Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Bush Picks Hispanic for Commerce Gutierrez Not an Affirmative Action Pick George Bush and Carlos Gutierrez Washington Post - Nov. 30 Nominee Led Kellogg's Upswing Gutierrez Considered a Surprise Pick to Lead Commerce Department Carlos M. Gutierrez rose to the top of Kellogg by performing at every level. "He has this ability to focus in on the key issues, to talk to people about their concerns, weigh out the options and make the right decisions," said Ronald B. Larson, a professor of marketing at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich., and a former Kellogg marketing researcher. AmPat Comment: A good Choice - Gutierrez does not sound like the kind of guy who puts ethnicity above performance and he certainly should know just how corrupt Mexico is. Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

San Diego Union-Tribune Four Mexican job thieves nailed in San Diego San Diego -- U.S. agents Tuesday arrested four Mexican nationals working illegally for a San Diego business that installs sheet metal and fabric at commercial food facilities, including those on Navy ships at North Island. -- The unauthorized workers were identified after agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Tucson Sector PIO Press Release Drug seizures continue at record pace in Tucson sector Today, Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Casa Grande Station patrolling Federal Route 42 on the Tohono O'odham Nation seized over 2500 pounds of marijuana. -- At approximately 7:30 a.m., agents encountered a white Chevrolet and a brown Dodge truck traveling north on FR 42 near milepost 12...

Minnesota Public Radio Mexican invasion station scheme aggravates Americans ..."Basically their purpose in coming and setting up offices in the United states at this point, is simply to ensure that the illegal aliens that are here from Mexico continue to have their jobs and continue to have full access to American benefits," according to Susan Tully, Midwest director for FAIR... "And I don't think anybody needs to kid themselves; that's exactly what they're doing." [See: Meddling Mexicans]

Associated Press Judge puts restraining order on Proposition 200 Tucson -- A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred the state from implementing a ballot initiative aimed at cutting illegal immigrants off from public benefits. --- "We believe that this is a promising start to ensure that the proposition doesn't become law," said Ann Marie Tallman, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund...

FAIR Invaders costing California taxpayers $ billions annually Analysis of the latest Census data indicates that California's illegal immigrant population is costing the state's taxpayers more than $10.5 billion per year for education, medical care and incarceration. Even if the estimated tax contributions of illegal immigrant workers are subtracted, net outlays still amount to nearly $9 billion per year.

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald-Review Baby-waving plaintiffs discuss suit against rancher Tucson -- Three young girls said they feared for their lives when Cochise County businessman and rancher Roger Barnett allegedly confronted them and two adults with a loaded rifle, accusing the five of trespassing on his property. -- Monday, the girls spoke about the incident east of Douglas in a press conference arranged by the Border Action Network [Morris Dees' lackeys], a long-time foe of Barnett...

Roy Beck

Atlantic Monthly via VDare.com The Ordeal Of Immigration In Wausau It all began simply enough, when a few churches and individuals in Wausau, Wisconsin, decided to resettle some Southeast Asian refugees during the late 1970s. To most residents, it seemed like a nice thing to do. Nobody meant to plant the seeds for a social transformation. But this small and private charitable gesture inadvertently set into motion events that many residents today feel are spinning out of control.

Reuters Anti-Immigrant Forces Said to Gain Strength in U.S. Republicans who want to slow immigration to the United States and crack down on illegal immigrants [criminals] believe they are gaining political strength and public backing, which may pose a problem next year for President Bush. -- Bush has already signaled his intention to push a major proposal to allow some of the estimated 8 million to 10 million illegal immigrants in the country to gain legal work visas...

Paul Craig Roberts - VDare.com Bush Administration Facing Failure On Every Front Is the Bush administration competent? There is enough information at hand on which to base an objective opinion. --- The ultimate test of competence is ability to admit mistakes. This the Bush administration cannot do. Steadfastly denying any mistake, Bush is promoting those responsible for the Iraq carnage to higher office. Will four more years of Bush terminate America's superpower status?

Mexico

Minneapolis Star-Tribune  Meddling Mexicans plan invasion station for Twin Cities Five months after Mexican President Vicente Fox came to the Twin Cities and promised to open a Mexican consulate aqui (here), St. Paul civic leaders will announce plans today to open an office on the city's East Side. -- The consulate will be in the new headquarters for Chicanos Latinos Unidos En Servicio or CLUES.

Protest at Sen. Collins' Office - December 1 Lewiston, Maine - Other Events Coming Up in Phoenix and the D.C. Area

Tri-Valley Herald - Pleasanton  'One Bill' Gil is at it again with his driver's license nonsense Ignoring stiff opposition by the administration, a state legislator ['One Bill Gil' Cedillo, a vehement Mexican reconquista] plans to reintroduce the same proposal to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed in September. -- The Republican governor vetoed a bill granting illegal immigrants driver's licenses in September, saying it did not contain the necessary security precautions.

Rumor Mill

American Patrol Crash involving load vehicle reported in Cochise Co., Arizona 11:07 AM PST -- We received a report of a rollover-type crash involving a suspected illegal alien load vehicle at about 10:55 am on Hwy. 191 between Douglas and Pearce. Info indicates 1 fatality, 13 injured, and several suspects on the loose in the desert. A Border Patrol helicopter has been requested. More info later if available. UPDATE - 11:17 am - Hwy. 191 is completely blocked at milepost 28.

National Review Editorial On intel-reform, quicker is not better House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner is one of the villains of the hour in Washington. He has had the temerity to insist that the intelligence-reform bill - inspired by the 9/11 Commission and largely focused on centralizing U.S. intelligence, for no very good reason - actually include some provisions drawn from the commission's work that will enhance domestic security.

What Homeland Security?

The Stein Report  Limbaugh: 9/11 commissioners betray commitment to security "The chairmen of the 9/11 Commission don't really care much about immigration as it relates to national security," said radio host Rush Limbaugh yesterday. "Now, we're back here to James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in Wisconsin, and he's pushing for language to prevent illegal aliens from obtaining driver's licenses...."

MSNBC Ridge Resigns 10:14 am PDT -- According to an announcement on MSNBC, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge has resigned. A news conference is scheduled at 11:45 am Pacific time. Let's hope that he isn't replaced by the insufferable Asa Hutchinson. [See Associated Press article]

The State -- Columbia, SC Illegal rescued by senator wants to be an immigration lawyer Columbia, S.C. - A Mexican-born teenager who has been allowed to stay in the United States months after an official discovered her illegal status says she eventually wants to become an immigration lawyer. -- But first, she needs to secure her future in the United States. -- Griselda Lopez Negrete has received help from U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham...

Arizona Republic Mexican reconquista mob sues to stop Arizona's Prop. 200 Proposition 200's latest legal saga begins today when its opponents seek a temporary restraining order in Tucson federal court to prevent the immigration measure from becoming law. -- The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund will argue the initiative illegally turns state and local employees into federal immigration authorities and violates "a host of constitutional issues," Phoenix attorney Daniel Ortega said.

Money-Grubbers

Salt Lake Tribune Banks focus more on Latino customers Utah Latinos spend nearly $4 billion annually, leaving banks eager to attract their business, yet some are learning it takes more than hiring Spanish- speaking tellers. -- More and more, banks are recruiting Latino employees and remodeling branches to make them more appealing to the state's 300,000 Latino residents.

Associated Press Invaders found near Miami, Okla. to be sent back to Mexico Miami, Okla. - Fifteen illegal immigrants who were found huddled in a wooded area after the vehicle they were riding in ran off the road will be deported to Mexico, authorities said. -- The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service picked up the immigrants from the Ottawa County Jail in a bus on Monday and took them to a holding facility in Oklahoma City, officials said.

Sam Francis

VDare.com Why Immigrants Kill Just exactly how many murders will it take to convince the Open Borders lobby, whose leader now seems to be President Bush, that mass Third World immigration is not such a good idea? -- Up in Wisconsin, a gentleman named Chai Soua Vang, a... Hmong immigrant, just blew away six people, apparently because they threw him out of their privately- owned deer stand he had decided to take over for his own use....

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!

Seattle Times Hispanic Cabinet choices seen as part of 'outreach' With his selection of Cuban-born Carlos Gutierrez to be his Commerce secretary yesterday, President Bush advanced what strategists say is a comprehensive effort to transform his success among Hispanic voters in this year's elections into a long-term gain for Republicans. -- Gutierrez is the second Hispanic to gain Bush's nod for a Cabinet post since his re-election, after his selection of top White House lawyer Alberto Gonzalez...

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition Lawsuit targets gun-toting rancher A Douglas rancher known for armed patrols of his property and roundups of illegal border crossers is being sued by two families who claim he threatened them with a loaded rifle last month as they hunted on state land. -- The families, American citizens, do not ask for specific damages in a lawsuit filed Friday in Cochise County Superior Court...

Bryanna Bevens

VDare.com This Hmong Show Has No Winners -Time To Cancel It In 1998, I was working for a politician who represented parts of the California's Central Valley, including Fresno. -- Fresno is home to the second-largest Hmong population in the United States. -- Somehow, I was saddled with a phone call from an irate constituent-a woman from Fresno ready to launch a solo crusade to rid the U.S. of the Hmong...

Gutierrez

Hispanic Business Illinois Congress-menace bewails Arizona's Prop. 200 Washington -- Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., used the weekly Hispanic radio address Saturday to challenge President Bush's claim to seek immigration reform. -- Specifically, Gutierrez challenged the White House to renounce Arizona's Proposition 200, which Gutierrez called "divisive, destructive and dangerous." -- Gutierrez said the lack of changes in U.S. immigration policy is hurting families...{blah, blah, blah...]

Minneapolis Star Tribune Arrest made in death of Somali A man suspected of killing a Somali woman in her apartment near downtown Minneapolis this month was arrested Saturday night in St. Cloud. -- Somali leaders in the Twin Cities said Sunday that the suspect, who has not been charged, probably is tied to a growing Somali gang problem. [Reader Comment: There was no Somali "gang problem" before the mid-90's when they were dumped on the Twin Cities. Government malfeasance in action...]