Friday, December 9, 2005

House to Debate Immigration Next Week Congress Gets Serious - But How Serious? Lou Dobbs Tonight - CNN - December 8 Dobbs: The House of Representatives is now gearing up for what would be an historic debate next week on our nation's border emergency. The House is set for its first floor debate on the illegal alien and border security crisis in almost a decade. Lisa Sylvester: ...Strikingly, the bill does not include a guest worker program...Congressman Tom Tancredo called it a good bill, but far from a great bill. Tancredo: Among other things, we need a fence. It is a low- tech, but highly effective way of stemming the flow. Video available later Transcript Past Features American Border Patrol Updates

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Nogales International CBP officers fire on driver at Mariposa Two U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers fired at an adult male Tuesday when he attempted to run them over with a pick-up truck at the Mariposa Port of Entry. -- Brian Levin, public affairs officer, said the officers fired because they feared for their lives.

The Patriot Ledger -- Quincy, Mass. Culture clash over invasion hits suburbs Weymouth, Mass. -- One recent morning at daybreak, a white pickup truck left the Maple Gardens apartments and a passenger snapped a photo of Robert Casimiro. -- Casimiro stood across the street with a sign that read, ''Illegais Vão Partem!'' -- Translation: ''Illegals go leave!''

Derbez Watch

EFE -- Madrid Mexican wants legal status for "all its citizens" in the U.S. Mexico's top diplomat said here Thursday that his nation wants to see Washington undertake an immigration reform extending legal status to "all the Mexicans in the U.S." The time has come to debate that reform, "without passion, but with reason, because it mutually suits us," Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said in Chicago, home to a burgeoning [illegal alien... criminal] community.

WCAU-TV -- Trenton Sleeping couple killed by probable illegal alien Egg Harbor Twp., NJ -- Three South Jersey boys have lost their parents in horrible crash in their Egg Harbor Township house. -- About 4:30 a.m., a sport utility vehicle crashed into the bedroom of Jose Varela, 40, and Blanco Santiago, 32, landing on top of the sleeping couple and killing them. The house is located along busy Route 40...

George Putnam

NewsMax.com It's Time to Defend Our Union Against Illegal Aliens It is this reporter's opinion that syndicated columnist Patrick Buchanan, one- time candidate for president, never fails to speak his piece. In August of 2005 Pat declared, "We are being invaded, and the president of the United States is not doing his duty to protect the states against that invasion."

Coming Up December 10 Save Our State - Dec. 10 -- 8 to 11 AM Glendale Home Depot

Pueblo Chieftain Illegal aliens move beyond border states Boise, Idaho -- Three years ago, a tiny financial services office opened in Nampa, Idaho, with just a handful of employees and a focus on Spanish- speaking clientele. -- As with Idaho's Latino population, the business is growing. El Centro is opening a second office in Caldwell, with plans to expand to Denver and Chicago soon, said manager David Cahoon.

Onslaught

Editorial -- Times-Mail -- Bedford, Indiana Immigration system failing U.S. America's immigration system does not work. -- And while many politicians have been content to look the other way while foreigners stream across the borders, the issue figures to shift to the forefront as the 2008 presidential election approaches. -- Foreigners, seeking a more comfortable, lucrative lifestyle, are crossing the borders...

Scripps Howard News Service Businesses critical of House version of immigration reform Congress is preparing to crack down on the increasing number of illegal aliens violating the nation's borders, but businesses wonder how they will fill jobs now taken by immigrants. -- [illegal aliens... criminals] are filling millions of low-paying jobs from farming to construction. Without some sort of visiting- worker program...

Associated Press Reservist sues over arrest for holding invaders Phoenix -- An Army reservist arrested in April for detaining seven illegal immigrants at gunpoint at an Arizona rest stop has sued in the case. -- Patrick Haab filed against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, claiming false imprisonment, emotional distress and abuse of process for disclosing his military records.

Hardbeat News Non-citizens struggle for voting rights Two years ago, the Guyanese-American Workers United was invited to attend a forum, organized by the New Immigrant Community Empowerment at the Flushing Library to discuss the subject of, non-citizens voting in New York City Municipal elections. Even though I was aware of this vibrant grass root organization and its exceptional work...

Coming Up December 13 Redlands, Calif. -- 11 AM to 1 PM Fire Jerry Lewis Rally

Donald A. Collins -- VDare.com Democrat comments on immigration stance of party In a Fall Democratic National Committee meeting on December 2 in Phoenix, "Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean offered a preview of the 2006 elections with a blistering critique of President Bush's policies on Iraq and immigration and the Republicans' ethics scandals. But he warned Democrats they cannot expect to win..."

The Conservative Voice AP Censors Illegal Aliens Crimes ALIPAC reports that the North Carolina Associated Press is censoring stories related to crimes committed by illegal aliens. William Gheen, President of ALIPAC, writes: "Citizens in the Charlotte area and western part of the state know about the Scott and Tina Gardner tragedy and the Associated Press did pick up the story and tell the rest of the state."

DayLaborers.org

Washington Post In Herndon, Only Feet Away but Worlds Apart ...It was the start of an almost-weekly ritual in this Northern Virginia town that began in mid-October when locals who object to the informal day- laborer site formed a Herndon branch of the Minuteman Project, a national group that actively opposes illegal immigration. -- The Minutemen train their lenses on contractors who drive to the lot...

Tom Tancredo

Denver Post Tancredo-led group claims immigration bill falls short As an immigration bill moved forward in the U.S. House on Thursday, a group of representatives led by Colorado's Tom Tancredo said it falls far short of what's needed and urged additions. -- The group of about 15 House members, which also includes Colorado's Bob Beauprez and Marilyn Musgrave, listed many of the provisions they want included in the pending bill...

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City Beat -- Belfast, Ireland Cops quell migrant worker riot There's been a call for calm after rival groups of migrant workers at a Co Tyrone factory clashed in the street outside their place of work. -- Up to 100 people understood to be from Lithuania and East Timor fought in the Killyman Road outside the Dungannon plant yesterday afternoon.

Washington Post Spanish At School Translates to Suspension Kansas City, Kansas -- Most of the time, 16-year-old Zach Rubio converses in clear, unaccented American teen- speak, a form of English in which the three most common words are "like," "whatever" and "totally." But Zach is also fluent in his dad's native language, Spanish -- and that's what got him suspended from school.

Knight Ridder Newspapers Invasion a growing worry With 11 million [illegal aliens... criminals] in this country, there's little disagreement that the system is broken and needs to be fixed. -- The fight in Congress is over how. -- Most advocate better security at the borders; some would build more fences and put U.S. soldiers behind them. -- Others argue for a guest- worker program...

Cannon Watch

Salt Lake Tribune Immigration reform bill advances - but without Cannon's amendments Rep. Chris Cannon lost a bid to change the immigration reform bill advanced Thursday by the Judiciary Committee. -- Cannon pushed two substantial amendments to the bill, one to go easy on business' paperwork glitches and another to remove a provision that would require all employers to check the residency status of their employees in six years.

¡México!

El Universal -- Mexico City Derbez: Extra border agents no solution More U.S. border patrol agents won't stop the northward flow of [illegal aliens... criminals], Mexico's Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Thursday. -- "These are measures that will not lead to an adequate solution in the long term," Derbez said in a telephone news conference from Chicago...

Charlotte Observer N.C. at center of borders debate Republicans have charged into a battle over illegal immigration that's expected to build to a dramatic House vote next week. -- A key House committee voted along party lines Thursday to approve a bill -- endorsed by the chamber's Republican leaders -- that targets illegal immigration at the border and in the workplace.