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¡México! |
Monterey
Herald
Mexico's
comparison of border fence to Berlin Wall draws U.S. ire
Mexico City -- The U.S. ambassador to
Mexico, Antonio Garza, issued a blunt retort last week to Mexicans'
growing criticism of tougher U.S. border security measures, calling
the criticism "excessive, often irresponsible and almost
always inaccurate. -- In a five-page New Year's statement summarizing
U.S.- Mexican cooperation... |
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KCBS-TV
-- Los Angeles
Anaheim
Car Dealers Accused Of Credit Fraud
Seven North County Toyota employees were
arrested on suspicion of knowingly allowing buyers to use fraudulent
Social Security numbers on credit applications. -- Those arrested
were: Reza Aklhaghi, of Aliso Viejo; Apolinar Contreras, of North
Hollywood; Pablo Gabriel Garro, of Hacienda Heights; Oscar Molina,
of Covina... |
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Denver Post
"Immigrants"
may save organized labor
Unions are reaching out to the foreign
workers who crowd U.S. construction sites, and some see them
as a heaven- sent solution to sliding membership rolls. -- As
employers turn to cheaper nonunion workers, some unions that
represent the construction industry are trying to organize the
immigrants who take those jobs - regardless of their immigration
status... |
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Eugene Register-Guard
Tools
can help Spanish speakers avoid fraud
Mortgage documents and real estate disclosure
statements are hard enough to understand for people whose first
language is English. For those whose first language may be Spanish
or Chinese or Russian, buying a home in the United States can
be especially difficult. -- Scam artists know this and prey upon
foreign- born home buyers... |
Poll Info |
Phyllis
Schlafly -- Salt Lake Tribune
Schlafly slams
guest worker program
The Bush administration's support of
a "guest worker" program and other exceptions to U.S.
immigration policy is feeding a $140 billion organized criminal
racket that makes victims of citizens and immigrants alike, Eagle
Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly said Saturday. -- Schlafly said
apologists who say the border ought to be loosened... |
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Medford
Mail-Tribune
Bust
nets meth, several arrests
An early morning traffic stop Saturday
on Interstate 5 turned up more than eight pounds of methamphetamine.
-- Oregon State Police troopers pulled over a 1996 Chevrolet
Tahoe south of Medford at milepost 18. During the stop, the troopers
received consent to search the vehicle... |
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Los Angeles
Times
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Accused of Running Phony-Document Mill
Two Oxnard men remained in custody late
Friday after their arrest on suspicion of running a phony-document
mill that produced hundreds of fake Social Security cards, driver's
licenses and green cards. -- During a raid Tuesday, ICE agents
and Ventura County sheriff's deputies confiscated counterfeiting
equipment and tools... |
File Photo |
La Opinion
-- (Translated by Google)
Usual
suspects toss tantrum in downtown L.A.
A group of about 50 protesters, many waving the
flag of hostile Mexico, marched in L. A. on Saturday to protest
a recent shooting at the Mexican border and to protest against
the Minutemen. Aztec dancers were there carrying on, as usual.
A.N.S.W.E.R. L.A., a radical
left-wing group, was apparently responsible for the tantrum. |
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Coastal
Courier -- Hinesville, Georgia
Traffic
stop halts alleged ID forgery ring
Some of the items taken from the car
were on display at the Long County Sheriff's office. -- A traffic
stop in Long County on Sunday afternoon put an alleged identification
card forger out of business. Danny Dinkins, a member of the MACE
Task Force stopped Angel Alejandro, for a traffic stop... |
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The Oregonian
-- Portland
Fight
over rules could limit use of Oregon ID
The Oregon driver's license is evolving
-- under federal pressure -- from a simple proof of driving ability
into a high-tech weapon against terrorism, identity theft and
illegal immigration. Or, depending on your point of view, a frightening
new tool for government spying. |
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Hartford
Courant
Immigrants'
Hospital Care Forces Tough Choices
A Chinese man [illegal
alien... criminal] was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital after
suffering a heart attack and a massive stroke at Foxwoods Resort
Casino in February 2004. Doctors, therapists and a nearly 'round-the-clock
translator helped him improve. He was soon ready to leave the
hospital... |
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Longmont
(Colorado) Daily Times-Call
Group
says it is in for a long road on immigration
Greeley -- While the turmoil over a potential
Greeley immigration office may have died, the group that formed
to block that office has emerged from the smoke with a promise
to carry its fight to other fronts. -- Latinos Unidos, which
was formed in November and twice rallied more than 500 demonstrators
to oppose a campaign for an ICE office... |
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Charlotte
Observer
Latinos'
anti-DWI efforts a tough sell
...As Charlotte's Latino community struggles
with the backlash of two recent DWI deaths involving Hispanic
immigrants, Osiris Collazos, a Colombian- born radio host, is
on the front line of a battle to stop Latino immigrants from
drinking
and driving. -- She began visiting Charlotte- area bars and
restaurants favored by Hispanic immigrants... |
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Brownsville
Herald
Infiltration
from the south feared
The back door to this country is unguarded,
and the locks in place to protect it against terrorists are easy
to pick. -- Lawmakers and border security critics have repeatedly
made this point, stressing the need for more funding, patrols
and protection against illegal entry on the U.S.-Mexico border...
[See: What homeland
security?] |
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Inland Valley
Daily Bulletin -- Ontario, Calif.
Mexican
soldiers defy border
The Mexican military has crossed into
the United States 216 times in the past nine years, according
to a Department of Homeland Security document and a map of incursions
obtained by the Daily Bulletin. -- U.S. officials claim the incursions
are made to help foreign drug and human smugglers cross safely
into the United States. |
¡Viva México! |
El Universal
-- Mexico City
The
campaign and the border wall
...There's no way, of course, that presidential
candidates aren't going to make an issue out of pending [US]
legislation that would turn millions of their constituents into
felons and put up long stretches of malevolent walls along a
border between two trading partners. Nor can they ignore a growing
hostility on the U.S. side that they see as physically endangering
Mexican citizens who, after all, were tacitly invited there to
work. |
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