Thursday, October 28, 2004

9/11 Families Support HR10 Immigration Provisions Sister of Capt. of Plane that Hit Pentagon Speaks Out Debra Burlington, sister of American Airlines Captain Chick Burlingame. C-SPAN2 - October 27 Debra Burlingame, sister of American Airlines Captain Chick Burlingame: "Every year, illegal aliens crossing borders. We know that 18 of the nineteen hijackers obtained ID by some sort of fraud. We know that fifteen of the nineteen hijackers could have been stopped at the borders if we had proper immigration laws, either being enforced or enacted. The war on terrorism can be fought on many fronts and the 911 Commission has told us that cutting down on terrorist travel will cut down on terrorist attacks without the firing of a single shot." Watch Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

Terrence Jeffrey

Townhall.com Don't ice the 'ice' reforms Were terrorists to sneak across our border today and need a place to hide, a rational analysis of U.S. immigration enforcement would point them toward Tulsa, Okla. There is little chance the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) would look for them there...

The Morning Call -- Allentown, Pennsylvania 27 suspected invaders rounded up in raid A Williams Township company lost most of its work force on Wednesday when officials conducted a raid and rounded up illegal immigrants. -- Northampton County District Attorney John M. Morganelli said 27 arrests were made at Rapp Bros. Pallet Services Inc. and another 54 employees who weren't at work are the subject of warrants.

Catholic News Service Catholic parish helps provide Mexicans with bogus ID cards Rochester, N.Y. -- Hundreds of Mexican migrants living throughout the Rochester Diocese came to the Church of the Epiphany one day this fall to obtain Mexican consular identification cards. -- The Mexicans obtained the cards with the assistance of several consulate representatives who traveled to the church from their office in New York City.

Liar Dreier

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin -- Ontario, Calif. Fibber Dreier defends immigration policies ...Radio personalities John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou of KFI-AM launched the "political human sacrifice" campaign early last month against (Rep. David) Dreier (R-CA), an unabashed free trader who supports the president's proposal for a guest worker program. -- By doing away with a high-profile congressman who is weak on illegal immigration, voters will call attention to the problem... [Dump Dreier - elect Cynthia Matthews.]

Kris Kobach or Congress (Kansas - 3rd Dist.) Information on Other Selected Candidates

Press Release - National Council of 'The Race' Reconquista blowhard whines about 'anti-immigrant groups' For years, anti-immigrant organizations have tried to characterize immigrants, especially Hispanic immigrants, as "anti- American" and as people "who refuse to assimilate." In a direct repudiation of this disinformation campaign, eligible Hispanics and immigrants have been registering to vote in record numbers throughout the country...

Press Release ACLU attacks 9/11 Commission recommendations Washington -- The American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union today welcomed letters sent by the New York City Council and a coalition of Irish-American groups to Congressional conferees, asking them to keep anti-immigrant measures out of their final 9/11 reform legislation.

Associated Press Gang Violence Puts Idaho Town on Edge Caldwell, Idaho (AP) - Gunfire and gang violence are alarming people in this farm town where the usual background noise is the reassuring chug of field machinery. -- Since July, police have received more than 100 reports of shots fired in Caldwell, a town of 30,000 halfway between Boise and the Oregon line. Two young men have been killed...

Stein Report Georgia: More voting by non-citizens uncovered "Three residents here have made a controversial challenge to Latino voters in Atkinson County that questions their citizenship. The challengers say they discovered a county commissioner's apparent scheme to have noncitizens register to vote and then cast ballots for him," the Atlanta Journal Constitution writes today... [Related Item]

American Border Patrol American Border Patrol to join caravan American Border Patrol will join in a caravan around Sierra Vista, Az. this Saturday. The Caravan "Remember this November" will call attention to the border problem and show support for the Border Patrol. The caravan will assemble at the parking lot on the north side of Fry Blvd. at 7th Street and will depart at noon. ABP will display its Border Hawk UAVs.

Linda Bentley - Sonoran News -- Cave Creek, Arizona Prop. 200 attacked (Scroll down to find this item) Phoenix -- Monitor Hispano, a free Spanish-language newspaper, distributed throughout the southern parts of Phoenix, accompanied last week's article, titled: "Diabólica la Prop. 200" (The Diabolical Prop. 200), with a large swastika. -- Marcelino Angulo begins the article, as translated by Sonoran News' favorite interpreter, "In our near future, there is a proposition that could cause a great psychosis...

