TX: Sanctuary cities bill SB9 appears to be dead

TX: Sanctuary cities bill SB9 appears to be dead...Controversial legislation prohibiting "sanctuary city" policies in Texas appeared dead Monday after a House committee refused to report the measure out and Senate conferees on a separate fiscal matters bill refused to let it be included as an amendment. As the special session headed toward its last day on Wednesday, there was no other avenue for the sanctuary cities measure to get legislative approval despite the fact that it was a priority for Gov. Rick Perry and legislative leaders.

http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/06/controversial-legislation-proh.html

SC: Governor Haley to sign immigration bill SB20 today

SC: Governor Haley to sign immigration bill SB20 today...SC lawmakers have given their final approval to a tougher illegal immigration bill and sent it to Gov. Nikki Haley's desk, but critics say it would cost millions and are urging her to veto it, saying they'll sue the state if it becomes law. Governor Haley is expected to sign the measure on Monday afternoon. -- The House voted 69 to 43 Tuesday evening to give the bill final approval

http://www2.wspa.com/news/2011/jun/27/4/sc-lawmakers-send-tougher-illegal-immigration-bill-ar-2012427/

Blatant, in-your-face corruption and Nazi tactics in MARYLAND occurring NOW

Blatant, in-your-face corruption and Nazi tactics in MARYLAND occurring NOW
The DREAM Act, granting in-state tuition and other special privileges to illegal aliens was defeated in Congress last year, but MD, a sanctuary state, was able to pass its own version (SB 167) in April. This was managed by intense lobbying from the far leftwing illegal [alien] advocate organization, CASA de Maryland -- which receives millions from the state -- and a blizzard of legislative contortions..Almost from the beginning, CASA activists and others have harassed petitioners wherever they set up. Here is a partial list of their tactics:

http://www.examiner.com/independent-in-washington-dc/blatant-your-face-corruption-and-nazi-tactics-maryland-occurring-now

Sen. Durbin chairs hearing on DREAM Act immigration measure TOMORROW

Sen. Durbin chairs hearing on DREAM Act immigration measure TOMORROW...Durbin (D-Ill.) is trying again to get the DREAM Act passed and will chair the first-ever Senate hearing Tuesday on the immigration measure to give students in the U.S. illegally a chance to stay. As a run-up to the DREAM Act hearing in Washington, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel hold a telephone press conference Monday to promote the legislation. Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) has been traveling across the nation to build support for the legislation. While White House Chief of Staff, Emanuel was seen as declining to push Obama to make DREAM Act passage a priority.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2011/06/sen_durbin_chairs_dream_act_he.html

NY Can't Opt Out of Fingerprint Sharing With Feds (Secure Communities Program)...

NY Can't Opt Out of Fingerprint Sharing With Feds (Secure Communities Program)...[what difference does it make? Thanks to Obama/Napolitano/John Morton's recent memo to ICE....they won't be deporting anyone! Secure Communities Program has now become nothing more than a "Dog & Pony Show for Obama and his regime.] Fingerprints taken at the local level will continue to be shared with the DHS as part of a controversial federal immigration program despite Governor Andrew Cuomo's calls to end the practice, according to federal agencies.

http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2011/jun/27/secure-communities/

Los Angeles: Tim Howard calls ceremony a 'disgrace' (entire post-match ceremony was in Spanish)

Los Angeles: Tim Howard calls ceremony a 'disgrace' (entire post-match ceremony was in Spanish) Goalkeeper Tim Howard was still upset after the U.S. lost the Gold Cup final, but his strongest reaction had nothing to do with the four goals Mexico slotted in his net. -- After El Tri's 4-2 victory at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Howard blasted CONCACAF officials for conducting the title ceremony in Spanish. -- "CONCACAF should be ashamed of themselves," Howard said. "I think it was a [expletive] disgrace that the entire post-match ceremony was in Spanish...."

