Sunday, October 3, 2004

ABP Launches "October Surmise" Group will report October 25 on border progress Border Hawk merchandise now available Bush's Final Chance for Redemption     Sierra Vista, AZ -- American Border Patrol, the non-profit border watchdog group, is launching a major effort to assess progress of the Bush Administration in controlling the Arizona/Mexico border. Pegged "October Surmise," the project will involve the use of high tech gear, including the Border Hawk UAV, ground sensors and infrared cameras. According to Glenn Spencer, head of ABP, the media are already responding. "HDNet is just finishing its work and major network affiliate will be here Tuesday," Spencer said. "On October 25 we are going to render our opinion as to whether the Bush Administration is serious about controlling the border, or whether its efforts are nothing more than a hoax." "This president has one final chance for redemption," Spencer added.     Spencer said tax deductible donations are greatly appreciated. Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Another Arizona hospital in trouble due to invaders Bisbee, Arizona -- Small rural hospitals such as Copper Queen Community Hospital in Bisbee will be partly reimbursed for treating illegal immigrants [criminals] under a new law that takes effect today. -- The Medicare Prescription Drug and Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 will allow hospitals to be reimbursed at a small percentage for treating illegal immigrants...

TIME Magazine Border War in Arizona (Prop. 200 hugely popular) Proposition 200, an Arizona ballot initiative aimed at illegal immigrants, would seem to have little going for it. Virtually the entire political, business and religious establishment of the state - including Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano, Republican Senator John McCain and the state's three Catholic bishops - is lined up against it.

Gang News

Charlotte Observer Police: Immigration crackdown has reduced violent gang crime Charlotte, N.C. (AP) -- A yearlong crackdown on immigration violations has led to a drop in gang-related violence in the Charlotte area, according to police. -- More than 100 members of Charlotte street gangs have been arrested on immigration violations in the last 16 months. Most of those who were later deported are members of Mara Salvatrucha 13, a traditionally Salvadoran gang considered just a year ago to be the city's most violent.

KUSA-TV -- Denver Amber Alert canceled, victim found south of the border Juarez, Chih., Mex. - Authorities found 7-year-old Yasmin Garcia unharmed with family in Mexico Sunday. -- Yasmin's mother spoke to her by phone from Mexico. Authorities say the girl's family called her mother once she was dropped at their home in Juarez. -- The suspect, Alejandro Valenciano, remains at large.

Free Republic Forum - John and Ken Show Dems disown RINO Dreier's opposition candidate This news is from last week, but seems not to have gotten any notice. Cynthia Matthews, Republican Congressman David Dreier's Democrat opponent in the race for California's 26th Congressional District, has been officially disowned by her own party over the illegal immigrant issue. Matthews has been outspoken opposed to illegal immigration and the corporations who hire them (she wants laws against hiring enforced), and reported on the John and Ken radio talk show...

Arnold Watch

Bakersfield Californian MALDEF meddlers, other subversives whine over vetoes San Diego (AP) - Last year, as he ran for governor criticizing the passage of a law that would allow illegal immigrants, most of them Hispanic, to get driver's licenses, Arnold Schwarzenegger was criticized for not being sensitive enough to Hispanic issues. -- Now, after his round of bill signings and vetoes as governor, that criticism has emerged again. -- Bills championing causes important to many Hispanics - such as a revived driver's license bill...

KAKE-TV - Wichita, Kansas Mexico - A country to avoid like the plague when traveling After a fall of more than 40-feet, Mexican medical teams refuse to help a Kansas man. It was a trip to discover his heritage but instead turns tragic. -- The 23-year-old was going to Mexico to meet his birth father for the first time. He had been living with his adopted parents his entire life in Newton...

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Jon Talton -- Arizona Republic - Phoenix Prop. 200 supporters: Not all bigots, just grappling with change I am the voice of a voter who supports Proposition 200. -- It's not an anti-immigrant thing, as columnists like Jon Talton say. My friends and I come from immigrant stock. But those immigrants came legally. -- I'm not a bigot. There may be bigots who support it, but they aren't the majority.

