Thursday, October 10, 2002

First Day of American Border Patrol Reporting Hereford, AZ - Oct. 10 -- A young American was attacked by two illegal aliens in a school parking lot just north of the Mexican border Tuesday evening. Tyler Goodman had stopped at the school at 7:30 p.m. to get water for his overheating car when a Mexican knocked him to the ground and started choking him. Only the arrival a school janitor saved him from being killed. The Mexicans stole his car. It was later recovered when the Border Patrol stopped the Mexicans at a checkpoint. Sierra Vista Herald Article (Link will expire or change soon) Reader Comment on Sierra Vista Herald Article Following the attack, Tyler was taken to a nearby church where he told his story to an off-duty Border Patrol Agent who reported the incident to various Border Patrol offices. The suspects were apprehended at the Border Patrol checkpoint on State Hwy. 90, north of Sierra Vista. A total of 5 Mexicans were arrested, 3 having joined the pair that attacked Goodman. Watch Past Features  The American Border Patrol Story Californians: Tell Simon to revive prop. 187 to win election

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Associated Press Data shows Mexicans are hoarding water Satellite data show lots of water in reservoirs in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, leading Texas officials to charge the region's claims of drought no longer hold. -- Key Rio Grande tributaries are located in Chihuahua, and Texas farmers and irrigation managers allege water promised under a 1944 U.S.-Mexico treaty is being hoarded rather than released to the Rio Grande. -- While Mexico suffered a dry spring and early summer, the satellite data indicate significant recent rainfall has changed things.

Baltimore Sun Malaria shows up in Maryland The owner of a company that raises grass on the uninhabited Montgomery County island where malaria-infected mosquitoes have been found plans to have the 20 employees who worked on the island tested for malaria. -- William Brockett, who owns Virginia Beef Corp., said that about a dozen Mexican migrant workers and up to eight other employees who cut grass on Selden Island will have blood tests performed to determine if they have malaria.

Brownsville Herald Open-border rant scheduled Saturday Rio Grande Valley and Matamoros human rights activists plan to stage a peaceful march at the Gateway International Bridge Saturday, protesting what they believe are deadly anti-immigrant policies. -- Among their target issues is the U.S. Border Patrol's Operation Rio Grande, which they claim kills immigrants by forcing them to remote, dangerous areas (in order to try to successfully violate U.S. laws). -- The protest is sponsored by the Southwest Network for Environmental and Economic Justice in Albuquerque.

KHBS News - Fort Smith, AR Police Seize 12 Pounds Of Pot Sent Through Postal Service Gentry, Ark. -- Officers seized a 12-pound block of marijuana in a drug bust at the Gentry Post Office. -- Officials said Cesar Cortez was arrested when he allegedly went to the post office to pick up the marijuana that authorities said was sent through the U.S. Postal Service. -- Officials from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Postal Service, and drug task forces from across northwest Arkansas were involved in the investigation and the bust.

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Fresno Bee Linking Hispanic parents to schools vital The National Parent-Teacher Association has begun a program to attract Hispanic parents in California, Texas and Florida. How necessary is this? -- A recent survey indicated that about 3% of the 6 million PTA members are Hispanic. About 15% of the nation's school-age children are Hispanic, a proportion expected to reach 25% by 2025. But in states like California the proportion of births that are Hispanic is approaching 50%, more than half of which are to immigrant women. Small wonder the PTA wants to be more inclusive.

Associated Press Reconquista Nativo Lopez accuses recall backers of lying Santa Ana, CA -- The school board has jumped into a recall battle against one of its members. -- The Santa Ana School Board voted 3-1 Tuesday to spend up to $30,000 to examine allegations that voters were deceived when they signed petitions calling for the ouster of trustee Nativo Lopez. -- Last month, the Orange County registrar of voters certified 9,685 recall petition signatures, about 1,000 more than the minimum needed to qualify for an election.

