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EFE
Latinos,
politicos miffed about elimination of benefits for foreigners
Latino and Democratic political leaders
on Tuesday publicly condemned Republican Colorado Gov. Bill Owens
for signing a law which does away with medical services for documented
immigrants. -- Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition spokeswoman
Lisa Duran dismissed the economic justification for SB 176, saying
that "it is not the result of a budget deficit but a direct
attack both on documented and undocumented
immigrants." |
Miami
Herald
Report:
Airport screening is poor
The nation's major airports are inadequately
screening foreign visitors to weed out potential security risks,
according to a new federal report that raises questions about
efforts to protect the United States from terrorist threats.
-- Poor training, incomplete databases and a lack of resources
make it difficult for immigration officers to properly determine
if certain travelers should be further scrutinized before being
allowed into the United States, the report found. |
Arizona
Republic
'Smart
card' border plan costly, weak, GAO finds
Creating a border-security system that
would require foreigners to carry biometric smart cards containing
fingerprint and other personal data to travel into the United
States would cost $3.8 billion over six years, a government accountant
testified Wednesday. -- And such a system still wouldn't help
identify up to 60 percent of the 275,000 new illegal immigrants
each year, she said. |
Allan
Wall |
VDare.com
Americans
In Mexico: Turnabout Not Fair Play
I don't always defend Americans who get
into trouble in Mexico. Some of them deserve it. But other Americans
come here with good intentions and wind up getting a raw deal.
Nothing much is ever done to help them despite George W.
Bush's celebrated claim that the U.S. and Mexico have "common
values and a shared culture." |
Nogales
International [Short-lived
link]
Officer-involved
shooting investigation wraps up
The investigation into a car theft and
vehicle chase, which led to the shooting of a suspect [who turned
out to be a Mexican national], is nearly complete, said Santa
Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada. -- All interviews are complete,
except for one with Nogales Police Patrolman John Zuniga, who
shot a suspected car thief, as reported in the Feb. 24 Nogales
International. |
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Washington
Times
Senate
panel faults border security
Several members of the Senate Judiciary
Committee yesterday told the nation's new head of border security
that his agency needs to do a better job of protecting the nation
against terrorists while not hampering legitimate trade and travel.
--- Sen. Jon Kyl, Arizona Republican and chairman of the subcommittee
on terrorism, technology and homeland security, told Asa Hutchinson
not enough was being done "to make those borders secure." |
N.Y.
Times (Free Registration)
Vermont
Refugee Aid Group Says Policy Thins Resources
A group that has provided Pakistanis
and others applying to enter Canada with housing and food says
it is at its saturation point and will stop offering aid to new
arrivals on Friday. -- The group, Vermont Refugee Assistance,
has asked the Canadian government to abolish a new immigration
policy the group says has stretched its resources well beyond
capacity. |
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Associated
Press
Prosecutors
rest Tyson smuggling case
Prosecutors wrapped up their immigrant-smuggling
case against Tyson Foods on Thursday with testimony from a second
manager who admitted knowingly hiring illegal workers for a Tyson
poultry plant. -- Spencer Mabe, a former Shelbyville plant manager
who pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors, testified under
cross-examination Thursday that although he was aware of illegal
hirings and dealt with an immigrant smuggler.... |
News
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Associated
Press
$3
million trove of fake IDs seized, Mexicans arrested
U.S. Customs agents seized $3 million
worth of bogus identification documents and arrested two foreign
nationals [Mexicans] in what officials described Thursday as
a major coup for the new federal Homeland Security department.