The Provo Daily Herald - Ruben Navarrette Jr. Illegal immigrants, driver's licenses don't mix There is a saying in politics: "There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies -- just permanent interests." -- Now, in their relentless campaign to get driver's licenses issued to illegal immigrants, Latino activists in California bring to mind a slightly different phrasing: "If you don't know who your friends are, you'll make enemies. And that just isn't in your best interest." -- Those activists have a new foil: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...

Faribault (Minnesota) Daily News Irate scofflaws demand "dignity and respect" Faribault, Minn. -- Many local residents who saw them thought they were protesting Wednesday's drug raid. They were not. -- A coalition of advocacy groups staged a peaceful walk... to raise the awareness of the value of immigrant workers to this country's economy. -- "This march and ride was planned before the raid. The message we are spreading is that the Hispanic community deserves dignity and respect..." [Illegals deserve arrest and deportation]

Associated Press Usual suspects miffed over arrest of foreign invaders Faribault, Minn. - As more people were arraigned on drug charges after a massive bust in the area, authorities defended the detention of suspected illegal immigrants [criminals] who were not targets of the raid. -- Immigration lawyer Susana De Leon [who is also a 'Chicano Studies' zealot] said agents overstepped their authority by detaining people who were not targets of the investigation. She accused agents of using the drug raids to carry out a "fishing expedition" for illegal immigrants. [Tell Susana to go pound sand]

Los Angeles Daily News Sinkhole de Mayo: Northridge E.R. to shut down on Monday Van Nuys, Calif. -- Under orders from county regulators, Northridge Hospital Medical Center will close the emergency room of its Sherman Way campus Monday, increasing the pressure on already crowded hospitals nearby, officials said Saturday. -- The acute-care hospital was ordered by the county Department of Health Services to shut down emergency services at 8 a.m. Monday... [We told you so]

KUSA-TV -- Denver Amber Alert: Suspect likely taking victim to Mexico The Colorado Bureau of Investigation is searching for a 6-year-old girl. The suspect is Alejandro Valenciano. He was last seen driving a white, Ford Expedition with Colorado temporary tags 417 275 C. --- Police believe Alejandro Valenciano may be headed to Aspen and then Mexico.

We Need Immigrants?

Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)   As Reservoirs Recede, Fears of a Water Shortage Rise Page, Ariz. - Behind Glen Canyon Dam spreads a vista reincarnated. One of the West's mightiest reservoirs is in steady retreat, the deep turquoise of its waters replaced by the chalky white of canyon walls submerged four decades ago. -- Five years of record-breaking drought in the Colorado River basin have drained Lake Powell of more than 60% of its water. Flows on the Colorado are among the lowest in 500 years.

Beverly Antel - L.A.Times Community Issues Forum (Free Registration)  State Is Sailing Toward a Crisis on Immigration I am a native Angeleno who was born in this city more than 50 years ago and has lived here ever since. Over the years, I have witnessed firsthand the effects of unchecked illegal immigration in California and can no longer remain silent on this issue. I believe we need to start enforcing our immigration laws to limit the number of people coming into the state...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Op. Gatekeeper: Usual suspects stage Tijuana tantrum ...Operation Gatekeeper pushed people trying to cross the border illegally out of sight to the more dangerous mountains and deserts east of San Diego, where more than 3,000 human remains ---- believed to be those of illegal immigrants ---- have since been found. -- [Reconquista Claudia] Smith has been one of the most outspoken critics of the border build-up. She and other immigrant rights advocates called for dissolving Gatekeeper during rallies...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Phoenix rag continues to rail against Prop. 200 Prop. 200 skips details, report says New myth for Prop. 200 Prop. 200: Facts, and just the facts [Find out about Arizona's Prop. 200 here. If Mexico hates it, it has to be good!]

¡Viva México!

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Vicious coyote rams, injures Pima County sheriff's deputy Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- A Pima County Sheriff's deputy was injured Saturday after his car was rammed by a suspected immigrant smuggler, authorities said. -- "We're seeing much more aggressive driving by smugglers," said Andy Adame, spokesman for the Border Patrol's Tucson sector. -- Border Patrol agents were called in to assist the sheriff's office after the ramming incident.