Obama's Drunken Alien Uncle First Came to USA in 1963

It's not clear that this criminal has been here the entire time since 1963, but we do know for sure he was ordered deported in 1992 and for some odd reason is still in this country. If the president, who is sworn to uphold our laws, actually enforced our laws, his "long lost" Uncle Omar would be on the next flight back to Nairobi.

The uncle of President Obama arrested here last week on drunken driving and other charges has been a fugitive from deportation since 1992, according to two federal law enforcement officials with knowledge of the case.

Onyango Obama, who is from Kenya and is known as the president's Uncle Omar on his father's side, had lived a quiet life in Massachusetts until last Wednesday, when police said the car he was driving darted in front of a police cruiser, nearly causing the officer to hit his car.

The federal officials, who spoke about Obama's immigration status on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak about the case, said Obama had been told to leave in 1992, but he did not go.

Obama is the second relative of the president to have defied a deportation order, reigniting debate over illegal immigration and raising questions about how a man who had lived in the United States illegally for years had managed to secure a job, a Massachusetts driver's license, and apparently, a federal Social Security number, without being detected by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

"There are hundreds of thousands of people who have been ordered deported and just ran off and nobody's looking for them," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which favors strict controls on immigration.

Onyango Obama's sister, Zeituni Onyango, also faced deportation before a Boston immigration judge granted her asylum last year. She, too, had avoided the spotlight, living in public housing in South Boston despite a deportation order. Her immigration status was leaked to the media days before her nephew's historic election in 2008.

here's the Boston Globe, finally reporting on this story after a week, and they again have to remind us of the "historic election" of 2008. Well, at this rate Obama will be facing a "historic defeat" in 14 months.

Yesterday, a portrait of his life emerged on the residential street where he lived, surrounded by other immigrants and young families.

Onyango Obama is the younger half-brother of the president's father, Barack Obama Sr., a scholar from Kenya who was rarely in the president’s life. The president's father came to the United States to study, but he was also a heavy drinker with a chaotic personal life. He died when he rammed his truck into a tree stump in Kenya in 1982, according to a new book, "The Other Barack: The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father," by Globe reporter Sally H. Jacobs.

According to the book, Onyango Obama came to the United States in 1963 as part of Tom Mboya's airlift helping Kenyan students study in the United States. It was Barack Obama Sr.'s brotherly duty to help him, and with help from a friend, his younger brother was accepted at a boys' school then known as Browne & Nichols, in Cambridge, Jacobs's book reported.

Then it all becomes very sketchy. Obviously officials later figured out he was no longer here legally and ordered him deported, but since Massachusetts is apparently a sanctuary for illegal Obamas, he's still here.

Ironically the discovery of yet another illegal Obama in our midst (how many others are out there, by the way?) should lay waste to any push for amnesty or so-called immigration reform. How credible can Obama be when even he doesn't know how many of his family members are here living on the dole?

Meanwhile, nobody knows anything.

Mark Hinkle, spokesman for the Social Security Administration, said legally admitted immigrants can obtain a Social Security number. But he would not answer questions about what happens to that number if the immigrant is ordered deported.

He referred questions to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, which enforces immigration law.

ICE spokesman Brian P. Hale said the agency does not comment on specific cases.

The federal immigration court, which is under the Department of Justice, also declined to comment, in contrast to 2009, when the court provided detailed information on his sister's case.

Lauren Alder Reid, counsel for legislative and public affairs at the Executive Office for Immigration Review, which runs the immigration courts, said she could not comment without a privacy waiver signed by Obama or his representative.

Maybe one of Obama's media lapdogs could query the president on this. Although I suspect he would have no comment. The least he could do is call for a beer summit at The Chicken Bone.

Obama's Support Among Hispanics Drops 36 Points

I guess the Panderer-in-Chief's decision to stop deporting illegal aliens has nothing to do with this, right?

Only 49 percent of Hispanic Americans said last week they approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, according to the Gallup poll. That is down 36 points from the high of 85 percent that Obama’s approval hit among Hispanics in the Gallup poll in the spring of 2009, his first year as president.

Obama’s approval among Hispanics hit an all-time low of 45 percent in the last week of July, according to Gallup. It has rebounded modestly since then.

Call me cynical, but this sure looks like backdoor amnesty.

The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Representative Lamar Smith, Republican of Texas, denounced the new policy.

“The Obama administration has again made clear its plan to grant backdoor amnesty to illegal immigrants,” Mr. Smith said. “The administration should enforce immigration laws, not look for ways to ignore them. Officials should remember the oath of office they took to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the land.”

Uphold the Constitution? Why would these thugs do that?

