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Wednesday, December 15, 2004

"Preserving a Nation"
Steve King's Keynote Address

Preserving a Nation: The Battle to Secure America's Borders
McLean, Virginia, December 4
Rep. Steve King: I do believe in an immigration policy that is proactive; that is designed to enhance the economic, the social and the cultural well being of the United States of America...Why don't we go shopping and pick off the shelf the best ones we can get? ... -- We have an American destiny that we have to reach for. And the time is now to draw a lot of bright lines, and immigration is one of those bright lines.
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Chuck
Muth
GOPUSA.com
Homeland Insecurity: You Can't Fix Stupid
Homeland "security" is quickly becoming a sick and dangerous joke...and not just because of those pretty-colored security warnings the feds trot out every holiday weekend. Some examples... -- Tom Quinn heads up the Federal Air Marshal Service under the Department of Homeland Security. The air marshals he commands are supposed to secretly ride on passenger airplanes unnoticed and be ready to thwart any potential future hijackings.AP Internal Use Only

Woe Be Me!!!
What About
Our Slaves?
Las Vegas Sun
Lawbreakers fret lack of invading job thieves
Fingerprints identifying certain foreign passengers at McCarran International Airport. Drone planes flying over Arizona ranches. Machines reading immigration documents like ATM cards. -- Then there's also fewer immigrants [read: illegal aliens] to make beds, build houses, wash dishes. -- These twin scenarios were laid out in a conference called "2010: Nevada and Latin America," held Tuesday at the University of Nevada...AP Internal Use Only

Jeff
Smith
Tucson Citizen
Border policy planners should give us a clue
...One class of people is losing its temper: Americans who resent the effects of having thousands of uninvited guests walking across their pastures or lawns on their way to overcrowded hovels, where they dwell while they toil and mail money orders home to Mexico where these receipts amount to the second-highest category in GNP after petroleum.AP Internal Use Only

Customs and Border Protection
Tucson Sector PIO Press Release
DHS UAV Assists in Arrests and Drug Seizures
On December 13, 2004, Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Sonoita and Naco [Arizona] Stations were assisted by the DHS Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) with the arrest of 31 illegal aliens and two marijuana seizures totaling over 800 pounds. -- The first incident occurred at approximately 10:00 p.m., when a thermal night vision scope operator reported that he had a visual of nine individuals...AP Internal Use Only

It's not amnesty!
It's Not Amnesty!
Jon Alvarez -- RenewAmerica.us
America first!
...We want to see our borders protected and illegal immigrants deported, not rewarded. As a Hispanic American, I find it highly offensive that some believe President Bush would lose support amongst Hispanics if he doesn't pander to illegals. Quite the contrary, my grandparents immigrated to the United States legally. Would it be fair to them or those who obeyed our immigration laws to reward those who cut in line? AP Internal Use Only

Whack
Associated Press
Invader arrested in death of ASU official
Phoenix -- A [Mexican invader] was booked into jail early Wednesday in the stabbing death of an Arizona State University vice provost. -- Fabian Gutierrez Lopez was arrested for investigation of first-degree murder, said Detective Tony Morales, a police spokesman. Court paperwork identifies Gutierrez as an illegal immigrant and a boyfriend of the victim, John Babb.AP Internal Use Only

Cedillo's Folly
Sacramento Bee
Ethnic cartel whines to Arnold over 'New Prop. 187'
Accusing the Republican Party and business groups of stoking "anti-immigrant, anti-Latino" fervor, the Legislature's Democratic Latino Caucus last week urged Gov. Arnold 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 drivers licenses -- to illegal immigrants.AP Internal Use Only

Mara Salvatrucha
MS13 Gang
El Universal - Mexico City
Mara gang working as hired guns in Mexico
Hoards of "Mara" street gang members who fled to Mexico following crackdowns against them in Central America are now being hired as gunmen by Mexican drug cartels, whom they serve with unreasoning violence, a top prosecutor confirmed this week. -- The Carrillo Fuentes cartel in the city of Ciudad Juárez has been at the forefront of the movement...AP Internal Use Only

