Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Past Features    American Border Patrol Updates

Petition Signing Event -- Thursday - Ontario, Calif. Stop Illegal Alien Licenses -- See John & Ken's Website for Details

Tom Tancredo

The Independent -- Holmdel, New Jersey Congressman: 2 parties, president sidestep issue The U.S. congressman who is one of the leading voices for immigration reform and the protection of America's borders said both of the nation's major political parties and President George W. Bush are to blame for turning their heads away from the issue....

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

Miami Herald Chinese smuggling ring broken For the fourth time in three years, federal agents based in Miami traveled the globe to infiltrate and dismantle a major Chinese alien smuggling ring that claimed responsibility for ferrying hundreds of immigrants into the United States, law enforcement officials said Monday. -- Five persons were arrested Sunday in Miami, including the alleged ringleaders, Alexandre Wei and his wife, Bing Xie.

Courier-Journal -- Louisville, Kentucky Three slain during drug deal gone bad, says detective Three Texas men whose bodies were found floating in the Kentucky River in April were shot to death as the result of a major drug deal that went bad, a Kentucky State Police detective testified yesterday. -- Authorities have filed charges against one suspect, Antonio Sanchez, but have been unable to find him and have speculated that he might be in Mexico.

Washington Post Post-9/11 Visa Rules Keep Thousands From Coming to U.S. More than two years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a thicket of new rules governing the granting of visas to foreigners is dissuading thousands of people from coming to the United States and generating protests from research universities, medical institutions, multinational corporations and the travel industry.

New York Times via the San Diego Union-Tribune Scofflaws as Victims: Kidnapping the invader A new Spanish word has entered the American lexicon: bajadero. -- Authorities along the border say the bajaderos are behind a wave of violence and death in southern Arizona reminiscent of the drug wars of years past. -- Last week, four people were killed in a high-speed, highway shootout south of Phoenix between smugglers who kidnapped a group of Mexicans...

Financial Times -- UK US and Meddling Mexicans cautious on invader talks ...President Vicente Fox invested much political capital in his 2001 negotiations with President George W. Bush, while Jorge Castaneda, his first foreign secretary, spoke of aiming for the "whole enchilada" - a comprehensive accord. -- The new approach, according to Mr Derbez - who took over foreign affairs when Mr Castaneda resigned in January - is to take the enchilada "slice by slice".

Invasion

KNBC-TV -- Los Angeles Quakers launch pricey initiative to protect invaders' "rights" A group of American Quakers is launching a $2.4 million initiative to protect immigrant rights during the national war on terrorism. --- The American Friends Service Committee announced the initiative in San Diego Monday. -- The Project Voice initiative will train undocumented immigrants on how to report their experiences... [Also see: Aiding, abetting illegals]

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix BICE needs help in locating Mexican suspects The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking public help in tracking down the following suspects. The confidential tip line number is: 1-866-347-2423: Javier "El Negro" Avila-Valdez, 24 -- Wanted for: August 1999 shootout in Phoenix between kidnappers and smugglers that left three dead....

Tucson Citizen Migrant-smuggling rings targeted by state, feds Arizona is under siege by human smugglers who have become more violent and desperate, say state and federal officials, who have vowed to crackdown on the practice. -- The ICE Storm operation, which will feature 50 agents targeting human smuggling rings, is a result of "an incredible spike in violence," said Michael J. Garcia...

Juan Mann DeportAliens.com

VDare.com Congress Can Find Truth About 1986 Amnesty Fraud-And Cover-Up Last week I suggested a question VDARE.COM readers should put to their unfriendly local amnesty advocate: just how many illegal aliens committed fraud in the 1986 amnesty program and cheated their way to Lawful Permanent Resident status and U.S. citizenship? -- The scandalous answer: Who knows?

Robert Robb

Tucson Citizen Divided loyalty a threat to border resolution There have been important changes in the nature of illegal Mexican immigration over the last decade and a half or so. -- As a result, the interests of the United States regarding immigration reform may now substantially conflict with the vision Mexican President Vicente Fox came to Phoenix last week in part to promote.

Houston Chronicle Immigration raises question in Sorto case Jurors will begin deliberating today whether to sentence Walter Alexander Sorto to death for helping kidnap, rape and murder two waitresses during a crime spree in Houston's East End. -- But one question that may never be answered is whether the women's lives could have been saved if Harris County authorities had contacted immigration officials about Sorto in 2000.

Tucson Citizen Border agent saves 2 girls from moving car invader abandoned Two adolescent girls were rescued by a Border Patrol agent yesterday after they were left in a moving vehicle by the driver, who jumped out, federal officials said. -- The agent from the Naco station, who Border Patrol is not identifying for "security" reasons, came upon the green sedan on Palominas Road, and as he got closer, the driver jumped out... [Family values don't stop at the Rio Bravo]

Bill King to the San Bernardino County Sun Re: Activists plan move to push illegals' case Armando Navarro makes some downright untruthful statements (Activists plan move to push illegals' case, 11-9-03) when he claims there are only 3.5 million illegal aliens in the United States - even our census bureau admits to more than 8 million, and anyone who knows anything about the problem will tell you that's a gross undercount.

San Francisco Chronicle Bay area Wal-Marts examining citizenship papers Though the federal immigration raids at 60 Wal-Mart stores in 21 states last month bypassed California, there are several ways that the case may have an impact close to home, say observers of immigration and employment law. -- Officials with [BICE] are coy about where they will strike next....

Yuma Sun Border Patrol nails 32 invaders after long pursuit U.S. Border Patrol agents from three cities apprehended 32 illegal aliens from two vehicles they followed for three hours and more than 70 miles. -- The drivers of both vehicles could face assault and endangerment charges after attempting to ram one of the Border Patrol vehicles giving chase, said Michael McGlasson, patrol spokesman.

Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)  Police May Join Hunt for Illegal Aliens Montgomery, Ala. -- Alabama Trooper Gary Hetzel patrols the highways of this Deep South state like a hunter, scouting the traffic lanes for speeders and reckless drivers, drunks and outlaws on the run. -- Now he can chase another kind of quarry: illegal immigrants.

QuePasa.com Meddling Mexicans miffed over effort to nix invader licenses ...Respecting this issue, Mexican Legislator Elsa de la Paz Esquivel stated, "it is absurd and reprehensible for the governor to support and promote such racist campaigns against immigrants, above all in California, where 25 per cent of the population is Latino and of that percentage, 75 per cent is of Mexican descent." [More on licenses for gate crashers]

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Clark likes McCain migrant plan Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark has more in common with Republican Sen. John McCain than serving in Vietnam and seeking the White House. -- ...He shares views similar to those of McCain and two other Arizonans... who together are sponsoring a bill aimed at curbing undocumented immigration from Mexico by creating a guest-worker program.