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Wednesday, December 11, 2002 |
Mexican Reconquistas
Ratchet Up Rhetoric
Propaganda is mixed with threats
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The Philippine Star
US
to deport 100 more Filipinos
Between 80 and 100 Filipinos will be deported
within the next few days for illegally staying in the United
States, and many of them will be shackled as they are flown home
aboard a Boeing 737 jet chartered by the US INS. -- This was
disclosed by Ambassador to Washington Albert del Rosario at a
news conference here Monday. -- This will be the second mass
deportation of Filipinos from the United States this year since
63 were expelled in June. |
Rocky
Mountain News
Feds
indict Colorado couple
A Colorado couple have been indicted
on federal charges of illegally bringing Chinese nationals to
the United States. -- James and Sharon Strothman are accused
of collecting nearly $6 million from Chinese families to facilitate
the illegal entries from 1996 to 2000. -- James Strothman is
a lawyer. Sharon Strothman is a naturalized U.S. citizen born
in the People's Republic of China, according to the indictment
filed Dec. 4 in Denver U.S. District Court. |
Michelle Malkin |
Transcript
Michelle
Malkin on CSPAN - December 9
BRIAN LAMB, HOST: Michelle Malkin, author of
"Invasion," you say in your book that the Immigration
and Naturalization Service has a "core culture of corruption."
MICHELLE MALKIN, AUTHOR, "INVASION": Absolutely. And
in many cases, that isn't even my words. There are many former
and current INS officials who acknowledge that there is a culture
of corruption. "A climate of abuse" is the phrase that
Doris Meissner, who was INS chief under Clinton-Gore administration,
has used. ... |
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Associated
Press
Former
Nevada DMV clerk indicted in federal identity fraud case
A former Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles
employee is charged with taking bribes to provide driver's licenses
and other identity documents to undocumented immigrants in Las
Vegas. -- Dalva Flagg, of Las Vegas, was indicted Tuesday in
U.S. District Court in Las Vegas on 12 felony charges including
conspiracy, bribery, extortion under color of authority and unlawful
use of Social Security numbers. |
Detroit
Free Press
Deportation
absconding drunk driver crashes, cripples teen for life
On Monday, Jose Carcamo faced the girl
in court and accepted his own fate. -- The Lake Orion commercial
painter, whose sports car smashed the teenage girl against a
Pontiac building Aug. 31, pleaded no contest to felony charges
resulting from the horrific crash several hours after the downtown
Pontiac Chrysler Arts, Beats & Eats festival. -- After the
crash, doctors rushed to save the life of Tricia Taylor, 18,
amputating both of her legs above the knees. -- Carcamo is to
be sentenced Jan. 13 on two counts of operating a motor vehicle
under the influence of liquor while causing grievous bodily harm,
a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. |
Published Letters to the L.A. Times (Free Registration)
Illegal
Border Crossings Are Crimes
Re "Up
in Arms at Mexico Border," Dec. 8: It seems that Chris
Simcox of Tombstone, Ariz., who owns the local paper, has
formed a posse (Civil Homeland Defense) to engage the drug lords
and "coyotes" crossing illegally into their part of
the good ol' USA! Bravo, Chris! Thanks for doing what Cochise
Co. Sheriff Larry Dever isn't -- his job. As for Isabel
Garcia of Derechos Humanos, who seems to be on the side of
the illegals, read the law books. |
Baltimore
Sun
Afghan-operated
takeouts busted
Federal agents raided more than a dozen
foreign-owned takeout chicken restaurants in Baltimore yesterday,
seizing computers and business records that officials said could
document widespread tax evasion and immigration violations. --
Authorities executed the search warrants as part of a yearlong
probe of possible criminal activity connected with New York Fried
Chicken, a loose-knit restaurant chain operated in the region
primarily by Afghan natives. |
Associated
Press [Message
board]
U.S.
border hospitals say illegal immigrants are costing them millions
..."Shh, don't tell Iowa farmers that part
of their taxes are paying for trauma that occurs south of the
border," Dr. Lorenzo Pelly, a south Texas doctor, told state
lawmakers at a recent hearing. -- Republican state Sen. Chris
Harris said he was shocked by what he called the "dumping"
of Mexicans on U.S. hospitals. Policymakers are just beginning
to assess the size of the problem. Brownsville Medical Center
estimates average losses at least 500,000 dollars per month.
