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Thursday, January 2, 2003 |
Nogales International Editorial [Short-lived link]
Who's
in charge at border on holidays?
With all the talk about Homeland Security
and heightened vigilance, it seems that once the holidays roll
around, the only priority is a vacation. -- Last Friday, no federal
officials could be found who could provide any information about
a drug smuggling tunnel unearthed at the U.S. Mexico border,
just east of the DeConcini Port of Entry. -- Vacation was the
order of the day, and anyone who could speak on the record was
off. -- Their substitutes either had no authority or had no way
to get the needed details. |
KJCT
News
Another
illegal heads for prison
A 57-year old man was sentenced to six
years in prison this afternoon for his involvement in a drug
ring which ended in him getting caught with over eighty pounds
of marijuana. Jose Pedrego-Lugo, an illegal alien, had previously
pleaded guilty to two felony charges: possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute and money laundering. DEA agents conducted
surveillance of Pedrego-Lugo's home when they saw three men removing
packages from a vehicle. Those packages ended up being marijuana. |
Associated
Press
U.S.
Soldier Strangled in Tijuana
A 20-year-old U.S. soldier was strangled
in this border city, authorities said Thursday, the AP reports.
-- Army Pvt. Conrado Salinas of Fontana, Calif., was found dead
December 29 outside a hotel in the downtown area. -- No arrests
were made. Investigators have not given a motive for the slaying.
-- Tijuana is a gritty, crime-ridden town in Baja Calif., Mexico,
just south of San Diego, and is infamous for police corruption,
violence and heavy drug and gang activity. |
Michelle Malkin |
VDare.com
Illegal
Alien Scandal - At White House!
If you thought the New Year's Eve FBI
manhunt for illegal aliens with fake passports was a disturbing
sign of homeland insecurity, wait until you hear about who's
been working on President George W. Bush's front lawn. -- While
the Secret Service has now instituted criminal and citizenship
screening procedures for all tourists (including children) who
visit the White House, federal agents failed to detect an illegal
alien who used a false identity and fraudulent documents and
was employed for at least two years as a supervisor of tent installation
for White House social events. [See Michelle this month
in Denver on the 8th & 9th,
and
New York on the 15th or Tempe, AZ on the 25th] |
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WXYZ-TV
-- Detroit
Two
previously deported Mexican illegals held for murder
A simple disagreement over a coffee table
turned to murder on Detroit's southwest side. One man was stabbed
to death and two people are behind bars accused of killing him.
-- Detroit detectives have investigated a lot of senseless killings,
but this murder is pretty unbelievable. Authorities say two brothers
murdered a friend after a fight over a piece of furniture. ---
"The two suspects were illegal aliens in this country, and
they had previously been arrested in Laredo, Texas, in 1998 and
had been deported to Mexico. Apparently, they reentered the country
once again," said Craig Schwartz, Detroit Police. [They
just sneak in to do jobs Americans won't do.] |
Nogales International [Short-lived link]
Drug
tunnel in use for months
Information was released on Tuesday by
the Customs Service on the drug smuggling tunnel that was opened
last Friday at the border east of Morley Avenue. -- Roger Maier,
spokesman for Customs said that the tunnel was believed to have
been in use by drug smugglers from March to July of 2002. --
During that time, Customs made four seizures of cocaine and marijuana.
That included 374 pounds of cocaine and 460 pounds of marijuana. |
UPI
BP
expects more illegal entries
The U.S. Border Patrol is gearing up
for an increase in illegal entries from Mexico as undocumented
migrants return to the United States for work [or
for other reasons] after holiday trips home, officials said
Thursday. -- In the McAllen sector in South Texas, illegal entries
more than doubled from December to January as illegal traffic
increases across the Rio Grande, said Xavier Rios, a supervising
senior Border Patrol agent. |
The Greenville
News
Twenty
plead guilty in sham marriage scheme
Twenty more people 16 Upstate women
and four Pakistani men -- pleaded guilty Thursday to marriage
fraud, admitting to entering sham marriages where women received
money to wed illegal aliens seeking green cards. -- It was the
third wave of guilty pleas stemming from an investigation dubbed
Operation Broken Vows. -- The federal investigation led to charges
against 221 people including partners in 107 marriages
and seven people charged with conspiring to arrange the marriages,
said Kevin McDonald, the assistant U.S. attorney who prosecuted
the cases. More pleas are expected Monday in Spartanburg. |
John
Derbyshire |
National
Review
December
Diary -- The last of 2002
...From a correlation-of-forces point
of view, for South Korea to worry about an invasion from the
North is a bit like the U.S.A. worrying about an invasion from
Mexico. Ah, there's the rub, of course. North Korea is poor and
ill-governed; the South is wealthy and well-governed - just like
Mexico and the U.S.! If the Kim Jong-Il regime collapses and
the border opens up, poor Northerners will be flooding into the
South. That's the invasion the South Koreans really have nightmares
about.... |
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Sachem Quality
of Life Organization
Update
on lawsuit filed against President Bush
As you know by now a historic civil lawsuit
against Bush et al is in progress ..... citing treason and racketeering
in connection with illegal immigration. -- An additional link
will be available soon to track the progress of the NY State
AG lawsuit against Eliot Spitzer sometime soon which is filed
on the same basis as the Bush suit.... |
Miami Herald
Free
trade may expand to Central America
Tiny Central America may soon benefit
from an outsized eagerness in Washington to energize the march
toward a free-trade area stretching from Alaska to Argentina.
