Tuesday, October 5, 2004

The Empire Strikes Back Darth Vader-Bush Threatens Republican Rebels President Sides with Aliens Lou Dobbs Tonight (CNN) - October 4 Dobbs: Tonight the White House is demanding that House Republicans abandon their proposals for tough new measures against illegal aliens. The White House apparently wants congress to remove all provisions in the new intelligence bill that would prevent illegal aliens from obtaining U.S. drivers licenses. Anti-terrorism experts say those proposals would also stop Islamic terrorists from launching terrorist attacks on this country. Broadband / Dial-up Requires Free Windows Media Player 9 Series Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

NewsMax.com Arizona Voters Favor Jail for Abettors of Invaders Taxpayer-supported bureaucrats who help foreign lawbreakers get on the public dole would face jail sentences under a ballot measure favored to pass in Arizona. -- Naturally, the likes of Democrat Gov. Janet Napolitano and Republican Sen. John McCain oppose this sort of justice, but "a poll this week showed nearly two-thirds of registered Arizona voters support it"...

Joyce Mucci

VDare.com Tamar Jacoby: "The Point About The American National Identity Is That It's Minimal" Tamar Jacoby's [this aggravating neocon] September 14th Wall Street Journal commentary "Flawed Proposition" was an urgent warning about the social, economic and political perils of Arizona's Proposition 200 - which merely requires proof of citizenship to register to vote, photo ID to vote, and proof of eligibility for non-federally mandated public benefits among other things.

El Universal -- Mexico City U.S. firms to hire 8,000 invaders after 'legalizing' them North Carolina firms plan to legally hire some 8,000 undocumented Mexican farm workers [criminals] and grant them full labor benefits, it was announced Monday. -- The CEO of the U.S.-based Farm Labor Organizing Committee, Baldemar Velásquez, explained in Mexico that several labor organizations and two North Carolina agribusinesses had signed an agreement on Sept. 16 to that end.

Daily Gate City -- Keokuk, Iowa Bush trade policies promote outsourcing, experts say The outsourcing of jobs to other countries is no accident, about 20 citizens were told Monday night during a televised town hall meeting at Keokuk's City Hall. -- "The current administration promotes a lot of policies that encourage companies to move to other countries where the wages are lower and environmental restrictions are less," said David Leshtz of the Iowa Fair Trade Campaign. -- Citing NAFTA specifically...

Debra J. Saunders

San Francisco Chronicle The new Americans [Invaders voting in S.F.] San Francisco Supervisor Matt Gonzalez told The Chronicle editorial board last week that he liked to think Proposition F -- a measure he helped put on the city ballot that would allow noncitizens to vote in San Francisco school board elections -- was "an interesting issue to take up in a post- Sept. 11 world." The implication here is that the rest of America became xenophobic after the Sept. 11 attacks...

Onslaught

Arizona Daily Star Update  [Short-lived link] Illegal border traffic hits 3-year high in New Mexico Albuquerque, N.M. -- Undocumented immigrant apprehensions have hit a three-year high in New Mexico, the first increase here since a decline following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. -- Apprehensions are up by 26 percent over last year in New Mexico and have increased by 17 percent across the Border Patrol's El Paso sector, which encompasses New Mexico and West Texas, according to preliminary figures released by the federal agency this week.

FAIR Tell the House Leadership to Say NO to White House Pressure and Enact 9/11 Reform In an act of utter hypocrisy President Bush is quietly trying to strip the homeland security-related immigration enforcement and document security provisions from the House leadership bill, H.R. 10, to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations. He is doing this even as he travels the country telling voters how committed he is to protecting homeland security... [Click here to see what the national security- ignoring Bush administration is up to]

KFMB-TV -- San Diego Poll: San Diegans believe efforts of BP are ineffective Most San Diego County residents view illegal immigration as a serious problem and regard the U.S. Border Patrol's Operation Gatekeeper program as ineffective, according to a KPBS poll out Tuesday. -- About 85 percent of those surveyed said they feel illegal immigration is a problem, and over half said it was a very serious problem...

Yes on Proposition 200 Yes on Prop. 200 TV Ads Debut in Arizona See 30 sec. Quicktime TV Ad Released October 4, 2004 See 60 sec. Quicktime TV Ad Released October 4, 2004 Visit Yes on Prop. 200 website.

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review 235,000 border arrests in Cochise County, Arizona Nearly half of the 491,514 illegal immigrants apprehended by agents of the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector occurred in Cochise County during the last federal fiscal year, according to an agency spokesman. -- That means the number of illegal border crossers apprehended in the county from Oct. 1, 2003 through Thursday - 235,379 - is slightly more than twice the legal population of the county.

US Border Patrol

Arizona Daily Star Border Edition Suspected illegal shot by BP agent remains hospitalized A Mexican man shot by a Border Patrol agent in an immigration stop south of Sierra Vista on Sunday remained in critical condition Monday. -- The FBI is investigating the case as an assault on a federal officer, said agency spokeswoman Susan Herskovits. The Cochise County Sheriff's Department is investigating the shooting, said Carol Capas, a department spokeswoman.

