[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OutOfGas', 'T')he US gov. for not being serious in controlling the border.

[eastbay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OutOfGas', 'T')he US gov. for not being serious in controlling the border.

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'T')he voters again and again elect representatives from each major party

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', ' ')telling ICE to focus on thought criminals.

[eastbay]

It's coming Ludi. If they're not allowed to chase after illegals, what do YOU think they'll be doing instead? A large federal law enforcement agency without a mission will soon be in search of a mission.

IMO at some point they'll be serving up thought criminals just like Spain's ICE agency (whatever it's called) just did...

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNew ... NR20090427

... in this case. Five years. For thought crimes. Insane. The left will never win friends with such atrocities.

[TheDude]

BBC NEWS | Americas | Mexico economy squeezed by swine flu

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')his mutation is costing a fortune.

In Mexico City alone, the mayor, Marcelo Ebrard, has put the figure at $88m (£59m) a day.

But how much will swine flu hit the wider Mexican economy?

Tourism, which represents 8% of Mexico's gross domestic product (GDP), is the sector which will inevitably be hardest hit.

In the current environment, most people see little incentive to visit Mexico, and plenty of reason to leave.

The Mexican government has lobbied hard behind the scenes to prevent its borders being closed, or any formal quarantine being imposed.

But other governments and airlines are beginning to apply their own restrictions.

Job losses

Cuba and Argentina have already stopped direct flights to Mexico. France is seeking a formal European ban on flights.

The real cost of swine flu depends on how long this crisis lasts.

It looks like swine flu will at best postpone a recovery to the second half of the year

UBS bank in Mexico City estimates the crisis could take out 0.2% of annual GDP if it subsides in the next two weeks, or 0.8% of GDP if it goes on for two months.

The timing could hardly be worse.

Mexico is already in the midst of a complex and disruptive drug war, and is being hit hard by the global recession.

Not even taking swine flu into account, Mexico's central bank forecasts a fall in GDP of up to 4.8% this year.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'I')t's coming Ludi. If they're not allowed to chase after illegals, what do YOU think they'll be doing instead? A large federal law enforcement agency without a mission will soon be in search of a mission.

IMO at some point they'll be serving up thought criminals just like Spain's ICE agency (whatever it's called) just did...

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNew ... NR20090427

... in this case. Five years. For thought crimes. Insane. The left will never win friends with such atrocities.

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'T')he voters again and again elect representatives from each major party

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'T')he voters again and again elect representatives from each major party

[rangerone314]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Dreamtwister', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('eastbay', 'T')he voters again and again elect representatives from each major party

[jupiters_release]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rangerone314', '
')Actually pulling a voting lever does have an outcome, just like whether you buy a cat or a dog determines whether or not you will be cleaning up cat poop or dog poop.

[wisconsin_cur]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')CAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - A military official says 15 gunmen and a soldier were killed in a two-hour shootout in the heart of Acapulco's hotel zone.

The army colonel who led the battle against the gunmen says the shootout erupted when the military received a tip about the presence of armed men at a house in the hotel zone.

He says the gunmen opened fire with assault rifles and about 50 grenades on soldiers who arrived at the house. The soldiers found four Guerrero state police officers inside the house who said they were being held captive by the gunmen.

[deMolay]

Mexico is sliding into chaos. 18 killed in fighting between the Mexican Army and Gangs. As the standard of living drops war has broken out. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1672054

[Cynus]

Do you guys ever read the Border Patrol weekly blotter? It makes fascinating reading. It is located here:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_secur ... y_blotter/

For the week of May 28 - June 3, among many other things, here is a taste:
El Paso Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near El Paso, Texas. Records checks revealed the subject was a convicted sex offender with an extensive criminal history, and was previously removed from the United States.

Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Benson, Arizona. Records checks revealed the subject had a previous conviction for sexual assault in the State of Washington and was previously removed from the United States.

Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Naco, Arizona. Records checks revealed the subject was a registered sex offender and was previously removed from the United States. His previous criminal history included arrests for various sexual offenses including forcible touching and sexual abuse of a person under 14 years of age.

El Centro Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Imperial, California. Records checks revealed the subject was a registered sex offender in the State of Oregon and was previously removed from the United States.

This is just for one week and just the ones they do catch. Perhaps this is not unusual proportionate to the number of people caught and the number of sex offenders in the world, but it seems like a lot.

[Jotapay]

Why are you so racist???

[Cynus]

From this weeks report:

Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Cowlic, Arizona. Records checks revealed the subject had a prior conviction for sexual penetration with a foreign object and was sentenced to 213 days in jail. The subject was also wanted by the State of California for probation violation.

(Don't you think you should get more than 213 days for sexual penetration with a foreign object?)

El Centro Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico after rescuing him from a canal near Calexico, California. Records checks revealed the subject had a previous conviction for sexual intercourse with a minor.

Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Tucson, Arizona. Records checks revealed the subject was convicted of second degree felony sexual assault of a minor in the State of Florida.

Tucson Sector – Border Patrol agents arrested an illegal alien from Mexico near Tucson, Arizona. Records checks revealed the subject was convicted of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under 14 and served three years in prison in the State of California. The subject was also previously removed from the United States.

[Cynus]

Once again pstarr hurls insults without reading what someone wrote. Look above, I wrote "Perhaps this is not unusual proportionate to the number of people caught and the number of sex offenders in the world, but it seems like a lot." Read what someone says before insulting them. So I'll ask you, what's it like to be constantly looking for reasons to be morally indignant, and creating reasons to be when you can't find any?

[mos6507]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '
')Does every immigrant molest young children? Or just the ones that you sample with your analysis? What's it like sampling a sex pervert?