Thursday, November 6, 2003

American Border Patrol Gets Capitol Treatment Washington DC TV Report Puts ABP in Positive Light Note: WUSA says Glenn Spencer is the target of a new movie about to be released. We will report more on this later. Nation's Capitol Learns About ABP Nov. 4 - In a special report, WUSA TV in Washington, D.C. has given the nation's capitol an honest look at American Border Patrol. Although outdated (video is at least three months old and does not show hardware improvements), WUSA gives ABP a fair shake. Also includes footage of Rep. Raul Grijalva. Watch Watch - Broadband Speed Watch - Dial-up Speed Past Features    American Border Patrol Updates

Yuma Sun Official: New breed of smuggler working borders The Yuma area had more border crime-related federal prosecutions this past year than any other office in the state, the U.S. attorney for Arizona said on Wednesday. -- Paul Charlton said the local office prosecuted 230 border crime cases, most of which were tied to alien and drug smuggling....

KXTV -- News 10 - Sacramento Drive to Overturn Invader License Law Gets Underway The group that qualified the gubernatorial recall for the ballot has launched a drive to repeal the immigrant drivers license law. -- On Wednesday, Rescue California began collecting signatures to qualify the referendum for the March Primary Election. The goal is to repeal the law, which allows illegal immigrants to submit a taxpayer identification number in order to obtain a driver's license.

Save Our License Referendum Citizens Opposed to California Driver's Licenses for Illegals

Dallas Morning News (Free Registration)   Plan would let bounty hunters pursue those with expired visas Attacking the problem of foreigners who overstay their visas, Rep. Pete Sessions of Dallas said Thursday that he will push to require visitors from most countries to post bonds before arriving in the United States. If they don't leave on time, they would forfeit the money and bounty hunters could track them down.

Nogales (Arizona) International  [Short-lived link] Fox 'assures Arizona' (says he'll put a good word in with Bush) Vicente Fox gave Arizona leaders assurances he will help out on borderland issues and vowed to convey messages to President Bush when he visits Washington next week. -- Fox made those comments during his visit to Phoenix Tuesday to confer with Gov. Janet Napolitano, according to Nogales Mayor Marco A. López Jr.....

Dallas Morning News Perry rejects call to accept fallacious ID, meddler miffed Vicente Fox ended a three-day U.S. trip in the Texas capital Thursday and urged the state government to recognize Mexican-issued ID cards as a way to protect his countrymen. -- Both New Mexico and Arizona have endorsed the ID card... -- Fox, asked to compare his Texas visit with those to the other two states, responded, "In Mexico we say all comparisons are irritable." He did not elaborate.

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Marana-area kidnap led to I-10 shootings A rolling gunfight that left four men dead and resulted in 24 arrests Tuesday started with a kidnapping south of Marana, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. -- Immigration officials believe the four men killed were immigrant smugglers who had kidnapped Mexicans from rival smugglers...

Sen. Cornyn

Associated Press Texas lawmakers want Mexicans treated like Canadians in U.S. travel Texas lawmakers are calling on the DHS to give Mexicans the same freedoms Canadians get when traveling through the U.S. -- "I have not found any good reason why we would treat people from Mexico and Canada differently," Sen. John Cornyn said. "Mexicans come in. They invest in our real estate. They have businesses. They make a tremendous contribution to our economy."

WLS - Chicago Invaders won't be getting Illinois licenses anytime soon The state Senate told illegal immigrants to stay off the road Thursday, rejecting legislation that would have made them eligible for drivers licenses. -- "Legislation that gives illegal immigrants yet another incentive to break the law begs the question: What's the value of citizenship if you get all the benefits for free?" said Sen. Chris Lauzen, R-Aurora.

KXAN - TV36 -- Austin Water snit unresolved - Fox wraps up Southwest begging tour ...Arriving at the Texas Capitol for high-level policy meetings Thursday morning, [Vicente] Fox took some advice from immigrant Augustin Calderon. -- "A lot of families, they need, try to get jobs here without the documentation so that's what mostly everyone here in the United States wants," Mexican Immigrant Augustin Calderon said. [Americans tend to disagree with Calderon]

Rumor Mill

American Patrol In-flight Insecurity Recently a Homeland Security sky marshal, who had been a Border Patrol agent, noticed 3 suspicious characters leaving the plane he was aboard. As they left, the sky marshal interviewed the three. They admitted that they were all in the country illegally (they were Mexicans), and that they had used forged documents to board the flight. More...

News 8 Austin Meddling Mexican discusses sham ID acceptance with Texas Gov. ..The president [Vicente Fox] and governor pledged to work to iron out differences over Mexico's water debt to the United States. -- The leaders also agreed to talk about the reluctance of Texas to accept a certain Mexican identification card from migrants. [Texas won't accept the ridiculous cards as ID to issue licenses to Fox's scofflaw 'heroes'].

Haydee Pavia -- Sonoran News (2nd Item Down) Freedom ride' slap in the face to Americans I live in California and a friend from Colorado sent me Terry Anderson's article in your newspaper! I am an American Hispanic and I agree with Mr. Anderson. The so-called freedom ride of illegal aliens to demand more privileges and rights is a slap in the face not only to black Americans, but to ALL Americans!

Fresno Bee Border safety plan troubles growers Central Valley farmers fear that new border security measures could let plant diseases in while keeping terrorists out. -- And lawmakers are listening as the Bush administration initiates a uniform border team that the farmers warn could shortchange ag inspection efforts. Even though it's just getting started, the so-called "one face at the border" plan is drawing plenty of frowns....