Welcome Mat Out, Guess We Can Shut Down Border Patrol Now

I don't even know how this is possible legally. For me this just adds to the growing list of items on the list of things this administration has done to simply ignore the law or in the case of EPA invent new laws, to continue to push a far left progressive on the American people. The arrogance of the liberals in charge knows no bounds. We don't need no stinkin Congress. Don't like the law, just ignore it. Ain't that right Eric 'Fast and Furious' Holder.

Will these immigrants be able to obtain work permits while remaining in the country? Yes, officials said, though that is not new. Undocumented persons have always had the opportunity to apply for temporary work permits, which are reviewed on a case-by-case basis upon request.

From Black Panthers intimidating voters to launching investigations into who you deem to be political enemies there has never in my half century of life been a president who has so openly ignored and flaunted the laws of this country and never with an eye towards doing good for the country but rather to push a far left ideology and promote his reelection bid.

You know who this edict is really directed at? At those states who are passing legislation to arrest and deport the ever burgeoning illegal immigrant population in their state. The message is real simple. Sure you can apprehend them. Sure you can report them. We ain't doing nothing. It sends a very clear signal to the illegals to quit worrying about state laws since states don't have the power to deport, that is a federal function. Without any federal legislative authority what so ever he has effectively neutered the states and spit in the face of all honest immigrants and the tax payers of America. Hey maybe this part of grand, super delicious, yet be disclosed or written budget plan. You know with this decree we can close the Border Patrol, pare down the size of ICE and decrease the total number of employees at DHS. Who am I kidding, you can't fire federal unionized workers.

I once thought that even though this guy was a complete disaster as a choice for president that America could survive 4 years of him or any president for that matter. My God I survived Carter, but in the last 6 months or so I no longer believe that. It no longer is a joke to say that Carter was the best case scenario for this administration. They are making Carter, hell they make King George, look like the good 'ol days.

We are so screwed!

Illegal Alien Supporters Protest Obama?

I think the illegal aliens and their supporters need to get some better talking points. I have seen stories on this day of protests all day and in each of them I have found something to make you go ummm in the arguments they are making to argue against America's immigration policies.

First was one out of Los Angeles with this little snippet. In Los Angeles they were decrying a program called Secure Communities. It is a program which allows immigration authorities access to fingerprint records. Now I know what you are saying, you mean they weren't already 10 years after 9/11? Well no, not until the last couple of years.

An ongoing source of debate is who is getting identified through this fingerprint sharing. Since 2008, about 121,000 immigrants have been deported after being flagged under Secure Communities, ICE statistics show.

About 6 percent had no prior record with immigration officials or law enforcement; roughly 28 percent had no criminal history, the statistics show.

If I am interpreting that little piece of information correctly that would mean 72% DO have a criminal history.

In Atlanta about a dozen showed up, which was a good indication that Georgia's recently enacted immigration laws were having the desired effect.

They are upset that his administration has deported more than one-million illegal immigrants since he took office in 2009, which they called a record.

He may very well wind up regretting the loss of all those votes.

And finally a spokesman for President Downgrade released a statement to the press, which of course blamed the Republicans.

"The President remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system," it said, going on to attack GOP Presidential candidates and Republicans in Congress for being opposed to "a comprehensive solution".

The Obama campaign statement said, "criminal deportations have increased over 70% while non-criminal deportations have significantly decreased as a result."

Notice however how they make that distinction between criminal and non-criminal deportations. What part of illegal immigrant don't they understand?

So either they are finding far more illegals have criminal backgrounds, reinforcing what had always been for the most part anecdotal evidence or states like Arizona and Georgia have somehow forced the feds to enforce their laws.

It is also pretty apparent that TOTUS' campaign folks have decided they have gotten all the mileage they can out of blaming Bush and now are simply targeting the larger Republican party as a whole.

Fringe Extremist Obama Sues to Block Alabama Immigration Law

This is what happens when you have a far-left president who represents an extremist fringe of the American public. He gets to decide which laws he does or doesn't like and thwarts the will of the majority. It's as if we're living in a banana republic.

The Obama administration on Monday sued to block enforcement of Alabama's new immigration law, widely considered to be the toughest measure in the United States to try to crack down on illegal immigrants.

The law, known as H.B. 56, was signed by Republican Governor Robert Bentley in June and is due to take effect on September 1. Civil rights groups brought a separate lawsuit challenging the law about a month ago.

"If allowed to go into effect, H.B. 56's enforcement scheme will conflict with and undermine the federal government's careful balance of immigration enforcement priorities and objectives," administration lawyers said in the lawsuit filed in federal court.

"The scheme will cause the detention and harassment of authorized visitors, immigrants, and citizens who do not have or carry identification documents specified by the statute, or who otherwise will be swept into the ambit of H.B. 56's enforcement-at-all-costs approach," the lawsuit said.

Obama would prefer law-abiding citizens be harassed by his union goons.

