Sunday, January 22, 2006

Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

The Terry Anderson Show 9 PM Pacific Sunday

San Francisco Chronicle Latino homicides on sharp increase Changing demographics and rising gang violence have brought a dramatic increase in the number of homicides among Latinos in Oakland and San Francisco, even as the number of African American victims has fallen, police and community leaders say. -- Oakland saw twice as many Latinos slain last year as in 2004, while San Francisco saw an increase of 50 percent...

Christian Science Monitor Across the country, many mobilize against invasion Immigration has become an increasingly contentious political and social issue around the country. -- Organizations patterned after the controversial "Minuteman Project" along the US-Mexico border have sprung up in New England, the Midwest, the South, and the Pacific Northwest. This has led to demonstrations and shouting matches..."

KOLD-TV -- Tucson Minutemen say Patrols a Success The January Jamboree is over. The Minutemen say they helped the Border Patrol apprehend 30 [illegal aliens... criminals]. Making this weekend, for them, a success. --- Tucson Minuteman Director, Carmen Mercer says the weekend was a success and you count on the volunteer group to be back. "We will not go away until the borders secured..."

New York Times Some day laborers report being abused and cheated in their pay The first nationwide study on day laborers has found that such workers are a nationwide phenomenon, with 117,600 people gathering at more than 500 hiring sites to look for work on a typical day. -- The survey found that three-fourths of day laborers are [illegal aliens... criminals]...

Justin Darr -- American Daily America Versus Mexico's Ponzi Pyramid Scheme ...Is it any wonder Mexico is fighting to prevent the United States from securing its borders? If America were to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, then Mexico would be forced to deal with its own problems and actually address the issues that have forced millions of its citizens to want to flee the nation, namely, the incompetence of its government.

Brian Bilbray

Brian Bilbray -- Sacramento Bee In-state tuition legislation conflicts with U.S. law In 1998, President Clinton signed into law U.S. Code 1623, which states that "an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence ... for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit ... . " In other words...

Reuters Mexico hit by fresh wave of drug killings Acapulco, Gro., Mex. -- Drug gangs mowed down three people in a drive- by shooting in Acapulco on Friday, a day after members of a drug cartel in the northern border town of Nuevo Laredo murdered 3 others and set their bodies on fire. -- The killers in the Pacific resort of Acapulco shot their victims in the street...

¡México!

San Antonio Express-News Editorial Contribute to debate, but can the chutzpah A traditional definition of the Yiddish word "chutzpah" is a child who murders his parents then begs for mercy because he's an orphan. -- Diplomats from Mexico and Central America recently provided another definition when they criticized efforts to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and demanded that the U.S. establish guest worker programs...

Dan Moffett -- Palm Beach Post Bush an alien in his own party President Bush is facing some fierce opposition to his immigration proposals. -- His idea for a guest worker program has provoked opponents into an unusually heated state of outrage. -- They promise that the fight will get ugly if he insists on going forward. Some of the rhetoric already has.

Sierra Vista Herald / Review Segura tapped for diplomatic council on U.S.-Mexico relations St. Helena immigration specialist Rosa Segura has been elected by a Mexican government agency to a key advisory body looking at Mexican- U.S. relations and issues important to the two nations. Among the topics on the agenda are politics, economics, health and border issues.

Tom Tancredo

Sierra Vista Herald / Review Tancredo: House understands border issues, but Senate doesn't Benson, Arizona -- U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo says that when it comes to understanding Americans' anger about the border, the House of Representatives has got it and the Senate doesn't. -- And, he said, the American people want the border with Mexico secured and the president enforcing U.S. immigration law.

¡Viva México!

El Universal -- Mexico City AmCham to support migration reform The Mexican government has an unexpected ally in its efforts to reach a migration accord with the United States. -- The American Chamber Mexico (AmCham) and its counterparts across the hemisphere will come out in support of a proposal drafted by U.S. senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy this week...

Asbury Park Press Claw hammer used in killings (Suspect is a Mexican illegal) Stafford Twp., N.J.-- Two township boys police say were killed by a boarder in their home Thursday night died from blows from a claw hammer similar to one police found at the scene, authorities said Saturday. -- Ocean County Executive Assistant Prosecutor Robert A. Gasser said autopsy results showed both boys were struck...

Special Report -- KUSA-TV - Denver Immigration -- Bordering on Reform ...To advance the immigration debate, 9NEWS gathered together activists and politicians representing a wide range of views on this subject. We have streamed the entire two-hour town meeting held Saturday, Jan. 7 at the University of Denver's Gates Concert Hall. [Video of town meeting in four segments]

NewsMax.com 'Osama's People' Smuggled Into U.S.? Court documents in a Brownsville, Texas drug-smuggling case cite a wiretapped telephone conversation by one of the smugglers who said that "Osama's people" are ready to be transported across the Mexican border into the U.S. -- The Brownsville Herald reported earlier this week...

Arizona Republic Locals split over border plan Naco, Arizona -- Six years ago, when this tiny border outpost was the most-popular illegal crossing corridor along the entire U.S.-Mexican border, Bob Park put up a sign on the dusty shoulder of a two-lane highway. -- It read: "If This Were Scottsdale, The National Guard Would Be Here."

New York Post Editorial Immigration idiocy President Bush's announcement that he plans to meet with Cuban-American leaders to discuss U.S. policy for Cuban migrants couldn't be more timely. -- Bush's move follows outrage over news that the Coast Guard returned 15 Cubans who thought they'd arrived safely in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave.

Toledo Blade Candidate's remark rattles Democrats U.S. Senate candidate Paul Hackett told a Toledo crowd this week that he'd deport all illegal immigrants if the national budget permitted, stirring another controversy over his candor - this time among Democrats. -- Several local Democrats said they disagreed sharply with Mr. Hackett's statements, made Wednesday night to a group at the University of Toledo...

Waah! Waah!

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Man says police target Latinos at checkpoints Ontario, Calif. -- The results of a traffic checkpoint held by Ontario police have prompted one activist to accuse the city and police department of racial discrimination. -- Virgil Pina was among those stopped during the Nov. 9 checkpoint on Holt Boulevard. Though police let him go after confirming his driver's license was valid...

Los Angeles Daily News Home Depot center draws protesters About 125 protesters - both opponents and proponents - rallied outside a day labor center next to a new Home Depot on Saturday morning. -- Under an arrangement with the city of Burbank, Home Depot built the center and pays $94,000 to underwrite maintenance and operation of the 2,000- square- foot, fenced-in facility...[Images of Opposition] [Related story]

American Border Patrol Photo of the Day Stars pups are growing up. Here they are around a fire pit in Glenn's back yard. Glenn plays "bush ball" twice a day. "Bush ball" involves throwing a ball far into the brush in Glenn's yard (18 acres)...