Wednesday, November 13, 2002

Donahue Takes On Border Issue American Patrol Takes on the Opposition Donahue Roger Barnett Glenn Spencer Bob and Bonnie Eggle Pat Buchanan Robin Hoover and Mary Goodman  Listen to the show Transcript Viewer Comments  Past Features   ABP Updates

POLL	Should Bush grant illegal aliens amnesty?

VDare.com (Published) A Reader Ponders Trent Lott On Immigration Reform I bought the New York Post on Thursday and found a photo-op picture of a laughing Trent Lott with his hand on the shoulder of a small South Asian, surrounded by an article about the coming increase in Republican staffs and office space. The picture was captioned "Aide Rohin Kumar and incoming Senate majority leader Trent Lott (R-Miss). Republicans will be hiring; Democrats will be firing."

Associated Press Canada, U.S. to Discuss Border Flap The cases of two Canadian citizens ensnared by tighter U.S. border screenings have so angered the country that the Canadian foreign affairs minister will raise the issue with Secretary of State Colin Powell during a visit on Thursday. -- Powell's visit is to discuss a possible military strike against Iraq. But Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham plans to raise the cases of the two Canadians, one involving a man jailed in Maine after crossing the border to buy cheaper American gas.

House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Homeland Security Legislation Includes INS Overhaul The House today is considering legislation abolishing the troubled INS by splitting the agency's enforcement and services functions and moving them into the new Department of Homeland Security. This INS overhaul plan contained in legislation establishing the DHS is very similar to the legislation (H.R. 3231) introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. that the House overwhelmingly passed on April 25...

Journal Star Group focuses on Latino concerns (More fibbing and pandering) Four speakers Tuesday night discussed diverse problems confronting the Latino/Hispanic population in Nebraska. -- About 40 people attended the meeting, sponsored by Citizens Against Racism and Discrimination, at the downtown Southeast Community College-Lincoln campus. -- Holly Burns, director of Lincoln's Hispanic Community Center, and Jose Soto, vice president for affirmative action/equity/diversity at SCC, identified characteristics and concerns of the community.

Herald-Leader Hispanics are noted in Kentucky traffic study Hispanic motorists in Kentucky were more likely than whites and blacks to be arrested or have their vehicles searched during traffic stops in 2001, according to a study of 310,621 cases. -- Police also spent more time on average searching Hispanics' vehicles, although Hispanics were found with contraband at a rate only half that of white and black motorists, the study indicated. -- The study, ordered two years ago by Gov. Paul Patton, was presented yesterday to the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council, an advisory group of police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, legislators and others.

FAIR Legislative Update

Your Action Pays Off We commend and thank all of you for your efforts to get the message to Congress that Americans will not stand by silently and watch Congress set dangerous immigration precedents in the name of homeland security! Our intensive lobbying and the letters, faxes, and phone calls you have made over the last few months demanding that dangerous immigration provisions authored by Senator Kennedy be stripped from the Senate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) bill have made a huge difference!

Sacramento Bee MEChA-boy accused of selling out by listening to 'gringos' Former Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa, who lost his mayoral bid last year after a barrage of negative ads, is under fire again as he launches another campaign, this time for City Council. -- He had just announced his campaign for Los Angeles City Councilman Nick Pacheco's seat last week when homes in the district received anonymous mailers attacking the former Democratic legislator. The mailers claimed Villaraigosa "sold out our community" by listening to his "white consultants" or "gringos."

Denver Post Lott backs use of troops to protect U.S. borders The incoming majority leader of the Senate said that he now supports sending troops to protect U.S. borders, an indication the Republican Party may harden its stance on immigration after last week's sweep in midterm elections. -- Speaking last week on the "O'Reilly Factor," Sen. Trent Lott said the troops could not only shut down traffic of illegal immigrants but also help stop drug trafficking and cross-border crime. -- Supporters - including U.S. Rep Tom Tancredo, an outspoken opponent of current immigration policy - say it's the only effective way to stem a tide of terrorists and illegal immigrants.

Michelle Malkin

Townhall.com Who'll protect the whistleblowers? While lawmakers in Washington pat themselves on the back for cooking up a massively expensive and mostly cosmetic Homeland Security Department bill, many of the real heroes of homeland security continue to suffer recriminations and retaliation. -- Border Patrol agent Keith Olson, the arresting officer in Bellingham, Wash., who was responsible for obtaining the fingerprints of illegal alien sniper suspect Lee Malvo last December, has been the subject of two internal investigations during the past three weeks. Instead of pinning a medal on his chest and giving Olson a raise for taking the prints of Malvo that eventually led to his arrest in the Washington, D.C., area killing spree, federal officials are conducting a probe of his conduct.

Fox News Shadow Wolves Stalk Smugglers Innovations in law enforcement help many arms of justice but when it comes to tracking drug smugglers on the border, native intuition may be the smartest weapon yet. -- The Shadow Wolves is an elite U.S. Customs unit based in the Tohono O'odham Indian reservation. It is composed solely of Native Americans of Blackfoot, Cheyenne and Pima tribes who are known for their uncanny ability to track aliens and the drugs they may carry. -- "Instead of tracking an animal, we track human beings," agent Bryan Nez said.

Associated Press Chinese illegals plead guilty Five Chinese men who were smuggled into the United States from Canada last month aboard a rented houseboat pleaded guilty to unlawful entry into the country. -- Wang Yuquan, Chen Yiqu, Ou Rongsheng, He Luan and Liu Xinchin were sentenced Tuesday to time served, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Ed Thompson. -- The men, who had been in federal custody since their arrest Oct. 12, were among 15 Chinese citizens, including three women and seven children ages 8-14, smuggled by boat across the St. Lawrence River.