[We ran a similar story on November 16] |
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N.Y. Times
(Free Registration)
Pennsylvania
may note status on licenses, ACLU concerned
Foreigners living temporarily in Pennsylvania
could see their noncitizen status advertised on their drivers'
licenses under a new law that critics fear could lead to discrimination
of immigrants. -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania
is among the organizations reviewing the measure, part of a larger
transportation bill Gov. Mark S. Schweiker signed Monday to bring
the state in line with federal homeland-security legislation.
-- The bill says only that such licenses "may contain an
indication'' that the driver is not a U.S. citizen... |
ZENIT -
The World Seen From Rome
Mexican
bishops claim it's not legal to treat illegals as criminals
Mexico's bishops defended the inalienable
right of people to emigrate when they cannot find the conditions
for a dignified life in their own lands. -- At their recent plenary
assembly, the bishops published a "Message to the People
of Mexico and to Migrant Brothers and Residents Abroad."
In it, the episcopate stressed that "migrations are co-natural
to the human being." -- Mexico's socioeconomic conditions
contribute mightily to the migration issue; far from fostering
solidarity with the homeland, "they nourish in many Mexicans
the mirage of the American dream," the bishops explained. |
The Independent
One
held in drug case
A Nebraska State Patrol trooper testified
on Wednesday that he asked to search a Ford Expedition because
of discrepancies in the driver's and passenger's stories. --
Trooper Rob Pelster said in Hall County Court that he asked Antonio
and Jose Ramirez if he could search the 1997 Ford Expedition
that Antonio Ramirez was driving. He said the men appeared to
understand his questions, even though they used a Spanish-speaking
interpreter in court on Wednesday. |
San
Diego Union-Tribune
Tunnel
found beneath TJ house
Mexican authorities yesterday unearthed
an incomplete tunnel dug deep beneath a Tijuana house a block
from the U.S.-Mexico border, near the Otay Mesa truck crossing.
-- The 30-foot-wide tunnel is the fourth underground passageway
discovered near the California border in the last year. -- Reporters
who were allowed inside the house saw a cavernous opening in
the floor. A ladder led up from the depths of the hole which
plunged 59 feet underground. |
JJ
Johnson |
Sierra Times
Border
Invasion, Deterrents, and Spin Control to Gag Over
..."Texas-based
Ranch Rescue also has patrols on the lookout for illegal immigrants,
and the American
Border Patrol, based in Sierra Vista, has set up electronic
surveillance equipment to monitor them." -- Pay attention
folks: This is what the powers that be are REALLY going nuts
over. You see, they KNOW Simcox and company are not going to
cause a problem (unless they can sneak a bad operative into the
ranks). It's the video surveillance -- live on the Internet.
If I were a U.S. government official who has signed off on
cheap labor walking across the border, this would make me cringe. |
Rev Robin Hoover - Arizona Daily Star
Border
woes need thoughtful solutions
Border militia groups are not heroes;
they are evangelists of fear. They cannot be allowed to define
the border. The border is many things. -- In his Nov. 26 Guest
Opinion, "Border militia groups are heroes," Charles
Heller joined the evangelists of fear. -- There are alternative
interpretations of the border. -- Heller cites two killers who
crossed the border as justification for a citizens militia. --
One of the victims of Rafael Resendez-Ramirez was my colleague,
Skip, a United Church of Christ pastor. |
Seattle
Times
Hospital,
illegals feel Medicaid cuts
...Rosa, an illegal Mexican immigrant,
pays almost nothing for her son's intense medical needs - the
wheelchair, catheter, formula, pump that sends painkillers directly
to his spine, or physical therapy to treat his cerebral palsy.
Washington state used to pay until it dropped Medicaid coverage
for 29,000 illegals in October, a savings of $25 million. --
Now Children's Hospital in Seattle is footing part of the bill:
about $200,000 in the past two months alone in unreimbursed costs
for Antonio... |
Robert
Greenslade |
Sierra Times
Do
states have the right to use militias to protect borders?
