Sunday, November 17, 2002

POLL	Homeland Security: Militarize The Border?

Salt Lake Tribune (Not Published) Re: Bits of History Suggest Utah Is Location of Mythic Aztlan The search for the mythical Aztec nation of Aztlan is reminscent of Nazi "archaeologists" digging holes throughout Germany to find proof of Aryan supremacy -- it is faux-science with a political agenda ("Bits of History Suggest Utah Is Location of Mythic Aztlan")......

Arizona Republic Californians fleeing state ...Californians flood across our western border (the Colorado River), fleeing quakes, fires, violence, overcrowding, smog and an appalling cost of living. -- They make up the biggest group by far moving into Arizona: more than 58,000 in 1993, or nearly a third of all newcomers; and more than 44,000 last year, just shy of 20%. That compares with less than 7% coming from Texas, the next biggest contributor. -- They come. Some stay. Some move on, fleeing our furnacelike summers, our conservative politics.

NewsMax Intern Tommy Donegan Lott promises not to blow it ...Republicans groused loudly that Lott had given away the store in 2001 with the Senate power-sharing deal he struck with then-Minority Leader Tom Daschle. But now, according to the Washington Post, Lott says he's ready to do even more "to reach out to Democrats" in the Senate. -- When speaking to conservative audiences, however, on venue's like Bill O'Reilly's "Radio Factor" talk show, the Mississippi Republican talks tough about stationing U.S. troops along the border to halt illegal immigration.

Salt Lake Tribune Bits of History Suggest Utah Is Location of Mythic Aztlan It was a map drawn in 1768 by a Spaniard in Paris that sent Roberto Rodriguez running toward Aztlan. -- As a Mexican American, Rodriguez long had pondered the historical location of Aztlan, the mythic homeland of the Aztecs. Six years ago, he and his wife, Patrisia Gonzales, found tantalizing directions in Don Joseph Antonio Alzate y Ramirez's map of North America. -- Western scholars, Catholic clergy, Chicano activists and even the Aztecs themselves have been seeking Aztlan for more than 500 years. They have put much of their energy into gleaning facts from the story that tells of a people emerging from the bowels of the earth through seven caves and settling on an island called Aztlan, translated as "place of the egrets," or "place of whiteness."

Arizona Republic Court action vowed against N. Phoenix labor center The Concerned Citizens Network of Arizona plans to step up efforts to restore sight to the state's "blind eye" on illegal immigration. -- About 25 Valley residents met with the group's organizers Saturday morning in Phoenix to discuss opposition to a taxpayer-funded day laborer center near 25th Street and Bell Road. -- Group spokeswoman Kathy McKee said they would go to court to stop construction of the facility. -- "They're not undocumented workers; they're not day laborers," McKee said. "They're illegal aliens." [Also see: Aiding and abetting illegals is a crime]

Denver Post Illegal alien onslaught caught nation unprepared (Bill Clinton's legacy) So many people live illegally in Colorado that, if brought together, they could form the state's fifth-largest city, bigger than Boulder or Fort Collins. -- Lured by a robust economy, as many as 125,000 undocumented immigrants now call Colorado home. -- The surge caught America unaware and gave rise to a sometimes rancorous national debate. -- Employers call those new immigrants indispensable; critics say the cheap labor carries a high cost to schools, hospitals and prisons. -- "A nation has to have a border, and a nation has to enforce that border," former Colorado Gov. Dick Lamm said. "Illegal immigrants jump the line."

Letters to the Arizona Daily Star Cochise Co. militia a good idea I applaud the citizens of Tombstone and Cochise County who feel strongly enough about their country and the lack of support from the federal government to take matters into their own hands. -- Militarizing the border has absolutely nothing to do with a prejudice against Mexican citizens, but rather a solution to the rampant illegal immigration afflicting the United States from Mexico. [Also from a retired Army Lt. Col.: "I am not surprised by the tone of the Tombstone Tumbleweed or the attitude of Cochise Co. residents..."]

Associated Press More on Tony Garza and amnesty ...[Tony Garza, Bush crony and new Ambassador to Mexico], a former member of the Texas Railroad Commission and the grandson of Mexican immigrants, told El Universal during an interview in Austin that doing nothing about immigration is not an option. "If we don't do anything about the legal status [of undocumented workers], then we will be admitting that we have a nation with a permanent sub-class." -- Emilio Garcia, with the Grapevine branch of LULAC, said the proposals laid out by Garza are a good idea "if it's done properly...."

San Diego Union-Tribune  Civil rights group briefed on border 'vigilante' activity The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights this week expressed concern about "vigilante" activity along the Southwest border in a San Diego hearing. -- Commissioners reacted to reports that armed citizen patrols in southern Arizona were detaining illegal border-crossers. -- The commission's chairwoman, Mary Frances Berry, said the agency would consider pressing the U.S. Justice Department to investigate for any possible violations. [Claudia Smith, a reconquista and illegal alien cheerleader, was present at this meeting.]

