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Associated
Press
Up
to 11 Bodies Found in Train Car
Up to 11 bodies, possibly immigrants
being smuggled into the country, were found in a Union Pacific
rail car, authorities said Monday night. -- All the victims were
from Mexico, said Jerry Heinauer, district director of the INS
for Nebraska and Iowa. -- Heinauer said he was told by the Mexican
consul that the car left Matamoros, Mexico, in June. It was parked
in Oklahoma before heading to Denison, about 60 miles northwest
of Omaha, Neb. ['Border
czar' tells deported illegals, "try again", then
Marxist
crackpot blames U.S. when accidents happen. | Mexicans
say the American Southwest belongs to them, and that they shouldn't
have to ask for permission to enter the U.S.] |
San Antonio Express-News
Hispanic
dropout update
First the good news. The Hispanic portion
of the dropout rate in Bexar County went up in the 1990s by a
smaller margin than it did in the rest of Texas and 37 other
states. -- The Hispanic portion increased by 4 percent in the
San Antonio area, compared with increases of 16.5 percent statewide
and 12.1 percent nationally. -- Now the bad news. Hispanics represent
79 percent of the Bexar County residents between the ages of
16 and 19 who are not enrolled in school and do not have a high
school diploma. |
Nogales
International
Dope
load halted, illegals busted
BP agents intercepted a large load of
marijuana valued at more than $800,000 north of Sonoita Wednesday
night, said Ryan Scudder, Tucson sector PIO. -- The drug seizure
also netted two illegal entrants and a stolen pickup truck, Scudder
said. -- Agents from the Sonoita and Naco stations responded
to a vehicle entering illegally into the US in a remote area
of the San Rafael Valley, Scudder said. -- The smugglers were
trying to avoid the checkpoint on Highway 83, he explained. |
New
From
CIS |
Safety
in (Lower) Number -- Immigration and Homeland Security
In the year since 9/11, there has developed
a new consensus on the need for tighter immigration enforcement
and border controls. Gone are the days when The Wall Street
Journal repeatedly called for a constitutional amendment
that would say "There shall be open borders." Since
September 11, even the Libertarian-Left united front for open
borders, which so successfully obstructed immigration enforcement
in the past, has at least had to pay lip service to the importance
of border control.... |
UPI
Dems
Can't Count on Demographics
Are the Republicans going to be swept
away in an inevitable national reaction and huge long-term pendulum
swing? Many prominent analysts believe that is inevitable. But
on the Dems' current track record don't bet on it. -- The most
serious case mounted in recent years arguing a major Democrat
comeback in national politics is in John Judis and Ruy Texeira's
new book "The Emerging Democratic Majority." They argue
that President Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential election victory
reflected long-term trends that have grown more striking since... |
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Reuters
Canada
Seeks to Fix Creaking Immigration System
The immigration system in Canada, a country
which says it relies heavily on newcomers to keep the economy
running, is in such disarray that Ottawa has convened an historic
top-level meeting this week to try to tackle the main problems.
-- Canada is one of the few major nations actively seeking immigrants
and has set a target of bringing in 300,000 -- or one percent
of its population -- a year. This year it will be lucky to attract
235,000. |
Associated Press
9/11
widower won't get the boot
A Russian immigrant, threatened with
deportation after his wife was killed in the World Trade Center
attack, will be allowed to remain in the United States. -- Vasily
Ryjov, 38 -- his face quivering with emotion -- told a packed
news conference Monday that the decision in his favor by the
Immigration and Naturalization Service meant that he and his
two sons could "move on." -- "Everyone needs closure.
It's about life and moving forward," said Ryjov, sandwiched
between sons Alex, 15, and Daniel, 9. |
Associated
Press
Suspect
in child's killing arrested
A suspect in the shooting death of a 10-year-old
girl at a christening party was arrested attempting to re-enter
the United States after fleeing to Mexico, police said Monday.
-- Enrique "Kiki" Sanchez, 20, was taken into custody
in Douglas, Ariz. Saturday after border patrol agents detected
him trying to cross undetected, said Joseph Reznick, the Bronx
chief of detectives. The agents found that Sanchez was wanted
in connection with the August death of Malenny Mendez, Reznick
said. |
N.Y. Times
Op-Ed (Free Registration)
Tucson
U.S. Attorney's "15 strikes and your out" policy for
illegals
It's a 40-mile walk across some of the
world's most oppressive desert landscape from the Mexican border
to the patch of desert near the highway where the Border Patrol
chopper hovered above the exhausted group of young men. The 21
Mexicans pursuing the American dream - the $5-an-hour version
- had almost made it. -And- The Tucson United States attorney's office doesn't
automatically prosecute migrants unless they have tried entering
15 times. Call it the "15 strikes and you're out" policy. -- An hour's drive away in Tucson, Mr. BeMiller's
wife, Michele, teaches English as a second language, often to
the children of the unauthorized
migrants who elude her husband. |
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Chicago
Tribune
Mexican
fifth-columnist takes up issue of illegals
A community leader likened Candido
Morales to Santa Claus, an apt comparison given the wish
list presented Sunday to Mexico's new point man for migrant issues.
-- But Morales, head of a new Mexican government agency, the
Institute for Mexicans Abroad, warned about 250 community representatives
that he can't just reach into a bag to meet requests ranging
from greater political power to more airline flights from Chicago.
