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Monday, October 21, 2002

Davis - Cedillo Gambit Dirty Tricks to Screw Americans California Gov. Gray Davis would not allow Proposition 187 to reach the U.S. Supreme Court. He made a deal with Mexico to kill it. American Patrol Analysis    GRAY DAVIS -- Promised to enforce Proposition 187 and then killed it once he was elected. He says no drivers licenses for illegal aliens.    We say that Cedillo put a poison pill in AB 60 so Davis would veto it, thus gaining 2 million white votes and losing few Mexican votes. After the election, sans pill, Davis will sign AB 60.    Simon hasn't a clue as to what is really going on and neither do California voters. Past Features  ABP WATCH -- Hawkeye Reports Evidence of SBI's 10 Miles West of Douglas, Arizona

Media Watch

Glenn Spencer on KOLD-TV 13 - Tucson - Tonight Segments in 5 and 6 PM PDT-MST News- Concerns call to fire Isabel Garcia

Nogales International Private citizens policing border area Local ranchers, frustrated with property damage caused by illegal entrants and drug smugglers, have turned to Ranch Rescue, a volunteer organization, for help. -- Ranch Rescue's stated mission is to protect property owners along the border with Mexico. -- "Our border counties are being overrun by massive numbers of criminals," states Ranch Rescue Arizona's recruitment brochure. -- However, two law enforcement officers are worried about the effect of amateurs conducting police activities.

Reuters Two face possible deportation Two men held for questioning in the suburban sniper shootings around Washington DC were being transferred to the INS for deportation proceedings, an immigration official said on Monday. -- The two -- a 24-year-old Mexican and a 35-year-old Guatemalan who were not further identified -- were taken into custody in Richmond, Virginia, earlier on Monday not far from the site of the latest shooting Saturday evening. [Possible deportation?] [A WBAP story says they will be deported.]

Associated Press Lawyer sentenced for fraud scheme An Arlington lawyer was sentenced to eight years in prison for running an elaborate fraud scheme that allowed undocumented immigrants to take jobs, prosecutors said. -- Ronald W. Bogardus was sentenced Friday on his guilty plea last month in U.S. District Court to a host of charges including extortion, immigration fraud and labor certification fraud. -- Bogardus and partner Samuel G. Kooritzky repeatedly prepared false applications for alien employment...

Tucson Citizen Reconquistas call for an end to armed citizen patrols along border Members of a human rights groups are demanding that law enforcement officials to take action against vigilantes they say are terrorizing border crossers who enter the United State illegally. -- Several bands of U.S. citizens have been reportedly patrolling roads and ranch areas along Arizona's border with Mexico, with the intent of discouraging border crossings with a show of force or notifying the Border Patrol of illegal border crossing. -- "We call for immediate dismantling of those terrorists organizations," said Isabel Garcia, co-chair of the Coalicion of Derechos Humanos, at a noon news conference yesterday.

Capital-Journal Drug raids lead to meth seizure, indictments A six-month drug investigation initiated by the Topeka Police Department has led to the seizure of about six pounds of methamphetamine and the arrests of people on 20 federal indictments, police said Monday. -- The INS as part of the effort took 13 people into custody for immigration violations, said Topeka police Lt. John Sidwell. -- At the request of federal officials, police were not revealing the names of those arrested.

Associated Press Iowa case won't deter would be illegals who sneak in by train Los Conos, Mexico - Janeth Molina was horrified when she heard 11 migrants - including two cousins from Los Conos - were found dead in a locked rail car in Iowa last week. -- Molina knows how harrowing it is to take an illegal train trip to find the American dream: She did it herself three years ago. -- And despite the recent tragedy she said she would risk it again. -- "It's a terrible journey, but arriving to a job and a life that is so much better is worth it," she said.

