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Wednesday, November 6, 2002 |
Immigration Reformers
Win
Republicans must learn lesson
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| WILSON - Supported Prop. 187
- won CA Gov. in 1994.... |
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| LUNGREN - wouldn't deal with
issue -- LOST TO DAVIS in 1998 |
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When will the GOP
understand that illegal immigration is an issue? |
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 Past Features American
Border Patrol Updates |
Chuck
Baldwin |
Toogood
Reports
Republicans
In Charge: Now What?
...Expect more NAFTA-style trade agreements
and additional accommodations for illegal aliens. Bush will now
doubtless achieve his dream of granting full amnesty to illegal
aliens from Mexico. Immigration, legal and illegal, is going
to skyrocket. -- Corporate welfare will proliferate at unprecedented
levels. The farm subsidy bill just recently passed is only the
tip of the iceberg of what we can now expect. CEO's of all stripes
will come to Washington with their hands out, and they won't
go home empty. |
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Miami Herald
INS
blocks judge's effort to grant Haitians bond
Dealing a blow to more than 200 Haitians detained
in South Florida, the INS thwarted attempts by an immigration
judge to grant bond Wednesday to the migrants, charging that
they pose a threat to national security. -- Meanwhile, a federal
judge ordered six Haitians held without bond on charges that
they orchestrated last week's alien-smuggling voyage that ended
with more than 200 Haitians jumping into Biscayne Bay.... |
Associated Press
Mexico,
Iraq, and invasion
The U.N. Security Council debate on Iraq
has been a coming-out party for Mexico, which after decades on
the sidelines is quietly becoming a player in international diplomacy.
For the United States, it hasn't always been pretty. -- While
many Mexicans are delighted with the principled stand Mexico
is advocating, some worry their country is sacrificing its close
relationship with the United States - or alternately, using the
vote as leverage to win concessions on key issues like immigration. |
Associated
Press
U.S.
Alien Registration Expands
Thousands of men from five countries
identified as high-risk for terrorism and who arrived in the
U.S. on or before 9/10 will have to be fingerprinted and photographed
under rules announced Wednesday by the DOJ. -- The rules affect
citizens of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Sudan or Syria at least 16 years
old who arrived before the U.S. government began registering
such foreigners this year at its borders. If they plan to stay
in the U.S. beyond Dec. 16, these people must register with the
INS by that date. |
H.
Millard |
Candidate
who opposes Costa Mesa job center elected
Allan Mansoor, who had never run for
public office, defeated long time City Council person and appointed
Mayor Linda Dixon in this Orange County city of approximately
100,000, in yesterday's election. -- During the campaign, Mr.
Mansoor took strong positions against the City funded Job Center
and had told a local newsletter that "The goal should ultimately
be to close [the Job Center]. First we need to start to reduce
the need for it by not allowing people from other cities to use
it. [Statistics show that] 37% of the people that use it come
from other cities and use it at our expense. |
From
FAIR |
Transcript
On the Significance of the Recent Election
Dan Stein: I'm sitting here with Dave Ray and
Jennifer Denson, Associate Director's of FAIR, and Paul Egan,
FAIR's Director of Government Relations. Dan Stein here, we're
talking about the election that just happened yesterday, and
what does it mean for immigration control -- immigration reform
-- in the upcoming election? |
Miami Herald
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Cubans land in Marathon, Florida; 2 smugglers sought
Authorities were searching for two suspected
smugglers who fled the scene of a Cuban migrant landing Wednesday
morning after their 28-foot speedboat ran aground off a Marathon
beach. -- The landing comes little more than 24 hours after Coast
Guard officials said they would step up migrant interdiction
patrols off Florida's southern coast in anticipation of a spike
in illegal attempts to reach the U.S. by boat. -- Wednesday's
alleged smugglers are believed to have captained a boat that
brought 35 Cuban migrants to shore at Coco Plum Beach just before
10 a.m. |
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Roy Beck |
Effect
of election results on immigration reform
The Democratic national leadership lost badly
tonight as it blew its opportunity to hold control of the Senate
and to turn a narrow minority status into a majority control
of the House. -- Earlier this year, Democratic National Committee
leaders and House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt himself stated
that the Democrats could take back control of Congress only if
they could start winning some seats outside the large metropolitan
cores that formed the blue islands on election maps in 2000.... |
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Associated
Press
Illegal
alien convicted for chaining daughter to bed
Fullerton, Calif. (AP) - A man was convicted
of false imprisonment Tuesday for chaining his 2daughter to a
bed because she dated a married man. -- A Superior Court jury
convicted David Mata Avila of a misdemeanor, rejecting felony
charges against the [illegal] and his wife, Guadalupe Mata. --
The couple has been jailed since their June 23 arrest and it
is unlikely they will face additional time, prosecutor Steve
Mitchell said. -- However, they are in the country illegally... |
El Paso
Times
Strong
Hispanic turnout not enough to boost Democrats
One of the key questions in Tuesday's
election was whether Texas Hispanics bucked past trends and turned
out to vote in record numbers. -- Although the actual number
of Hispanic voters was unavailable late election night, it was
evident that it was not enough to help Tony Sanchez win the Texas
governor race. While incumbent Gov. Rick Perry did not appear
to do well in predominantly Hispanic communities, he still won
by a comfortable margin. -- "The voter turnout for Hispanics
has been increasing during presidential elections, but it has
been at a plateau during gubernatorial elections," said
Antonio Gonzalez, president of the William C. Velasquez Institute. |
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Tucson Citizen
Editorial
Our
Opinion: Keep private groups out of border affairs
Several recent incidents in which private
groups have taken enforcement of border laws into their own hands
are troubling and could lead to violence along the Arizona-Mexico
border. -- Tensions already run high along the border, and this
is an area best left to federal authorities. -- Distinctions
must be drawn between those who only observe or provide humanitarian
aid along the border - which we find acceptable - versus
those who become unauthorized participants in border affairs
- which we feel is unacceptable. -- In the first category, we
would place American
Border Patrol, a citizen group that records reports of illegal
activity, alerts authorities and places reports and video on
its web site. |
Norman
Spector |
Globe And
Mail (Canada)
We
shouldn't complain about U.S. border hassles
Hold the applause. Foreign Minister Bill
Graham has not persuaded the Americans to "back down."
