Sahil Kapur | “I do respect you because your views, however abhorrent and wrong, have always been consistent,” he told the former CNN anchor.

Washington Times | Robert C. Bonner also called for the United States to more aggressively investigate U.S. gun sellers and tighten security along its side of the border.

Arizona Star | Federal grant money from Operation Stonegarden may seem like a windfall for the cities and counties that have eagerly accepted it.

Infowars | Less than 2% of illegal aliens are picking our crops, but 29% are on welfare.

Washington Post | A binational task force on U.S.-Mexico border issues will call Friday on the Obama administration and Congress to reinstate an expired ban on assault weapons.

New York Times | Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

Bloomberg | Mexican business groups in Ciudad Juarez may petition the United Nations to send peacekeepers.

NumbersUSA | Many House Republicans are angry at their party’s leadership for failing to force Democrats to vote on immigration verification amendments during the weekend’s passage of the health care reform bill.

UPI | U.S. immigration officials say a Los Angeles doctor faked medical exams for immigrants seeking U.S. visas.

Los Angeles Times | Illegal immigration is not crime?

Arizona Republic | The repatriation program, run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, this year averaged a record 293 people a day, but returned fewer overall than previous years.

NumbersUSA | A new survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports reveals that 56% of Americans say that federal immigration policies encourage illegal immigration.

NBC Los Angeles | “He didn’t just cross a border, he crossed a galaxy!”

ALIPAC | The illegal alien costumes causing the furor are for sale online but have been removed from Target’s online store.

CNSNews | Nearly 70 percent of Mexicans surveyed said that Mexican-Americans – including those born in the United States – owe their primary loyalty to Mexico, not the U.S.

CNSNews | Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he will continue to arrest individuals who are in the country illegally.

CNSnews | The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has asked the Obama administration to “immediately terminate” a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program that has identified more than 120,000 illegal aliens over the past three years.

| His “crime suppression operations” are saturation patrols in designated areas where deputies would find illegal immigrants by stopping them for traffic infractions and minor violations, the paper says.

CNSNews | Murguia said that while the issue of illegal immigrants was politically difficult, there were “strong” arguments for covering the illegals.

The Hill | Senate Finance Committee Democrats rejected a proposed a requirement that immigrants prove their identity with photo identification when signing up for federal healthcare programs.

Dana Gabriel | North American integration continues on many different fronts and this includes at a state and provincial level.

CNSNews | The Obama administration is planning to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Washington Times | Obama said this week that his health care plan won’t cover illegal immigrants, but argued that’s all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage.

CNSNews | Obama’s statement about illegal aliens and health care reform deserves further scrutiny.

Reuters | Drug gangs have targeted rehab clinics in the manufacturing city of Ciudad Juarez across from El Paso, Texas, accusing them of protecting dealers from rival gangs.

Infowars | They admit they’re “taking over America” and that they want to “kick us out.”

AFP | Mexico’s Army took control of customs Sunday on the busy US border, as federal authorities pulled agents off the job in a massive anti-corruption shakeup.

Independent | The issue was one of several bones of contention at yesterday’s summit between the leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico in Guadalajara.

Washington Post | President Obama, attending a North American summit with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, vowed Monday to pursue comprehensive U.S. immigration reform later this year.

Phoenix Business Journal | A marked drop in Phoenix-area crime coincides with the recession and a drop in the number of illegal immigrants in Arizona.

FBI | The defendants were arrested in possession of approximately $68,000 counterfeit United States currency.

Reuters | Gunmen shot and killed U.S. Border Patrol agent Robert Rosas in California near the U.S.-Mexico border fence on July 23.

AFP | Violence has since been on the upswing, even after President Felipe Calderon deployed thousands of soldiers and federal police to this state — his home state — of 4.2 million residents.

John David Powell | Unless Congress comes up with a way to fix the illegal immigration problem, the continued strain on the healthcare system by undocumented individuals will cut into any cost savings of a universal healthcare plan.

San Diego 6 | A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot in Campo near the border with Baja California Thursday night.

Spokesman-Review | Officials and experts from the United States and Canada say a U.S. border policy driven by concerns about terrorism and problems at the Mexico border is hurting Pacific Northwest communities.

Pheonix BizJournal | A CFR task force headed by ASU professor Raul H. Yzaguirre and fmr. Gov. Jeb Bush outlines plans for guest workers and amnesty mirror plans to be pushed in Congress by President Obama.

Washington Post | Residents and human rights groups describe an increasingly brutal war in which the government, led by the army, is using harsh measures to battle the cartels.

Land Line Magazine | The month of June was a hot month for drug busts along the southern border.

UPI | The U.S. Defense and Homeland Security departments are facing off over the use of drug-fighting soldiers along the U.S.-Mexico border, sources say.

Roy Beck | Most media and political focus on “reforming” our immigration system is based on concern for the 12 million citizens of other countries who have broken our immigration laws and have illegally taken residence and jobs in this country.

New York Times | The DHS has characterized anti-illegal immigration activists as potential terrorists.

Yuma Sun | A Senate panel voted to require public schools to ask parents to provide documents showing their children are in this country legally.

Reuters | President Barack Obama tapped a top Cabinet official on Thursday to work with Congress to speed immigration reform.

New York Times | The incident was a nightmare for tourism officials struggling to attract visitors scared off by Mexico’s often-bloody battle against drug cartels as well as its recent bout with swine flu.

Noel Brinkerhoff | Continuing a strategy focused on the supply side of the drug problem, the Obama administration on Friday unveiled its counternarcotics policy for the Southwest.

Sacramento Bee | Gov. Schwarzenegger disputed claims that illegal immigrants caused California’s $24.3 billion deficit, while he praised their economic contributions and said he is “happy” they have access to services.

Washington Times | U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border.

WIVB | A road trip to Canada got a little more complicated, starting Monday. You’ll need a passport, enhanced license or NEXUS card to make the trip back home.

The Hill | Killing the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program would save $400 million, according to Obama’s budget for fiscal 2010.