Mi Familia Vota

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sept. 15, 2014 – Today, Mi Familia Vota Education Fund (MFVEF), Voto Latino and more than 50 partners* are launching an online and grassroots voter registration campaign in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Our collective voice will ensure elected officials no longer ignore us or the issues that impact the Latino community.

The campaign kickoff urges Latinos to register to vote and then take their families, neighbors, and friends to the ballot box on Election Day, November 4. Only by exercising the power of their vote, can the Latino community influence real policy changes.   Continue reading “Mi Familia Vota Education Fund, Voto Latino, U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Latino Victory Project and 50-plus groups Launch Robust National Voter Registration Drive”

Wall Street Journal – by Michael Howard Saul

The mayors of the nation’s three largest cities—New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—plan to launch a new effort on Wednesday to increase citizenship among legal permanent residents, an effort officials hope will spread across the country.

The initiative, titled “Cities for Citizenship,” will help the three cities expand naturalization programs and other ventures dedicated to helping immigrants secure their financial footing through counseling, legal assistance and microloans.   Continue reading “Push for Immigrants to Become Citizens – Mayors of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago Launch ‘Cities for Citizenship’”

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Washington Post – by Jerry Markon, Ellen Nakashima and Alice Crites

An exodus of top-level officials from the Department of Homeland Security is undercutting the agency’s ability to stay ahead of a range of emerging threats, including potential terrorist strikes and cyberattacks, according to interviews with current and former officials.

Over the past four years, employees have left DHS at a rate nearly twice as fast as in the federal government overall, and the trend is accelerating, according to a review of a federal database.   Continue reading “Top-level turnover makes it harder for DHS to stay on top of evolving threats”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Child Protective Services (CPS), a division of Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (TDFPS), has launched an internal investigation after the body of Colton Turner, a two-year-old Cedar Park boy, was found in a shallow grave in Southeast Austin last Friday, despite multiple prior abuse complaints being filed against the child’s mother in the months before his death.   Continue reading “Internal Investigation at Texas CPS After Toddler Found Dead”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Some groups are claiming that a gruesome Mexican cartel execution video making the rounds on social media claims shows the cartel members relaying a “message to America.” Breitbart Texas has confirmed that the video is not a message to America, but rather a message to a rival cartel from 2012.

The graphic video shows a group from the Zetas cartel wearing black facemasks similar to those worn by ISIS members. They are beheading four women before hacking them to pieces with axes. The similarities between the Zetas and ISIS end at the masks and the beheading.    Continue reading “Mexican Cartel ‘Message to America’ Report is False”

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McALLEN – A new piece of equipment is causing concern among some Border Patrol agents.

The agents soon will be outfitted with body cameras. The spokesman for the agent’s union says he is concerned the cameras will be used more to reprimand agents on minor agency violations rather than catching illegal aliens committing crimes.

Many law enforcement officers in the Rio Grande Valley already use the cameras. The San Juan and Rio Grande City police departments outfitted their officers with the new technology.

Officers activate the cameras for traffic stops, search warrants and any time they’re in contact with the public.    Continue reading “Border Patrol Union Concerned about Body Cameras”

Oliver Buckworth's notes.The Age – by Chris Vedelago

A Melbourne man was hauled off a Tiger Airways flight by federal police on Saturday after claims he was seen doodling and writing sentences in a notebook satirising the current terrorism threat.

The incident has highlighted the growing sensitivity among officialdom and the public following the decision of the Abbott government to raise the national threat level and a series of raids were staged against alleged home-grown Islamic fundamentalist terrorists linked to the Islamic State movement.   Continue reading “Passenger ejected from flight over notebook doodles”

ABC News

A Chinese destroyer has docked in a southern Iranian port in the first such visit to the country by the Chinese navy, Iran’s state television reported on Sunday.

Adm. Hossein Azad, naval base chief in the southern port of Bandar Abbas, said the four-day visit that began Saturday saw the two navies sharing expertise in the field of marine rescue.   Continue reading “Chinese Destroyer Docks in Iran, First Such Visit”

obama foreign fighteThe Guardian – by Shiv Malik, Dan Roberts in Washington, Dominic Rushe in New York, and Nicholas Watt

Barack Obama is to press the UN security council to pass a sweeping new resolution that would impose global travel bans on fighters intent on enlisting in overseas wars, and could lead to sanctions on countries that fail or refuse to implement the new regime.

US officials say the UN resolution, which will be personally pushed by Obama when he chairs a meeting of the security council on Wednesday, is supported by sufficient countries to pass a vote this week.   Continue reading “Barack Obama urges United Nations to set up global ban on fighters”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — At an event today at the University of Texas Austin campus, Texas Governor Rick Perry reaffirmed his support of allowing illegal immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at Texas colleges and universities, while U.S. citizens from other states continue to pay higher out-of-state tuition rates. Perry made his remarks in a “One-on-One Conversation” with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith at the Texas Tribune Festival, an annual event organized by the online media outlet. Breitbart Texas made several queries to Governor Perry’s press office for comment, but as of press time, had not received a reply.   Continue reading “Rick Perry Defends In-State Tuition for Illegals, Despite Tough Border Talk”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Despite much raucous on social media, less than five protesters arrived at the Veteran’s International Bridge near the Texas-Mexico border, claiming that “cartel threats” had kept many away. However, those threats fell apart after further investigation by Breitbart Texas.

