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March 17, 2010 Napolitano Yanks Virtual Fence Funds "Signaling a major shift from her predecessor, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday said she will spend $50 million of stimulus funds originally intended to build a 'virtual fence' along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border on other more proven and cost-effective security technology," the Washington Times reported. "Ms. Napolitano said the department will instead use $50 million of stimulus funding originally allocated for the first phase of SBInet to buy security technology such as mobile surveillance, thermal-imaging devices, body scanning units, mobile radios, cameras and laptops for pursuit vehicles."
Church Leaders Face Dissent from Mass Immigration Orthodoxy
"Religious leaders hope to bring tens of thousands of activists to Capitol Hill next week to push Congress to act on immigration reform, but at least one study shows they may have to convince the pews before they can try to sway the politicians," says the AP. "[A] Zogby poll released last December by the Center for Immigration Studies shows that most members of religious communities want a decrease in immigration. Among those believing current immigration levels are too high: 69 percent of Catholics, 72 percent of mainline Protestants, 78 percent of born-again Protestants and 50 percent of Jews."
Arizona House to Act on Immigration Enforcement Bill "The Arizona House is scheduled Wednesday to debate and vote on a sweeping bill to strengthen immigration enforcement laws. The bill has already been passed by the Senate so House approval would complete legislative action and send it to Gov. Jan Brewer," the AP reported.
New Immigrants Avoiding High-Immigration Areas "New immigrants who once flocked to the large "gateway" cities of Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, and Chicago are now heading for smaller metropolitan areas like Detroit and Minneapolis, Colorado Springs, Colo., Sarasota, Fla., and El Paso, Tex.," says the Christian Science Monitor in a report on a new real estate study. "Newly arriving immigrants are likely to settle where there are job opportunities and affordable places to live," says Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform. "It also dispels one of the key assertions of the immigration enthusiasts [who] often look at the fact that immigrants tend to congregate in areas of the country where the economy is most robust, and conclude that immigration is the cause of economic growth. This study suggests that they are confusing cause and effect. If a robust economy exists, the effect will be an influx of immigrants."
New Haven Mayor Proposes City Fund ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants "Grants that paid for the first three years of the Elm City ID card have dried up, and, for the first time, Mayor John DeStefano Jr. is proposing that the program be paid for with general funds," the New Haven Register reports. "The city has offered the identification cards to residents, regardless of immigration status, since 2007. The cards are accepted identification at several local banks, and can be used for parking meters and to access the city beach, golf course, recycling center and libraries."
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