Friday, October 22, 2004

Stop the Invasion? The People Say Yes; Bush Says NO! Poll Shows Dangerous Political Chasm Lou Dobbs Tonight - October 21 Lou Dobbs: An alarming new study confirming what we've been reporting here for more than a year. An invasion of illegal aliens into this country is of great and rising concern to millions of Americans, a majority of Americans. And most Americans believe the government isn't doing enough to stop illegal aliens from crossing our borders. Marcus Rosenbaum, NPR Sr. Editor: We sort of have a live wire sitting out there that I think nobody is willing to touch right now, and there's no real reason to because you're not going to solidify your base and your not going to really going to bring anybody over to your side...[bullshit] Stephen Pelletier, Harvard Opinion Research: There is a concern that the government needs to become a little more strong in enforcing immigration laws and doing something about immigration. [A little more? -- a hell of a lot more, buster] Dobbs: This new study comes as the White House is pressuring Congress to remove some immigration control measures from the massive intelligence reform legislation. Those measures would put more border patrol agents and expedite the deportation of illegal aliens. Ed Henry has the report.  Broadband / Dial-up  Transcript Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

San Diego Union-Tribune 3 previously booted Mexicans nailed again Immigration authorities arrested three undocumented workers [criminals] yesterday morning at the Brawley slaughterhouse and meat-packing plant where they worked. -- The workers presented fraudulent documents to get jobs at the Brawley Beef Plant, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The three men, all Mexican citizens, are in their 30s.

Rocky Mountain News More flak fired in lawsuit over attack by vicious Mexican A woman who says she was attacked at a Denver immigration forum is suing the sponsors of the event and her alleged attacker, claiming ethnic intimidation and assault. -- Terry Graham, of Boulder, attended the July 22 forum at North High School [of Mexican flag fame] and was challenging the forum's panelists when she says she was attacked by Julissa Molina [aka Julissa Molina-Soto]...

Associated Press Suspected invaders nabbed at ammunition plant Middletown, Iowa -- Nine illegal immigrants hired as temporary employees at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Middletown have been charged with possessing fraudulent documents. -- Ammunition plant staff called sheriff's officers last week after noticing irregularities in their documentation...

Arizona Daily Star Hourly Update  [Short-lived link] Prop. 200 naysayers try desperately to kill initiative Phoenix - Proposition 200 foes are trying to block tallying of the votes on the measure, charging that the vast majority of the petitions signed by Arizonans to put it on the ballot do not have the correct legal wording. -- Former Attorney General Grant Woods said a preliminary check of petitions shows that the initiative language attached to nearly nine out of 10 petitions...

Cynthia Matthews for Congress (CA-26th Dist.) - Fire David Dreier Information on Other Selected Candidates

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Agent fatally shoots driver of load vehicle Tucson -- FBI and Cochise County sheriff's authorities were investigating the fatal shooting by a Border Patrol agent of a Mexican national near the New Mexico border. -- The incident occurred about 2:45 a.m. Wednesday after an agent followed a van from New Mexico into Arizona suspected of carrying illegal immigrants, authorities said Thursday.

Wichita Eagle Hispanic influx divides voters Joan House of Valley Center has a distinct point of view about immigration issues. -- "It's pathetic that the United States wants to cater and appease these illegal aliens because they want cheap labor," she said. "Illegals try to force us to adapt to their language and values -- the very culture which they are trying to escape."

Onslaught

KFOX-TV -- El Paso / Las Cruces Americans Worried About Illegal Immigrants As the big election day draws near, a new survey shows a majority of Americans across the country are concerned about illegal immigrants in the country. -- The reason? What that means about how safe our borders are, and how it effects the economy. -- Residents across the Borderland are even more concerned, considering how close we are to Mexico. [See this feature]

Marty Lich

Magic City Morning Star -- Millinocket, Maine Out of Sight, Out of Mind Dear Presidential Hopefuls, I have been watching the Great Debates on my television and I have been patiently waiting for the Dare Not Speak Of It in Polite Company subject of illegal immigration to rear its ugly but important head. -- And it has not reared its ugly head but I am still patiently waiting...

Garza

San Antonio Express-News Bush crony pushes for migrant deal with corrupt Mexico The United States and Mexico benefit from an established trade partnership, but their next goal should be a comprehensive immigration accord as a step toward expanded bilateral relations, a high-ranking U.S. diplomat said Thursday. -- Antonio "Tony" Garza, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, spoke on the diplomatic progress between the two nations...