Illegal Immigrant Kids Stage Protest, Get Their Wish

So a bunch of immigrants congregated at the Georgia state capitol today, some of them were in this country illegally, to protest the recently passed immigration legislation, and some of them got their wish. They got arrested.

A lot of news organizations are no doubt going to pick up on this because of the age of those arrested, they were minors. Here is what they aren't going to tell you. Those folks went with the express intent to get arrested. You see they are being led down this little primrose path that somehow their actions are noble and equivalent to the civil rights protests of the 60's.

The six undocumented immigrants were arrested at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Washington streets in downtown Atlanta after the rally at the Capitol, said Georgia State Patrol spokesman Gordy Wright. They were blocking the intersection by sitting in the roadway and refusing to disperse, he stated.

The three adults are being transferred to Fulton County Jail. They are Dulce Guerrero, an 18-year-old recent graduate from Pebblebrook High School and 18-year-old Jessica Vasquez, who will be attending Pebblebrook this fall. The other adult is Felipe Baeza, age 24, from New York.

The juveniles, two females and one male all age 16, are being released to their parents with copies of the charges for Juvenile Court proceedings.

I wish to call your attention to the high school mentioned because you see it is the same one my daughter attended and well you know how kids talk. In total there were 6 kids from Pebblebrook who attended, all illegals so I suspect that the juveniles whose names were withheld are from Pebblebrook. They started cooking up this little scheme a while back and emboldened by the success of a Kennesaw State student, who in wake of her arrest for driving without a license along with some other traffic violations and lying to the police was allowed to stay in the country by liberal judge and in fact is still a student at said university.

Pebblebrook H.S. fancies themselves as some sort of cutting edge illegal immigrant group. Just before school was out for the summer they staged a walk out by the students, what in my day would have been called senior skip day, to show their dissatisfaction with the passage of the illegal immigrant legislation. Once again they may feel good about themselves and they really are being led around by the nose by the illegal immigrant crowd but that little stunt was nothing more then kids looking forward to summer break and were bored.

They are betting that nothing will happen since the plan by illegal immigrant crowd is to make them martyrs, and right now I wouldn't bet against them no matter what the state wants to do. We already know that instructions have gone out from the federal immigration folks to go easy on those in this country illegally who are in school, and besides it is all about the children after all.

This will wind up being a pop test of not only states immigration laws but a good discovery phase of just how much support the states can expect to get from the federal government in enforcing their laws. It is time for ICE and DHS to decide just who they are sworn to protect and serve.

UPDATE: Remember when I said that it would probably be determined that the others who got arrested would be from Pebblebrook H.S.?

Nataly and her four other Pebblebrook classmates, Leeidy Solis and Rolando Zenteno, both 16, Dulce Guerrero and Jessica Vasquez, both 18, were training over the last couple of days for Tuesday’s protest with 24-year-old Felipe Baeza from New York.

They rehearsed their speeches about how they immigrated to the United States at very young ages with their families.

Deport 'em and then have ICE show up on the first day of school and clean out the rest of them that are using up my taxes to fund their vacation in America. Send them home.

Clueless Obama to Push for 'Immigration Reform'

Now that his extended post-bin Laden victory lap has concluded, the president today returns to campaign mode by traveling to Texas to push for his latest bid at amnesty for illegal aliens.

President Obama plans to unveil a “blueprint” on Tuesday of what he wants Congress to include in a comprehensive immigration reform bill, according to senior administration officials.

Obama is scheduled to visit El Paso, Texas, with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano as part of the White House’s increased efforts to return immigration reform to the national spotlight.

A senior administration official told reporters in a conference call Monday evening that Obama’s renewed push for an immigration bill was not merely a political move attempting to paint Congress as the inhibitor and the White House as the doer in the eyes of Latino voters ahead of the 2012 elections.

“While it may be true that there are significant obstacles in Congress, we believe the American people expect the policymakers to do their job,” said an official. “So we do not accept the argument that because there are some in Congress who are unwilling to act that we ought to just wash our hands of trying to get this done.”

Unless they have a suicide pact, the GOP would be nuts to go along with this nonsense. Of course they'll be called racist, but what else is new?

Americans are hurting economically and there's absolutely no desire for amnesty. Then again, the public's opposition to anything never deterred the left from trying to shove it down our throats. Obama realizes independents have largely abandoned him and is desperate to add new voters to his party. It's all quite obvious.

Obama Introduces New Point Man on Immigration

Soak it all in folks. They're just laughing at us now.

President Obama remains committed to comprehensive immigration reform despite the incendiary nature of the issue.

Participants at a White House meeting with Obama on Tuesday reported he's determined to keep the issue alive - and asked for help forging a bipartisan consensus behind reforming an immigration policy he often calls "broken."

