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"Off-Duty [El Paso] Officers to Patrol 24-7 against Terrorists" - 10/27/2004

... sites around the clock. The US Department of Homeland security has given the El Paso Police Department a $400,000 grant... El Paso Police worked with Homeland Security officials to determine potentially terrorist sensitive areas along the border.

"Candidates evade immigration issue" - 10/14/2004

This article from Oregon was written before the debates. It doesn't have much more than the title tells you and it falsely states that the country is divided on immigration. No, the great majority of Americans favor an end to illegal immigration. On the other side are the elites.

"Likely illegal immigrants found working at defense contractor" - 9/30/2004

... Aquino, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security, said today that the Wednesday raid came after an investigation found AMFELS Inc.'s subcontractors were hiring undocumented workers.

"Illegals detained at border released onto U.S. streets" - 9/22/2004

From this: The government has no idea how many of the thousands of illegal aliens from terrorist-sponsoring states it has caught at the U.S.

Small town police blotter, potential big problem - 9/17/2004

Athens, Texas is a no doubt quaint small town 75 miles southeast of Dallas: Athens Police contacted the FBI office in Tyler Tuesday after a routine traffic stop led to a national security concern. In the course of the stop, several forms of identification for the same individual were discovered... At approximately 8:30 a.m., APD Patrolman Ron McCurry stopped the male suspect, 48-year-old Qamar Ab...

Border Patrol agents fear coming retribution - 9/05/2004

... policy close to adoption by the Department of Homeland Security will effectively muzzle any dissent within the U.S.

Are they border guards or stuffed poodles? - 8/27/2004

The department of Customs and Border Protection - part of the DHS - wants our border guards to stress the customer services aspects of their job. You'd think they would want to stress, oh, I dunno, security instead of etiquette, but I guess that wouldn't be "compassionate." Remember, this is not an article from the Onion. The WashTimes' "Border agents put on happy fac...

"Bonilla demands review of OTM release policy" - 8/25/2004

This is about a month old, but I apparently didn't provide a link to it at the time: Releasing undocumented immigrants to roam freely in the U.S. is "a terrible policy," U.S. Rep.

"Poll Finds Low Morale for Border Officers" - 8/24/2004

... attacks, and many say morale in the Department of Homeland Security is low, according to a poll released Monday. A slim majority - 53% - of Border Patrol agents and immigration inspectors say they believe the country is safer, and 44% believe it is no safer or less safe, the survey of 1,000 officers found.

"Border Patrol union says new rules 'muzzle' critics of the agency" - 8/20/2004

... better: New labor rules proposed by the Department of Homeland Security would muzzle internal critics of the Border Patrol by making it easier to punish and fire agents, who have often been vocal critics of management policies, union officials said... "People aren't going to be willing to talk. It's going to have a very chilling effect," T.J.

"A flawed approach on immigration" - 8/12/2004

From a WashTimes editorial: When it comes to immigration, the administration is laboring to come up with a coherent formula to protect the nation's borders.

Terror in the Skies: Part VXXXXIDCXXXVCDIII - 8/11/2004

Annie Jacobsen is back with "Another Passenger from Flight 327 Steps Forward With Disturbing New Details": A few days ago, WomensWallStreet.com received an important email. It was from Billie Jo Rodriguez, another passenger who was on Northwest Airlines flight 327 from Detroit to Los Angeles on June 29. Billie Jo is a Certified Public Accountant living in Oxnard, California. She had so...

The Bush administration is keeping you safe - 8/10/2004

Splashed in 48 point font on Drudge, comes the New York Times article "U.S.

Update on the illegal alien with the South African passport - 8/06/2004

An update on the woman with the South African passport and the suspected terrorism ties who was caught after having successfully entered the U.S.

We don't do politics at the Lonewacko Blog - 8/03/2004

On the one hand this is trivial, on the other it isn't.

Let's all move to Rep. Joe Baca's district - 8/02/2004

From the L.A. Times story "Immigration Sweeps Become an Election Issue for Rep. Baca": Because of his activism [in support of illegal immigrant and in opposition to our laws --LW], [Rep.

How many didn't get caught? - 7/23/2004

According to Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough: U.S. border agents since October have picked up five Arabs trying to cross into the United States illegally from Mexico, according to U.S. officials. The arrests are raising new concerns that al Qaeda terrorists are trying to enter the country from Mexico. However, officials at the Homeland Security Department's Customs and Border Protection sec...

"Bush official slammed for stopping illegals sweeps" - 7/13/2004

WND reports on John and Ken's valiant efforts: Border Patrol agents who executed highly popular roundups of illegal aliens in Southern California last month — the first of their kind in recent memory — say they've been told to stop such enforcement action, and the Bush administration official in charge of the immigration enforcement has refused to say if there would ...

"D.C. hamstrings border officers" - 7/12/2004

... financial mismanagement at the Department of Homeland Security, is expected to last at least th

John & Ken take on the White House's Director of Radio - 7/07/2004

... Hutchinson, Undersecretary for the Department of Homeland Security. Trey wants you to use a generic e-mail address, where you letters may or may not be seen. If you get a chance, why not give Trey a call and remind him who pays his salary.

The Feds threatened L.A. radio station KFI? - 6/26/2004

... which is rather important.] The Department of Homeland Security has reportedly threatened to bar KFI reporters from DHS news conferences.

"As Border Woes Strain Arizona, U.S. and Mexico Talk" - 3/28/2004

The NYT reports on the illegal alien situation in Arizona.

Bush refuses to pay for the trouble he causes - 3/09/2004

[As you read the following, recall that in FY2002, just 13 (thirteen) companies were fined for immigration violations. That's drastically down from prior years.] From Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)'s site: A bipartisan group of senators is calling on the Bush Administration to add $850 million in funding to the federal budget to assist states with the cost of incarcerating undocumented crimina...

"Have your thumb ready to ride the bus" - 3/04/2004

Via Drudge comes this report: The Pinellas school system is ready to approve a new technology that uses student fingerprints to keep track of who is riding school buses. Beginning in the fall, the fingerprint system would identify students as they board and leave.

Homeland Security: it's For The Children - 7/14/2003

According to this: The U.S.

"Feds caving in to illegals?" - 5/28/2003

Here's a report on U.S. Rep.

"Arizona border: Unwatched and unguarded" - 4/08/2003

... Gov. Janet Napolitano and the Department of Homeland Security.

Today's immigration news - 2/28/2003

... replaced with new bureaus of the Department of Homeland Security tomorrow. The report '2 agents targeted by INS in Maine' discusses how two INS agents were targeted for an internal probe after telling a newspaper that they'd been assigned to desk jobs rather than being able to go out and enforc

Duct tape, Moroni, and you - 2/19/2003

The Department of Homeland Security's website about preparedness is now available at ready.gov. It includes the bit about duct tape, as well as water, food, communications and other tips.

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