Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Excusing the Invasion of the United States Border Chief Encourages More to Come Asa Hutchinson superimposed over image of Mexicans protesting in Georgia. Who is going to protect us? CNN Presents - October 17 Asa Hutchinson: ""Whenever you look at the family that is being very productive and has a great family life, contributing to American society, when, in fact they came here illegally - I don't think you can excuse the illegal behavior - but you also recognize they are not terrorists - they're contributing to our society - we understand the humanitarian reasons that brought them here." Fact: Human smugglers brought them here - and not for humanitarian reasons -- they did it for money. Watch Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Dallas Morning News White House continues to try to kill vital parts of HR 10 As Congress moves to finalize a sweeping intelligence overhaul bill, the White House on Tuesday urged lawmakers to drop several controversial immigration- related provisions added by House Republicans. -- The administration asked the negotiators to drop several provisions unpopular with immigrant advocacy groups...

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Washington Post MS-13 Gang Took a Vote On Slaying, Court Told Earlier this year, a prosecutor said yesterday, members of the violent Mara Salvatrucha gang gathered at a secret location in Fairfax County to cast a vote: Should they kill fellow member Jose "Snoop" Escobar? The hands went up. -- "The whole idea of a green light and a meeting to agree on [whether to kill another member], that's all new stuff to Northern Virginia," Jarvis said.

Modesto Bee Customs officers nabbed as feds roll up drug smuggling ring Chicago (AP) - Two customs and border protection officers and 16 others were charged in a federal complaint unsealed Tuesday with being part of a drug ring that smuggled millions of dollars in heroin, cocaine and marijuana from Mexico to U.S. cities. -- Nine of those charged, including customs officers at Midway Airport, were swept up Monday night and Tuesday.

KIRO-TV -- Seattle Gunshots Fired At Federal Agents Federal Way, Wash. -- Police are searching for two men after gunshots were fired at federal agents Monday night in Federal Way. -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were trying to serve a search warrant at an apartment complex in the 30900 block of 20th Avenue SW when they encountered two men...

The Monitor - McAllen, Texas Gunfire erupts on the Texas-Mexico border Escobares, Texas - Two Border Patrol agents came under machine-gun fire Saturday night shortly after a seizure of more than half a ton of marijuana from smugglers on the banks of the Rio Grande. -- Border Patrol agents were working near Escobares, "an area known to be used by drug smugglers," when one agent heard branches breaking, said Eddie Flores, spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

Rocky Mountain News Crash that killed 6 brings prison time for coyote A crying Guatemalan immigrant was sentenced to 46 months in prison Monday for his role in a horrific January crash on Interstate 76 in Weld County that ultimately killed six people. -- Federal and Weld County authorities confirmed Monday that a sixth person, a man, died in July at Denver Health Medical Center from his injuries in the Jan. 27 crash.

FAIR Action on 9/11 comm. recommendations needed now! We scored a major victory last week when the House voted 282-134 to pass H.R.10 with all of the document security and immigration enforcement provisions intact. -- Now we must focus our efforts on the House/Senate conference where legislative differences will be ironed out...

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Colorado Springs Gazette ID required to vote in Colorado Colorado voters must take identification to the polls on Election Day, a judge ruled Monday. -- Colorado Common Cause had sued to block the practice on grounds that it might prevent some people - college students and the homeless, for instance - from voting. -- But Denver District Judge Morris Hoffman determined that requiring voters to show ID will help the state combat voter fraud...

Christian Science Monitor Discontent over invaders in Arizona Phoenix -- At a suburban job center here where about 100 day laborers are lined up for work, Antonio Laguna speaks while his colleagues - illegal immigrants all - nod approval. "We help make this economy run smoothly, but now they want to crack down on us," says Mr. Laguna, husband and father of four who works for about $350 a week... [Find out about Proposition 200]

Arizona Daily Star Pop. 200 naysayers continue apparent scare tactics Pima County residents could face "significant" public health risks and higher taxes if voters approve a measure aimed at blocking government services to illegal residents, according to County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry. --- "It's so absurd it's beyond ridiculous," said Randy Pullen, chairman of the Yes on Proposition 200 committee. "It is biased and blatantly untruthful. It's not even worthy of comment."

