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Yuma Sun -- April 24, 2004 Forum features debate on PAN initiative, Grijalva crony rants Saying it will simply enforce already existing state laws, [state] Rep. Randy Graf urged locals to support it. Responding that it will divide communities, Luis Heredia [a spokesman for reconquista CongressMechista Raul Grijalva who claims invaders aren't criminals... but 'victims'] spoke out against it. -- Both were speaking about the Taxpayer & Citizen Protection Act Initiative, created by the group Protect Arizona Now (PAN)...

Press Release from April 8 -- April 10, 2004 Worst of the Mexican reconquistas back John Kerry ...Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Florida State Representative Bob Henriquez, Los Angeles City Councilman Antonio Villaraigosa, and Democratic National Committee Hispanic Outreach Director Nelson Reyneri will participate in the call [which has now already taken place].

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Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- March 17, 2004 CongressMechista, others say border strategy flawed ...Rep. Jeff Flake... said he welcomes additional border agents but said it amounts to a short-term solution to a long-term problem. -- But Rep. Raul Grijalva opposes the buildup, saying that the overall effectiveness has yet to be evaluated for previous federal strategies that have "rerouted migrants through treacherous (desert) areas" where many have died in isolation.

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Tucson Citizen -- January 23, 2004 CongressMechista endorses Dean, Dems woo Hispanics ..."The Dean people are much more organized in terms of walking and knocking on doors and this group of voters needs extra work like that," he said. -- "And it helps him that Congressman (Raúl) Grijalva is working on his campaign..." -- Lieberman made early overtures to Arizona's Hispanic voters when he was the first Democratic presidential hopeful to visit Nogales, where he toured the port of entry and discussed immigration reform.

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Yuma Sun -- January 14, 2004 (Published Jan. 13) CongressMechista chats about Bush invasion scheme in Yuma U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, in Yuma on Monday on the first of a two-day visit, shared concerns with educators and health care providers about the potential impacts of President Bush's guestworker proposal. -- One issue Grijalva said was discussed at length was the possible impact on hospitals and schools of Bush's temporary guestworker proposal.

KOLD-TV -- Tucson -- January 8, 2004 CongressMechista, reconquistas concerned over outrageous Bush scheme ...Says Isabel Garcia, co-chair of Derechos Humanos, "We were hoping this wouldn't be utilized by the Bush administration to the the very important Hispanic vote." -- "I thought it was a compelling speech. And I thought there were some good points in it." That's Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva...

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Tucson Citizen -- December 20, 2003 Mechista Congressman wants action on invaders ..."Immigration reform is the No. 1 issue facing the landscaping industry," Richard Underwood, part owner of AAA Landscape & Arid Solutions Nursery, told U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva yesterday. -- Grijalva used Underwood's comments to reiterate his support for the Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act, also known as AgJOBS.

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Arizona Daily Star Border Edition -- November 15, 2003 Grijalva, BAN balk at idea of armed Customs choppers Rep. John Shadegg says arming U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Black Hawk helicopters with a .50-caliber machine gun would allow a gunner on board to fire one well-placed round into the engine block of a smuggler's car. [Illegal alien-booster MEChA-boy] Rep. Raúl Grijalva... rejected the proposal. -- "I find the idea to be ridiculous and desperate," Grijalva said. [Renconquista nuisance Jen Allen is also sniveling over the idea]

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Tucson Citizen -- September 24, 2003 CongressMechista 'heartily' endorses Craig amnesty scam Republicans and Democrats, agribusiness and farmworkers lined up yesterday in a rare show of support for a bill that would overhaul the nation's migrant farmworker program. --- Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Tucson, heartily endorsed the bill, calling it a "historic agreement." -- "This bill took three years to draw up and brought together the United Farm Workers, the agriculture industry, the National Council of La Raza [The Race]...."

Yuma (Arizona) Sun -- September 7, 2003 Usual suspects gather to organize opposition to citizen patrol Somerton, Arizona -- Sitting inside a south county restaurant recently, a group of Yuma County officials and residents gathered to discuss a topic that has them both worried and angered: the arrival of a citizen's group that will patrol the county's border with Mexico in search of illegal immigrants [criminals]. --- ...Luis Heredia, who runs the Yuma office for U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva, said what Simcox's group is about is racism toward Hispanics. [Also see: Border Action Network]

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Tucson Citizen -- August 28, 2003 CongressMechista Raul: Legalize 'migrant workers' ...In regard to the guest- worker proposal introduced by, among others, Grijalva's counterpart, Republican Jim Kolbe, [Rep. Raul] Grijalva said he won't vote in favor of it unless issues including, but not limited to, border region economic development, environmental cleanups, worker protections and benefits, legalization of illegal immigrants, family reunification, dialogue with Mexico and a new border policy are incorporated.

Tucson Citizen -- August 27, 2003 Pros and cons of guest scam subject of reconquista meeting Some see a guest-worker program as the answer to stopping deaths along the Mexican border. Others don't. Tonight both sides will have a chance to discuss their views. --- Guests at tonight's forum include [Rep. Jim] Kolbe... -- Other speakers at tonight's event include Derechos founder and immigration attorney Isabel Garcia of Tucson and U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, [MEChA alumni] D.-Ariz., among others, including business and labor representatives.

