Battleground Moves to HR-10 Kerry and Reconquistas Defeated - Prop. 200 Wins House Speaker Dennis Hastert Lame Duck Session Looms Large We said Bush would win. He did. (We hope we are wrong about the terrorist attack.) Proposition 200 won in Arizona. Now the illegal immigration battle moves to the upcoming Lame Duck session of Congress when the immigration provisions of HR-10 will be settled one way or another. Scarborough Country -- August 3, 2004 Dennis Hastert: "...I was an advocate of putting the military on the border of putting a fence along that border, not to keep people out but to move people in in an orderly way so you can check to see who is coming in... And I don't favor an amnesty because when you create an amnesty situation you create another amnesty down the road because people think, well I can come in, I'll wait around, lay low, until then next amnesty comes." Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

Sandra Miller on the Doug McIntyre Show Thursday - 6:40 am Pacific - KABC 790 - L.A. Ms. Miller has authored several recent MichNews.com columns on Arizona's successful Proposition 200 - Listen Online

Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 7:07 PM Updates will resume at about 7-7:30 AM Thursday. Good evening.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Bush victory: World muted, but obsessed Fox chimes in fast ...The hope for better relations was also evident in Latin America's two largest countries, Mexico and Brazil. -- Mexican President Vicente Fox, sent Bush a hand-written, congratulatory fax, then phoned him to invite him to Mexico. Fox said he hoped the two nations would reopen immigration talks. [Americans should remember this disgraceful dog and pony show in 2001.]

Grijalva Watch

KVOA-TV -- Tucson Prop. 200: CongressMechista says the battle isn't over The battle for votes is over, but the fight over Proposition 200 is expected to continue in the courtroom. -- Proposition 200 requires people to prove they're citizens in order to vote and to receive public benefits. -- [Vehement Mexican reconquista] Rep. Raul Grijalva, who opposes 200, says, "It's open for challenge, both legally and politically. I think the fight is far from over."

MALDEF Protest coming up November 5 - Hollywood Click headline for full details.

Christian Science Monitor Arizona's Immigration Signal Ballot initiatives often reflect the public's frustration with elected leaders for a job not done, or one done badly. --- Stricter border controls in California and Texas have funneled illegal aliens to Arizona and its inhospitable desert and mountains, which immigration officials hoped would discourage crossings. That hasn't happened, and now Arizona is where the most Mexicans enter the country illegally.

Reuters Bush win reviles Latin America, but not its leaders Mexico City -- Many Latin Americans are appalled by the prospect of another four years of U.S. President Bush but the mood is different in the corridors of power, where trade deals count for more than an unpopular Iraq war. -- Bush's government is widely seen as arrogant and bullying across the region. Polls show that anti-American sentiment surged with the Iraq war, which reminded many of past U.S. military adventures in Latin America, its "backyard".

American Border Patrol Test of improved Border Hawk UAV successful American Border Patrol's Border Hawk UAVs are being improved constantly. Click the headline to see an image from a test flight this afternoon. More images will be posted later.

Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald Review Invaders caught by agents increase Five thousand more illegal immigrants were apprehended last month compared to October 2003, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector. -- Almost half of the 31,727 people were taken into custody in the Cochise County, Andy Adame said Tuesday, adding the county's total was 15,838.

Bloomberg Bush Win May Pave Way for Americas Free Trade Talks U.S. President George W. Bush's election to a second four-year term paves the way for the resumption of negotiations for a free trade agreement spanning the Americas, Latin American diplomats and executives said. --- In Mexico, President Vicente Fox said he wants to work with Bush to help establish a better immigration policy that's "respectful of rights of Mexican migrants...''

East Valley Tribune Editorial -- Mesa, Arizona Prop. 200 wins, paper opines in favor of 'guest workers' Despite opposition by groups all along the political spectrum - from liberal human-rights activists to conservative business leaders - Proposition 200, a measure intended to staunch the flood of illegal immigration from Mexico and points south, passed handily Tuesday...

Agence France Presse Mexican menace wastes no time, invites Bush to Mexico Panama City, Panama -- Mexican President Vicente Fox Wednesday congratulated US counterpart George W. Bush on his re-election victory, stressing the importance of their bilateral relationship and Mexico's wish "to maintain close cooperation and understanding." -- Fox, on an official visit to Panama, also invited Bush to make a state visit to Mexico...

San Francisco Chronicle Noncitizen voting for school board failing With 96 percent of precincts counted, San Franciscans were rejecting 51 percent to 49 percent a measure that would allow noncitizen parents and guardians of public school children to cast votes for candidates for San Francisco's Board of Education. -- Proposition F would extend that right to foreign citizens living in San Francisco...

Tom Tancredo

The Denver Channel Tancredo wallops Conti in Colorado's 6th district ...Republicans Reps. Tom Tancredo, Bob Beauprez and Joel Hefley staved off the challenges to their seat. Tancredo had 60 percent to Joanne Conti's 39 percent. Beauprez maintained his seat with 55 percent of the vote to Dave Thomas' 42 percent. [Conti has been known to pander to particularly troublesome reconquista pests in the past]

Kris Kobach

Kansas City Star Moore knocks off Kobach, unfortunately Democratic U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore on Tuesday cruised to his biggest victory in six years, turning back an energetic challenge from conservative Republican Kris Kobach. -- Moore decisively won his fourth term representing Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, collecting 54 percent of the vote with 94 percent of the vote counted.

