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News 14 -- North Carolina Police to spend a month in Mexico Officer Phillip Thompson patrols an area of Charlotte that does not always speak his language. -- He estimates about 40 percent of his patrol district in north Charlotte speaks Spanish or other languages. And that can make his job difficult. -- "Making a traffic stop, we run across drivers unable to speak the language here, and us being able to speak with them is a big problem," Thompson said.

Arizona Daily Star Update  [Very short-lived link] 3 Mexican drug smuggling suspects nailed Three sisters from Nogales, Sonora, were arrested this weekend after authorities said they tried to smuggle 22 pounds of cocaine and 1.6 pound of heroin hidden under their clothes as they crossed through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. -- The arrests were made after the women arrived at the inspection area...

Associated Press  [Very short-lived link] Arrogant Mexicans enraged over lateral removal of their invaders Mexican officials demanded Monday that the United States stop a pilot program in which undocumented migrants are deported hundreds of miles away from where they crossed the border [illegaly]. -- Mexico turned up the pressure on the U.S. government over the controversial program, known as "lateral repatriation," even though U.S. officials have said they plan to end the program Tuesday anyway.

San Francisco Chronicle Invader arraigned on charges of leaving scene of a fatality A vineyard worker who, authorities say, left the body of a rising young Napa County winemaker after accidentally crushing his skull with a forklift was arraigned Friday on charges of leaving the scene of a fatality and failing to report a death. -- Jesus Garcia, of Napa allegedly panicked after the forks on the vehicle suddenly dropped onto the head of his boss, Michael Seitz...

Miami Herald Illegal alien hookers a problem in Florida When police raided Summertime Spa, a Coral Gables skin care salon and spa, and arrested two of its employees on prostitution charges, it was not an isolated case. -- The Sept. 9 raid was the third time in recent months that Coral Gables police made prostitution arrests at local beauty salons. In a fourth incident, two people were arrested at a private house....

San Jose Mercury News 'Stupid Party' endorses wrong candidate The California Republican Party's board of directors today unanimously endorsed actor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a replacement candidate for recall target Gov. Gray Davis, dealing a blow to Tom McClintock's hopes in the Oct. 7 recall. -- The action, which marked the first time the party has picked one GOP candidate over another in a gubernatorial election...

David Williams -- Daily Barometer -- Oregon Statue University -- Corvallis A Gray cloud over California Power elicits pandering. In return, the scales of justice are tipped back and forth, to the brink of absurdity. Just one action, a new law in California allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver's licenses signed by the infamous and incompetent Governor Gray Davis, has a potential domino effect with dangerous ramifications....

KNBC -- Los Angeles McClintock Answers Davis' Bid To Debate Schwarzenegger Conservative state Sen. Tom McClintock at a Monday afternoon press conference surprised those who thought he would be announcing that he was dropping out of the recall race when he announced that he wanted to take Arnold Schwarzenegger's place in debating Gov. Gray Davis. [American Patrol supports McClintock]

Steve Sailer

VDare.com Bad Schools, Immigration, And The Great Middle-Class Massacre ...Let's stop importing bad students from the rest of the world. -- America has all the bad students it needs right now. -- Let's use the total Hispanic student population as a rough proxy for immigration to show how the government is worsening the two-income trap. Hispanic 12th graders averaged 3.8 grade levels behind whites...

Phyllis Schlafly

TownHall.com Driver licenses for illegals is pseudo amnesty In a flip-flop to court the Hispanic vote, California Gov. Gray Davis signed a bill to allow illegal aliens to get driver licenses. -- Shamelessly pandering, he signed it on Sept. 5 in front of a crowd of hundreds of immigrants and illegals who released balloons while chanting "No recall!" --- A driver license is colloquially known as the "keys to the kingdom."

Fresno Bee Mechista Cruz: Credit given in class not taken Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante got credit but did not have to attend a basic speech class at Fresno State in the late 1990s because a professor decided in 15 minutes or less that the Fresno Democrat would have earned at least a C based on his public utterances. [See photo of this reconquista at his graduation ceremony]

Illegal Alien Amnesty Bus Parade Welcoming Events Tuesday, Durham, North Carolina -- Also see this FAIR Action Alert Numbers USA: Suggested action on the illegal alien bus brigade

Los Angeles Times (Free Registration) More carping over lateral deportation plan In what U.S. officials call a rescue mission and critics dismiss as costly folly, thousands of illegal immigrants caught in Arizona this month are being flown in handcuffs to four Texas cities for deportation to Mexico - in the hope that they will not try again to sneak across the border in Arizona's killer desert heat.

FAIR Fight Against Illegals Involved in "Freedom Ride" A coalition of illegal alien advocacy organizations is sponsoring a "Freedom Ride" consisting of illegal aliens demanding worker rights, driver's licenses, in-state tuition benefits, general public assistance, amnesty, and open borders....

Kolbe

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Kolbe's office 'trashed': Rep. reminded of invasion with a stinker Protesters who say Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe is doing nothing to stop illegal immigrants from dumping trash in Cochise County left a message at the congressman's office front door in Sierra Vista -- 22 bags of trash. -- The bags were left late Saturday night, and by this morning, the odors coming from the containers were ripe and pungent. [See front page photo - expires Tues.] [Other photos]

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition Invader deaths on the rise again The U.S. Border Patrol had more money, agents, cameras, horses and Hummers on the border than ever before during the federal year that ends Tuesday. But still, more illegal entrants died trying to cross the Arizona desert. ['Border czar' tells deported illegals, "try again" | Do-gooders add to the problem | Mexicans say the U.S. Southwest belongs to them] ['Samaritans' encourage invasion, then bellyache when accidents happen]

Bowling Green (Kentucky) Daily News Two shot; two sought Police are looking for two men suspected of being involved in a drive-by shooting just after 2 a.m. Sunday that left two Bowling Green men injured. --- Police are also checking into the possibility that the events were linked to SUR13, a primarily Hispanic gang operating in Bowling Green and the surrounding areas for the past few years, but have found no connections yet.

