Friday, March 1, 2002

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Friday, March 1, 2002

Appeal-Democrat Women accused of marriage fraud Two Yuba City women were indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges of marrying multiple men to assist them in obtaining resident alien status from the INS. -- Cindy Lee Diaz and Linda Mae Padilla were charged with suspicion of 13 counts of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and making false statements to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, according to Assistant U.S. Attorney Camil A. Skipper.

Florida Times-Union Tying knot may be tough for some Because of security concerns resulting from Sept. 11, non-citizens may have a harder time getting married in Florida. -- The law requires marriage licenses to be granted to anyone, even those in the country illegally. But now there is some concern that non-citizens could be applying for a marriage license only to use the document to assert they are legal residents of Florida. -- Thirteen of the 19 terrorists involved in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were known to have Florida ID cards or driving permits. At least three were in the country illegally on expired visas.

EtherZone.com UN plan to tax immigrants If you came to America from another country, the UN wants you to pay income tax in both countries. -- On March 18 - 22 the UN High Level Panel of Financing Development will meet in Monterey, Mexico, to propose an international Income Tax and a long list of other global taxes. These taxes are designed to give the UN independent income, at about 100 times the UN's present rate of income, to finance a UN global army to enforce UN policy. With that enormous income, the UN will no longer depend on, or consider the wishes of, any nation including the US... [Discuss]

Los Angeles Times Radio personality accused of rape A morning radio personality was arrested Wednesday on suspicion that he raped a 14-year-old after promising to help her launch her broadcast career, police said. -- Burbank police booked Viva 107.1's Hector Rocksetti, 38, whose real name is Firmo Rossetti, on suspicion of child molestation, rape and oral copulation, a total of 10 felony counts.

Paul Greenberg - Washington Times Common sense on immigration At all-too-loose count, there are some 314,000 foreign nationals in this country who have ignored court orders to leave. And the Justice Department, finally awake after September 11, is starting to look for these absconders. But where begin? -- The answer is obvious: With foreign nationals from those countries that supplied the terrorists who attacked and still threaten us. Countries in the Middle East. Countries that have been identified as hosts to al Qaeda networks. Put first suspects first.

Virginian-Pilot Guilty verdict in illegal alien case A man was convicted in federal court Thursday of employing illegal immigrants from his native Poland in janitorial jobs across Hampton Roads. -- A jury found Zbigniew P. "ZB'' Leszczynski guilty after a weeklong trial. U.S. District Court Judge Jerome B. Friedman set sentencing for May 9. -- Leszczynski, of St. Petersburg, Fla., was convicted of conspiracy to commit money laundering, employing 10 or more illegal immigrants and assisting in getting them into the country.

Baltimore Sun Maryland security discussed State AG J. Joseph Curran Jr. asked lawmakers to approve the MD Protection Act of 2002, a proposal that would restrict price-gouging, add new criminal penalties for terrorist acts, ease restrictions on wiretaps, and prevent non-U.S. citizens from getting a driver's license without a valid foreign passport and entry document. -- Advocates for immigrants said the driver's license restriction would cause many hard- working state residents [read: illegals] to lose their jobs, an argument that fell on sympathetic ears.

NewsMax.com Pandering to Mexico, Ridge won't militarize borders United States Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said today that plans to temporarily deploy hundreds of National Guard troops along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico were not aimed at militarizing the frontiers. -- "The last thing we want to do is militarize the borders between friends. We want them open, we want them mutually beneficial, and that is simply a temporary measure,'' Ridge told reporters ahead of a trip to Mexico next week.  [Reader comment]

The Monitor Guard troops going to border More than 400 National Guard troops will be stationed at Texas border crossings beginning next week to assist U.S. Customs and Immigration officials in expediting the free flow of legal commerce and people across the U.S./Mexico border, Gov. Rick Perry announced on Thursday. -- Perry, who was flanked by Land Commissioner David Dewhurst and Texas Adjutant General Daniel James at the Hidalgo International Bridge, said the Guard is needed along the border to lessen border- crossing time.

Bloomberg Ridge: U.S. should shoulder payment for border security Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said the U.S. government should pay for whatever new tools may be available to help speed cross-border commerce with Mexico while stopping terrorists and smugglers. -- The U.S. should be ready to shoulder "a significant part, perhaps all, of the cost" of developing and deploying equipment on both sides of the border to assess and segregate the risks among thousands of trucks and cars that cross daily, he said.

