BORDER NEWS WATCH
08/15/2013
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CURRENT
NEWS
Homeland
Security loses track of 1 million foreigners; report could hurt immigration
deal
Dozens
of CIA operatives on the ground during Benghazi attack
News of Import 8-15-2013
Lead-in to News of Import:
Veritas
Odium Parit (Truth begets hate) For many reasons, there are those that are for
amnesty or against it.
The Media’s Double Standard
Some hate crimes are less hateful than others.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/media-s-double-standard_745833.html
Top Reasons Why S. 744 is a bad idea
1. Does not require any
additional border fencing or the completion of our current border fencing
requirements. Only requires DHS to submit to Congress a strategy
of recommendations for additional necessary fencing.
2. Does not end the abuse of prosecutorial
discretion by DHS and the administration. It directs immigration agents
to release illegal aliens deemed low priority.
3. Authorizes DHS to waive unlawful
behavior when determining admissibility of undocumented immigrants,
including: gang membership, three or more DUIs,
domestic violence, child abuse, crimes of moral turpitude, drug law violations,
passport trafficking, providing fraudulent immigration services, prostitution,
visa violations, and all other violations not specifically listed in the bill.
4. Allows DHS to grant legal status in 6
months, prior to any measures to secure the border.
5. Voids state and local E-verify laws.
6. Prohibits immigration enforcement
actions in 'sensitive areas' including: hospitals, schools, churches, and certain
organizations.
7. Does not provide for punishment of
undocumented immigrants who make false statements in a registered provisional
immigrant application. Yet it creates criminal penalties and a fine up to
$10,000 for federal official who discloses information found on an application.
8. Does not require the deportation of a
single undocumented immigrant. DHS is not explicitly required to deport
an immigrant whose RPI application is denied.
9. Allows Secretary of DHS to exercise discretion
to waive a ground of inadmissibility or deportability if the Secretary deems it
to be against the public interest or a hardship to the family of the deportable
individual.
10. Allows undocumented immigrants to bring class action lawsuits
against the government for denial of RPI status.
11. Requires DHS to waive the public charge law when determining
which immigrants are eligible for legal status.
12. Excludes three-time DUI offenders from a path to citizenship,
but two-time drunk drivers would be acceptable.
13. Requires that
passport forgers would no longer be prosecuted for making a single fake
travel document, with the bar being set at three.
14. Requires that document counterfeiters whose
materials are used to obtain passports would only be jailed if they contributed
to at least 10 phony passports.
Pork spending in the Senate immigration bill S.744
Ø $300 Million for La Raza
and other liberal immigrants' rights groups, which the federal government would
contract to assist future U.S. citizens with applications and offer them legal
advice.
Ø Schumer (NY). As introduced, S. 744 carves-out 10,500 visas annually
for unskilled Irish workers under a new E-3 nonimmigrant visa program. NY has a
large Irish population(Sec. 4403, p. 974)
Ø Graham (SC). As introduced, S. 744 guarantees the meat packing
industry-under the animal production subsectors classification-an additional
10% percent allocation of W-nonagricultural visas on top of the yearly cap and
exempts this guarantee from any future reduction in visas. The meat packing
industry is one of the largest industries in South Carolina. (Sec. 4703(h), p.
1085)
Ø Leahy (VT) and Bennet (CO).
As introduced, S. 744 allows ski and snowboard instructors to enter the U.S.
under the 5-year nonimmigrant visa program professional athletes and performing
artists use rather than the 10-month nonimmigrant visa program for seasonal
workers under current law. (Sec. 4601, p. 1027)
Ø Rubio (FL). As introduced, S. 744 creates a new nonimmigrant Z visa to
admit individuals who possess "specialized knowledge" to perform
maintenance on airlines and cruise ships. (Sec. 4606, p. 1034) S. 744 also
creates a two year grant program for individuals living along the Southern
border "at greater risk of border violence" to purchase satellite
telephones that can access 9-1-1 and are GPS equipped. (Sec. 1107, p. 83) TracPhone, a Florida-based company, makes these phones and
S. 744 appropriates "such sums as may be necessary" to fund the grant
program.
Ø Murkowski (AK) and Begich
(AK). This carve-out to secure the votes of Alaska Senators Lisa
Murkowski (R) and Mark Begich (D) classifies seafood
processing positions in Alaska as "shortage occupations," thus
allowing the industry to bring in more cheap foreign labor to do those jobs.
(Sec. 4701(d)(4), p. 1043) It also allows employers to
bring in non-immigrants under a summer program to work in seafood processing
positions. (Sec. 4408, p. 982)
Ø Collins (ME) and Tester (MT). This carve-out
for Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jon Tester (D-MT) eliminates a requirement
that at least 90% of funding for a law-enforcement program along U.S. borders
be devoted to the southwest border, freeing up more money for Northern border states. (Sec. 1104, p. 73)
Ø Sanders (VT). This carve-out for Sen. Bernie
Sanders (I-VT) creates a slush "Youth Jobs
Fund" for FY 2014-2015 using $1.5 billion from the U.S. Treasury.
