New York

Latino Vote Takes Hillary to New York Senate Victory

With solid support from Latino voters, Hillary Rodham Clinton made history this Tuesday when she became the only First Lady to be elected to public office. Latinos throughout the state were elated that a Democrat was elected in the face of an apparent Bush presidential win. "Usually I don't care about politics," said Rosa Arredondo, an actress. "But I was so happy when she gave her victory speech. I couldn't believe it." With Hispanics voting mostly Democratic in the state, some Latinos felt cautiously optimistic that Clinton, who had never held public office, was elected. "Hillary, at least she's better than Lazio," said Papoleto Melendez, poet and educator. "Lazio was what he looked like, a Howdy- Doody puppet...."

Steve Sailer

Even Bush can't lure Hispanics to GOP

Despite running the most Latino friendly campaign in Republican history, Texas Gov. George W. Bush still lost to Vice President Al Gore by a landslide among Hispanic voters. According to exit polls reported by CNN and ABC, Hispanics went for Gore 62 percent to 35 percent over Bush. CBS reported Gore trounced Bush even more dramatically among Latinos: 66 percent to 29 percent. In contrast, Bush won easily among non-Hispanic whites: 54 percent to 42 percent. Bush's performance raises serious questions about the long-term ability of the Republican Party to win over Hispanic voters. Hispanics made up 7 percent of respondents in the exit poll. However, the number of voting-age Hispanics rose by 47 percent over the last decade, due to immigration and a high birth rate.

Colonizing America

Latinos in U.S. Increasingly Favoring Spanish

Bilingual Latinos in the U.S. are increasingly gravitating to Spanish at home, work and in media consumption and are less interested in "fitting in" with the mainstream than they were several years ago, according to two recent studies. The trend of so-called reverse acculturation, an embracing of cultural heritage, is of interest to marketers who are eager to tap Latino spending power. According to the 2000 Hispanic Monitor study of consumer values and attitudes conducted by Connecticut-based Yankelovich, 69% of Latinos say the Spanish language is more important to them than it was five years ago, up from 63% in 1997.

We Get E-Mail

U.S. Vote Fraud Peaks in Florida and California

Knowing that California, Washington, and Florida are influential in U.S. elections they frequently see high rates of measured vote-fraud. In the 1996 federal elections cycle, California's Orange, Los Angeles, and San Francisco counties saw fraud rates as high as 50% (ref. Veritas, pre. cit.) admitted by State and County officials. Washington, a State with the third highest illegal alien population in the U.S., sees heavy recruitment by U.S. ACP and DNC affiliates for registration and illicit voting in all cycles. In yesterday's elections, Florida peaked the claims and the process continues.

Santa Ana, Calif

Rabid Reconquista Nativo Lopez Ousted

In a stunning upset, Republican Rosie Avila retained her seat on the Santa Ana Unified School District Board of Education, as did fellow incumbent Dr. Audrey Noji, while Nativo Lopez lost in his first bid for re-election. Lopez first came to office in Santa Ana in 1996, amidst allegations of massive voter fraud, reported to have been fostered by his employer, Hermandad Mexicana Nacional. He was selected President of the Santa Ana School Board, and with his help two other liberals were elected to the board in 1998. One of them, John Palacio, served as President of the school board last year.

Los Angeles

D.A. Garcetti trails challenger Cooley

District Attorney Gil Garcetti fell behind challenger Steve Cooley in early returns Tuesday as the career prosecutor sought to capitalize on the two-term incumbent's losing record in big cases and failure to aggressively investigate public corruption. The election was widely viewed as a referendum on the performance of Garcetti, a nationally known prosecutor who was stigmatized by the loss of the O.J. Simpson case and other prominent cases and challenged for his leadership as the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division corruption scandal erupted last year.

Douglas, Arizona

$1.4 million in pot seized by Border Patrol agents

Border Patrol agents seized 1,750 pounds of marijuana from a van that was driven past Customs inspectors at the Douglas Port of Entry Monday night. The white Econoline van drove through the port of entry without stopping at the secondary inspection stall at about 10:30 p.m., said Rob Daniels, a spokesman for the Border Patrol. Shortly after the incident, members of the Ranch Patrol were in Pirtleville, responding to migrant activity when they spotted the van, Daniels said. "This is a classic example of smugglers becoming so desperate that they have to run their loads through the port of entry," Daniels said.

Education

Hispanics Trail in College Education

Hispanics comprise one out of three new workers joining the labor force - a number expected to jump to one of every two new workers over the next 50 years, says Antonio Flores, president of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities based in San Antonio, Texas. But because of high dropout rates, Hispanics lag behind in getting to college and tend to be disproportionately enrolled in two- year colleges when they enroll in higher- education institutions, he says. The demographics reflect explosive growth in the Hispanic population in kindergarten through 12th grade. But Hispanics still have the highest dropout rate of any group - 35 to 55 percent.

