I am not a believer in immigration laws or national borders. I know that’s a seriously radical admission, especially in these border states. Even more, I resent the Border Patrol vehicles I sometimes see around the area. They are not “keeping me safe,” but are instead wasting tax money and bolstering the emerging U.S. police […]
Letters to the editor: U.S. not refuge for illegal immigrants
May 3, 2010
U.S. not refuge for illegal immigrants How many people can you put into a lifeboat before it goes down? For so many years, our nation has turned a blind eye to illegal immigration overflowing our southern borders. Our government is complicit in exponentially adding to the problem. Granting amnesty to the millions who have already […]
Bingaman and Udall raise amendment to secure U.S. borders
April 3, 2009
U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Tom Udall today joined with a bipartisan coalition to propose a significant boost in funding for U.S. efforts to fight violence caused by Mexican drug cartels along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Candidate profile: Joe Carraro
May 30, 2006
State Sen. Joe Carraro, Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate State Sen. Joe Carraro of Albuquerque is campaigning for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate against Allen Wilson McCulloch and David Pfeffer. The position is currently held by Democrat Jeff Bingaman, who is seeking re-election. Carraro was elected a state senator in 1985. He has attended […]
3/24 Candidate profile
March 24, 2006
Republican David Pfeffer is campaigning to win the U.S. Senate seat held by Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M. Pfeffer, 61, is a self-employed architect from Santa Fe, where he has served on the Santa Fe City Council since 2002. Born in upstate New York, he has lived in New Mexico for more than 30 years. Pfeffer visited […]
Texico named top team in Panhandle
February 17, 2005
CNJ staff Notoriety of Texico’s back-to-back state football championships has transcended the borders of New Mexico. The Wolverines received the Super Team Award while coach Mike Prokop was named football coach of the year at the Panhandle Sports Hall of Fame banquet Sunday in Amarillo. The Wolverines won their second straight Class A state championship […]
Crossing the border for Christmas
December 10, 2004
By Tova Fruchtman: CNJ staff writer As families rise with the sun to open their gifts Christmas morning, a group of Clovis young adults will be far from their families. And they won’t be opening presents — they’ll be giving them. The College and Careers Group at Sandia Baptist Church has started a missionary group […]
America should put fewer troops far form borders
October 13, 2003
Freedom Newspapers The news Friday that Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, is ready to talk about pulling U.S. and eventually NATO troops out of Bosnia, is welcome indeed. It would be more welcome if it presaged a strategic reconsideration of the U.S. policy of stationing troops around the world, but we’ll take an […]
