Groups protesting Arizona law protect security loophole discovered at flight schools

Has the Obama administration forgotten flight schools' role in the 9/11 attacks? Shown here: U.S. Custom-house World Trade Center Building #6. (Photo by James Tourtellotte, U.S. CPB)The Government Accountability Office has issued a report about the Transportation Security Administration’s policy on foreign nationals attending flight schools in the U.S. The report discloses a loophole that, considering the 9/11 attacks on America, suggests the administration of President Barack Obama has placed politics above security.

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Chuck Schumer owes Arizona and the nation an apology for border insecurity

The U.S. government did not fulfill a single promise made in the IRCA 1986 amnesty. (Screen snip from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website)

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) owes the state of Arizona and the nation an apology for America’s border insecurity.

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UN Human Rights chief wants investigation of immigrant abuses

Map shows Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. [CIA World Factbook image.]US politicians rarely address possibilities the chaos in US immigration is partly fueled by the chaos in immigration in Mexico.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is calling attention to the chaos in Mexico. Pillay wants a “thorough and transparent investigation of the alleged ill-treatment and abuse” of a group of migrants detained by police and Mexican migration officials in December.

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Decision on Arizona immigration law delayed as constitutional questions arise

A Border Patrol agent places a Mexican National under arrest for transporting drugs into the U.S.[Photo by Gerald L. Nino, US Government/Border Patrol.](Phoenix, AZ)—Arizona is now months away from enforcing its new immigration law SB 1070 – that is, if the federal government permits its enforcement at all.

Governor Jan Brewer requested that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals expedite a review of U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton's decision to temporarily block five sections of SB 1070 which took effect on Thursday. Gov. Brewer is asking the court to consider “whether the district court relied on an erroneous legal premise or abused its discretion.”

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US Constitution’s wiggle room could benefit Arizona law

Federal judge Susan Bolton, as anticipated, issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday, prohibiting parts of Arizona Senate Bill 1070 from going into effect. The parts she blocked involved i.d. issues and immigration status issues.

But an unbiased reading of Article I, Sect. 10 to the US Constitution, in my opinion, offers wiggle room.

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Lawsuit against Arizona may be federal disclosure nightmare

Updated on Monday, June 21, 2010 at 12:59PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

by Kay B. Day

A Customs and Border Patrol officer negotiates an arrest after being sprayed with OC [pepper spray] in a training exercise simulating real events. [Photo by Gerald L. Nino, CBP]If the Obama administration does file the lawsuit officials have announced in response to Arizona's immigration law, it may actually work on behalf of US citizens.

Gov. Jan Brewer (R-Ariz.) is taking a ‘bring it on’ approach about rumors swirling around a federal government lawsuit against her state. Ironically the federal lawsuit challenging Arizona’s state immigration law could prove to be a disclosure nightmare for the feds. For example, a recent conversation Sen. John Kyl (R-Ariz.) disclosed is an example of President Barack Obama placing politics over the US Constitution.

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Obama administration response to Arizona actually justifies state law

by Kay B. Day

One of the 9/11 hijackers Hani Hanjour received flight training in Arizona. Many of the hijackers also lived in Florida at times. The 9/11 Commission hearings revealed red flags were overlooked by a number of federal agencies as well as individuals who had contact with these men. Hanjour received an F1 visa in Jeddah.He was able to obtain drivers' licenses in Florida and Arizona and state i.d. cards in Maryland and Virginia. [Photo from CIA] [Note: spelling of Hanjour's name varies among agencies.]On Thursday Democrats gave Mexico president Felipe Calderon the warmest welcome a head of state could hope for. Frequent standing ovations, largely by Democrat members of Congress, included Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano. While Calderon’s address to the US Congress was a head-spinner, the aftermath is the same.

Listening to the president’s speech, I realized he is on the same page with our own president Barack Obama—loose borders, amnesty, climate change legislation and nationalized healthcare are not only dear to Calderon, they’re straight out of the Democrat playbook.

That Calderon is in favor of all of those measures US Democrats appear to endorse might give a thinking American voter pause.

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