Friday, January 6, 2006

U.S. Threatens Smugglers - Chertoff Heroic Criminals "Fighting Back" ANIMAL FARM Michael Chertoff speaks - Duncan Hunter, the border fence hero, listens. Chertoff announces crackdown at border crossings San Diego Union Tribune "Chertoff said the Border Patrol also had seen a significant increase in violence along the border, which he said indicated smugglers felt threatened and were fighting back." Comment: Threatening smugglers? Are his Border Patrol agents deliberately trying to kill or injure smugglers? If so, defensive violence is justified. If not, Chertoff has lost his marbles. This NEWSPEAK would make George Orwell proud. Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

Arizona Republic Hearing on charges against invasion aides postponed A hearing on whether to dismiss charges against two volunteer aid workers charged with violating federal immigration law was postponed Friday because U.S. Magistrate Judge Bernardo P. Velasco was ill. -- The hearing will continue at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday...

The Business Journal -- Fresno, Calif. Growers organize to lobby for guest 'worker program' Although labor shortages are generally a problem in many farm communities during certain times of the year, in November and December there's usually plenty of labor to go around. Not this year, though. Crops that normally aren't affected, such as citrus, are feeling the bite of reduced labor supplies...

Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Herald Alleged federal fugitive faces several charges after traffic stop Portsmouth, NH -- A illegal alien from Cuba was arrested by state and local police Wednesday night on charges of selling crack and powder cocaine, being a federal fugitive from justice and six counts of receiving stolen property. -- Portsmouth Deputy Police Chief Len DiSesa described the arrest as "a good pinch."

Morones

KFMB-TV -- San Diego Protests Held In Shooting Of Man Near Border Some local groups spoke out against Chertoff at a border protest. -- Local human rights and religious groups also protested last week's shooting of a [Mexican national] by a Border Patrol agent. -- "We are gathered here today in search of and to demand justice for Guillermo Rodriguez and 4,000 human beings that have been killed at the border," said Enrique Morones....

Access North Georgia First big Hall County drug bust of 2006 Gainesville, Ga. -- At the Hall County Detention Center two suspected [illegal aliens... criminals] are behind bars in the first big drug bust of the new year by local narcotics officers. --Diego Valente- Heredia and Reina Jimenez-Bernal were both charged with trafficking in marijuana and possession of marijuana...

BS Alert!

Marcela Sanchez -- Washington Post That Divisive Anti-Immigrant Fence When the House of Representatives passed the Border Protection, Anti-Terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act last month, it bowed to the narrowest possible thinking on immigration. The bill, one of the harshest in decades, would fund the building of nearly 700 miles of new high-tech fences... [Also see: Propaganda Watch]

Coming Up January 7 CT Citizens for Immigration Control is organizing a National Day of Protest -- Stop the Invasion Click here for similar events in your area| Other Events

Houston Chronicle Poll says Latinos oppose GOP stance on invasion Because Hispanic voters are turned off by the conservative-led push for tougher penalties on illegal immigration, they are more likely to support Democrats than Republicans in November, according to the 2005 National Latino Survey released Thursday. -- Regardless of a political candidate's views on issues such as gay rights, the economy, taxes...

'The Boot'

Debbie Schlussel - Front Page Magazine Putting a Terrorist on ICE Islamic terrorist Fawaz Abu Damra will soon be deported and will not be having a deportation trial, which was scheduled to begin Monday. -- Late yesterday, Immigration Judge Marsha Nettles of the Executive Office of Immigration Review issued a final order of deportation for Damra...

Arizona Daily Star Invader-transport charges contested A hearing on whether two volunteer aid workers charged with transporting undocumented migrants should go to trial was scheduled to continue this morning. -- Shanti A. Sellz and Daniel M. Strauss face prison time if they are convicted of felony charges that they violated the law...

Boston Globe Illegal alien held in Somerville car bombing Somerville, Mass. -- The former boyfriend of a Malden woman was charged yesterday with building a bomb that detonated on Thanksgiving morning, leaving a Somerville man blind in one eye, permanently disfigured, and recovering from burns that cover one-third of his body, authorities said.

Raul Watch

Arizona Republic Mayor of Avondale quits post, announces Congress candidacy Avondale, Ariz.-- Former Mayor Ron Drake resigned his city position Thursday morning and formally announced his Republican candidacy for the 7th Congressional District seat shortly afterward. -- Drake plans to make illegal immigration the key issue in challenging Rep. Raul Grijalva, a two-term Tucson Democrat.

Resendiz

Associated Press Railroad Killer's Date With Death Set Houston -- Condemned serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, the Mexican drifter dubbed the "Railroad Killer," was scheduled Friday to be executed on May 10 for raping and killing a Houston doctor. -- Maturino Resendiz's lawyer, Jack Zimmermann, objected to the setting of the execution date...

