Saturday, October 5, 2002

Methinks the Lady Doth Protest Too Much Pima County Public Defender Makes Outrageous Claims "A video made by a member of the coalition ( SPLC) during the meeting was proof of what occurred, according to Garcia, who said she was considering asking the FBI to investigate." (They are lying, as usual -- listen to audio from meeting) Arizona immigration attorney and activist fears for her life EFE - 10/3/2002 -- TUCSON, Arizona     Immigration attorney and Arizona Human Rights Coalition president Isabel Garcia said she feared for her life after being labeled an enemy of the country by anti-immigration groups.    The anti-immigrant group American Patrol over the weekend held a meeting in the border town of Sierra Vista, Arizona, and called her a "traitor" who defends the "invaders" (illegal immigrants), the activist said. American Patrol comment: Garcia is part of a network of lawyers and judges who work to defeat American immigration laws to the benefit of Mexico. She is on the payroll of Pima County, Arizona. He former husband, a lawyer and still close associate, is on retainer by the Mexican government. She works in concert with Morris Dees of the Southern Poverty Law Center to smear anyone who speaks out against the Mexican invasion. (See earlier links) Also, representative/s from Isabel Garcia's reconquista group, Arizona Border Rights Coalition (and others) addressed a few meddlesome Mexican senators this week in Tucson. These Mexican government busybodies are up here pushing for the legalization of millions of their illegals in the U.S. [Related story.] Past Features  The American Border Patrol Story Californians: Tell Simon to revive prop. 187 to win in November

Isabel Garcia: Interloper Supreme I am a retired Border Patrol Agent that through many years has been a witness for Government Prosecution of many cases involving both narcotics and alien smuggling in the Tucson Sector. On many court trials , Isabel Garcia was the attorney for defense, and enjoyed calling U.S.B.P. Agents liars on factual incidents, and "what if scenarios". Allegations of "framing the client" to discrimination of Hispanics on vehicle stops, a gauntlet of non-professional hostile attitudes was what I and many agents encountered in U.S. courtrooms in years past.

BBC WTC widower told to leave US Vasiliy Ryzhov, whose wife Tatyana worked on the 93rd floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center, has been told he must leave the country because of alleged visa irregularities, Russian TV reported. -- His sons, aged 15 and 9, now face the prospect of being separated from their father only a year after losing their mother in such tragic circumstances, the TV said. -- Tatyana Ryzhova's first thought on seeing a Boeing 767 crash into the north tower of the WTC was to telephone her husband to tell him not to worry about her.

Chicago Tribune (Free Registration)   Latinos bite hand that feeds them By going on strike at Azteca Foods, dozens of Mexican immigrants are riding a growing wave of Latino labor activism with an unusual twist: Their target, company President Art Velasquez, is one of the state's best-known Hispanic businessmen. -- Along with familiar chants in Spanish, striking workers on the picket lines have tried to appeal to the heritage they share with Velasquez. -- "Mr. Velasquez, we hope this message gets to your heart," said one worker on a bullhorn. "We deserve to be treated better. We're Hispanics just like you."

Sun Journal Lewiston man knifed, Somalis charged A local man was stabbed in the back and chest early Thursday and slashed across the throat when two groups brawled at Knox and Birch streets. -- Troy Berry was listed in stable condition at Central Maine Medical Center Thursday night. -- Two teenagers were charged with aggravated assault in connection with the knifing. Two others were arrested for disorderly conduct when police broke up the melee. -- The three people charged with aggravated assault in the stabbing are Somalis. The victim acknowledged that he and his friends have clashed with the immigrants before. [Also see: Mayor asks to stop Somali influx| Letter from mayor to Somalis]

Associated Press Thousands march for illegal aliens in France Nearly 4,000 people marched through Paris on Saturday as part of a wave of protests to demand residency permits for France's illegal immigrants. -- Demonstrators chanted "I'm here, I'm staying, I won't leave!" Most protesters were Asian, and many were women with small children. Leftist political groups also marched. -- The Interior Ministry has refused to grant residency rights to all those who demand it, but has said that authorities will examine their cases one-by-one. -- Demonstrators say the offer is not enough.

