National Guard to begin reducing border force (North County Times) SAN YSIDRO -- As planning begins to reduce the number of National Guard troops along the border with Mexico, less than 1,000 of 6,000 new U.S. Border Patrol agents that the Bush administration wants in place by the end of next year have been hired....more...Revealed: the MOD plan to move Trident (The Scotsman) MILITARY chiefs are drawing up plans to move the UK's nuclear missiles south of the Border as concern mounts that Scotland is heading towards independence....more... Outrage as author likens UK to Nazi era (The Scotsman) A LEADING Scottish writer has been widely condemned for comparing the treatment of Muslims in Tony Blair's Britain to the treatment of Jews in Hitler's Germany....more... Poll: Californians support citizenship for long-term illegal immigrants (North County Times) NORTH COUNTY ---- A poll released this week shows most Californians view illegal immigration as a serious probem but still believe that those who have been in the country for "many years" should be legalized....more... Labour's big freeze to pay for education (The Scotsman) A NEW Executive led by Labour would freeze the budgets of every government department in Scotland to pay for a massive investment in education, Jack McConnell, the party's leader, announced yesterday....more... Bush Set to Focus on Immigration (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) President Bush leaves Easter church service in Fort Hood, Texas, Sunday, April 8, 2007....more... Bush Returns to Work on Immigration Plan (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) President Bush, left, meets with visitors as he leaves Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Ariz., Monday, April 9, 2007....more... Bush Returns to Work on Immigration Plan (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) Some of the estimated 15,000 marchers are shown during an immigration protest rally Saturday, April 7, 2007, in Los Angeles. Marchers filled the streets to demand amnesty for the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants....more... Bush Touts Guest Worker Program Proposal (The San Francisco Examiner) (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) President Bush, right, looks at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Predator Drone aircraft upon his arrival at Yuma International Airport in Yuma, Ariz., Monday, April 9, 2007. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is at left....more... |