Tuesday, November 5, 2002

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ABC News - 9 PM Tancredo scores another win House District: 6 (8:30 PM PST, November 5) CANDIDATE VOTE TOTAL PERCENT Tancredo (REP)* 79696 70% WIN Wright (DEM) 31448 27% Katz (LIB) 3284 3%

Associated Press Immigration continues to wreak havoc in the Netherlands ...Six months after the assassination of populist politician Pim Fortuyn, followed by his stunning posthumous election success, his movement is collapsing as swiftly as it rose, leaving some people frustrated and wondering where else to turn. -- "There is a lot of aggression and violence in our society that nobody wanted to know about because we wanted to uphold the image that we were tolerant," said social historian Thera Wijsenbeek. "It has created instability and stirred up emotions. The brakes seem to have been taken off society," she said.

NEPA News Feds charge 29 Philly airport workers with lying on forms A federal grand jury has indicted 29 current or former workers at Philadelphia International Airport on charges they lied about their criminal histories or gave false Social Security numbers when they applied for security badges, prosecutors announced Tuesday. -- Following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, federal authorities examined the records of nearly 15,000 people employed at the airport to ensure that workers with access to secure areas were properly documented and hadn't been convicted of serious crimes.

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State Department Press questions Powell about Mexican invasion mess Powell: ....With respect to the other issues, water and migration, those are two difficult issues. President Bush reaffirmed to President Fox weekend before last that we would continue to work on migration issues -- the same commitment that they had made at their first meeting in Oaxaca in February of 2001. -- It has become a more difficult issue in light of what happened on 9/11 and the United States needed a pause -- time -- to take a look at everything that is going on inside our country with respect to visas, with respect to border control and things of that nature.

Joe Sansone

USADaily.com Immigration is dangerous in more ways than one Haitians storming the shores near Miami, Mexicans erecting shrines to honor criminal aliens that died attempting to break into the United States, or Denver's mayor aiding illegal aliens efforts to violate federal immigration laws, are all symptoms of a low-grade war against Americans that is largely motivated by racism. ---- Almost immediately, Haitian activist began lobbying for the illegal aliens to stay in the America. They acted and organized a race-centered protest in favor of criminal aliens that invaded the country by the hundreds.

Asian Journal Now the Phillippines wants their illegals in the U.S. forgiven Because of Washington's perception and allegation that the Philippines is a host country for worldwide terrorist activities, at least 300,000 Filipinos have become targets of the INS' hunt for deportation proceedings. -- In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, the INS reported that there are at least 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States and cracking down on illegal aliens is one way of protecting its citizens from these so-called terrorists. -- In a report in the Manila Times, the US Embassy in Manila has announced that the INS has been tracking down undocumented Filipinos to be deported back to the Philippines.

Bill Steigerwald

Jewish World Review The bloody consequences of a broken INS: Ten minutes with Michelle Malkin It's not your fault you don't know that last December the Immigration and Naturalization Service office in Seattle picked up - and then released - John Lee Malvo, the illegal alien from Jamaica who is one of the alleged D.C. snipers. -- The mainstream media has largely ignored that horror story, which was broken last week by JWR's Michelle Malkin, author of the new, Sept. 11-inspired book, "Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists Criminals & Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores".

Laredo Morning Times [Short-lived link] Mexican guilty in big cocaine case A Nuevo Laredo man caught crossing the border with more than $1.3 million worth of cocaine pleaded guilty Monday, moments before attorneys selected a jury for his second trial. -- Jury selection was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. for defendant Jose Luis Ibarra Rueda. -- Ibarra pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 53 pounds of cocaine before District Judge Keith P. Ellison. -- Ellison scheduled the defendant's sentencing for Feb. 14.

Stein Report Lawyer sentenced in smuggling case "A Tarzana criminal defense attorney was sentenced Monday to 30 months in federal prison as part of a criminal investigation into the illegal smuggling of Ukrainian nationals into the United States," the LA Times reports. "Alex Van Kovn pleaded guilty to witness tampering, harboring an undocumented alien and making false statements." -- According to an earlier press release by the U.S. Atttorney, Kovn was one "Eighteen defendants...."

Miami Herald More whining over jailed Haitian illegals Nearly 800 demonstrators gathered in front of the Immigration and Naturalization Service office at Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast 79th Street Monday night, calling for an end to what they said was disparate treatment of undocumented Haitian migrants to the United States. -- The demonstration came on election eve, nearly a week after more than 200 Haitian migrants were detained by the INS after their boat grounded near the Rickenbacker Causeway.

Associated Press Mexican colonists in Illinois to elect advisers Mexicans around the Chicago area will vote later this month to chose seven immigrants to represent them on a national government advisory council. -- Election organizers say the November 24th election will pick advisers to the Institute for Mexicans Abroad. That's a new agency formed by the Mexican government. -- Mexican officials expect the advisory council to help on issues of migrant rights. That includes better customer service at consulates and lower surcharges for wiring money to Mexico.

