SITREP: Remittances to Mexico Report

Joan B., Illinois submitted information from FAIR organization with information concerning the Bush administration and banking between Mexico and United States …

Remittances to Mexico

Even as the federal government expands its criminal investigation of companies hiring illegal aliens, it has been helping those same workers send money home cheaply. In 2001, Presidents George Bush and Vicente Fox devised programs to reduce the cost of sending remittances abroad, as part of the Partnership for Prosperity Program, an initiative to promote economic development.[i][1] New remittance programs, such as Directo a Mexico, aim to bring Mexican migrants into the mainstream U.S. financial system, regardless of immigration status.

Does the Left Truly "Support the Troops"?

Tell Me Again the Left Supports the Troops, Duane Lester, January 9^th 2008 …

I have been told over and over again that the left supports the military. History tells a different story. History shows the left’s contempt for the military, and the present leaders on the left continue that tradition of contempt today. Prior to the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, Columbia University hosted a six hour “teach-in” conference attended by around thirty of Columbia’s faculty. They took turns castigating President Bush and his plan to invade Iraq. The leftists also heard from Nicholas De Genova. De Genova is a professor of anthropology and Latin American studies who hates the military. During the six hour “protest,” De Genova said “The only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the US military.” He encouraged junior enlisted and junior officers to murder their superior officers. He also wished for a “million Mogadishus,” referring to the 1993 battle where 18 American soldiers were killed and more than 70 wounded.

British Motorist Told By Police Officer: "Don’t Display the Flag of England

This is Wiltshire, UK, by Charley Morgan …

Ben Smith, 18, was driving back home to Ingram Road in Melksham on Thursday evening after filling up with petrol, when the officer stopped him on a routine patrol. He checked the tax disc and tyres on his Vauxhall Corsa but when he noticed the flag of St. George on the parcel shelf he told Mr. Smith to take it down. Mr. Smith, who works for G Plan Upholsterers on Hampton Park West, said: “He saw the flag and said it was racist towards immigrants and If I refused to take it down I would get a £30 fine. I laughed because I thought he was joking, but then I realized he was serious so I had to take it down straight away. I thought it was silly – it’s my country and I want to show my support for my country.” Mr. Smith had recently installed new speakers in the parcel shelf of his car and wanted to cover them up so they did not get stolen. He used the flag and laid it out flat on the shelf so it was not obscuring his view out of the rear window. … PC Dave Cooper, of Chippenham Road Policing Unit, said he had never come across an officer asking someone to remove an England flag from their car because it could be racist. He added: “It all depends on the context of a stop. If they are going past a lot of Polish people, for instance, and abusing them, then we possibly would ask them to take the flag down.” He said there would be no police log of Mr. Smith having been stopped with details of what was said to him, as there was nothing wrong with his car. He added the officer could have been based anywhere around the country and just made an independent stop.