-- The seizure in Queens on March 11 netted a trove of "tens
of thousands" of blank Social Security cards, drivers' licenses
from 10 states, alien registration cards, New York City school
diplomas... |
Workday
Minnesota
Unions,
others push for amnesty for illegals
Labor, religious and community activists
gathered at the St. Paul Labor Centre Tuesday to mobilize for
a national Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride that will focus attention
on immigrant rights [read: illegals] and the injustices of current
immigration policies. --- "The work (of immigrants) has
contributed so much to this nation - to making it a great nation,"
said Maria Elena Durazo, a vice president of the Hotel Employees
& Restaurant Employees International Union [and
wife of reconquista union leader Miguel Contreras]. |
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Associated
Press
Other
foreign countries may try their own sham IDs
Several Central and South American countries
are poised to follow Mexico's lead and offer identification cards
to their citizens living in the United States, just as the Mexican IDs
are coming under fire in this country. --- "What these cards
are intended to do is bring about a de facto illegal alien amnesty,"
said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center
for Immigration Studies in Washington. |
FAIR
Press Release |
U.S.
Population Growth Much Higher Than Previously Projected
The population of the United States is
projected to grow to 420 million in less than 50 years, according
to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Most of that growth,
which will represent a nearly 50 percent increase over the current
population of 290 million, will be due to immigrants and their
offspring, the figures show. |
Mercury
News
Foreigners,
illegals complain about U.S. rules
Ever since the United States added Pakistan to
its list of mostly Muslim countries whose nationals are required
to register with the government, Pakistanis from San Jose to
New York City are discovering the home of the free can be a very
scary place. -- The grapevine buzzes with tales of men 16 and
older taken away in vans or detained indefinitely by immigration
authorities. Fears of mass deportations mount as the March 21
deadline approaches. Hundreds of illegal visitors... |
Mark
Andrew
Dwyer |
None
of their business
We must not enforce the law, because
the perpetrators may get hurt in the process. That's what the
immigrants rights groups activists seem to imply when they blame
American law enforcement (Border Patrol, and, lately, California
Highway Patrol) for deaths and injuries of illegal entrants that
put their lives at risk while attempting to jump the American
border and avoiding being caught by the authorities.... |
Jim
Moore |
Etherzone.com
Want
to become a U.S. citizen? Play the lottery!
Just when you thought Senator Ted Kennedy
couldn't possibly have any more phony stunts in his repertoire
of liberal parlor tricks, he comes up with a show stopper that
you might not have heard of. Because it happened some years ago.
-- And even if you have heard of it, you might not remember it,
because this burned out Massachusetts gasbag has always had a
flair for keeping his actions hidden from public view. |
L.A
Times (Free Registration)
Mexico
and Chile Walk a Tightrope
These are stressful days for the leaders
of Chile and Mexico, caught between the demands of the world's
remaining superpower and the overwhelmingly antiwar sentiments
of their people. --- Mexican President Vicente Fox, recovering
Wednesday from back surgery, worries that bilateral attempts
to deal with immigration issues, already delayed by the war on
terrorism, will fall victim to a U.S. backlash. |
Sham IDs
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So. Florida
Sun-Sentinel
Palm
Beach Co. deputies to accept bogus Mexican IDs
..."This is an attempt by a foreign
power to legalize millions of its people who are in this country
illegally. I'm just stunned," said Glenn Spencer, head of
the anti-immigration group American
Border Patrol, based in Arizona. -- "There are so many
pitfalls for Americans. It's an insane decision" said Spencer,
who said city officials around Arizona support the cards because
they employ illegal workers. [Sham ID FAQ] |
Jefferson
City (Missouri) News-Tribune
Mexican
illegal indicted on several charges
A Mexican citizen, who is living in California,
Mo., was indicted Monday by a federal grand jury for being an
illegal alien, who had a firearm and used false identification
documents. -- Authorities allege Ignacio Tapia-Leon illegally
had a Llama .45 caliber pistol on July 30, 2002. He presented
a false Social Security number on May 22, 2000, in Moniteau County
in order to obtain employment. [They
just sneak in to do jobs Americans won't do.] |
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Associated
Press
Agent
made it easy to hire illegal workers
A fired Tyson Foods manager testified
Wednesday that an undercover federal agent posing as an immigrant
smuggler made it easy to hire illegal workers. -- Truley Ponder,
who has made a plea deal in the company's immigrant smuggling
case, told a federal jury that all he had to do in February 2000
was agree to pay $200 for each worker offered by the undercover
agent, who identified himself as a transporter of illegal immigrants. |
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