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Wednesday, April 27, 2005 |
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By Daneen
G. Peterson, Ph.D.
Are
We a 'Nation of Immigrants'...?
How often have we heard the mantra "after
all we are a nation of immigrants, aren't we?" The answer
to that is a loud and inconvertible, NO! Most Americans today
are native born and therefore not immigrants! What is left unsaid
in that phrase, is the significant fact that our American ancestors
founded this country as legal immigrants... |
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CBS2 --
Chicago
Bill
would allow invaders in Illinois to use sham IDs
The State of Illinois is looking at a
proposal that lets Mexican immigrants use their Mexican ID cards
here. Many immigrants don't have driver's licenses for Illinois,
that makes it difficult to open a bank account and take care
of other routine business. CBS 2's Rafael Romo reports on the
major impact the little plastic cards can have... |
No Illegals! |
Lowell (Mass.)
Sun
Tuition
break proposal is pulled
Boston -- A controversial plan that would
give illegal immigrants [criminals] in-state tuition rates at
public colleges and universities will be removed from the proposed
House budget amid pressure from members who want a full hearing
and debate on the issue. -- The proposal was included as a separate
section of the fiscal-year budget... |
Randy
Graf |
Sierra Vista
Herald-Review
Graf
plans to face Kolbe again in 2006
With a little than 16 months before the
next congressional primary, former state Rep. Randy Graf will
officially throw his hat into the Republican ring this week.
-- Graf, of Green Valley, said Tuesday that he wants to have
more time to raise money for his campaign against Republican
incumbent Jim Kolbe for the Congressional District 8 seat. |
File Photo |
Pacific
News Service
Los
Angeles School Brawls Expose Black-Latino Tension
The sight of over 100 black and Latino
students brawling at a major Los Angeles high school recently
exposed the enduring myth of Black-Brown solidarity. In truth,
tensions between Latino and black students have always lurked
dangerously close to the surface, fueled by the changing ethnic
realities in Los Angeles, and America, in the past decade. |
Georgie Anne
Geyer |
UExpress.com
Minutemen
back up an overextended Border Patrol
Tombstone, Ariz. -- Grey Deacon, a tall
"Minuteman" from Washington state, threw up his hands
in utter joy as he carefully made his way through the stacks
of papers, litter and chaos of the Minutemen offices in the Tombstone
Tumbleweed newspaper on (yes!) Toughnut Street... |
Michelle
Malkin |
WorldNetDaily.com
Bipartisan
bungling on borders
Whip-cracking Hillary Clinton (call her
Hillary Buchanan) wants a "border czar." In a letter
to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff
and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Sen. Clinton, D-N.Y.,
wrote this week: "National security and, in particular,
security at our borders, must continue to be paramount." |
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The Patriot-News
-- Harrisburg, PA
Firms
plead guilty in immigrant case
The attorney for 12 Missouri-based firms
that provided janitorial services to Wal-Mart Stores Inc. using
illegal immigrants entered guilty pleas on behalf of the firms
yesterday in U.S. Middle District Court at Harrisburg. -- Under
a corporate plea agreement, the cleaning companies will pay $4
million. |
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Houston
Chronicle
Immigration
lawyer among 3 indicted in visa fraud scheme
A Houston immigration attorney and two
other men have been indicted on immigration fraud charges, accused
of scheming to bring Chinese immigrants illegally into the United
States. -- A federal grand jury indicted attorney Kenneth L.
Rothey, Horacio H. Golfarini, and Norman Chapa, all of Houston... |
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WFTV --
Orlando
66
illegals nabbed working on federal building
Federal agents led dozens of illegal
workers away in handcuffs after raiding a worksite in downtown
Orlando. The worksite is the future federal courthouse building.
-- The men are led away after the agents raided the downtown
Orlando building. -- Sixty-six illegal aliens were handcuffed
and searched. |
Onslaught |
Associated
Press
Invader
flow moving westward, agency says
Illegal immigrants are showing a seasonal
shift toward Arizona's west desert, reflected in increased apprehensions
there, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. -- Correspondingly,
there has been a drop in the average number of apprehensions
in the Naco sector, where a volunteer border watch effort has
been concentrated this month. |
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Patriots
Under Siege (2): Hypocrisy and Deceit
The criticism and attacks on Arizona
Minuteman Project that were launched by various individuals,
groups, news media, and organizations sympathetic to mass "migration"
of Mexican nationals to the U.S., which category includes parts
of the American government, were filled with hypocrisy and deceitful
"rationale..." |
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Decatur
(Alabama) Daily
Gangs
of Decatur: Residents concerned
When gang members shot her mother's car
two months ago, Amber Woods felt helpless. -- And when gang members
chased and shot at her brother's car in March, missed and hit
a sleeping Mississippi couple's recreational vehicle, Woods nearly
gave up hope... |
Frist |
Dick Morris
-- Southwest Florida News-Press
Frist
derailed bill to keep illegal illegals off airplanes
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist may
have just killed his hopes to be the Republican nominee for president
in 2008 - by coming out against a proposal to bar illegal immigrants
from getting driver's licenses. -- All but one of the 19 9/11
hijackers had a valid driver's license. In a bid to tighten our
security, House Judiciary Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr.... |
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Washington
Times
'Minutemen'
to push Congress
Minuteman Project organizers will tell
members of Congress today that "ordinary citizens sitting
in lawn chairs" stopped a flood of illegal aliens along
the U.S.-Mexico border, and that if the country's elected leaders
"will not defend our nation's borders, American citizens
will." |
Waah!
Waah! |
Kathleen
Moccio and Katherine Fennelly -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Two
open-borders nuts whine about Tancredo
We were appalled to learn that U.S. Rep.
Tom Tancredo of Colorado was invited to make a keynote speech
at a Republican fundraising breakfast in Minnesota's Third Congressional
District this weekend. -- His brand of fear- mongering about
illegal immigration and his active encouragement of vigilantes
should have no place in Minnesota politics. |
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U.S. Department
of State
State
Dept. renews Mexico travel warning
Violent criminal activity fueled by a
war between criminal organizations struggling for control of
the lucrative narcotics trade continues along the U.S.-Mexico
border. This has resulted in a wave of violence aimed primarily
at members of drug trafficking organizations, criminal justice
officials and journalists. However, foreign visitors and residents,
including Americans, have been among the victims of homicides... |
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Daily Texan
-- University of Texas - Austin
Groups
say, 'No human is illegal'
...Mirla Lopez, a government and pre-law
junior, said she doesn't know what she will do when she completes
her degree. -- "Go back to flipping burgers at Whataburger?"
Lopez said. --- "I'm an undocumented immigrant, and I've
been here, and I'm in college, and I'm working really hard,"
she said. "I'm here, so get used to it." |
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