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Importing Death
 QuePasa.com -- November 24, 2003
Even though it is a feasible and necessary bill for dissuading undocumented immigration, it will take a long time, maybe beyond the upcoming general election, for the United States government to analyze a pilot program for temporary workers, considered Arizona governor, Janet Napolitano. -- Furthermore she stated that a reform to United States Immigration Laws is practically indispensable...AP Internal Use Only

Arizona's first Mexican governor
Napolitano
 Capitol Media Services -- November 5, 2003
...[Vicente Fox] and Gov. Janet Napolitano both promised to work together to keep jobs, if not in the United States, at least in North America. -- The pair also shared another goal: changes in United States immigration laws, particularly as they relate to Mexicans seeking work north of the border. Napolitano said she backs efforts by three members of Arizona's congressional delegation... to set up a new type of guest worker program. AP Internal Use Only

Meddling Mexican Thinks hes US President
 Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- November 3, 2003
Mexican President Vicente Fox this week flies to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for a three-day visit meant to strengthen relations with border-state governors and migrant leaders. -- Fox is expected to push for statewide recognition of the matricula and to lobby for legislation to allow Mexican immigrants to obtain drivers licenses. -- He also is expected to reiterate concerns to Napolitano about bands of border ranchers who detain migrants... [Protest Fox's Visit Nov. 4] AP Internal Use Only

Arizona's first Mexican governor
Napolitano
 Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- November 2, 2003
Gov. Janet Napolitano isn't one to waste words, and she used her straight-shooting style to get Mexican President Vicente Fox to take a historic journey to the Valley of the Sun. -- Bruce Merrill, an Arizona State University pollster, said Fox's trip has "enormous political upside" for Napolitano. -- Though a big supporter of a guest-worker program in Arizona, Napolitano knows immigration is the bailiwick of the federal government.... [Protest Fox's Visit Nov. 4] AP Internal Use Only

Meddling Mexican Thinks hes US President
 Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- November 2, 2003
...Vicente Fox travels first to Phoenix on Tuesday to meet with Gov. Janet Napolitano, legislators, business leaders and migrants. U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., who is a co-sponsor of a controversial guest-worker bill to extend temporary U.S. work visas to millions of undocumented immigrants, also will talk with Fox about the bill. [Protest Fox's Visit Nov. 4]AP Internal Use Only

Meddling
Rathole
Mexicans
 QuePasa.com -- October 31, 2003
Security along the border, the possibility of reaching an agreement on regional immigration and on Mexican imports [which would be unconstitutional], have become the priority of the government of Arizona headed by Janet Napolitano , at the talks on collaboration with Mexico and, specifically, with the northern state of Sonora. [Protest Fox's Visit Nov. 4] AP Internal Use Only

Meddling Mexican Thinks hes US President
 Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- October 29, 2003
An Arizona Republican lawmaker is promoting a public protest during next week's visit of Mexican President Vicente Fox, angering some Hispanics and state officials. -- Rep. Randy Graf, R-Green Valley, who is circulating an e-mail about the rally, said Fox's attempts to gain support for any type of an immigration deal are wrong and that he instead should help tighten the U.S.-Mexico border. -- "It does us no good having members of the Legislature trying to sabotage this visit," said Paul Allvin (spokesman for Gov. Napolitano), adding that is inappropriate for Graf to use a state computer to promote the rally.AP Internal Use Only

Say NO to Mexico
 Tucson Citizen -- October 28, 2003
Optimistic that next week's visit by Mexico's president is the first step toward a comprehensive guest-worker pilot program in Arizona, the Mexican Consulate here is urging Tucsonans to go to Phoenix in a show of support. -- Carlos Flores Vizcarra, Mexican consul in Tucson, said Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has already expressed her desire for a pilot guest-worker program. AP Internal Use Only

Arizona's first Mexican governor
Napolitano
 QuePasa.com -- October 28, 2003
Thanks to intervention on the part of the government of the state of Arizona, the United States halted the construction of a double security wall on the border with Sonora, as a sign of what can be achieved by means of bilateral collaboration on matters that affect both sides. -- ...[Governor Janet Napolitano] has stated opposition to such drastic measures to deter undocumented immigrants from crossing into Union territory.AP Internal Use OnlyAP Internal Use Only

News from the State of Arizona
 QuePasa.com -- October 27, 2003
...With both governors [of Arizona and Sonora, Mex.] only elected this year, one of the priorities is to reinforce relations between both states so as to bring about better conditions for dealing with commerce, sanitary and immigration issues, among other matters, as indicated by the representative of the government of Arizona in Sonora. AP Internal Use Only

Meddling Mexican Thinks hes US President
 Arizona Daily Star -- October 25, 2003
A visit by Mexican President Vicente Fox to Arizona next month will bring the fight over illegal immigration to center stage. -- But that's exactly what Fox does not want to do, according to Mexico's Consul General for Arizona Ruben Beltran. -- Beltran, on Friday, unveiled details of the president's Nov. 4 visit, including a meeting with Gov. Janet Napolitano..... [Welcome Wagon Info] AP Internal Use Only

Meddling
Corruption-bloated ditch
Mexicans
 Associated Press -- October 22, 2003
Mexican president Vicente Fox will travel to Arizona next month and meet with Gov. Janet Napolitano as part of a three-day visit to the American Southwest [known to Mexicans as 'Aztlan']. -- Mexican Consul General of Phoenix, Ruben Beltran, formally announced Tuesday that Fox will visit Phoenix and then travel to New Mexico and Texas from Nov. 4 through Nov. 6. AP Internal Use Only