Rep. David Dreier -- Los Angeles Times (Free Registration) Davis' signature undermines security, electoral integrity Earlier this month, California Gov. Gray Davis undermined our national security, criminal justice system, and electoral integrity with just his signature. -- When he signed California Senate Bill 60, legislation that gives illegal immigrants the ability to obtain a driver's license without verifiable identification, Gov. Davis put the security of Californians, and all Americans, in jeopardy.

Invasion

Yuma Sun Update: Rollover crash kills 4 illegals Four illegal immigrants died and 17 others were injured when the vehicle they were riding in rolled over near Glamis (Calif.) in the Imperial Sand Dunes, following a short pursuit that included the use of spike strips, Border Patrol officials said. -- Just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday, between 20 to 30 illegal immigrants were spotted loading into two vans ...

Newark Star Ledger Lawbreakers in New Jersey fear they won't be driving ...During a four-week window of opportunity in 1992 -- before the state resumed enforcing tougher standards -- thousands of illegal immigrants jumped at the chance to get legal New Jersey privileges. Many, like Olga, later renewed their licenses through the mail and have been driving legally ever since....

Press Release

Stop The Invasion! Group plans to protest 'bus brigade' invaders Tues. - Durham, N.C. Tuesday, protesters from the Raleigh-based immigration reform organization, Stop the Invasion! will be demanding the arrest and deportation of illegal alien participants in the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride to be held in downtown Durham....

Invasion

Steve Brown - Cybercast News Service Experts: Politics Trumps Public Will in Immigration Enforcement The public support exists, but the political and bureaucratic will is missing to enforce America's immigration laws, a panel of experts concluded Friday at a seminar in Washington, D.C. -- Craig Nelson, director of Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement, cited a 2001 Zogby poll showing that 76 percent of likely voters felt the government was not doing enough to control the borders.

Washington Times Arizona voters back plan on illegals A poll shows Arizona voters overwhelmingly support a proposed ballot initiative that would cut off services to illegal immigrants, despite a wall of opposition from both Republican and Democratic politicians. -- The poll, released last week by Arizona State University and KAET-TV, found that 70 percent of voters surveyed said they would back the initiative... [Visit 'Protect Arizona Now' site]

Editorial -- The Sagamore -- Indiana University Hard to believe this blather came from a major university A little two by three inch plastic card has become the source of a nationwide debate. The controversial card, a matricula consular, provides a form of identification for Mexican nationals who live in the U.S. but are not permanent residents. --- The root of opposition to the card is ignorance. Many who oppose the card do so believing several key fallacies: Mexican immigrants are in the U.S. illegally, do not pay taxes... [Contact these folks]

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Border agents camp in remote desert to deter illegal crossings ...The camp's primary objective is deterrence, keeping smugglers from using the area, which also keeps illegal immigrants out of the deserts that claim dozens of lives each year. -- In May 2001, 14 Mexicans died after being abandoned by immigrant smugglers near the site where the camp now sits. It was the deadliest border crossing in Arizona history.

Sham IDs

Editorial -- The Sagamore -- Indiana University Misinformation on bogus ID use abounds ...Matriculas are issued by Mexican consulates in the U.S. to their nationals who live outside Mexico as a way to officially identify themselves and their place of residence. The Indiana consulate serves Hispanics [no, just Mexicans] who live in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. --And-- [A Mexican invader] decided to visit him to see how he was living here and has since decided to get the matricula to use for identification, and so she can work and pay taxes. [Contact the writer]

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Invaders, supporters descend on Milwaukee, demand amnesty The Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride that rolled into Milwaukee on Sunday as part of a cross-country event stands as "a heroic procession" that is part of more than 200 years of non-violent struggles for human rights, the Rev. James Lawson said. -- "There is no human being in the sight of God who is illegal," he said, drawing applause. "No human being is undocumented."

Frosty Wooldridge

Rocky Mountain News -- Denver Disease creeps in along with illegals Across the country this week, busloads of people supporting legalization and better treatment for illegal immigrants are bringing their message to Washington, D.C., and cities from coast to coast. What they don't mention is that their reckless disregard for legal immigration has created a growing health-care crisis in America.

Associated Press Invaders, cheerleaders rant for amnesty in Iowa More than 500 people rallied at the State Capitol on Sunday in support of immigration reform that would provide legal resident status and a chance for undocumented workers [criminals] in the United States to eventually earn citizenship. -- Local advocates for immigrants, civil rights groups and labor unions welcomed 75 "Freedom Riders..."

Associated Press Another illegal alien load vehicle rolls -- 4 dead El Centro, Calif. (Posted 9/28 - 9:15 pm) -- A vehicle carrying up to 21 people that border patrol officials had suspected of carrying undocumented immigrants overturned Sunday just north of the Mexican border, killing four and injuring scores more, officials said. -- The Chevrolet Suburban rolled over at 5:28 p.m. on westbound Highway 78...