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Tuesday, October 16, 2001

ARKANSAS RACE HINGES
ON IMMIGRATION ISSUE


Gunner Delay

By MELISSA NELSON
Associated Press Writer
October 16, 2001, 1:49 AM EDT

ROGERS, Ark. -- An influx of Hispanics in the past decade has become a social and political flashpoint in northwest Arkansas, a secluded mountain area where jobs in the poultry industry have drawn thousands of Hispanics. More....
NOTE: AMERICAN PATROL helped Rogers fight illegal immigration and helped make this an issue.
Also see: AIM hears from Spencer - 2/26/98
   E-Mail to VCT - 3/3/99
   MALDEF Sues Rogers Police - 3/24/01
Dot Other recent features

L.A. TIMES FINALLY ADMITS MEXICO IS NOT A FRIENDLY NATION
 ALLIANCES - L.A. TIMES, SUNDAY, OCT. 14th
Mexico, Fair-Weather Friend
By GREGORY RODRIGUEZ
"Historically, Mexican nationalism has taken the form of anti-Americanism. Mexico's defeat at the hands of the U.S. in 1848--which resulted in the loss of half its territory--and other American and European aggressions have nurtured in Mexicans an anti-interventionist and pacifist politics. "

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Our new video, "Conquest of Aztlan", will be shown at the following meetings:
Republican Assembly - San Diego County - North Coast - Oct. 17
UROC Convention - Monrovia - Oct. 27

Newsday
6 gangsters charged in shooting
Six Virginia gang members were arraigned yesterday on charges they shot at local members of a rival gang in front of a Hempstead convenience store Saturday, hitting two employees inside the store, Nassau County and Hempstead Village detectives said. -- One employee, a clerk at the Stop 1 Food Mart on Clinton Street, was in stable condition at Nassau University Medical Center yesterday after he was shot in the neck. The other, who was shot in the shoulder, was back at work yesterday.		 Wall Street Journal / Free Republic
Gaps in immigration system could leave U.S. vulnerable
The U.S. has several lines of defense to thwart foreign terrorists trying to enter the country, from visa screeners to immigration inspectors to border-patrol agents. -- But even the enforcers who decide which people get in, and for how long, see big gaps in every layer that could leave the U.S. vulnerable. -- This nation of immigrants long has struggled to balance an open- door tradition with forces demanding limits.

VDare.com
Matloff Warns Immigration Reformers; Brimelow Replies
I found the various comments on immigration reform on VDARE.com interesting, but I must add my two cents' worth. -- Specifically, I found it interesting that so many of the writers were so sanguine over the prospect that the September 11 tragedy would facilitate long-overdue immigration reform. Though indeed the event did take the wind out of the pro- immigration camp's sails, I believe that this effect will be both temporary and of limited degree.		 Associated Press
Attacks, economy haven't slowed pace of dollars sent to Mexico
The crucial flow of dollars from workers in the U.S. to families at home has continued to be strong despite economic sluggishness on both sides of the border, Mexican officials said late Monday. -- Family remittances in the third quarter of 2001 should roughly equal those of the prior three- month period, said Carlos Guillen, who monitors remittances for President Vicente Fox's office for citizens abroad. He said the figure would be released later this week by the Bank of Mexico.

Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus
Proposals for Combating Terrorism
Announced at a press conference today in Washington, DC......
1.Create a unified Border Security Agency
The new agency will be responsible for all aspects of securing the border, including, but not limited to, responsibilities currently handled by INS, State, Customs and the Coast Guard. (More)
Photos by Rick Oltman

Tom Tancredo 10/16/01
Tom Tancredo

WorldNetDaily.com - R. Hagelin
Train trouble
Five thousand to 10,000 unsearched, unchecked pressurized rail tanker cars are entering the U.S. every day from south of the border ­ this amazing phenomenon may be the single greatest security threat facing our nation today. -- While the feds are fumbling around putting on a great show of improved airline security, no one seems to know that all of America is completely vulnerable to the immediate threat....		 NewsMax.com
FBI Passes on Investigating Ohio Chicken Firm
As anthrax attacks are confirmed across America, many are wondering where the next wave of attacks will come from. -- One area of concern, already cited by the government and experts, is the food and water supply. -- But some anecdotal evidence suggests the FBI may not be following up on potential threats as vigorously as it should.