-- The Bush administration -- seeking to build on the 1994 agreement
that united Canada, Mexico and the United States in a powerful
North American trade bloc -- hopes to invigorate the march toward
a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and it has had some
recent successes. |
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KCCI-TV
- Des Moines
Several
suspected illegals perish in head-on crash
Nine people died early Thursday morning
in an accident 30 miles west of Des Moines on Interstate 80.
-- Iowa State Patrol officials said a pickup truck heading west
toward Omaha, Neb., crossed the median and was hit by a semitrailer
head-on around 2:30 a.m. The impact ripped the pickup truck completely
apart. -- A second semitrailer was also involved in the crash
and hit the first semitrailer after the accident with the pickup
truck. [Related
article] |
Orange County Register
Credit
unions expand their borders
...In the past year, Mexican
identification cards have revolutionized the way banks do
business with immigrants, luring tens of thousands of new customers
nationwide. Now, credit unions are investigating how they, too,
can get a bigger piece of the action. -- They're working with
Mexico's credit-union officials, offering a money-wiring program,
sponsoring financial- literacy seminars and teaming with immigrant
hometown clubs as part of a campaign to attract this community.
[Also see: Aiding
and abetting illegals is a crime] |
Star
Tribune
Seven
charged in gunfight
Seven men were charged Tuesday with assault
and rioting in connection with a fight outside a St. Paul pool
hall last week. -- Thanh Tran of Roseville remains in critical
condition at Regions Hospital after the Dec. 26 incident, in
which he was shot. -- A machete, a rifle, a handgun, sticks and
knives were involved in two "group vs. group" fights,
according to criminal complaints filed in Ramsey County District
Court. Some of those charged told police that they called others
on cell phones to join the fracas... |
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Portsmouth
Herald
Activist
seeks council help in fighting for civil liberties
...In addition to language instructing
local law enforcement officials to "refrain from participating
in enforcement of federal immigration laws," the resolution
adopted in Tacoma Park also calls for the repeal of all federal
and state legislation that violates fundamental rights and liberties.
The resolution also seeks details on the extent of electronic
surveillance and infiltration of political and religious activities
in that community. |
Project
USA
Update |
POLL:
Leaders (like Frist?) out of touch on immigration
...Unfortunately, Senator Bill Frist,
the new majority leader in the Senate, will not likely be the
champion of responsible immigration policy. According to Americans
for Better Immigration, Frist is even worse on immigration than
Trent Lott, the man he is replacing. Even more ominous, Frist
is said to be close to the Bush Administration, an administration
that has shown itself to be anti-borders, anti-conservation,
and pro-corporate globalism. |
Tucson
Citizen
Impact
of proposed Border Patrol plan under fire
For the first time, the U.S. Border Patrol
is taking a comprehensive look at the impact its proposals for
Arizona would have on the environment. -- Some Tucson activists
say the agency is just paying "lip service" to environmental
laws and ignoring the real effects the policies will have on
land and endangered species. -- The agency's Draft Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement, a 354-page document, is a look
at proposed infrastructure for the state's border with Mexico.... |
Juan
Mann |
VDare.com
Juan
Mann's Predictions for 2003
...My predictions: In 2003 --- ...The
daily illegal alien invasion in Arizona will be a hot story.
Defending border county citizens in the invasion path will be
American Patrol, The Tombstone Tumbleweed, American
Border Patrol and Ranch Rescue. --- Even Soldier of Fortune
magazine will join in getting the word out about the illegal
alien invasion. Public opinion will swell in support of putting
troops on our border. |
CAIR Press Release
The
Mexican "matricula consular" ID card: Safe or Sorry?
The Colorado Alliance for Immigration
Reform is co-sponsoring an immigration debate on Wed., Jan. 8,
from 7:30-9pm, at the CU Auraria campus, North Classroom Building,
Auraria Parkway and Speer Blvd, in Denver. The topic of the debate
is the growing institutional and governmental acceptance of the
Mexican
government's "matricula consular" ID Card as valid
identification. |
Santa
Cruz Sentinel
More
gang violence in Santa Cruz
...A group of 12 attacked and stabbed
three people near Riverside Avenue and Leibrandt Street. The
group, which was wearing gang clothing and claiming territorial
rights, attacked two Los Gatos residents and one San Jose resident
as the visitors were walking along the beach near their hotel.
The three, who have no gang affiliation, were attacked with golf
clubs and knifes. -- The suspects are described as Hispanic men... |
Salt Lake
Tribune
Police,
INS cooperation irks priest, invaders
A Catholic priest is accusing Heber City
officials of shunning Latino immigrants in the wake of a crackdown
by immigration officers and city police. -- While Mayor Lynn
Adams insists Heber is open to newcomers, the Rev. Robert Bussen
says the chasm between the Anglo community and Latino immigrants
is deepening, especially since the recent arrests of about three
dozen undocumented workers [criminals].
-- When Heber police began working with the federal Immigration
and Naturalization Service, according to Bussen, they lost any
chance at effective community policing. |
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