Invasion

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Feds join 'coyote' crackdown in aftermath of invader gunfight Federal authorities are expected to soon launch a major assault against violent immigrant-smuggling operations in Phoenix, bringing in special agents to form a task force with state and local police. -- "There will be a significant announcement regarding efforts to combat human smuggling early next week," said Virginia Kice...

O. Ricardo Pimentel -- Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Reconquista derides Protect Arizona Now initiative, lauds Fox ...The flip side, of course, was represented during his visit both by the handful of folks who loudly protested Fox's presence and another equally clueless piece of business, the ballot initiative proposed by Protect Arizona Now. -- The proposed initiative would bar undocumented immigrants from services they are already barred from receiving....

Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Bernardo Ruiz Rather than deporting workers, make them legal The Department of Homeland Security would have us believe that undocumented janitors are a threat to our national security. -- On Oct. 23, federal immigration officials swooped down on more than 250 workers --- most of whom were janitors [they are illegal aliens]... [They are stealing American jobs, Bernardo.]

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Locals explain what they learned during Fox visit ...[ABP President Glenn] Spencer... said he was caught in the traffic tie-up for many hours on Interstate 10 because of the fighting between people smugglers. The delay stopped him from attending an anti-Fox rally in Phoenix. --- The incident should indicate to Fox and other members of his government and the U.S. government that people smuggling is a big money business...

Austin American-Statesman Talk show host's bullhorn drowns out meddling Mexican ...[Vicente] Fox's voice was nearly drowned out by several dozen protesters on the sidewalk. Local cable access television host Alex Jones, armed with a bullhorn, screamed, "Illegal immigration is destroying our sovereignty." -- Fox ignored him. -- [Fox lauded New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for accepting dangerous Mexican sham ID's, issuing driver's licenses to invaders, etc.]

San Francisco Chronicle Pleasanton man focus of raid Federal and state agents fanned out across Northern California Wednesday, raiding several dozen convenience stores, fast-food restaurants and other businesses owned by a Pleasanton man and detaining 30 people on suspected immigration violations, authorities said. -- ...Most of those detained were men from India, Pakistan, Nepal, El Salvador and Mexico.

Mark Andrew Dwyer

Political Realities Once again, I couldn't believe my eyes. In an article published yesterday by The Herald ("Garza believes limited reform coming soon" by Jason Lange), U.S. ambassador, Tony Garza is quoted saying that the size of the Mexican illegal immigrant population (an estimated 4-5 million) "tells us that [U.S.] employers are seeking" out Mexican labor.

Drudge Report  [Very short-lived link] Mexicans to sue Wal-Mart for 'labor violations' Nine Mexican immigrants who worked as janitors at Wal-Marts in New Jersey are ready to sue the company, accusing Wal-Mart and its cleaning contractors of failing to pay overtime, withhold taxes and make required workers' compensation contributions!

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Valley Latinos vow to ride Fox wave A day after Mexican President Vicente Fox visited Phoenix, political, business and community leaders from Arizona began taking steps to accomplish a wide range of goals from expanding trade with Mexico to creating a guest-worker program. But they agreed that the challenge ahead would be maintaining the momentum generated by Fox's historic visit and translating that energy into action...

El Paso Times Border Patrol finds $1.4 million in pot A riverbank sensor tipped off Border Patrol agents, who found more than $1.4 million worth of marijuana in an abandoned pickup in Fort Hancock during the weekend, agency officials said. -- The truck was traveling north from the river Saturday, when the driver turned east toward the port of entry....

Juan Mann DeportAliens.com

VDare.com Ask An Amnesty Advocate: How Much Fraud Last Time? Before the U.S. Congress rushes headlong into another massive amnesty for millions of illegal aliens-whether overtly or by stealth-how about finding out once and for all the extent of amnesty application fraud the last time America attempted such foolishness?

Monterey County (Calif.) Herald More petty whining over 'Mexifornia' license parody A racially offensive e-mail sent by a Monterey Co. employee over the county's internal e-mail system likely won't be cause for termination, but the employee will receive a strong warning, a county department head said Wednesday. -- Some 3,200 employees received the e-mail -- a racially disparaging cartoon depicting a "Mexifornia" driver's license...

San Antonio Express News Fox, pushing 'regularization', now meddling in Texas ...Vicente Fox is to cap off a tour of the U.S. Southwest here today by promoting cross-border business ties while striving to kickstart his legislative priority: giving millions of Mexicans the opportunity to legally work in the U.S. -- Before Wednesday's dinner, about a dozen anti-immigrant protesters gathered outside the Governor's Mansion and used a bullhorn to yell at Fox, briefly drowning out Fox and Perry...

Derbez Watch

Iowa State (University) Daily Troublesome Mexican chats about 'migration issues' at ISU The Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico said Monday night he would like to make migration of Mexicans to the United States part of the North American Free Trade Agreement. -- "We need to talk about the trading of people because our two societies are merging," [Ernesto Derbez] said. [This guy must be joking!]

KRGV -- Welasco, Texas Border Patrol chase like 'Dukes of Hazzard' episode A man runs from Border Patrol agents and ends up driving right into the Rio Grande River. The agents say the man hit the edge of the river, then flew up into the air, and landed right smack in the river. Rolando Lerma, Jr., a U.S. Border Patrol agent, explained that the scene looked like it came straight out of the 'Dukes Of Hazzard'.