Friday, February 18, 2005

ABP Was Right - Terror from Below a Threat Bush Risks Lives of Americans to Keep Border Open (Original graphic altered by American Patrol) ABP Smuggled "WMD" - Twice Lou Dobbs Tonight - Feb. 17 Lou Dobbs: Yesterday, Admiral James Loy, the deputy secretary of Homeland Security testified to Congress that Al Qaeda may have considered using the Mexican border as an entry point. Lisa Syvester reports. Lisa Sylvester: Admiral James Loy, the deputy secretary of Homeland Security gave the standard testimony...But buried in his written testimony were some new details of how the terrorist group might try to buy its way into the country from Mexico. Watch - Broadband / Dial-Up  Transcript Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

Associated Press More invader woes: Nebraska Fears Segregation in Schools Lincoln, Neb. - Dick Eisenhauer is tired of watching white families take their children out of the schools in his Nebraska district and enroll them in smaller, outlying ones where there are virtually no poor or Hispanic students. -- Like many of Nebraska's school systems, the Lexington district where Eisenhauer is superintendent has seen an influx of Hispanics...

Rally Scheduled for Tomorrow has been Canceled Redondo Beach, Calif. - SaveOurState.org

Capitol Media Services Migrant offspring a huge drain of tax coffers Arizona lawmakers need to spend more than $200 million more than they do now to properly fund programs to teach English to kids who come to school without that as their primary language, a new study has concluded. -- The report by the National Conference of State Legislatures released Friday said the $355 per student the state now provides covers nowhere near the cost of properly doing the job.

Yuma Sun Invader chase ends near Marine Corps base More than 10 illegal immigrants were captured Thursday morning during a vehicle chase that ended near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. -- The chase came after U.S. Border Patrol agents detected a white GMC truck entering the United States from Mexico through the desert east of the U.S. Port of Entry at San Luis.

Huckabee

Joseph Perkins -- San Diego Union-Tribune Debate immigration issue, not each side's integrity Idon't consider myself a "racist" or a "bigot." But Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee apparently does. -- Because I happen to see the merit of a measure, proposed by two Arkansas state lawmakers, that would require anyone registering to vote in the Razorback State to prove citizenship and anyone applying for state services to prove legal residency.

Associated Press -- POLL ON PAGE License Ban: Clueless immigrant whines about court ruling Des Moines, Iowa -- The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that illegal immigrants [criminals] do not have the right to obtain a driver's license. -- Miguel Munoz is a native Mexican who became a United States citizen and opened an auto body business. He said he knows people without government documents or identification who drive without licenses.

Nuts

Washington Times Ban on illegals in college rejected Richmond, Va.-- A Virginia Senate panel yesterday defeated a measure that would have banned illegal aliens from attending state colleges and universities. -- The Senate Education and Health Committee rejected the bill 12-3. The House had passed the measure 67-28 earlier this month.

Money-Grubbers

Brownsville Herald Greedy mayors want travel alert lifted despite danger to Americans City leaders from Matamoros (Tamps., Mex.), Brownsville and South Padre Island said Thursday they will ask the U.S. State Department to lift or soften its alert for Americans traveling along Mexico's northern border. -- With at least 150,000 Spring Breakers expected to arrive here next month, the mayors of each city said they are concerned the alert will reduce the tourist flow into Mexico.

Arizona Republic Tucson hospitals investing in Mexican health care Nogales, Son., Mex. -- Tucson hospital administrators say they have an innovative way to save money: spend money to upgrade the care available in Mexico. -- Health-care officials in Tucson and Nogales, Ariz., strapped with millions in unpaid medical bills from Mexican patients, say investing in new equipment and better training in hospitals south of the border has reduced the strain on Arizona's urgent-care system.

San Diego Union-Tribune Drainpipe found in border tunnel hunt Border Patrol agents found an old drainage pipe yesterday after digging for what they suspected could be a cross- border tunnel near the border fence in Calexico. -- The agency pinpointed the area after a team of experts used special scanners to search for anomalies along a part of the border where other cross- border tunnels have been found.

The Federal Observer How to Identify an 'Immigration Reform' Scam ...Immigration has been more pervasive than any other "one issue" during my lifetime. I'll even go further than that: until illegal immigration is stopped, legal immigration is reduced and the "multicultural" mindset goes in the trash where it belongs and current problems in America will only become worse...