-- Morales said he would make Mexico's case to U.S. congressional
leaders for legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants in
this country. |
Sun-Sentinel
Translator
needed for murder suspect
She gave police a statement, but speaks
a rare language -- a Mayan dialect that left court officials
scrambling to find a translator. -- That language barrier could
now become part of the defense for Eulalia Miguel, the teenager
charged with murdering her newborn daughter, a Palm Beach County
public defender acknowledged Sunday. -- According to police,
Miguel was home alone Wednesday when she gave birth to a baby.
-- Authorities said she shoved a wad of tissue in the infant's
mouth before placing the baby in a garbage can. |
El
Paso Times
Hospitalized
agent returns home
The Border Patrol agent from Fort Hancock
who was shot
in the leg Saturday afternoon during a shootout with drug smugglers
was released from Thomason Hospital Saturday night, Border
Patrol officials said. -- The 24-year-old female agent, whose
name was not released, has worked for the Border Patrol for just
more than a year and is considered a trainee, officials said.
-- No suspects have been identified. Perpetrators could face
charges of importation of narcotics, assault of a federal officer
and attempted murder, officials said. |
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Human Events
Did
Porous Borders Open Door for Saddam's Sabateurs?
If Osama bin Laden could smuggle terrorists
into the United States to carry out attacks why couldn't Saddam
Hussein do the same? -- That is the unstated question that lurked
in the background of a criminal proceeding that concluded last
week in Washington, D.C. -- On October 3, a Washington jury convicted
Iranian national Mohammed Hussein Assadi of smuggling Iraqis
into the United States via Cali, Colombia, and other locations
in South America. |
Valley Morning Star
Waiting
to hear from Mexicans
If Mexico allocates the same volume of
water to irrigation districts in Chihuahua this year as it did
last there will still be 1 million acre-feet left over for South
Texas and Tamaulipas farmers. -- New statistics sent to the International
Boundary and Water Commission by Mexican water officials show
the country has 2.5 million acre-feet of water stored behind
reservoirs in the Rio Conchos and San Juan River systems... [Mexicans
have plenty of water] |
Mercury
News
Bringing
out immigrant vote
...This year, SIREN targeted its efforts
at Latinos, Vietnamese and Farsi-speaking immigrants. The group
held voter education sessions over the weekend and will sponsor
upcoming candidates forums targeted at Asians and Iranians. As
Election Day nears, the group also will run get-out-the-vote
phone banks and mail Vietnamese- language voter guides. -- Sunday's
event, dubbed "One Vote=One Voice,'' filled most of the
seats in the main hall at Sacred Heart Church. |
Patrick
Mallon - NewsMax.com
California
Governor's Race: So You Want to Steal an Election?
This week, clairvoyant Davis defenders
and apologists in the media are microanalyzing a picture. Seems
the hayseeds in the Simon campaign screwed up (intentionally?)
and used a California Organization of Police and Sheriffs (COPS)
photograph to falsely claim Davis accepted an illegal campaign
check in the governor's office. -- With almost universal statewide
TV, radio and print outlets delivering a condemnatory "That's
it, Simon should step down!" response, it's revealing how
not one has equally demanded that Davis step down for damage
far more serious to the pocketbooks of California taxpayers. |
Joe
Guzzardi |
CalNews.com
We
just can't provide for the entire world
Assembly Bill 1045, which will allow
60 Mexican doctors and dentists to practice among Latinos in
California's poor rural areas has created a stir in the medical
profession. -- No one questions that many of California's poorest
communities do not have access to enough medical and dental care.
-- Governor Gray Davis, after signing the bill into law, cited
statistics that show one doctor for every 460 urban residents
versus one doctor for every 935 rural residents. |
TheNewsMexico.com
Mexicans
will oppose Iraq action
Mexico will oppose any proposal by the
UN Security Council allowing unilateral moves against Iraq should
the bid not comply with resolutions on weapons inspectors, said
the foreign relations secretary in statements published Sunday.
-- [Marxist reconquista]
Jorge Castañeda said the administration rejects proposals
that authorize any Council member nation to take unilateral action
if the Iraqi government lies about its military arsenal or impedes
the work of UN inspectors, El Universal daily reported. |
WorldNetDaily.com
Same-day
voter registration in Calif.?
Will California become the seventh state
in the nation to permit people to register to vote on Election
Day? -- Proposition 52, on the state ballot Nov. 5, would do
just that. If it passes, it could open the door to wide-scale
voter fraud, in which California's massive illegal alien population
determines the outcome of both local and national elections.
-- According to CIS, 2 to 3 million illegal aliens currently
live in California. In the 2000 presidential election, the nationwide
popular vote spread was only 543,895. |
Arizona
Daily Star Border Edition
Mexicans
stealing spots meant for U.S. students
School districts on the Arizona-Mexico
line are trying to break a borderland tradition by keeping students
who live in Mexico from attending Arizona public schools. --
District officials in towns such as Nogales say their crackdown
on this long-standing practice is motivated by a desire to reduce
class sizes and protect taxpayer money. Educating Mexico's youth
is an extravagance they say they can't afford. -- "They're
taking up seats that should belong to the people of Arizona,"
said Nogales Superintendent Kelt Cooper. -- "We dropped
almost 200 kids (from Mexico) in one blow," Analizabeth
Doan said. |
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