Back in July Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama promised the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) that he would make comprehensive immigration reform a priority in his first term. He then went on to say, "We need a president who isn't going to walk away from something as important as comprehensive immigration reform when it becomes politically unpopular."

When asked the same questions McCain replied, "we must first prove to them (Americans) that we can and will secure our borders first, while respecting the dignity and rights of citizens and legal residents of the United States."

Obama's True Immigration Agenda was brought to light just days before the Election. November 1st The Associated Press released this story:

Obama aunt from Kenya living in U.S. illegally
Woman was denied asylum, ordered to leave U.S. 4 years ago.
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ELLIOT SPAGAT

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's aunt, a Kenyan woman who has been quietly living in public housing in Boston, is in the United States illegally after an immigration judge rejected her request for asylum four years ago, the Associated Press has learned.

Zeituni Onyango, 56, referred to as "Aunti Zeituni" in Obama's memoir, was instructed to leave the United States by a U.S. immigration judge who denied her asylum request, a person familiar with the matter told the AP late Friday. This person spoke on condition of anonymity because no one was authorized to discuss Onyango's case.

Information about the deportation case was disclosed and confirmed by two separate sources, one of them a federal law enforcment official. The information they made available is known to officials in the federal government, but the AP could not establish whether anyone at a political level in the Bush administration or in the McCain campaign had been involved in its release.

Onyango's refusal to leave the country would represent an administrative, non-criminal violation of U.S. immigration law, meaning such cases are handled outside the criminal court system. Estimates vary, but many experts believe there are more than 10 million such immigrants in the United States.

The AP could not reach Onyango immediately for comment. No one answered the telephone number listed in her name late Friday. It was unclear why her request for asylum was rejected in 2004.

Onyango is not a relative whom Obama has discussed in campaign appearances and, unlike Obama's father and grandmother, is not someone who has been part of the public discussion about his personal life.

A spokeswoman for U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Kelly Nantel, said the government does not comment on an individual's citizenship status or immigration case.

Onyango's case -- coming to light just days before the presidential election -- led to an unusual nationwide directive within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement requiring any deportations prior to Tuesday's election to be approved at least at the level of ICE regional directors, the U.S. law enforcement official told the AP.

The unusual directive suggests that the Bush administration is sensitive to the political implications of Onyango's case coming to light so close to the election.

Kenya is in eastern Africa between Somalia and Tanzania. The country has been fractured in violence in recent years, including a period of two months of bloodshed after December 2007 that killed 1,500 people.

The disclosure about Onyango came just one day after Obama's presidential campaign confirmed to the Times of London that Onyango, who has lived quietly in public housing in South Boston for five years, was Obama's half aunt on his father's side.

It was not immediately clear how Onyango might have qualified for public housing with a standing deportation order.

CEDAR RAPIDS -- A St. Louis-based bank is seeking to seize and auction all of Agriprocessors' assets, claiming the slaughterhouse defaulted on a $35 million loan.

First Bank said in a lawsuit filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids that Agriprocessors overstated how much money it has available and that the company is either unable or unwilling to meet its loan payments.

The suit names Agriprocessors owner Aaron Rubashkin, his son and former CEO Sholom Rubashkin and slaughterhouses in Postville, Iowa, and Gordon, Neb. In addition to livestock and plant equipment, the suit includes the Rubashkins' personal property as collateral.

"(Agriprocessors) have repeatedly made misrepresentations to First Bank by providing inaccurate and misleading Notices of Borrowing and other documents that misstated the value of the collateral," the lawsuit states.

The bank and the slaughterhouse held a phone hearing Friday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, and agreed to reconvene next week. If the bank prevails, the suit states it will hold foreclosure sales of the company's assets.

The lawsuit follows a May immigration raid at Agriprocessors' Postville plant that resulted in 389 arrests. The Rubashkins and others at the plant also have been charged with violating state child labor laws (Over 9,000 incidents), and on Thursday Sholom Rubashkin was charged with illegally helping illegal immigrants get fake documents.

Agriprocessors did not immediately return calls seeking comment Friday.

The suit follows the announcement Friday that Des Moines-based Jacobson Staffing pulled its 450 workers from the plant this week. The staffing company, which had served as the slaughterhouse's human-resources and recruitment arm, did not give a reason for the decision.

The departure of the 450 Jacobson staffers leaves the company with about 250 workers.

In the suit, First Bank said Agriprocessors and Aaron Rubashkin are liable for repayment of a 1999 loan for $35 million to its branch in nearby Decorah called Decorah Bank & Trust Co.

First Bank said Aaron Rubashkin made a $2 million down payment on the loan, but that the total amount could exceed the remaining balance because of interest, late charges and costs of collection.

The suit said the slaughterhouse bounced about $1.3 million in checks in October, and the bank wants the court to appoint an overseer, or receiver, to make sure the money is repaid.

First Bank said Agriprocessors kicked bank representatives off company property on Thursday.