Detroit News Chain Migration: Chaldeans desert Iraq for promise of Detroit Tel Kaif, Iraq -- About 100 people, mostly old women with black lace head scarves and a few old men wearing black-and-white head wraps, gather for Saturday morning Mass at the Sacred Heart Chaldean Rite Catholic Church. --- Chat with any Chaldean and you will hear something similar to the words of Khalid Ali Backal, a short, well-dressed man with a trim mustache. "I'm waiting for my papers," he said. "I want to move to Detroit to be with my family."

Washington Times Bishops advocate leniency at border The U.S. Catholic bishops today will call for a more lenient immigration policy across the U.S.-Mexican border, part of a push to care for a growing Hispanic constituency in the American church. -- "Reducing legal immigration between the two nations [does] not make the United States or Mexico more secure" against terrorism, says a joint pastoral letter by the Mexican and U.S. bishops. -- "Regardless of their legal status, migrants should be respected," the bishops will argue, repeating their traditional stance. "Often they are subject to punitive law and harsh treatment." [Related article in the L.A. Times]

Paul Craig Roberts

Townhall.com Costly immigration What does immigration cost us? At a recent debate in Arlington, Va., Harvard professor George Borjas said economists put the net cost of immigration at $70 billion a year. He noted, however, that the cost is not evenly distributed. Some communities are heavily impacted, with swollen welfare budgets and hospitals on the brink of bankruptcy. Immigration is estimated to cost Californians $1,300 per household annually in additional taxes.

CNS News - Linda Chavez Foreign governments driving U.S. policy Washington's unwillingness to deal with illegal immigration has emboldened several Latin American governments to come up with their own solutions. -- An estimated 9 million illegal aliens from Latin America live in the U.S., so Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala have recently begun issuing identification cards to illegal aliens through their consular offices in the U.S. These IDs allow illegal aliens living here to open bank accounts, obtain drivers' licenses and library cards, and fly on U.S. domestic airlines.

Associated Press Senate OKs Bush crony The Senate confirmed Tony Garza, a close friend of Bush, to be U.S. ambassador to Mexico on Tuesday. -- The confirmation came without dissent on the first day of the Senate's lame- duck session. Garza replaces Jeffrey Davidow, who's leaving Mexico after four years. -- Garza will leave the Texas Railroad Commission, which oversees the state's oil and gas industry. -- At his hearing, Garza said foreigners who work in the US should be able to earn legal status. [The Bush folks claim to still be working on that wildly unpopular idea.]

Associated Press Mexican Activists Discuss Tariffs Anti-globalization activists predict that millions of Mexican farmers will stream into the United States when Mexico lifts tariffs on U.S. farm products in January. -- The government says the import opening will make Mexican farms more competitive, bring new investment to the countryside and give factory jobs to those who now eke out a living on antiquated, overpopulated farms. -- President Vicente Fox has come under pressure to rip up free trade accords and spend more subsidy money to protect Mexican farms. Fox, a free trade supporter, has begun to concede that the opening could create problems.

Metrowest Daily News Illegal alien stabbing suspect arrested A suspect in a Weston stabbing has been arrested in Connecticut and returned to town to face charges that include attempted murder. -- Walter Dasilva was arrested in Danbury, Conn., on Nov. 5 and returned to Massachusetts by Weston Police, where he faces attempted murder charges and other offenses.-- The arrest stemmed from an Oct. 4 incident when Dasilva allegedly entered a Weston home where his estranged wife Lillian Silva, of New Bedford, was working as a domestic employee. Following a brief argument, Dasilva stabbed her with a large kitchen knife, according to police reports.

CBS-5 News - Phoenix  Getting Away With Murder You'd like to believe if someone commits a murder in Arizona, the long arm of the law will find them anywhere.  A News 5 investigation has discovered that this is not the case.  If a Mexican citizen kills someone in Arizona, and makes it across the border, odds are, they will get away with murder. -- It's been one year since a bullet took the life of Tanee Natividad.  She was shot in the head and police believe her killer is still on the loose....

Journal Star Senator accuses attorney of racism Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha sharply criticized Madison Co. Attorney Joe Smith during a legislative committee hearing Tuesday. -- Chambers accused Smith of racism and inconsistency in his handling of two separate murder cases in Madison Co. -- In the first case, three Hispanic men were charged with two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly tying up two other Hispanic men, shooting them and dumping their bodies in a river in 2001....

Arizona Daily Star INS port chief facing drug, bribery charges Federal prosecutors have accused the top immigration official at the San Luis [Arizona] port of entry of accepting prescription drugs in exchange for immigration documents. -- Port Director Lisa Stubbs is charged with misuse of immigration documents, illegal possession of a controlled substance and accepting bribes. -- As of Tuesday, Stubbs was on paid administrative leave, but the Immigration and Naturalization Service has filed paperwork asking that her status be changed to unpaid, said deputy district director Stephen Fickett.

POLL	Q: What topics would you like to hear more about on Bill O'Reilly's radio show?

Spencer & Barnett on MSNBC's Donahue Show Tuesday Night Glenn: Your finger was wagging around so much, I figured a high wind was heading out in all directions. You interrupted the foes over and over again, making it impossible for the idiots to make a point! GOOD JOB! -- And my favorite was the loud, hysterical laughter in the background (I figured that was you) when Sharpton or that damn illegal alien in a cowboy hat was trying to say he didn't hire illegals, that totally negated what they were saying. And I am surprised Frank doesn't wear a dress to these events.