Thursday, October 16, 2003

Past Features    American Border Patrol Updates Border Hawk Coming to California November 1 Meet Glenn Spencer, Rep. Tom Tancredo, Terry Anderson, Others

Meddling Mexicans

San Diego Union-Tribune Binational effort aims to promote Latinos' health Several San Diego County health clinics and the Mexican Consulate in San Diego are participating in a binational effort this week to promote health among Latinos [read: Mexicans]. -- Organizers expect to provide free and low-cost medical services and Spanish-language educational material to 10,000 county residents during Binational Health Week, which ends Sunday.

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix No-Spanish rule vexes students An East Valley technical school is prohibiting students from speaking Spanish in class, a move a Phoenix attorney said oversteps Arizona's English-immersion mandate while highlighting the challenges of implementing the controversial law. -- "This is a lawsuit waiting to happen," civil rights attorney Stephen Montoya said.

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.

Knight Ridder Newspapers Bush, Fox to discuss immigration reform ...On the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Fox once again will press Bush for steps to make life easier for the millions of Mexicans who live in the United States illegally. But with the U.S. presidential election campaign in full swing, Bush is likely to be a tough sell in the wake of a California recall election that suggests that even many Hispanic voters took a dim view of deposed Gov. Gray Davis' efforts...

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

The Stanford Daily MEChA upset at KKK comparison by The Review An article and editorial in yesterday's Stanford Review that accused the campus chapter of MEChA of supporting racism has garnered a strong, negative response from Stanford's Chicano / Latino community. -- In an editorial titled "MEChA: Social Justice Group or KKK?" The Review called MEChA "a racist organization that advocates revolution and segregation," dubbing it "the modern-day Ku Klux Klan of Chicanos."

Allan Wall

VDare.com Mexico's Terminator Tantrum Arnold Schwarzenegger is a racist anti-Mexican who, as governor of California, is going to persecute immigrants. -- Well, that's what I've been reading and hearing down here in Mexico-before, during, and after the recent California recall vote. -- Ricardo Monreal is governor of the state of Zacatecas. Up to half the population of his state has emigrated to the U.S....

Philadelphia Inquirer Philly won't cooperate with feds The Street administration has told city workers not to report "mere undocumented aliens" to federal agents or deny immigrants any services such as health care or education. -- City Solicitor Nelson A. Diaz, in a memorandum dated Oct. 10, puts Philadelphia among a handful of cities - including New York - that formally refuse to help the federal government pursue ordinary illegal immigrants.

Rumor Mill

American Patrol What Homeland Security? Sierra Vista, Arizona -- A Border Patrol officer from Cochise County took 11 Brazilian illegals to the Border Patrol facility in Tucson recently. When he delivered the invaders, he remarked [paraphrased], "Here are 11 more for you to turn loose". He was told that the Border Patrol wasn't doing that anymore, and they were just releasing illegal Central Americans.

Associated Press Mexican illegal charged with making false report of terrorist plot A man who wrote a letter to police accusing an acquaintance of plotting to blow up the Ben Franklin Bridge has been charged with making a false report to authorities. -- Pedro Garcia-Martinez, of Camden, was arrested Thursday. -- If convicted, it is likely that Garcia-Martinez, who is from Mexico, will be deported.

Jim Behnke

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Police should have active role in fight against terror ...So why isn't local law enforcement in the picture in our fight against terrorists? Part of the problem is our own federal government. It doesn't really encourage local participation. In fact the opposite is true. Some law enforcement people I have talked to say that there used to be a "veiled threat" from federal attorneys general in our land not to get involved....

Imperial Valley Press Shots fired across border from Mexico into U.S. Calexico, Calif. - The U.S. Border Patrol reported shots fired from Mexico into the United States while on a routine patrol near Briar Canal about four miles east of here Tuesday. -- No agents were harmed and no damage was caused to their vehicle.

Associated Press Wide discrepancies in number of border deaths ...According to an analysis by The Arizona Republic, 205 illegal immigrants have died while making a crossing over the past 12 months, compared to the 151 deaths recorded by the U.S. Border Patrol. --- Border Patrol officials said the government is not under-representing the number of deaths along the border. -- But Isabel Garcia, director of Derechos Humanos, disagreed.

Washington Post Gov't ads encourage migrants to get on welfare wagon ...The new program, targeted to children who are in the U.S. legally, will add another 60,000 welfare clients to the system. "Although part of the 2002 farm bill, the provision to restore food stamps to poor immigrant children kicked in only recently. Another part of the bill, which took effect last April, restored eligibility for adult legal immigrants who have been in the country at least five years."

