Sunday, December 7, 2003

Past Features    American Border Patrol Updates Countdown: 5 Days to Nativo Lopez's Phony 'Huelga' Nativo Lopez, currently the big cheese at MAPA, but best known for his alleged involvement in vote fraud during the Dornan-Sanchez Congressional race, has called for invaders to strike on December 12 to protest the repeal of SB60, the law that would have allowed uninspected invaders to get valid California driver's licenses. We predict that this huelga (strike in Spanish) will be a monumental flop.

Denver Post Hispanic robbers targeting Hispanic businesses ...Police say the daring daylight heist is only the most recent of an increasing number of robberies targeting Mexican-owned businesses throughout the metro area - a sign of the immigrants' growing numbers, police believe, and their vulnerability. -- "We have a lot of day laborers, a lot of people who don't have a bank account because of their immigration status," said Lt. Dave Williams....

Ryan Thompson -- American Daily The Five Most Unthankful Nations To The United States ...Our southern neighbor to the south has totally ignored our sovereignty by encouraging its citizens to cross our border illegally. Further, the Mexican government has not done enough to prevent the flow of illicit drugs between their nation and our nation. Al-Qaida members have tried to enter the United States through Mexico...

Debra J. Saunders

Associated Press Reckless behind the wheel Earlier this year, Sacramento lawmakers passed one of the most craven pieces of legislation the state Capitol has ever produced. Last week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill repealing the erstwhile SB60, which would have allowed illegal immigrants to obtain California driver's licenses. The journey that led state pols to kill the bill they once embraced has a moral behind it.

Associated Press Investigators see trend in ID thefts of people with Hispanic names Adriana Sanchez was stunned when the credit report for her new car loan came back showing several open accounts that had been turned over to collections agencies. -- Sanchez, who had passed a credit history check to get hired as a Los Angeles police officer, began investigating and stumbled onto an unwanted surprise...

Detroit Free Press Ford vice president acquires Mexican citizenship, sham ID Ford Motor Co. Executive Vice President James Padilla became one of Detroit's most prominent Mexican citizens Friday, receiving his citizenship and the controversial Matricula Consular identification card. -- Officials at FAIR say communities that accept [sham Mexican IDs] are caving in to the Mexican government.... [Contact Info]

Stockton (Calif.) Record Prop. 187 issues revisited - Group takes aim at illegal immigrants The group that backed Proposition 187 a decade ago thinks voters are once again primed to target illegal immigrants -- and experts say they're probably right. --- The measure would bar [illegals] from receiving welfare or from holding driver's licenses, and would bar state and local government from accepting identification cards issued by other countries.

Denver Post Police try to lessen 'immigrant' distrust (Cops aid, abet illegals) Martha Ramirez is trying to get her friends and family in Denver's Hispanic immigrant community to turn to those whom some fear the most: police officers. -- Police say many Hispanic immigrants shy away from them because of the language barrier, or even worse, because they fear deportation.

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Agents recall incident involving runaway car Naco, Ariz.. -- Jesus R. Verdugo had only been working the day shift for a couple of hours on Nov. 9 when he noticed a vehicle that matched a description called in by a citizen to the U.S. Border Patrol of being a possible carload of illegal immigrants. -- Verdugo, a U.S. Border Patrol agent, got behind the suspicious vehicle and followed it...

Derbez Watch

El Universal -- Mexico City Mexican colonists ask Ernesto Derbez to step down An influential California organization representing local Mexicans and Mexican-Americans called Friday for the removal of Foreign Minister Luis Ernesto Derbez, accusing him of "arrogance and lack of respect for" his compatriots [invaders] abroad. -- The move aimed at Derbez came from the Council of Presidents of Mexican Federations of California.

La Opinion  (Roughly translated by Google.com) Invader license law repeal 'marcha' ending today Illegals and their cheerleaders will conclude a 3-day tantrum that began in Covina and will be ending in downtown L.A. today. These folks are comparing the repeal to Prop. 187, a new version of which is said to be in the works. The disgruntled protesters are now claiming that having a driver's license is a 'human right'. The right to drive is a privilege, not a right.

Garry South -- Sacramento Bee A license to bop Davis ...Perhaps the primero example of his dilemma was the so-called driver's license bill, which would have granted driving permits to illegal immigrants. In the fall of 2002, right at the end of a difficult re-election campaign, the Democratic Legislature flung this bill at Davis. -- Although it contained some measures aimed at protecting public safety...

Denver Post Feds seek more prison beds for captured invaders The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is working to expand a controversial national prison system that detains immigrants facing possible deportation. -- Plans call for at least doubling the capacity of a 350-bed detention center east of Denver. -- The nationwide expansion would help security officials hold as many as 8,000 more suspected illegal immigrants a day.

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition Arivaca-area shooting is agency's 2nd in week A Border Patrol shooting that left one person wounded Saturday morning near Arivaca was the agency's second shooting of the week. -- Saturday's incident started about 6 a.m. near Milepost 19 on Arivaca Road, said agency spokesman Andy Adame. -- He declined to give further details...