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Tancredo Says Immigration
Threatens Culture
Speech on Floor of House of Representatives Warns of Dangers
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Tancredo: "I
believe that manufactured diversity in every facet of our life
has a political motivation. It has nothing to do with toleration
of other cultures. [...]
"I am gravely concerned that our current immigration is
not of the same character of our historic immigration in that
the impact and effect will be to weaken our civic culture and
our political institutions that guarantee life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. "
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Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
Jury
selection slows death penalty trial of illegal alien cop-killer
suspect
Jury selection inched past the halfway
point Tuesday in the death penalty trial of Bautista Ramirez,
who is accused of killing a Doraville policeman. -- Ramirez,
an illegal immigrant from Mexico, is accused of killing Officer
Hugo Arango outside a Buford Highway nightclub May 13, 2000,
after Arango detained him and found a gun. |
Mark
Krikorian |
L.A Times
(Free Registration)
Green-Card
Soldiers Don't Pass Muster
During the Iraq war, much was made of
the accomplishments of noncitizens in the military. To speed
the granting of citizenship to these "green-card soldiers,"
President Bush waived the three-year residency requirement for
naturalization. Sen. Barbara Boxer, Rep. Darrell Issa and others
have introduced legislation to ease citizenship requirements
for immigrants in the service or their families... |
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KVOA-TV
-- Tucson
Smugglers
commit the crime, but do they do enough time?
Two years ago, 14 illegals died in the
Arizona desert. Three men have been convicted thus far in the
smuggling operation, but their sentences vary widely.. from 18
months to 16 years. -- Many say the lesser sentences are just
a small slap on the wrist. Glenn Spencer is the president of
the American Border
Patrol, [and] he says, "Anyone who sees this sentence
and is going to think we're giving them a wink and a nod..." |
Thomas
Allen |
VDare.com
Time
To Cap The Refugee Industry
The town around the United Nations' Kakuma
refugee camp in Kenya-staging ground for the current controversial
importation of Somali Bantu into Middle America-grew from 5,000
in 1990 to 40,000 in 2000. Kenyans from other parts of the country
moved in to take advantage of social services, jobs and trading
opportunities that sprang up around the U.N. camp... |
Mexican
Meddling |
EFE
Mexicans
prepare to "fight" over rights for invaders
The Mexican government said Monday that
it will wage a "battle" to defend the rights of Mexicans
living in the United States. -- During the ceremony commemorating
the 141st anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, Interior Minister
Santiago Creel said that it is a "duty" of the president
"to protect Mexicans who are on the other side of the border."
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Arizona
Daily Star Update [Very
short-lived link]
Arizona
Senate OKs bill requiring ID at polling booth to vote
The Senate on Tuesday approved a Republican
bill to require voters to present identification to vote at polling
places and to sign petitions to nominate candidates or put proposed
laws on the ballot. -- The bill (HB2345) now returns to the House
for consideration of changes made by the Senate, but Democratic
Gov. Janet Napolitano earlier signaled a likely veto if the bill
reaches her desk. |
Rusty
Childress |
Arizona
Republic
Border
reform won't fix it
O. Ricardo Pimentel's recent column "Mean,
useless bills target migrants," inferring that requesting
a voter to show an I.D. somehow violates their civil rights (House
Bill 2345), and that denying lawbreakers (migrants) the privilege
of a free education and health care is unnecessary, is subject
to debate... [Also
see the latest screed from Pimentel] |
Dan
Walters -- Sacramento Bee
Count
on 600,000 more Californians a year, 6 million a decade
California's population grew very rapidly
in the years after World War II, driven by an industrial expansion
that attracted millions of opportunity-seeking émigrés
from other states and an explosion of births. -- Between 1940
and 1960, the state's population boomed by an astonishing 128
percent, from 6.9 million to 15.7 million... |
Mark
Andrew
Dwyer |
If
guest workers are needed, why Mexico?
