Anti-immigrant law tarnishes the *City of Charm*

"The ordinance, which had been approved 3-2 on first reading in June, called for a $1,000 fine for any business that knowingly employed an illegal immigrant or landlord who rented to one. It would also have made English the official language of Avon Park and removed...

Border Patrol rescues 34 from flooded drainage tunnel

"U.S. Border Patrol agents and police in Nogales rescued 34 illegal immigrants Thursday morning after finding them clinging to the sides of a flooded drainage tunnel."

Immigration backlash goes local

"Though immigration reform is stalled in Congress, the ripple effects are being felt around the country — more backlash and knee-jerk than thoughtful and measured. These anti-immigrant measures are cropping up in small cities such as Hazleton, Pa., a community of...

Goddard in Nogales to discuss area crime

"The problem is so big, the attorney general for Sonora, Mexico asked us to develop a system of communication to help authorities there. If policemen pulled over a vehicle, it was very difficult and time consuming for the officer to get cross border information telling him if...

Many immigrants cross the border in search of a better life, but find the roa...

"A bucket of 100 garlic cloves could garnish $1 and if the pickers worked faster, after a five-hour shift, $50 would be considered a great day's pay. Reuben Arreola was 11 years old when he first started working in the agricultural farms in and around Taft."

Solve immigration crisis -- annex Mexico

"The Bush, Kennedy and McCain guest worker proposals will not stem the tide of illegal immigration. It will continue the phony 20-year policy of *a wink and a nod.*  Over the next 20 years it will open the floodgates for 66 million or more illegals, according to...

Slavery was absent from Moses Austin's petition to settle an American colony ...

"The question of slavery presented the greatest obstacle to the passage of the law. Austin believed that at least temporary toleration of slavery was necessary to the success of his colony. It was the slaveholding population of Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky,...

American granted permission to settle Texas territory

Conditions: (1) The settlers convert to Catholicism. (2) The settlers observe Mexican laws. (3) The settlers abolish slavery. ---> In 1820, Moses Austin REQUESTED a settlement of 300 families in Texas to the Spanish governor of Texas. Austin's request came...

Pandermonium

"Tennessee Senate candidates, GOP and Democrat alike, make illegal immigration the new Willie Horton."

Immigration Crisis -- West Virginia's Hand

"It's almost impossible to pinpoint the exact number of undocumented workers in West Virginia."

Sheriff says border violence worsening

"MISSION, Texas - Drug and smuggling gangs controlling Mexican border territory are proving an increasingly violent and sophisticated threat to Texas border law enforcement, Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzales told a state Senate committee Wednesday."

Border Patrol's busy weekend nets two big busts

"Border Patrol agents said today they made two arrests and seized a large quantity of narcotics in two separate incidents near Alamogordo this weekend."

Hawkish border patrol union endorses Kyl in Senate race

"has endorsed U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl's reelection efforts, while highly criticizing fellow Republican Sen. John McCain's stance on immigration matters, which includes a legal path for some of the 12 million illegal immigrants already living in the U.S." Copy & Click this...

Jose... You're Next!

David Caulkett believes that reporting illegals is a way for Americans to express their patriotism.