San Bernardino County Sun Reconquistas fret tighter borders, object to war Prominent Latino activists said the Bush administration was "out of control' and urged [former Mechista] Rep. Joe Baca to vote against waging war with Iraq at a small demonstration Friday in San Bernardino. -- Many of those in attendance were from the National Alliance for Human Rights. As coordinator of the organization, UC Riverside [Chicano studies] professor Armando Navarro wrote a letter of protest to Rep. Silvestre Reyes, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. -- "I think there will be an increase in the border control,' said Emilio Amaya, executive director of the San Bernardino Community Service Center. -- The group of activists walked the few blocks to the Mexican Consulate on D Street with a letter addressed to Mexican President Vicente Fox, urging him not to support a war.

Washington Times Whites, Asians ousted from race forum White and Asian people were ordered out of a conference on racism being held this week in Barbados after black organizers said it was "too painful" to discuss slavery in front of them. -- Ten whites - including at least two white journalists - and two Asians left after cheering delegates approved a proposal to ban them. The ban was brought to the table by a British delegation... Nearly 95% of the 250 people in attendance voted in favor of the ban.

Associated Press Pilot Indicted on Immigration Fraud A Sudanese pilot who officials say is being investigated for possible al-Qaida ties was indicted Friday on immigration fraud charges. -- Two government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity have said federal authorities believe Mekki Hamed Mekki Hamed Mekki is linked to Osama bin Laden's terrorist group. -- They also said authorities were investigating the possibility that he may have been plotting to fly a plane into a U.S. target.

San Francisco Chronicle (Published) Driving is a privilege Your Oct. 3 article, "Davis angers Latinos -- Veto of driver's license bill costs governor some votes," was so unbelievably biased, I couldn't help but respond. -- Yes, even Davis had to veto a bill that would give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. They're here illegally. It is against the law for them to be here in this country. It's not racist, discriminatory, mean, cold-hearted, petty, or unfair to deny someone who is here illegally from obtaining something that is not even a guaranteed right of legal citizens.

E-mail from an INS employee reveals national security threat I work for INS and I cannot believe that now INS District Directors are empowered to WAIVE every interview for Arab non-immigrants - they just don't get the picture. See attached HQ memo..... Ooops one of 'em must have complained!! Can't have that, now can we? What horse-xxxx. --- They are saying that once an Arab is entered into the system, they can waive all further interviews. But the glaring problem is that once Mustafa Jihad is entered, he goes back to his hut, meets Osama, gets himself organized and just floats back into the US just like 9/11 never happened. Unbelievable.

Sham ID Cards

Beacon Journal Sham Mexican IDs give invaders rights, undeserved respect Jeremias Vazquez couldn't cash a check or keep his money in the bank. He couldn't turn on the water or gas at his home, because he was an undocumented immigrant without valid identification. -- He is one of hundreds of Mexican immigrants - legal and illegal - who hope that a national Mexican identification card issued by the 47 Mexican consulates nationwide will give them access to everyday services. -- "It gives them standing, respect and recognition," said Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, which persuaded Toledo's City Council this summer to begin recognizing the card as a valid identification.

Dallas Morning News (Free Reg.) Importing death: Gangster charged Dallas --- A 27-year-old who is suspected of being a member of a Salvadoran street gang is being held on a capital murder charge in connection with the death of a Dallas man in Grand Prairie in December, police said. -- Additional capital murder charges in the case are expected to be filed soon against four other suspects who are in police custody on unrelated charges, police said. Officials said they are trying to learn the identity of a sixth suspect whom they know only by a street name.

Blethen Maine Newspapers Mayor's letter bewilders Somalis Some Somalis are offended, others are confused, by a letter this week from Mayor Laurier Raymond asking them to stop coming to the city. -- About 1,060 Somalis have moved to Lewiston from other parts of the US since February 2001, according to one city official's estimate. About 280 Somalis, many of them former refugees, arrived this summer between Memorial Day and Labor Day. -- Raymond's letter comes as officials deal increasingly with culture clashes between Somalis and other residents.

L.A Times (Free Registration)  Reconquista Bustamante will serve on Dem's Hispanic council Top Democrats appointed [former MEChA boy and vehement opponent of Prop. 187] Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante to a new post with the party's national committee Friday, hoping to use the Dinuba native and former Assembly speaker as a liaison to millions of sought-after Hispanic voters around the country. -- Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe named Bustamante an "honorary co-chair" of the Hispanic Business Council, a recently formed arm of the political party that was set up to cultivate support among professional and entrepreneurial Latinos.

