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Americans Confront
Aztlan Reconquistas
A Major Battle "we cannot afford to lose"
Arizona Republic -- December 9
Outside
Phoenix store, border debate rages on
Emotional protests at local battleground mirror
national fight
[Salvador]
Reza, an immigrant-rights organizer with the nonprofit Tonatierra, said he organized
protests initially in response to ongoing harassment of day laborers
by local businesses. Laborers say Roger Sensing [owner of the
furniture store] antagonized them, photographing them and chasing
them away from businesses in the surrounding area. The Sensings
deny this.[...]
Reza takes pains to say he does not support illegal immigration.
But he also notes with evident pride that of the 44 people Arpaio's
deputies had deported from near Pruitt's as of last week, about
half have already returned across the border illegally, some
with friends. [...]
"The
confrontation has now become essentially a do-or-die situation
for both sides, with implications far beyond illegal day labor,"
wrote Danny Smith of the American
Freedom Riders motorcycle club, in a recent message rallying
supporters. "This is no longer a mere skirmish, it is a
major battle which we cannot afford to lose. We have succeeded
in taking it to a national level of visibility, and now there
is no turning back - WE MUST WIN." |

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Associated
Press
Republicans
debate invasion before largely Hispanic audience
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said
he would impose a real and a virtual, technical fence at the
U.S.-Mexican border using a "tamper proof" identity
card. -- That prompted a retort from Ron Paul, who said that
would lead to a national identification card for all Americans
"which I absolutely oppose." |
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Miami Herald
Invader
issue will test GOP hopefuls in TV debate
Immigration has roiled the Republican
presidential campaign for months, but when the candidates wrangle
Sunday for the first time in front of a Spanish- speaking national
audience, the debate will truly hit home. -- The candidates have
repeatedly condemned the granting of legal status to [illegal
aliens... criminals] as ''amnesty''... |
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Valley Morning
Star -- Harlingen, Texas
$540,000
seized from city motel owners
Federal officials seized $540,000 from
four Harlingen motel owners after they were sentenced to probation
for conspiracy to harbor illegal immigrants, an official said
Friday. -- Rakeshkumar Bhakta and wife Alka Bhakta, owners of
the Hudson House motel, and Kamleshkumar Bhakta... |
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Arizona
Republic
Businesses
encourage employees to learn Spanish
More employers, and many of their English-speaking
workers, are showing an interest in learning Spanish customized
to specific jobs, to help them communicate with Hispanic customers,
suppliers or assistants. -- The trend isn't without controversy,
as English-only proponents say it slows the assimilation of immigrants
from Mexico and elsewhere. |
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New York
Times
Smugglers
build underground world
Tecate, Calif. -- The tunnel opening
cut into the floor of a shipping container here drops three levels,
each accessible by ladders, first a metal one and then two others
fashioned from wood pallets. The tunnel stretches 1,300 feet
to the south, crossing the Mexican border some 50 feet below
ground and proceeding to a sky-blue office building... |
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Washington
Times
Frederick
seeks authority to deal with illegals
Frederick County officials have taken
an unusual step to draw attention to their efforts to deal with
a growing problem with illegal aliens in their community: They
have asked state lawmakers to pass a measure calling for a constitutional
convention. --- While unusual, the action by the county commissioners
is not unprecedented. |
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American
Border Patrol
ABP
releases fence count
American Border Patrol has released its estimate
of the amount of fencing and vehicle barriers on the U.S./Mexico
border. ABP reports that there are a total of 150 miles of pedestrian
barrier and 148 miles of vehicular barriers on the border. Of
the pedestrian fencing, 16 miles are double-layered.... |
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Associated
Press
Feds
bust Mexican drug ring
Federal agents this week charged 67 people,
put a dent in two Mexican drug cartels that used the Atlanta
area as a hub of operations and seized large quantities of cash,
cocaine and assault rifles. -- Details of the multistate investigation
were announced Friday as criminal complaints and indictments
against the suspects were unsealed. |
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Nicholas
Stix -- Global Politician
ACLU's
war on U.S. immigration law
While President George W. Bush, ICE,
and Congress act as if the U.S. had no immigration laws and no
borders, some heroic local officials and private organizations
have nevertheless sought, against all odds, to enforce and uphold
immigration law. And every time they have done so, the ACLU has
been there to fight them... |
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Worcester
(Massachusetts) Telegram & Gazette
Invaders
arrested in raid on roofing company
Milford, Mass. -- Fifteen Ecuadorian
immigrants, including the owner of a local contracting company,
were arrested Friday in an early morning raid. -- Daniel Tacuri,
owner of Same Day Roofing and Construction, will face charges
of hiring illegal immigrants in U.S. District Court tomorrow.
The other 14 people arrested in the raid... |
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Jon Christian
Ryter -- NewsWithViews.com
Immigrants
and illegals
The United States of America has two
devastatingly serious problems that threaten the security and
the sovereignty of this nation. The most serious threat to our
American way of life are the 20 million illegal aliens who infiltrated
the United States since President Ronald Reagan's amnesty program
was initiated in 1986... |
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KABC-TV
-- Los Angeles
Raid
on L.A. Mexican mafia nets 18 arrests
A raid on suspected local members of
the Mexican mafia nets 18 arrests. -- L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies
say the suspects were wanted on charges ranging from murder to
misdemeanor offenses. Arrests were made in La Puente, West Covina,
and Azusa. |
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Americans
for Better Immigration
NumbersUSA's
Roy Beck reviews presidential candidates
ABI never endorses candidates. Our highlighting
of some candidates is to help citizens know who is most likely
to work for reducing overall immigration so citizens can factor
that information into their voting decisions. But we realize
that voters mark their ballot based on many issues and judgments
about the character and leadership of a candidate... |
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Washington
Times Editorial
Crackdown
in Anne Arundel County
There's good news to report from Anne
Arundel County, which is running counter to the overall trend
in Maryland - now one of America's leading sanctuary states for
illegal aliens thanks to Gov. Martin O'Malley, the Democratic
leadership in the General Assembly and advocacy groups like CASA
of Maryland... |
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Hampton
Roads Virginian-Pilot
Couple
pleads guilty to housing illegal aliens
A Virginia couple entered guilty pleas
in U.S. District Court today on charges they recruited and housed
[illegal aliens... criminals]
to work for their company, B&B Cable Co. -- The plea agreement
was reached between federal prosecutors and Robert Ray Buttery
Sr. and his wife, Betty Jean Buttery who both live in Midland
in Fauquier County. |
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