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Video: Univision Examines Romney's Mexican Roots

Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:19 pm PST

Here's an interesting report from Univision on the Romney family's roots and relatives in Mexico, at a time when Mitt Romney has hardened his rhetoric on immigration to match all the other GOP candidates.

Mitt Romney, Mexico, Election 2012, Immigration, Right Wing

New Mexico Republican Suggests Mining the Border

Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:15 am PDT

Tom Mullins, the Republican nominee for a New Mexico Congressional seat, has suggested that it might be a good idea to mine the US-Mexico border. During the May 18 interview with KNMX radio in Las Vegas, N.M., Mullins said the U.S. could mine the border, install barbed wire and post ...

New Mexico, Immigration, Mexico, Land Mines, Bad Craziness, GOP, nativism, Republican Party

Obama Orders National Guard to Mexican Border

Tue, May 25, 2010 at 1:35 pm PDT

The security situation in Mexico along the border has been steadily deteriorating, and today the White House announced that President Obama plans to send as many as 1200 National Guard troops to the US-Mexico border. Obama plans to submit a request to Congress for $500 million in supplemental funding to ...

Mexico, Immigration, Border Patrol, National Guard, Barack Obama

Onion: Mexico Builds Border Wall

Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 1:30 pm PDT

Onion International reports on a new wall being constructed on the US-Mexico border, to address a serious problem related to immigration policy. [Video]

Onion, Humor, Immigration, Mexico, Video

Line of the Day

Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 4:01 pm PDT

Does someone at the Associated Press actually possess a sense of humor? Mexico seeks changes in border plan. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico called on the United States to alter a plan to expand border fences designed to stem illegal immigration, saying the barriers would threaten migratory species accustomed to roaming ...

LGF, Immigration, Mexico, Border Fence

Mexican Election Watch

Sun, Jul 2, 2006 at 7:22 pm PDT

Mark in Mexico is liveblogging the Mexican elections, now that Mexican election laws allow media coverage.

Mexico, Elections

Israeli Advice on the Mexico Fence

Thu, May 25, 2006 at 9:02 am PDT

As America begins to discuss building walls to stop illegal immigration, here’s some harsh but very pragmatic advice from an Israeli expert, at Ha’aretz: Israeli advice on the Mexico fence: be ruthless. (Hat tip: Jim.) Money: It will probably cost more than you think. Why? Because that’s always the way it ...

Immigration, Mexico, Fence

Lawmakers Call for Border 'Tipping' Inquiry

Tue, May 23, 2006 at 3:50 pm PDT

A group of congressional leaders is calling for an investigation into reports that US government officials are ‘tipping off’ the Mexican government about civilian patrol groups like the Minutemen. Twenty-one congressional leaders have called for an independent investigation into reports that officials from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs ...

Immigration, Minutemen, Border Patrol, Mexico

One-Way Illegal Immigration

Mon, May 22, 2006 at 5:58 pm PDT

The hypocrisy of the Mexican government is stunning, on a global scale: Mexico Works to Bar Non-Natives From Jobs. (Hat tip: LGF readers.) MEXICO CITY - If Arnold Schwarzenegger had migrated to Mexico instead of the United States, he couldn’t be a governor. If Argentina native Sergio Villanueva, firefighter hero of ...

Immigration, Mexico

The Anti-Minutemen

Sun, May 21, 2006 at 9:35 am PDT

The open borders crowd is getting more aggressive, recruiting hundreds of moonbats to help illegal immigrants enter the United States. A surge in the number of volunteers fanning out across Arizona’s southern deserts to aid illegal immigrants is expected this summer. The increase comes despite the ongoing prosecution of two volunteers arrested ...

Immigration, Bush, Mexico, Arizona

NC Officials: Let Illegals Vote

Thu, May 18, 2006 at 8:44 am PDT

Officials in Carrboro, North Carolina, want to let illegal immigrants vote. RALEIGH, N.C. — Immigration is arguably the most controversial topic in American today. Thousands of immigrants come to this country every year illegally. But some Carrboro town officials want to give those immigrants the right to vote. “Immigration is a really positive ...

Immigration, Bush, Mexico, North Carolina

Jawdropper of the Day

Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:43 pm PDT

President Bush announced a plan to station National Guard troops at the Mexican border, and Vicente Fox said he respected US sovereignty. But if those National Guard troops actually do anything to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, Mexico says they will file a blizzard of lawsuits. Lawsuits. Legal action to stop ...

Immigration, Bush, Mexico

Outrage of the Day

Tue, May 9, 2006 at 9:49 am PDT

From Drudge Report: U.S. tipping Mexico to Minuteman patrols. While Minuteman civilian patrols are keeping an eye out for illegal border crossers, the U.S. Border Patrol is keeping an eye out for Minutemen — and telling the Mexican government where they are. According to three documents on the Mexican Secretary of Foreign ...

Immigration, Minutemen, Border Patrol, Mexico