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Reconquista
Pima Co. "Defender" Convicts
"Vigilantes" Without Trial
Shooting of illegals in Arizona highly suspicious.
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Tucson Citizen
- October 18
Killers,
survivors sought in shooting
...Isabel Garcia, a
Pima County
public defender who is co-chair of Derechos
Humanos, said her group began warning local authorities three
years ago of vigilante actions against border crossers in Arizona.
"They've done everything to not have to
say 'no' to these guys, and now look what we have," she
said.
Garcia said her organization often fields complaints
about armed citizens who've taken the enforcement of border policy
into their own hands.
She said people have been stopped and held
at gunpoint by private citizens on highways and on public and
private lands.
"It's like a green light or license for
all the racists across the country to come into Arizona and basically
hunt Mexicans," Garcia said. [Related
Story] |
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Antelope
Valley Press
Sponging
Mexicans laud U.S taxpayer efforts to rehabilitate their criminals
...Rigoberto Ceballos will be one of
about 60 [Mexican] inmates to continue his education in the prison's
new bachillerato program, which is the equivalent of the last
three years of American high school. -- On Monday, following
a tour of the facility, Mexican education officials signed off
on authorizing the prison's schooling so that the diploma earned
in prison will be recognized in Mexico. -- The Mexican government's
support for the program is one part of a multi-pronged approach
to improving education in the nation, said Ramon de la Pena Manrique,
who heads adult education for Mexican President Vicente Fox.
[You are paying for this
nonsense, California.] |
Joe
Guzzardi |
VDare.com
"What's
in it for me?" Our South American Fried Immigration Policy
Sometimes, I just don't know whether
to laugh or cry. Our collective goal of bringing common sense
to the U.S. immigration policy is totally serious. But the absurdity
of what goes on can often be laugh-out-loud funny. -- A recent
New York Times article titled "Fried Chicken Takes Flight,
Happily Nesting in the U.S." made me wonder if there is
anything that makes sense regarding immigration policy circa
2002. |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Security
lapses rife in visa system
The nation's visa operation --- which
failed to keep out the 19 terrorists who led last year's Sept.
11 attacks --- continues to be plagued by major security lapses,
a government investigation has concluded. -- The State Department
has yet to issue clear guidelines or provide proper training
for its visa officials, the U.S. GAO said in a report to be released
next week. The report, a draft of which was obtained by Cox,
described visa policies that remain unsettled, despite several
attempts to tighten security. |
Antelope
Valley Press
Illegal
pleads guilt to rape charges
Only days before Alberto Sanchez's trial
was set to begin for the brutal rape of a then-12-year-old Acton
girl, he pleaded guilty to all counts and accepted the highest
term that the court could impose on him. -- Deputy District Attorney
Rouman Ebrahim said the plea agreement will save the victim the
pain of testifying about the Jan. 30 rape. -- Sanchez is an illegal
immigrant who sold flowers near a freeway offramp near Sierra
Highway and Santiago Road in Acton. He originally pleaded innocent
in April to raping the girl. |
CNS News
- Sterling Rome
Revisionist
History as Politically Correct Policy
There have been rumblings as of late
from our amigos to the South that parts of the American Southwest
rightfully "belong" to Mexico, and should be "returned"
since they were "stolen" during and after the Mexican-American
War of 1846-1848. -- That this argument is being taken seriously
by politicians in Mexico, and their supporters in the United
States, is an illustration of the impact politically correct
revisionist history can have on present day foreign and domestic
policy. -- Despite the threat of war and terrorism, there are
those in the international community (and unfortunately here
at home) that have not been able to adjust to the new reality
that began in September of 2001. |
Associated
Press
Bilingual
ballots draw protests
A federal requirement to provide foreign-language
ballots in four Washington counties to increase voter participation
has produced mixed results in the fall elections and triggered
an outcry among citizens opposed to bilingual ballots. -- "If
they can't read English, they shouldn't be citizens" is
one of the milder responses received by election officials in
King County, where voting materials are being offered for the
first time in Chinese. -- Other comments run from the profane
to the historically challenged. --- King County met the threshold
for Chinese-speaking citizens, as did three Eastern Washington
counties -- Yakima, Franklin and Adams -- for those who speak
primarily Spanish. |
Herald-Sun
Housing
woes hit N.C.
A Chatham County group wants to determine
the county's needs for low-cost housing. -- The eastern part
of the county has become a bedroom community for families working
in Chapel Hill and Research Triangle Park and a place for retirees,
while Hispanic immigrants seeking work in the county's poultry
processing and textile plants flock to the western part, the
draft report states. -- The influx of low-income, and often undocumented,
immigrants into western Chatham has put pressure on the rental
market and led to crowding problems... [Also
see: Importing
Poverty] |
Associated
Press
Calif.,
N.C., GA sprawl growing
Metropolitan areas in the South and West
dominate the list of the most spread-out areas of the country,
according to a report released Thursday by a group promoting
ways to contain sprawl. -- The Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan
area ranked first in the study of 83 metropolitan areas conducted
by Smart Growth America. Next is the Greensboro, Winston-Salem,
High Point area in North Carolina, followed by Raleigh-Durham,
N.C. Another southern metropolis -- Atlanta -- is the hub of
the fourth most sprawling area. -- The group advocates protection
of open space... |
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Detroit
Free Press
7
cited in probe at Metro Airport
A security review prompted by the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks has resulted in criminal charges against
several people who allegedly used bogus Social Security numbers
to obtain credentials to work at Detroit Metro Airport. -- Seven
people were arrested Thursday in the probe, which involved a
review of 19,000 employees at Metro with security badges giving
them access to the airport. None of the people arrested in the
sweep are suspected of terrorist activities, prosecutors emphasized. |
Sham
ID Cards |
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Tancredo
Says Deport Those Waiting For Mexi-sham IDs
The city's plan to accept identification
card issued by the Mexican consulate has incensed Rep. Tom
Tancredo, who plans to ask federal immigration officials what
they plan to do about it. -- The Littleton Republican, a leader
in an immigration reform movement, said the only people who would
need such cards to gain access to city services are here illegally.
