Thursday, November 14, 2002

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N.Y. Times (Free Registration)     No Prescription for Antibiotics? No Problem Jose Martinez, a Dominican immigrant who runs a bodega on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, almost always manages to find whatever his customers need on his store's bulging shelves. -- When asked for medicine for an infection, Mr. Martinez often reaches for a box of pills called Ampitrex, a brand name for the antibiotic ampicillin. -- Under federal law, ampicillin, like all antibiotics, requires a doctor's prescription. But Ampitrex is made in the Dominican Republic, where it is readily available and smuggled in small quantities into the United States.

TheNewsMexico.com More on church's support of invading foreigners Momentarily setting aside discussion of their newly revised sex-abuse policy, the United State's Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday voted to affirm their commitment to aiding undocumented Mexican immigrants. -- The pastoral statement, titled "Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope," was the product of a year's collaboration between bishops in Mexico and the United States and marked the first time two national bishops' conferences have held simultaneous consideration of a joint initiative. [More nonsense from Catholic News Service] [They just sneak in to do the jobs Americans won't do]

Brownsville Herald More organized Mexican meddling in U.S. affairs The local Mexican community is coming together in the newly created National Advisory Group of Mexican Communities Living Abroad - an organization to advise the Mexican government in its effort to keep closer ties with its people. -- About 40 people interested in participating in the effort met Tuesday at the Mexican Consulate in Brownsville. Consulate officials said two people would be chosen next week to represent Cameron, Willacy and Kenedy counties during a meeting in Mexico City.

Chicago Tribune (Free Registration)  Agency accused of violating 'rights' of illegal aliens Civil rights attorneys filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that thousands of illegal immigrants were hit with a double whammy: first by phony consultants, then by immigration officials who are supposed to assist them. -- The suit against the INS alleges that the agency violated rights by removing a layer of protection for illegal immigrants who were conned into seeking legal status when they were ineligible. -- INS officials said they could not comment on their procedures but defended their efforts to ensure that immigrants were not victims of fraud. [MALDEF reconquistas involved in this squabble.]

TheNewsMexico.com Travel: Feel the warmth of Mexico Three Italian visitors received a sour taste of Mexico City crime Wednesday when armed robbers forced them to hand over more than 50,000 dollars as they traveled to their hotel in a taxi. -- The visitors were returning from a money exchange house in the city's south when two armed men jumped into their taxi at a junction in the middle class Narvarte neighborhood, stealing all their money and an expensive watch. -- Recent arrivals to the city, the victims said they had intended to use the sum to set up a photography business....

San Francisco Chronicle  Critical win for baggage screeners Immigrants challenging a law that requires airport baggage screeners to be U.S. citizens scored an important victory Wednesday when a federal judge denied the Bush administration's attempt to dismiss their lawsuit. -- U.S. District Judge Robert Takasugi of Los Angeles also rejected two of the federal government's main arguments in defense of the law: that it was part of Congress' broad authority to regulate immigration, and that the screeners are comparable to police officers, who are subject to a citizenship requirement.

The Daily Citizen (Dalton, GA) Impact of immigration topic at forum Whitfield County's Hispanic population is almost 10 times larger today than it was in 1990. Georgia hasn't seen a surge of foreign immigration this large since the 19th century. -- Starting Monday and continuing through Wednesday, business leaders, government officials, religious leaders and educators from across the state and from Mexico will meet to discuss the promises and challenges presented by the area's rapidly changing demographics. -- Francisco Azcunaga will also take part in a panel on how Mexican universities can help U.S. schools educate Hispanic children. There will also be panels on gang activities, the criminal justice system, health care and social services.

Re: "Fox: Legalizing Mexicans would augment U.S. security" Does Mr. Fox think that Americans are stupid enough to buy his idiotic "arguments" in favor of amnesty for millions of Mexican illegal aliens in the U.S.? Apparently so. It's an insult to our national wisdom as much as it's a plot to strengthen his means of influence on American politics. No wonder why President Bush appeared so reserved towards Mr. Fox after their meeting earlier this month - I suppose, no one likes to be insulted....

