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Gang of Eight backer forms Gang of One, robs 19 banks

From the Dallas Morning News:

Farmers Branch immigrant-rights activist accused of being ‘Mesh Mask Bandit’

By DIANNE SOLÍS and TANYA EISERER Staff Writers

Updated: 22 June 2013 08:13 AM 

An immigrant rights activist from Farmers Branch is suspected of being a prolific bank robber known as the Mesh Mask Bandit, the FBI says. 

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Mug shot, 6/21/13

Luis de la Garza, 59, appeared in federal court Friday in connection with the armed robbery of a Wells Fargo bank in April. Authorities believe he has robbed at least 18 other banks in nine area cities. 

... The witness who saw the man without his mask before and after the robbery helped authorities with a sketch that the FBI circulated in May.... 

The witness at the Wells Fargo bank later identified de la Garza in a lineup, officials said.  ...

De la Garza, a Mexican immigrant, spoke out about immigration policies, including those in Farmers Branch, where he has lived for at least a decade. 


The American citizens of Farmers Branch, an inner ring suburb of Dallas, have repeatedly been sneered at in the national media for trying to take steps to lessen the inundation of illegal aliens in their town.

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Gang of One in action

He was credited with developing a low-power Spanish-language television station, TeleAmerica, in the 1990s and had served on a prominent advisory committee of about 100 immigrants to the Mexican government’s Foreign Relations Ministry. 

Haaretz: "In U.S. snooping affair, Israeli firms at risk"

If you were to read the Israeli and American Jewish press, you would get the impression that Israelis and American Jews tend to be well above average in terms of being influential, powerful, and intimately involved in much that's in the news. 

Unearthing Hate Facts (Cont.)

My column the other day on VDARE.com about unearthing Hate Facts generated some interesting email responses.  Especially this part:

Try tackling the following question:

• For all these unwanted sexual contacts (sexual touching, attempted or actual sexual intercourse, attempted or actual other penetrations), what are the breakdowns by race?

The Paula Deen Case: Racism, Culturism, And Taking Allies Where You Can Find Them

I had never heard of Paula Deen until she got fired last week.  Given that she is, according to this report, an Obama-supporting Democrat, it’s hard to feel much sympathy.

LA Fire Chief Under Fire for Photograph, Dutifully Apologizes

In Los Angeles, the Fire Chief was under fire , not for anything having to do with his profession (you know, fighting fires, saving people, etc.) but for a photo that was deemed stereotypical and offensive. (See the photo for yourself here).

Radio Derb Is On The Air: Operatic Tragedy And Marco Rubio

As a podcast on iTunes, listenable/downloadable onscreen at Taki’s Magazine, or as a transcript here.

Sean Trende On The Sailer Strategy, And Why Romney Lost: "The Drop In White Voters"

VDARE.com plays a role in saying things that other people can't say because of political correctness, things that then get picked up by the mainstream.

Tiger Parents Riot In China: "No Fairness If You Do Not Let Us Cheat."

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Riot police assemble to rescue test proctors
Malcolm Moore reports

Rasmussen on CBO:"Unimpressive"

Economist Eric Rasmusen responds to the Congressional Budget Office's optimistic assessment of the fiscal effects of Schumer-Rubio.  

Why A Border "Surge"? Resisting Illegal Immigration Should Be Permanent!

There's talk about amending the Schumer-Rubio immigration bill to fund a "border surge," like the short-term escalation in Iraq known as "the surge."

Of course, the notion of a "surge" against illegal immigration gives away the game: the elites are thinking about a brief change to delude the rubes so they can then get back to business as usual when the economy finally picks up and wages threaten to rise. 

Resisting illegal immigration has to be permanent.

Senator Sessions Lists Broken Promises of Amnesty Bill

imageSenator Jeff Sessions took the floor Thursday with a simple list of broken pledges from the Gang of Eight, showing the bad faith of the legislation which was negotiated in secret at the behest of business, ethnic and Democrat special interests.

Broken Promises of Senate bill:

Borjas: The Slowdown in the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants

Here's a new paper from Harvard economist George Borjas:

The Slowdown in the Economic Assimilation of Immigrants: Aging and Cohort Effects Revisited Again 

George J. Borjas 

NBER Working Paper No. 19116 

Issued in June 2013 

This paper uses data drawn from the 1970-2010 decennial Censuses to examine the evolution of immigrant earnings in the U.S. labor market.

Zimmerman Jury: All Women, No Blacks

Jack Cashill reports in WND:

In a case filled with anomalies, chalk up one more: Unless one of the six chosen jurors is booted from the case, George Zimmerman will have an all female jury. 

Why Doesn’t Washington Respect Legal Immigrants?

With all the media sob stories about the supposed travails of illegal aliens, it’s refreshing to see a tiny bit of attention focused on legal immigrants. Law-abiding entrants get little respect from Washington elites and campaign consultants, even after the people who came the right way have spent tens of thousands of dollars to pursue immigration.

For example, the formerly Canadian Sweazey family, pictured below, spent $45,000 to become Americans.

Kathy Shaidle (Five Feet of Fury): Mainstream Writers are Openly Talking about Issues That VDARE.com Kept Alive for Years, When No One Else Would Touch Them!

For over 13 years, despite the Left and the fake Right of Conservatism, Inc. waging war on him, Peter Brimelow has walked tall, rather than cringe and submit, unlike so many others (Jim DeMint, James Watson, Larry Summers, et al.).Kathy Shaidle writes:

World Refugee Day Factsheet

World Refugee Day Factsheet

Did you know that today is World Refugee Day?