http://m.espn.go.com/wireless/story?w=1ariu&storyId=6705473&i=TOP&wjb=%27

Feds use Midwest floods as excuse for treachery

Feds use Midwest floods as excuse for treachery...the government has no intention of restoring the homes, businesses, farmland, and the concomitant economic development stemming from the region impacted by the flood. Instead, under pressure from environmental groups, the region will be designated as protected wetlands, meaning of course that the economic boom resulting from development in the region will be lost forever...If you are a homeowner or landowner in the area, you are flat out of luck. The government will allow property values to plummet by deliberately refusing to restore the region to its state prior to the floods. Then, at vastly reduced prices, the Feds will purchase that land for pennies on the dollar, swindling homeowners out of billions, and then using the land in a vast wetlands restoration project.

http://www.examiner.com/conservative-in-national/special-report-feds-use-midwest-floods-as-excuse-for-treachery?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Bill being introduced to stop Obama's de facto amnesty

Bill being introduced to stop Obama's de facto amnesty...Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is sponsoring legislation which would block the Obama administration's ability to delay or defer the deportations of "millions of deportable illegal and criminal aliens." --The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is bringing forth the bill in response to the ICE memo quietly issued on June 17, announcing that immigration officials no longer have to deport illegal aliens...Smith’s bill is expected to be introduced on the House floor very soon.

http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/bill-being-introduced-to-stop-obama-s-de-facto-amnesty?CID=examiner_alerts_article

Point Source of Monument Fire? Border group says yes..Foot trail leads away from Wash 62 flood control devices.

Point Source of Monument Fire? Border group says yes..Foot trail leads away from Wash 62 flood control devices. According to a photo taken by American Border Patrol, the Monument Fire that took such a heavy toll on Americans was started in Mexico. Now, ABP has followed up with a closer look that suggests that the fire crossed into the U.S. at Wash 62 on the border..."A person standing near the border in Wash 62 on June 12 would have experience blast-furnace winds blowing north," Spencer said. "Add to that the fact that a fire started right there leads me to the conclusion that it was arson."

http://www.americanpatrol.com/11-FEATURES/110627-FEATURE/110627_Feature.html

TX: Groping Bill Killed by Texas House Committee

TX: Groping Bill Killed by Texas House Committee...TSA Bill Replaced With Toothless Resolution? Having already been gutted, the anti-grope legislation could be jettisoned for a meaningless recommendation that Congress take up the issue....
Thanks to the efforts of Speaker Joe Straus and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to sabotage a bill that would have specifically banned invasive TSA groping in Texas, the legislation has seemingly been replaced with a toothless resolution that does nothing to reign in the federal agency’s abuse of power and instead merely recommends that Congress takes up the issue at the national level.

http://www.infowars.com/tsa-bill-replaced-with-toothless-resolution/

NRC Website Defines Media Blackout Over Nebraska Nuclear Plant Flooding

NRC Website Defines Media Blackout Over Nebraska Nuclear Plant Flooding....Americans are getting more information about the drowning nuclear plant from civilians on YouTube than government agencies or media....the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Facility has for some time now, been surrounded by the waters of the overflowing Missouri River. The river is significantly above safe levels and has been for some time now. The nuclear plant was closed in April...The facility was built in a location known as the Missouri River flood plane!!!!!!

http://www.infowars.com/nrc-website-defines-media-blackout-over-nebraska-nuclear-plant-flooding/

Alabama: Birmingham City Council to vote on condemning Alabama's new illegal immigration law HB56

Alabama: Birmingham City Council to vote on condemning Alabama's new illegal immigration law HB56...to vote on a resolution condemning Alabama's new illegal immigration law as inhumane and against American principles... 'Not everyone agrees'...the law would protect jobs for American citizens and help remedy a growing problem of illegal aliens in the state. [Alabama has an estimated 120,000 illegal aliens, a nearly fivefold increase from a decade ago, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Many are thought to be working on farms, at chicken processing plants and in construction]

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/06/birmingham_city_council_to_vot_4.html

Indiana Planned Parenthood law blocked [immigration bill blocked, too]

