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Surge in child immigrants stresses support network   Atlanta Journal Constitution - ‎   By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AP McALLEN, Texas - An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas scrublands or crossing at border ports of entry without their families has sent government and nonprofit agencies scrambling to expand ...

Surge in child immigrants stresses support network KSAT San Antonio - ‎ McALLEN, Texas (AP) - An unprecedented surge of children caught trudging through South Texas scrublands or crossing at border ports of entry without their families has sent government and nonprofit agencies scrambling to expand their shelter, ...

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Australia - SAME SEX MARRIAGE Debate Looms

A CALL FOR A RETURN TO BIBLICAL VALUES AS SAME SEX MARRIAGE DEBATE LOOMS

By Margaret Court - Senior Pastor of Perth Victory Life Centre and a former world No.1 tennis player
Editor's note:  With the anticipated tabling of a private members bill to legalise same -sex marriage into Federal Parliament next week, the battle to preserve Christian marriage moves to its most critical stage yet. This article which first appeared as an opinion piece in the Melbourne Herald Sun is reproduced with permission. The author Margaret Court is well known across the nation both in Christian as well as sporting circles and here she puts the case for the protection of marriage between a man and a woman and issues a call for a return to biblical values.
We live in a blessed nation but Australia is on a steep moral decline. Everywhere you look we are making excuses for a sliding lifestyle and more people are blind to it than ever before. Our Constitution is based on biblical principles and our nation is great because of it. We are a country with a moral fabric and families and marriage are at its core. But increasingly our kids are being taught that anything goes. As a society we are losing touch with fundamental Christian values, as our leaders lean towards an agenda of political correctness to keep the minorities happy.

We live in a world of moral values. Even those without faith know what is right and what is wrong. We all have a conscience and so many people get trapped in the pattern of saying something is right when deep down they know it isn't. It's that attitude that can harden hearts. People suddenly justify the immoralities around them. We have taken the easy way out. Minorities are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side. Looking back, you can see that there has been a steep decline, especially when it comes to the issue of sexuality.

There is so much scripture within the Bible that points to what we see happening now. We are losing that sense of discipline. Let me be clear. I believe that a person's sexuality is a choice. In the Bible it said that homosexuality is among sins that are works of the flesh. It is not something you are born with. My concern is that we are advocating to young people that it is OK to have these feelings. But I truly believe if you are told you are gay from a young age, soon enough it will start to impact your life and you will live it. If somebody is told they are gay they often start to believe it.

We are living in a society that takes the easy way out. But we have to work at life and make things better. You need to be disciplined. I became the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon because I trained hard and worked towards it. It's why I believe so strongly in the sanctity of marriage. It takes hard work. Children need a mother and a father - stability from a male and a female - and I think we are losing sight of this. We are led by politicians who lie and spread deceit. They no longer stand true to their word and that affects us all, as a nation. Lies just don't seem to matter much anymore.

There is so much deception in the world and it's getting worse by the minute. The Book of Romans speaks of the people of Earth trading in God; of worshipping life and things within it instead of God who made us. By refusing Him, women no longer know how to be women and men no longer know how to be men. We have lost our way and have been convinced by the secular view that it's all OK. It worries me because I fear our next generation will lose all direction and become more blinded than ever before. I can't understand, if we are a blessed nation under a biblical Constitution, why there is such a push to change it?

We will only start to tear away at the rich fabric and sustained values. Then God will take his hand off our nation and the lights will go out. That is why I believe we need to protect marriage because it has been God-ordained from the beginning. God told man to be united with his wife and to multiply on earth. I had fame and success and a great husband but I always knew something was missing in my life. I used to think there had to be more to it. I knew He was there but I didn't know how to make the connection. I didn't understand how God could be real in my life. But then I accepted Jesus Christ, and believed that He came to Earth as the son of God, to die for our sins.

Even then I didn't understand the power of the Bible, his word. If I knew then what I knew now I could have won six Wimbledons, not three. The New Testament is the greatest book on psychology. It shows you how to live victoriously. It's our TV guide to life. It has everything in there for every facet - even how to run a nation. People think it's a book of fear but it is not. It's a book of love and a training manual for life that offers protection from sin. Life is but a wisp. So many turn to God on their deathbeds but if they accepted His love during life they would experience far more blessings. We will pass away, but the scriptures won't.

We need to turn our minds back to God and I still believe we have the capacity to make that change. Understand that there is a God and that He is real and that He can be part of your life. A nun at my primary school once gave me the cane and it was one of the best lessons of my life. She could see the potential in me long before I did. She gave me a grounding for the future, for which I remain grateful. I didn't have an easy childhood but I had good families around me that sowed into my life. That's what our kids need right now. People who are willing to stand up for them, for our families, in a world where we have become far too scared.

