Friday, November 28, 2003

Ridge Caves In to Peter Schey and the Ford Foundation Amnesty Deal Struck With Reconquistas and Anti-American Lawyer Deal Struck "Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge signed off on the agreement Nov. 17, according to the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, which helped litigate the case." What Ridge has said about amnesty Peter Schey heads the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law - Graphic from New Times, L.A. June 20, 2002 Schey Strikes Again He got the U.S. Supreme Court to force U.S. Schools to educate illegal aliens. Then worked with the Mexican government to get Gray Davis to kill Proposition 187 which would have reversed that decision. "Peter Schey is a one-man nation-wrecking crew," says Glenn Spencer, president of the anti-immigration group American Patrol in Sherman Oaks. "There is a special class of people in this country with special rights above others, and that's illegal immigrants, thanks to Peter Schey and people like him." -- New Times L.A, June 20, 2002 Past Features    American Border Patrol Updates

Associated Press US-VISIT: Border leaders fear ruin in hi-tech security ...An acronym for United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology, US-VISIT is part of the national security reaction to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Congress required that by the end of next year, a procedure should be in place to read specially issued IDs, or laser visas, of foreigners crossing America's busiest borders....

James Bowden

American Daily Happy Thanksgiving, Now Leave ...It's time to say, "Happy Thanksgiving, illegal immigrants, now leave. This is our American home, not a whorehouse. We will invite some people in and defend to keep uninvited strangers out." -- Close the borders. Declare a three year moratorium on immigration to sort out the mess. Limit immigration to less than a million a year after that...

Kingman Daily Miner Poll: Support for Protect Arizona Now Kingman's state representative, Joe Hart, is one of 25 state legislators who support a citizens' initiative that would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote. -- The measure, commonly known as Protect Arizona Now but officially called the Arizona Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act, also would require photo identification to vote and proof of eligibility for non-federally mandated public benefits.

KNBC-TV -- Los Angeles Ruling: Some invaders may get permanent residency Undocumented workers who briefly left the United States between 1982-87 can apply for permanent residency under a legal settlement a Latino advocacy group reached with the immigration service. -- In 1988, the League of United Latin American Citizens filed a federal lawsuit against the then Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Houston Chronicle Houston activist's court date draws attention Well-known immigrant-rights activist Maria Jimenez goes to court Monday, accused of assaulting the executive director of the Harris County Republican Party. -- Jimenez, the head of the mayor's office of immigrant affairs, seems to be taking the matter in stride... [Meddling Mexican government involved]

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Agents find sex offender; several drug seizures made Douglas -- Two men, who officials call sexual predators, were apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol agents after they had entered the United States illegally Sunday, said Tucson Sector spokesman Andy Adame. -- One Mexican was apprehended along with other illegal immigrants when agents from the Douglas Station ...

William S. Mount and Harold Johnson - Sacramento Bee SB 60 lets law prevail Last week, state Sen. John Burton used the word "racist" to describe people who want to overturn SB 60, the scheme that would give California driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. But the issue isn't about racism; it's about respect for law. The rule of law protects every color and every ethnicity....

Arizona Republic Editorial -- Phoenix Paper continues to promote ridiculous 'guest worker' scheme ...You should be demanding that Congress reform immigration laws so hard-working immigrants can get safely to the workplaces that are eager for their labor without enriching the smugglers or endangering the lives of Arizonans. -- A guest-worker proposal by Sen. John McCain and Reps. Jim Kolbe and Jeff Flake....

KFOX -- El Paso / Las Cruces Illegal Immigrants Held For School Robbery El Paso Police tonight are investigating a robbery at an Upper Valley elementary school. -- Investigators say three male illegal immigrants went into Oren Roberts Elementary through an open window. -- The three were caught and the equipment was found in the dirt nearby.

The Spectrum Editorial -- St. George, Utah Police need authority over illegal aliens A bill that has been introduced in the U.S. Senate would give law-enforcement officers on the local level jurisdiction to arrest illegal immigrants in the course of normal duties. -- The only problem is that many local officials -- including some in Southern Utah -- don't want that authority....

QuePasa.com Mexican Consul in Douglas endorses "ICE Storm" "Successful" is how Mexican Consul in Douglas, Miguel Escobar Valdez, described Operation ICE Storm currently in effect in some Arizona counties to detect and detain "polleros" (human smugglers). -- Operation ICE Storm has been extended since November 17, to include Cochise county, within his jurisdiction, which explains the increased number of highway checkpoints.

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Deportation decision nears Judy Flanagan, a lawyer representing the four [illegal alien] students, said she will ask the judge for more time. But Flanagan said immigration judges are under pressure to resolve older cases. -- She will argue that it would be wrong to deport the four students while a bill is pending in Congress that could help them gain legal status...

Baltimore Sun Pols fight against local immigration law enforcement Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan have sent letters to federal lawmakers, urging them not to approve controversial legislation that would encourage local police departments to enforce immigration laws - and penalize those that don't.

David Garcia

Los Angeles Times (Free Registration)  More on arrest in Mexico of gangster cop-killer suspect ...David A. Garcia was arrested by Mexican authorities at a home in Tijuana, nearly two weeks after he and an accomplice allegedly opened fire on Pavelka and a fellow officer in a hotel parking lot... -- Police believe that fellow gang members helped Garcia evade an intensive manhunt and squired him into Mexico... [LAPD's Special Order 40 inhibits law enforcement as applied to foreign gangsters]

Chicago Tribune (Free Registration) California debate on invader driver licenses echoes nationwide ..."The majority of Californians don't want people who break the law to have a driver's license," said Mike Spence, president of the California Republican Assembly, which represents GOP conservatives. "The law is a slap in the face to people who come to the country legally." -- By tackling the issue, Schwarzenegger is stepping into the contentious national debate focusing on immigrants' rights...

Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson 7 vehicles are found loaded with $11.5 million worth of pot Federal agents discovered more than 14,000 pounds of marijuana stashed in seven stolen vehicles found abandoned in the desert southwest of Tucson - a massive seizure estimated to be worth $11.5 million. -- U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents received information about several loaded vehicles Wednesday in a remote area southwest of Sells...