Fresno Bee Latino voter turnout plunges The Nov. 5 election was supposed to be a watershed for Latino voter turnout as the state's fastest-growing minority population flexed its political muscle like never before. -- Instead, the collective community took two steps backward. -- Two separate exit polls indicate Latino turnout dropped considerably. --- "When it's a hot-button issue that affects them directly, then I think Latino turnout improves," said David J. Leon, director of the Chicano Studies Department at California State University, Sacramento. -- This election, there was nothing like 1994's Proposition 187, the voter-approved initiative that sought to ban various public services from illegal immigrants and their children. (Prop. 187 was overwhelmingly approved by the voters.)

Arizona Republic Bribery a threat at border The arrest of the top immigration official at the San Luis port of entry has been called an isolated case - one sad story of a slide into drug addiction. -- But the arrest of Lisa Stubbs last week adds to a growing list of corruption cases in San Luis, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Stubbs was arrested last week on bribery charges after FBI agents watched her trade immigration documents to a Mexican national for vials of a powerful prescription drug, investigators said.

Denver Post Banks open doors to sham ID-holders Rogelio Ibarra has spent five years paying hefty fees to get his checks cashed and money transferred. -- Until recently, Ibarra, who lives in Greeley, thought he didn't have much of a choice as a Mexican national [aka illegal alien]. -- "If someone doesn't have an identification card, they can't get a bank account," said the auto emissions mechanic from Aguascalientes. "No ID, no account." -- But more banks see people such as Ibarra as an untapped and important new market for customers.

Sham ID Cards

Mike McGarry -- Daily Camera Lo, the emperor's Mexican ID card -- Boulder would be wrong to recognize it The Boulder City Council soon will decide if it will accept the Mexican government-issued "matricula consular" card as valid proof of identification. The council should reject the card. -- The card is a fake and a threat to security. Accepting it would be an invidious abdication of sovereignty and legally problematic. It would be dismissive of majority opinion against such actions, while deferring to a corrupt foreign government. It would reward lawbreakers and sucker-punch the law-abiding.

Brownsville Herald Rest stop Migrant shelter welcomes weary travelers, U.S. bound Matamoros, Mexico -- ...Francisco Pacheco [an invader who was booted out of the U.S.] told how the group turned themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents on the beach and lied about their nationality in the hopes of escaping jail and eventual deportation. -- "We were deported through Matamoros because we said that we were Mexican nationals from San Martin de las Torres, Veracruz, Mexico," he said. "It was a voluntary deportation." --- "They come on trains, travel abandoned roads, seek out immigrant smugglers," Laura Montaño Jasso said. "They steal their money, their food - all with the idea that they'll get to a border town, and hopefully, to the United States."

Times Herald (Pennsylvania) Norristown's growing scad of illegals facing barriers America may be at the height of its ethnic diversity, but so are the difficulties faced by immigrants still flowing in to the land of opportunity with hope for a better future. The ongoing hunt for terrorists, persistent racial discord, a language barrier and the victimization of immigrants ignorant of American laws and culture all contribute to the problem, according to several Hispanic officials. -- "The welcome mat of lady liberty is no longer there," said Philadelphia City Councilman Angel Ortiz.

The Tennessean Negativism about Hispanics rising A new poll shows that negative feelings about Hispanic immigrants in Middle Tennessee are increasing. -- Forty-one percent of those who took part in the Middle Tennessee State University poll said Hispanic residents were making life worse here. Just 28% responded the same way in 1998. -- The telephone poll of 605 residents statewide was conducted in late October and early November by students at the university. It has an estimated error margin of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Modesto Bee Program checks on visitors The Bush administration has begun to monitor Iraqis in the U.S. in an effort to identify potential domestic terrorist threats posed by sympathizers of the Baghdad regime, senior government officials said. -- The previously undisclosed intelligence program involves tracking thousands of Iraqi citizens and Iraqi-Americans with dual citizenship who are attending American universities or working at private corporations, and who might pose a risk in the event of a U.S.-led war against Iraq, officials said.

EFE Bishops ask Mexico and U.S. to stop violence against emigrants Mexican bishops urged the Mexican and U.S. governments on Friday to reach a migratory agreement that will end repression and violence against thousands of people who try to cross the countries' shared border each day. -- During a meeting of the Mexican Bishops Conference in the town of Cuautitlan Izcalli, in the State of Mexico, participants focused on the issue of human rights on the U.S.-Mexican border. -- In a statement, the bishops urged officials from both countries to take action sooner than later on an issue that cannot be ignored.

Steve Sailer

VDare.com How The Sailer Strategy Could Win California Bill Simon surprised the experts in losing California's gubernatorial election by only 5 percentage points, 47%-42%, to massively-funded Gray Davis. In contrast, in 1998, Dan Lungren, the Republican Attorney General, lost to Davis by 20 points, 58%-38%. -- Simon was not a talented candidate, but he's a good man who wouldn't have deserved the humiliating loss that the smart money was gleefully predicting....