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition 3,600 pounds of pot found in water truck In the largest pot bust of the new fiscal year for the U.S. Border Patrol, agents found 3,600 pounds of marijuana concealed inside an Arrowhead water delivery truck during a traffic stop Wednesday near Nogales, Arizona. -- About 10 a.m., agents saw the truck illegally drive across the border near Buena Vista Ranch in Kino Springs... [See CBP Press Release, photos]

Vicente Watch

El Universal -- Mexico City Fox to discuss migration with Canadian P.M. President Vicente Fox is looking to expand a migration program that allows thousands of Mexicans to work legally in Canada, a high-ranking foreign official said Thursday. -- During his visit next week to Ottawa, Canada, Fox will meet with Prime Minister Paul Martin and discuss the possibility of expanding a 30-year-old temporary work program that brings more than 10,000 construction, factory and service workers to Canada each year...

National Review Editorial Intelligence-Reform Perversity - Rep. Hoekstra should stand firm There is no perversity in Washington quite like election-year perversity. The debate over the intelligence-reform bill now in a House-Senate conference is a prime example. There is a rush to pass it by Nov. 2 just so Congress can boast to voters about having "done something" about intelligence, even if the chief "reform" in the bill will do nothing significant to improve, and may even hamper, our intelligence capacity.

Navarro

Riverside (California) Press Enterprise (Free Registration)  Chicano studies allow students to learn about heritage A new class at Norte Vista High School isn't just teaching historical dates and famous events, it's pushing students to tap into themselves. --- "This is long overdue," said Armando Navarro, an ethnic studies professor at UC Riverside [and vehement Mexican reconquista menace]. "We need to adjust so that our people have the opportunity to fully appreciate their heritage, culture and politics."

Tom Tancredo

Al Knight -- Denver Post Anti-Tancredo "Nora Evans" ad more than misleads It was the late New York Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a Democrat, who said, "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." -- The truth of that statement has never been more widely ignored than during the current election cycle. -- The recent passage of the so-called McCain-Feingold campaign finance law has produced a bumper crop of 527 corporations...

Arizona Republic - Phoenix Poll: Slight slip in Prop. 200 support, but most favor it A majority of voters still favor a pair of high-profile propositions on the Nov. 2 ballot despite slight erosion of support for both, a new poll suggests. -- The Arizona Republic Poll found that 55 percent of respondents intended to vote for Proposition 200 and 58 percent said they favored Proposition 400.

FAIR - 2:22 pm PDT Senate Conferees Seek to Strike Secure Driver's License Provisions Call Them Immediately! -- Calls must be made 8-5 Eastern.

Peroutka

Howard Phillips -- American Conservative Magazine Constitutionally Correct Peroutka The Constitution Party, then called the U.S. Taxpayers Party, was established in 1992, with its goal to limit the federal government to its delegated, enumerated, constitutional functions and to restore American jurisprudence to its Biblical common-law foundations. Neither John Kerry nor George W. Bush shares that goal. [Candidate comparisons]

It's Not Amnesty!

Associated Press Bush touts amnesty scheme on Mexican propaganda network President Bush says he supports offering temporary legal status to immigrants who want jobs that go unfilled by U-S citizens. -- In an interview with a Spanish- language TV station, Bush said the card would provide temporary legal status for undocumented immigrants [criminals] or those who want to come to the U-S to work.

Riverside (California) Press Enterprise (Free Registration)  Border Patrol Sweeps: Concern over so-called 'profiling' Nearly 100 people voiced opinions Thursday night in support or against a proposed anti-racial profiling resolution by Riverside's 17-member Human Relations Commission. -- The resolution was prompted by controversial Border Patrol sweeps that targeted undocumented immigrants [criminals] in Riverside County over the summer...

Arizona Republic - Phoenix Prop. 200 a 'wake-up call'? With Arizona's immigration initiative heading into the Nov. 2 election with solid support, national advocates hope it will lead to stricter immigration controls in Congress and similar reforms in other battleground states. -- Out-of-state interest groups have spent more than $1 million to support or defeat Proposition 200, aimed at curbing voter and benefit fraud by non-citizens in Arizona. [Find out about Prop. 200 here]