Privacy rights of illegal alien felons trump law-abiding gun owners
November 11, 2008
In Oregon last year, the Mail Tribune asked the Jackson County sheriff to provide a list of those with a concealed carry permit. The sheriff said no, and the case went to court, but did you know that a 2005 request to provide a list of all illegal aliens convicted of a crime - including felonies - was turned down by a judge referencing privacy rights?
You would think a list of convicted felons that were supposed to be deported may have news value. The federal government was supposed to immediately deport them after the sentence was served, but reporters found numerous examples where the criminals just mixed right back in with the U.S. population after release. But nooooo - you can’t get that list, it may lead to racial profiling.
Perez signs sanctuary city ordinance
August 18, 2008
Eddie Perez, mayor of Hartford, Conn., has just signed the city ordinance mentioned here and here. No replies to my e-mails, and The Hartford Courant continues to ignore the issue; comments are turned off for today’s story.
Hartford is on it’s way to becoming a sanctuary city for sure. Read more
Los Angeles really goes over deep end - demands office space for day laborers
August 14, 2008
Imagine this. You own a business on a street where a illegal aliens tend to congregate. Illegal aliens - and probably some U.S. citizens - hang out there in hopes of someone driving by and offering them a few hours of work.
These gathering places have developed from coast to coast. Since many of these day laborers work construction and landscape jobs, they tend to hang out near big-box retailers like Home Depot and Lowes.
Now imagine your town passing an ordinance that requires you - the law abiding business owner - to construct a building that provides shelter, bathrooms, trash cans, drinking water, Internet access, English tutoring, free long distance calls, a copy machine and a Western Union office to the day laborers. Read more
Update: Hartford city council approves sanctuary city ordinance
August 13, 2008
The open borders advocates - who not only welcome illegal aliens but encourage them to steal public services - have almost won another battle. The Hartford City Council passed an ordinance last night - written about last month here at Conservative247 - that bars the Hartford Police Department from inquiring about immigration status.
I say almost won since Hartford’s mayor, Eddie Perez, has not signed the ordinance into law yet. There is still time to get your point of view heard. Read more
Did you hear? US, Colalition forces winning war in Iraq
July 27, 2008
You probably didn’t hear, at least that is what many non-main stream media outlets surmised today. You see, two Associated Press reporters that had the gall to write a story with the headline Analysis: US now winning Iraq war that seemed lost.
Robert Burns’s and Robert H. Reid’s piece was released by the AP on Saturday morning; not exactly what you would call a high-traffic news time. Most people don’t read the Saturday paper and quite honestly, who gets up early on Saturday to read Google News feeds? Heck, even I just got to this tonight, not in time to meet my 9:15 p.m. ET deadline for the daily e-mail blast. Read more
