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Monday, February 25, 2008
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The Big Lie Spreads
New York Times Falls in Line - Spencer Calls for Action
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Associated Press
"Immigrants" demand $100 million initiative in N.Y.
After a fallout last year over Gov. Eliot Spitzer's failed plan to allow illegal [aliens] to obtain drivers' licenses, more than 1,000 [so-called] immigrants rallied on the steps of the Capitol on Monday to demand a new initiative from Spitzer: a $100 million citizenship program to fund education and legal services...  |
West Central Tribune -- Willmar, Minnesota
Immigration officials identify van driver in fatal school bus crash
The van driver who authorities said gave them a fake name following a fatal bus crash has been identified as a woman from Guatemala, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday. -- Olga Marina Franco was the woman who allegedly ran a stop sign, hitting a bus in a crash that killed four children... |
GoBlueRidge.net -- Boone, North Carolina
85 illegal aliens discovered in 4 tractor trailers, one local
Four men face alien smuggling charges after 85 illegal aliens were discovered inside four tractor trailers. One of the trucks was local. -- The arrests were made jointly by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Border Patrol... |
Government of Canada
Media Advisory: Security and Prosperity Partnership Ministerial meeting
Ottawa, ON -- The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry, and the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, will meet their Mexican and U.S. counterparts [including Chertoff] in Los Cabos, Mexico, on February 27-28 to discuss the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP). |
West Central Tribune -- Willmar, Minnesota sc
Immigration officials identify van driver in fatal school bus crash
The van driver who authorities said gave them a fake name following a fatal bus crash has been identified as a woman from Guatemala, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Monday. -- Olga Marina Franco was the woman who allegedly ran a stop sign, hitting a bus in a crash that killed four children... |
GoBlueRidge.net -- Boone, North Carolina
85 illegal aliens discovered in 4 tractor trailers, one local
Four men face alien smuggling charges after 85 illegal aliens were discovered inside four tractor trailers. One of the trucks was local. -- The arrests were made jointly by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Border Patrol... |
KELO-TV -- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Illegals fear backlash from Morales case
The true identity of the woman facing charges in the deadly Minnesota bus crash is still unknown. Immigration officials say Alianiss Morales is an illegal [alien] using a fake name. That is stirring up mixed emotions among the public, including some immigrant families who fear a backlash... |
Terence P. Jeffrey -- Crosswalk.com
Violence against border agents viewed as sign of success
Violence against Border Patrol agents -- including attempts to run them over and behead them with wire -- increased by almost a third in 2007, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Friday. -- He interpreted the increased violence as an indicator that the border is becoming more secure... |
San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sun
Study sees ethnic shift
...Robin Hvidston, an Upland resident who serves as the Minuteman Project national rally organizer, said the key to keeping the population at manageable levels is to punish employers who hire illegal immigrants. -- "If we enforce employer prosecution on a grand scale, the population coming to our country illegally will spiral downward," Hvidston said. |
We Get E-Mail
Utahns! Heads up!
Pro-illegal groups in Utah have loudly called upon Hispanics to conduct an all-out phone/mail campaign to Governor Huntsman to veto Senate Bill 81. This bill would restrict employers from hiring illegals. THE SENATE IS SCHEDULED TO VOTE ON THE BILL TODAY, then it moves to the House. |
Casa Grande Valley (Arizona) Newspapers
Racial brawl at Coolidge High School
A fight between a mostly black group of students and another group made up mostly of Hispanic students at Coolidge High School brought police to the campus Friday morning. At least four arrests were made, but no serious injuries were reported. --- According to student witnesses, both groups converged in the hallway... |
Washington Times Editorial
Pelosi's amnesty scheme
For months, leading Democrats like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chief Rahm Emanuel have tried to talk tough on illegal immigration. Mr. Emanuel told The Washington Post last year that immigration is "the third rail of American politics," adding that... |
Mohave Daily News -- Bullhead City, Arizona
Trial starts for agent who shot illegal alien
Tucson -- A murder trial tinged with international controversy that begins this week will determine whether a U.S. Border Patrol agent was justified in shooting an illegal immigrant near the Mexican border. -- Jury selection will start Tuesday in federal court in the case of Agent Nicholas Corbett... |
KTAR -- Phoenix
Skeptics question high-tech border 'fence'
...Glenn Spencer with the group, American Border Patrol, doubts the virtual fence will stop anyone. -- "The only thing that is proven, that has worked, by the most gross measurement -- and that is total apprehension -- is the double-layer fence in San Diego that cut illegal immigration apprehensions by 95%," Spencer said. |
WCBS-TV -- New York
NYC Mayor: U.S. resembling a 'third-world country'
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has unleashed another flurry of jabs on Washington, ridiculing the federal government's rebate checks as being "like giving a drink to an alcoholic" on Thursday, and said the presidential candidates are looking for easy solutions to complex economic problems... |
Newark Star-Ledger
Jersey cracking down on immigration violations
Luis Barrios Quiroz, an illegal [alien] working as a restaurant cook, was stopped by police last October driving 62 mph in Hunterdon County where the speed limit was 40. -- When the Lambertville police officer checked Quiroz's valid Mexican driver's license, he also found fake Social Security and green cards... |
Mexidata.info
Obama-mania rages in Mexico while change is unlikely
Obama-mania, like any other infection, respects no borders. After first popping up in Illinois in 2004, it has steadily crept around the globe. Now that Barack Obama is the presumptive Democratic nominee, and has a better-than-even shot of making it into the White House, the bug is approaching epidemic proportions. |
Arizona Republic -- Phoenix
Search on for illegal alien suspected of shooting co-worker
Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies are searching for an [illegal alien] they think fatally shot a co-worker Saturday night at a Gila Bend-area ranch. -- The Sheriff's Office thinks Orlando Camilo-Bello shot the victim in the head about 7 p.m. during an argument. He then forced another co-worker into a vehicle... |
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin -- Ontario, Calif.
