Tuesday, January 25, 2005

Arizona Crackdown Continues Russell Pearce Speaks Out Lou Dobbs Tonight -- January 24 Casey Wian: Pearce has been shot while arresting illegal alien gang members. He won the Medal of Valor. Now he's a state lawmaker leading a crackdown against what he calls an invasion of illegal aliens. Pearce: Not all are coming for jobs. We have a bloated welfare system. They know that being poor in American is a lot better than being poor someplace else, and this system can't sustain that... the violent crimes the drug trafficking the home invasions, the carjackings. America's had about all their going to take. Watch Transcript Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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KCRA-TV -- Sacramento Ceres Police Chief: Officers In Danger From Gang Members Ceres, Calif. -- Two weeks after two officers were gunned down in the city of Ceres, its police chief says gang intelligence has made it clear his entire force is still in danger. And that threat has officers armed with more high- powered assault rifles. -- Ceres police officers have always had assault rifles in their backseat...

Arizona Republic Expect to be carded when you register to vote Elections officials across the state are scrambling to enforce the voting provisions of Proposition 200, which became law Tuesday after the U.S. Justice Department signed off, making Arizona the first state that requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote. -- So when Jassey Salgado registers for the first time after her 18th birthday in June, she will have to present her birth certificate, a passport...

Invasion

S. J. Miller -- Federal Observer Call it by the rightful name - 'illegal alien' The law: US Code Title 8, Chapter 12, subchapter I section 1101 & subchapter II section 1325, defining improper entry to the US without inspection by an immigration officer as a crime. (New rhetoric from illegal-immigration advocates says "it's not a crime to enter the US illegally." That's nonsense; it's both a civil and criminal violation of US immigration laws.)

Ray Carney, Jr.

North County Times Mexico doesn't offer licenses to its illegals ...Typical are the regulations of Baja California, the contiguous state with California. In order to obtain a regular Baja California driver's license, the applicant must know how to read and write, be over the age of 18 ("student licenses" are available for those over 16), and they must show an official photo and signed ID. Those forms of identification accepted include a Mexican passport...

CNN Man questioned about Boston terror plot tip A man suspected of telling authorities about a possible terror threat in Boston has been detained in a Mexican border town and was being questioned about last week's tip and his motivation for calling it in, FBI officials said. -- Jose Ernesto Beltran Quinones was taken into custody Monday in Mexicali by Mexican state judicial police...

Cybercast News Service Immigration Fraud Convict Flees Before Sentencing One of America's most aggressive advocates for illegal immigrants is now an international fugitive after failing to appear for his Jan. 21 sentencing in connection with seven counts of visa/immigration fraud for which he was convicted. -- Jose Mendez was convicted on the charges last November. But according to a press release issued Friday by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

Associated Press 3 Mexicans enter pleas in smuggling case Houston -- Three Mexican nationals have entered pleas in federal court after they were accused of holding illegal immigrants captive until more smuggling fees were paid. -- Paulino Hernandez Brito pleaded guilty to conspiracy to harbor illegal immigrants; so have his Beatrice Flores Guzman, and Adrian Huato Rodales...

S. J. Miller

Federal Observer Don't be fooled by peddlers of 'Immigration Reform' Scams With the emergence of immigration as a political issue, scam artists called politicians are seeking to exploit Americans' sympathy and generosity. These politicians ally with illegal- immigration / ethnic groups such as LaRaza, MALDEF, LULAC and cheap-labor business groups (hotels, restaurants, agriculture)...

FAIR Bill Making Hiring of Illegal Aliens an Unfair Labor Practice A bill introduced in the Oklahoma legislature by State Senator Tom Adelson would address the single greatest threat to American workers: the systematic and widespread employment of illegal aliens. While the federal government refuses to take action against employers who undercut opportunities and wages for American workers...