The suit also said Sholom Rubashkin is liable for up to $1 million plus interest. Federal agents arrested Rubashkin on Thursday on charges of conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants for financial gain, aiding and abetting document fraud and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft. He made an appearance that day in federal court.

His attorney said he will plead not guilty to the charges.

First Bank said Agriprocessors defaulted on the loan when it claimed multiple times to have more money in the bank than it did, and also when it opened a second account at the Luana Savings Bank in nearby Luana, where it deposited $1.3 million for checks that bounced this month.

First Bank also said in the suit that the plant owes its electric company $188,000 and an $88,000 deposit. If it doesn't pay, the suit states the company will cut the plant off Nov. 3.

published online: 10/31/2008

Agents Arrest Plant Manager
Son of Agriprocessors owner to wear ankle bracelet.
The Associated Press

CEDAR RAPIDS -- A former manager of a kosher slaughterhouse found to have employed hundreds of illegal immigrants was arrested Thursday by authorities who allege he helped many of the workers get fake documents.
Prosecutors said Sholom Rubashkin, the 49-year-old son of Agriprocessors owner Abraham Aaron Rubashkin, is charged with conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants for financial gain, aiding and abetting document fraud and aiding and abetting aggravated identity theft.

After an initial appearance in federal court on Thursday afternoon, Rubashkin's attorney F. Montgomery Brown said Rubashkin intends to plead not guilty.

Rubashkin waived a preliminary hearing and agreed to be released on his own recognizance on the condition that he put up a $500,000 bond by Nov. 5 and wear a GPS tracking bracelet on his ankle.

In court, Brown said Rubashkin's bond would be paid by a cousin in Brooklyn.

Rubashkin smiled but declined comment outside the courtroom.

Prosecutor Peter Deegan said Thursday in court that Rubashkin is a flight risk because he "has access to substantial assets." Deegan also said Rubashkin is "likely to face one of the lengthier sentences" of anyone involved with the Agriprocessors raid and subsequent fallout.

Rubashkin agreed to forfeit his and his wife's passports and agreed not to leave the northern district of Iowa.

Rubashkin's next appearance in court has not yet been set.

Brown said Rubashkin is "of good humor, he's doing fine."

Immigration agents said in a federal affidavit that one witness said Sholom Rubashkin gave him $4,500 to buy identification documents for illegal-immigrant workers. Another allegedly said that Rubashkin saw nothing wrong with hiring a group of workers who had new-looking resident alien cards and may have been fired from the Agriprocessors plant in Postville just two days earlier.

Agents raided the plant May 12, arresting 389 people in what officials said at the time was the largest single-site immigration bust in U.S. history. State prosecutors allege that more than 30 of the workers were children.

Agents also seized dozens of fraudulent permanent resident alien cards during the raid, according to the affidavit.

The U.S. attorney's office and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman declined to comment on the case Thursday.

The affidavit said an unnamed witness, a former supervisor in the beef kill area, told investigators he or she met with Rubashkin in a barn area of the plant the week before the raid. The witness told Rubashkin that $4,500 was needed to help employees fired from the witness' department because they had bad papers. Rubashkin apparently asked if the money had to be in cash and the next morning agreed to loan it. Later in the day another employee gave the witness the cash in $100 bills.

That witness said he or she then gave up to $200 each to employees to purchase new identification documents. The new documents were obtained and given to plant foremen to give to up to 40 employees a day before the raid, according to the affidavit.

Earlier this week, Laura Althouse, a human resources employee with Agriprocessors, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants for financial gain and aggravated identity theft. Trial is scheduled for Nov. 17 for another human resources worker, Karina Freund.

Associated Press writers Amy Lorentzen and Henry C. Jackson contributed to this report.

OTTUMWA - An Ottumwa man has joined two juveniles as the first people charged in the city with gang recruitment.
Felix Alberto Figueroa, 20, was arrested Monday afternoon at Fourth and Washington streets on a warrant for gang recruitment. The arrest followed last week's charges against a 15-year-old and 13-year-old.
Police say the charges are new for Ottumwa law enforcement and reflect changes in gang activity in the city. The three were allegedly enticing students as young as sixth grade to steal as part of a gang initiation.

OTTUMWA - Police charged two juveniles last week with gang recruitment, a first in Ottumwa.
Police reports show Juan Carlos Bethancourt, 15, and Jose Edwardo Pivaral, 13, both of Ottumwa, were arrested and charged with gang recruitment and theft.
"Those guys were the ones ... that were arrested for trying to recruit kids into gangs. They were committing thefts as part of a gang initiation," Clark said.
Two gangs, the Latin Kings and the Two-Sixers, were involved according to Clark. The efforts reportedly targeted sixth-grade students in Ottumwa.

