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Thursday, October 6, 2005 |
Elected Officials
Visit ABP
Briefed on Border Issues
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Arizona
and Colorado Visitors
Palominas,
Arizona -- Oct. 3
Carried by six private Humvees, a group
of fifteen elected officials and assorted media and others paid
a visit to American
Border Patrol this past Tuesday. The group received a briefing
of ABP's activities and watched a live video feed from Border
Hawk M, the group's new aerial surveillance system. Visitors
included Colorado State Reps Jim
Walker, Dave Schultheis
and Bill Crane. Representing
Arizona were Gubernatorial candidate Don
Goldwater, Attorney General Candidate Bill
Montgomery and Congressional candidate Randy
Graf. |
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Gilchrist for
Congress |
Los Angeles
Times
O.C.
Race Shapes Up as a Duel
...Voter discontent over illegal immigration
propelled Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist, a first-time
candidate and member of the American Independent Party, into
a strong third-place finish in Tuesday's special election to
succeed Rep. Christopher Cox (R-Newport Beach) in the 48th District... |
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Marshalltown
(Iowa) Times-Republican Editorial
Illegal
immigration is completely out of hand
Yet another research report adds statistical
confirmation to what Americans in Mexican border states already
know: Illegal immigration has gotten completely out of hand.
This time it is the liberal-leaning Pew Hispanic Center reporting
a startling conclusion: Illegal immigration now outpaces legal
immigration... |
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KRIS-TV
-- Corpus Christi
Area
sheriffs want more attention paid to border security
Alice, Texas -- Illegal immigrants running
through South Texas ranch lands is not a new problem, but after
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and a war on foreign soil, area law
enforcement agencies fear the border problems may be forgotten.
-- "The federal government is not going to help me prevent
or stop a vehicle coming down Main Street or 3rd Street or 4th
Street and killing 4 or 5 kids, loaded with [illegal
aliens... criminals]..." |
¡México! |
Tombstone
Tumbleweed
Mexican
Army apparently fires on film crew on U. S. soil
Yesterday afternoon [Oct. 4], a crew
filming a documentary about 2 miles west of the Coronado National
Memorial was fired upon by what was described as members of the
Mexican Army. -- The crew, from CDW Films in Corona Del Mar,
California, was in the area filming footage for a documentary
on the Minutemen who are monitoring the U.S./Mexico border... |
Griswold |
Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review
CIS'
Camarota, Cato nut face off in Latrobe
Whether they landed at Ellis Island or
ran across the Rio Grande, immigrants are an issue that has stymied
American political thinkers since the days of the Founding Fathers.
-- Four such thinkers took turns tackling that issue Wednesday
at a Civitas Forum at St. Vincent College titled, "Reconsidering
Immigration and Citizenship in the 21st Century." |
Georgie Anne
Geyer |
Yahoo.com
Immigration:
The elephant in America's room
Forty years ago, Sen. Ted Kennedy made
some famous comments about immigration control that rival those
of Neville Chamberlain, predicting "peace in our time"
on the eve of the Second World War. -- When the Immigration and
Naturalization Act of 1965 was passed, the always- cocksure "Teddy..." |
Nuts |
Associated
Press
Report:
Border and immigration efforts strained by conflicts
Conflicts between the federal agencies
responsible for border protection and immigration have undercut
investigations and strained border security, says a draft Department
of Homeland Security report that recommends they be merged. --
A version of the report by the department's Office of the Inspector
General... |
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Associated
Press
Local
Georgia officials get firsthand look at 'Mexican culture'
A group of Georgia mayors and other local
officials with large Hispanic constituencies are in Mexico this
week to learn more about the culture to help them deal with immigration
issues. -- The impressions of the 17 officials also will be part
of a course for others in Georgia who must deal with increasing
Latino migration, largely
from Mexico... |
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Tammy Bruce
-- Men's News Daily
The
Crime of Illegal Aliens
There are innumerable reasons to want
our border secure. We know our infrastructure is being ravaged
-- emergency rooms overwhelmed, hospitals closing, our highways
jammed, school rooms overcrowded, tax revenue lost, it goes on
and on. -- When illegal immigrants are discussed in the media,
the picture painted is of a hard working family man... |
Gilchrist for
Congress |
Associated
Press
GOP-Backed
Candidate Forced Into Runoff
Illegal immigration emerged as a critical
issue in the race to fill the nation's only vacant House seat,
as an anti- [illegal] immigration activist siphoned off enough
votes from the GOP-backed favorite to force a runoff election.
-- American Independent Party candidate Jim Gilchrist, who repeatedly
attacked Campbell's anti- immigration pedigree... |
DayLaborers.org |
Washington
Times
Gaithersburg
residents protest day-laborer site
Residents of Gaithersburg's historic
district are irritated by day laborers who loiter in their neighborhoods
of 100-year-old homes. -- But they are outraged over plans to
provide a shelter for the laborers, many of whom are illegal
aliens, on a main street in Olde Towne. -- "That's not what
I want to the entrance of my historic community..." |
No Sponges |
KVOA-TV
-- Tucson
Colorado
legislator want to ban services for invaders
A Colorado state legislator who has been
monitoring volunteer patrols of the Mexico-Arizona border this
week said Wednesday that he's working on a ballot initiative
to ban illegal aliens from receiving public services. -- Rep.
