Thursday, December 12, 2002

The Truth vs. A Flake Arizona Congressman Applauds Lawlessness Tancredo on O'Reilly, Dec. 9, 2002 Tancredo: "We are going to plug Afghanistan's borders. We are not going to plug our own." Our Comment: Tancredo is right. Our elected representatives have actually turned against the people. Proof: Republican Jeff Flake is actually applauding lawlessness!  Listen Flake on O'Reilly, Dec. 11, 2002 Flake: "The U.S. taxpayer as a whole is better off because of illegal immigration. They have paid into fraudulent Social Security numbers, for example. Our Comment: So the government encourages fraud to make money. Let's all take that lesson to heart. -- Anyway, that whole line of reason is pure bunk. Most of these illegals work under the table. Others use Taxpayer ID numbers. Still others get tax refunds through Earned Income Tax Credits. Illegal aliens are costing us billions. E-mail this Flake  Listen Past Features   ABP Updates

Mark Andrew Dwyer

McCain, Kyl help perpetuate a myth (that it's impossible to enforce the border) On December 6, 2002, the Arizona Daily Star reported that four members of Arizona's congressional delegation, Sens. Jon Kyl and John McCain, Rep. Jim Kolbe and Rep.-elect Raul Grijalva, took a helicopter overflight of the Mexican border. Here are their skeptical comments, as quoted by the Arizona Daily Star, about prospects on halting the massive inflow of illegal border crossers into the U.S.....

The Flyer Group - Indianapolis Police bust Mexican drug ring at westside car dealership A Mexican methamphetamine trafficking organization that police allege was operating out of a car dealership here was shut down early Saturday morning when more than 160 law enforcement officials arrested 18 people and executed 14 search warrants in Indianapolis and Plainfield. -- Susan W. Brooks, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, said searches were pursuant to federal warrants where officials seized 20 kilograms of cocaine, three pounds of methamphetamine, more than 20 firearms and more than $30,000 in cash. She said the searches also produced two bullet-proof vests.

Sham ID Cards

Colorado Springs Independent Group threatens fight over Mexi-sham ID cards Local law-enforcement officials say the matricula consular, an identity card issued by Mexican consulates in the United States, helps police interact with the large and growing number of immigrants who live and work in the community. -- But a Nebraska-based organization [FILE] claims the City of Colorado Springs and El Paso County are violating federal law and the U.S. Constitution by accepting the card -- which is issued to Mexican nationals regardless of whether they are in the United States legally or not -- as official identification.

Catholic News Church groups stage Las Posadas with migrant theme ...Carrying signs reading "Welcome the Newcomer" and "Welcome the Stranger," participants from Maryknoll and Oblate organizations, the Conference of Major Superiors of Men and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious were joined by members of Lutheran, Mennonite and Quaker groups who make up the border coalition. --- The Washington-based Border Working Group walked a route near the Supreme Court...

Associated Press Stabbing suspect incompetent A man accused of stabbing a Greyhound bus driver and causing a crash that killed two passengers will likely be sent to a state mental hospital. -- A judge ruled Wednesday that Arturo Tapia Martinez, a Mexican national, isn't competent to stand trial and needs to be evaluated by mental health officials who will determine whether he can understand the court proceedings against him. -- Martinez has pleaded innocent to two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder.

Financial Times (UK) Mexican campesinos fear for livelihoods ...In recent weeks, Mr Fox has authorised $10bn in new rural aid, compensated farmers for crops lost to drought, and cut electricity prices for agricultural businesses for four years. -- He has also grown less diplomatic with the US. When Colin Powell, US secretary of state, visited Mexico City last week, Mr Fox told him that US farm subsidies could lead to a damaging new influx of immigration as impoverished Mexican farmers headed north.

CFCN -- Calgary Mexican family ordered out of Canada After a lengthy legal battle, the Elizondo family has been ordered out of Canada. The family came to Canada a few years ago and applied for refugee status, but was denied. Then they tried to stay on humanitarian grounds, but were again denied. -- Canadian Immigration officials handed down their decision Wednesday afternoon at the Harry Hays Building. -- Immigration officials said there just wasn't enough proof that the family would be in danger if it returned to Mexico. The father, Jesus Elizondo, is a lawyer and fears his family is in physical danger from a former client.

