By James Fulford on 08/31/2007

Hispanic Border Patrol Officers—Again

Assuming you're not patrolling the border between Presque Isle, Maine, and New Brunswick, it helps a lot for a Border Patrol officer to speak Spanish. That, and the demographics of Texas, New Mexico, a...
By James Fulford on 08/31/2007

Foreign Students From Egypt Charged With Possession Of Explosives For "Violent Purposes"

Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed and Youssef Samir Megahed have been indicted [PDF] for possessing explosives for "Violent Purposes." These explosives were discovered by police in the are of Goose Creek...
By Allan Wall on 08/31/2007

Elvira as "Ambassador of Immigrants?"

In my article about the Elvira Arellano Melodrama, I reported that the recently-deported Elvira met with the president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon. According to initial reports, Elvira asked Calderon to...
By Randall Burns on 08/31/2007

Happy Labor Day Teamsters—Here Come Mexican Truckers!

NBC San Diego writes: The Teamsters Union said it has been told by officials in the Transportation Department's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that the first Mexican trucks will be coming ...
By Steve Sailer on 08/31/2007

Top 5 Scientists Ever?

Anthropologist John Hawks offers some good suggestions: Don't get me wrong, I like physics as much as anybody. But once your list includes Newton, Einstein, and Maxwell, and then you throw in Galileo, ...
By Steve Sailer on 08/31/2007

Will The NYT Ever Report Anything Bad About Their Blogger Steve Levitt?

Here's the abstract of a paper in press by economist Ted Joyce, followed by Joyce's cogent explanation of why it's important to keep harping on this subject. A Simple Test of Abortion and Crime Ted Jo...
By Dave Gorak on 08/31/2007

Dick Durbin: The Next Best Thing To Santa Claus

Nobody cares more about children than the jolly fat guy, but Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) has just showed why he has to be acknowledged as being a very close second. During the Aug. 29 airing of "Lou D...
By James Fulford on 08/30/2007

Mexican Teenager With TB Refuses Treatment

Francisco Santos is a Mexican teenager living in Duluth, Georgia who has tuberculosis and won't take his medicine. So far he's only given it to four people that we know of, and the cruel Yankee author...
By Randall Burns on 08/30/2007

More Sporadic Enforcement

Dan Horn writes in the Cincinnati Enquirer: Immigration agents raided a poultry packaging facility in Fairfield, Ohio, early Tuesday and arrested scores of illegal immigrants who were working there. ...
By Brenda Walker on 08/30/2007

Mexico's Crime Invading San Diego

As noted several times in these parts, Mexican kidnapping diversity is spreading rapidly into American communities along with the rather limited benefits of salsa and enchiladas. Just as predicted, the...
By Brenda Walker on 08/30/2007

Hispanic Historic Revision: WWII

Several months ago, Hispanics got offended and angry when they learned that Ken Burns' upcoming PBS docu-epic about WWII did not include special treatment of Latino veterans. He quickly caved to their ...
By James Fulford on 08/29/2007

Immigrant Children In Detention—Who's At Fault?

Here's a story about a recent ACLU suit about conditions in immigration detention, especially for children: TheStar.com - News - Kevin, 10, helps reform U.S. immigration Toronto-born boy was a lead pla...
By James Fulford on 08/29/2007

No Senatorial Immunity For Larry Craig

The question hasn't been raised in the press, but I was surprised to see that Larry Craig didn't try to claim Senatorial immunity under Article One, Section 6 of the Constitution, which gives members ...
By Randall Burns on 08/29/2007

Immigration and Declining SAT scores

Daniel de Vise writes in the Washington Post:The Class of 2007 posted the lowest SAT averages in several years, according to scores released this morning. Now part of the reason is related to recent im...
By James Fulford on 08/29/2007

Brand New: Joe Guzzardi's Latest Immigration Podcast Hosted By Todd Hartley

Among other subjects, Joe discusses Giuliani's immigration deceit , the GOP's suicide mission on immigration and why the MSM's failure to report honestly on illegal immigration helps us. Listen here. ...
By Steve Sailer on 08/29/2007

A Job Americans Just Won't Do!

It dawns on Matthew Yglesias that if border enforcement succeeded in driving up wages for the unskilled, some jobs wouldn't be economical to do anymore. But, he doesn't go far enough:An early scene in...
By Allan Wall on 08/28/2007

Illegal Aliens Leaving Oklahoma

Open Borders cheerleaders present people with the false dilemma of deporting 20 million illegal aliens or legalizing 20 million aliens. Of course they don't point out there's another option—start enfo...
By Terry Graham on 08/28/2007

A Longtime Resident Of Idaho Asks If Blackmail Explains Larry Craig's Support For Amnesty

Today's breaking news of Idaho's US Senator Larry Craig being charged with and pleading guilty to lewd conduct in a Minnesota airport mens' room follows months of my asking Northern Idaho conservatives...
By James Fulford on 08/28/2007

McCain Book Out—"Myth Of A Maverick"

Matt Welch usually has something interesting to say, and his new book, McCain: The Myth of a Maverick , will no doubt be fascinating. (Welch believes that a President McCain would send more troops over...
By Brenda Walker on 08/28/2007

Toting Up Carlos Slim

The New York Times ran an opinion piece Monday with some interesting observations on Mexican wealth and inequality, a subject that should concern Americans more than it does. (For example, Bush is plan...