Catholic News Service Immigrants rally for legalization; bishop calls issue 'justice' The cry "Si, se puede," Spanish for "Yes, we can," echoed from downtown Washington Oct. 9 as thousands of immigrants rallied for a legal residency program. Speakers including the president of the nation's largest labor union, the House minority leader and the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration were enthusiastically answered by people from across the country who came to Washington to deliver a million postcards calling for legalizing the status of illegal immigrants already in the country. [Also see: Aiding, abetting illegals]

The Daily - University of Washington - Seattle Freshman class has less Hispanics... A first glance at this year's freshman class shows a decreasing presence of certain minority-group members. -- Compared to last year's confirmation rates, the incoming class of 2002 has approximately 30 less Hispanics [one is left to wonder why this is happening nationwide] and five less Pacific Islanders - a decrease of 17 percent each. -- The decrease didn't come as a surprise to Justin Cerrillo, center director for the ASUW La Raza [the race] Student Commission - a group of Chicano and Latino students that promotes and organizes for socio-economic justice.

Hartford Courant Op-Ed / Juleyka Lantigua Latino rants about Zuckerman piece Latinos in the U.S. live in a sub-nation populated by lazy, monolingual high school dropouts who have too many children they are not fit to raise. Don't take my word for it. Ask Mortimer B. Zuckerman, chairman and co-publisher of the New York Daily News and editor in chief of U.S. News & World Report. -- In an opinion column published in the Sept. 22 edition of his daily paper and in the Sept. 23 issue of his magazine, Zuckerman makes a misguided plea for "a sustained national dialogue on immigration" by asserting that post-1965 Latin American immigrants...

San Francisco Chronicle  Release census data, court says In a move that could affect the allocation of millions of dollars in federal funding, a federal appeals court in San Francisco has ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to release the adjusted census numbers it calculated but did not use for the 2000 census. -- After making the initial 2000 count, the Census Bureau used statistical sampling to attempt a more accurate tally in areas where census takers were unable to make direct contact with people through mail-in questionnaires or personal visits.....

Idaho Statesman School district defends arrest of Hispanic troublemakers Twin Falls School District officials are defending their decision to have two Hispanic students arrested on a charge of insubordination last month. -- But because the students were Hispanic and the incident involved a Mexican flag worn as a bandanna, parents who suspected racial bias called for a meeting with district officials, who deny the allegation. -- The Sept. 19 incident at Twin Falls High School occurred when several students allegedly held a school door shut, preventing other students from entering. Teachers arrived to end the commotion and urged the students to move on. The students refused, Principal Ben Allen said......

Newsday SEIU, others push for amnesty Immigration advocates, armed with 1 million postcards, came to town yesterday to ask lawmakers to legalize millions of undocumented working immigrants. -- 18 months ago, advocates thought they were close to a plan to do just that... -- Since May, SEIU has worked with other labor unions and community and religious groups to collect signed postcards asking the president and Congress to grant legal status to taxpaying, working immigrants. [Illegal immigration is a crime. Illegals are prohibited from working in the U.S.]

Associated Press Hispanic dropout numbers soar The number of Hispanics who dropped out or never attended high school surged by over 50% in the 1990s, especially in Arizona and other states in the South and West, where many schools struggled to accommodate the fast-growing Spanish- speaking population. -- Of the total number of people ages 16 to 19 who were not high school graduates, not enrolled in school and not in the armed forces, the percentage in Arizona who were Hispanic in 2000 was 57.7%, according to the Census Bureau. In 1990, that figure was 39%.

Eichler for Anaheim City Council Campaign "Anaheim Must Become An Illegal Alien Free Zone" The passing years have seen tremendous changes in Anaheim, - Not All Good! Highly motivated, outspoken, Council Candidate Steve "Ike" Eichler, is appealing to voters fed up with City Council 'politicians' who have ignored the dilemma of our city's ongoing illegal alien crisis. He declares, "our unresponsive Mayor and Council seem intimidated by militant radicals among Anaheim's exploding illegal population. Our unresponsive Council has seen escalation of crime, vandalism, gang warfare, drug traffic, imported diseases and Third World "jungle conditions."

Middle American News American Libraries Foreignized to Help Aliens Instead of assimilating to American ways, immigrants and their children are foreignizing the communities in which they live, even causing English-language books to compete for shelf space in local libraries that are stocking up on foreign-language volumes. -- The way many local libraries are serving immigrant populations reveals the extent to which America's traditional culture is receding to accommodate newcomers. -- In the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., where immigrants have established extensive foreign colonies, libraries already strained by budget limitations are dividing up their resources among different and competing ethnic groups who demand books and services in their own languages.

