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Friday, November 23, 2001

IN OREGON, ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NOT A CRIME

Matt Lauer and Mark Kroeker, MSNBC

Chief Kroeker, MSNBC - November 23
"In Oregon, the Oregon state law says that if we are inquiring as to a person's status as a citizen or not, or an alien, that, unless there is a nexus to a specific crime we are specifically prohibited from doing so."
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AP Comment: That's why they won't help the FBI track down terrorists. --- Another outlaw state. See Washington County Utah for a brave law enforcement officer.

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Comments from Europe
I deeply support your battle for immigration control. -- I am a northern Italian and I feel that every western country is under invasion! -- Even here in Italy our border with eastern Europe is crossed every day by a lot of aliens! I especially fear an Islamic invasion (today in Italy there is an Islamic population of about 1 million.) -- Go on defending America and American values! -- Paolo Mantegazza - Italy

Re: Mark Kroeker - Portland's top cop
Chief Kroeker was hired (no doubt at Mayor Vera Katz's agreement) to head Portland's Police Department when I was living in Oregon. He is a devout Christian. Immediately, he was attacked for a statement he had made on his own time, as a private citizen, about homosexuality and his stance as a Christian against it.

H. Millard
Replace the bald eagle with the vulture?
John Wayne doesn't live in California anymore. He's been replaced. No more straight shooting and plain talking. Now, we have a Mexican way of doing things. The ten-gallon hat has been replaced by the sombrero. Checking the daily papers for a job has been replaced with standing on street corners soliciting work. See a problem? Look the other way. Have a form to fill out? Cheat a little. Taxes? Don't pay them. Just work under the table. -- Need a special favor from government? Give a bribe in the form of cash or votes.

Editorial - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Donna Locke: Don't give amnesty to illegal immigrants
...The 1986 amnesty was sold to us as a one-time deal for nearly three million illegal immigrants. Millions more than the cited number ended up with legal status, and we've had several amnesties since then. A massive increase in illegal immigration followed the 1986 amnesty, because, after all, the message of amnesty is: "Y'all come! If you can crash our borders or overstay a visa and stay here long enough, you'lll be richly rewarded!" - (Donna Locke is coordinator for the GCIR.) (There is a poll on this page)

San Francisco Chronicle
A terrorist Trojan horse
The terrorists, like the ancient Greeks who were unable to defeat the impenetrable fortress of Troy with conventional weapons, invented a trick. -- Like the Greeks, they built an enormous horse -- not from wood, but from the scraps of our shredded immigration laws. -- The Trojans, believing that the Greeks had given up their war and fled, thought the huge crafted horse was a peace offering and dragged it inside their city walls....

Jon Dougherty - WorldNetDaily.com
Anti-immigration zealotry is good
...Sargent (a political cartoonist) seems to be suggesting that Ashcroft lighten up. By mocking the FBI's anti-terrorist effort to track down the scumbags who committed the Sept. 11 attacks, Sargent is adopting the stereotypical liberal attitude that somehow, our government doesn't have the right to jealously police its own borders or track down the heinous criminals who are killing our people. -- If only our government and its leaders had passed effective anti-immigration policies in the first place, perhaps Mr. Sargent's cartoon would have been as unnecessary as it is distasteful.

Grand Island Independent
Woman pleads no contest in fake ID case
A 46-year-old woman pleaded no contest on Tuesday to taking money from illegal immigrants and promising to supply them with legal documentation. -- Merida M. Alvarez of Central City entered the plea in Hall County District Court to two felony counts of theft by deception and one felony count of conspiracy to commit forgery for incidents that occurred between Jan. 1, 2000, and Sept. 20. The charges were amended from three counts of theft by deception. -- Deputy Hall County Attorney Bob Cashoili said Alvarez promised (2 migrants) that she could provide them with legal documents...

ST. GEORGE MAN TELLS "THE REST OF THE STORY"

MARTINEZ: "He says he represents 85% of the people in St. George, and we've just had a good example of why we have to be here."