Antelope Valley Press Hispanic chamber wants tax bucks The Antelope Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce is asking the City Council to follow through a promise to provide $20,000 in funding in return for bolstering Palmdale's Hispanic owned business base. -- The request for funding is part of a memorandum of understanding that will be submitted to the council Wednesday. -- The council cut off funding to the Hispanic chamber in June after being advised that former chamber leaders....

The Pinnacle (Northern Calif.) Gang fight erupts after rap 'concert' ..."We received a call that there was some type of fight involving gang members and a subject with a handgun," said Gilroy Sgt. John Sheedy. -- Police found a Hayward man bleeding from a knife wound in the motel's lobby. Despite blood covering his hands and a lower abdomen wound, the victim refused medical attention, Sheedy said. The victim told police a group of young Hispanic men had pulled up in a car and attacked him with baseball bats.

Citizen-Tribune (Morristown, Tennessee] Drug gangs are not unique A Latino-dominated drug-trafficking organization centered in the Lakeway Area sold tens of millions in cocaine and marijuana before a series of debilitating kingpin arrests two years ago. -- But predominately Mexican-led drug gangs are not unique to East Tennessee. Increasingly, Latino groups are capturing drug markets throughout the Southeast and the nation, law enforcement officials say. -- Separated by 175 miles of interstate highway, Morristown and Dalton, Ga. have more in common than being population centers and pockets of relative affluence in the lower Appalachians.

KPRC - Houston Judge sends Mexican coyote to prison A Mexican man has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison for smuggling undocumented immigrants for financial gain and causing the death of one of the individuals he was transporting. -- Rolando Gomez-Maldonado had already pleaded guilty to the charges in July. He was formally sentenced by U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal on Wednesday. -- Gomez-Maldonado was one of the drivers of three vans that were helping transport 28 undocumented immigrants smuggled into the country on July 4, 2000, near Hebbronville, Texas.

Bakersfield Californian Survey to study immigrants' impact on Arvin, Calif. ...Most of the Arvin immigrants are from Guanajuato, Mexico, but in the last 20 years another group of Mexican immigrants has emerged -- indigenous people from Oaxaca, Mexico... --- "Most do not have legal work documents," Sanchez said. -- Already, research completed since March has indicated a fear of gang activity rising in Arvin, a desire for additional retail shopping centers....

Washington Times Mexican medics take sick to U.S. ...Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican and sponsor of legislation to reimburse border hospitals for their mounting losses, said the influx of illegal aliens had "severely" affected Arizona's health care system and that increased demands would make matters worse. -- Mr. Kyl said the federal government "has not been willing" to provide financial support to health care providers along the border to pay for the federally mandated treatment of illegal aliens.

Associated Press Owner of Immigration Law Firm Convicted The owner of an immigration-law firm that filed thousands of work-permit applications with false information and phony signatures was convicted of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering. -- The illegal immigrants, who paid the firm up to $20,000 each, were unaware of the fraud by Capital Law Centers in the green card application process. -- A federal jury Wednesday convicted Samuel G. Kooritzky, 64, on all 57 counts of conspiracy, fraud and money laundering. He faces a probable prison sentence of eight to 10 years...

Omaha World-Herald - Jose Luis Cuevas - Mexican Consul, Omaha [Message board]  Meddling Mexican: U.S. should revise its immigration laws for its own well-being ...Closing the border is not a viable - or practical - solution because of our ever-increasing interdependence. However, regularizing the status of Mexican workers within a new migration framework would allow U.S. authorities to know exactly who is in the United States, leaving less room for terrorists to hide. It would protect the rights of Mexicans in this country, and it would eliminate the effects of an underground economy that is essentially driven by the ebb and flow of labor markets on both sides of the border. [Also check out this pack of liars]

Associated Press Gang bloodshed surging With law enforcement focused on terrorism, gang-related bloodshed on America's streets is rising to levels not seen since the mid-1990s, when the crack epidemic was still raging, authorities say. -- Homicides are up sharply this year in cities such as Los Angeles, Oakland, California, and Little Rock, Arkansas, a surge attributed largely to gang members killing each other or those caught in the crossfire. -- Many fear the cycle is only beginning.

Monetery Herald Salinas man injured in shooting A20-year-old Salinas man was shot Tuesday after a fight broke out between rival gang members. -- Police were called to West Curtis Street and Rodeo Avenue in Salinas at 7:15 p.m. and found Louis Ramirez suffering from a bullet wound to his hand, said police Lt. Dan Perez. -- Ramirez said he was walking down the street when a Latino man with a stocky build approached him and said he was from an opposing gang. The men started fighting.