Metropolitan News-Enterprise Supreme Court deals with lawyers The California Supreme Court has filed orders affecting the careers of eight local attorneys, two of whom are presumed by the State Bar to be dead. -- In addition to the nunc pro tunc orders, the Supreme Court accepted the resignations of Anthony Curtis III and Alex Van Kovn, with charges pending on Sept. 29. -- Van Kovn, a Tarzana criminal defense attorney, tendered his resignation in early July after pleading guilty to charges related to the smuggling of Ukrainians across the Mexican-American border.

The Times-News Sen. Craig supports immigrant issues Sen. Larry Craig Tuesday told the 60 or so people gathered at City Hall he supports new and faster procedures for the legalization of immigrants already living in the U.S. -- Speakers asked Craig, R-Idaho, to help youths who are not U.S. citizens but who have successfully participated in the U.S. school system. These students should be able to finish their education and should be eligible for college financial aid, they said. The speakers also told the senator people who live illegally in the U.S. are vulnerable...

CNN - 11:51 AM Sniper Case Update: Detainees are illegal aliens CNN reports that both individuals taken into custody in Richmond, VA today in the sniper investigation are illegals; one Mexican, and one Guatemalan. The reporter said that it's not likely they are involved in the sniper case, but so far nothing is official. [1157 PDT]

Associated Press Last Major U.S. Shirt Maker Quits Workers at the nation's last major shirt manufacturing plant stitched their last button-downs Friday following a failed attempt to save the factory whose shirts were made famous by the man- with- an- eyepatch logo. -- C.F. Hathaway will go the way of Arrow and Van Heusen, once strong competitors whose shirts are now being made overseas. -- Like those other brands, Hathaway shirts will live on but they will no longer carry the "Made in the USA" label.

WCAX-TV - Burlington, VT Pot Bust Near Border Holland, VT - Two men from Montreal were arrested for trying to smuggle 44 pounds of marijuana into Vermont. -- 33 year-old Phong Nguyen and 47 year-old Houng Chau allegedly crossed the border through a side road in Derby Line and did not report for inspection. Border Patrol agents then stopped the vehicle in Holland. A police dog found the pot in a concealed compartment in a tire. -- Both men are being lodged for lack of 75-thousand dollars bail each.

WorldNetDaily.com Sniper Case Update: Woman says man taken into custody 'looked Hispanic' A man taken into custody here for questioning in the Beltway sniper case has "olive skin" and is "not white," a witness to the arrest told WorldNetDaily today. -- Pathenia Fields, a title clerk at Royal Oldsmobile, described the suspect as having black hair and wearing a black jacket. He stood about 5-9, she said. -- "He is not Caucasian. He looked Hispanic. He had olive skin," Fields said. -- Note: A video of the subject's white Plymouth van aired on Fox News clearly shows a Mexican flag sticker on the lower left side of the rear window. Click here for photo, look closely. | Additional shot. 10/21/02 -- 1039

Denver Post (Published) Illegal immigrants provided cover for Sept. 11 Re: "Tancredo renews border-troops call; Family of slain ranger backs effort," Oct. 9 news story. -- All the co-signers of this letter lost a brother, a sister, a son, a daughter, a wife, a husband, a mother or a father in the terrorist attack of Sept. 11. We have felt compelled to objectively study why these attacks could be so effectively carried out. -- We speak out in support of Rep. Tom Tancredo's efforts to have immigration law enforced at all times.

Contra Costa Times Day labor centers aid and abet illegal aliens The idea seems simple: Hundreds of men gather daily on city streets around the Bay Area looking for work, to the chagrin of some neighbors. So why not organize them, perhaps move them inside, maybe even offer them food and education while they wait for a job? --- Critics say such centers only make life easier for people who enter the United States illegally to find work; studies show illegal immigrants comprise up to 75 percent of people using day labor centers. [Also see: Aiding and abetting illegals is a crime]

Contra Costa Times Asian immigrant Yeh Ling-Ling fights U.S. immigration laws As the Bay Area's most visible proponent of reduced immigration, Yeh Ling-Ling's background presents both a boon and a liability, depending on who's talking. -- Born in Saigon, Yeh immigrated to the United States two decades ago after fleeing war-torn Cambodia and went to work for an immigration law firm helping others settle here. -- As the Orinda resident grew more involved in the affairs of her new country, however, she reached a disquieting conclusion: All the problems she saw around her, from overcrowded schools to strains on freeways and other infrastructure, could be attributed to overpopulation and, in particular, over-immigration. [Ling-Ling is director of the Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America]

