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Thursday, November 20, 2003 |
Kolbe |
Sierra Vista
(Arizona) Herald Review
Kolbe
lauds 'guest worker' scheme
A proposed bill to create a new guest-worker
program for the United States has to be a high-profile issue
in next year's presidential campaign, U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz.,
said Wednesday. -- While some of the big Hispanic groups like
LaRaza
and LULAC have yet to come aboard, Kolbe said he believes the
smaller groups...  |
Hanson |
Victor Davis
Hanson -- Hillsdale.edu
Frank
Talk About "Mexifornia"
There was a time, not so long ago, when
we Americans understood that newcomers did not need to be taught
in their own language in our schools. Even less did we believe
that their children required special classes in ethnic pride
or separate, race-based college graduation ceremonies. --The
very idea that a national lobbying group would call itself La Raza (The
Race)... |
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Chicago
Sun-Times
Student
faces felony charges over false 'hate crime' report
Ever since Jaime Alexander Saide told
police a man put a knife to his throat Nov. 8 and whispered an
anti-Hispanic slur, the NU freshman has given interviews, spoken
at an anti-hate rally and even penned an op-ed column recounting
his plight. -- On Tuesday Evanston police said Saide made it
all up and charged him with two felonies. |
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The Oregonian
-- Portland
Invasion
causes consternation in Oregon city
Residents here have the usual gripes:
traffic, schools, growth and crime. But in a recent city survey
of 400 residents, 5 percent complained about something else that
city officials found disturbing. -- The growing presence of Latinos
ranked fifth on a list of what "satisfies residents least
about living in Hillsboro." -- "It's appalling,"
Councilman
Ed Dennis [some ESL teacher] said. |
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News-Leader
-- Springfield, Missouri
Restaurateur
allegedly hid illegal aliens
A federal grand jury indicted the former
owner of a Springfield restaurant Wednesday for harboring two
undocumented workers [criminals].
-- Dae Joon Song, who operated Hinode Japanese Steak House in
Springfield until October, was one of eight individuals authorities
accused of immigration-related violations in separate cases.
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The Business
Journal -- Phoenix
Anti-illegal-immigration
ballot measure adds supporters
A controversial anti-illegal immigration
proposed for the 2004 ballot picked up some more support at the
Legislature on Thursday. A group of state lawmakers came out
in support of the Protect Arizona Now referendum, which seeks
to keep illegal immigrants from voting and receiving state social
services... |
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El Pao Times
U.S.
Consulate workers fired, suspended in visa fraud case
Juarez, Mexico -- Seven Mexican employees
of the U.S. Consulate in Juárez were fired, and two U.S.
employees were suspended during an ongoing five-month fraud investigation
in the visa office, officials with the consulate said Wednesday.
-- The investigation focuses on suspicions that employees sold
laser visas... |
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Daily Bruin
-- UCLA
UCLA
forum drives home invader license bill
...Francisco Lopez... averages a 25-
to 40-hour work week to help pay for tuition [even though illegals are prohibited by law from working
in the U.S.]. Because of his immigration
status, he cannot apply for financial aid or scholarships. As
a result of his work schedule, he finds time to study on the
bus and in between jobs and classes. |
Project
USA
Update |
76%
of Dems want tighter immigration
According to the study, released this
month by the Pew Research Center for The People & The Press,
"About eight-in-ten Republicans (82%) and somewhat fewer
independents and Democrats (76% each) agree with the statement
'We should restrict and control people coming into our country
to live more than we do now.'" |
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San Diego
Union-Tribune
2
deported after police stop in store, Mexicans whine
...A half-hour later, they were stopped
in the store by a police officer, questioned about a shoplifting
incident and asked for their identification. The officer then
called the U.S. Border Patrol, who deported the aunt and cousin
[both illegals] to Mexico that day. --- [T]he
Mexican Consulate in San Diego called the incident "a
very serious matter" and sent a letter of protest... |
Tom Tancredo |
Denver Post
Tancredo
targets aid for hospitals
Republican Colorado Congressman Tom
Tancredo is leading a last-minute charge to remove special
funding for hospitals that treat large numbers of illegal immigrants
from the Medicare bill being debated in conference committee.
-- Tancredo said Wednesday that he opposes the funding because
it creates an entitlement for non-U.S. citizens and burdens taxpayers
with the cost of their care.... |
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Abraham
D. Sofaer -- Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)
Saying
illegal aliens have 'earned the right' to drive is ridiculous
In any law-abiding society, people known
to be in the country illegally would be detained and deported.
But not in the United States, where immigration laws are so poorly
enforced that the normal and expected have come to be regarded
as inconceivable and impractical, and the illegal has been accepted
as proper... [See: Repeal
SB60] |
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El Universal
-- Mexico City
Four
cops arrested over rape of American tourist
Tijuana -- State agents arrested four
Tijuana police officers in connection with the rape of an American
tourist as she and her family were walking back across the border
into San Diego, authorities said Wednesday. -- Two of the officers
forced the father and son to walk to several nearby ATM machines
and then robbed the money they withdrew. |
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Riverside
(California) Press Enterprise (Free Registration)
UCR
professor Armando Navarro: Mexican reconquista
...He's a separatist. He's an advocate
for the Mexican takeover of the Southwest," said Glenn Spencer,
who heads the civilian American
Border Patrol in Arizona. "We have a complete dossier
on the man," he added. --- "He (Armando
Navarro) believes that his people are better than anyone
else," Spencer said by phone last week. |
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Associated
Press
Nation's
food supply said to be vulnerable to terrorism
A simple handkerchief wielded by a resourceful
terrorist could cause billions of dollars of damage to America's
food system and untold terror in the nation's kitchens, senators
were told Wednesday. -- "We have become a nation concerned
about receiving anthrax in our mailboxes," said Dr. Tom
McGinn... |
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Chicago
Daily Herald
License
issue on hold for outlaws
Efforts to let illegal immigrants get
state driver's licenses are on hold until next year, supporters
said Wednesday. -- Although a series of stricter security provisions
were added in an effort to win over critics, the key sponsors
said they will not push the plan until the General Assembly reconvenes
in January. |
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