Riehl World View

The Deportation Story Of The Decade, Think Basil Marceaux

In effect, they deported this woman with a fake badge and gun, the husband was told to pay the airfare after a border station refused to take her off their hands. Issa is looking into how DHS and TSA dropped the ball. My God. Who's more criminally stupid, the perps, or the TSA agents who allowed them to put her on a plane? And how is it the husband let his cousins deport his wife? It doesn't say he's been charged.

This is probably as tragic, as it is funny, if not more so - especially given that she was five-months pregnant and married. The husband wasn't in on it? The stupid must be in their genes.

Here's the full story. Ultimately, TSA allowed them to plunk her on a flight to the Philippines, claiming she was a prisoner. Huh?? Of whose, and for what?? Good grief, we are in the best of hands.

Then they drove her to the San Diego International Airport, where Denny told Transportation Security Administration staff that he was escorting a prisoner to a flight. Cherriebelle flew to Manila alone and remains there without a green card.

An image of the 38 year-old non-federal agent, cousin of the husband, with the 52 year-old wife accomplice is here. Her pic captured from here.

They had to have been inspired by this Basil Marceaux guy via Ace at some point.

HEMET, Calif. (AP) -- A Southern California man was charged Friday with falsely deporting his cousin's wife to the Philippines by posing as a U.S. marshal.

A federal indictment unsealed Friday in San Diego accuses Gregory Denny, 37, and his wife Karen, 52, of kidnapping, conspiracy and other crimes that carry a potential life sentence.

The Hemet couple were jailed without bail and it wasn't immediately clear whether they had obtained an attorney.

Police said Denny and his wife barged into his cousin's home in January. Denny flashed a phony badge and a replica gun and handcuffed his cousin's wife of three years, Cherriebelle Hibbard, claiming she was in the U.S. illegally, police said.

They later took her to their home, called Craig Hibbard and told him to buy his wife a plane ticket to the Philippines, according to the indictment. They told her that she and her husband would go to jail for five years if she didn't leave the U.S.

Then they drove her to the San Diego International Airport, where Denny told Transportation Security Administration staff that he was escorting a prisoner to a flight. Cherriebelle flew to Manila alone and remains there without a green card.

She has said that she never met Denny and didn't realize he was her husband's cousin.

In February U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., asked the Department of Homeland Security for documents related to the incident to determine whether TSA staff followed procedures or were poorly trained.

Gregory and Karen Denny will appear in court on Monday.

Arizona Sheriffs' Op Ed: Plug The Hole In The Border, Barack!

Link via AOL News. Malia Obama: Did you get a spanking in the media today, Daddy?

Barack: Shut-up, kid!

It was with harsh words that the Obama administration condemned BP for its responsibility in the gulf oil spill, which thankfully has been stemmed for now. The president's subsequent demand for a moratorium on offshore oil drilling showed he took the environmental disaster seriously.

... Like a giant oil slick, the illegal immigration flood has fanned out geographically. That's why northern Virginia law enforcement must deal with the brutal Central American gang MS-13 and why there are estimated to be hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants living in Washington state.

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu are working together at BorderSheriffs.com on a legal defense of the current ACLU lawsuit against SB 1070. More information is at www.BorderSheriffs.com.

Limited Immigration Amnesty Through Executive Order Possible

This appears to deal with a sizable sub-group of people now here illegally on an expired visa. However, Obama is particularly vulnerable due to the manner in which he handled health care reform. He crammed it through against the will of the people. Also, Democrats have left the door open to all sorts of shenanigans during a potential lame duck session.

Republicans appear to be playing to that weakness. The American people simply don't trust Obama not to do whatever he wants at this point. But he invited the problem with ObamaCare, so, too bad. All's fair in love, war and politics.

A group of Republican senators has written to top immigration officials in the Obama administration asking them to reveal whether large-scale plans are under way to provide a so-called non-legislative version of amnesty.

The lawmakers cite an 11-page draft document written by staff to the director of the Citizenship and Immigration Service that says they are reviewing several executive orders and other mechanisms that effectively would serve as a substitute for comprehensive immigration reforms.

The objective would be to promote “family unity, foster economic growth … and reduce the threat of removal for certain individuals present in the United States without authorization."

Update: FALSE - WTF? Drug Cartel Seizes 2 U.S. Ranches in Texas

Via Bob at Confederate Yankee.

This can't actually be happening, can it? What, do they figure the numb-nuts in the WH is so weak they can get away with a move like this? Okay, on second thought, maybe they have a point. But still. Hell, the right configuration of Texans could end this nonsense. Retired special forces, anyone?

In what could be deemed an act of war against the sovereign borders of the United States, Mexican drug cartels have seized control of at least two American ranches inside the U.S. territory near Laredo, Texas.

Two sources inside the Laredo Police Department confirmed the incident is unfolding and they would continue to coordinate with U.S. Border Patrol today. “We consider this an act of war,” said one police officer on the ground near the scene. There is a news blackout of this incident at this time and the sources inside Laredo PD spoke on the condition of anonymity.