Associated Press Arizona Activists Push Immigration Measure Activists who say illegal immigrants are draining Arizona's coffers by fraudulently obtaining government services are pushing a ballot measure that could throw state workers in jail for turning a blind eye to such practices. -- The measure in Arizona, the busiest illegal entry point on the U.S.-Mexico border, is the latest across the nation aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants [criminals].

Scare Tactics

Tucson Citizen Hospital execs join foes of Prop. 200 Local hospital executives joined with the Pima County Board of Health and the Pima County Medical Society yesterday to warn there could be public health consequences if voters approve Proposition 200. -- The initiative on November's ballot calls for requiring proof of citizenship in order to vote and would require public health personnel to verify the immigration status of anyone seeking state and local public benefits "that are not federally mandated."

Dept. of Homeland Security

Washington Times Al Qaeda leader identified in 'dirty bomb' plot A top al Qaeda cell leader spotted in Mexico and Canada has been identified as an active player in a scheme to obtain radioactive materials for a so-called "dirty bomb" that could be smuggled into the United States... [see what hypocrite Bush thinks about homeland security]. -- Adnan G. El Shukrijumah, who worshipped at the same South Florida mosque as Jose Padilla... [See: "What Homeland Security?"]

El Universal -- Mexico City Mexican groaner inspired by invaders sneaking into U.S. Singer Pepe Aguilar takes inspiration for his lyrics from his nation's multitude of northbound emigrants whom he sees as heroes in their long-suffering quests to improve the lot of their families. -- "They are more heroic than anyone, more than Superman and Spiderman, because they leave their homeland, their family, they risk their lives and get to a country (and it is) as if they were criminals..." [that could be because they are].

Fred Pinkney

Arizona Republic Op-Ed Illegal immigration is scandal of epic size A few citizens and members of the press recently were distressed that the Gilbert Town Council would not violate federal law and codify the matricula consular card, fearing this showed support for the Protect Arizona Now initiative. -- Well, illegal immigration advocates and PAN opponents might think twice if they realized that the illegal immigration crisis and the Abu Ghraib prison abuse was caused by the exact same thing.

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet!

Rocky Mountain News Tancredo rips Bush over request to kill immigration rules Washington -- U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., warned President Bush on Monday not to play politics with homeland security, after the White House reportedly asked Congress to remove some immigration measures from a pending intelligence bill. -- The legislation is meant to overhaul the nation's intelligence services, implementing recommendations of the commission that studied the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Joseph Farah

WorldNetDaily.com Nation ignoring lesson of 9/11, flirting with another disaster Washington -- The U.S. has not learned the real lessons of 9-11, say insiders in law enforcement and intelligence agencies who say domestic politics, not national security concerns, are driving anti-terror policies. --- For instance, a maverick FBI source points out that Osama bin Laden's hijackers penetrated U.S. borders by taking advantage of the State Department's "courtesy culture program."

Santa Barbara News Press Diseased invader to get the boot, vows to sneak back in A Mixtec Indian who was jailed here in April after escaping from court- ordered quarantine for tuberculosis will be released this week and deported, a Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge said Monday. -- Judge Brian Hall told a smiling Feliciano Morelos that his six-month treatment for tuberculosis at the County Jail had ended...

Web Devil -- Arizona State University ASU hosts Prop 200 battle where reconquista spins yarns Two prominent political activists squared off over the controversial Arizona Proposition 200 at a debate held at ASU on Monday. --- Alfredo Gutierrez of the Hispanic Forum, which is against the initiative, said Proposition 200 would hurt the health care and public safety systems because the children of illegal immigrants [criminals] would not be immunized. -- Joe Origer said Gutierrez lost some credibility when he argued that people who apply for library cards might face discrimination.

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Contra Costa Times Candidate questions According to numerous polls, economy, homeland security, Iraq and health care costs are the top four major concerns of voters of diverse backgrounds. -- Presidential candidates and candidates for U.S. Congress should be asked the following questions:...

The Times Argus -- Barre, Vermont Annoying ACLU lawsuit threatens national security Montpelier -- A Colchester man claimed in a lawsuit Monday that new federal law that forces Lake Champlain ferries to search cars and passengers for bombs is unconstitutional. -- Michael Cassidy, in conjunction with the Vermont Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, filled the lawsuit in Burlington's federal court.

Manchester (New Hampshire) Union Leader 11 Mexican invaders arrested in New Ipswich New Ipswich, NH -- Agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 11 Mexican nationals found living illegally in New Ipswich on Saturday. -- The discovery was made after police said they were called to a residence at 119 Thayer Road at about 7:30 p.m. to check on two people who had been seen entering the home. -- There police encountered one of the Mexicans, Macario Martinez, 45, who spoke no English.

Edwin S. Rubenstein

VDare.com Quietly, Employer Sanctions Have Been Abandoned Obviously the U.S-Mexico border should be sealed. But forty percent of aliens here illegally entered the country legally. -- Gaining control of our borders also means making it impossible for illegals to find work in the U.S. This was the motivation for the employer sanctions incorporated in the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA).