Wednesday, December 8, 2004

Hastert Promises Action in January Illegal Immigration to be First New Bill Rep. Sensenbrenner Fox And Friends - December 8 Sensenbrenner: "I'm going to introduce a bill the first day that Congress is in session next month that includes all of the items that Senators Collins and Lieberman objected to. And I have a commitment from speaker Hastert that that is going to be one of the first bills that is dealt with when Congress comes back. It's about time." Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Pelosi

Press Release Demo-crackpots Pelosi, Reyes laud passage of bad legislation ..."Democrats were successful in preventing language that would have accelerated the deportation of immigrants to countries that practice torture and restricted the use of the already legal acceptance of the matricula consular I.D. card," Silvestre Reyes added. "We also prevented the inclusion of other provisions that would have discriminated against Latinos and other immigrants. The security of our nation should never be put in jeopardy because of a divisive and xenophobic anti-immigrant agenda." [Apparently Bush agrees with these dangerous left-wing nut jobs].

Lawn & Landscape H2-B visa cap unchanged, greedy lawn tenders grouse The American Nursery & Landscape Association (ANLA) expressed the growing frustration of the green industry with Congress' opposition to increasing the H-2B temporary guest worker program cap. The H-2B program annually grants 66,000 work visas for employers demonstrating a seasonal need for foreign workers.

¡Viva México!

San Diego Union-Tribune Alleged pot smuggler tries to kill BP agent, flees to Mexico Tecate, Calif. -- An alleged smuggler in a vehicle nearly ran down a Border Patrol agent in Tecate, then fled to Mexico, where he was found with about 200 pounds of marijuana and arrested, authorities said Wednesday. --- He will be prosecuted in Mexico, said Border Patrol information officer Raul Martinez, adding that U.S. agents did not travel to Mexico to question the suspect.

Arizona Daily Star Hourly Update  [Short-lived link] Tucsonan held in sale of fraudulent IDs A Tucson man could face up to 15 years in prison after his arrest last week on identity-fraud charges. -- Officials say Walter Gonzalo Hernandez sold six fraudulent U.S. permanent resident cards to people last month and Dec. 2, according to a written news release Tuesday from the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Arizona Daily Star Hourly Update  [Short-lived link] Judge gives OK for Napolitano to sign Prop. 200 into law A federal judge has given the OK for Gov. Janet Napolitano to officially proclaim approval of Proposition 200. -- Judge David Bury, in an order released Wednesday, said Napolitano is free to declare that voters approved sections of the initiative which require proof of citizenship to register to vote and mandate that those seeking to cast a ballot must first present identification.

Tom Tancredo

TeamAmericaPAC.org Amnesty vs. Border Control President Bush announced in a meeting with Mexico's President Vicente Fox in November that he will give "high priority" in 2005 to his guest worker plan that will grant legal status to the four to six million Mexican nationals (and others) now working in the United States illegally. That proposal was first announced in January of 2004 as a set of "principles."

Tucson Citizen Immigration bill would double Border Patrol agents in Arizona Federal law enforcement's presence on the Arizona-Mexico border could double during the next five years as the size and number of immigrant detention facilities increases substantially if the intelligence bill negotiated in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. [Reader comment: The feds could put a million agents on the border, but as long as the Bush admin. ties their hands behind their backs what's the use?]

WorldNetDaily.com Online polls: No licenses for illegals If several online polls had had any influence on the deliberations in Congress of late, the House-passed intelligence reform bill likely would have included a prohibition on states giving driver's licenses to illegal aliens [Poll results from: WorldNetDaily | Wall Street Journal]. -- One of the issues holding up the bill last week was the licenses-for-illegals matter...

Fox News Lawmaker Sparks Immigrant Licensing Debate Congress on Tuesday was wrapping up work on an intelligence reform bill that skirted the issue of whether states should issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants, but outside the Capital Beltway, neither side is backing down. -- Opponents of allowing illegals to obtain licenses say the issue is clearly one of security...

Asa Watch

The Hill Bush lackey to run for Governor of Arkansas Undersecretary of Homeland Security Asa Hutchinson now plans to run for governor of Arkansas in 2006. -- Because of term limits, Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) is not eligible to run for office again. Republican Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller, son of the late Winthrop Rockefeller, who served as governor from 1967 to 1971...

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!

CNN A looming battle over immigration policy? Congress may have put off immigration issues for now, in the hopes of passing the intelligence reform bill, but a battle over immigration policy may be looming right around the corner. -- The House of Representatives met Tuesday to pass the intelligence reorganization bill...

El Presidente

La Opinión via VidaEnElValle.com Good News!: Schwarzenegger, Fox remain distant In spite of those well wishers who are dying to hear Arnold Schwarzenegger "speak Spanish with an Austrian accent," as a Mexican professor [this reconquista menace] said last year, that fantasy seems more out of reach than ever. -- Although a relatively high number of Latinos voted for the former Hollywood star in the 2003 recall election...