Indiana Planned Parenthood law blocked [immigration bill blocked, too]...A federal judge in Indianapolis on Friday blocked part of an Indiana law that cut off public funding for the state’s Planned Parenthood outlets because they provide abortions, U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt, who was appointed in 2010 by Obama, granted the family planning organization an injunction that voids the portion of the Indiana law, recently signed by Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0611/57747.html

ICE agents warn Americans 'to brace themselves for what's coming'

ICE agents warn Americans 'to brace themselves for what's coming'....This is just one of many new ICE policies in queue aimed at stopping the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws in the U.S.. Unable to pass its immigration agenda through legislation, the Administration is now implementing it through agency policy.”
[Obama is tying ICE Agents' hands from enforcing the laws and deportations of illegals...also using backdoor tactics in granting Dream Act to illegals...every possible excuse listed in Morton's DHS letter to ICE....ICE Agents Union has asked us to contact our Senators and Congressmen to demand that our laws are enforced and to allow ICE Agents to do their jobs...WHAT BETTER WAY TO SECURE OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION IN 2012????]

http://www.examiner.com/immigration-reform-in-national/ice-agents-warn-americans-to-brace-themselves-for-what-s-coming

Terror probe targets group funded by Obama

Terror probe targets group funded by Obama...Chicago activists now pressing White House to drop investigation...Obama has ties to Chicago activists whose homes were raided last September by the FBI as part of a terrorism probe. Now those activists are organizing a counter-offensive utilizing local unions aimed in part at pressuring the White House and Justice Department to drop the inquiry. The Washington Post reports indictments may be forthcoming in an investigation of 23 Chicago activists reportedly for possible "material support" for Colombian and Palestinian groups designated by the U.S. government as terrorists.

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=314709

Federal government ineptness main enemy of immigration law reform

Federal government ineptness main enemy of immigration law reform...There are large areas of the border where there are virtually no Border Patrol agents at all. Maybe 50 or 60% of the border is covered…the rest is wide open to illegal entry and drug smuggling. So how many people cross illegally? We do not know because the Border Patrol is missing in action.

http://tucsoncitizen.com/view-from-baja-arizona/2011/06/24/federal-government-ineptness-main-enemy-of-immigration-law-reform/

U.S. no longer mandating 100 percent screening of cargo containers

U.S. no longer mandating 100 percent screening of cargo containers...(Clueless) DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the U.S. is no longer going to screen every cargo container before it enters the U.S.; she said, "We believe the so-called 100% requirement is probably not the best way to go...in 2007 Congress mandated that all containers entering the U.S. must be scanned at their ports of exit by 2012; the 2007 bill empowers DHS to extend the 2012 deadline if the agency believed that the goal was not achievable and in the past Napolitano has expressed doubts about the feasibility of screening 100% of the cargo entering the U.S.

http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/us-no-longer-mandating-100-percent-screening-cargo-containers

Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label

Bridge Comes to San Francisco With a Made-in-China Label... The assembly work in California, and the pouring of the concrete road surface, will be done by Americans. But construction of the bridge decks and the materials that went into them are a Made in China affair. California officials say the state saved hundreds of millions of dollars by turning to China...California decided not to apply for federal funding for the project because the “Buy America” provisos would probably have required purchasing more expensive steel and fabrication from U.S. manufacturers. China, the world’s biggest steel maker, was the front-runner, particularly because it has dominated bridge building for the last decade.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&ref=general&src=me[/b]

NEBRASKA ALERT: 2,000 ft berm holding back floodwater has collapsed at Ft. Calhoun nuke plant — River now surrounding two buildings

NEBRASKA ALERT: 2,000 ft berm holding back floodwater has collapsed at Ft. Calhoun nuke plant — River now surrounding two buildings

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=241761

Female assassins a growing part of drug cartels

Female assassins a growing part of drug cartels...They are known as “Las Barbies,” “Las Tinkerbells” and “Las Reinas.” But the images they evoke in the criminal underworld in Mexico are far from those of innocent dolls, bells and queens. According to intelligence reports, the terms are used by drug-trafficking organizations for “mujeres sicarias” — hit women...

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/06/female-assassins-growing-part-of-drug.html