Don Swarthout, President of CRAVE filed an ethics complaint with the Texas Bar Association against Prosecutor Johnny Sutton. Swarthout, in this complaint, charges Sutton's office with willfully misleading the jury in order to convict Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

Known drug smuggler Aldrete Davila was portrayed by Sutton as almost an "innocent bystander." In fact, he was involved in a second drug delivery to the United States during Sutton's prosecution of Ramos and Compean. This fact was covered up by Sutton's office.

Swarthout has asked the Texas Bar Association to investigate Johnny Sutton for actions strikingly similar to Prosecutor Mike Nifong's mishandling of the Duke lacrosse rape case. The evidence suggests Johnny Sutton is just as guilty as Mike Nifong of unethical prosecutorial behavior.

More than 90 U.S. Senators and Congressmen have reviewed this case and have asked President Bush to pardon Border Agents Ramos and Compean. These 90 elected officials represent both Democrats and Republicans. All of them agree Johnny Sutton's prosecution leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

May 9, 2008

Madam Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Paul Edward Moore, better known to his friends as Buck. Buck's untimely death in a motorcycle accident is a tragic loss to his family, community, and indeed the nation.

Buck was the founder of Riders Against Illegal Aliens, an advocacy group dedicated to immigration reform and preserving American sovereignty. Buck led numerous rallies protesting the influx of illegal immigration, the unjust incarceration of Border Patrol agents Ramos and Compean, and the government's lack of will to enforce immigration laws. He will be missed.

Madam Speaker, I want to express my sincerest condolences to Buck's friends and family. He was a dedicated patriot and will not be forgotten.

Buck Young, our founder and leader, 53, of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away on May 5, 2008. Killed by a 19 year old Hispanic female that turned in front of him at an intersection. She has numerous prior traffic violations on her record. Buck is survived by three daughters, four sons, two sisters, one brother, and eight grandchildren. He will be greatly missed by us all.

HUMPDAY CAMPAIGN
Rider Against Illegal Aliens Is inviting every organization and American that believes our two border agents, Nacho Ramos and Jose Compean, are unfairly imprisoned and need to be released. We need to put Nacho on the front burner as a constant reminder, not just once in awhile. Last month an organization had a good idea to call D.C. and tell them that the agents should be released. While this is a good idea, why settle for one day when our agents are suffering in prison everyday. What could be more perfect than Humpday. It's a day everyone looks forward to. It's in the middle of the week so everyone is kind of caught up, and not so rushed like on Mondays or Fridays. But, most of all, we all know that Nacho got screwed. So, every single Humpday is when every American needs to call all Congress Representatives, Senators, and State Representatives that hold an office. If you don't know how to contact your Senators or Representatives on our site click the "Information" link. There is a section with links to all Congress members. Our object is to assert so much constant pressure they have to let them out. Hell if nothing else the people that have to answer the phone will want to strangle their bosses and break Nacho out themselves. I have spoken with Monica Ramos and family, they welcome the idea.
Buck Young
BUILD THE FENCE!!! SEND EM BACK!!!

Write Ramos & Compean

Ignacio Ramos #58079-180
FCI Phoenix
37910 N. 45th Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85086

Jose Compean #58080180
FCI Elkton
PO Box 10
Lisbon, OH 44432

R.A.I.A., Riders USA, and United for a Sovereign America would like to thank all that attended the support ride for officer Erfle's children's education fund Sunday Oct. 14th. A special thanks from R.A.I.A. to all the members that showed... you guys are great, keep up the good work.

Saturday, September 8th: R.A.I.A. wanted to thank all who attended the Arizona benefit for the Ramos Family. Especially Bone, Rhonda, Craig and Hogg. You guys are an inspiration. The event couldn't have turned out better. It was truly an honor to escort Monica and the El Paso crew.

Click Here to read personal comments and see photos

RAIA & Riders United for a Sovereign America wish to thank all that were able to attend the rally at the Capitol & say job well done. If anyone has pictures of the ride on Saturday, please send them in a jpeg format and we will try to get some posted.

Click Here to read the story on immigrationbuzz.com & see photos/videos

There is an enormous number of Americans who have been harmed by the criminals who pass through the nation's open borders. For that reason, this section can only provide a symbolic tribute to the many unnamed victims who have been killed, raped, robbed, crippled and otherwise personally violated.

Click Here to go to www.immigrationshumancost.org's CRIME VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL ALIENS tribute page.

Still waiting for clarification from Congress on this. Does this pertain to all immigrants or only those that are in the U.S. legally.

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Finally, one site that finds the totals for you, which until now has been difficult to find. Providing the public a free source of totals on the most pressing categories resulting from illegal immigration in America. Using the latest government and private organizational sources available, they have continually updating counters for;
· Illegal Immigrants in Country
· Money Wired to Mexico
· Cost of Social Services for Illegal Immigrants
· Illegals Enrolled in Public Schools K-12
· Cost of Illegals Enrolled in K-12
· Illegal Immigrants Incarcerated
· Cost for Incarcerations of Illegal Immigrants
· Illegal Immigrant Fugitives
· Anchor Babies

Click Here to visit ImmigrationCounters.com