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Townhall.com -- August 20, 2003 Bustamante, MEChA and the media ...Why should Bustamante, a public figure already known to have used a racial epithet in the past (he infamously used the word "nigger" while addressing a Black History Month event two years ago) get a pass? Or, for that matter, former California State Assembly Speaker and Los Angeles mayoral candidate Antonio Villaraigosa, State Assemblyman Gil Cadillo, State Sen. Joe Baca, and Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva -- all unapologetic Mechistas?

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Arizona Republic -- Phoenix  ---  July 26, 2003 Anti-immigrant backlash fuels desire for citizenship ...Last month, Rep. Raul Grijalva joined a group of Hispanic Democrats who launched a national campaign to encourage millions of foreign-born Latinos to become U.S. citizens. The citizenship campaign is aimed at boosting the political clout of the nation's largest minority group by helping immigrants "take that extra step to become citizens," Grijalva said. -- "The value of citizenship is viewed as a form of security and empowerment," Grijalva said. [See: Spencer tells the truth about dual citizenship.]

Tucson Citizen  ---  July 21, 2003 ABP tracks invaders with high-tech network, Grijalva bellyaches [Alternate Link] ...And U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, a Democrat who requested a federal inquiry of Spencer's group and other citizen patrols, views Spencer's actions as anti-immigrant. -- "It's not what they're doing is a benign act, it's who's doing it that gives me concern," Grijalva said. "It's the source of the accountability, we're not dealing with a rational organization, they have an agenda. I'm not going to give them any credibility or legitimacy."

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Arizona Daily Star -- July 17, 2003 Repubs side with Grijalva's ilk against anti-invasion initiative Republicans in Arizona's congressional delegation have joined their Democratic colleagues in opposing an initiative aimed at reducing the financial burdens created by illegal immigration. -- The eight Republicans said in a joint statement that the initiative "will not solve the problems it seeks to address" and might do more harm than good. -- Rep. Raúl Grijalva called it "mean spirited" and said it has the potential to be as divisive as the bitter debate over the Martin Luther King jr. holiday.

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Gannett News Service -- June 26, 2003 Usual suspects push Latino citizenship effort Washington - A group of Hispanic Democrats, including two from Arizona, launched a national campaign on Wednesday to encourage millions of foreign-born Hispanics to become U.S. citizens, a move they hope will boost the political clout of the nation's largest minority. -- "Our goal is to ease a process that can otherwise be intimidating, overwhelming and frustrating and help lead thousands of men, women and children on the path toward citizenship," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill.... -- In Arizona, Democratic Reps. Ed Pastor and Raul Grijalva said they will sponsor workshops in their districts by the end of July.

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Tucson Citizen  --  June 22, 2003 Demonstration calls for citizen review of border incidents Approximately fifty marchers came out in support of a plan by head of the Cochise County Democratic Party Jim Cooper to create a citizen's panel to review Border Patrol assaults on illegal immigrants. --- Cooper said the review board would look into any incident of violence against an immigrant by a border agent, including brutality, theft, rape, and murder. -- U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva has backed the idea of a review board.

Fox News -- June 18, 2003  Tribe Straddling U.S., Mexico Caught in Immigration Dispute Sells, Ariz. - Immigration officials and politicians are debating the citizenship rights of an Indian tribe whose land straddles both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. --And-- Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., introduced the controversial bill, which critics say will not only jeopardize security but also create an American welfare state inside Mexico. -- "It creates pockets of citizenship in another country," said Rep. Jim Kolbe...

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Tucson Citizen -- June 18, 2003  Effort mounted to strip Border Patrol of hollow-point bullets ..."We don't think that (hollow points) are necessary, they cause massive injuries," said Donald Kerwin, executive director of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. "We were shocked to find that they're standard issue for the Border Patrol and other immigration agents." -- Local [reconquista] group Derechos Humanos was one of 75 groups who signed onto to the campaign. [Rep. Raul Grijalva also approves of the scheme. These folks must be unaware of the fact that well armed Mexican drug runners are all over the border area.]

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Tucson Citizen -- June 17, 2003 Dem chief seeks 'vigilante' review (and Grijalva agrees) The head of the Cochise County Democratic Party has the support of at least one Arizona congressman in his call for a citizens board to review assaults against immigrants by "vigilantes." -- Democratic Party Chairman Jim Cooper will discuss his plan at length Saturday in Douglas at a march.... --U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D.-Ariz., said he believes a review process is necessary. -- "Conceptually I agree with it, but the mechanism I'm not sure about because I don't have it in front of me," he said.

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Tucson Citizen -- June 2, 2003 (Posted June 3) Reconquista Rep. Grijalva: Amnesty a must U.S. immigration policy is on the minds of business owners in Pima County, as evidenced by two round tables here hosted by U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., this week. -- On Tuesday, Grijalva met with agricultural business owners in Marana, and yesterday he met with other business leaders in Tucson. In each instance, questions about immigration were among the first discussed. -- Grijalva said he has been asked repeatedly whether he supports Rep. Jim Kolbe's plan for a guest worker program....

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Tucson Citizen -- May 31, 2003 Grijalva, Isabel Garcia slam military-on-border bill A bill that would authorize the defense secretary to put U.S. military personnel on the Canadian and Mexican borders passed the House last week, but Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz., did not vote for it. -- Tucson lawyer Isabel Garcia ... is against putting troops along the borders. "It's a very dangerous precedent to allow armed forces on the border to enforce civil law," Garcia said. "The whole push for militarization of the border does nothing to address national security."

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