WESH Feds Raid Local Businesses Orlando, Fla. -- Two men who own about a dozen local businesses were arrested Thursday morning as part of a federal investigation. -- Federal Agents Bust Dozens Of Local Businesses Thursday Investigators arrested Jesse Malli and Saleem Khanai, both prominent in Central Florida's Arab-American community and own Bargain World and Sports Dominators. -- A 53-count federal indictment unsealed Thursday morning charges Malli and Khanai with hiring and employing illegal aliens from the Middle East since February, 1999.

Press Enterprise (Free Registration)   City becoming part of Third-World Code Enforcement Officer David Hernandez went to a Rialto apartment complex Wednesday to remove some squatters. What he found was a corn-cooking operation in a dirt yard, he said. -- The corn was cooking in water heated by propane gas. Mice were scampering about. Bags of grated Mexican cheese were stored in an nonworking refrigerator, he said. -- As officers dismantled the makeshift kitchen, they issued citations to three men, who had been selling the corn on the street, for operating a business without a license.

New York Post Con artist linked to beltway sniper case A con man wanted for questioning in the Beltway Sniper murder spree trafficked in bogus IDs and passports, authorities said yesterday. -- Peter John Gianquinto is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on passport-fraud charges. -- Gianquinto used a fake Rutgers University ID to get a passport - and used other fake IDs to smuggle people into the United States, authorities said.

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L.A Times (Free Registration)   22 suspected Mexican illegals captured at LAX INS agents Wednesday apprehended 22 people at Los Angeles International Airport believed to have entered the country illegally. -- They are expected to be returned to Mexico within a week.

Contra Costa Times Liberties tested after Sept. 11, says ACLU ...The aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks has touched nearly everyone in the United States, but for many unsuspecting people, it has meant a direct loss of liberty and personal safety, according to the ACLU. -- On Wednesday, the ACLU released a report telling the stories of 20 people, mostly from Northern California, who have been placed under suspicion as a result of Sept. 11 fallout. -- The federal government has arrested, detained and in some cases deported more than 700 people, mostly of Middle Eastern descent, for possible connections to the attacks. In many cases, no links have been found, but suspects have been deported for immigration violations.

Milwaukee Channel N.J. airport workers busted Authorities say 21 Newark Liberty International Airport workers used bogus Social Security numbers and immigration documents to get jobs. -- Those jobs allowed them access to aircraft, baggage handling areas and the international terminal. -- The U.S. attorney's office said none of the workers is believed to have terrorist connections. -- Federal agents arrested the suspects, who are mostly from Newark and Elizabeth. They range in age from 21 to 66.

Tucson Citizen Mexican gets light sentence A man convicted of negligent homicide after hitting a retired employee of Pima Co. Superior Court in the head with a rock will spend six years in prison. -- Marco Antonio Piery was charged with one count of negligent homicide in the death of Primitivo M. Martinez Jr., a former Pretrial Services worker. -- Piery , a Mexican, fled to Mexico after the killing. He was arrested in April by Mexican authorities in cooperation with the Marshals Service.

Newsday 'Outrage' Over Green Card Scam Angered by stories of Chinese newcomers ripped off by immigration service centers, two Queens lawmakers said they will renew their push for state regulation of the businesses. -- "In a word: outrage," was how Assemb. Brian McLaughlin (D-Flushing) characterized his reaction to a report Tuesday in Newsday about how two now-defunct immigration centers in his district allegedly cheated as many as 100 Chinese emigres out of a total of about $3 million.

Sierra Vista Herald Editorial  [Short-lived link may change soon] What we expect when you're governor (Open letter to AZ Gov.-elect Napolitano) ...In regards to Mexico, please continue to build a relationship on the economic and political levels. We, in Cochise County, need your voice on the international level to help us solve the illegal immigration crisis. Our county's residents deal with this issue every day. The only way to solve this problem is to talk with our Mexican neighbors and help them develop ways to support their own people. Without that, we'll continue to struggle with this issue. -- We also need you to help in putting pressure on our own federal government about dealing with Mexico and controlling our border with that nation.

