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Wednesday, December 17, 2003 |
From Kitty Hawk
to Border Hawk
in 100 Years
Border Hawk II Completes Final Testing
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| Photo of Mexican border taken
by Border Hawk II. Note wheel in upper left of frame. UAV has
a pan-and-tilt camera system. |
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UAV
Patrols to Begin Thursday
Palominas, Arizona -- (ABP) -- Following
a nearly three month delay due to work with the U.S. Army, American Border Patrol
will begin regular patrols of the U.S./Mexican border Thursday
morning, December 18. Get
the alert software here.
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El Paso
Times
A
mere two Mexican nationals deported
Two Mexican nationals who were registered
sex offenders and who had avoided deportation were tracked down
by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in El Paso
and returned to Mexico last week. -- While both men were legal
residents of the United States....  |
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Metroweest
Daily News -- Framingham, Mass.
Attack
on Framingham immigration reform group continues
Selectmen are expected to back a proclamation
tomorrow that asks signers "to work together to advance
basic respect and human dignity in every aspect of our community
life." -- The four-paragraph document is dubbed, "A
Proclamation of the People of Framingham," and it asks supporters
to "join together to stand against bigotry, prejudice and
intimidation of any kind." |
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Associated
Press
IRS
tightens controls over tax identification numbers
After raising concerns about potential
security risks, the Internal Revenue Service on Wednesday tightened
restrictions on identification numbers issued to taxpayers who
are ineligible for Social Security numbers. -- The agency, which
warned states this summer not to trust the identification numbers
as someone's form of personal identification... |
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The New
American
Hemispheric
Integration by the Installment Plan
...For instance, immigration is one of
the most contentious issues in the FTAA process. That process
would eventually abolish our national borders - a prospect explicitly
acknowledged, and welcomed, by Mexican President Vicente Fox.
But because of public and congressional opposition, the Bush
administration is carefully avoiding the issue... |
Mark
Andrew
Dwyer |
Alamance
Independent -- Burlington, NC
The
Will of the People
Those who watched how California authorities
dealt with illegal aliens that flooded the Golden State in last
10 years or so had probably noticed a rather substantial disparity
between the people's will and the laws that were passed by the
legislature, the refusal of enforcement of the immigration law,
and the judicial derailment of constitutional amendments. |
D.A. King |
MichNews.com
Danger!
Falling Balloons!
I hope that no one was hurt when the
balloon came crashing down. The trial balloon that the White
House had Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge launch last week.
The balloon that the President did not want to launch himself.
The "blanket amnesty" trial balloon. -- It was quickly,
and correctly, shot down.... |
Allan
Wall |
VDare.com
Mexican
Governors Gang Up On The Terminator
...Do you believe, as many Americans
do, that Vicente Fox meddles in U.S. internal affairs too much?
-- Well, guess what? Governor Ricardo Monreal, of Zacatecas,
thinks Vicente Fox hasn't meddled enough, and needs to do more
meddling to protect Mexican illegal aliens in the United States.
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Rumor Mill |
American
Patrol
Apparent
feud between BICE and the Border Patrol
American Patrol has received a rumor concerning
the head of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(BICE) in Tucson. Word has it that this individual has told all
of his people that they are not to call the Border Patrol when
encountering suspected illegal aliens. There is apparently a
feud going on between BICE and the BP in southern Arizona. |
H.
Millard |
Former
Mayor of 'Most Mexican City Outside of Mexico" wants to
replace Boxer
The GOP buzzards have begun circling
over the Golden State. They've been sniffing for some dead Democrat
meat ever since Arnold Schwarzenegger showed that Republicans
can beat the Democrats in crazy California again. We're coming
up to an election year and they figure that Democrat Senator
Barbara Boxer may be on her last legs... |
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FAIR
Ridge
Endorses "Legal Status" for Illegal Aliens
Your help is needed to fight off an apparent
attempt by the Bush Administration to get the amnesty wheels
turning. Please contact the White House and Department of Homeland
Security Secretary Tom Ridge today and through the next week
to voice your strong objection to granting legal status to people
who have broken our immigration laws... |
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Associated
Press
Dean
feels invaders should be able to become U.S. citizens
Democratic presidential candidate Howard
Dean expressed misgivings about guest-worker programs but said
undocumented immigrants should be able to earn the right to become
citizens. -- "I like the idea of earned legalization,"
he said in an interview with The Arizona Republic's editorial
board on Tuesday. |
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Sacramento
Bee
New
window to immigration reform
The Bush administration is about to get
off the sidelines in an immigration reform fight shaping up for
early next year. --- "I don't think Capitol Hill will necessarily
buy what the administration proposes, because (lawmakers) like
to put their own stamp on things," James
Ziglar, the Bush administration's former head of the INS...
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Associated
Press
Officials
check license system for vulnerabilities to terrorism
Indianapolis -- State officials investigating
how 1,000 foreign nationals obtained Indiana driver's licenses
also are trying to determine why they wanted the documents. --
While fake IDs have always been a problem among underage drinkers
and illegal immigrants, fears of terrorist attacks have focused
extra attention on the problem.... |
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Yuma Sun
Rescue
takes tragic turn
A Border Patrol agent was missing Tuesday
night after attempting to rescue a Chinese illegal alien from
the Colorado River, officials said. -- Several law enforcement
agencies were searching the river for the agent Tuesday night.
He was swept away by the river's current as he tried to pull
the alien to safety around 6:30 p.m..... |
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Vida en
el Valle -- Fresno, Calif.
Reconquistas
declare fizzled boycott a success, plan more
...On Sunday, boycott organizers met
in Los Angeles and decided to form the Consejo Popular Mexicano
(Mexican Council for the People), "which will be in charge
of following up on the movement and uphold the wishes of the
community," said Miguel Araujo from the Centro Azteca de
Información. |
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Washington
Times
Legislators
support limiting invader licenses
..."I think it positively absurd
and dangerous to issue driver's licenses to people who are in
this country illegally," said [Delegate Kevin]. Kelly, another
co-sponsor. "If you are illegal and in this nation, you
should be promptly deported ... If you are illegal, you should
not be here to board airplanes and crash them into buildings."
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North County
Times -- Oceanside, California
Bill
would force hospitals to report illegal immigrants
An Orange County congressman says he
will introduce a proposal next month that would force hospitals
to report illegal immigrants who come to the emergency room to
the Immigration and Naturalization Service. -- Opponents say
that if approved, the bill could trigger a public health crisis...
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Newsday
Illegal
Immigrants Used in Smuggling Sting
Federal officials recently arranged for
four illegal immigrants to be smuggled into Long Island from
Ecuador in a rare sting operation to test whether the owner of
five travel/shipping stores was willing to open a new smuggling
route, according to officials and court documents. |
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