Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Our Opinion: Troops Proposal Cost Lott Job Senate Leader Booted Out To Keep Mexico Happy and Border Open We Believe This is How It Happened On November 7, 2002, Trent Lott told Bill O'Reilly that he believed the U.S. needed troops on the Mexican border. With the House of Representatives already backing this move, Bush was furious. The power elite that run the world told Lott he was finished as Senate Majority Leader, but that he had a choice as to how it would happen. He chose to commit political suicide on December 5 to commemorate Strom Thurmond's birthday. Bill Frist is a globalist His phone is answered in English and Spanish. -- Let him know this is still America. Office of Senator Bill Frist 416 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-3344 202-228-1264 (fax) Nashville: 28 White Bridge Rd., Suite 211 Nashville, TN 37205 615-352-9411 615-352-9985 (fax) Send him an email message

Social Security Benefits for Mexicans? Contact Bush - Tell him: No Benefits for Non-Citizens Comments on Bush's proposal

Carolina Morning News Illegal alien cheerleaders turn up heat in South Carolina The Latin American Council, southern Beaufort County's version of the United Nations for Hispanic residents, plans to extend its services statewide next year. -- Started five years ago as part of the Hispanic ministry at St. Francis By the Sea Catholic Church on Hilton Head Island, the council's original intent was to serve as a resource for Lowcountry Hispanics grappling with immigration, health care, housing, employment and other issues. That's still the overall objective of the council, Vice President Janeth Miller said recently. -- "We have so many problems with many Hispanic people driving without a license," says Miller. [Also see: Aiding and abetting illegals is a crime]

Washington Post GOP Pins Its Future On Wooing Minorities ..."We have just about maxed out with white men," a key Republican strategist said. "When you look into the future, all you see is smaller numbers and more and more Hispanics. Look at Texas. Unless we do something, in a decade or so it's going to go the way of California," a former Republican stronghold that now tilts decisively Democratic. "We have to adapt to survive." -- The denunciation of Trent Lott by conservative intellectuals, commentators and elected officials struck a harsh tone that rarely, if ever, was heard from comparable sources in previous decades.

EFE Feds bust California group selling forged immigration papers Calexico -- Federal officials on Monday announced that they have dismantled a group that charged undocumented immigrants [other criminals] up to $14,000 for forged documents. -- Three suspects - one of them INS inspector Jesus Guardiana Alvarado - have been arrested, the Justice Department said. -- Guardiana Alvarado allegedly made "heavy," threats against any immigrant who refused to pay for the forged documents being sold by Escalante Services in Calexico, according to documents released here. -- The defendants face charges of conspiracy, extortion, identity fraud and immigrant smuggling.

Economic Times of India Migrating to US? Wait for Frist There might be some good news for Indians wanting to go to the United States. It seems that US Senator Bill Frist from Tennessee is most likely to take over as US Senate majority leader, now that Senator Trent Lott has resigned. Senator Frist has a long history of supporting immigration. This is like manna from heaven, especially as key issues like the reduction in H1-B quota are up for review in the coming year. -- On the H1-B issue, Mr Frist has supported...

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin MALDEF decries day labor law It's still illegal for day laborers to seek work on city streets, but a recent City Council vote means it's now OK for them to solicit work from city sidewalks. -- Responding to a lawsuit filed by day labor advocates, the council last week amended an ordinance that prohibits soliciting work on public thoroughfares in the city. -- The lawsuit, filed by MALDEF, claims that the ordinance violates the First and 14th amendments...

Voice of America Hispanic Vehicle Fatalities on Rise in US Hispanics, the fastest growing minority group in the United States, are facing a problem that is so serious, it has become major public health issue. They have an incredibly high death rate caused by traffic accidents. -- Not all Hispanic drivers are dangerous drivers, just those who take unnecessary risks, who speed, drive while drunk, don't wear seat belts, drive older cars and don't have valid drivers' licenses.

Letters to the Editor

Tucson Citizen (Published) Mechista Grijalva should resign U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva's comments about civilian border patrols warrant only one answer. He needs to resign his elected post and get a life elsewhere, not here in the United States, but in Mexico. -- Grijalva needs to be reminded illegal border crossers break the law. That's the bottom line. If you encourage or support it, you break the law. [Several letters, most decrying this Mechista.]

Detroit Free Press - Antonio Meza Estrada, Mexican Consul Another meddling Mexican gets form letter published When Presidents George W. Bush and Vincente Fox came into office two years ago, they agreed that the national interests of both the United States and Mexico would best be served by defining a new, closer bilateral relationship. The North American Free Trade Agreement was an evident success story, creating jobs and contributing to the economic growth on both sides of the border. [See commentary by Joe Guzzardi on this spate of arrogant rants by foreign agents.]

Sham ID Cards

Colorado Daily  [Short-lived link -- May expire late tonight] Aliens 'like a virus,' man says A recent letter mailed to Boulder Mayor Will Toor, the INS and the Colorado Daily claims the acceptance of the Mexican matricular ID Card for the identification of aliens is illegal and the city's acceptance could lead to its loss of insurance. --- Frosty Wooldridge, an educator and writer, said he is very concerned how officials are "taking office and working for foreign governments." -- He told the Colorado Daily he is "sick and tired" of the level of immigration in the United States, and described illegal immigrants as a "virus" on America.

