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Thursday, November 22, 2007 |
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New York
Times
Western
Union empire moves 'migrant' cash home
To glimpse how migration is changing
the world, consider Western Union, a fixture of American lore
that went bankrupt selling telegrams at the dawn of the Internet
age but now earns nearly $1 billion a year helping poor migrants
across the globe send money home. -- 'Migration' is so central
to Western Union that forecasts of border movements... |
Aldrete-Davila |
El Paso
Times
Family
claims smuggler entrapped by money-promise
Osvaldo Aldrete Davila Admitted drug
smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who is the center of a national
controversy over the conviction of two El Paso Border Patrol
agents, walked straight into a trap set by the government when
he was arrested at the Zaragoza Bridge last week, a family member
said Wednesday. |
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Savannah
Morning News
U. S. Rep. Barrow
going after invaders
Back from touring border areas in Arizona
and Texas, U.S. Rep. John Barrow says he is more determined than
ever to "stop the invasion." -- The Savannah Democrat
and half a dozen other congressmen spent two days near Tucson,
Ariz., and El Paso, Texas. They saw border station facilities,
met with border patrol and immigration officials... |
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San Diego
Union-Tribune
Race
crewman reports latest Baja robbery
The violent robbery of an American family
in Baja California early Monday morning is adding to concerns
about safety south of the border. -- The latest attack began
about 1 a.m. when Chris Hall, his wife, Debra, and their son
and daughter where driving home to El Cajon from the SCORE Baja
1000 off-road auto race... |
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Edmonton
(Alberta) Sun
Mexicans
facing deportation from northern Alberta
Hythe, AB -- A northern Alberta family
facing deportation to Mexico has been allowed to stay while Immigration
Canada decides whether a claim to Canadian ancestry will be enough
to grant citizenship. -- Johan Dyck said the federal department
is sending the documents he will need to try to prove he has
Canadian connections through grandparents... |
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Business
Journal of Phoenix
Phoenix
voters say invasion issues are their top concern
Illegal immigration is the top concern
of Phoenix-area voters, according to a new poll by Arizona State
University and KAET-TV Channel 8. -- Twenty-seven percent of
the Maricopa County voters surveyed in the November poll said
illegal immigration was the region's biggest problem -- ahead
of health care, air quality, traffic, schools and the economy.
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The Boot |
Lexington
(Kentucky) Herald-Leader
Illegal
aliens targeted
Lexington's top prosecutor is taking
a more active role in identifying [illegal
aliens... criminals] who are in the county jail or are expected
to stand trial. -- Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney Ray Larson,
who has already called for federal immigration law training at
the Fayette County Detention Center, said earlier this week his
office has started to... |
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Journal-News
-- White Plains, New York
Anti-invasion
candidate wins election
By a less than 20-vote margin, Michael
Rights has parlayed his unrelenting focus on the ills of illegal
immigration into the supervisor's office. -- The final 39 unopened
absentee ballots were unsealed late this morning at the Putnam
County Board of Elections, giving Rights, who ran of the Republican
line, a 19-vote lead over John Degnan... |
Do-nothing Fool |
Lone Star
Times
I.C.E.
bows to political pressure
Every time you think that the federal
government is getting a grip on the magnitude of the problem
that illegal immigration presents, they do something to undermine
their own efforts. -- ...[T]he Irving Police Department is cooperating
with I.C.E. in a program called the Criminal Alien Program. They
have seen a reduction in crime... |
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Arizona
Daily Star
Two Mexicans
accused of hauling 1,400 lbs. of pot
Two men were arrested Tuesday near Douglas
after authorities found more than 1,400 pounds of marijuana in
their tractor-trailer rig. -- Enrique Calderon- Ballesteros and
Pedro Calderon- Ballesteros were taken into custody after authorities
began investigating tire marks left in an area popular with smugglers... |
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Tucson Citizen
Activists
sue over Chertoff's border fence OK
Environmentalists filed a lawsuit this
week contesting the constitutionality of Congress giving Homeland
Security chief Michael Chertoff the power to ignore laws interfering
with building a border fence. -- Defenders of Wildlife filed
the suit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C... |
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Riverside
(Calif.) Press-Enterprise
Fifth-columnist
Mexicans up to no good in Inland Empire
Two Inland activists are on a committee
that will set up a U.S.-Mexican "parliament" to discuss
immigrant issues and defend the rights of Mexican [illegal
aliens... criminals] in the US. -- Rosa Marta Zarate, program
coordinator for the San Bernardino nonprofit Librería
del Pueblo, and Daniel Morales, of the National Alliance for
Human Rights... |
Ann Coulter |
Human Events
NYT:
Suicide manual for Dems
Here's a story that may not have been
deemed "Fit to Print": In the six months that ended
Sept. 25, The New York Times' daily circulation was down another
4.51 percent to about a million readers a day. The paper's Sunday
circulation was down 7.59 percent to about 1.5 million readers.
In short, the Times is dropping faster than Hillary... |
Clay Moore |
KWTSP-TV
-- Tampa / St. Petersburg
Second
arrest in Clay Moore abduction
Manatee County, Florida -- Deputies have
made a second arrest in the kidnapping of a 13-year-old Parrish
boy. -- Ana Purecofinoco was arrested Wednesday night and charged
as an accessory after the fact in the February 23 kidnapping
of Clay Moore. -- Deputies say Vicente Ignacio Beltran- Moreno
grabbed Moore... |
Napolitano |
KOLD-TV
-- Tucson
Governor
wants revision of anti-invader law
Phoenix -- It's not even a law yet but
Governor Napolitano already wants to revise it. Napolitano said
the state's employer sanctions law needs to be changed
to clarify what hirings are covered. -- Napolitano said
she signed the legislation believing that it would prohibit employers
from hiring illegal [aliens...
criminals] after January 1... |
Dan Howard |
NewsWithViews.com
Bush
pardons turkeys while eagles remain caged
Fellow Americans and patriots, I would
give anything if I could write a syrupy-sweet, all-is-fine Thanksgiving
Day message for you today. However, I have always taken pride
in my endeavor of not being politically correct, but rather just
'correct.' Yes, we do have every reason to be thankful for our
health, our livelihoods, and our loved ones... |
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Tucson Citizen
Sanctions
will deter legal workers, Arizona farmers say
Farmers will have a tougher time hiring
legal workers from Mexico and consumers will face higher prices
for produce when Arizona's employer sanctions law, intended to
punish businesses that knowingly hire illegal [aliens...
criminals], takes effect Jan. 1, groups representing Arizona's
agriculture industry say. |
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