Poland has hundreds of thousands of well educated
and hard working people who would be indefinitely grateful for
a chance to work temporarily in the U.S. They would obey the
law, and support this country in its struggle to make the world
a safer place to live, just like Polish government recently did.... |
News
Note |
Statesman
Journal -- Salem, Oregon
Teens
chat with the Governor of Oregon
Student to Governor: I'm Tyler Reynolds from
Stayton High School. A moment ago you said that it was good government
policy to give government programs to illegal immigrants. I fail
to see how that would be good public policy when it's illegal
to hire illegal immigrants for a job so the state's not getting
revenues back. All they are is giving revenues. |
Associated
Press
Mexico
launches campaign highlighting the perils of crossing illegally
Mexican officials are putting up posters
and handing out flyers along the border warning people of the
dangers of trying to cross illegally into the U.S. -- One of
the posters uses a picture of the desert as a backdrop as it
warns people of the harsh conditions they may face if they try
to cross the Arizona desert during the summer. Arizona's deserts
can get as hot as 122º during the
day and as cold as 32º at night. |
San
Francisco Chronicle POLL ON PAGE
Cal
bans students from areas hit by SARS
In an apparently unprecedented move by
a U.S. university, UC Berkeley has barred hundreds of foreign
students living in SARS-afflicted regions in Asia from attending
summer sessions at the campus. -- Campus officials believe it's
the nation's first measure targeting students from SARS-concentrated
areas. |
Sham IDs
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N.Y. Times
(Free Registration)
Dominican
meddlers want their sham IDs accepted
The Dominican Consulate is planning a
move that it hopes will ease the lives of some of the city's
Dominican immigrants [read: illegals]. --- As soon as next month,
the consulate will start issuing an identification card known
as the matrícula
consular. With this ID, illegal immigrants would find it
easier to open bank accounts and identify themselves to the police. |
Joe
Sansone |
USA Daily
Outsourcing
America: Carpet Bombing The U.S. Economy
As if the decimation of the U.S. manufacturing
base and the importation of cheap labor wasn't enough, the new
business trend infecting America, is to outsource all those high
tech jobs that were supposed to replace the manufacturing jobs
that evaporated. Under the guise of capitalism and free trade
the private economy is being destroyed and replaced with a public
economy. |
Tucson
Citizen Editorial
Paper
claims Kolbe's 'guest' scheme will somehow boost security
...U.S.
Rep. Jim Kolbe, a Republican from southern Arizona, meanwhile
is pushing forward with a bill that provides the best long-term
solution to the problem: a guest- worker program [as
job losses soar]. -- During his recent State of the District
speech in Tucson, Kolbe said he soon will introduce a bill that
will allow Mexicans to legally enter the United States in search
of work - and that would allow U.S. companies to legally hire
the workers they need. |
Washington
Times
Border
Patrol nabs $50 million in drug seizures in 3 days
The Border Patrol, given new prominence
as a part of the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of
Customs and Border Protection, seized more than $50 million worth
of marijuana, cocaine and heroin last week in separate arrests
from California to Puerto Rico. -- The seizures came during marine
interdiction efforts in Puerto Rico and New York, checkpoint
operations in Texas and line-watch duties in California. |
Portsmouth
(New Hampshire) Herald
Contractor
draws light prison term, fine for alien smuggling
Paving contractor Antonio Morgado, of
Hampton Falls, was sentenced yesterday to 15 months in federal
prison for alien smuggling, according to United States Attorney
Thomas Colantuono. -- He will begin serving his sentence in August
and has been released on personal recognizance until that time.
-- Morgado could not be reached for comment yesterday. |
Phyllis Schlafly |
Townhall.com
Congress
faces decision on visas for foreign workers
Congressional Republicans will soon have
a chance to prove whether they do the bidding of corporate contributors
or side with hardworking voters. -- Corporations are lobbying
to extend a Clinton Administration law that raised the number
of workers entering the United States with H-1B visas to 195,000
a year. The law is scheduled to expire on Sept. 30 and revert
to the 1999 level of 65,000 H-1B workers per year. |
News
Note |
San Francisco
Chronicle
Census
refines state's Hispanic tally
California may have almost half a million
more residents of Mexican ancestry and a quarter-million more
people of Central American descent than previously estimated
by the 2000 census, according to a new analysis of census data
for Hispanic subgroups. |
San
Mateo County Times
Migrant
advocates upset over crackdown on irksome day laborers
The City Council Monday approved two
anti-solicitation ordinances that will allow police to crack
down on day laborers -- and the people who hire them on city
streets -- once the city's workers-resource center opens this
summer [a move applauded by advocates for invaders. Also see:
Aiding
and abetting illegals is a crime]. -- "If we had the
power and ability to have them arrested and deported, we would
do that," Councilmember John Lee said. "But the INS says they're not doing it, they
won't do it -- and we've been told we can't do it." |
Associated
Press
House
gets illegal alien discount tuition bill
...A bill pending in the state Legislature
would remove the obstacle for Urenda and other undocumented
residents [criminals] - allowing them to pay in-state tuition
as long as they graduate from an Oregon high school, meet the
usual academic standards, have lived at least three consecutive
years in the state and show they are in the process of getting
legal residency. |
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