Associated Press Crime-ridden Mexico hires Rudy Giuliani Mexico City - Former NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has been hired to help rid this metropolis of its infamously high rates of kidnappings, robberies and murders. -- Giuliani, credited for reducing crime rates in New York by 65%, will work as a paid consultant to Mexico City officials for one year. [Also see: According to Transparency International, the median Mexican household spends 8% of its income on mordidas - "bites," as locals refer to bribes.]

Boston Globe INS detains convicted child abuser A man who was deported to the Dominican Republic after spending four years in prison for his role in one of Boston's most horrific child abuse cases was charged yesterday with sneaking back into the country. -- Reyson Jose Pena who has been living in South Boston, was indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally reentering the United States and is being held by the INS. [Stein Report comment: If Pena had a consular ID card, would he have escaped notice?]

KYW News Search for ship-jumper underway Police and fire rescue teams were called to search the New Jersey side of the Delaware River near the Walt Whitman Bridge for one of six stowaways who were discovered aboard a ship Thursday morning. -- The six were all found hiding aboard a ship docked at the Holt Warehouse facility and four were taken into custody aboard the ship. -- Two other stowaways jumped into the Delaware River. One of the two in the water was retrieved and taken into custody.

Merced Sun-Star Illegal aliens get deported when jail terms end A recently released government report asserts that thousands of undocumented immigrants serving time at jails and prisons are released back into U.S. communities instead of being deported when their sentences are up. -- That's not the case in Merced County, according to Rick Thoreson, facility commander at the Sandy Mush Adult Correctional Facility near El Nido. -- "We work very closely" with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Thoreson said. "They come down and interview inmates who don't have legal resident status." -- There is a problem with the release of undocumented immigrants in a number of other counties, however....

AILA - Department of Justice Ashcroft wants local enforcement of laws against illegals In remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference, Attorney General Ashcroft said that "the assistance of our state and local law enforcement partners will be critical" in the local enforcement of the federal National Security Entry-Exit Registration System.

Daily Pilot / L.A Times (Free Registration)  Spanish ad draws resident's ire Costa Mesa, California - City-sponsored bilingual communication efforts were called into question at Monday's City Council meeting after a resident said he was shocked to turn on his local cable station to a Spanish advertisement. -- Resident Paul Bunney inquired about a commercial he saw on Channel 74 -- a city-designated channel on AT&T Broadband -- that advertised Costa Mesa's tire recycling program in Spanish. -- "I was surprised to turn on my city channel and see an ad in Spanish," Bunney said. "I thought I was on the wrong channel."

Newsday Hispanics Request Council Seats Reflecting the growth of the Latino population, an advocacy group is calling for creation of four additional City Council districts where Hispanics would be the majority. -- If the proposal were to be accepted, it could mean Latinos would overtake blacks as the preeminent minority with the council. -- "The things that we're proposing, I think, are pretty major, but that's how dramatically the population has changed," said Angelo Falcon, a political analyst who helped draw up the plan being proposed by The Latino Voting Rights Committee of New York.

Pacific News Service California's Hispanic Press Braces For War In Iraq The administration's buildup to a possible armed conflict with Iraq has struck a dissonant chord within much of California's Spanish-language media. Editors, publishers and reporters express fear that many Hispanics' already tentative footholds on the lowest rungs of the U.S. economic ladder will be jeopardized by a costly war that could fan anti-immigrant sentiment. -- Any escalation of the U.S. anti-terror campaign will probably accentuate the trend toward increased scrutiny and persecution of immigrants, said Roger Lindo, assistant editorial page editor at La Opinion....

Sham ID Cards

Denver Post Editorial ID cards boon to business Mayor Wellington Webb's decision last week that the city will recognize identity cards issued to Mexican nationals by the Mexican Consulate is a pragmatic and humane decision. -- The Mexican Consulate has begun providing the indentity cards (called matriculas consulares in Spanish) to provide its citizens living here with an official document that helps both legal and illegal immigrants solve a host of problems, such as cashing a paycheck at a bank that requires a photo ID. -- [Webb is out of touch with the people, and is aiding criminals] [Also see: Aiding and abetting illegals is a crime]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution   Immigration driving higher energy use A new study by an immigration-reform group says sustained high levels of immigration have caused one-third of the increase in energy usage in the U.S. over the past 25 years, making it harder to combat energy shortages and meet emissions-reduction goals. -- The report, "Running in Place: Immigration and U.S. Energy Usage," was published this month by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR. [Get the report]

Arizona Daily Star Illegals now in custody Nine of the 11 illegal entrants injured in a van rollover Tuesday on Interstate 10 in Marana have been taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody, an agency spokesman said. -- The nine people were treated and released from area hospitals for injuries suffered in the 12:30 p.m. incident, said Ryan Scudder. -- The van left the interstate south of the Avra Valley Road exit after a tire tread separated and the van rolled into the median, crashing into a palo verde tree.

