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New Mexico Soon to be Old Mexico? Richardson Leading Conquest of Aztlan New Mexico bill would divest police of immigration functions Bill Richardson New Mexico Governor Santa Fe, New Mexico, Feb 10 (EFE) -- The New Mexico state Senate on Thursday passed a bill that prevents local and state police officers from acting as immigration agents. -- The bill's enactment was cheered by immigrant advocates... Bill Richardson (1995): "These are changing political times where our basic programs are being attacked. Illegal and legal immigration unfairly attacked. We have to band together and that means Latinos in Florida, Cuban-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, South Americans - we have to network better - we have to be more politically minded - we have to put aside party and think of ourselves as Latinos, as Hispanics, more than we have in the past." Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Americans for Legal Immigration Not so 'Free Republic': The Shot Heard Around the Net The shot heard around the Internet has been fired on FreeRepublic.com. The owner Jim Robinson and his moderators have launched a sniper style purge against members that disagree with the President's 'guest worker' amnesty or support more control of illegal immigration. Free Republic is an amazing tool for those looking for a good debate and news from around the country.

Brandon D. Ragle

YourCivilization.com The Open Borders Hall of Shame One of the oldest tricks in the Open Borders Lobby's dirty book of treason is reciting a handful of well-known and successful immigrants when debating the topic of mass immigration/open borders. Rattling off the names of Albert Einstein, Bob Hope, and the like-in their minds-justifies the mass influx of immigrants spilling into the United States today.

Tucson Citizen House panel supports English-only bill Phoenix - Supporters of a move to declare English the official language of Arizona scored a significant victory yesterday when legislation cleared a key panel of the House of Representatives. -- Six Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee eclipsed the opposition of three Democrats in a preliminary vote to put the issue on the 2006 ballot...

Devvy Kidd -- WorldNetDaily.com Federal judges vs. the will of the people This country belongs to the people. The will of the people is reflected through the ballot box when citizens of the 50 independent republics vote for individuals to fill elected offices. Each office at every level of government has a specific job description and function. The state legislature is basically the overseer for the state itself...

Palm Beach Post Editorial Clashing goals hinder safe borders, fair rules The illegal immigrant population in the United States is estimated at 10 million, with at least 6 million employed. The hardest part of immigration reform is finding a solution to deal with these undocumented workers who already are here. [Deport them, of course.] -- President Bush wants to begin by creating a guest- worker program...

Sacramento Bee Farm labor supporters to try again Half a million or so illegal immigrants now picking America's crops could become legal residents and, eventually, U.S. citizens under sweeping legislation reintroduced Thursday. -- Backed by hundreds of farm, labor and church groups, the so-called AgJobs bill still faces serious political hurdles. Although similar legislation withered in the last Congress...

Mark Outland -- Sierra Times Time To Bring Back Proposition 187 When America's borders cease to exist as divisions of sovereignty, and become undefended and unprotected gateways allowing millions of poor, unskilled laborers to cross illegally and without apparent consequence, the rule of law and our country's stability are threatened. Beyond that, however, are the very real costs of such an invasion.

Donald Collins

Washington Dispatch Objections Against Verifiable ID Cards Now Moot The Washington Post did a research article on January 20th entitled, "In Age of Security, Firm Mines Wealth Of Personal Data". It provided exhaustive examples of local and national firms which now probe deeply into our personal and business lives. -- Primary among many examples was Checkpoint, a local DC firm: "It began in 1997 as a company that sold credit data to the insurance industry..."

Press Release FAIR congratulates Sensenbrenner on passage of H.R. 418 ...FAIR congratulates the leadership of the House of Representatives, and in particular Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner, for passing H.R. 418, an crucial piece of legislation in the effort to enhance the homeland security of the United States. The provisions of this legislation, which were explicitly recommended by the 9/11 Commission...

Clerk - U.S. House of Representatives Roll call - See how they voted on the Real ID act - HR418 Click above link to view (XML document -- may not display properly using some browsers. Try using Mozilla Firefox [excellent free browser for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux] or Netscape 6x) [Click Here if unable to view the XML doc.]

Daily Breeze -- Torrance, Calif. San Pedro gang infestation rankles locals Young men stood seething on the corner. Vincent Villa's mother, sisters and cousins cried. -- "I want my brother back, I want my brother back," one young woman wailed, standing in front of a makeshift memorial to her 15-year-old sibling. [Note: Most all the gangsters in the San Pedro and Wilmington areas are Hispanic. - Related Article]

Tucson Citizen 'Chicanos' protest against Prop 200 About 15 students, calling themselves a "Chicano movement," walked through the rain yesterday afternoon to protest Proposition 200 and ask for peace in the world. -- The group is protesting passage of Proposition 200, which [Arnold Montiel III] calls "unfair." [a 'Chicano' wouldn't be affected by this law. They're Mexican- Americans.]

Onslaught

Carol Platt Liebau -- Washington Times Stop ignoring illegals ...The recently released Seventh Annual State of the Region report, by the Southern California Association of Governments, graded the quality of life in this once-golden territory as a D-plus. Longtime Californians look in bewildered amazement at the exploding traffic volume, overcrowded schools, hospitals, and prisons - and sense something is badly amiss...

Copley News Service Paper points out what hypocrites bozos like Santiago Creel are ....Far from the raging debate over the Sensenbrenner bill [H.R. 418], an article in the Mexican newspaper Milenio Thursday offered a different perspective. The paper noted that while the driver license provision "has been seen by some Mexican political parties as an affront against Mexicans, in reality Mexico applies a similar requirement to foreigners who want to obtain driver's licenses.

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Salt Lake Tribune Invader Driver's Licenses: Yet another nutty idea in Utah To drive legally, undocumented immigrants [criminals] would have to provide their thumbprints, pay a monthly fee and attend English and U.S. government classes, under two bills sponsored by Springville Republican Rep. Aaron Tilton. [Illegals should be deported, not given driver's licenses under any circumstances.]

San Antonio Express-News 3 dead in Valley invasion (Mexican invader involved) Laredo -- When two armed men burst into a Rio Grande Valley home, demanding ransom from two parents for one of their sons, the mother darted to a back bedroom. -- It was the beginning of a horrifying battle on Tuesday night at the Elsa home that would leave the mother, Rosa Ana Alvarez Serna, dead from a gunshot wound to the torso...

¡Viva México!

El Universal -- Mexico City Meddling Mexicans whine about passage of H.R. 418 [Mexican] government officials and migrants' rights advocates Thursday criticized an immigration control bill approved by the U.S. House that, among other things, calls for the completion of a wall along the United States' westernmost border with Mexico. -- Mexican Interior Secretary Santiago Creel said the best way to fix the illegal migration problem is for both countries to agree on a guest-worker program.