They Said If I Voted - National Guard To Border

Actually, they didn't say we'd have armed guards at the border if I voted for John McCain. But they didn't say that about Obama, either. Without numbers, it's hard to know how serious the effort will be. But this deployment looks politically defensive for Obama in response to the Arizona immigration legislation issue.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- National Guard troops will head to the U.S.-Mexico border Aug. 1 for a yearlong deployment to keep a lookout for illegal border crossers and smugglers and help in criminal investigations, federal officials said Monday.

The troops will be armed but can use their weapons only to protect themselves, Gen. Craig McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told a Pentagon news conference. The troops will undergo initial training and be fully deployed along the nearly 2,000-mile southern border by September.

Great: List Of Illegals Came From Utah Foodstamp, Public Benefits Lists

Terrific. I first blogged this when it broke on the 14th. Someone leaked a list of 1,300 likely illegal immigrants from a Utah government database. I said at the time, I was uncomfortable with any type of government lists being leaked like this. And now it seems the leak came from Food Stamp and other government benefit areas. Yes, the leakers should and will be dealt with. Yet, the fact remains, the list highlights potentially 1,300 illegal immigrants enjoying a ride on the taxpayer's dime. I doubt there will be any consequences for them. They are now being painted as the victims here. The real victim is the American taxpayer. But, who cares about them?

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah officials have identified at least two state workers who apparently breached a state database to create a list of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants.

Gov. Gary Herbert's office said Friday that the employees work for the Department of Workforce Services, which administers food stamp programs and other public benefits.

News media, law enforcement and other government officials started receiving the list of names and personal information this week, creating widespread fear in the Hispanic community. The anonymous mailing demands that those on the list be deported, although some named have said they are in the country legally.

Illegal Immigrtants Hold DC Teach-In For Reform

The AP headline says Illegal Immigrants, not advocates for. That seems strange. Maybe they know the White House is the safest place for them? Maybe they should start massing there looking for day work? I can think of some things that won't make it on the curriculum - a balanced American history and why crossing a border illegally is a crime.

A path to citizenship through college enrollment? Priceless, and who gets the bill for the tuition, I wonder? Oh, wait - let's let the taxpayers take care of that. These losers should go back to the mindless decade from which their idea comes from.

Illegal immigrants hold DC 'teach-in' to push bill

BOSTON (AP) -- Immigrant advocates have set up a makeshift school in the nation's capital reminiscent of 1960s "teach-ins" to encourage a path to citizenship through college enrollment.

The first class at "Dream University" was held Wednesday outside the White House. Among the most vocal activists have been those in Massachusetts, who say they'll also attend the classes.

Washington-based Carlos Saavedra (sah-VEH'-dra) says students nationwide have signed up for the classes, also to be held outside the Capitol. Boston activist Renato Teodoro (reh-NAH'-toh tee-oh-DOHR'-oh) says she is working with undocumented students to help raise money to sustain the effort.

List Of Potential Utah Illegals Turns Up, ICE Not Interested

Aside from however this list may have been generated, if it's legit, note that ICE isn't really all that interested in checking it out. And the Utah government is more concerned about the people on it being terrorized. I'm not thrilled about people sending lists to the government. But it's impossible to miss the lack of interest when it comes to enforcement of our immigration laws.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- State agencies are investigating whether any of their employees leaked Social Security numbers and other personal information after a list of 1,300 people who an anonymous group claims are illegal immigrants was circulated around Utah.

She noted that because ICE has finite resources, it focuses its efforts "first on those dangerous convicted criminal aliens who present the greatest risk to the security of our communities, not sweeps or raids to target undocumented immigrants indiscriminately."

What Would You Be Sleeping With If Barney Frank Is Involved?

Jules Crittenden is on a rape and pillage like an illegal alien invader kick, which is way past dancing like an Egyptian. He's dancing on the graves of Boston pols regretting their support for a boycott of AZ over the state's new immigration law. I'd be careful about the concubine thingie, though - no telling what you'll end up sleeping with if Barney Frank is in town. Heh!

“The greatest joy in life for a man is to drive his enemies before him, to leave their cities in smoking ruins, to hear the wailing and cries of their wives and children, to ride their horses, and snore loudly upon the bosoms of their concubines.”

The Doctrine Of Preemption, Then and Now

Time was, we debated the so called Bush Doctrine. One element of that sweeping policy, of which Charles Gibson wasn't fully aware when questioning Sarah Palin, was preventive war:

... which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a potential or perceived threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate;

It seems that's been replaced with the preemptive threat of prosecutorial discretion for states determined to police their streets against crime involving elements that have entered the country illegally. Under which doctrine was America more secure? This strikes me as one of the many great disparities between Obama and Bush indicating why Bush largely remained popular for six years, while Obama barely managed six months.   

Attorney General Eric Holder, just days after filing a federal lawsuit against Arizona's immigration law, on Sunday floated the possibility of filing another suit on racial profiling grounds.