Daily Tarheel License bill could spur change in state policy Federal legislation might force North Carolina to change its requirements for driver's licenses, state lawmakers say. -- If the Real ID Act, a national security bill, passes the Senate, states will have to keep licenses out of the hands of illegal immigrants in order to have their licenses recognized by federal officials at airports and courthouses.

New Straits Times -- Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia 600,000 officers to go after illegals The Immigration Department will go after an estimated 100,000 "hardcore" illegal immigrants, mainly Indonesians, when Ops Nasihat ends on Feb 28. -- The operations will focus on farms in Cameron Highlands and night markets, where most of these illegals are employed. -- More than 600,000 enforcement officers from various agencies and departments...

MayorNo.com L.A. Mayoral Debate: Walter Moore scores again Feb 16, 2005, Debate at Marriott Hotel, Woodland Hills, Calif. sponsored by the Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce. Approximate video runtime: 1 hr., 20 min. - Visit Walter Moore's website

Arizona Republic Mexican states openly encouraging U.S. invasion Merida, Mexico -- Officials in a Mexican state have published their own 87-page handbook for potential migrants to the United States, adding fuel to an international debate over whether such guides encourage illegal border-crossers. -- The Guide for the Yucatecan Migrant, published by the southeastern state of Yucatán, comes with an accompanying DVD... Download the Yucatan invader guide

VDare.com Tram From Vietnam And The Real American Dream ...He sat down next to me and leaned forward in a conspiratorial huddle and said "What do you know about immigration?" -- Oh, great. I was about to be banned for life. -- Tram knows I work in politics, knows some of the people for whom I have worked, but doesn't know that I now work in issue advocacy...

KTRK-TV -- Houston Local flea markets could pose national security threat It's not uncommon for Houston police to arrest vendors for selling fake merchandise at area flea markets. But the counterfeit items being sold at some of these places go far beyond designer imposters. In some cases, what's for sale is a matter of national security. -- For $160, an undercover officer was able to buy a counterfeit social security card and resident card.

KTVO -- Kirksville, Mo. Court says no to invader licenses Des Moines Iowa (AP) -- The Iowa Supreme Court says illegal immigrants are not entitled to a driver's license. -- In today's ruling, the court concludes the practice of denying driver's licenses violates none of the statutory and constitutional provisions raised in the appeal. -- The Iowa Department of Transportation requires applicants for a driver's license to show proof of identity...

Creel

El Universal -- Mexico City Goss' remarks peeve always-annoying Mexicans CIA Director Porter Goss's brief, vague reference to potential instability in Mexico led to banner headlines in newspapers here and a harsh response from Mexico's government on Thursday. -- "The CIA analysis is wrong, it's erroneous and it's false," said Interior Secretary Santiago Creel, considered a potential contender in the presidential race next year.

Mexican Junk

Christian Science Monitor For most Mexican truckers, access to US a waiting game Thousands of 18-wheelers roar across the Rio Grande every day, with more than 40 percent of all US-Mexican trade passing through this corridor. -- But efficiency isn't the name of the game, thanks in large part to an ongoing ban on Mexican long-haul trucks entering into the United States. Now, a new report by the Office of the Inspector General...

Human Events Sensenbrenner, Hunter: Al Qaeda Threat Demands Border Funding House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbrenner told Human Events it is "incomprehensible" that the Bush Administration is not calling for sufficient resources to secure the border in light of new information that al Qaeda has considered infiltrating the United States through Mexico. -- Likewise, House Armed Services Chairman Duncan Hunter...

Rocky Mountain News Mexicans, congressman in a tizzy over ebola rumor Coroner Mark Young has been swamped by calls stemming from a report on an anti-immigrant [illegal immigration] Web site that posted erroneous information about a man's death at Montrose Memorial Hospital. -- The Web site, citing a "reliable source," posted an item Wednesday that said a Mexican man had died at the hospital and suggested Ebola virus was to blame... -- [Note: Reports later indicated the cause of death was necrotising faciitis, a bacterial infection.]

Here Comes The Judge

New York Times Activist judge blocks N.Y. from revoking invader licenses A judge ordered yesterday that the state stop taking away the driver's licenses of immigrants [illegal aliens -- criminals] in New York who do not have Social Security cards, saying that the DMV is not authorized to enforce immigration law or to make new rules without public notice. -- The department began a license crackdown last year that was expected to result in the loss of driving privileges for as many as 300,000 immigrants [illegals]...