The Rev. Al Sharpton called the session "a very healthy beginning" and suggested proponents and opponents join together in "unlikely pairs" to "give a central message: Immigration reform is something America needs and something that America must do together."

"Immigration reform must be a priority," he said.

Sharpton urged the country to unite behind "a humane policy but a legal policy that does not threaten American citizens nor violate American law but at the same time deals with the basic need of building this country."

In one breath Obama tells "the rich" they have to cough up more to pay for his socialist schemes.

"We can't just tell the wealthiest among us, 'You don't have to do a thing. You just sit there and relax, and everybody else, we're gonna solve this problem,' " Obama told a crowd of mostly students at a town-hall-style event in suburban Virginia.

Then he welcomes in a thug who owes $3.7 million in taxes.

No wonder they're laughing.

Half Million Dollars in Tax Refunds to Illegal Aliens

If you are among the 43% of Americans who actually pay taxes you will be glad to know that the IRS and the federal government is closely monitoring how each penny of that money is being spent.

Okay, okay, calm down and clean off your computer screen. Of course they aren't. Here is just one example of where a half million of your dollars went.

The FBI seized $500,000 in cash during a raid of an illegal immigrant's home as part of an investigation into false tax filings, agents said.

Federal agents and Hall County deputies arrested 34-year old Guillermo Merino on Friday after a traffic stop in Gainesville.

Investigators told Channel 2's Richard Elliot they found more than $50,000 in his car. Afterward, they searched his house and said they discovered more than $450,000 in cash inside the home. According to agents, they seized a total of $540,000.

A couple of points I want to make in regards to this case. One it wasn't the IRS, the Treasury Department, or any other law enforcement generally associated with either tax law or immigration that was involved in this seizure. In fact, you have to feel just a little bit lucky that this happened in one of the few areas of the country where local law enforcement is allowed to check the immigration status of people they detain for law violations. In case you didn't catch it in the snippet above, a stop for a traffic violation is what set this whole series of events into motion.

The other point is that here is a very tangible example of how illegal immigrants costs us all without having to hypothesize on how much of the expense is due to illegals using public services.

The last point is this is just one case. I am sure if this guy figured it out there are several others who have also, which begs the question of how much money is leaving our treasury directly to pay these fraudulent refunds?

Priorities: As U.S. is Downgraded, Obama Moves on to Immigration Reform

Is he really this out of touch or is this merely more pandering to his base? Whatever the case, I'm starting to think this guy has more than a few screws loose. A day after being humiliated on the world stage, his approval rating slipping yet again, what does he do?

He focuses on so-called immigration reform, or, more subtly, his own re-election.

President Obama is reviving the issue of immigration reform in the face of mounting political pressure as he readies his bid for reelection.

Obama is holding a meeting at the White House on Tuesday with current and former elected officials along with business and faith groups to discuss the "importance of fixing our nation's broken immigration system for our 21st century economic and national security needs," according to his schedule.

Ahead of that meeting, the president insisted the fight for major immigration reform legislation is not yet over despite the fact Republicans, who are largely wary of current comprehensive proposals, made large gains in the 2010 midterm elections.

"The question is going to be, are we going to be able to find some Republicans who can partner with me and others to get this done once and for all instead of using it as a political football?" he told Dallas-based WFAA-TV during one of four local television interviews on Monday.

If you find some dope Republicans to join you they may as well just leave the party.

Of course this is just another transparent attempt to district the great unwashed from his myriad failures.

In addition, the still-fragile economic recovery and the pro-democracy uprisings across the Middle East this year have drawn attention away from the issue. A Gallup poll released last week showed immigration at the bottom of a list of issues the public feels are most important. Only four percent ranked it as the top issue compared to 45 percent who named either the economy in general or unemployment.

It's the absolute last priority for Americans, so this is what he'll focus on. Great.

Meanwhile, in a stunning coincidence, a pro-illegal alien group has cleverly come up with an immigration Hall of Shame. I question the timing.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who once suggested handling illegal immigrants in a way similar to how farmers handle livesock, took first place in a "Hall of Shame" list compiled by the Immigrants' List political action committee.

The group named eight other Republicans and one Democrat Tuesday, claiming they are “the biggest obstacles” to overhauling the nation's immigration laws.

In its biannual “Hall of Shame” list, obtained first by The Hill, the PAC took aim at Steve King, eight other Republicans and lone Democrat Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.) for “spreading misinformation, preying on fear, and blocking the reform America wants and needs.”

The PAC also names Reps. Lamar Smith (Texas), Ed Royce (Calif.), Peter King (N.Y.), Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Brian Bilbray (Calif.), Candice Miller (Mich.), Ben Quayle (Ariz.), and Sen. John Boozman (Ark.).