Arizona Republic - Phoenix Judge dismisses petition challenge on Prop. 200 The last-minute legal challenge to Arizona's immigration initiative was dismissed by a Superior Court Judge this morning because it came too late and too close to Tuesday's election. -- In her ruling, Judge Margaret H. Downie said she does not believe Arizona law authorizes the remedy that the group No on 200 campaign requested...[Vote YES on Prop. 200]

Myrick

NCRumors.com ALIPAC endorses Congresswoman Sue Myrick Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC) announced their endorsement of Congresswoman Sue Myrick in North Carolina's 9th district today. Myrick's recent votes on immigration legislation have raised her grade to "B" among immigration reform groups. -- "Congresswoman Sue Myrick is clearly a legislator that is responding to the wishes of her constituents." says William Gheen...

Boston Globe Survivor of Mexican shooting recalls deaths of her friends Lantana, Fla. -- Vanessa Burgos saw her two friends shot and dying in the dirt. So when she looked up at one of the bandits standing above her somewhere in Mexico, she thought she was next. -- The man with a pockmarked face loomed over the 22-year-old, rail-thin except for the bulge of her unborn daughter. As she kneeled with her hands bound behind her, something clicked in the would-be killer.

Tucson Citizen Prop. 200 splits Az. on proof of citizenship for benefits Proposition 200 has generated more controversy than any other proposition on southern Arizona's Nov. 2 ballot. -- The measure would bar noncitizens of the United States from receiving public services, such as welfare and non- emergency health care, that are not federally mandated. -- Proposition 200 also would require voters to show proof of citizenship. [Vote YES on Prop. 200]

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Tom DeWeese

NewsWithViews.com No fly lists, illegal aliens and the ravages of PC ...The man in charge of securing the border from such an invasion, Homeland Security Undersecretary Asa Hutchinson [this imbecile], admits that no law-enforcement officials are looking for the vast majority of the 8 million to 12 million illegal aliens thought to be in the country. Hutchinson told The Washington Times, "I don't think America has the will (to expel them)"... [Also see: What homeland security?]

File Photo

Southwest Nebraska News One dead, several injured in Nebraska load vehicle crash Lincoln, Neb. -- One person is dead and several others injured in a van-semi crash on Interstate-80, two miles west of Hershey, Nebraska, Tuesday, October 26, 2004. The Nebraska State Patrol reports the 1992 Dodge van with Arizona plates was eastbound on I-80 around 6:30 p.m., Tuesday night, when it blew a tire. The driver of the van [who fled and remains at large] lost control of the vehicle.

Nativo Lopez

Socialist Worker Socialist rag does Q & A with the notorious Nativo Lopez Nativo Lopez is president of the Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), one of the oldest and most respected political organizations representing Latinos, Chicanos and Mexican people in the U.S. Earlier this year, he chose to change his party affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Green Party. [Click here to read about the real Mexican reconquista menace Lopez]

Dept. of Homeland Security

The Daily Courier - Prescott, Arizona Experts: Border popular with smugglers and now possibly terrorists The al-Qaeda terrorist organization is trying to get into Mexico and cross the United States border using people who don't look Middle Eastern, according to Congressman Randy Cunningham, R-Calif., who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. -- "Lectures like this should be held all over the country, because the threat is real," Cunningham told the packed audience...

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Prop. 200: Is challenge too late? Phoenix -- With hundreds of thousands of early ballots already returned, a judge will decide today whether it is too late to hear a challenge to Arizona's immigration initiative that could stop the measure in its tracks. -- Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Margaret Downie said she would rule on the timeliness of the challenge before noon today. [Related Item] [Vote YES on Prop. 200]

Onslaught

Salt Lake Tribune Utahns form group to deal with invasion, usual suspects grouse St. George -- Phyllis Sears stands up for what she believes. -- The Ivins resident heads the Citizens Council on Illegal Immigration, which aims to highlight the growing problems in the St. George area from undocumented immigrants [criminals]. -- Sears argues that the influx of Latinos - an estimated 5,000 in and around St. George - is damaging the schools, the economy, public health and public safety.

Ramos

American Patrol Mexicans first - then Latino - then Americans BBC - Oct 28 -- Jorge Ramos (Univision Anchor): "We have a double identity. If you ask any Latino, he or she will tell you that they are identified with their countries of origin. If you ask me how I identify myself I will say that first, I am Mexican , then I might say that I am Latino or Hispanic... and eventually I might say that I am an American." See: CNN Presents' Hinojosa says it ain't so.

Mayor No

Associated Press Effort to recall MEChA-boy Villaraigosa underway East L.A. -- A group of East Los Angeles residents plans to launch a campaign to recall councilman Antonio Villaraigosa. -- One of Villaraigosa's constituents and five others say they want to recall him because he broke his pledge to serve out his four-year council term when he decided to run for mayor for a second time. [Related Item]