Newsday 'Beloved' illegal alien criminal absconder may be deported ...But now [Marco Tulio] Suhul's sojourn in this country and his dramatic transformation from homeless man to community celebrity are on the brink of ending. The INS wants to send him back to Guatemala. -- He entered the country illegally in 1999, gave authorities a false ID when border agents apprehended him and then didn't show up for a March 2000 hearing on a deportation order, said Winston Barrus, deputy director of the INS office in Buffalo. -- It all caught up with Suhul on Dec. 5 in Albany, where he had traveled for a hearing on a charge of using a phony green card to try to get a driver's license. He was detained there by INS agents.

Santa Maria Times  [Short-lived link] Illegal alien out of jail and in INS custody An undocumented immigrant mother from Mexico charged with dumping her newborn son into a garbage can was released recently on bail from Santa Barbara County Jail and immediately handed over to INS custody. -- "Juana Santos Orocio is in the care of the INS pending her further legal action," said Francisco Arcaute, a spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. -- The woman is being held in an INS detention facility in the Los Angeles area, he said.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution   Cop unit combats Hispanic gang lure ...Specific statistics on gang membership are hard to come by, but in recent years Latino gangs have been linked to several high-profile crimes, including the May 5 death of a 17-year-old Latina from Austell in a drive-by shooting in Norcross. Police said she was an innocent bystander. Her death, according to authorities, capped a clash between rival gang members they believe started in DeKalb County. -- Several gangs have been identified by police.

Times Ledger Cop kills man in gang shoot-out A plainclothes officer fatally shot a 23-year-old man in the head Sunday night, shortly after another man was wounded when he was shot by members of what is believed to be a Mexican street gang outside a Corona nightclub, police said. --- Police believe Erasma Salas is a member of the Manhattan gang, Los Traviesos, and the victim is a member of the Los Vagos gang. Published reports described the gangs as made up of Mexicans.

Sierra Times Citizens Border Patrol Raising the Stakes in Arizona The Sierra Times has learned that Chris Simcox, founder of the Citizens Border Patrol, is preparing to take the border battle to the next level, including protests and a pledge to conduct citizens' arrest on businesses that hire illegal aliens. -- Simcox told The Sierra Times, "I have been in contact with Governor elect [Janet] Napolitano's office; we are attempting to schedule a meeting when we will petition her to recognize, sanction and give power to our groups as members of the state militia." -- "We are also applying for a grant to receive some of the $400,000 FEMA has allocated to Arizona for homeland security," said Simcox.

L.A Times (Free Registration)  1 Victim of El Rio Drive-By Shooting Dies A 26-year-old El Rio man who was one victim of a drive-by shooting at his home last weekend has died, authorities said Wednesday. -- Salvador Martinez Michel was pronounced dead late Tuesday at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, police said. -- He had suffered gunshot wounds to the abdomen and thigh. [Note: American Patrol is seeking stories about white youths suspected in drive-by shootings. Please send urls to glenn@americanpatrol.com-- Thanks -- Glenn Spencer]

EFE Mexican truckers threaten strike Mexican truckers threatened Wednesday to call a strike if the administration of President Vicente Fox allows U.S. trucks to enter their country freely beginning in 2003. -- The president of the National Bureau of Cargo Transportation (Canacar), Manuel Gomez, demanded at a press conference that the Fox administration declare a "moratorium" on the transportation provisions of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Tucson Citizen Illegal shot by BP faces charges An illegal immigrant who was shot in the buttocks by a U.S. Border Patrol agent November 25 in Douglas is out of the hospital and facing criminal charges. -- Salvador Mendoza Flores was in court in Tucson (Wednesday) morning for a detention hearing for felony illegal re-entry charges, said Patrick Schneider, criminal chief at the U.S. attorney's office in Phoenix. -- "It's alleged that he was back in the country illegally," Schneider said.

W.J. Perry

FrontPageMag.com The Mexican Government's Official Plan for a Takeover of America There are approximately 18 million Mexican immigrants living in the United States today. Out of that 18 million, it is estimated that 3 million, or nearly 20 percent, are illegal aliens. Those 18 million Mexicans present a growing threat to America's self-determination because many play a dual citizenship role officially encouraged by the Mexican government. This is no secret; it's all in Mexico's official "National Plan of Development 2001-2006."