Monday, August 5, 2002

Mass Exodus of Border Patrol Agents We need American Border Patrol to find out why --- ASAP! Ron Sanders American Border Patrol Board Member L.A Times (Free Registration) 'Mass Exodus' of Agents Leaves INS Scrambling    WASHINGTON -- The Immigration and Naturalization Service, whose mission of safeguarding U.S. borders became a household concern after Sept. 11, has been shaken by an unprecedented exodus of Border Patrol agents and immigration inspectors this year.    "The INS serves as an attractive career choice for those looking for a real challenge protecting the diversity and security of the country."-- Kimberly Weissman, INS spokeswoman (Protecting diversity?) "There's a lot of individuals who want to go out there - they want to do the job, but when they can't do it, they become part of that 25% attrition rate. Maybe we should be asking the question; why is the Border Patrol losing 25% of its agents a year?" Ron Sanders - June 2, 2002.   Watch "We're spending over $50,000 to train these individuals to be Border Patrol Agents, and then they're leaving." Ron Sanders - Former Chief, Tucson Sector of the Border Patrol See the whole story - join the American Border Patrol network and get a free copy of "The American Border Patrol Story" Please specify VHS or DVD in the form. -- Or watch online.... BP Agents Not Allowed to Do Their Jobs Comments from a retired BP agent Past Features   About American Border Patrol

Atlanta Journal-Constitution 'Amigos De Bush' pandering update ...Founded by Atlanta Hispanics, "Amigos De Bush" (Friends of Bush) reaches beyond the city limits and involves more than "just registering voters," said McFarlane, who as a state Republican Party employee oversees its Hispanic outreach efforts. -- "We want to hear issues from the community and be a group that tries to help resolve issues at the local level," she said. "It's a lot of work, but we're spreading the message across the state." -- Besides recruiting members, Amigos De Bush plans to endorse candidates...

Daily Breeze Lawndale to drop day-laborer law Lawndale will repeal an ordinance regulating day laborers that hasn't been enforced since a similar Los Angeles County law was ruled unconstitutional two years ago in federal court. -- City Attorney Bill Wynder said officials are purging the law from the books because hope ran out that the county would challenge the ruling. -- "They were enforcing it, but sporadically, just like most cities with these laws," said Thomas Saenz, vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.

Seattle Times Latinos feel that progress with police is taking time in Bellevue When two sex offenders recently moved into the Crossroads community, Bellevue police officers posted hundreds of notification fliers, as required by law. -- Unfortunately, many of the area's residents couldn't read them. Despite the area's dense Latino population, the fliers were printed only in English. -- "There are mothers in the area who are very concerned," said Manuel Yglesias, of the Eastside Latino Leadership Forum. "They knew (the fliers) said something bad, but they didn't understand the words. They are really upset about it."

We Get E-Mail Re:" INS rapped in handling of illegal children" I wish everyone reading this article could see the way INS pampers its juvenile detainees. It's truly disgusting the way your tax dollars are wasted on these criminals. -- These poor kids are subjected to daily field trips to such horrible places as the Zoo, the mall, and Six Flags. Better yet, when escorting these little oppressed children back to their home countries (which is rare), we agents have gotten to see all the goodies that the INS has bought them with your money...

Associated Press Wrong-way coyotes alarming Smugglers have skirted security at the border more than a dozen times in recent months by sending cars with reinforced tires and bumpers hurtling north in the southbound lanes of the freeway that connects the two countries, officials said Monday. -- The smugglers, carrying drugs or illegal immigrants, fill their tires with silicone, to withstand road spikes meant to thwart wrong-way drivers, and add extra steel to their bumpers to knock oncoming cars out of the way, said William Veal, chief of the Border Patrol's San Diego sector.

