Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Border Hawk Flies on First Internet Mission Fully Capable UAV Sends High Quality Images to America One of the images sent over the Internet on October 14 showed ABP ground control complex. See full size image. Arizona/Mexico Border The Border Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle performed its first full border mission on Tuesday, sending high quality video images over the Internet while being controlled by a GPS guidance system. While no SBIs (suspected border intruders) were spotted on this first mission (limited to a total of thirty minutes) the Border Hawk showed that it could easily spot people entering the U.S. illegally. Part of the mission was flown while Glenn Spencer was being interviewed on the George Putnam Show in Los Angeles. "We are going to continue to expand the duration and capability of these missions," said Glenn Spencer of American Border Patrol. See album of images. Past Features    American Border Patrol Updates Border Hawk Coming to California November 1

POLL	Should U.S. Give Amnesty to Teen Invaders?

Napa Valley (California) Register Davis vetoes sham ID bill (California's AB522) In one of his last acts as governor of California, Gray Davis on Sunday vetoed a bill that would require the state's cities and counties to recognize the Mexican Consulate's identification card as a valid form of ID for Mexican natives [read: illegals]. -- The bill was originally authored by Assemblyman Manny Diaz (D-San Diego).

Associated Press Bush visits burrito mill in Bustamante's hometown ...Bush was greeted warmly in the bright sunshine in Dinuba [California, the alleged birthplace of Cruz Bustamante, radical Mechista Calif. Lt. Gov.] outside Ruiz Foods, billed as the nation's largest producer of frozen Mexican foods. "For a man who likes burritos, I'm in heaven," Bush said to the crowd's delight.

Capital Times -- Madison, Wisconsin ACLU hassles Madison Mayor over local enforcement issues The Wisconsin chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is challenging Mayor Dave Cieslewicz to show whether city agencies have resisted pressure from federal authorities to engage in racial profiling or other activities in the name of the USA Patriot Act....

Napolitano

Matt Hayes -- Fox News Is Arizona the Next Recall State? One of the underreported stories to come out of the California recall election was the fact that Gray Davis's signing of the illegal alien driver's license bill actually mobilized votes against him. --- In September, Janet Napolitano [shown at left], governor of Arizona, said that if the state's legislature presented her with a bill identical to the California bill, she would sign it. [Also see: Recall Napolitano website]

Associated Press Reconquista group sues over redistricting The Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund has jumped into the court fight over the newly enacted Republican congressional redistricting map. -- MALDEF filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Victoria on behalf of the American GI Forum of Texas, a group devoted to securing equal rights for Hispanics.

Tancredo Event: Border Hawk Coming to California The high-tech Border Hawk II UAV will be on display at an event honoring Rep. Tom Tancredo on Saturday, November 1, at 1823 Foothill Blvd, La Canada. -- The system is being loaned to American Patrol by Border Technology, Inc. of Hereford, Arizona.

Miami Herald Illegal alien nanny videotaped abusing child ...Although immigration officials have said Claudia Muro has been in the United States illegally since 1997, ''She had a copy of her paperwork and it was legal,'' said Maritza Kostopoulos, owner of All In One Services in Sunny Isles Beach. -- [Muro] was arrested and charged with four counts of felony child abuse... [Family values don't stop at the Rio Bravo]

Associated Press More ranting and raving over Nevada license laws Hispanic and civil rights activists are criticizing new state laws that make it harder for people moving in from some states to obtain a Nevada driver's license. -- The new rules were established to help fight terrorism. But critics say they end up targeting immigrants [illegal aliens are criminals, not 'immigrants'].

Save Our License Referendum Citizens Opposed to California Driver's Licenses for Illegals Link opens new window

Philadelphia Inquirer Laughable Mexicans' ID cards gain acceptance To muggers and immigration agents, Emilio is just another illegal immigrant with cash stuffed into his socks, a "walking ATM" from Mexico. -- But to a growing number of businesses and local governments, the 34-year-old cook toiling in South Philadelphia represents a new opportunity [illegals are prohibited by law from working in the U.S.]. [Mexican IDs are a sham]

Notimex -- (Roughly translated by Google.com)  Rice: Bush to talk immigration with Fox in Thailand The adviser of National Security, Condoleezza Rice, said today that the subject of the migration will be in the agenda of American president George W. Bush when Monday with their Mexican meets colleague Vicente Fox in Thailand. -- The migration subject "is a subject that stays in the agenda of the president (Bush)..." [Spanish Version | Press Release]

Tom Campbell -- San Francisco Chronicle Attn. Mr. Bush: Help California stem illegal immigration President Bush will gaze upon the productive farm land of California's Central Valley and Inland Empire when he visits Fresno and Riverside this week. He will know, as we all do, that much of the produce of those farms is brought to market by those who did not enter our country legally.... [Goes on to encourage some sort of 'guest worker' scam.]

Financial Times (UK) Mexican B-actress takes on Schwarzenegger ...Mexican actress Salma Hayek, known for her own hard and glamorous body, is applying for US citizenship. If she's successful, the outspoken Ms Hayek plans to use her rights to keep Mr Schwarzenegger honest on immigration issues. -- Among the Terminator's early promises is to repeal a new law giving undocumented migrants [criminals] the right to apply for driving licenses.

Tucson Citizen Paper opines against law enforcement enforcing the law A Georgia congressman has shown that he clearly has no clue how law enforcement agencies operate in the southwestern United States. -- U.S. Rep. Charlie Norwood, R-Ga., has introduced legislation that would compel local and state police officers to arrest suspected illegal immigrants. -- The bill is opposed by the heads of Tucson-area law enforcement agencies who understand it would make their jobs far more difficult.

Orange County Register -- Santa Ana, California Series of decisions alienated Bustamante's base ...Other damaging moves [by Señor Bustamante] included: Dodging questions about his membership in MEChA, a Chicano group whose charter espouses the view that part of the United States should be returned to México. -- Embracing issues that affect poor Latinos and undocumented immigrants but failing to address issues that appeal to middle-class Latinos.....

Tamar Jacoby

Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)  Left Wing Fanatic: 'Lift Shadow From Illegal Immigrants' Suddenly the issue of illegal immigration is back in the air. Politicians on the left and right, as well as business, labor and grass-roots protesters, are all insisting we cannot live with the status quo. -- Last month, hundreds of "freedom riders" - legal and illegal laborers from many nations - crisscrossed the United States on buses, drawing attention to the plight of the undocumented [criminals]. [Look who endorses that outrageous hijacking of the civil rights movement]

Washington Times Reconquista delegate says licensing invaders possible A Maryland legislator said yesterday she hopes an opinion issued by the state's attorney general makes it easier for illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses. -- Delegate Ana S. Gutierrez said illegal aliens [criminals] are being denied driver's licenses illegally....

Tacoma (Washington) Tribune Tacoma council OKs acceptance of fallacious Mexican IDs After two false starts, Tacoma has joined a growing list of cities willing to accept a card issued by the Mexican government as valid identification. -- The City Council voted 7-1 Tuesday to allow Mexican citizens to use the cards - often used by undocumented residents [criminals] who can't obtain another form of ID - when they deal with City Hall.