Border Patrol Agents Fire Tear Gas Over Border at Mexican Attackers

FOXNews.com - Border Patrol Agents Fire Tear Gas Over Border at Mexican Attackers :
"The Border Patrol says its agents have been attacked nearly 1,000 times during a one-year period."

SC Has a Clue

The State | 12/17/2007 | S.C. bill would enforce English:
"The head of South Carolina’s Senate has a message he wants to send to non-English speaking immigrants looking to use government services here: No hablamos espanol.

"Sen. Glenn McConnell’s proposal, among dozens of bills filed in anticipation of the coming legislative session, would require that all government paperwork and videos use only English."

Proposal to Let Noncitizens Join Md. Police Under Review - washingtonpost.com

Proposal to Let Noncitizens Join Md. Police Under Review - washingtonpost.com:

It never made sense to Montgomery County Police Chief J. Thomas Manger: Immigrants who have green cards can join the U.S. military and fight America's wars but, like other noncitizens, are ineligible to work as police officers in Maryland and most other states.

Since 2004, Manger has championed the concept of lifting the citizenship requirement under certain circumstances. At his urging, the Maryland Police Training Commission, which oversees training and hiring standards for law enforcement agencies across the state, began studying the issue this year. A vote could come next month.