New Jersey Police May Be Required To Alert Feds When Illegal Immigrants Apply For Gun Permits

New Jersey lawmakers have proposed a bill that would require local law enforcement agencies and state police to notify federal immigration authorities any time an illegal immigrant applies for a firearms purchaser identification card (FPIC) or handgun purchase permit (PPH). Passing the bill in legislation would align the state’s firearm application procedures with federal immigration … Read more

Napolitano Fiddles While ICE Agent Burned.

From Fox News, this item:

A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was killed and another wounded while driving through northern Mexico Tuesday, in a rare attack on American officials in this country which is fighting powerful drug cartels.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said one agent was critically wounded in the attack and died from his injuries. The second agent was shot in the arm and leg and remains in stable condition.

Those are the facts. The official reaction to them is…interesting.

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