Peter Brimelow

The Many Deaths of the GOP

Too close to call, phooey! At 6 a.m. November 8, the 2000 Election's message was loud and clear: George W. Bush, despite pitiful pandering, has been spectacularly defeated among Hispanics. Which means that, given the immigration policy he paradoxically favors another nail has been driven into the Republican Party's coffin. Nationally, CNN is reporting that Hispanics broke 35%-62% for Gore - a landslide of LBJ proportions. In California, Bush did even worse among Hispanics, losing 27%-67%. In New York, Bush was annihilated among Hispanics, 18%-80%. In Florida, the much- touted Cuban vote does not seem to have resulted in anything better than a draw.

Don Feder

An election America lost by default

Despite the grumbling left and right, this wasn't exactly an issueless campaign. It's just that, in terms of national survival, the real issues were never discussed or even alluded to. The establishment has convinced Republicans that these matters are strictly off-limits - that to confront reality here would mark them as haters of huddled masses and alienate new immigrant voters. So the Republican ticket avoided any mention of immigration policy or English (matters that will have a far greater impact on our future than a modest tax cut), while Democrats quietly continued to undermine national identity.

Salt Lake City, Utah

It's Official: English Only, ACLU considers legal challenge

Utah became the 26th state to declare English as its official language as voters approved a measure lawmakers had failed to pass on three previous occasions. Only one county voted down Initiative A -- San Juan. Joe Hunter, spokesman for Utahns for Official English, acknowledged the campaign had been "somewhat controversial and at times emotional, perhaps more than it should have been. The voters saw the initiative for what it is: A much simpler and much more common sense measure than some of the opponents made it out to be." Opponents say the law will prevent non-English speakers from obtaining vital government services and will make them feel like second -class citizens.

Athens, Greece

Migrants threaten action, call for scrapping of 'barbaric' bill

A new bill which is intended to form the cornerstone of Greek immigration law will be tabled in parliament next week, the interior ministry stated yesterday. But migrants and human rights groups have called for scrapping of the draft legislation, characterising it as "anti-immigrant" and "barbaric". The main objection to the bill, which was drafted by the interior ministry in collaboration with the ministries of labour, public order and national economy, is that it does not address existing policy on the issuing of Green Cards and makes no mention of the more than 600,000 undocumented migrants [illegals] currently living and working in Greece.

Criminal Migrants

INS holds man accused of Turkish murder

Federal agents in South Florida have arrested a Turkish citizen wanted on murder charges in his home country, the INS said Tuesday. Patricia Mancha, an INS spokeswoman in Miami, said agents arrested Hakki Cemal Aksoy, 35, on Thursday for allegedly lying about his name on INS documents. In a statement, INS said Aksoy also was "alleged to have shot another person to death'' in Turkey before traveling to the United States and seeking permanent residence in 1997. Aksoy is the second foreign national arrested by federal agents in South Florida in connection with murder charges abroad in the last two weeks.

Marseilles, Ohio

Raid by federal agents uncovers 36 illegal aliens

A raid by federal agents investigating reports of illegal aliens working at Buckeye Egg Farm in this northwest Ohio village will result in 36 workers being deported, authorities said Tuesday. Armed with a federal search warrant, 20 agents from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and nine officers from the Wyandot County sheriff's office conducted Monday's raid. Sheriff Michael Hetzel said the 36 workers taken into custody all voluntarily agreed to be deported. Thirty-four of the workers are from Mexico, and two are from Guatemala.

English Language - Arizona

Prop. 203: Bilingual-education ban passes easily

The statement Arizona voters delivered last night about the future of bilingual education needed no translation: No más. Proposition 203 was passing by a 2-to-1 margin across the state. "It's almost like an emancipation for our Hispanic children; they've been in academic shackles for 32 years," said Hector Ayala, co-chair of English for the Children. "We hated people telling us we were racists when we knew that wasn't true," Ayala said from a celebration party last night at a Phoenix hotel. "It's an intelligent public; they knew bilingual education does not work."

Mass Migratuion Monger Ousted

Stabenow Wins Michigan Senate Race, AP Says

Republican incumbent Spence Abraham tumbled out of the U.S. Senate after a single term, defeated Tuesday by Democrat Debbie Stabenow. She is the first woman elected to the Senate from Michigan. With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Stabenow led by about 32,800 votes. She had 49 percent to Abraham's 48 percent. Abraham and Stabenow spent more than $18 million - the most expensive campaign in Michigan history - in a fight that drew national attention as Republicans fought to hold onto their majority in the U.S. Senate.