Contra Costa Times State leads in kid poverty, study says Although conditions improved in the 1990s, young children in California suffer higher rates of poverty than those in the rest of the U.S., and their parents earn less money and have less education, according to a report released today. -- Foreign-born Latino parents, with disproportionately high levels of poverty and low levels of education, drive the stark figures... -- One-third of children growing up in low-income households have at least one Latino immigrant parent, the report found. [Also see: Importing Poverty]

The Trentonian Duo arrested for drugs in Bucks Two suspects, including an illegal immigrant, were arraigned yesterday on drug charges following a DUI car stop which allegedly uncovered 16 baggies of suspected cocaine. -- Police said Geraldo Lara, an illegal alien, was driving near Low Lane about 1:16 a.m. Sunday when patrol officers spotted him driving south on the wrong side of the divided highway. -- He was charged with drug possession, possession with intent to deliver, false identification, driving under the influence, and careless driving.

Associated Press U.S. seeks to head off illegal aliens The Coast Guard said Tuesday it has stepped up sea and air patrols in response to a possible increase in the flow of illegal migrants from Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba. -- The increase was announced as 19 Haitians were sent back home. They were the only ones who failed to get ashore when an overcrowded wooden freighter carrying more than 225 Haitians was run aground in Miami one week ago. -- "We are preparing just in case--better to be safe than sorry,'' Louis Diaz, a Coast Guard spokesman in Miami, said of the increased interdiction efforts.

L.A Times (Free Registration)  3 Rulings by 9th Circuit Reversed U.S. Supreme Court faults a federal court in California for nullifying convictions of two killers and granting an immigrant asylum: -- The U.S. Supreme Court rebuked the federal appeals court in California on Monday for having wrongly ruled in favor of two Los Angeles- area murderers who had appealed their convictions earlier this year. -- In a pair of unanimous decisions, the high court reversed the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and reinstated the convictions. In a third reversal - also unanimous - the justices said the 9th Circuit wrongly granted asylum to a Guatemalan immigrant.

Allan C. Stover - Toogood Reports Send the illegal Haitians home -- Now! Some 220 Haitians in a rickety ship eluded Coast Guard patrols and ended up on a Florida shore. We saw them on television running down the highway, stopping traffic, and trying to get drivers to help them escape. The Immigration and Naturalization Service rounded up most of them, but many apparently escaped. Six men who led the illegal aliens out of Haiti have been arrested. -- Within hours, the open- borders immigration advocates - also known as fat-cat immigration lawyers and lobbyists...

Indy Star Illegal guilty of assaulting boy A Shelby County jury has convicted an illegal Mexican immigrant of four child molestation charges related to the sexual assault of a 9-year-old boy. -- The man could be sentenced to 150 years in prison. He would be deported if released from prison. -- The four-day trial ended Friday. It stemmed from allegations the man, identified by authorities as Leonardo Dominguez sexually assaulted the boy this year. -- "He was using the Social Security number of an Illinois woman..."

National Post Criminals allowed into Canada (and they gripe about U.S. security?) Growing numbers of criminals, suspected terrorists and war criminals were allowed into Canada last year on special permits issued by the federal government. -- Among those admitted were more than 600 people convicted of a serious crime here or abroad and 11 people who authorities believe engaged in "terrorism, espionage or subversion by force." (Canada has recently been complaining about U.S. efforts at improving homeland security involving screening their citizens.)

Sacramento Bee Citizenship class stresses activism Twice a week, about 90 Sacramento-area immigrants descend on their churches for an unusual series of classes that teach them how to become American citizens. -- But the classes -- which represent a unique agreement between immigration officials and a grass-roots organizing group -- aren't limited to questions about American presidents and the U.S. Constitution. -- Manuela Diaz wants citizenship because she's yearning to affect change on such issues as whether undocumented immigrants should be allowed to legally obtain driver's licenses. -- "I want to vote and participate," she said in Spanish. "I would like to make an impact along with all other Latinos."

Peter Brimelow

VDare.com Victory In The Barton Case! For now The State of Michigan Court of Appeals has just (November 1) struck down on constitutional grounds the local ordinance under which Manistee housewife Janice Barton was convicted and jailed, in 2000, for observing ­ to her mother in a private conversation, overheard by an off-duty Hispanic sheriff's deputy­ that "I wish these damned 'spics' would learn to speak English."

Arizona Daily Star -- Letters Insufficient effort There have been two cases in which private groups took action against illegal border crossers. -- I do not condone this, but there are many historical examples of private groups taking police action. In every case, it was because of a lack of proper police action by federal or local officers. -- I appreciate the problems of patrolling the border and understand the officers are doing the best they can. -- But unless the federal and local efforts increase, we will see more "private action" with a lot of unpleasant consequences.

Fort Morgan Times Another illegal alien DUI ...Israel Villanueva, of Fort Morgan, was arrested Friday about two hours after allegedly leaving the scene of a 3 a.m. one-car slideoff into a ditch west of Fort Morgan, Trooper Gaylon Grippin said. -- Charges of driving while under the influence, driving while license restrained and false reporting to authorities are pending. -- He also has a failure to appear warrant out of the Morgan County Sheriff's Department and is being held as an illegal alien. [Interesting DUI stats]

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition  Contradictions on masked-attackers shooting at illegal aliens Contradictory information emerged Monday about whether a group of illegal border crossers was fired on by masked attackers Friday night southwest of Tucson. -- Members of the group told officials of Tucson's Mexican Consulate they were not fired on, according to a consular press release. -- But the Pima County Sheriff's Department reported that members of the group heard a gunshot as they were running away from three armed men near Sierrita Mountain Road. -- Friday's attack most closely resembles armed robberies by bandits that periodically occur on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.