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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martínez is directing police to check the immigration status of people arrested for crimes.

The Republican, who made headlines after the November elections when she became the nation’s first Latina governor, said she was eliminating an executive order by former Gov. Bill Richardson, a Democrat, that prohibited law enforcement officials from asking people about immigration status.

You go girl.  You have to clean up after Bill Richardson Judas.

“This order takes the handcuffs off of New Mexico’s law enforcement officers in their mission to keep our communities safe,” Martínez said in a statement. “The criminal justice system should have the authority to determine the immigration status of all criminals, regardless of race or ethnicity, and report illegal immigrants who commit crimes to federal authorities.”

However, Martínez said law enforcement working for state agencies will continue to be barred from asking about the immigration status of someone who is a crime victim, a witness to a crime or seeking police assistance. Richardson had ordered that in 2005.

Martínez’s order coincided with a bill introduced Monday that says that undocumented immigrants no longer could obtain New Mexico driver’s licenses that serve as government identification, but they could still drive legally under a compromise bill introduced today.

via Susana Martínez Tells Police to Check Immigration Status in New Mexico.

If I have to buy ObamaCare, then what else might I have to buy?  Isn’t this the gist of Bam’s ridiculous health crapcare plan?  We will all be forced into buying something that we don’t want.

You go South Dakota.  It makes sense to me.  We can all play the same game.

Proposed South Dakota law would require citizens to purchase guns.

Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Internet.

Scenario: Your government is displeased with the communication going on in your location and pulls the plug on your internet access, most likely by telling the major ISPs to turn off service.

This is what happened in Egypt Jan. 25 prompted by citizen protests, with sources estimating that the Egyptian government cut off approximately 88 percent of the country’s internet access. What do you do without internet? Step 1: Stop crying in the corner. Then start taking steps to reconnect with your network. Here’s a list of things you can do to keep the communication flowing.

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If Egypt has shown us anything, it is that administrations are capable of hitting the “kill” switch.     The New Zeal has another link through PC World.