Some Canadians will continue to face intensive screening at the
border. Newspaper headlines announcing they've foresworn "racial
profiling" reveal the confusion on our side. -- Most has
been caused by Immigration Minister Denis Coderre. Singling out
travellers born in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Sudan does not
constitute racial or religious profiling. "Libyans"
and "Sudanese" are not of the same race; indeed, they're
not racial categories at all. |
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Financial
Times (UK)
Meddlesome
Mexicans prepare to begin badgering U.S.
Disappointed by the lack of progress
towards a migration accord, Mexico is preparing to launch its
own campaign to convince US legislators and the public of the
benefits of legalising millions of Mexican workers. -- Mexico's
government is watching the results of tomorrow's election closely
and will probably begin its efforts in January in key states
with large Latino populations: California, Texas, Florida, Illinois
and New York. There are 35m Latinos in the US, some two-thirds
of whom are of Mexican descent... |
Wausau Daily Herald News Briefs
Four
arrested as illegal aliens
Merrill, Wisconsin - The Merrill Police Department
has arrested four suspected illegal aliens. -- Roberto B. Marques,
24, Elin Perez, 25, and Jorvin Roblero- Velasquez, 23, were taken
to the Lincoln County Jail to wait for border patrol agents after
police stopped them Sunday for having open containers in their
vehicle at the corner of South Center Avenue and O'Day Street
in Merrill. -- Carlos Pasqual- Rodrieguez, 19, was arrested on
East Main Street and South Park Street after almost colliding
with a squad car. |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Foreign
doctors, nurses start over
...Out of necessity, many dozens of unlicensed
Latino doctors and nurses across the state take odd jobs as they
wait for U.S. visas and transcripts from international universities
to start the medical licensing process in Georgia. -- For them,
the road to licensure is paved with months of red tape. -- They
must provide documentation of their medical training, be certified
by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates,
speak English and pass state board examinations.... |
Michelle Malkin |
Townhall.com
Voter
fraud that's legal
...In Florida, a Democrat named Rafael
Velasquez was able to run for state office despite admitting
that he voted twice in the 1990s before obtaining U.S. citizenship.
Under Florida election laws, voting as a noncitizen can be prosecuted
as a felony. Velasquez said he voted in the 1996 presidential
election and the 1998 Florida gubernatorial race because of a
"misunderstanding." The candidate claimed that he informed
election officials that he was a resident alien, but that they
let him vote anyway. -- Miami-Dade County elections records,
however, contradicted Velasquez's characterization of his illegal
votes as clerical errors. |
Sham
ID Cards |
Santa Rosa
Press Democrat - News Briefs
Sham
IDs to be issued by corrupt government at 'fiesta'
...The Mexican consulate from San Francisco
expects to issue more than 800 national identification cards,
or matricula -- Matricula
registration cards permit Mexicans to re-enter Mexico without
a passport. But increasingly they're also being accepted by banks
as proof of identity for opening bank accounts. This lets Latinos
transfer money to Mexico via automated teller machine and avoid
the cost of wiring money, said a spokesman for the consulate. |
The Brownsville
Herald
Illegal
alien torch brigade arriving in Brownsville tonight
A torch, lit on sacred ground in Mexico City
where the Virgen de Guadalupe is said to have appeared, arrives
in Brownsville today after having been carried more than 640
miles on foot. -- "This year's Antorcha Guadalupana's theme
is to carry the message of support for a general amnesty and
the legalization of more than 9 million undocumented immigrants
in the United States," Tepeyac
Association [a bunch of invasion cheerleaders and reconquistas]
coordinator Mario Najera said. "In this way, they would
become legal, permanent residents in this country." [Will
the incompetent INS do it's job tonight?] |
Washington Times
Bilingual
ban wins big
Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly approved
a ban on bilingual education, but Colorado
voters were rejecting the same measure while voters in several
states defeated ballot initiatives to decriminalize drugs. --
With 54 percent of Massachusetts precincts reporting, the measure
to mandate instruction in English only was winning by 71 percent
to 29 percent. -- But a similar measure in Colorado was failing,
by a 55 percent to 45 percent margin, with nearly a third of
the votes counted. |
Canadian
Press
Canada:
Drop birthplace from passport
The federal privacy commissioner wants
Canada to remove place of birth from the information on its passports
in an effort to thwart tough new U.S. border screening measures.
-- "This information is ... irrelevant since a Canadian
citizen is a Canadian citizen, without distinction," George
Radwanski said today in an open letter.... -- But Foreign Affairs
had already considered removing birthplace from passports and
decided it would only make matters worse for Canadian travellers... |
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Rocky Mountain
News
The
margin matters in Tancredo victory
Rep. Tom Tancredo interpreted his easy
victory as vindication of his fiery anti-immigration rhetoric
and as a license for all lawmakers to speak their minds. -- Tancredo
was cruising to a third term in the 6th Congressional District
despite months of controversy over his call for troops on the
U.S. borders and a crackdown on illegal immigrants elsewhere.
-- "It tells me that the issues that I tried to advance
are issues that should be advanced and that nobody should be
afraid of," said Tancredo, who has become a polarizing figure
in the national immigration debate. [Denver
Post article] |
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