Government
Malfeasance
WorldNetDaily.com
Congress approves biggest BP buildup ever and doesn't fund it
The U.S. Congress has quietly approved the biggest build-up of Border Patrol agents in the history of the nation ­ but allocated no money to fund the positions. -- While much of the nation's attention was focused on the intelligence-reform bill and whether it would include provisions to forbid illegal aliens from getting driver's licenses...AP Internal Use Only

Waaaaaaaah!!!!
El Paso Times
Usual suspects bellyache about raid on 'immigrants'
Representatives of the Chinese Benevolent Society, LULAC and the Mexican-American Bar Association said Tuesday that they are concerned that U.S. federal authorities violated the human and civil rights of about 50 Chinese immigrants picked up during raids last month at two Chinese food restaurants and their homes.AP Internal Use Only

Melee
File Photo
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin -- Ontario, Calif.
School closes after 2nd race riot this week
Rialto -- Students left Wilmer Amena Carter High School shaken, angry, disheartened and bloodied Tuesday after the second race-related melee in less than a week broke out during lunchtime. -- ''It was the blacks versus the Mexicans,'' 14-year-old Deeanna Cortez said. ''They just started coming at each other. It was crazy.''AP Internal Use Only

Bonner
Robert Bonner
Washington Times
Bonner, Townsend seen as top picks for Cabinet
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Robert C. Bonner and White House Homeland Security Adviser Frances Fragos Townsend appear to be at the top of a shortlist of candidates to head the Department of Homeland Security, as the White House seeks to rebound after the unexpected withdrawal of former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.AP Internal Use Only

No Sniveling
Hispanic Business
More on nutty reconquista gasoline boycott
Hispanic activists in California this week launched a campaign of "black Monday" boycotts of gasoline purchases that they vow to continue until the state makes it possible for immigrants without Green Cards [invaders] to get a driver's license. -- The boycotts are aimed particularly at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who refused to sign a bill that would grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants [criminals].AP Internal Use Only

Hasta la vista baby!
L.A. Daily News
Immigration incarceration heart of debate
Adding to the immigration debate, state Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero has scheduled a hearing Thursday in Los Angeles on the cost of holding illegal-immigrant convicts in state prisons and why the federal government isn't paying more. -- Romero estimated the state pays as much as $868 million a year to incarcerate up to 28,000 felons who are immigrants...AP Internal Use Only

Jobs
Riverside Press Enterprise
Tough hiring rules sought by Rep. Calvert
Inland Rep. Ken Calvert wants to require employers to immediately verify the immigration status of all hires. -- Six states, including California, now participate in a voluntary program that allows employers to call a toll-free number to determine whether a potential employee has a valid Social Security number and whether they're eligible to work in the United States...AP Internal Use Only

Heather
MacDonald
New York Post
Safety's Not Number 1
Now that the Bernard Kerik nomination has crashed and burned, President Bush should ask the next candidate for Department of Homeland Security chief the most important question for the job: Will you enforce the law against border trespassers? --  Nothing compromises our domestic defense against Islamic terrorism more than our failure to control who enters the country.AP Internal Use Only

Whack Job
Charleston Post-Courier
Tug of war over 'immigrant' files
Fourteen immigrants [who most likely are illegal aliens] suing a defunct Charleston staffing agency want to keep their personal information out of the hands of the agency's attorneys, fearing the release of home addresses, current employers or immigration status could expose them to deportation...AP Internal Use Only

Ole!
Newsday -- New York
Levy meets with immigration officials
Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy met yesterday with top federal immigration officials in Manhattan in his quest to address what he says are problems in detaining and deporting undocumented immigrants who commit violent felonies. -- Levy said in a statement that the meeting "broke new ground" and that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials will travel to Suffolk County in January...AP Internal Use Only

Pot Smuggling from Mexico
Indianapolis Star
Police seize $1 million in marijuana
Indiana State Police said today that they have broke up a drug-smuggling operation that transported 2,350 pounds of marijuana from Mexico to a Northwest side neighborhood. -- Police estimate the 203 bricks of pot seized Monday evening have a street value of $1 million. -- The six accused smugglers, who police would not identify, used a converted cargo van fitted to resemble a well-known mail courier. AP Internal Use Only


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