During the demonstration, Rob Schupp, who claimed to be one of the organizers, said that the group had received threats over the phone and on social media.    Continue reading “‘Cartel Threat’ Claim Falls Apart for Failed Border Bridge Protest”

WLTX 19 News

WASHINGTON – The former stepson of a man accused of sneaking into the White House said the Iraq war veteran owns “plenty of firepower” that he could have brought with him if he meant any harm.

Omar Gonzalez is expected to appear in court Monday to face charges of unlawfully entering a restricted building or grounds while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon – a knife in this case.   Continue reading “White House intruder an Iraq war vet with “plenty of firepower””

Breitbart – by Daniel Nussbaum

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has approved the design of driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in California. DHS had previously rejected an earlier design (pictured at left) because it was not sufficiently distinctive from regular driver’s licenses.

According to the Sacramento Bee, DHS sent a letter to Department of Motor Vehicles director Jean Shiomoto on September 17 informing them of their approval.   Continue reading “Homeland Security Approves Design of Driver’s Licenses for California’s Illegal Immigrants”

Activist Post – by Steven Lendman

Criticizing Israel publicly entails huge risks. Becoming persona non grata in politics, the media, business and academia may follow. It’s a career ender for most who try.

At most, short-term protests follow. They’re usually or entirely local. Salaita’s University of Illinois at Urban-Champaign (ULUC) sacking elevated public anger to a new level.

Thousands of scholars, students, colleagues, friends, Israeli critics and others rallied to his defense. They’re steadfast. They continue.    Continue reading “Firestorm Over Professor Steven Salaita’s Sacking for Criticizing Israel”

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McCOOK – Rio Grande Valley ranchers said their homes and camps are being targeted by thieves looking for guns.

Half a dozen people who own ranch land in the McCook area said they were victims of these break-ins or knew someone burglarized.

McCook rancher Jack Scoggins was informed yesterday someone used bolt cutters to cut the lock on his gate. The person gained access to his property, but fortunately nothing was taken.   Continue reading “Thieves Targeting Ranchers’ Guns”

The New Indian Express

CHENNAI: A group of students at SRM University led by Sobin Santhosh, final year student in the Aerospace department have designed and implemented an autonomous copter equipped with an automatic face and person recognition system in a day. In their drill experiment of the rescue application, an onboard camera was mounted on a quad-copter UAV where a live video was recorded. The video was fed to the person identification software, developed on a MATLAB platform by Arijit Ray, a final year student of SRM University in the Electrical and Electronics Department. The software successfully detected the target person in an image taken while the copter has hovering. Several images of the target individual were taken in different postures, angles and backdrops to ensure that the software has a robust accuracy. The GPS location of the snapshot image was also transmitted to the ground station and it conformed exactly to the location at which the snapshot was taken.   Continue reading “UAV With Facial Recognition Takes Flight”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

Joe Green, the president of Facebook co-founder’s Mark Zuckerberg’s pro-amnesty FWD.us lobbying group who suggested that foreign workers were better than Americans, was reportedly “forced” out  for failing to pass amnesty legislation despite the millions of dollars the group has spent on both sides of the aisle.

On Friday, Zuckerberg announced in a “confidential” email Re/Code obtained that Green, who was also his college roommate, had “resigned as President of FWD.us, effective immediately.” Todd Schulte, the former official for the pro-President Barack Obama Priorities USA Super PAC, will become the new president.   Continue reading “President of Zuckerberg Pro-Amnesty Group Resigns”

Chinese Nuclear SubmarineChina Daily Mail – by CHANKAIYEE2

The following is based on translations from Chinese media:

So far there has been no news about Chinese nuclear submarine cruising near the US. There has been official confirmation from China that a Chinese nuclear submarine operated in the Indian Ocean for a short period of time.

US nuclear submarine commander Benjamin Person (transliteration from Chinese) recently laughed at China, saying that Chinese nuclear submarines had never been active near the United States. He is happy that his nuclear submarine has been active in the seas near China for a long time.   Continue reading “China plans nuclear submarines near US coast, miltary bases in South China Sea”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — The protest calling for shutting down various ports of entry across the Texas-Mexico border appeared to be called off, when one of the event’s organizers claimed that the group had received cartel threats. Ultimately, only five individuals showed up to protest at the port of entry in Pharr, Texas.

Ron Cupp, who referred to himself and the founder of the event, was present. Those protesting told Breitbart Texas that today their objective has changed from closing the port to seeing how many law enforcement officials and resources they can tie up watching them.    Continue reading “Only 5 Border Bridge Protesters Show, Tie Up Law Enforcement”