CNN Groups sue over immigration policies Four civil liberties groups are suing the federal government over what they claim are illegal arrests in the wake of a new U.S. immigration registration policy. -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Alliance of Iranian-Americans, Council on American Islamic Relations and the National Council of Pakistani Americans filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles along with four of the individuals detained last week...

Associated Press Feud over alien detention costs About 700 detained immigrants could be uprooted from their network of attorneys and counselors if a financial dispute between county officials and the federal government is not resolved, immigrant advocates said. -- York County officials had expected the INS to pay about $17 million this year in return for housing detained immigrants in its prison, but a disagreement over how much the county should be reimbursed could end the arrangement.

Tucson Citizen Editorial Rhetoric will only inflame border passion This is a tense period along Arizona's border with Mexico - a period that could flash into volatility if activists on all sides continue to crank up the rhetoric. -- There are a number of private groups patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border, assuming what they say is the federal government's failure to stop illegal immigration. -- On the other side, U.S. Rep.-elect [Mechista] Raúl Grijalva labeled the groups "racist" and "cockroaches" and called for a federal investigation into supposed links between the groups and white supremacists. Glenn Spencer of the American Border Patrol said claims that his group is connected to racist organizations are "absolute lies."

The Daily Citizen - Dalton, GA Gunmen rob convenience store of cash Four gunmen entered a Chatsworth business on Sunday, bound the store's employees and customers with tape and robbed them of thousands of dollars in cash and other items, according to patrolman Jim Whitehead of the Chatsworth Police Department. -- Four Hispanic males, armed with semi-automatic pistols, entered La-Estrella, a convenience store in Cohutta Place Mall, at 5:30 p.m....

San Francisco Chronicle  Tech workers among 13 held on visa violations A National Semiconductor engineer and a database manager from the Silicon Valley are among 13 Bay Area men of Middle Eastern descent behind bars after they voluntarily gave their fingerprints and photos as part of a new federal homeland security program, immigration attorneys said Monday. ---- Ramsin Ziazadeh's arrest also is scaring his co-workers at National Semiconductor. -- "Our whole office is guys from India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Jordan, Korea and Iran," said a co-worker who asked not to be named. "And we're totally freaking out."

We Get E-Mail Gangster gets life in prison One of the leaders of the 18th Street Gang clique Columbia Lil' Cycos was sentenced Monday to life in prison following his conviction on federal racketeering-related charges. -- Anthony "Coco" Zaragoza, 30, was one of more than 20 defendants charged with participating in criminal activity in the gang's territory around MacArthur Park. -- "The 18th Street Gang, and the Mexican Mafia, are two examples of gangs with a really significant leadership structure that is separate from..."

L.A Times (Free Registration)   Teen held in gang killing escapes A 15-year-old facing trial on charges of killing a rival gang member escaped from custody Monday while at an orthodontist's office in Huntington Park, authorities said. -- Daniel Ortiz was shackled at the ankles and escorted by two unarmed Los Angeles County probation officers about 11 a.m. when he fled from the office in the 2600 block of Gage Avenue and jumped into a car. -- "The driver displayed a firearm, and our staff backed off before the driver took off down the street at a high rate of speed..."

Santa Cruz Sentinel Killer gets life in prison for gunning down Aptos restaurateur A year after a popular restaurant owner was gunned down in front of his family, his killer was locked away for life. -- On Monday, Enrique Paniqua Colin was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for murdering Khoon Shao "Sean" Koay. -- Colin, who was born in Mexico and graduated from Watsonville High School, had been awake all night before the murder, drinking and smoking methamphetamine....

Atlanta Journal-Constitution INS knew about molesters, records show The Immigration and Naturalization Service was told repeatedly that three convicted child molesters from Mexico were being held in Georgia prisons, yet did not deport them upon their release, state records show. -- The three men were set free in Georgia after serving their prison terms, even though federal law requires the INS to track and remove dangerous felons who are noncitizens. -- When the story of the child molesters surfaced last week, the INS said state officials never gave them enough information to keep track of the inmates.

Corpus Christi Caller-Times Pot, 22 illegals seized A four-day joint-agency operation off the south Texas coast last week netted 22 undocumented migrants from three countries and almost 1,700 pounds of marijuana worth more than $1.25 million. -- Kenneth Edwards, U.S. Border Patrol field operation supervisor said, "We're putting the clamps down on it --tighter than it's ever been." This action is part of a beefed-up homeland security effort in the Coastal Bend.

Herald News (New Jersey) INS arrests have advocates on alert In the wake of the arrests of hundreds of Iranian men in So. California who reported to INS offices for the new special registration program, New Jersey immigrant advocacy groups said they are keeping their ears open for arrests of men who register at the INS' Newark offices. -- "As far as we know, there haven't been any, but we're interested in knowing about any cases," said Deborah Jacobs, an attorney with the ACLU's New Jersey branch.

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition   Militia gets 90% backing in StarNet poll The border militia has won this battle, at least: A StarNet poll of online readers shows strong backing for the concept of a private militia to halt illegal border crossers in Arizona. -- More than 20,000 votes were cast in about three weeks of polling. Ninety percent of the votes cast backed Tombstone newspaper publisher Chris Simcox's call for a citizen militia, while 9 percent were opposed.