Saturday, December 20, 2003

Open Border Activists Attack Barnett Malicious Lawsuit Seeks to Strip Rights Roger Barnett Sierra Vista Herald Editorial -- December 20 -- ...The lawsuit also alleges Barnett and his group were impersonating U.S. Border Patrol officers. Over the years, there has never been an indication Barnett has broken the law. Certainly, given the interaction of Barnett with the Border Patrol over the years, one would think this would have revealed itself before now.    Regardless, the lawsuit will force Barnett to spend money to defend himself from the charges. The group that filed the lawsuit, Border Action Network, is obviously seeking a way to deter Barnett and his activities by the filing of this suit.... Read Entire Editorial Past Features    American Border Patrol Updates

Lopez

Associated Press Reconquista Nativo Lopez chimes in on 'New Prop. 187' ..."I think it's unfortunate ... symptomatic of the worst of what we saw of the 1990s anti-immigrant movement. It's going to be back to divisive politics for California," said Nativo Lopez, president of the Mexican American Political Association and national director of the immigrant rights group Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana (of Dornan-Sanchez vote fraud fame).

KFMB-TV News -- San Diego Border patrol finds skeletal remains in Pine Valley A medical examiner investigator reported Saturday that Border Patrol agents chasing an undocumented migrant found the skeletal remains of a man in Pine Valley. -- ME Investigator Paul Parker said the remains were found at approximately 11:30 a.m. Friday in the 29000 block of Old Highway 80....

Dave Franklin

American Daily Lawless Immigration The government has admitted that there are 8 to 12 million foreigners living here without permission from the American people. On December 9, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge told an audience in Miami that he believes the United States should give illegal immigrants "some kind of legal status some way".

Logan Jenkins - San Diego Union Tribune Citizen Numbers Means Vista OK with No Latino Elected Official ...Acting on a mysterious complaint he feds threw Vista into an expensive, time-consuming panic, forcing the hiring of expensive legal help to defend the city against Kafkaesque charges. And then, just like that, Justice says, "Never mind. Our numbers don't add up. Carry on."...

Joe Guzzardi

VDare.com Illegal Alien Walkout A Washout ...The Great Latino Boycott's economic impact was a big fat zero, too. An informal survey of Mexican-owned businesses in Lodi indicated that about 75% remained open. At Food-4-Less, one of Lodi's major employers, I asked a cashier if she expected any no-shows among Hispanic employees. "No," she replied...

Invasion

WFAA News -- Dallas Smugglers terrorize 'migrants' in Arizona ...The violence is tied to the increasing presence and friction between rival gangs of drug smugglers who are expanding into the lucrative immigrant-smuggling business, authorities said. -- "The problem of what to do about it is almost like the drug problem," said Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. "It's an international problem, a diplomatic problem, political problem. It's a big-picture problem."

FAIR Ridge Endorses "Legal Status" for Illegal Aliens Your help is needed to fight off an apparent attempt by the Bush Administration to get the amnesty wheels turning. Please contact the White House and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge today and through the next week to voice your strong objection to granting legal status to people who have broken our immigration laws...

El Paso Times Heroin, meth seizures skyrocket Seizures of heroin and methamphetamine have sharply increased in the El Paso area during the past year, data the U.S. Customs and Border Protection released Friday indicates. -- In fiscal 2003, which ended in September, officials seized 218 pounds of heroin, compared with 15 pounds in fiscal 2002. Methamphetamine seizures increased to 706 pounds in 2003 from 92 pounds the previous year.

Riverside (California) Press Enterprise (Free Registration)  Bus route changed after invader load vehicle crashes Thermal - The Coachella Valley Unified School District will reroute its school buses to avoid the Avenue 66 and 86S Expressway intersection where a big-rig collided with an SUV and killed five people last week. -- "We had several calls and concerns from parents, calling and asking if there was an alternative route - especially after the accident," said Raul Lopez...

Grijalva Watch

Tucson Citizen Mechista Congressman wants action on invaders ..."Immigration reform is the No. 1 issue facing the landscaping industry," Richard Underwood, part owner of AAA Landscape & Arid Solutions Nursery, told U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva yesterday. -- Grijalva used Underwood's comments to reiterate his support for the Agricultural Job Opportunity Benefits and Security Act, also known as AgJOBS.

Investors Business Daily Editorial Borderline Pandering For someone who thinks of himself as a straight-shooter, President Bush sure gets mealy-mouthed when the subject turns to illegal immigration. -- Take his news conference early last week. It was devoted mainly to the capture of Saddam Hussein. But one reporter asked for a clarification of his position on illegal immigration in the wake of comments the week before...

Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)  Backers of Prop. 187 Push for New Initiative Organizers who a decade ago wrote Proposition 187 - a landmark ballot measure that divided California - are now gathering signatures for a new initiative that again would attempt to prohibit illegal immigrants from receiving a broad array of public services. -- Proposition 187 is considered a watershed in state politics, having galvanized activism among opponents and cost Republicans support from some Latinos.

Washington Times 7 in Vietnamese gang indicted on murder, other charges A federal grand jury in Alexandria yesterday unsealed a 25-count indictment charging seven suspected members of a Vietnamese gang with murder, robbery, burglary, drug trafficking and credit-card fraud in a wave of criminal activity in Virginia, Maryland and the District.

Associated Press Mexican gangs growing weed in U.S. a growing threat Sacramento - Mexican cartels have taken over much of California's marijuana farming, boosting both the potency of the drug and the propensity for violence from armed guards protecting the crop, the nation's drug czar said this week. -- They're planting huge marijuana plots on public lands, creating a growing danger to hikers and hunters stumbling into the line of fire...

Yuma Sun Agent found dead in Colorado River Agent James Epling was still wearing his U.S. Border Patrol hat when dive teams spotted him under water Friday night. -- With that ended a 72-hour search and rescue effort that began when he went missing Tuesday night. -- Epling, 24, was found 50 feet south of a peninsula in the Colorado River approximately 200 yards from where agents believe he disappeared.