“We need reform that unites families, promotes fair employment practices, and restores America’s place as a nation that welcomes those seeking freedom from persecution and a better way of life,” said Amy Novick, the executive director of Immigrant’s List.

It would be nice if those of us already here could live our lives free of government persecution. How about just leaving us alone for five minutes?

Illegal Immigrants Decide Shutting Down Downtown Atlanta Is A Good Idea

File this under how to make friends and influence enemies.

Supporters of illegal aliens took to the streets of Atlanta today creating traffic jams, inconveniencing folks during lunch time and just in general pissing a lot of hard working folks off. Way to go. We got the message. Now leave. No, I mean leave all the way. Right back to where you came from.


The Georgia legislature is considering legislation which would allow law enforcement to check the status of persons detained for criminal violations, require compliance with the federal E-Verify system, and require proof of citizenship prior to receiving public assistance.

The illegals with their liberal supporters are threatening boycotts and scariest of all say they have some entertainers who won't perform in the state. Oh I am trembling now. For a state with 10.4% unemployment, with unemployment in the African American community hovering around 25%, this is a hard sell.

After all, like I saw on a bumper sticker once, Ask the Indians how allowing illegal immigration worked out for them.

I love the quaint catch phrase about humans are not illegal. They are right. According to Obama and Planned Parenthood they are an inconvenience and they have a solution for that.

Nothing would please me more then this summer when school is out, rather then park all those school buses for the summer, load them up with all the illegals we have detained and head for the nearest border crossing. Imagine ribbons of yellow crossing American highways.

Since the county I live in has started enforcing the immigration laws granted to them by ICE we have seen a mass exodus of folks with dark tans and accents that ain't quite southern. It is nice to drive down the streets and not have to be bilingual to read the store signs or the billboards.

Illegal Alien 'Church Leader' Charged With Raping 12-Year-Old

If you hear anything about this story today, the main angle will be a "church leader" is charged with raping a 12-year-old girl. That's the preferred angle of the media. Rather than acknowledging this maggot is here illegally, which is buried deep in most reports, if even noted. This story, accompanying the video, makes mention of his status at the very end. This item makes casual note Amaya is here illegally in the very last sentence. Apparently, according to the scumbag's cousin, it's the girl's fault.

Amaya was accused of raping the child last May. He apparently got to know her at the Evangelical Refuge Church of Salvation in Patchogue, police said. However, Glenda Castillo, Amaya’s cousin, said the girl was pointing the finger at Amaya to cast blame away from herself, CBS 2′s Pablo Guzman reported.

“’Cause little high school girls do stuff with other guys and they blame it on other persons, that’s why. Parents should take care more of their freakin’ kids,” Castillo said.

The local ABC affiliate in New York doesn't even bother noting he's an illegal. He's just a youth leader. A Long Island newspaper also ignores the fact he's here illegally, but makes sure to call him a church leader.

Coming Out of the Shadows to Murder Children

Liberals are all about the children. They have appointed themselves as the guardians and all-knowing super beings when it comes to all things related to children from the food they eat to the education they get. Whether they are taking Happy Meals out of their mouths or preventing them having to endure the trauma of seeing little green toy soldiers in aisles of a department store, they are always there to let you know they know so much better then you and are really just looking out for the kids. Strange group to be offering such advice since they also support the ending of lives before they begin.

Well, which liberal group is going to speak for these children who no longer have a voice?

"They were lying in blood. The two of them, they were probably two feet apart. His back was turned and I said, 'the one on the left, he's still alive'. His right arm moved and he moaned," said neighbor Lawon Thomas.

Police say Garcia was the person who made the 911 call.

Investigators say the bodies of two children, Edward Garcia, 1, and Bradley Garcia , 3, were discovered in the basement of the home. Police say both children were stabbed.

Another 3-year-old child was also stabbed and in critical condition when the child was transported to Gwinnett County Fairgrounds and then life-flighted to a children's hospital in Atlanta.

You see, the perpetrator in this case just might be in this country illegally. The police may have known this. But you know we don't want to go around forcing people to live in the shadows, so instead toddlers can die pools of their own blood in the basement of their house.

The police were informed a while back that the suspect in this case had made threats to the family, also Hispanic, but in the country legally. The system--I hate that phrase since the system is made up of people, people who make conscious decisions--failed them. The message that keeps coming through is loud and clear: if you live in this country legally, either as a citizen or legal resident, your rights and protections are secondary to ruffling somebody over their resident status.


And now a family will be burying a one-year-old and a three-year-old while the surviving three-year-old twin fights for his life in a hospital, and the man who has taken the responsibility of raising them recovers.

There is a reason for signing the guest book; just ask anybody who remembers the Mariel boat-lift from Cuba. You see, I got first-hand experience with that since I guarded some of those that Castro dumped on Jimmy Carter, and trust me, they weren't all upstanding citizens.