David Schultheis said he's among lawmakers working with U.S.
Rep. Tom Tancredo... |
Nativo
Lopez |
Steve Lowery
-- Orange County Weekly
'The
Don King of Cockfights'
The location of Nativo Lopez's mind has
become a subject of interest for those aware of the former political
heavyweight's recent crusade: cockfighting. -- Yep, the man who
went toe to toe with Bob Dornan and won, the man who five years
ago seemed on his way to becoming one of the region's leading
Latino power brokers... |
¡Viva México! |
Chicago
Daily Herald
Student
rebuked for sitting during Mexican anthem
A recent Mexican Independence Day assembly
at Larkin High may have taken cultural sensitivity one step too
far, a Larkin parent said this week. -- Robert Bedard said his
son was reprimanded when he declined to stand for the Mexican
National Anthem during a ceremony at the west Elgin school last
month. [Contact
these Larkin HS clowns] |
Waah!
Waah! |
Press Release
Ethnic
hustlers miffed at El Presidente Bush
MALDEF today expressed disappointment
that President Bush failed to nominate a well-qualified Latino
to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. --
"While we are pleased that President Bush's nominee, if
confirmed, would maintain the court's gender diversity, he has
again ignored highly qualified Latino judges..." |
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U. S. News
and World Report
World
Watch: DHS tightens the Mexican border
As the immediate hurricane recovery recedes,
immigration has become the focus of the Bush administration.
-- The president has held meetings with lawmakers in recent weeks
to discuss his guest- worker proposal. -- But also as part of
the immigration initiative, the Department of Homeland Security
last month... |
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News Release
Citizens
Ask Colo. Governor to Act on Illegal Immigration
A group of Citizens today delivered petitions
to Governor Bill Owens asking him to immediately declare a State
of Emergency in Colorado "to halt the terrible social and
economic impact of illegal immigration." -- The petition
also asks Gov. Owens to issue an immediate executive order reversing
all written and de facto sanctuary policies... |
Screwball |
New America
Media [Left-wing Bile]
Open
Borders Solve Border Crises, Says Author
...[Economist Benjamin] Powell said immigrants
do not deplete government resources, as is widely believed. Citing
a 1997 study by the National Academy of the Sciences, he said
they benefit the economy more than they take away in social services.
They add at least $22 billion each year, he said, and legalizing
their status would increase that amount... |
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El Paso
Times
Volunteers
say Border Patrol appreciates help
When it comes to the Minutemen, Border
Patrol officials are careful not to encourage the civilian patrollers,
saying the job is better left to trained professionals. -- But
Border Patrol agents on the ground are much friendlier, Minutemen
volunteers said. -- "The rank-and-file have been supportive.
They talk to us...." |
Waah! Waah! |
Denver Post
Open-borders
crackpots miffed over border trip
Three Points, Ariz. -- After spending
time along the U.S.-Mexico border with Minutemen on the lookout
for [illegal aliens... criminals],
Colorado legislators said they want to help fund the patrol's
efforts with Colorado tax dollars. -- The trio are undergoing
an "internship in racism," [said union goon] Leslie
Moody... |
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Arizona
Daily Star
2
Nogales busts net 16 pounds of heroin
Authorities seized nearly 16 pounds of
heroin in two incidents at the Nogales Port of Entry Tuesday.
-- The bigger incident began around 6:20 p.m. when a Ford Freestar
van tried to cross into Arizona with 15 pounds of heroin hidden
inside. The driver was arrested after a drug-sniffing dog found
the heroin in a compartment... |
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Lisa Velez
-- Daily Republic
Do
invasion cheerleaders really believe their own drivel?
...This civilian patrol is fueled by
the resentment of the Mexicans who come to the United Stated
and - from the patrollers' viewpoint - compete for jobs and threaten
English as the nation's dominant language. -- Compete for jobs?
A
large majority of the illegal immigrants crossing the Mexican
border find employment harvesting produce... |
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Denver Post
Congress
faces foreign squatter issue
Washington -- Tough decisions about the
nation's porous borders and its millions of [illegal
aliens... criminals] await lawmakers later this month, but
agreement on a solution may prove elusive. -- Congress has hesitated
to address the volatile problem but feels forced to tackle it
now because of pressure from constituents and big-money donors. |
Tom Tancredo |
The Hill
Tancredo:
Put your money where your mouth is, Guv
An exchange of letters over immigration between
Rep. Tom Tancredo and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) - two
possible presidential candidates - escalated late last week when
Tancredo challenged the governor to a public debate. -- Alarmed
by a report in the Las Cruces Sun- News that at least part of
a $1 million emergency grant to border counties was being used
to monitor the Minuteman Project... |
Invaders |
New Haven
Register
Groups
clash over invaders' so-called 'rights'
West Haven -- ...He predicted U.S. population
growth will balloon out of control, and California will go bankrupt
because of the growing number of immigrants. He shared his photos
of Arizona's border with Mexico, where he took a trip with the
Minute Men, a grass-roots group that patrolled the border. |
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