Desert Sun
Immigration center aims to ease citizenship process
Coachella Valley immigrants who may be vulnerable to scam artists and rip-offs will soon have a new place to go for help with becoming a legal citizen. The Desert Alliance for Community Empowerment in Coachella is set to open its immigration service center Wednesday. The nonprofit organization will provide legal, bilingual help to immigrants at a reduced fee. Leaders say there is a lack of affordable immigration services...		 N.Y. Times (Free Registration)
Tightening of Border Pinches Local Economy
Tight new security restrictions at crossings with Mexico are choking the economic life out of border towns in California and the Southwest, congressmen from the region say. -- Some lawmakers have begun pleading with the Bush administration for low-interest loans or grants until the crisis subsides, calling the situation a "state of emergency" comparable to that posed by a hurricane or an earthquake.

Marc Fisher - Washington Post
Muslim Students Weigh Questions Of Allegiance
Is it reasonable to ask students at the Muslim Community School in Potomac whether there is a conflict between being an American and being a Muslim? It certainly seemed fair after six young people, all born in this country, all American citizens, told me that no, they did not believe that Osama bin Laden was necessarily the bad guy the president says he is, and no, they did not think the United States should be attacking Afghanistan...		 Stein Report
INS faces implementation hurdles, political opposition in 'smart card' plans
The INS plan to implement an entry/exit tracking system still faces opposition after Sept. 11. Opponents like Jeanne Butterfield of the American Immigration Lawyers Association told the Chicago Tribune "We need to take measures that are focused. You could be talking about killing the U.S. economy with some of these measures." There are obstacles to implementing the system, originally mandated in 1996, INS Commissioner James Ziglar told Congress.

 HOMELAND DEFENSE:
A PERIMETER AROUND EVERYTHING EXCEPT THE U.S.
 

Glenn Spencer of American Patrol calls Washington Journal - Tuesday, October, October 16.
GLENN SPENCER:
The first attack on the World Trade Center was committed by people, one of whom was in the country illegally. Congress still refused to pass laws restricting entrance and deporting illegal aliens. It seems to me that they want to build a perimeter around everything except the country.
 
SCREEN GRAB FROM CSPAN WASHINGTON JOURNAL SHOWING PART OF WALL STREET JOURNAL STORY BY CHRIS ADAMS

CSPAN: And how do we stop that?
SPENCER: Well, we call our congressmen and tell them, please enforce our immigration laws. Tell the State Department, stop allowing people in the country who might -might -- they have no constitutional right to enter the United States -- who even might be a threat to our nation. Deport those who are here illegally and let's protect the entire country instead of building walls around all of our principal facilities.
CSPAN: Chris Adams talks about the issue of immigration in the Policy and Politics section of the Wall Street Journal.

Listen

Associated Press
U.S. May Use Military in Hemisphere
The United States will use military force where appropriate to fight terrorism in the Western Hemisphere, the State Department's top anti-terrorism official said Monday. -- "Our strategy in this hemisphere is similar to our strategy around the world, and it involves the use of all the elements of our national power as well as the elements of the national power of all the countries in our region,'' said Francis X. Taylor, head of State's Office of Counterterrorism.		 Tucson Citizen
Mexico's Grupo Beta tries to dissuade border crossers
...Enríquez leads eight people who make up Sasabe's Grupo Beta squadron, Mexico's border-based migrant search- and- rescue agency. -- Though created a decade ago, the group is undergoing a major overhaul. -- Police powers were stripped and the sole focus shifted to aiding northbound crossers. Agents now have higher education levels and are drawn from social service organizations rather than from law enforcement.

To the
O.C.
Register
 Local police and immigration law enforcement
South Carolina Attorney General Charlie Condon has filed a formal request with US Attorney General John Ashcroft asking for assistance in training his officers regarding enforcement Sec. 133 of the Immigration Reform Act of 1996. This law allows the INS to deputize state and local law enforcement officers, who then act in coordination with the INS to enforce our immigration laws. (Not yet published in the Register).

N.Y. Times (Free Registration)
Heated Race Revisited, Amid Claims of Racism
Four days after the polls closed for the final time on the extended Democratic mayoral primary in New York, relations between Mark Green and Fernando Ferrer were more antagonistic yesterday than during the campaign itself, in a lingering and perhaps, for Mr. Green, debilitating dispute over racial politics in the city. -- Mr. Ferrer's chief adviser, Roberto Ramirez, yesterday lodged a complaint with the Democratic national chairman, Terry McAuliffe......		 Washington Times
Security personnel at Dulles seen as risk
More than 80 percent of the departure-gate screeners and baggage handlers at Washington Dulles International Airport are not U.S. citizens, which makes completing full background checks on them difficult, according to Kenneth M. Meade, inspector general of the Department of Transportation. -- At recent congressional hearings, Mr. Meade also testified that "non-U.S. citizens without proper" immigration status by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) "were authorized to enter secured areas of Dulles."

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