Omaha World-Herald  Nebraska jobs lost to Mexico Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. made it official Friday. -- The Akron, Ohio-based company will replace $18-an-hour employees at its Lincoln plant with workers at a new facility in Mexico, who probably make no more than $12.77 a day. -- Goodyear said Friday that it will begin construction immediately on a plant at Delicias, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, that will begin producing rubber automotive hoses by 2004. -- The action represented the final step in a plan that Goodyear announced last January.

Globe And Mail Canadian jobs lost to Mexico Tony Davis has built trucks for 26 years -- his entire working life -- in this farming city in the fertile flatlands one hour east of Windsor. -- But his job and those of his 2,400 co-workers will disappear next June when the Chicago-based owners of Navistar International Corp. pull up the tent pegs in Chatham and move the plant to low-cost, low-wage Mexico. -- Navistar is just the latest in a long line of U.S.-based auto manufacturers that have pulled out of Chatham, Ontario in recent years...

On-Air Reports Individuals possibly related to sniper murders taken into custody A male driving a white Plymouth Voyager mini van was taken into custody by police at an Exxon gas station in Richmond, VA, earlier this morning. An employee of a local car dealership in the vicinity, identified as Keith Underwood, witnessed the event and was interviewed live by CNN at 7:25 AM PDT. Underwood said that the person taken into custody appeared to be Hispanic. -- CNN reports that a second person was taken into custody elsewhere. - 10/21/02 -- 0745

L.A Times (Free Registration)  Ethnic Issues Cloud Santa Ana School Races Santa Ana school board member [and reconquista] Nativo Lopez describes the Nov. 5 election in epic terms. -- "This," said the besieged trustee, "is a fight for the soul of Santa Ana." ---- In one of the most Latino cities in the nation, the school board election campaigns have turned into a rancorous referendum on ethnic politics, with such charged issues as bilingual education and socioeconomic differences thrown in. -- Lopez, midway into his second term, isn't even on the ballot -- yet. But a months-long recall campaign against him....

Houston Chronicle Rally assails action against scofflaws Antiterrorism measures that target employees may be well-intentioned but have made life harder for peaceful immigrants and, in turn, the businesses who depend on them for cheap labor, an activist group said Sunday. -- Several hundred supporters of Central American Resource Center marched through a southwest Houston neighborhood to bring attention to actions that they say victimize undocumented workers. -- "We want Bush and Congress to recognize that immigrants are a benefit to this country," said Bernardo Fallas...

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition  Protestors trap Americans in Mexico A protest blockade on a Mexican highway trapped hundreds of travelers in Puerto Peñasco before breaking up Sunday night. -- About 200 fishermen, family members and supporters blocked the highway into the Mexican town, commonly known as Rocky Point, on Saturday afternoon, protesting new fishing regulations. The blockade stayed up through Saturday night and continued until about 7:30 p.m. Sunday. -- Despite the removal of the blockade, many vacationers from Arizona were forced to extend their trips into the workweek, for better or worse.

TheNewsMexico.com Arrogant Mexicans condone lawlessness, meddling in U.S. affairs again The Human Rights Commission in the Mexican Senate has said it will investigate the case of a child of Mexican immigrants who was labeled as a "potential terrorist" after drawing pictures of planes and guns at his Los Angeles school last week. -- Commission President, Sadot Sanchez Carreño, said the case of 10-year-old Jesus Corona was serious because his possible expulsion from school violated his right to an education and highlighted an increase in discrimination and persecution of Mexican immigrants as a result of the Sept. 11 attacks. -- Describing Corona's situation as just one of many cases of discrimination against immigrant children, Sanchez cited the example of Jesús Apodaca.....