Illegal alien faces charges in animal cruelty case
A former slaughterhouse worker pleaded not guilty Thursday to three misdemeanor charges less than a day after police arrested him in connection with an animal-abuse investigation that has led to the largest recall of beef in this country's history... |
CBS4-TV -- Doral, Florida
Group of Cubans come ashore on Soldier Key
Two dozen Cuban migrants have made it to shore in South Florida. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials, the group landed on Soldier Key Monday morning. -- Video from Chopper 4 shows the migrants on a jetty, waiting for officials to pick them up. All of them appeared dry and in good health... |
Chicago Daily Herald
Another Carpentersville resident's identity stolen -- this one 7 years old
Another Carpentersville resident has gotten a notice from the IRS, demanding back taxes on income. -- The IRS says the resident owes taxes on $60,000. -- Only this victim is 7. Yes, a second-grader. -- He's the latest Carpentersville resident, police said Friday, to fall victim to identity theft... |
ViveLeCanada.ca
Canada, U.S. agree to share troops in civil emergencies
Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for the militaries from either nation to send troops across each other's borders during an emergency, but some are questioning why the Harper government has kept silent on the deal... |
Pensacola (Florida) News-Journal
Crackdown on illegals stirs furor
To Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall, the issue is simple: Uphold the law. -- In recent weeks, Hall's department has been cracking down on [illegal aliens], checking businesses to determine if employees are using fraudulent documentation, such as stolen Social Security numbers... |
Canadian Press
Farrakhan praises Obama at event in Chicago
Chicago -- Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan said Sunday presidential candidate Barack Obama is the "hope of the entire world" that the United States will change for the better. -- Farrakhan, addressing an estimated crowd of 20,000 people at the annual Saviours' Day celebration, never outrightly endorsed Obama but... |
Mark Andrew Dwyer -- Canada Free Press
Mexicans electing each other right here in California
Remember what Los Angeles mayor, Antonio Villaraigosa, said in May of 2006 while addressing the illegal immigration raid? He said: “We clean your toilets." Does it leave any doubt whom he considers “we” (the Mexicans) and “you” (the Gringos)? He couldn’t have been any more clear than that. |
KSFY-TV -- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Crash suspect interviewed
She calls herself 'Alianiss Nunez Morales,' but authorities say that's not her name and that she's in the country illegally. -- Investigators say 'Morales' smashed a van into the side of a Lakeview school bus Tuesday night. -- The accident sent 'Morales' to the hospital, which is where troopers made first contact with the woman... |
Indianapolis Star
Immigration laws send illegal aliens elsewhere
Thousands of illegal [aliens] have fled the two states that have enacted tough new immigration laws similar to the one before the Indiana General Assembly. -- Since passing their laws, Oklahoma and Arizona have seen declines in school enrollments, a scarcity of construction workers and the sudden emptying of rental homes... |
Ann Arbor (Michigan) News
Mexican illegal alien arrested after crash that injures 3 others
Pittsfield Township police said an illegal alien with a long history of driving violations, including two prior drunken driving offenses, was arrested after fleeing the scene of a car crash that sent three people to a local hospital over the weekend. -- The suspect, a Mexican national, has a driving record that dates back to 2002... |
Wichita (Kansas) Eagle
Five immigration bills on the slate
Almost halfway through the session, lawmakers in both chambers will begin hearing testimony on what many called a top priority: illegal immigration. -- Both the House and Senate Federal and State Affairs committees are set to hear testimony on five proposals targeting various aspects of the issue this week. |
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