Fred Becker testifies before the Civil Rights Commission
"These meetings portray something and I'm here to tell you something, especially the Latino community. Because I truly believe I speak for 85% of the people in St. George. We don't fear you. We don't hate you. We dislike you, pretty much. Because we know most of the crime is committed by Latinos. We know most of the drugs come from Mexico. We know that my taxes pay for most of your expenses. And we don't like it when you come here and tell us that we don't give enough. Why should we have teachers teaching your kids English? Why not Russian? What if a Bulgarian walked in and says "I need an interpreter." What is this? "
Click here for audio and transcript

Linda Bowles - Washington Times
Through open gates
Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, is one of the few politicians in D.C., with the courage to speak out openly about America's dangerously flawed immigration policies and practices. -- The weekly publication Human Events selected a terse statement by Tancredo as its "Quote of the Week": "The U.S. can bomb Afghanistan to dust but terrorism will remain. In some bizarre thought process understood only in Washington, D.C., the possibility of tightening up immigration laws paralyzes most politicians."

Oregonian
U.S. lifts rare moratorium on refugees
The United States on Wednesday reopened the door to refugees, ending an unprecedented seven-week ban caused by security concerns. -- President Bush authorized 70,000 refugees to be admitted to the United States next year, a quota down 10,000 from year's at a time when there are more than 2 million Afghan refugees alone. -- The authorization was an early Thanksgiving gift for families and refugee agencies stymied by the moratorium prompted by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Post Dispatch
Gephardt vows to push immigration reforms
Rep. Richard Gephardt says he and other lawmakers are committed to granting legal status to millions of undocumented Hispanic workers, despite the change in public sentiment about immigration since Sept. 11. -- Gephardt's comments came Wednesday on the heels of a trip he and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., made to Mexico, where they met with President Vicente Fox and members of the Mexican parliament. [Take a look at this.]

J. Zane Wally - Rense.com
Flow Of Illegal Arabs Increases Across America's 'Borders'
...Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., (chairman of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus) in an Oct. 9 speech to the House of Representatives, stated, "It's almost incredible to recognize, as part of the overall strategy this government is going to employ to deal with the issue of terrorism, that we would not concentrate heavily on securing our borders and try to do everything humanly possible to stop people, who have evil intent, from coming into the United States."

Op/Ed - New York Post
... Profile when necessary
Speaking of hamstringing counterterror efforts, just look at how the police department in Portland, Ore., is responding to an FBI request for help in interviewing some 5,000 young Middle Eastern male immigrants. -- No can do, says Portland. It's "profiling," don't you know - and that violates state law. -- Other police forces around the country are thinking of following suit. -- Puh-leeze.

The Morning Call
System for tracking visas faulted
The federal government's request that law enforcement officials interview 5,000 foreign men - many from Arab countries on temporary visas in the U.S. - might reveal that a number of them have overstayed their welcome. -- Although the Justice Department's stated purpose is not so much to track non-immigrants with expired visas, but to gather leads about terrorists...

Associated Press
Santa Ana, CA leads nation with non- English speakers
..."There are two worlds in Santa Ana," said Nativo Lopez, executive director of Hermandad Mexicana Nacional of Santa Ana, a Latino civil rights organization. "You have one world that speaks Spanish and one world that speaks English." -- The city also is home to the Mexico Trade Center, which connects small companies from Mexico and California by providing services and information about legal matters, tax issues and business or cultural differences involved in trade.

The News - Mexico City
Immigration reform still on the table
The Foreign Relations Secretary on Thursday denied reports that an immigration reform deal with the United States had been derailed due to security concerns after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying officials expect to iron out details for a plan by early next year. -- An Associated Press story this week cited anonymous White House officials who said an immigration deal would have to wait since many U.S. lawmakers fear legalizing migrants could leave the nation vulnerable to future attacks. [Discuss on the Free Republic]

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