Douglas, Arizona

Apprehensions of illegals up dramatically

With the Border Patrol's national strategy of high visibility along the border, agents have apprehended a soaring number of illegal entrants in the Douglas corridor. From Oct. 1, 1999 to Sept. 6, 2000, Border Patrol agents caught 273,810 illegal entrants crossing the border through Douglas, said Charlie Klingberg, a spokesman for the Border Patrol. The agency's fiscal year ends Sept. 30. The apprehension rate shows an increase of 67,442 from fiscal year 1999, when agents caught 202,868 illegal entrants. That is a 33 percent increase.

Minneapolis

Police conduct local searches tied to Asian prostitution ring

Federal agents raided four buildings in Eden Prairie and one in Minneapolis Friday night in connection with a nationwide investigation of a prostitution operation that smuggled women into the United States from Asia. The women paid for their entry into the country by prostituting themselves, according to a federal indictment filed in Las Vegas, which offers a peek into the two-year federal probe dubbed Operation Jade Blade.

Conway, Arkansas

Ezola Foster Speaks at Reform Meeting

Saturday at the University of Central Arkansas' McCastlain Hall, about 35 people representing themselves as the Reform Party in Arkansas supported the nomination of Pat Buchanan as president and Ezola Foster -- who attended the gathering -- as vice president. Buchanan was unable to attend the Conway convention, but Foster spoke to the delegates. The retired California public school educator said a major issue the Republicans and Democrats have not addressed is illegal immigration.

Ben Seeley - Border Solution Task Force

Don't Close Checkpoints, Update Them

Here it goes again, a renewed effort to close or relocate the two most vital and strategic Border Patrol checkpoints in the United States. Never mind that these two checkpoints on Interstate 5 at San Clemente and on I-15 at Temecula have been in operation for more than 70 years as part of a network of permanent and tactical temporary checkpoints across the nation. When these two checkpoints are not in operation, the other checkpoints, especially in California, are hampered or rendered useless.

Los Angeles Times - Opinion

Immigration Challenges

With the economy in good shape, the mood of the country is less anti-immigrant than it was six years ago, according to a Gallup poll taken last year. That test showed only 44% of Americans favored further restricting immigration, down from 65% in 1995. Now is the time for each candidate to articulate a coherent immigration policy, one that encompasses U.S. economic and labor needs as well as immigration's historical past. ALSO SEE: WE GET E-MAIL

Book Review

Inside a Latino gang

Reymundo Sanchez is a pseudonym. As the author explains in his preface, his name and age aren't important. The real reason for his anonymity becomes increasingly clear, however, as his book about life as a Latino gang member in Chicago unfolds. At the age of 14, he is welcomed into the Latin Kings when he murders a rival gang member in cold blood. Other murders soon follow as he evolves into a heartless killing machine. ALSO SEE: GANG ARCHIVES

Tucson Reconquista Rant

Meeting [run by Isabel Garcia and illegals] urges looking at "big picture"

"Not one single person is illegal," attorney Isabel Garcia said at a meeting sponsored by the Pima County Interfaith Council, a politically active coalition of numerous churches and religious organizations, at St. John's Catholic Church. The council held the meeting to educate people about its struggle to secure amnesty for undocumented workers[illegal aliens], said member Daniel Garcia. [Apparently several illegals spoke at the fiasco.]

Benson, Arizona

20-30 people reportedly flee van after I-10 crash

A traffic accident last night on Interstate 10 near Benson resulted in 20 to 30 people fleeing the vehicle, according to a Department of Public Safety dispatcher. The accident occurred at about 6 p.m., on westbound I-10 near Milepost 295, the dispatcher said. Border Patrol agents responded to the crash scene and arrested three Mexican males. No further information was available last night.

To be discussed today on The American Patrol Report

Endangering Border Agents: Removal of Mag-lights by SDC Management

MEMO: "Let me fill you in with a little background information. Around the end of May this year Local 1613 was informed that ACPA Kennedy had every intention of removing the four "D cell Mag-Light as a direct result of pressure from Claudia Smith, head of the special interest lobbying group California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation.........."

Portland - Drug Dealer Update

Police link 3 suspects to Mexican drug ring

Portland and federal narcotics officers early Friday seized six pounds of cocaine, three pounds of heroin and about $100,000 from two apartments and three vehicles in Clackamas County. Three men [all Mexican nationals] arrested on drug charges, police say, are tied to a Mexican drug ring that has been distributing black tar heroin throughout the United States. Their arrests marked the continuation of a mid-June national crackdown against the drug organization, which is based in Nayarit, Mexico.

Midwest Migrant Flood

Brown Against Brown

There was a sea of copper faces in the plant, many Mexican immigrants like him. But alongside them, often wearing yellow supervisors' hats, were Chicanos-Mexican-Americans. "Go back to Mexico, wetback," some of them taunted. Chicanos numero uno! they scrawled on the bathroom walls. "They think they're more gringo than Mexican," says Perez, 34. To this day, "I never mix with Chicanos." (Newsweek Magazine report)