Hasta la vista, baby!
 Arizona Daily Star -- October 20, 2003
Lawmakers are looking at reviving the idea of sending Mexican nationals locked up in Arizona prisons south of the border to serve the remainder of their sentences. -- And it could come into play as the Legislature goes into a special session today on prison spending and crowding. -- "It's not something the governor is in favor of pursuing," said [Gov. Janet] Napolitano's spokesman, Paul Allvin. [It might make her pal Vicente mad?] AP Internal Use Only

News from the State of Arizona
 Nogales International -- October 17, 2003
Nogales Mayor has been chosen by Gov. Janet Napolitano as executive director of the Arizona Mexico Commission. -- Since that's a full-time job from the commission's Phoenix office, López said that by mid - or late November, he will resign as mayor and take over the duties of his new job. AP Internal Use Only

Buh-bye Janet
 Matt Hayes -- Fox News -- October 15, 2003
One of the underreported stories to come out of the California recall election was the fact that Gray Davis's signing of the illegal alien driver's license bill actually mobilized votes against him. --- In September, Janet Napolitano [shown at left], governor of Arizona, said that if the state's legislature presented her with a bill identical to the California bill, she would sign it.  AP Internal Use Only

Meddling
Rathole
Mexicans
 Editorial -- Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- October 13, 2003
[Comments on Fox's forthcoming visit to Arizona on Napolitano's invitation] ...Mexican President Vicente Fox faces challenges that reverberate across the border. -- His success in dealing with illegal immigration, Mexico's economy and international trade will be felt sharply in Arizona and across the United States. -- So will his failures..... AP Internal Use Only

Los Presidentes
 Tucson Citizen -- October 8, 2003
Mexican and U.S. officials confirmed yesterday that President Vicente Fox is planning to visit Phoenix as early as the first week of November, just three months after Gov. Janet Napolitano traveled to Mexico City and invited the Mexican leader to come to Arizona to discuss trade and immigration. AP Internal Use Only

News from the State of Arizona
 Tucson Citizen -- September 11, 2003
Tucson-area Democratic lawmakers generally support the idea of allowing illegal immigrants [criminals] to get drivers licenses but don't feel such a law will get passed soon by the Legislature. -- Gov. Janet Napolitano on Tuesday said she would sign a bill granting illegal immigrants [criminals] the right to get Arizona drivers licenses if the Legislature passed such a bill. AP Internal Use Only

EFE (Mexico) -- August 28, 2003 
The governor of Arizona, a border state with a big Mexican and Mexican-American population, says it is time to resume high-level talks on resolving the tough economic and human issues that prompt millions of workers to enter the United States to work at jobs most of her compatriots do not want. -- Speaking to reporters in Mexico on Tuesday, Gov. Janet Napolitano emphasized her commitment to immigration reform... AP Internal Use Only

Mexican

Meddling
 Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- August 27, 2003 
...The [Mexican] senators brought up another immigration issue: border vigilante groups that detain migrants [read: invaders]. -- They told the governor they welcome any effort to protect the human rights of undocumented workers and to limit the activities of the border vigilantes. Napolitano has said she rejects vigilante activity. -- She pointed out that last week, two people in Yuma pleaded guilty in a conspiracy case having to do with detaining migrants [read: invaders]...AP Internal Use Only

Bloomberg -- El Universal -- August 27, 2003
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano is seeking to start a guest worker program in her state for Mexicans as a means to control illegal immigration, the daily El Universal reported. -- Napolitano, who met yesterday with Mexican President Vicente Fox, said she supported a temporary work agreement between the U.S. and Mexico and proposed her state as the location of a pilot program. AP Internal Use Only

Associated Press -- August 27, 2003
Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano said her support for a guest worker program for Mexicans living in the U.S. has won appreciation after meeting Tuesday with Vicente Fox. -- Trade and economic development issues dominated the 25 minute conversation between the president and Napolitano, who also met Tuesday with Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez and three Mexican state governors. AP Internal Use Only

Mexican

Meddling
 Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- August 24, 2003
...Another issue likely to be discussed by Napolitano and Fox is that of the vigilante groups roaming the border in search of undocumented migrants [criminals] crossing private land. -- "Neither in Mexico nor in the United States should we let people take their justice in their own hands," said. "Whenever there's a way that the Mexican government can either directly proceed with a legal process against any vigilante organization..."AP Internal Use Only

Arizona Daily Star -- August 22, 2003
Gov. Janet Napolitano wants Arizona to become a test site for an experimental guest-worker program. -- The governor said Thursday she intends to present the idea to Mexican President Vicente Fox. Napolitano is scheduled to meet with him Tuesday in Mexico City.-- She acknowledged that Fox - and the Mexican senators with whom she will meet later that day - have no say in what program gets enacted... AP Internal Use Only

Arizona Daily Star Update -- July 30, 2003
Gov. Janet Napolitano said Wednesday that she is supportive of a guest worker program and licensing and documenting foreign immigrants wishing to work in the U.S. [while the economy is tanking]. -- Congressmen Jeff Flake and Jim Kolbe and Sen. John McCain have introduced legislation creating a guest worker program... AP Internal Use Only

Arizona Daily Star Update -- July 30, 2003
Phoenix - A top-level employee at the state Department of Commerce sent out e-mails from her office computer touting "Camp Napolitano," a political training camp aimed at Hispanics and Democrats. -- The e-mails sent by Lydia Aranda, director of the Commerce Department's small-business services division, made it appear that the department was coordinating the training... AP Internal Use Only

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix -- July 22, 2003
Gov. Janet Napolitano joined a growing chorus of high-profile politicians in Arizona to speak out against a proposed initiative to prevent undocumented immigrants [criminals] from receiving public assistance. -- "I'm against it," Napolitano said Monday. "When you first asked me about it, I had not read it yet. This does not address a problem that we have. Why are we letting the federal government off the hook?" AP Internal Use Only

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