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Friday, December 31, 2004 |
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Brownsville
Herald
Accused
invader smugglers face trial together
Four accused human smugglers who are
believed to be responsible for the death of an immigrant
[illegal alien] crossing through the South Texas brush last year
will be tried together, a federal judge has ruled. -- At a Tuesday
hearing, U.S. Magistrate Judge Felix Recoil denied a motion to
try members of the smuggling ring separately. |
Catholic Church |
El Paso
Times
Catholics
to adopt certain 'Hispanic traditions'
...Catholic News Service reported that
the changes include a blessing ceremony for the quinceañera;
additions to the marriage liturgy that incorporate traditions
popular in Mexico, Central America and Puerto Rico; and an infant
baptismal rite. -- In the Hispanic culture, the quinceañera
takes place when a girl turns 15, and her family and friends
celebrate her becoming a woman. |
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KNBC-TV
-- Los Angeles
Official
urges arrogant Mexican to give up vicious criminal
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich
is again urging the president
of Mexico to extradite a Mexican national wanted for the
murder of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy. -- During a
traffic stop on April 29, 2002, in Irwindale, Deputy David March
of the Santa Clarita Valley was allegedly shot to death by Armando
Garcia, who fled to Mexico. |
Moore for
L.A. Mayor |
LAWatchdog.com
Hal
Netkin launches campaign to elect Moore
This is not about partisanship. This
is about a group of politicos who control the politics of L.A.
who fear a candidate that wants to return to the basics of enforcing
city laws equally for everyone as the 14th Amendment of the constitution
requires -- and they fear Moore's advocacy to cooperate with
ICE in enforcing our immigration laws. |
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Associated
Press
Judge,
Prosecutors Clash in Smuggling Case
A judge in the nation's deadliest human-smuggling
attempt said she will tell jurors that prosecutors ignored her
order to show why they are seeking the death penalty for the
man accused of driving and abandoning the tractor-trailer. --
In a ruling made public Thursday, U.S. District Judge Vanessa
Gilmore said she will let Tyrone Williams' attorneys use the
government's refusal of her order... |
'The Boot' |
Associated
Press
Algerian
who knew two Sept. 11 hijackers deported
A man who met with two Sept. 11 hijackers
before they crashed an American Airlines jet into the Pentagon
has been deported from San Diego to Algeria, the Department of
Homeland Security said Friday. -- Samir Abdoun was arrested 11
days after the 2001 attacks and convicted of immigration and
passport violations and Social Security fraud, according to Homeland
Security. |
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Associated
Press
Dangerous
Hmong jailbirds on the loose in California
The California Youth Authority temporarily
pulled all its work and public service crews from communities
throughout the state Thursday while it investigates the escape
of two wards incarcerated for violent crimes. -- Thao Lor, who
was incarcerated for second-degree murder, and Yatau Her, committed
for assault with a deadly weapon, both remained at large Thursday... |
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Los Angeles
Daily News
Federal
funds needed for jailed invaders
Can Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
squeeze an extra $1 billion out of the Bush administration? --
That's what some Democrats are asking as they step up pressure
to get more money to cover the costs of jailing illegal immigrants
who commit felonies. -- "This administration has got to
step up to the plate," said State Senate Majority Leader
Gloria Romero. |
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Los Angeles
Times
To
Avoid Visa Fight, Muslim Cleric to Leave
A Muslim cleric suspected of terrorist
ties agreed Tuesday to leave the country rather than fight a
legal battle with immigration officials. -- "I came to this
country in peace," Imam Wagdy Mohamed Ghoneim said during
a court hearing at which the deal was struck. "I did not
come here to scare anybody." |
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Globe and
Mail
Tsunami
refugees heading for Canada
Canada is opening its doors to thousands
of victims of Asia's deadly tsunamis, pledging to expedite immigration
requests from disaster-stricken foreigners with relatives in
this country. -- The move could bring as many as 5,000 newcomers
to Canada, according to one estimate, as those left homeless
by the disaster call on their Canadian relatives to come to their
rescue. |
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Arizona
Daily Star
Arizona
tops invader busts
More illegal [aliens] were caught along
the Arizona- Mexico border this year than in California, New
Mexico and Texas combined, officials said. -- While Arizona has
been known to be the busiest crossing point for illegal immigration
for the past seven years, the new high in the number of people
captured in the Border Patrol's Tucson and Yuma sectors... |
No Illegals! |
Fox News
South
Carolina RINO seeks to aid and abet invader
Millions of illegal immigrants now reside
in the United States, but many did not come here by choice. They
were brought here by parents or other family members when they
were young. -- Now, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham
is trying help these young immigrants [illegal aliens] become legal... |
Sam
Francis |
VDare.com
Anarcho-Tyranny-Where
Multiculturalism Leads
In Europe, if not in the United States,
some people are beginning to grasp that just maybe they made
a mistake when they decided to welcome millions of immigrants
over the last several decades. -- The most recent European to
get it is former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who has
been making noises about the damage he and his colleagues have
inflicted on their own societies. |
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