Archives for October 2013

Homeland Insecurity Alert: Dry Ice and Dry Runs

Town Hall — At Los Angeles International Airport, two dry ice bombs exploded this week, and two others were found in a restricted area of the airport. According to the Los Angeles Times, the devices “appeared to be outside the terminal near planes where employees such as baggage handlers and others work on the aircraft […]

State Beauty Queen Describes Frustration in Apprehending Illegal Alien Attacker

Jim Gilchrist – MMP Exclusive [Identity not revealed to protect victim] Dear Mr. Gilchrist, I am a single woman living in Florida. This area of the country is absolutely overrun with illegal immigrants. Consequently, it has caused the crime rate around here to skyrocket and made this a very dangerous place to live. Our streets […]

Protesters chain themselves to stop deportations in Arizona

The Washington Times — Immigrant-rights protesters have chained themselves in front of an detention facility in Eloy, Ariz., and planned to blockade the main federal immigration office in Phoenix later Monday, hoping to stop anyone from being deported. The moves are the latest act of civil disobedience from activists who are demanding the Obama administration […]

Why Immigration Reform Could Spell Doom for the GOP

Townhall — The recent Senate debate over immigration reform focused mostly on three issues: 1) the economic effects of legalizing millions of currently illegal immigrants while also increasing the rate of future immigration, 2) the possibility of achieving real border security and 3) the ethical question of offering the reward of citizenship to those who […]

Conservative ‘fly-in’ aims to sell House GOP on immigration

USA Today — About 300 conservatives from around the country and with varying backgrounds — pastors, farmers, police chiefs, business owners — will arrive in Washington on Oct. 28 to meet with Republican lawmakers and make a conservative pitch for a new immigration law. Participants in the “fly-in” say they can better speak to the […]

The Myth of the “Otherwise Law-Abiding” Illegal Alien

RightSideNews — For years advocates of amnesty and high levels of immigration have described the illegal alien population as one made up of “otherwise law-abiding” people who have committed no violation other than the simple act of crossing a border illegally or overstaying a visa. Journalists routinely invoke this language when writing about amnesty, conspicuously […]