-- Remarking on newspaper photos of people lining up outside
the consulate to apply for the matricula consular cards, Tancredo
said the INS should have sent agents to the site. |
Washington
Times
More
on Ziglar's address at open-border-cheerleader shindig
INS Commissioner James
Ziglar yesterday said the United States "needs to find
a way" to satisfy growing labor needs, but stopped short
of advocating an amnesty program for illegal aliens now in the
country. -- In a speech to the Cato Institute, Mr. Ziglar - who
will leave office at the end of the year - said several potential
plans are being discussed by key government officials for immigrants
now in the country, and that any final decision would be made
by the administration and Congress. -- But Mr. Ziglar noted for
the mostly pro-open-borders Cato audience that the September
11 attacks on America "were caused by evil, not immigration"
and he said Americans "should not judge all immigrants by
the action of terrorists." |
So. Florida Sun-Sentinel
Activists
want scofflaws 'legalized'
Local activists lent their voices Thursday
to a national campaign to legalize undocumented immigrants. --
"We need to send the message to our elected officials to
legalize, and not criminalize, our immigrant communities,"
said Wayne Millington of the Association
of Community Organizations for Reform Now. -- Groups that
favor tougher enforcement of immigration laws say an amnesty
would promote more illegal immigration. |
Palm
Beach Post News Brief
Mexican
illegals to be deported
The U.S. Border Patrol is planning to
deport 23 of the 26 immigrants found in a Ryder van on Florida's
Turnpike at the Lake Worth Service Plaza late Wednesday, said
Keith Roberts, an assistant chief agent at the U.S. Border Patrol
in Miami. Agents will contact the Mexican consulate and arrange
for the voluntary departure of 23 illegal immigrants to Mexico,
Roberts said. Two Mexican teenagers were released to relatives
in the United States. |
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Fresno Bee
California
fails to deport criminal aliens
San Joaquin Valley jails can become a
revolving door for illegal aliens who should be deported but
aren't, federal investigators say. -- Overworked immigration
officials don't always interview the criminal aliens as they're
supposed to, the Justice Department investigators found. California
prison officials haven't made the work easy, either. One result
is that deportable aliens can stay in this country and commit
new felonies. -- "Many foreign-born inmates who are deportable
aliens pass through county facilities virtually undetected,"
the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General warned. |
Associated
Press
Texas
Authorities Find Illegals in Locked Tractor Trailer
State troopers discovered 25 illegal
immigrants, including children as young as 3, in a locked tractor-trailer
that was stopped for speeding. -- The immigrants all appeared
to be in good health, but they had no food, water or toilet facilities
and had been in the trailer for more than 10 hours, according
to the Department of Public Safety. -- The driver was arrested
after officers found more than four grams of methamphetamine,
a pistol and $9,620 in cash that may have been paid by the immigrants,
officials said. The Border Patrol said the driver, who was not
identified, would be charged with alien smuggling. |
Sacramento Bee
Davis
makes pitch to Latinos
...Davis told the crowd that he had met
eight times during his term with the Mexican President Vicente
Fox, whom he considers a "compadre," and that he
had appointed a Latino, Carlos Moreno, to the California Supreme
Court. Although Davis' Spanish-speaking skills are weak, he closed
his remarks with "Juntos podemos!" or "Together,
we can!" -- Simon, meanwhile, bemoaned what he called "old-style
politics" and negative campaigning by Davis in an appearance
at a Rotary Club in San Diego. |
Yuma
Sun
Beacon
leads to capture of illegals
A flickering light that appeared in the
darkness Tuesday night led to the rescue of two dehydrated border crossers
attempting to cross the desert about five miles east of Yuma.
-- This is the second time illegal immigrants in distress have
activated the U.S. Border Patrol's emergency rescue beacons,
said Michael McGlasson, Yuma sector spokesman. The first six
beacons were installed last spring. [Reader comment: American tax money spent to encourage
invaders to try again.] |
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Rocky Mountain
News
Tancredo's
remarks draw new round of criticism
Rep. Tom
Tancredo wants federal officials to round up illegal immigrants
trying to get identification cards at the Mexican consulate in
Denver - an idea others dismissed as unrealistic, unconstitutional
and a scare tactic. -- "What kind of bizarre Tom Tancredo
planet is he living on?" asked Andrew Hudson, Denver
Mayor Wellington Webb's spokesman, when told about the congressman's
latest comments against making accommodations for illegal immigrants.
[Contact
the Mayor] |
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