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Saturday, December 21, 2002

Jackie Juntti

Sierra Times Immigration: Where is the OUTRAGE?? I have been surfing the many news pages for months, and all the headlines, for the most part on a daily basis, mention the "War" in the Middle East. It is either Iraq, bin Laden, Palestine, Saudi Arabia or the like. Many articles about America going to fight over in that part of the world - the pretext being that we are fighting "terrorism". -- I have yet to see headlines about the Invasion of America on our Southern Border. The SILENCE is deafening on this topic....

Associated Press Muslim leaders say Patriot Act threatens to democracy Muslim leaders say there's a huge threat to civil liberties in America in the wake of nine-eleven. -- Leaders at the Muslim-American convention in California say the U-S-A Patriot Act is the biggest threat to democracy in the United States. -- The Patriot Act was passed in response to the terrorist attacks in 2001. -- The convention followed protests over the detention of hundreds of Middle Eastern immigrants who voluntarily registered with the Immigration and Naturalization Service under new federal guidelines.

Joe Guzzardi

VDare.com Mexico's Multiple Messages: Arrogant ­ And Desperate Since late November, the Mexican government, via its Consulate Offices in the U.S., has planted the exact same Op-ed, give or take a comma or two, into at least 17 major U.S. dailies. -- Here is the line-up: [Listing]. -- These editorials were clearly written by the same person and distributed to the Consulate offices for submission to the local paper. The wording is changed here and there. But the message is the same.....

Tucson Citizen Douglas border agents nab D.C. murder suspect U.S. Border Patrol agents in Douglas have arrested a Mexican man suspected of a 1998 Washington, D.C., murder. -- Jorge Luis Naverette-Camacho, 24, is in federal custody pending his return the Washington. There he faces murder charges in the slaying of a divinity student who was trying to stop the beating of a homeless man, said Washington, D.C. police spokesman Officer Kenneth Bryson.

WFSB Bristol drug ring busted, illegal alien arrested Bristol police say they arrested the "biggest heroin dealer ever in Bristol area." The arrest of Johnatan Alvarado, 29 of Wolcott, on Thursday was the culmination of two years of work. Police believe he supplied 90 percent of Bristol's heroin and a large amount in New Britain, with ties in Hartford. -- Eight agencies contributed to the investigation, including Federal Drug Enforcement Administration Hartford Residence Office, I.R.S, State Narcotic Task Force, New Britian polic, and Bristol police Department of Narcotics Enforcement Team.

Yeh Ling-Ling -- Carolina Morning News Is Mexico trying to control U.S.? I am responding to the article in Wednesday's paper headlined, "2002, a year of changes for immigration." -- The establishment of a Homeland Security Department does not mean that the U.S. is serious about protecting our national security. -- Americans should wonder why Mexico is actively pushing for the acceptance of Mexican ID cards in many states, and amnesty and benefits for millions of illegal Mexican immigrants, and more guest worker programs.

San Antonio Express-News  ID requests draws concern Parents seeking to sign up their children for government-funded health insurance in Texas might be asked to volunteer their personal Social Security numbers next year - a possibility upsetting some advocates. -- The change could speed applications for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, said a spokeswoman for the Health and Human Services Commission. -- Advocates for children, migrants and the poor said requesting the numbers...

EFE Report by human rights group lists alleged abuse by Border Patrol The Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) met Thursday with Border Patrol and INS officials to discuss dozens of cases of alleged abuse reported by members of the Hispanic community. -- Network coordinator Fernando Garcia told EFE he had briefed the officials on the complaints lodged against their agents and inspectors, including alleged raids on private property. -- "We left a copy of the report and we expect the agency to investigate the complaints," he said.

Friday, December 20, 2002 Updates will be very sporadic through 12/21/02

Nogales International / Tucson Weekly [Short lived link] At War on the Border ..."My idea is that if people around the country can go online and watch, in real time, illegals walking right into this country, maybe they'll ask why the government doesn't stop it. What's wrong with a little competition for the [U.S.] Border Patrol, right?" -- In Glenn Spencer's view, this human traffic is overwhelming the country's health care and education systems. It is importing poverty. It allows within our borders an army whose leaders seek nothing less than the takeover by Mexico of the American Southwest.

Associated Press Flaws found in U.S. visa programs State Department procedures for awarding visas to foreigners are inadequate for preventing terrorists from traveling to the United States, an internal report finds. -- The report, requested by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, concluded that such procedures were so flawed the State Department "at every level must rethink its approach to this task and devote the necessary resources and effort to it." -- Findings were based on visits by investigators to 27 overseas U.S. posts, mostly in the Middle East. The report studied nonimmigrant visas, which cover foreigners considered to be only temporary U.S. visitors. Such visas are often issued by junior workers at U.S. consuls.

UPI INS problems with homeland defense The plan to dismantle the Immigration and Naturalization Service and reestablish its functions in two separate sub-agencies of the new Department of Homeland Security is a formidable task that raises many problematic issues, a top Bush administration immigration official and other policy experts said Thursday at a Washington think tank forum.

NWITimes.com (Published) Mexico isn't a good neighbor for the United States I find ironic that the Mexican Consulate would have concerns oover the recent sweeps of airports. -- Let's take a look at the whole picture. -- Americans are under attack. We must protect our legal Americans first. We have some sleaze balls who knowingly hire illegals, putting a bigger dollar in their greedy pockets. -- Take a look at how Mexicans and their government treat their own....

KOLD-TV Congressman-Elect Grijalva Urges Militia Investigation Racists -- that's what Congressman-Elect Raul Grijalva believes makes up citizen militia groups patrolling the border. He wants the FBI to investigate. -- Grijalva is referring to militia groups like American Border Patrol, Ranch Rescue and the Civil Homeland Defense, which are on the lookout for illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. -- A Border Patrol spokesman says militias have the same right to operate as those who oppose their efforts. So far, no violence has been linked to the groups.

WTVH - Indianapolis Large scale operation busted Police arrested five people in the drug bust in Columbus, one a 17-year-old in what they say was a large-scale drug operation set up in Bartholomew County. -- Columbus Police Chief Matt McCord thinks, "this is the largest seizure in the history of Bartholomew County." -- Adrian Avitia was arrested with his cousin. Avitia, an illegal alien from Mexico, says that he's been in Columbus for seven months working as a landscaper and was only visiting family and friends when he was arrested. "I don't know what was in the house. I don't know."

EFE Mexicans whine about border security Authorities on Wednesday urged U.S. citizens and officials to reflect on the value of the work done in their nation by immigrants from south of the border and to respect them rather than treat them as "terrorists and enemies." -- Marking the International Day of the Immigrant, the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) also reported that, along the Mexico-California border alone, more than 3,000 Mexican immigrants have died since Operation Guardian went into effect nine years ago.

KGUN-TV (Short Lived Link) Napolitano to keep an eye on 'militias' Arizona Governor-elect Janet Napolitano is promising to keep an eye on militia groups along the U.S.-Mexico border. Currently, three civilian border patrols monitor illegal immigration activity. The question is-- are they taking it too far? With a growing number of undocumented immigrants entering the U.S., Napolitano says tension and frustration are building on the border. -- "This border is something that we need to manage and we need the federal government to step up and put more resources here," said Napolitano.

Associated Press About 500 Mideastern Immigrants Detained Since Monday Immigration lawyers estimate at least 500 Middle Eastern immigrants have been detained in California since Monday. -- That's when male visa holders, age 16 and older, from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria were asked to register at local immigration offices or risk being deported. -- The INS has refused to release any official figures. But Justice Department spokesman Jorge Martinez says the total number of people detained in Southern California was "in the low 200s."