Chicago Tribune (Free Registration) - (Sob Story]  Fine Art of 'Baby Waving' (Amnesty for illegal students) ...For teenagers who are illegal residents [criminals], the experience of organizing can be particularly powerful because it gives them the chance to talk openly about being in the U.S. illegally, something many say they had never admitted before. -- Their stories also can carry political weight, because, advocates say, legislators and the public tend to be more receptive to the plight of children. [ACT TODAY: Help Stop this Absurd Legislation]

Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)  Members of Councilman's Family Charged Lynwood, Calif. -- Eight family members of Lynwood City Councilman Ramon Rodriguez were charged Wednesday with voter fraud, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced. --- The arrests are the latest scandal to rock the mainly Latino community of 70,000 in southeast Los Angeles County.

Washington Times Editorial Driver's licenses and foreign invaders ...Gov. Robert Ehrlich objects to providing driver's licenses to people who are in the country illegally, and his reservations helped derail legislation pushed by Miss Gutierrez and much of the Democratic leadership in the General Assembly earlier this year. It would be useful if he stated his public support for legislation denying driver's licenses to illegal immigrants....

Notimex -- (Roughly translated by Google.com) Kolbe urges Arnold to talk amnesty with Bush The republican Representative of Arizona, James Kolbe, today asked the elect governor of California, Arnold Swcharzenegger to discuss the subject of the migratory reform when [Arnold meets up with Bush today in San Bernardino and Riverside]. -- Kolbe, coauthor along with the senator John McCain of a law initiative that it looks for to regularize to million undocumented people... [Spanish version]

Transcript Jesse Ventura on Illegal Immigration [From MSNBC's 'Jesse Ventura's America'] -- Ventura talks with Kathy McKee, of Protect Arizona Now (an initiative similar to California's Proposition 187, which was killed by recently ousted California Governor Gray Davis), and with one Luz Sarmina-Gutierrez, president of a non-profit outfit called 'Valle del Sol', based in Phoenix.

Associated Press Local Woman Sentenced For Smuggling, Beating Invaders Officials said a Compton, Calif., woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison for smuggling. beating and threatening undocumented immigrants from Mexico. -- Maria Elia Ahumada-Gonzalez was found guilty of conspiracy, alien smuggling and hostage-taking.

O. Ricardo Pimentel -- Arizona Republic Invader Licenses: More comical bilge from Pimentel ...Democrats in California might be forgiven if they hope Schwarzenegger tries to fulfill his promise [of getting rid of issuing driver licenses to invaders]. -- You see, the uproar among Latinos will make the backlash California Republicans suffered from the Proposition 187 mess look like a tea party. If Schwarzenegger fails to rescind the bill legislatively...

Project USA Update

Identity crisis: illegal immigration forcing action A card issued by the government of Mexico to illegal aliens. Some states are recognizing the card for the issuance of driver's licenses. In turn, these same states require only the production of a driver's license to exercise the right to vote. -- The tool by which most Americans have traditionally identified themselves....

San Francisco Chronicle Fox, in trouble at home, lobbying Bush to back immigration bill As the Bush administration lobbies other members of the U.N. Security Council for a new show of support for the American occupation of Iraq, few countries' votes count more than Mexico's. --- Mexico's decision whether to support President Bush or to side with France and other opponents of the U.S. position may help swing the balance between whether Bush wins a narrow victory or a landslide.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Release of Haitian invader demanded Miami -- About 250 protesters outside federal immigration offices demanded the release Wednesday of Haitian refugee Ernesto Joseph. -- Joseph won a 30-day reprieve from deportation Oct. 2 after his attorneys submitted evidence he is 16, and U.S. congressional representatives asked officials to let him press for relief in juvenile court.

Athens (Georgia) Banner-Herald Meddling Mexican in Georgia pushes for 'legalization' In all the United States, Georgia is experiencing the most rapid growth in Hispanic population, presenting the state with serious challenges as well as opportunities, according to Remedios Gomez-Arnau, Mexican consul general in Atlanta. -- Among the challenges will be finding ways to legally incorporate undocumented immigrants [criminals] into Georgia society... [Consul info]

Houston Chronicle Latino coalition begins citizenship campaign A new coalition of local Latino groups wants to persuade legal immigrants to become U.S. citizens in time to vote in the 2004 presidential election. --- "We believe the election next year is going to be very critical" in terms of immigration issues, said Adriana Cadena, with the Service Employees International Union... [also see this item mentioning the SEIU]