence - 2/05/2007

I think we could have seen this coming from 700 miles away: President Bush's new budget would pay for only about half of the 700 miles of U.S.-Mexico border fence he and Congress four months ago promised to build. With Mr. Bush trying to prove to Republicans he is serious about immigration law enforcement, his budget makes good on his promise to fund 3,000 new U.S. Border Patrol agents, p...

Boycott Desert Schools Credit Union - 1/31/2007

... institution will partner with the Department of Homeland Security and report to them who's in an undocumented situation or not," Garcia said. "We're not going to be required to notify an agency if we find out they're undocumented. We're not required by law to do that." It's so good that they're concerned about our laws. Another quote source in the ...

New Haven's John DeStefano helps feds profit from illegal activity - 1/30/2007

... shares the ITIN list with the Department of Homeland Security, which handles immigration issues. Matos said her research showed the IRS and homeland security office have been "reluctant" to get into each other's business concerning ITIN participants. In the ITIN's eight years of existence, only two instances have come up where ITIN filers ended up in trouble with immigratio...

DHS OIG: immigrants were mistreated at detention facilities - 1/17/2007

The DHS's (Department of Homeland Security) inspector general has released a report claiming that immigrants - apparently both legal and illegal - were mistreated at various ICE facilities around the country: ...U.S.

EWIC, U.S. C of C blocked DHS "no-match" regulation? - 1/12/2007

Via this Dan Stein says: Representatives of the Essential Workers [Immigration] Coalition (see their member roster) and the U.S.

Tom Ridge recommends the Swiss Army Knife? - 12/05/2006

Will the horrors of the Bush administration never end?

Amnesty proponents can't be trusted (Democrats waver on border fence) - 11/11/2006

... Congress. Mr. Thompson said the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) new border enforcement program, known as the Secure Border Initiative or SBI Net -- which includes monitors, cameras and other integrated surveillance systems -- is a viable alternative to fencing. "We might do away with it, or look at [integrating it into] SBI Net," he said. "A virtual fence rather ...

"The virus that ate DHS" - 11/08/2006

... Border Protection agency of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). There was apparently some form of cover-up involved, and it took Wired a year's worth of FOIA requests and court orders to get the full documentation of the incident.

Ramos/Compean: smear? CBP head won't criticize prosecution - 10/29/2006

The latest on the case of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean - who appear to have been railroaded by our government - includes the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Ralph Basham, refusing to "criticize [their] prosecution" (link). Regarding the letter that twelve House members sent asking for an investigation, Tony Snow says: "Let's wait and see what the heari...

"[USCIS] Whistle-blower let go" - 10/03/2006

From this: An immigrant application screener who spoke out earlier this year about his agency's security failures has lost his job, despite a recent decision to extend the contracts of hundreds of other employees like him. Sultan Farakhan, an immigrant benefits application adjudicator, was terminated from employment Friday at the National Benefits Center in Lee's Summit, Mo., one of ...

David Norquist (brother of Grover) is CFO of DHS - 9/23/2006

... Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Homeland Security, and he was approved in May. From the 1/17/06 WH press release (tinyurl.com/k779c): Mr. Norquist currently serves as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Budget and Appropriations Affairs).

Boeing to build "virtual" fence; Tohono O'odham Indians might oppose real fence - 9/20/2006

Boeing has apparently been selected as the contractor for a small, initial part of the proposed "virtual" fence on the southern border. This is not to be confused with the plan currently being voted on in Congress. Boeing will get $80 million for the first phase of the "Secure Border Initiative", but might get as much as (and probably more than) $2 billion over six years.

WSJ, Los Angeles Times promote "guest" worker programs - 9/18/2006

What a coincidence. Yesterday the Wall Street Journal offered "As U.S. Debates Guest Workers, They Are Here Now".

Roberto Maldonado: Cook County should be an illegal alien sanctuary - 9/09/2006

Via this we learn that Cook County Commissioner Roberto Maldonado wants to make the county a sanctuary for illegal aliens ("County measure would shield illegal immigrants").

Mike Pence "compromise" amnesty pimped by Chertoff, White House - 8/24/2006

As predicted, earlier today DHS chief Michael Chertoff joined with Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) to pimp the latter's massive illegal alien amnesty and "guest" worker scheme. You know, the scheme that would allow unlimited immigrants and the one that's supported by the WaPo.

"Terrorist screening missed 75% of time" - 8/24/2006

From Sara Carter: An estimated 75 percent of applicants for immigrant benefits - green cards, work visas, and a host of other documents - at a major federal processing center were not screened through the U.S. terrorism watch list over the past four years, the Daily Bulletin has learned. The error - on nearly 3 million applications dating to 2002 - was confirmed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigra...

"Illegals From Terror-Sponsoring Nations at Large in US" - 8/21/2006

This is a couple weeks old, but from this: Almost half of the illegal aliens arriving in the U.S. from terrorist-sponsoring or "special interest" nations in the past few years have been released into the American population following their apprehension.

Immigrant Mobilization Project, Nilda Flores-Gonzalez - 8/18/2006

In the July 18 post Esther J. Cepeda: "May [illegal immigration] marchers mostly U.S. citizens" I discussed the findings of a "study" done by a group calling itself the "Immigrant Mobilization Project" which was supposedly affiliated with the University of Illinois-Chicago.

National Restaurant Association wants DHS to finesse 'no-match' letters - 8/17/2006

... and Immigration Services of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Harry Reid perpetuates illegal alien "Catch and Release" - 7/13/2006

From a John Cornyn statement (via this): An amendment to help DHS end "Catch and Release" was just killed by Sen. Reid. He raised a "point of order" against the amendment, preventing a vote on Sen. Cornyn's amendment. From an earlier description of the amendment: U.S. Sen.

Ninety former DHS officials cashing in - 6/20/2006

... Better": At least 90 officials at the Department of Homeland Security or the White House Office of Homeland Security a

Whistleblower: USCIS broken, infiltrated by operatives of hostile foreign countries - 6/14/2006

... top security official at the Department of Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) told NewsMax in an exclusive interview. "Internal corruption at CIS is so pervasive that hostile foreign governments have penetrated the agency," said Michael J.

"Homeland Security accepts fake ID" [Matricula Consular] - 6/12/2006

From this: The Department of Homeland Security allowed a man to enter its headquarters last week using a fake Matricula Consular card as identification, despite federal rules that say the Mexican-issued card is not valid ID at government buildings. Bruce DeCell, a retired New York City police officer, used his phony card -- which lists his place of birth as "Tijuana, B.C." and his ad...

NWO, Michael Douglas, guns, North American integration, Amero - 5/28/2006

The recent article "Michael Douglas backs U.N. gun ban" leads us on a wild ride through the fevered imaginations of globalists everywhere: Actor Michael Douglas a

March 10 Committee (illegal alien rally) want immediate citizenship for all - 5/23/2006

The March 10 Committee organized the big Chicago rally in favor of illegal immigration.

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