Great News: Outgoing Accidental Governor Now Pardoning Illegals

Nothing quite says Merry Christmas to New Yorkers than pardoning two dozen illegal aliens while you on your way out of office.

Gov. David Paterson has issued pardons to 24 immigrants with prior criminal convictions, to prevent their deportation.

In a statement Friday, Paterson said his administration has reviewed more than 1,100 pardon applications and found that federal immigration laws are often "excessively harsh and in need of modernization."

Paterson said the 24 people he had pardoned committed offenses in the past but had paid their debt to society and are now making positive contributions to their communities.

In May 2010, Paterson created an Immigration Pardon Panel to collect information and help deserving individuals avoid deportation.

A shame we can't deport the idiot Paterson.

Meanwhile, having also pardoned a convicted killer in a racially charged case, the dunce decided it might be a good time to notify the victim's family.

A day after commuting the sentence of a black man in the racially charged shooting death of a white teen, Gov. Paterson today spoke with the angry family of the victim to explain why he set the convicted killer free.

The governor spoke for almost an hour with Daniel Cicciaro Jr.’s family in a Christmas Eve phone call.

But although he said the still-grieving parents gave him much to think about, Paterson said he had no regrets about cutting short the sentence of John White, who said he was protecting his family from an angry lynch mob in August 2006 when his gun accidentally went off in his driveway, killing the 17-year-old teen at point-blank range.

White was convicted in 2007 of manslaughter and sentenced to 20 months to four years in prison — a fraction of the maximum of 15 years.

As we can all see from the disaster in DC, lame ducks sure can do a lot of damage.

Soros-Funded Center for American Progress Laments Arizona Losing Money Due to SB 1070

Of course, the New York Times merely refers to this group of thugs as a liberal policy group, although we admit that's progress right there in identifying them as liberal. Still, no mention of George Soros and his deep pockets or of John Podesta or Van Jones, other distinguished members of this group, which clearly has an agenda in opening our borders and sowing chaos.

The state’s convention business as a whole is down $45 million this year, hurt by controversy over the state’s immigration crackdown that went into effect over the summer, according to a study to be released Thursday.

Spinoff effects bring economic losses into the hundreds of millions of dollars, according to the study, commissioned by the Center for American Progress, a liberal policy group in Washington. Potential future effects of fewer convention bookings could mean Arizona will receive an overall hit of more than $750 million, the study said.

The State Senate President tells them where to go.

The State Senate president, Russell Pearce, a Republican who sponsored the law to encourage illegal immigrants to leave the state, dismissed the report as a fiction and said illegal immigrants were costing the state billions.

“I get tired of this,” he said. “Arizona is not the bad guy. Arizona didn’t make illegal illegal. We’re enforcing the law.”

While Soros and his goons celebrate, the big losers in all this are ... Hispanic employees who work in the tourism industry.

Those hurt most of all by the boycotts and canceled business, Ms. Jarnagin said, have been hotel workers, many of them Hispanic, who have been laid off during the slow times.

The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, which represents 3,000 Hispanic-owned businesses across the country, opposed Arizona’s immigration approach but did not favor a boycott because of the disproportionate effect such sanctions would have on Latinos.

It's not exactly as if CAP even pretends to be objective.

Arizona’s enactment of harsh, anti-immigrant legislation—S.B. 1070—sparked an incendiary national debate over the role of states in making and enforcing immigration policy. Some states and localities rushed to copy Arizona’s draconian approach; others adopted resolutions condemning Arizona’s intolerance. But all states would be wise to consider the practical implications of their decisions before following Arizona any further down the proverbial garden path.

Passage of the Arizona legislation triggered a fierce, national public-opinion backlash against the state and led many national organizations and opinion leaders to call for economic boycotts.

Considering their hostile stance toward Arizona, why is the media so quick to simply rehash their press releases? (Oh right, they're in bed together.)

Where exactly was this fierce, national public-opinion backlash? Maybe in the media, but I never recall seeing a single poll under 70% support for SB 1070. I guess if you repeat a lie often enough...

Naturally, they make zero mention of the money the state saves as illegals flee, but I guess anything that refutes their nonsense isn't worth studying.

Expect this "study" to lead many a newscast today but don't expect any insight or analysis of the dubious group peddling the story. Or of the awfully coincidental timing of the release coming just at the moment Democrats are trying to ram through the DREAM Act.

Update: The charming Podesta has a curious take on what our armed forces are for.

How does one “move the country forward”? In the center’s report, Podesta explains that Obama can use executive orders, rulemaking, and even the armed forces “to accomplish important change” and that such means “should not be underestimated.”

Via GWP.