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Editorial Border madness Two weeks from today, a federal judge in Tucson, Ariz. [David C. Bury, a Bush appointee], is scheduled to hear arguments in defense of public employees not doing their due diligence. George Orwell would be proud. -- Arizonans adopted Proposition 200 on Nov. 2. It requires state and local government employees to verify the immigration status of people applying for public assistance...

Yeh Ling-Ling

U.S. News and World Report Foreigners taking U.S. college slots Many Americans have had a hard time being admitted to colleges and universities because of slots taken by foreign students and new immigrants. Foreign students use their visas as a stepping-stone to gain permanent residency. Now, they are no longer coming in large numbers...

Joseph Farah -- WorldNetDaily.com Will of the people ignored again ...Take, for example, Arizona's Proposition 200, approved by voters in that state by a comfortable margin of nearly 60 percent. Voters had placed the proposition on the ballot because of their outrage that federal immigration laws were being ignored, permitting their state to be overrun by illegal aliens, and because they felt powerless to keep Arizona from being destroyed fiscally and culturally as a result.

Washington Times Bush claims he'll deal with the border soon (3 years after 9/11) President Bush is vowing to help House Republicans enact tighter immigration- security controls "early in the next session" of Congress. -- The promise - made in a letter to members of Congress - was part of the final push by the White House to win support for the massive intelligence-overhaul bill, which was stripped of several key immigration reforms so it would pass more easily.

Tucson Citizen Border drones called deterrent The latest aerial drones tested on the U.S.-Mexico border have yet to be credited with assisting in apprehensions or drug busts but they are a deterrent, a Border Patrol spokeswoman said yesterday. -- The two Hunter unmanned aircraft are following the flight patterns as Hermes 450 drones tested in southern Arizona during the summer, said Andrea Zortman...

Washington Times More on House passage of bogus Intel Bill The House last night approved a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's intelligence community, despite objections from a host of Republicans that bill was flawed and should be voted down. -- If passed by the Senate - which is expected to approve it today - the measure will be the first major legislation passed by Congress since President Bush won re-election. [See which Repubs voted the right way on this bill]

Rick Reiss -- The Californian Corruption drives illegal immigration Last week, a Murrieta Valley High School student narrowly missed becoming another Amber alert. Murrieta police arrested an illegal alien suspected of luring the 14-year-old girl and for reportedly carrying bogus resident alien identification. -- It's bad enough that our communities have to contend with homegrown rapists and pedophiles....

Axis of Weasels

Associated Press Mexico, U.S. seek to mend fences Mexico City -- President Vicente Fox yesterday denied he's still at odds with his U.S. counterpart, George W. Bush, saying the two hope to jumpstart a long-stalled immigration deal when they meet in Washington in February. -- "We have no differences with the United States," Fox insisted in a meeting with foreign journalists... [Also see: Meddling Mexicans]

Nuts

The Epoch Times -- New York NY City Council pushing for 'rights' for invading hordes Thirty-six percent of New Yorkers are foreign-born, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Many of them are illegal or "undocumented" immigrants [criminals], doing the menial jobs that U.S. citizens often won't. In a hearing of the committee on immigration the New York City councilmembers pushed to further accommodate illegal immigrants in New York.

MS13 Gang

Brownsville Herald Mara gang member arraigned after attempt to enter Brownsville A member of the notorious Central American gang Mara Salvatrucha [aka MS-13] was arraigned Tuesday in federal court for attempting to illegally cross into Brownsville last week. -- According to Border Patrol records, Francky Sanchez-Solorzano was arrested by Border Patrol on Thursday night as he and 13 others crossed the Rio Grande...

Arizona Republic Invaders fear Arizona's Prop. 200 (Oh the horror!) The steps outside Ben Miranda's downtown law office were filled with state and city leaders. The news conference was to introduce a toll-free hotline for concerns about Proposition 200. But the showing of leadership was meant to ease fears of undocumented immigrants. -- Tom Horne, head of Arizona's schools, said students wouldn't need to prove their legal status...

Sacramento Bee Sacramento ethnic hustlers, reconquistas call GOP ads racist Accusing the GOP and business groups of stoking "anti-immigrant, anti-Latino" fervor, the Legislature's Democratic Latino Caucus urged Gov. Schwarzenegger to denounce "racist" GOP campaign ads mailed during recent Assembly races. -- Members of the caucus also called on the governor to speak out against a campaign to qualify a ballot measure that would deny benefits - including driver's licenses - to illegal immigrants [criminals].

Invasion

Jimmy Herchek and Others -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution What do you think about Bush's amnesty scheme? President Bush's plan for a guest worker program is unworkable and is another insult to American citizens. -- Bush has proposed no workable means of enforcement that would even slow down the massive flow of illegal aliens. He and Congress continue to hamstring the only workable solutions to stopping illegal aliens...

What Homeland Security?

FAIR Press Release Deal Brings Intel Reform, But Not Homeland Security A House-Senate conference committee has apparently concluded negotiations on the final language of a bill that will reform America's intelligence services, but which falls far short of the goal of taking common sense measures to protect the homeland security of the United States. In the end, Congress backed away from full implementation of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission...