Archives for January 2015

Exclusive Response: Santa Barbara News-Press responds to Jim Gilchrist

The world was shocked to hear of the recent assault on free speech by thugs in California. These anti-free speech vandals defaced building belonging to the Santa Barbara News-Press, allegedly due to the paper’s use of the word “illegals” to refer to people living illegally in the United States. Mr. Jim Gilchrist of the Minuteman […]

Lawsuit: Obama’s amnesty will cost states billions

The Washington Times — President Obama’s new deportation amnesty will impose “billions of dollars in costs” on states, they told a federal court this week — including more than $130 for each Texas driver’s license issued to illegal immigrants under the policy. More than 1,100 pages of documents submitted by Texas and two dozen other states […]

Commentary from Jim Gilchrist defending free speech for Santa Barbara, Ca. newspaper

California Newspaper Stands Its Ground On Free Speech — a commentary by Jim Gilchrist Dear Americans and free speech proponents, The Santa Barbara News-Press will set a long overdue precedent of defying politically correct speech, which in itself is “censorship.” For decades the U.S. media has cowered to intimidation from sinister reactionaries who would have […]

Thousands of illegal minors apprehended to start fiscal year 2015

Latin Post — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) released data on the number of undocumented immigrants already apprehended during the 2015 fiscal year, and according to the numbers, thousands of immigrant children were caught by border patrol agents to kick off the new fiscal year. The CBP noted 5,143 undocumented immigration children were […]

Newspaper office VANDALIZED for using term ‘illegals’

Fox News — A California newspaper will continue to use the term “illegals” to describe people who enter the U.S. without permission, despite an attack on its building by vandals believed to object to the term. The Santa Barbara News-Press’s front entrance was sprayed with the message “The border is illegal, not the people who cross […]

White House: GOP ‘playing with fire’ on DHS funding

The Washington Examiner — The White House is accusing Republicans of “playing with fire” in their strategy to use Homeland Security funding to challenge President Obama’s executive action on immigration, after the deadly terrorist attack at a French satirical magazine. Team Obama has long doubted that Republicans would unite behind an effective strategy to fight the […]