Eric Holder Was Unavailable for Comment

Remember when Arizona Governor Jan Brewer was ridiculed for saying headless bodies were being found in the desert? Well, now they're turning up in the Phoenix area. It's curious how the Democrats aren't running against her this election cycle. They obviously realize what a losing issue they support. Speaking of losers, has anyone seen Eric Holder lately?

The gruesome case of a man who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment has police investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border.

Martin Alejandro Cota-Monroy's body was found Oct. 10 in a Chandler apartment -- his severed head a couple feet away. One man suspected in the killing has been arrested, and a manhunt is under way for three others.

Detectives are focused on whether the men belong to a Mexican drug cartel, and they suspect that Cota-Monroy's killing was punishment for stealing drugs. The brutal nature of the killing could be designed to send a message to others within the cartel.

"If it does turn out to be a drug cartel out of Mexico, typically that's a message being sent," said Chandler police Detective David Ramer. "This person was chosen to be executed. It sends a message to other people: If you cross us, this is what happens."

Decapitations are a regular part of the drug war in Mexico as cartels fight over territory. Headless bodies have been hanged from bridges by their feet, severed heads have been sent to victims' family members and government officials, and bags of up to 12 heads have been dropped off in high-profile locations.

More than 28,000 people have been killed in Mexico in drug-related violence since December 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed soldiers to battle the cartels in their strongholds.

If the suspects in the Arizona case belong to a cartel, the crime could be the only known beheading in the U.S. carried out by a drug cartel, said Tony Payan, a political science professor at the University of Texas at El Paso who has done extensive research about border violence.

The killing could also affect the immigration debate in Arizona. Supporters of the state's controversial immigration law frequently cite this type of violence as reason to crack down on illegal immigrants. The decapitation victim and the suspects were all illegal immigrants.

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer drew criticism this year for claiming that headless bodies were being found in the Arizona desert as she sought to bolster her argument for immigration reform. She later backtracked on those claims, but said such violence in the broader border region is cause enough for alarm.

The killing has unnerved residents in the neighborhood and apartment complex where Cota-Monroy was killed.

The tiny, run-down complex sits along a side street across from ramshackle trailer homes in a neighborhood not far from brand-new strip malls with big-box stores in the suburb of Chandler.

No one is living inside the apartment that is the scene of the crime. There's beat-up leather furniture, a bouquet of flowers and a candle on a dining-room table, and the kitchen cabinets are ajar, as if someone left in a hurry.

"I'm terrified," said Norma Alvarado, a 47-year-old housekeeper who lives two doors down from the apartment. "I've lived here for 20 years and I've never heard of that (decapitation) happening, and it was so close to us ... Maybe they're copying what's happening in Mexico."

A shame our Justice Department has turned into an arm of the Democratic Party.

Update: Thanks to Instapundit, we have an Eric Holder sighting. He's busy giving himself awards. As the man says, we're in the very best of hands.

The president himself could not make the ceremony. He was doing what this president chooses to do five days before midterm elections -- go on Comedy Central, since all the nation's other problems are so well under control.

'What Was He Doing Walking the Streets?'

What was this illegal alien killer doing walking the streets? Probably out campaigning for Democrats so he could stay here and kill more people. I bet the feds would take much more swift action if he promised to burn a Koran.

Appalled state pols are vowing to crack down on lax immigration policies after a Herald story yesterday uncovered that a suspect in a deadly Lawrence restaurant shooting is an accused illegal alien awaiting a deportation hearing in Texas - six months from now.

“What was he doing walking the streets?” an indignant state Rep. Brad Hill (R-Ipswich) demanded to know of Fernando Guerrero-Lara, 27. “If the federal government isn’t going to do their job, then I guess we’ll have to start doing it ourselves, state by state.”

The Herald reported yesterday that a fatal federal red-tape delay may have left Guerrero-Lara free to roam the country while awaiting a March 2011 deportation hearing.

Authorities allege Guerrero-Lara and a second man, Johan Saintclair, 30, walked into a packed birthday party at La Guira Restaurant on Broadway in Lawrence Monday and opened fire, killing mother of two Amarilis Roldan, 24, of Dorchester and Juan Suazo, 24, of Hyde Park.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has refused to say why Guerrero-Lara, a Dominican immigrant, was not in custody pending his preliminary March 7, 2011, deportation hearing.

State Rep. Jeffrey Perry (R-Sandwich), who is running for retiring U.S. Rep. William Delahunt’s seat, pushed this year to pass more stringent hurdles blocking illegal aliens from receiving state services. “This is a prime example of the impact illegal immigration has on our country,” Perry said. “It’s absolutely a matter of public safety.”

Public safety? Now there's a laugh. The government is far more concerned about the "rights" of these illegals than they are with public safety. And if you dare question their policy then you're a racist bigot.

Shocker! Obama's Arizona Approval Plummets to 28%

Frankly I'm surprised it's that high. Heck, even Democrats there are abandoning this miserable failure.

