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October 18, 2007
New incursion of Mexican military into US with drug smugglers In an armed standoff on Monday along the Rio Grande about 50 miles east of El Paso, thirty US law enforcement officers confronted by heavily armed Mexican soldiers and civilian smugglers who had crossed into the United States. After reinforcements arrived, the Mexican eventually returned to Mexico leaving behind a Cadillac Escalade with 1,477 pounds of marijuana. Chief Mike Doyal said candidly, “It happens quite often here. It's not the immigrants coming over for jobs we're worried about. It's the smugglers, Mexican military and the national threat to our borders that we're worried about.” Mexican officials denied any incursions and Chertoff played down the reports and suggested that they were coincidental mistakes, but border agents believe differently. One border agent speaking on the condition of anonymity said “We’re sitting ducks. The government has our hands tied.” Members of Congress have requested the House Judiciary Committee, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the House Homeland Security Committee and the House International Relations Committee to investigate the incursions. Indiana reform activists successfully tackle mortgages for illegals Chicago Public Radio has recognized the efforts of Indiana Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement in opposing the practice of a bank offering mortgages to illegal aliens. The protest was against Bank Calumet, and it cost the bank depositors. When the bank was then absorbed by First Midwest Bancorp, the new owner ended the practice. The head of IFIRE, Cheree Calabro, commented that, “They got pretty upset with us. They didn’t want us to step on their property, so what I did is I bought one of those extendo-rods, it’s for reaching objects on high shelves, and I would put the flyer in it so I could reach across their property and hand it to the people as they sat in the drive-thru.” [FAIR Comment: This is a good demonstration of the fact that local activists can make a real difference in the campaign to discourage the settlement of illegal aliens in their communities.] House legislators continue to battle for justice for imprisoned BP Agents Using the congressional hearings for the new U.S. Attorney General as a means to continue their efforts to seek justice for imprisoned Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, five House members have called on Judge Michael Mukasey to agree to study the case if he is confirmed as head of the Justice Department. 'If this new attorney general is unwilling to look into this, he doesn't deserve to be attorney general,' Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), told CNS News. |