KMBC - Kansas City Corrupt government sets up shop in KC to legitimize illegals Mexico opened a consular office in Kansas City Friday. KMBC's Bev Chapman reported that it is raising raising hopes of Hispanics, and it could mean a boost for international trade and business. -- The office made the move from St. Louis to Kansas City because of a growing Mexican population. Over 120,000 Hispanics are in the metropolitan area -- that's twice as many as St. Louis [are they Mexicans or 'Hispanics'? Which is it?]. -- "They have problems because they don't have IDs," said Lisa Lopez, who goes on to say "they want to vote."

Bergen Record A visit to Ciudad Passaic, New Jersey A funny thing happened on my way to Passaic recently. I turned a couple of corners and suddenly found myself in Mexico. It reminded me of the times when I crossed the U.S.-Mexico border from San Diego to Tijuana, and from El Paso to Ciudad Juarez. -- But this time I was walking on Market, Monroe, and Jefferson streets, in the heart of the City of Passaic, and my tour guide, community activist Tamara Morales, wanted to make me feel like I had just arrived in Mexico. Her job was easy.

Yahoo Newswires U.S. visa process inadequate In the 11 months since Sept. 11, many federal agencies have scrambled to close security gaps exposed by the terror attacks. The DOT plans to spend $6 billion to reduce airline risks. The FBI has created an elite corps of counter-terrorism agents. Even the Agriculture Department, with only a marginal connection to national security, has assessed security risks in labs containing biological agents.-- Yet, the State Department has shown little of the same urgency in tightening its procedures...

L.A. Times (Not Published) Re:"Mass Exodus of Agents Leaves INS Scrambling" It is apparent that the mass defection of Border Patrol agents is leaving our already porous borders largely undefended. With so many people leaving, it would seem that the obvious answer would be to augment the overwhelmed agents with U.S. Army personnel. These troops could maintain the fixed positions that are now occupied with Border Patrol agents.

Press Release

"Anti-illegal" Garber to run for Anaheim City Council Help get the word out to all who are fed up with our uncontrolled, hemorrhaging US borders. Dr. Howard Garber has seen tremendous changes -- good and bad -- in Anaheim where he has been a resident and active leader for 40 years. He has decided to join candidate Steve Eichler in running for 2 seats on the Anaheim City Council this November.

Ruben Navarrette, Jr. -- Dallas Morning News (Free Reg.) Reconquista bemoans loss of illegals, blames U.S. labor addiction With America's economic woes, some people wonder whether immigrants still will want to come to the United States. The answer is obvious. As demonstrated by a recent tragedy in North Texas, they are dying to get here. -- When a 54-foot tractor-trailer rig dumped its load at two Dallas-area truck stops last weekend, some of the cargo turned out to be unlawful and from a foreign country ­ cause enough for alarm in the post-Sept. 11 era. Once it was revealed that what was in the truck was no threat to national security, Texans were relieved. But they should be incensed....... [Also: Mexican 'border czar' tells deported illegals, "try again", then crackpot Marxist blames U.S. when accidents happen.]

San Diego Union-Tribune  Brazilian illegals a 'trend' ...The annual number of Brazilians detained by U.S. immigration agents jumped from 439 in 1997 to 3,485 in 2001, according to Immigration and Naturalization Service statistics. -- Though the U.S. Brazilian population is relatively small ­ just 500,000 to 800,000 ­ experts say economic and political forces and expanding immigrant networks are likely to push that number higher. -- "The Brazilian economy isn't in good shape; there's high unemployment, and too many jobs don't pay a decent salary..."

The Mercury News  Mexi-sham ID acceptance expected Come Tuesday, Claudia Lara and Enrique Camacho may feel more welcome in Santa Clara County. -- In a move that's part useful, part symbolic, county supervisors are expected to recognize Mexican consular ID cards to allow thousands of undocumented Mexican immigrants access to some county services. -- San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Oakland and Los Angeles already recognize the matricula consular as an official document for Mexican immigrants who have no right to driver's licenses or green cards.