Peter Brimelow

VDare.com The Big News: Proposition 200 Wins In Arizona Nyah, nyah, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page! Despite its claim that support for Proposition 200 was "plummeting," Arizonans have voted heavily for the ballot initiative that aims to stop illegal aliens from receiving involuntary taxpayer subsidies, voting in elections etc. -- Proposition 200's grassroots triumph in the teeth of the united opposition of the entire political establishment and its media mouthpieces...

KATU-TV -- Portland Hunt on for dangerous sex fiend in Oregon Oregon City, Ore. - Police in Clackamas County are on the lookout for a man they say has failed to register as a sex offender. -- Police say Arturo Amezcua Salinas is a predatory sex offender with convictions for rape in Oregon and California. He has been known to live in Sandy and Milwaukie. -- Police say he has drug and weapon offenses and is considered dangerous.

It's Not Amnesty!

Agence France Presse Powell to chat with annoying Mexicans next week US Secretary of State Colin Powell will travel to Mexico City next week for the annual meeting of the US-Mexico Binational Commission expected to focus on immigration and border security matters, the State Department said. -- Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox had hoped to conclude an agreement on the status of undocumented workers [criminals] from Mexico in the United States...

RINO Cannon

Salt Lake Tribune MALDEF award winner gets 2 years to shaft America Republican Rep. Chris Cannon's re-election was somewhat anti-climactic. The venture capitalist was coasting late Tuesday to an easy victory over Democratic challenger Beau Babka. -- But the road to Cannon's Election Day victory lap was rough. -- Early in the race, Cannon paid a political and literal price for his involvement in the hot-button topic of immigration...

Riverside (California) Press Enterprise (Free Registration)  Reconquista menaces score wins in Mexifornia Assemblywoman Bonnie Garcia, R-Cathedral City, seemed poised to win a second term Tuesday over Democratic challenger Mary Ann Andreas following a costly campaign that was among only a few competitive legislative races. -- [Mechista buffoon and invasion cheerleader Rep. Joe Baca won re-election, and his offspring, Joe Baca, Jr., has won an assembly seat.]

Associated Press Kerry concedes; Bush wins second term President Bush won a second term from a divided and anxious nation, his promise of steady, strong wartime leadership trumping John Kerry's fresh-start approach to Iraq and joblessness. After a long, tense night of vote counting, the Democrat called Bush today to concede Ohio and the presidency, The Associated Press learned.

Daschle

Associated Press GOP Topples Daschle Republicans toppled Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, winning their biggest Senate prize after sweeping the South, including a Florida seat Wednesday. Alaska remained undecided. -- Daschle, who was elected to the Senate in 1986 and also served eight years in the House, planned to concede midday in Sioux Falls, S.D...

San Francisco Chronicle Update on California Initiatives: Prop. 67 bailout sham fails California voters overwhelmingly rejected Proposition 67, which would have directed revenues from a 3 percent surcharge on telephone calls to hospitals and doctors to pay for emergency and trauma care for the uninsured [much of it caused by foreign invaders]. The measure had only 28 percent support in partial returns.

Measure A

KTLA-TV -- Los Angeles Sales Tax Hike to Add Law Officers Comes Up Short A ballot measure to raise the sales tax in Los Angeles County to put 5,000 more police officers and sheriff's deputies on the streets fell short Tuesday of the two-thirds majority it needed to pass. [The LAPD and the incompetent city council need to get rid of Special Order 40 and start catching illegal alien gangsters and other criminals before they get another dime from taxpayers.]

Daytona Beach News-Journal Invaders demanding driver's licenses in Florida Pierson, Fla. -- Farmworkers have asked the Town Council to consider support of a proposal to change Florida law to allow illegal or undocumented immigrants [criminals] to get driver's licenses. -- Councilmen said they would would consider the measure and could take action when it meets Nov. 9.

Phyllis Sears

The Spectrum - St. George, Utah It's up to citizenry to help fight illegal immigration Alexis de Tocqueville was a French nobleman who came to America in 1838 to study America's representative government and observe what made our form of government work. In his book, "Democracy in America," that Americans were an unusual people in that in every hamlet, village or city, whenever there was a problem, a group of citizens would form an association and work on that problem until it was solved.

Dreier

Pasadena Star News Bush stooge gets another 2 years to play Pinocchio Rep. David Dreier appears to have survived an insurgent campaign aimed at convincing voters to throw him out of office on the grounds that he has failed to clamp down on illegal immigration from Mexico. -- As of late Tuesday, returns showed the Glendora Republican well ahead of his Democratic rival, environmental consultant Cynthia Matthews.

Arizona Republic -- Phoenix Prop. 200 wins, faces challenges by reconquista mob Arizonans approved Proposition 200 on Tuesday, sending a message about their frustration with illegal immigration while defying opposition from many prominent political leaders. -- The measure, designed to combat voter and benefits fraud by non-citizens, had a significant lead late Tuesday with most precincts reporting. [Latest/final results here] PHOTO - Rusty Childress and Randy Pullen celebrate this long fought victory last evening in Phoenix

Newsday -- New York Local enforcement proposal riles usual suspects, invaders County Executive Steve Levy's proposal to "deputize" Suffolk police and make them immigration agents is provoking protests from advocates who say it will alienate newcomers from cops and make them reluctant to report crimes for fear they will be deported [which is exactly what is needed]. -- Only two other places in the country -- southwest Florida and Alabama -- have deputized law enforcement officials...