Until the kickback, Sen. Sanders was an outspoken critic of the bill for taking
jobs away from Americans. He has since been silent. (Title V, p. 1169)
Ø Kirk (IL). This carve-out to gain Sen. Mark Kirk's (R-IL) support
allows a person who has served in the military and received an honorable
discharge and certain combat medals to become a citizen without meeting key naturalization
criteria under current law. This includes waiving the requirement an alien
understand the English language, waiving the requirement the alien has
knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history and of the
principles and form of the U.S. government, and waiving the requirement an
alien is of good moral character. (Sec. 2555, p. 502)
Ø Heller (NV). Tucked away in the Corker-Hoeven
("Border Surge") amendment is a kickback for Las Vegas hotel and
casino chains. The provision at hand permanently authorizes $100,000,000 in
annual funding to certain parts of the country to promote tourism under the
Travel Promotion Fund, posing a win for Nevada Senators Dean Heller and Harry
Reid. (Sec. 1102(f), p. 66)
Ø Hatch (UT). In addition to the H-1B deal Sen.
Hatch brokered during committee negotiations, Sen. Hatch got another carve-out
on the Senate floor. In the massive Corker-Hoeven
amendment was language by Sen. Hatch that would preclude Social Security
credits for unauthorized work. However, like so many other provisions in the
bill, Hatch's includes an exception that swallows the rule by allowing an alien
to merely attest that he or she was authorized to work, opening the door for
fraud and handouts. (Sec. 2107(d), p. 218)
Ø Schumer (NY). Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) obtained a carve-out to allow
public universities to fire U.S. workers and replace them with H-1B nonimmigrants. (Sec. 4211(d), p. 918) The deal also
exempts nonprofit education and research institutions from the higher fees and
stricter requirements imposed on employers that heavily rely on H-1B workers. (Sec. 4211(f), p. 919)
Ø Leahy (VT). Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) obtained a
carve-out to grant special treatment to Hollywood by waiving fees for artist O
and P visas if applications are not processed within 14 days. (Sec. 4416, p.
995)
News of Import:
FEATURED
WESTERN AUTHOR: J.P.S. BROWN
BIOPAGE: http://tinyurl.com/m3ojj9x
WEBPAGE: http://tinyurl.com/96jzqcv
BOOKS OF FICTION: http://tinyurl.com/n93l2lh
and http://tinyurl.com/kv8zpus
UPCOMING EVENTS: http://tinyurl.com/l7d3uyl
Article about JPS Brown by Richard Grant: http://tinyurl.com/klrum7y
Articles about JPS Brown by Kathy McCrane: http://tinyurl.com/l474x2q
JPS Brown on Facebook:
http://tinyurl.com/mknr4t3
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"The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning
that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great
equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of
their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not
master of the governed. When the British forgot that they got
a revolution. And, as a result, we Americans got a Constitution; a
Constitution that, as those who wrote it were determined, would keep men free.
If we give up part of that Constitution we give up part of our freedom and
increase the chance that we will lose it all." --Ronald
Reagan
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SELECTED WEBSITES OF INTEREST
BORDERLAND BEAT
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VIDEOS: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BORDER WARS
MEXIDATA
Secureborderintel.org
http://tinyurl.com/ccjs53k
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US CBP TUCSON SECTOR STATIONS
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MICHAEL CUTLER
http://www.andmagazine.com/category/talk_border.html
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of FORMER BORDER PATROL OFFICERS
http://nafbpo.org
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA CATTLEMEN'S WEEKLY
http://paper.li/sacpaaz/1331153423#
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HUMAN AND DRUG TRAFFIC LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTERS
www.Need2No.US
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NEWS AND DISCUSSION OF U.S./MEXICO BORDER ISSUES:
http://groups.google.com/group/frontera-list/topics
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SELECTED BORDER NEWS & FAST AND FURIOUS POSTINGS ON SACPA
WEBSITE
http://www.sacpaaz.org/news_education/fast-and-furious-gun-walking-investigation/
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BORDER ISSUES: MEXICO
http://tinyurl.com/7wrpoof
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"By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and
the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers
recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy... The Second
Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military
relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the
defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will
always be important." - John F. Kennedy
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SUGGESTED READING - BORDER BOOK LIST:
http://tinyurl.com/n8ymzhf
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Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election---and How to Stop Them from
Doing It in 2016
http://tinyurl.com/l465fmv
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Disinformation: Former Spy Chief Reveals Secret Strategy for Undermining
Freedom, Attacking Religion, and Promoting Terrorism
http://tinyurl.com/l24ol3t
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ONE IF BY LAND by William R. Daniel (2012)
10
YEARS ON THE LINE: MY WAR ON THE BORDER: 2nd EDITION by Mike Ligon http://tinyurl.com/8evcncy
SIXTY MILES OF BORDER: AN AMERICAN LAWMAN BATTLES DRUGS ON THE MEXICAN BORDER by Terry Kirkpatrick
The SHADOW CATCHER: A U.S. AGENT INFILTRATES MEXICO'S DEADLY
CRIME CARTELS
by Hipolito
Acosta
BOOK: Beneath the
Same Sky: An Interview with Author David Ramirez http://tinyurl.com/8sxlanv
OTHER BOOKS TO CONSIDER:
The Art of Intelligence:
Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service by Henry A. Crumpton
Wolves At
Our Door a novel by JPS Brown
Hard Measures:
How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American
Lives by Jose
A. Rodriguez
The Devil We Know: Dealing
with the New Iranian Superpower by Robert Baer
"Courting
Disaster", How the CIA Kept America Safe (Regnery) by Marc Thiessen
No Easy Day by Mark Owen
2010 BOOK: Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol
Broken
Borders, Broken Promises
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End of Border News Watch 8/15/2013