A recent editorial by Chris Simcox, owner
and editor of a weekly paper in Tombstone Arizona called the
Tombstone Tumbleweed, has ignited a national debate. Simcox's
editorial calls for armed citizen militias patrolling the border
in an attempt to detour illegal aliens from crossing into the
country. Irrespective of whether you agree with Simcox, his proposal
raises an interesting question. Do the States have the authority
to use militias to protect their borders from intrusions by illegal
aliens? |
Post-Intelligencer
'Don't
ask' immigration policy urged for city workers, police
When federal authorities began cracking
down on immigration after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, advocates
say illegal immigrants [criminals]
became afraid to seek help from the police or city for fear of
being deported. -- The City Council is now considering a law
that would help change that. A proposed ordinance would prohibit
Seattle police officers or city employees from asking about a
person's immigration status... -- Passed out of the civil rights
committee yesterday, the law would essentially codify a practice
that the Seattle PD and other law enforcement agencies have observed
for years. |
Ben Johnson - FrontPageMag.com
America
has the 'No Vacancy' sign out, so why do migrants take the risk?
...Other immigrants face terrible dangers
- a crossing in a leaky boat across shark-infested waters, being
abandoned in the middle of a lifeless desert, exploitation, slavery,
rape - and still confront the risk of being sent back once they
arrive. -- Yet they keep coming. According to the U.S. Committee
for Refugees, at least 64,000 asylum seekers filed with the INS
last year. More asylum seekers sought refuge with the U.S. than
Canada, Germany, or even the famously liberal Scandinavian countries. |
San
Francisco Chronicle - Bill Ong Hing
Deporting
criminals irks UC Davis ethnic studies professor
Would we deport Winona Ryder for shoplifting?
Of course not [because
she's a citizen]. In fact, for her felony
conviction, Ryder will pay $3,700 in fines and $6,355 in restitution,
engage in 480 hrs. of community service and be on probation for
3 years but face no jail time. -- Contrast that sentence with
what awaits lawful immigrants and refugees convicted of minor
offenses such as shoplifting and bad-check writing: deportation.
Yes, some have committed more serious crimes involving violence... |
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Tucson Citizen
Border
Patrol stats run counter to claims by militia
Border militia say they're arming themselves
in response to rumors of Middle Eastern terrorists crossing into
the United States from Mexico. -- But Border Patrol statistics
show the overwhelming number of illegal immigrants are from Mexico
and other Latin American countries. -- More than 99.5% of Border
Patrol apprehensions in fiscal 2002 were of people from North
or South America. -- "The remaining 0.45 percent are from
approximately 140 countries worldwide. That puts things into
perspective," said Border Patrol spokesman Mario Villarreal... [Is it possible that terrorists have
more money to pay professional smugglers, and therefore can avoid
being caught?] |
El Paso
Times
Giant
sucking sound: Mexicans expected to send $13 billion home
Despite the sluggish U.S. economy, the
amount of money Mexican immigrants sent to relatives back home
is expected to reach a record $13 billion this year, according
to a Pew Hispanic Center and Inter-American Development Bank
report. -- The massive flow of U.S. money to all Latin American
countries shows no sign of slowing down and is projected to reach
more than $18 billion by the end of 2005. -- "The figures
are evidence of a kind of economic activity that is resistant
to the U.S. business cycle," which is in recession, according
to the report. But the data also reflect "the needs pressed
by economic hard times in Latin America," the report said. |
Boston Globe
6
indicted in identity-fraud ring
Six men who allegedly ran a national
multimillion-dollar identity-fraud ring were indicted yesterday
in federal court in Boston, charged with selling 1,700 Social
Security cards to illegals who used them to obtain Massachusetts
driver's licenses. -- Charged with four counts of identity fraud,
money laundering, conspiracy, and misuse of documents are Jesse
Rocha, of Lake Dallas, Texas; Karl Vasconcelos, and his brother,
Alesandro, of Mooresville, N.C... |
Lancaster
Intelligencer Journal
Illegal
faces 40 years for killing baby
A Lancaster man accused of killing his
infant nephew by violently kicking the boy pleaded no contest
Monday to third-degree murder. Judge Paul Allison will set a
sentencing date for Jose F. Avila, of the 500 block of South
Ann Street, after county probation officers complete a background
investigation. -- First Assistant District Attorney Heidi Eakin
said Avila faces a maximum sentence of 20 to 40 years in state
prison and a $50,000 fine. |
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