Sacramento Bee Reconquista caucus in absolute tizzy over veto of illegal alien bill The state's Latino Legislative Caucus dealt Gov. Gray Davis a major blow Friday when it announced it will not endorse his bid for re-election. -- The move by the group of 22 Democratic senators and Assembly members was triggered by Davis' veto earlier this week of a package of bills that would have allowed some undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. -- On Monday, Davis vetoed AB 60, a measure by [former MEChA member and illegal immigration cheerleader] Gil Cedillo that would have granted some undocumented immigrants the ability to obtain a driver's license. [Related items: San Francisco Chronicle | L.A. Times - Includes classic rant from Richard Polanco]

Valley Morning Star Gov. Perry against Mexico aid cut Gov. Rick Perry has refused to back calls for a blockade of U.S. aid to Mexico in retaliation for Mexico's violation of a 1944 water treaty. -- State Rep. Kino Flores, D-Mission, pressed for a suspension of at least 5 percent of all U.S. economic aid to Mexico after the Mexican government missed a treaty deadline to repay 1.5 million acre-feet of water to the United States. -- Perry wrote to President Bush on Oct. 1, the day before Mexico's deadline to repay its water debt. -- He called on Bush to issue a "diplomatic note" to Mexico for failing to comply with the terms of the 1944 treaty.

Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake area 'integration' discussed ...."People here are silent about their neighbors," Elzbieta Gozdziak said. "That's disturbing." On the other hand, the researchers said, Utah's laws that allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver licenses through tax identification numbers [a serious national security threat] and pay in-state tuition at public universities are the envy of the other cities, as is Salt Lake City's Horizonte alternative high school. -- Another facet of Utah's burgeoning Latino population that interested the researchers was the idea that the area was once part of Mexico. [See Conquest of Aztlan]

Allan Wall

VDare.com Mexico and the Rio Treaty - Why Withdraw Now? On September 6th, 2002, the government of Mexico withdrew from the Rio Treaty-the Inter-American treaty of Reciprocal Assistance. -- The Rio Treaty binds the signatory nations of the Western Hemisphere to protect the Americas from outside attack. -- The heart of the Treaty is Article 3, which states that "an armed attack by any State against an American [Western Hemisphere] state shall be considered as an attack against all the American States, and, consequently, each one of the said Contracting Parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense..."

EFE Texas lawmakers urge Washington to get after Mexico Texas farmers, ranchers and politicians pressed the White House Thursday to do something to oblige Mexico to pay off its "water debt" to its northern neighbor. -- A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers introduced a symbolic resolution in the state House of Representatives Thursday declaring Mexico in violation of its water debt and threatened to take the dispute to an international court. -- The resolution, drafted by a group of lawmakers including Solomon Ortiz, Rubin Hinojosa and Ciro Rodriguez, also demands the White House consider sanctions against Mexico if it fails to comply with its water obligations.

EFE Mexican migrant cops withdrawn Tijuana - The mayor of this border city has ordered the withdrawal of municipal cops from a special police unit protecting illegal immigrants because Mexican federal officials refused to let them carry weapons, city officials said. -- Mayor Jesus Gonzalez issued the order Thursday after the Interior Ministry decreed the police units, known as "Betas" and made up of city, state and federal police, be disarmed. -- Following the mayor's lead, the state government of Baja California withdrew its six agents from the force which was controlled by the federal Interior Secretariat.

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition  3 border agents shot at in 2 weeks Three U.S. Border Patrol agents have reported being shot at in separate incidents west of Tucson since Sept. 23. -- Only once did an agent return fire, agency spokesman Ryan Scudder said. No agents were injured, and it was unclear whether anyone was struck by the agent's gunfire. -- In the first incident, about 2 a.m. on Sept. 23, an agent was driving west along the border, about a mile east of San Miguel Gate, when he heard three shots fired from the Mexican side of the border, Scudder said. One round struck the left rear side of the agent's marked Chevrolet Tahoe.

WorldNetDaily.com BOLO: 2 'Hispanics' sought in D.C.-area shootings Police in the Washington suburb where five people were gunned down in two days are looking for two "Hispanic" men in the fatal shootings, according to a police bulletin that federal authorities shared with WorldNetDaily. -- Montgomery County Police in press conferences have described only the gender, not the race, of the two suspects -- one a driver and the other the shooter. -- The be-on-the-lookout, or BOLO, alert that local police sent out earlier today to all law enforcement agencies also described in detail the "white box truck" used by the snipers.