Reuters FBI, INS, Other Agencies Report 775 Missing Weapons The FBI, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and other U.S. Justice Department law enforcement agencies had at least 775 weapons and 400 laptop computers stolen, lost or missing over a recent two-year period, according to a report released on Monday. -- The department's inspector general report found substantial losses of weapons and laptops, mainly at the FBI, the nation's top law enforcement agency -- and at the trouble-plagued immigration agency.

Boston Globe River can be fatal for illegals Not long ago, undocumented immigrant smugglers would spirit illegal immigrants across the northern border in car trunks, or walk them past unmanned crossing stations at night. But Sept. 11 changed all that. Beefed-up patrols kept the smugglers away and created a backlog of immigrants who had been waiting for smugglers to get them in. Now, smugglers are looking for alternate routes where fewer questions are asked, eyeing the treacherous waters here as an easy - yet often deadly - way in.

BBC Immigrant influx 'in next decade' More than two million immigrants will arrive in Britain every 10 years unless strict new controls are introduced, according to a new campaign group. -- Migration Watch UK says there are no economic benefits from large-scale immigration and is calling for "greater urgency and resolution" from the government to prevent it. -- The campaign group warns that failing to address the situation "will play into the hands of the far right who seek to exploit the situation for their own ends".

Wall Street Journal Business visa becomes steppingstone In the midst of economic crisis, political instability and crime waves at home, a growing number of Argentine, Colombian and Venezuelan entrepreneurs are settling with their families in the U.S. by making the most of a visa class for visiting executives. -- Called an L1, it has long been used by multinationals to transfer executives to the U.S. on short assignments. But increasingly, Latin Americans eager to flee their homelands permanently are using the L1 as a steppingstone to a green card and permanent residency.

Washington Times Murder thrives on gangs, guns and drugs Youth gangs are more willing than ever to kill, are more organized than ever and are a major reason why more homicides have been committed in the District this year, crime prevention specialists say. -- "It's becoming a gun thing now," said Raul Archer, a task force member who works with Latino gangs in Northwest. "Everybody is trying to have more firepower now. There's easier accessibility [to guns], too." -- Mr. Brooks said, "Guys are more willing to use a gun to settle things."

Chicago Sun Times Chinese language on ballots Chinese-speaking voters in parts of Cook County will be able to vote this November using ballots written in their own language under a federal mandate issued by the Department of Justice to make sure all segments of the community can take part in the election process. -- Chinese joins Spanish as the only foreign language in which ballots are available in Cook County. The Justice Department also ordered Kane County to include Spanish ballots in parts of that county by November.

Tucson Citizen Attorney general hopefuls promise crime crackdown Whether it's locking up drug dealers or battling corporate thieves, the Republican candidates for state attorney general say they plan to vigorously fight Arizona's crime problems. -- "It's the people who spread the drugs that need to be treated harshly," candidate John Greene said. The candidates agreed that undocumented immigrants who commit crimes while living illegally in Arizona should face harsh state charges. -- Greene also wants to actively prosecute immigrant smugglers and undocumented immigrants who trespass on private property while crossing Arizona's deserts.

N.Y. Times (Free Registration) North Carolina: Wave of Pupils Lacking English Strains Schools A wave of immigrants in the last 10 years, particularly in rural areas far from traditional immigration hubs, has left school districts across the country desperately short of people qualified to teach them English, school and government officials say. -- The number of students with limited English skills, most of them Hispanic, has doubled, to five million in the last decade, data from the United States Department of Education show.

TheNewsMexico.com  Migrant groups to boycott Fox's inauguration of migrant council Several groups representing Mexican immigrants in the United States plan to boycott President Vicente Fox's new migrant outreach council, threatening a split in a warm relationship between Fox and migrants that had been touted as the centerpiece of his administration. -- The previous office acted as a liaison between the government and immigrants in campaigns for better treatment for migrants and economic development in their home states.