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We Get E-Mail Re: The outrage over TRW firing continues Stacy Polk was exercising her God-given right to speak out about a bunch of Mexican thugs who consider that parts of this country are theirs to do with what they want. Stacy Polk isn't the problem. The Mexican thugs are. And for your corporation to fire her for sticking up for her own country is unconscionable. Could it be that TRW is a very powerful corporation and doesn't want to "offend" a group of people that could cause them PR harm and maybe impact the amount of money they make? |
Clinton's Latest Jaunt Nigeria Insulted by US Immigration Restrictions President Clinton sought Saturday to diffuse resentment in Nigeria over U.S. travel restrictions intended to weed out illegal immigrants and criminals. He acknowledged they kept legitimate visitors from entering the United States. The problem is close to home for Raymond Dokpesi, a Nigerian media tycoon and who has apparently been waiting for a visa. "It is insulting. I have gone to the States many times before and spent millions in cash, and I always returned,'' he said. "I have six wives and more than 80 children here in Nigeria...." |
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PC and Language Pollution ANTI-SPANISH SPEAKING MEMO RESCINDED Although a police department spokesman said such orders are not acceptable policies in the eyes of the Houston Police Department, there has been no planned disciplanary actions toward Shelton [the memo writer] reported. "This is highly insulting to us," said Johnny Mata, spokesman for the local office of LULAC, to the Houston Chronicle. "It leaves you to wonder exactly what kind of managerial training these people have. We intend to push it further." |
Oxnard, Calif. Voter Registration Drive Attempts to Bolster Latinos' Clout A voter registration campaign aimed at increasing the political clout of Latinos is kicking off here today with a push to register 1,500 new residents before the November election. But some say that target, set by a local arm of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, is too modest, especially in a county where nearly a quarter of the voting-age population is Latino. |
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Farmingville, New York Latino laborers cite attacks by local residents As |
Letters to the Arizona Daily Star Last week's issue: Opening the border Should the United States consider a plan by Vicente Fox, Mexico's president-elect, to gradually open the border between the two nations? Should the U.S. Border Patrol continue with its plan to step up enforcement along the border? Read what some Arizonans had to say about this exploseive issue, such as, "The United States cannot remain the world's safety net for absorbing the world's excess population. Those who enter illegally, by definition, are criminals and should be treated as such." |
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Cochise County Board of Supervisors Economy,
The supervisor candidates say it themselves: Cochise County
is at a critical juncture. Though its population is about 124,000,
it is growing. The state estimates that by 2010 nearly 140,000
people will live there. The county faces the high costs and environmental
impacts of having thousands of |
San Marcos, Calif. Oaxaca festival to be held at Cal State A traditional Oaxacan Guelaguetza celebration will be held at California State University San Marcos beginning at 10 a.m. today. The celebration is sponsored by the college's Center for Border and Regional Affairs and its chapter of MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan). [This is a reconquista organization that operates in schools nationwide.] ALSO SEE: THE SCOURGE OF MEChA |
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gang suspects plead guilty in local burglary Five of six alleged Asian gang members have pleaded guilty to third-degree burglary charges in connection with breaking into two homes of Asian business people in Cedar Rapids. The sixth man, Chien Quang Le, 33, of Des Moines, is in a Bismarck, N.D., jail on a burglary charge. Linn County Attorney Denver Dillard expects Le to be brought to Iowa after he is sentenced on the North Dakota charge. |
Bangor, Maine Christine Hernandez sought to make a name for herself, according to her mother. Currently housed at the Northern Maine Juvenile Detention Facility in Charleston, Hernandez [involved in the Crips] stands accused of stabbing a Bangor teenager 14 times during a June altercation behind a downtown Bangor bar. And... In Lewiston, police say they have largely driven out a chapter of the Latin Kings, a drug-peddling, Chicago-based gang with active chapters in Massachusetts and Vermont. ALSO SEE: GANG ARCHIVES |
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Wilder, Idaho Hispanics, City officials meet Some perceive bias in town's law enforcement Issues of contention included a new city noise ordinance aimed at curtailing loud music. Several residents saw the law as being selectively enforced, particularly where Hispanic violators were involved. Mayor Steve Rhodes and Councilman John Bechtel assured residents that any perception of prejudice on the part of local law enforcement officers was not based in fact. Bechtel said he likes the music...... "It reminds me of the polka," he said. "But at 2 a.m., when the music rattles my windows, I don't like it so much." |
Dallas Bush, Fox disagree on a more open border After an hourlong meeting at the University of Texas at Dallas, Bush praised Fox's leadership and agreed the two nations should strive to raise wages in Mexico. But he stopped well short of embracing some of Fox's other ideas. "I made it very clear to Vicente Fox that we will enforce the borders so long as I am the governor and if I am the president," said Bush. - This will be among the topics discussed on tomorrow's American Patrol Report radio show. |
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Houston Foreign students complain about tuition, slow INS process Irma Campos, a Mexican immigrant, was charged out- of- state tuition at the University of Houston, even though she attended grade school and high school in Texas. She was obligated to pay double the Texas- resident rate while she waited for the INS to process her application for permanent residency in this country. "I was treated like an international student and I am not." Campos said. "I've been here most of my life." [Campos is apparently not a permanent resident.] |
Operation Denial An operation to stem the flow of illegal |