San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial - [Send a Letter to the Editor] Paper touts Dreier's "worker ID card" ...Nearly everyone complains about the tide of undocumented workers. And nearly everyone hires those same workers ­ as gardeners, house cleaners, nannies, janitors, dishwashers, field hands and, increasingly, as electricians, mechanics, carpenters, plumbers and on through an endless list of skilled and unskilled jobs.

Rachel Ehrenfeld and Shawn Macomber -- Front Page Magazine The Soros-Kerry Nexus ...Long term, if Soros has his way, the United States won't even remain territorially intact. He funds both the National Council of La Raza and [MALDEF], two groups that want to essentially eliminate America's borders. In a much hailed 1997 speech to the [NCLR], former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo said that he "proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders and that Mexican migrants are an important ­ a very important ­ part of this."

Marion (Ohio) Star Prosecutor: Death penalty a possibility in deputy's murder The man accused of killing a Marion County sheriff's deputy could face the death penalty. -- Juan C. Cruz looked down, lightly patting the sole of one jail-issued sandal then the other against the bare, gray floor as he waited to hear the charge against him. -- Aggravated murder, punishable by life in prison or death, was the felony complaint...

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Update Iowa: Congressman fumes over public display of his record Democratic Congressman Leonard Boswell arrived in Chariton, Iowa yesterday for a campaign rally and was greeted on the highway into town by large signs reading, "Congressman Leonard Boswell supports amnesty for illegal aliens." -- In an email about the billboards and Rep. Boswell's visit, a young supporter in the area wrote...

Pioneer Press 3 Mexicans accused of forging IDs for invaders Federal immigration investigators arrested three Minneapolis men and accused them Monday in U.S. District Court of making and selling fake documents. -- The three men, all Mexicans believed to be in the United States illegally, are accused of making phony driver's licenses and other identification cards. The fake IDs are used by illegal aliens...

KGTV -- San Diego Agent fires at invader van which then crashes into school El Cajon, Calif. -- An investigation is under way after an officer involved shooting in El Cajon, 10News reported. -- Border Patrol agents followed a van full of suspected undocumented immigrants Monday night. -- After a brief confrontation, an agent fired shots into the van, wounding one passenger. [Related item]

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Cox News Service Immigration policy steeped in contradiction ...Neither candidate wants to enforce the law and both advocate what amounts to amnesty, though they don't use the term, said Mark Krikorian with the Center for Immigration Studies, a think tank that opposes illegal immigration. -- "The way the issue of illegal aliens is often portrayed is either mass roundups or amnesty of some form of another," he said.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Judge slammed for stripping man of citizenship and deporting him A federal appellate court has sharply criticized a Seattle immigration judge and ordered a new hearing on the deportation of a Mount Vernon man to Mexico in 2001. -- Salvador Rivera, who now asserts he is a U.S. citizen, once pretended to be Mexican to avoid outstanding warrants for his arrest. Rivera also had not contested a previous deportation.

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Associated Press Public's risk said to be higher from violence-prone smugglers A grisly accident in which a stolen truck carrying illegal immigrants plowed into vehicles waiting to turn - killing five people and critically injuring several others - shows the added risk violence- prone smugglers now pose to the public, authorities said. -- "They seem to have more of a propensity for violent behavior and reckless behavior and any time you have that, it puts the public at increased danger and officers at increased danger..."

Daily Breeze -- Torrance, Calif. 2 men plead guilty in invader smuggling case Two South Bay men caught with 50 Mexican citizens crammed on a luxury yacht in the Los Angeles Harbor pleaded guilty Monday to conspiracy to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States. -- Gregory Ray LaBono of Lomita and Vernon Eugene Siegel Jr., who lives on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, entered their pleas less than two months after they were intercepted...

Associated Press Meddlesome Fox badgers Nebraska governor on invaders President Vicente Fox stressed the need for U.S. recognition of Mexican consular identity cards for migrants [only illegal alien criminals need them] on Monday during a meeting with Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns at the presidential residence in Mexico City. -- Fox's office called the meeting cordial, and said it centered on the need for safe orderly and legal migration, "with full respect for the labor and human rights of migrants." [See: Meddling Mexicans]

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Prop. 200-style system already law in Mexico Mexico City -- The provisions of Proposition 200 have stirred up a storm of debate in Arizona. But here in Mexico, they're already the law. -- Arizona's contentious ballot proposal would require voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship when registering to vote and proof of their legal residency when applying for government benefits.