Yuma Sun Another 'drop house' raided U.S. Border Patrol agents on Monday morning arrested 74 suspected illegal immigrants, all Mexican citizens, at a drop house near 1st Street and Avenue C just outside Yuma city limits. -- Joe Brigman, spokesman for the Border Patrol's Yuma sector, said agents were alerted to the two-story house after receiving an anonymous call from a concerned citizen who reported suspicious activity at the residence.

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!

John LeBoutillier -- NewsMax.com Why Social Security? ...There are two other issues that are much more dangerous to our country and more immediate, too ­ and President Bush is ignoring both: 1) Illegal immigration. -- 2) The exploding cost of health care. -- Why isn't the Bush White House spending its newly won capital on these two more immediate and vital issues? -- Ask anyone: Illegal immigration ­ the millions of illegals already here and the new ones streaming in daily and nightly ­ infuriates people...

Reuters Islam gains toehold in Mexico's Zapatista country San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico -- Islam has joined a battle for the hearts and minds of Mexico's volatile Tzotzil Indians in Chiapas state, home of Zapatista rebels and a hotbed of sectarian strife between Christians. -- In an unlikely meeting of two worlds, an idealistic Muslim sect has converted some 300 Tzotzils...

Mark Andrew Dwyer

Open-Border Conspiracy I tell you, somebody at a very high level in federal administration is successfully sabotaging the enforcement of the immigration laws. -- One day I got upset with my neighbor's hired gardener who mowed a lawn with a noisy mower that produced thick smoke penetrating windows of my bedroom once a week at 8 AM...

Associated Press More on invader license push by Hollywood crowd ..."I think it's another example of how rich Hollywood elites are out of touch with what's going on in California," said Mike Spence of Save Our License. "They don't see the impact of immigration unless it's hiring someone to help out with chores around their mansions ... and they're not in competition with illegal immigrants for jobs." [View ridiculous ad]

Associated Press Plane forced down; suspected illegals held San Antonio, Texas -- A group of suspected illegal immigrants was being questioned early Tuesday after federal officials forced their single-engine plane to land here. -- The Cessna carried at least four suspected illegal immigrants who were detained along with the craft's pilot by homeland security officials in connection with a possible smuggling operation...

Deseret News Usual suspects vow to fight anti-invader bills ...Among some of the issues of high interest to us are: access for Latinos to affordable health care, access to higher education, fair housing and employment, access to drivers' licenses for all eligible residents of Utah according to our current laws [which includes invaders, thanks to this clown], as well as other important social causes.

What Homeland Security?

USA Today 2,000 new border agents aren't part of budget, Ridge says Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Monday that Bush's new budget, to be released in early February, will propose a "good incremental increase" in the number of agents. But he made it clear the number would not approach 2,000. The new agents were to be the first hires toward doubling the size of the force over five years.

Las Cruces Sun Mexicans busted with $900,000 worth of cocaine U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents made their first large cocaine seizure of the year over the weekend at the Interstate 25 checkpoint near Las Cruces. -- When agents became suspicious of the driver of a 2000 Chrysler Voyager and his passenger, a canine agent was brought to the vehicle for a non-intrusive search. The dog immediately alerted agents to the presence of narcotics.

More Government Malfeasance

Associated Press Labor Dept. Halts Surveys of Farm Workers The Labor Department has decided to quit collecting data on migrant farm workers even as its reports showed the share of illegal immigrants holding those jobs grew from 7 percent to more than 50 percent in just a decade. -- The information is part of a survey that is the sole authority on the work and living conditions of farm workers in the United States.

Jeff Crouere -- GOPUSA.com Immigration: The Achille's Heel of the Bush Agenda ...We are a country at war, but how can we claim to be battling terrorism if we don't even secure our own borders? In the current fiscal year, the Department of Homeland Security will have $40.7 billion to spend, yet only $74 million was allocated for additional border patrol technology. Unless we control our borders, our country will not be able to track terrorists that may try to enter the country in the midst of millions of illegal aliens.