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Tom Ridge and his Mexican Adventure What is Tom Ridge doing in Mexico? In my opinion, Mexico is a hostile nation to the United States of America. They proved it in the aftermath of September 11 by saying that they were neutral. They are not neutral when it comes to ripping us off.

Mexican ID's in Maricopa Co., Arizona Stop Sheriff Joe and the Mexican ID Sham I just got off the phone with an attorney from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tucson, Julie Soto. I asked her to give me the real bottom line, the cut and dried law, concerning whether or not City, County, State, etc., law enforcement officials are allowed to detain (apprehend) any individual based only on suspicion of being an illegal alien. The answer was yes...

Daily Californian Editorial Thieves of liberty When perpetrators broke into the offices of the Berkeley College Republicans and stole all 3,000 copies of the California Patriot, they were betraying their cause. Any objections they had to whatever angered them in the Patriot were completely negated when they turned from protesters into criminals. -- [Also see: UCB conservative newspaper stolen, MEChA suspected] [Scourge of MEChA]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution Visa waiver program criticized Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the chief suspect in the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, could have flashed his British passport and come to the United States with few questions asked. -- Citizens of Britain and 27 other countries are not required to obtain visas before coming to the United States under a 16- year- old program run by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Washington Post 'Billions' worth of drugs entered U.S. through tunnel Down the dust-blown driveway, past a chain-link fence and the Keep Out sign, past the beefy Rottweiler and the tire swing, in a closet under the staircase in a little two-story bungalow, Mexico's most violent drug lords kept a secret at Johnson's pig farm. -- When U.S. drug agents broke into the closet on Wednesday, they found a large safe. They opened it and found nothing. Then they spotted the false floor. And when they pried it up, they found the entrance to a 1,200- foot tunnel -- complete with electric lights, ventilation ducts and wooden walls -- that ended in a fireplace in a house just beyond the metal wall that separates the U.S. from Mexico.

Daily Camera Immigrants' rights stressed following Sept. 11 attacks Undocumented Latinos say they can feel employers and immigration officers scrutinizing them more after Sept. 11. In response, they reviewed their constitutional rights Thursday in case of raids or harassment. -- Boulder County Head Start and the Boulder County Community Action Program put on the "No human being is illegal: Know your rights" workshop at the Boulder County Recycling Center. -- The meeting included skits dramatizing what to do in case INS officers confront them. Social workers also stressed workers' legal rights and how to form labor unions if they are unfairly treated. [Also see: Aiding, abetting illegals]

MEChA: Student Funded Bigotry and Hate It is without doubt that Marxian class-conflict theory is the dominant theory and political orthodoxy in the classroom, in the curriculum and on the campus of U.C. Berkeley. Our university ­ the "marketplace of ideas" ­ has in fact become a monopoly, run by a pedantic autocracy armed with an iron fist that crushes academic freedom. [Also see: UCB conservative newspaper stolen, MEChA suspected] [Scourge of MEChA]

N.Y. Times (Free Registration) Mexico: Gateway for illegals, cauldron of criminal activity Mexico has long been a major source of illegal immigrants to the United States. But geography has also made this country an important international hub for criminal networks that smuggle immigrants from around the world, an industry that rivals the drug trade in profits and ruthlessness. Many of their multilayered operations in this country begin here at Mexico's southern border with Guatemala.

Arizona Republic U.S. nears border deal with Mexico U.S. and Mexican negotiators are working on an agreement to increase the number of Mexicans allowed to work in the United States and to authorize Mexican trucks to operate north of the border region, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said Thursday. -- They hope to have the plan ready for President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox to unveil when the two leaders meet later this month in Monterrey, Mexico, according to officials familiar with the talks.

American Patrol Mexicans fight California proposition 42 California has the worst roads in the nation. Add to this the worst schools, and we are looking more and more like Mexico all the time. -- Mexicans want your tax money for free stuff for them. To hell with our culture and our roads.

WorldNetDaily.com UCB conservative newspaper stolen, MEChA suspected The entire press run of a monthly conservative publication at UC-Berkeley has been stolen and its staff harassed and intimidated by political opponents, according to officials of the school's Republican organization. -- Newspsper officials say they believe the article at the core of the controversy is an investigative piece on a Latino student group called the "Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan," or MEChA. [Discuss]

Washington Post In Mexico, Ridge to discuss border Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said yesterday that he will explore ways to speed the flow of people and goods across the southern border when he meets with Mexican officials next week, noting that tightened security measures have slowed commerce. -- In a two- day trip to Mexico City starting Monday, Ridge said he will meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox and other officials in hopes of laying the groundwork for a border agreement similar to one he signed with Canada in December.