Decatur Daily House caucus wants laws on illegals Montgomery, Ala. -- A Decatur Republican House member's package of bills on illegal immigration is one of six key measures that the state House Republican Caucus announced Thursday. -- Rep. Micky Hammon of Decatur said he will have at least five bills that address problems connected with illegal immigration, and fellow legislators may have others.

El Presidente

L.A. Times via the Austin American-Statesman Critics tell Fox to confront U.S. Mexico City -- Mexican President Vicente Fox faced increased criticism Thursday for his government's response to the shooting last week of a Mexican national during a confrontation with the U.S. Border Patrol just a few yards north of the international frontier near San Ysidro, the southernmost neighborhood of San Diego.

Coming Up January 7 12 Noon Local Time - Oklahoma City | Other Events Oklahoma Minuteman Meeting

WTNH-TV -- New Haven, Conn. Scam cost illegal aliens $150,000 [Illegal aliens... criminals] in the New Haven area were ripped off by about $150,000 in an alleged scam run by a New York woman who took their money and never produced the promised paperwork. -- Maria Agosto was arraigned in Meriden Superior Court yesterday and charged with first-degree larceny and criminal impersonation...

¡México!

Arizona Republic Mexican refuses to rule out trial-in-absence of B.P. agent ...But Derbez also said that Mexico might consider a trial-in-absence of the Border Patrol officer, and he added that he believed last week's shooting death of Guillermo Martinez was caused by "a negative atmosphere" toward migrants in the United States. The Border Patrol says the shooting occurred after the migrant... [See: Meddling Mexicans]

Katherine Fennelly & Kathleen Moccio -- Minneapolis Pioneer Press Pawlenty advances biased views of immigration As professionals who specialize in immigration issues, we were surprised and dismayed to listen to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's recent proposals regarding immigration, and to read the Department of Administration report on the "Impact of Illegal Immigration on Minnesota."

Dos Mundos -- Kansas City Another lawsuit for Spanish speaking student A second federal lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., over alleged abuses of civil rights of a Hispanic student who spoke Spanish in school. -- This time the lawsuit is against the KCK School District. -- Attorney Chuck Chionuma, who filed a federal lawsuit earlier this year...

Cuellar

Associated Press Congressman says sealed border would hurt cotton industry West Texas cotton ginner Larry Nelson foresees a struggle to find enough workers to process the fluffy fiber if immigration reform leads to shutting the border with Mexico. -- "We couldn't survive without them," Nelson said. -- His sentiment echoed comments made this week at a cotton conference by U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar... [Also see: Propaganda Watch]

No Illegals!

Boston Globe Tax lobby sees gain in tuition proposal Letting [illegal aliens... criminals] who graduate from Massachusetts high schools pay in-state tuition rates at public colleges and universities would generate up to $5.7 million in new revenues by 2009, according to a report released yesterday by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a business- backed watchdog group...

Frank Jorge -- VDare.com LAIR's Frank Jorge Reports On That Costa Mesa Convulsion My wife and I attended the rally sponsored by local California Minutemen in support of Mayor Allan Mansoor of Costa Mesa, California and the City Council's decision to have their officers trained to work with ICE. -- We had received an email a few days earlier indicating that pro-illegal immigration advocacy persons belonging to the Tonantzin Collective...

Associated Press Teacher accused of forging ID cards Baton Rouge, La. -- A high school teacher has been accused of forging Social Security cards, federal work authorization cards and driver's licenses from Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador. -- Edyce Stone Rodriguez, of Baton Rouge, was arrested Dec. 31 and booked with one count of forgery...

KGO-TV -- San Francisco Feds raid San Francisco antique stores, arrest illegals The FBI and the IRS raided more than half a dozen antique shops in San Francisco today. -- Altogether, 150 federal agents participated in the huge operation, including agents from the FBI, Immigration & Customs, Fish & Game and the IRS. -- The agents raided eight stores located in Fisherman's Wharf...

Myers

Lou Dobbs Tonight Bush crony pushed into ICE Lou Dobbs: "With Congress out of session, President Bush has appointed Julie Meyers to head up the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. Meyers is a well- connected member of the Washington ruling elite (married to Chertoff's Chief of Staff)..."    Watch  Transcript

WCCO -- Minneapolis Local Officials Oppose Pawlenty's Immigration Plan Minneapolis The mayors and police chiefs of Minnesota's two largest cities issued a rare joint statement, arguing against part of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's plan for combatting illegal immigration. -- Earlier this week, Pawlenty proposed a state law that would overturn local ordinances that restrict the inquiries that police and other city employees can make about immigration status...

MS13 Gang

USA Today MS-13 gang growing extremely dangerous, FBI says In early November, the FBI and Houston police learned that six suspected members of Mara Salvatrucha, a violent Central American gang known as MS-13, were raiding a house on Liberty Street where a rival gang had stashed drugs. -- MS-13 - the focus of a nationwide crackdown by FBI and federal immigration agents - has become known in recent years for home invasion robberies...