Tuesday, November 19, 2002

Loose Cannon or Braveheart? Small Town Newspaper Calls For Border Militia Hannity and Colmes - November 18 Colmes: Let's see how far you want to go. You know that two men on May 12th, two Arizona ranchers, with high-powered hunting rifles, critically wounded a guy, this guy named Palafox. Shot at four men with him who are missing. Other people are being accused of taking people, holding them, tying them down - doing this on their own. do you support this activity? Simcox: Sure, if it means protecting our national security.  Listen    Transcript Colmes Colmes: "You have the Barnett brothers who have stopped vans and trucks on the public highway illegally, searched illegal immigration. When they found people they've arrested them, tied them and radioed the INS." THIS IS NOT TRUE. The Barnetts have never stopped anyone on public highways illegally, nor have they searched people or tied anyone up. E-mail Alan Colmes! Demand that he retract the false statements about the Barnett brothers. In addition, the alleged incident involving Palafox was May 12, 2000, not this year, and is questionable at best. Colmes needs to get his facts straight. Fox News, 45 W. 18th St., 6th Fl., New York, NY10036 -- (212) 462-5634 - Fax (212) 462-5130 Past Features   American Border Patrol Updates

Meet Michelle Malkin - November 27 - Garden Grove, Calif.

Sham ID Cards

Letter Presented to the Boulder City Council Today Citizens Object to Mexican Sham ID Cards Dear Mayor Toor and City Council: This letter serves to inform you that we Citizens who live in Boulder County believe that if you, and/or other Boulder governmental officials, employees or entities, accept as valid, legitimate identification the Mexican government,s "matricula consular identification card for Mexican nationals -- including illegal aliens -- in the United States, you may be violating federal law, including certain criminal statutes...

Newsmax.com GOP Targets Pro-borders Tancredo Rep. Tom Tancredo, the nation's most outspoken opponent of the invasion of illegal aliens, is being targeted for defeat - not by the Democrats, but by the GOP establishment. -- His "criticisms of President Bush's immigration policy bought him a 40-minute rebuke earlier this year from Bush adviser Karl Rove, who, in the Congressman's own words, warned him 'never to darken the door of the White House again,'" Roll Call reported Monday.

Star Tribune Somali advocates concerned about INS detentions Somali community activists want more than two dozen of their countrymen released from their cells on bail while awaiting deportations. -- Omar Jamal of the Somali Advocacy Justice Center said that 20 Somalis are being detained by the INS at a state prison in Rush City and that six are being held at the Sherburne County jail in Elk River. They have been held for two weeks to five years, he said. -- INS spokesman Tim Counts said about 85 percent of those detained had violated local criminal laws, losing their right to remain in the United States.

Miami Herald Prosecutors say man could have terrorist links Federal prosecutors told a judge Monday that a well-known Orlando businessman arrested last week on charges of hiring illegal immigrants, many of them from the Middle East, may have ties to terrorists. -- Jesse I. Maali, a Palestinian immigrant who owns several International Drive souvenir shops, gift shops and restaurants, was indicted with four others last week on charges that many of his employees are illegal immigrants.

CNN Sweep nets 100+ arrests at NY airports Federal officials charged at least 118 people Tuesday with using fake Social Security and immigration status cards to obtain jobs that gave them access to high-security areas at John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports. -- There was no indication of any connection to terrorists, said FBI spokesman Jim Margolin. -- Scores of men and women were arrested Tuesday morning on charges that include document fraud, possession of counterfeit Social Security cards and the making of false statements, Margolin said.

Associated Press Powell Wants More Muslims in U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday he is trying to expand programs to bring educators, journalists and political and religious leaders from Islamic countries to the United States. -- "We are committed to ensuring that our programs reach out to Muslims in all walks of life," Powell told a gathering of Muslim-Americans at an Iftaar, the end-of-the-day meal that breaks daylong fasts during the holy month of Ramadan. -- Powell said the United States also is committed to enhancing understanding by building hope.

Sierra Vista Herald  [Short-lived link] Cochise County leaders oppose border militia: Paper seeks a call to arms The Douglas City Council will be asked today to adopt a resolution to oppose a militia group that has organized with a stated purpose of stemming the flow of illegal immigrants and activity over the U.S.-Mexico border. -- Ray Borane, mayor of Douglas, said Simcox's call to arms under the guise of protecting the border has led him to prepare a resolution opposing the move and any other vigilante type action by anyone in the county. -- The American Border Patrol also seeks to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. -- Glenn Spencer, the head of the American Border Patrol, said his organization and Simcox's are different. [Reconquista and Mexican government agent Isabel Garcia also chimes in.]

White House Daily Briefing (Comments on Arizona Militia) Q: All right. The Arizona Daily Star reports that Cochise County's newspaper has issued a call to arms and is spearheading the formation of a local militia to combat illegal immigration. And my question is, does the President plan to do anything more than is being done by federal authorities, which is not stopping so many thousands of illegals from getting across the border?

