Sunday, November 23, 2003

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Milford Daily News -- Massachusetts Some liken immigration reform group to the Ku Klux Klan ..."The news of an anti-immigrant group has brought concern to the community," said Pastor Elias Meireles of the Brazilian Renewed Baptist Church, introducing the topic to his listeners. -- "People are afraid," said Fausto Da Rocha, director of the Brazilian Immigrant Center in Allston. "This is a hate group that reminds us of the Ku Klux Klan...."

Santa Cruz Sentinel New World Order: More third-world delights A discovery by a Central Coast doctor that grasshoppers were to blame for high levels of lead in a 2-year-old Seaside boy has triggered health advisories across the country. -- The California Health Department was followed by state agencies as far away as New Jersey in issuing a warning that eating grasshoppers, a popular snack food in some Central American cultures...

Kris Eggle Honored in Arizona U.S. Park Service Ranger Kris Eggle was honored Saturday when the Visitor Center at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument was renamed and dedicated as the Kris Eggle Visitor Center. Eggle, a 28 year old Park Service Ranger, was murdered August 9, 2002 in a shootout with Mexican drug dealers. [Incldes Photo Album]

Bakersfield Californian (Free Registration) Invader license law rough road for backers Latino lawmakers like Kern County's Assemblywoman Nicole Parra and Sen. Dean Florez seldom find themselves in a tougher political spot than they are in right now. -- That's one result of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's demand that the Legislature repeal the new law allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver licenses -- or face the threat of a referendum on the ballot next March.

Brownsville Herald -- State Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. Mexico still owes water to Texas ...Mexico still owes us approximately 1.4 million acre-feet of water under the treaty, and we must continue to pursue repayment. The country's refusal to live up to the agreement of the treaty has cost us 30,000 Texas jobs and $1 billion in economic losses to the Rio Grande Valley. If the drought resumes, South Texas will be completely devastated...

Chicago Tribune (Free Registration)   Emigrants aid those who want to stay (Strip-mining America) ...A study released last month by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Inter-American Development Bank estimated that Mexico will receive $14.5 billion in remittances from immigrants this year. -- That is second only to oil as a source of foreign income for Mexico, and a huge "fuel pump" for the struggling Mexican economy, the study said.

New York Times (Free Registration) Food-Borne Illness From Produce on the Rise ...And until recent years, produce was the last place investigators looked for food-borne illness. Less than 2% of the produce that crosses the border is inspected for disease-causing bacteria, according to the FDA, which is responsible for the safety of produce. [Also see: US Bars Mexican Onions Due to Hepatitis a Outbreak (only after 500+ were sickened and 3 died)]