Press Release Tancredo, CIRC call for troops on the border U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo, Chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, and several CIRC Members said the "time is right to call for the deployment of military assets on the border in order to protect our national security interests" during a press conference on Capitol Hill today to demand greater security on the U.S. border. Specifically, the CIRC delivered approximately 30 thousand petitions to the White House urging the President to implement the use of the U.S. military, as an interim step, to augment the federal agencies presently engaged in border security.

Valley Morning Star Could the corrupt Mexican government be lying about water supply? Mexico currently has three times more water than the United States stored in international dams and tributary systems governed by the 1944 water-sharing treaty, according to new satellite imagery. -- A report prepared for the Texas Department of Agriculture shows that recent inflows to reservoirs in the Rio Conchos Basin have increased storage by more than 600,000 acre-feet since mid-July. The report predicts that if the current trend continues, storage in Chihuahua reservoirs may increase by more than one million acre-feet for the first time since 1996. -- A report prepared for the Texas Department of Agriculture shows that recent inflows to reservoirs in the Rio Conchos Basin have increased storage by more than 600,000 acre-feet since mid-July. [Also see...Report: Mexico has 'significant' water surplus]

Asbury Park Press 5 likely Mexican nationals charged in attack on 2 officers Ten suspected gang members surrounded an undercover police vehicle and threatened officers with knives Monday night in a carjacking-turned-street fight in which police subdued five of the assailants as five others fled, authorities said. - The assailants are believed to be Mexican nationals. The federal Immigration and Naturalization Service has ordered the five arrested men detained for interrogation and possible deportation, meaning they will be held even if they make bail.

Rocky Mountain News Playing 'mariachi politics' The chairman of the Democratic National Committee invoked the name of Rep. Tom Tancredo on Wednesday while accusing President Bush of playing "mariachi politics." -- Bush invited Hispanic leaders to the White House on Wednesday for a Hispanic Heritage Month event and peppered his remarks with references in Spanish. -- Afterward, DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe released a statement ridiculing the event, saying: "The Hispanic community deserves more than a nice pat on the back and a few scattered words in broken Spanish from President Bush.

CNSNews.com Gephardt Promises Amnesty The leader of the minority party in the House of Representatives Wednesday promised illegal aliens the opportunity to receive "earned legalization," if they give Democrats back control of the House of Representatives. -- Rep. Dick Gephardt told a crowd of nearly a thousand people that he will introduce legislation Thursday so that "undocumented people in our country can earn legalization." -- "Using the euphemism 'undocumented immigrant' to describe an illegal alien is like calling a bank robbery an 'unauthorized withdrawal,'" David Ray of FAIR charged. [Contact Gephardt]

EFE Arrogant illegals demand amnesty in Washington Hundreds of undocumented immigrants from across the United States rallied near the White House on Wednesday to demand legalization of their status. -- Carrying signs bearing slogans such as "Yes, We Can," "Recognize our Work" and "Legalization Today," nearly 1,000 immigrants and union leaders gathered in Washington's Freedom Plaza to ask Congress and the administration for amnesty. -- Leaders of the immigrant groups, made up mostly of Hispanics, symbolically presented to House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-Mo.) and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) one million signatures collected from 40 states demanding legalization for undocumented immigrants. They also plan to present copies to the White House.

Naples News 20 arrested for trying to buy fake driver licenses in Collier Co. Twenty people described by authorities as Turkish, Mexican and Guatemalan nationals possibly ripe for terrorist recruitment were arrested after they tried to buy fake driver licenses from undercover officers in Collier County. -- Authorities say two of the arrested tried to obtain commercial driver licenses and one attempted to get a special endorsement to allow him to transport hazardous materials. -- "Those two items were particularly ominous," said Collier County Sheriff Don Hunter, who heads the regional domestic security task force that covers Southwest Florida.