Chicago Tribune (Free Registration)   INS jail plan sparks rebellion Oregon, IL -- In a cornfield next to a children's camp, a mile from the red brick courthouse on the town square, the U.S. INS wants to help build what many small towns dream about: a massive jail that would bring hundreds of high-paying, recession-proof jobs. -- Officials said the 636-bed jail could also bring in millions of dollars for Ogle County. -- But as other communities around Illinois vie for the INS' attention, Oregon residents are fighting off its advances...

Norman Grigg - New American Weapons of Mass Insurrection .....In April 1996, about 500 representatives of black and Mexican gangs met in the Watts section of Los Angeles for the fourth annual LA Gang Truce Rally - a celebration of Mexican and black gang unity. Gang colors and "Black Power" symbols were displayed alongside symbols of the "Aztlan Nation" (the mythical Chicano homeland in our Southwest). The featured speaker at that event was Tony Muhammad, the West Coast representative of the Nation of Islam.

Daniel Pipes

Jewish World Review Naming the enemy Middle East expert Daniel Pipes says the U.S. should not pull punches in the war against terrorism. Unfortunately, "When the subject is Iraq, the U.S. government is proactive, articulate, and specific. But when it comes to militant Islam, officialdom is reactive, awkward, and vague." In fact, "Immigration officials focus on superficial characteristics (nationality, criminal record) and ignore what is truly relevant (ideology)." The solution: "A war cannot be won without identifying the enemy. If the U.S. government intends to prevail in the current conflict, it must start talking about the war against militant Islam."

ChronWatch.com -- Jim Sparkman More Reporting on MECHA at U.C. Berkeley. Disturbing Juan Carl Leal Solis, writing in the Cal Patriot, gives us another disturbing look at the MECHA group at U.C. Berkeley. This revolutionary group gets funding from compulsary student fees, and seems to fly in the face of the university authorities. Or, even more disturbing, MECHA peddles hatred and prejudice with university approval.

Laura Ingraham

LauraIngraham.com 'Dream Act' rewards long-term lawbreakers When most people think about the "American Dream," family, hard work, God, love of country come to mind. But if "immigrant rights" groups and their supporters in Washington have their way, the dream will also include law-breaking. -- With Republicans poised to take control of both house of Congress in January, a legislative quandary awaits them -- a bill called the "Dream Act," the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act.

San Diego Union-Tribune  Veteran Border Patrol agent guilty of smuggling illegals A San Diego federal jury convicted a veteran U.S. Border Patrol agent yesterday of smuggling two undocumented immigrants across the border at the San Ysidro port of entry. -- After about three hours of deliberations, jurors convicted Steven Joseph Flores of three felony counts. -- Flores, a senior-level agent stationed in San Clemente, was arrested in June as he drove across the border with his wife, Nichole, who will later go on trial separately for the same incident.

L.A Times (Free Registration)    Illegal alien cheerleaders snivel over airport scofflaw arrests "We are not terrorists, we are workers," said Nathan Marquez, who was fired after being arrested for allegedly using a false Social Security number. A naturalized U.S. citizen, Marquez had had no other problems with the law. Federal prosecutors later dropped the charges, but Marquez hasn't been able to get back the job he'd held for 14 years. -- Keeping terrorists out "is not at all in question," said Susan Alva, executive director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles. But she objects to arresting undocumented immigrants who have no other violations.

Bill O'Reilly - Fox News The War Between the BP & the INS ...Well, the war between the Border Patrol and the INS is heating up. That is the subject of this evening's Talking Points Memo. -- As you may know, the Seattle INS office released accused sniper John Lee Malvo over the objections of the Border Patrol, which had taken him and his mother into custody. The two had been smuggled into the USA illegally from the Caribbean. -- A INS officer named Blake Brown changed Malvo's status, and he was released unsupervised.

EFE Mexican propaganda on the air The joys and sorrows of Mexican immigrants in the United States, their rights and responsibilities, dreams and hopes, have been captured in a serialized drama for Spanish-speaking radio audiences. -- Sponsored by the Foreign Secretariat, "Tortillas duras ..." seeks to alert would-be immigrants of the dangers of crossing the border and the harsh realities of living in the United States, while pointing out that along with rights come responsibilities to obey U.S. laws.

ChronWatch.com Angry Clam Blasts Chron over Hernandez Article ...The San Francisco Chronicle has a softball article on campus criminal Roberto Hernandez. It's full of fun background information on another perennial piece of campus scum. -- Particularly interesting is this quote of Roberto's: ''The military checkpoints are much worse in Palestine, but for me there is a natural link there.'' I've noted before that radical Chicano activists think of themselves as ''America's Palestinians.'' This is also evident in the fact that MECHA and Raza organizations often work closely with groups like SJP.

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Banks aiding and abetting, loaning money to criminals ..."It does take a lot of trust for an individual to tell you he is here undocumented," city employee Rafael Villalon said. -- Illegal immigrants can borrow money from Lake City as long as they have a tax identification number from the U.S. government and meet usual loan qualifications, Kevin Deardorff said. -- They can also open checking and savings accounts and perform other routine banking business.