Three months after Barack Obama became president, 51 percent of this state’s voters gave him the thumbs up. Now, for the first time, more Arizonans dislike him than like him.

A new poll out this weekend says that only 28 percent of Arizonans approve of his job performance. This, down from 40 percent in January. Meanwhile, 39 percent of Arizonans say Obama is doing a poor or very poor job.

I’m guessing his decision to sue us might have something to do with his latest numbers. The poll shows independents fleeing from the guy (22 percent are still with him), and a fair number of Democrats as well (52 percent still like him, down from 85 percent in April 2009).

Of course, Republicans never liked him to begin with and they like him even less now. Somewhere in this state, 8 percent of GOPers rate Obama as doing a good or very good job. Who’d have thought it?

"It is very likely that the President did not help his overall image by jumping into the illegal immigrant/immigration reform issue that is raging in Arizona," pollster Earl DeBerg wrote. "For the first time in Arizona, President Barack Obama’s job ratings have a net negative balance."

The loneliest job in America come 2012 may be Obama's Arizona campaign manager.

'Lawmakers are Frustrated With the Federal Inaction'

I can't wait until Obama's so-called Justice Department starts suing states that voted for him.

Colorado restricts illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition. Nebraska requires verification of immigration status to obtain public benefits. In Tennessee, knowingly presenting a false ID card to get a job is a misdemeanor.

Arizona's strict new law has generated the most controversy, but there are hundreds of immigration-related laws on the books across the country. The laws regulate employment, law enforcement, education, benefits and healthcare.

The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit last week to stop the Arizona law from taking effect July 29, saying that immigration policy is a national responsibility and "a patchwork of state laws will only create more problems than it solves." But according to experts, that is precisely what exists.

In fact, the number of immigration-related laws and resolutions enacted by states surged to 333 last year, up from 32 in 2005, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. And during the first three months of 2010, lawmakers introduced more than 1,000 bills and resolutions, though it's too early to tell how many will become law. Bills on topics such as employment verification and driver's license requirements are on the table in 45 states.

"Lawmakers are frustrated with the federal inaction," said Ann Morse, program director for the organization's Immigrant Policy Project. "Until the federal government acts, states will still see this as an area where they see the need to play a leadership role."

Already, the organization says, legislators in five states — South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Rhode Island and Michigan — have introduced similar bills to Arizona's SB 1070, which requires police to check the immigration status of people they lawfully stop and suspect are in the country illegally. As of last month, six resolutions had been passed in five states regarding SB 1070 — four opposing it and two supporting it. The law has prompted lawsuits, protests and boycotts.

"I frankly understand the position Arizona finds itself in," said Virginia state Sen. John Watkins. "We all live in elected republics. The pressure gets put on, especially in tough economic times."

Obama and the Democrats are clearly on the losing side of the issue, yet they persist on thwarting the will of the people. When they begin losing in solid blue states like Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, will they comes to their senses?

Doubtful. They know better than the great unwashed. Besides, they'll never be able to stop playing the race card.

Illegal Aliens Rape 14-Year-Old, Obama and Holder Unavailable for Comment

I guess we'll have to delay their formal amnesty until they get out of prison, though surely if the Democrats have their way these monsters will at least still be able to vote while they're getting three hits and a cot on the taxpayer tab.

I know, I know, we conservatives shouldn't be so hard an judgmental toward these undocumented migrants and their media and political enablers. We should be more concerned with being called raaaaacist and fretting over a backlash.

Horseshoe Bay Police say a 14-year-old girl was raped by two illegal immigrants at a 4th of July party in south Horseshoe Bay.

The victim told police that she had gone with her cousin to a July 4th party on 39th Street in Horseshoe Bay. The victim's 23-year-old cousin left her alone in a room with Anibal Escobar, 19, and Anael Martinez, 22. The two Honduran natives made sexual advances toward the teen and had sexual intercourse with her against her will. The victim's cousin found her in naked in the bath tub. They both left the party and returned home.

The victim told her mother the next day of what had happened and she contacted police to report the sexual assault. The victim was questioned by a forensics interviewer with the Hill Country Advocacy Center in Burnet and the victim relayed the events of the alleged incident with Horseshoe Bay investigators present. Investigators contacted Texas Ranger Jesse Ramos who assisted in the investigation in interviewing the suspects and others present at the residence as none of the group of witnesses or suspects spoke English.

Escobar and Martinez were arrested during the early morning hours of July 9th. They were both charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child Younger than 17, a first degree felony, and transported to the Burnet Detention Facility. Both remain in custody in lieu of magistration and setting of bond.

Surely some kindhearted judge will free them on bail so they can abscond for a couple of years before making their way back to vote for Obama in 2012.