Source: Australian Prayer Network

Pray the the City of Juarez, Mexico

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Justice House Of Prayer in El Paso has requested prayer due to critical situation in Juarez.  They report that the policemen, the police chief and the Mayor have been targeted for assassination.  Numerous policemen and ambulance drivers have already been killed.  Please pray in agreement with us for this critical situation on our Border.  Thank you! 

 Juarez to House Police in Hotels After Cartel Threats

Written by  Christopher Looft  

Juarez may spend $2 million to house the city's municipal police force in several hotels with heightened security, after a drug cartel appeared to be acting on threats to kill one police officer a day.

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Last week banners known as "narcomantas" began appearing throughout Ciudad Juarez, signed by a group calling itself the New Juarez Cartel, thought to be a faction of the Aztecas street gang operating under a new name. The banners accused Police Chief Julian Leyzaola of colluding with the New Juarez Cartel's rivals and vowed to kill one policeman per day until he either steps down or stops targeting the group. Eight Juarez policemen have been killed this month in increasingly brazen attacks, including one shoot-out which left three suspected hitmen dead.

Juarez Mayor Hector Murguia came out in support of Leyzaola, claiming that he will leave office before he allows Leyzaola to step down. For his part, Leyzaola blamed Johnny Morales Gonzales, alias "El Tin Tan," for the violence, urging citizens to turn the alleged New Juarez Cartel leader in. Leyzaola mistakenly distributed a photo of Morales, which later turned out to a potrait of a resident in El Paso, El Diario de Juarez reports.

The city treasurer said they have set aside a 25 million peso budget (about $2 million) to house off-duty police in two hotels over the next 90 days, according to El Diario. The police are receiving a discounted rate on the rooms.

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A common tactic seen in Juarez is the assassination of police believed to be working for a rival cartel. Since the Sinaloa Cartel began open warfare against the Juarez Cartel for control of the city in 2008, a reported 175 municipal police officers have been killed. The public threats by the New Juarez Cartel seem like a new spin on this strategy.

Their accusation that Leyzaola is working with another criminal group may just be a calculated bid to detract from Leyzaola's perceived legitimacy as one of Mexico's most effective police officials. But the threat has now increased the pressure on both Leyzaola and Juarez Mayor Hector Murguia to stem the killings; if they don't, they could be blamed for the loss of more police officers.

These developments cast more doubt on the effectiveness of the police force. Police are supposed to protect the local population; diverting resources to ensure their security implies less protection for the citizens of Juarez. And with Juarez holding the title of the hemisphere's most dangerous city -- until it was recently surpassed by Hondras' San Pedro Sula -- its residents need all the security they can get.

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Border Surveillance is KEY to America's Security - Aerial Sheriff

[Image: A U.S. Predator drone, photographed by Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force via Wikipedia].

The Send Equipment for National Defense Act, sponsored by Texas Representative Ted Poe, would "require that 10 percent of certain equipment returned from Iraq—like Humvees, night-vision equipment and unmanned aerial surveillance craft—be made available to state and local agencies for border-security operations."

Poe denies that this would militarize the border, as reported by the New York Times; but John Cook, mayor of the border city of El Paso, strongly disagrees, suggesting that only "a whole lot of ignorance" could inspire the plan. Cook points out that "moving war zone equipment to the border would send the wrong signal to Mexico and potentially damage the robust symbiotic economic relationship between the two countries."

This comes at the same time that Miller-McCune warns that "armed police drones"—or weaponized UAVs—might soon be flying through a sky near you. While Miller-McCune focuses specifically on the sheriff of Montgomery County, Texas, it's worth pointing out that so-called Leptron Avengers—"battery-operated helicopters designed to take high-resolution video and photos and that can be equipped with night-vision cameras or thermal-imaging equipment"—have also been requested by the Texas city of Arlington, perhaps making Texas—alongside such places as Syria, North Korea, and China—the go-to site today for witnessing civilian adaptations of military surveillance technology.   Read Source

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In Echo of Pancho Villa, Modern Raid Shakes a Town on the Edge of Extinction

By MARC LACEY

Ninety-five years and a day after the infamous Villa raid, another group of armed men crept into Columbus.  Read more

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U.S. Widens Role in Mexican Fight

By MARK MAZZETTI and GINGER THOMPSON

Cross-border operations are part of a broadening American campaign aimed at blunting the power of Mexican cartels.