Salt Lake Tribune Public Safety Reaches Out to Latinos About 300 mostly Mexican residents of the Salt Lake City area packed the Centro Civico Mexicano on Wednesday night, as part of the Utah Department of Public Safety's "Day with the Hispanic Community." They had all kinds of questions, on topics from immigration to racial profiling. -- But Salt Lake City police Detective Jay Rhodes had a question for them. -- "How many people here are scared of the police?" asked Rhodes....

Green Bay Press-Gazette Bishops adopt policy on invasion U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to endorse an unprecedented joint statement with their Mexican counterparts that highlights support for a freer cross-border flow of immigrants. -- Although President Bush, the AFL-CIO and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce all support proposals to ease current immigration laws, Congress is unlikely to address the issue in its current lame-duck session or early in the 108th Congress that takes office in January.

Michelle Malkin

National Review Open Doors for Hezbollah According to several Immigration and Naturalization Service sources, the assistant district director for INS investigations in New York City, Dan Molerio, and two FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) officials were placed on administrative leave late last week in the wake of yet another post-9/11 INS scandal. -- My sources close to the investigation say that Molerio and two JTTF officials, Rich Coraggio and Robin McWilliams, were suspended last Thursday when it was discovered that INS had recently granted American citizenship to a known terrorist under investigation by the JTTF. [Also see this N.Y. Times article on the subject.]

Ventura County Star Colleges reach out to illegals with the help of MALDEF For children of undocumented immigrants, the successful completion of high school was just the first of their educational challenges. Even if they could get into college, many faced high nonresident fees that effectively barred the door to their entrance. -- However, a law enacted in January [AB-540] made the road to college a lot easier for qualifying students. --- "Because this is a new law we (educators, counselors and groups like MALDEF) need to be the community watchdogs and make sure this law is implemented," said Maria Lucero Ortiz of MALDEF. [The state is drowning in a sea of red ink, and Davis rewards a bunch of criminals with tuition discounts. Also see: Aiding and abetting illegals is a crime]

TheNewsMexico.com  Powell to discuss immigration with Mexican Marxist Colin Powell plans to visit Mexico later this month for a meeting of the Mexico- U.S. Binational Commission that is expected to focus heavily on migration and water issues. -- Powell intends to be in Mexico City for the Nov. 25-26 meeting with Jorge Castañeda and other officials. --- Vicente Fox wants the status of many of the more than four million illegal Mexican immigrants in the U.S. to be legalized. [Ziglar, the incompetent boob running the INS, apparently told the Mexicans that 'legalizing' their criminals here would somehow be good for homeland security.]

Fox News BP agent attacked by illegals A U.S. Border Patrol agent was placed on administrative leave after he fired his weapon to thwart a rock attack, agency officials said. -- The agent was attacked while trying to stop a group of illegal border crossers east of the Douglas port of entry, agency officials said. -- The agent was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal review required when weapons are fired, said agency spokesman Al Fresquez.

Colorado Daily  [Short-lived link] Tancredo targets I.D.s In line with his efforts to stifle illegal immigration, the office of Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo called on the Immigration and Naturalization Service Wednesday to show up and investigate Mexican nationals that might apply for Mexican ID cards at a Boulder cultural center this weekend. -- It was unclear, however, if the INS gave any credibility to the Littleton Republican's request. [The INS is useless and deliberately inept].

Houston Chronicle Just confirmed Bush crony already becoming a problem Though Sept. 11 shifted U.S. foreign policy toward the war on terrorism, the next U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Wednesday he is optimistic immigration reform will return to the forefront. -- "I view it from the perspective of a Mexican and an American and I happen to think it's important to us that we move on immigration because I really do think it speaks to our character and our identity," said Tony Garza Jr., who serves on the Texas Railroad Commission. --- "It's important to America as well as to Mexico," Garza said of the immigration issues. "They're very compatible agendas but it's got to be driven by the United States in what's in our best interest. [More on this guy from TheNewsMexico.com]