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| El Paso Times Silvestre Reyes to Mexicans: Avoid ports if visa isn't new Warning that new high-tech visas will slow border crossings, lawmakers are telling Mexican nationals who have not updated their immigration papers to stay away from points of entry next week. -- No extension has yet been granted for Mexicans to obtain the new visas, the legislators said. -- U.S. Rep. Sylvestre Reyes said Thursday that he had "given up hope" that President Bush, Congress, the State Department or the INS would do anything before a weekend deadline. |
Canada First A Canada First blueprint for dealing with terrorism CFIRC -- the Canada First Immigration Reform Committee -- has consistently argued that government strategy and policy must put Canada and Canadians first. All too often, our policymakers have put foreign or domestic minorities first. As we come to grips with the most serious act of war in America since the War of 1812 -- never has the American mainland been so devastated by alien forces -- we must realize that the world has changed. We are, as President George Bush as said, at war. |
| LubbockOnline.com Councilman's racism charges hurl redistricting work into controversy City Councilman Victor Hernandez on Thursday accused two members of a redistricting advisory committee of being anti-Hispanic, which, he said, may have tainted the selection of new City Council districts. The councilman's remarks drew an especially harsh rebuttal from one of the committee members. Hernandez caught City Council and committee members off guard with his last-minute accusations, which he made during a council meeting just before a vote on a redistricting plan. |
Boston Globe FBI, INS seek documents from 100 colleges, official says As part of the investigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, at least 100 colleges and universities nationwide have been asked to turn over student records that are normally considered confidential, a college official said yesterday. -- ''The FBI has been doing most of the asking, but the Immigration and Naturalization Service has done a fair amount and in West Virginia, the State Police made a request,'' said Barmak Nassirian, of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars... |
| Aspen Times New immigration plan would be a step ahead for all Last weekend's "immigration summit" conference in Snowmass was a valuable exercise. The main topic of discussion was a proposed new approach to special immigrant work visas, intended to make life better for the immigrant workers and for the employers who seem to so desperately need the extra help. There is, of course, a lively debate - make that "heated" debate - on this subject. |
MaineToday.com Senator ups pressure on border protection Maine and all other states that share the country's 4,000- mile border with Canada need improved security in light of the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine. -- Snowe, who has for months been pushing for more agents and better technology to protect northern borders against drug smuggling, has stepped up her mission. |
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McAllen,
TX Osama bin Laden pinatas cause stir Store owner: "I've received at least 100 calls since yesterday," Rene Karam said. "People are saying, 'How can you be so greedy as to make money off a national tragedy?'" (Scroll down to second article) |
| San Francisco
Chronicle Visa proposal worries colleges Small private colleges and universities in the Bay Area say California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's proposal for a six-month moratorium on foreign student visas could have a disastrous effect on foreign-exchange programs. -- In the short term, college administrators are eyeing their bottom lines nervously. Many of the institutions rely on tuition for survival -- and foreign students generally pay full price. |
Orange Co.
Register Immigrant communities apprehensive When Mitch Wexler first read the immigration provision in the anti-terrorism act crafted in Washington, he was instantly worried. The Newport Beach immigration attorney was troubled by the ambiguous language that allowed for the indefinite detention of any foreigner suspected of "any other activity" endangering national security. -- He thought the provision treaded shaky constitutional ground. |
| Larry King Live / CNN Mexico pledges to help U.S. fight terror Mexico is willing to go "all the way" to help the United States in its war on terrorism by supplying oil, preventing movement of terrorists' money and keeping them from crossing the U.S.-Mexican border, Fox said Friday. -- "We have strengthened our mechanisms related to migration so that we make sure that the Mexican territory is absolutely not used by terrorists," Fox told CNN's "Larry King Live." -- He said Mexico will "control and enhance the law within our territory and on the border to make sure that no terrorists will come through Mexico to go to the United States." |
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/ Sam Francis Immigration Reform Prophets vs. The Treason Lobby While the open borders lobby-which now perhaps should more appropriately be known simply as the "Treason Lobby"- has for years ignored, sneered at and denounced as "racists" and "xenophobes" anyone who warned of the consequences of mass immigration, some of those consequences became agonizingly clear on Sept. 11. Yet for years prior to the atrocities committed that day, critics of mass immigration and advocates of immigration restriction have argued that uncontrolled immigration would lead to precisely what it led to. |
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/ Washington Post How visas perpetrate terror W. Wayne Merry, who worked in both the State Department and Pentagon, writes an op-ed in the Washington Post "to point out that our first line of defense against terrorism on American soil is weak." The first line that Merry refers to is composed of visa officers. But those officers are often "diplomatic trainees, first-tour officers on compulsory visa assignments before going on to better things," Merry writes. |
L.A. Daily
News L.A. starts preparing for terrorist attacks With an emergency system geared largely for natural disasters, Los Angeles officials moved on several fronts Friday to begin to develop new plans to deal with the possibility of terrorist attacks. -- "We have spent an awful lot of time in self- congratulation and patting ourselves on the back when the reality is nothing happened here," said City Councilman Jack Weiss, who called for creation of a Terrorist Threat Task Force... |
| LTE - Arizona Daily
Star Immigrants take needed jobs away from Americans Dr. Gamez writes: ...Do we really believe that giving away dead-end jobs to immigrants magically creates a better-paying job for the displaced worker left behind? No, it just places a bigger burden on our welfare system. -- Sure, we don't want to clean toilets for a living, but we do so out of necessity; better pay would be a nice bonus. -- But why pay a decent, livable income when you can hire an illegal entrant to do it for half the pay without having to provide health care benefits..... |
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Daily Star U.S. will take border cards until users get new laser visas The United States has given a brief reprieve to some of the 2 million Mexicans who still use a border- crossing card to enter this country. -- But it may not be enough to stop economic damage to Arizona border towns or to stem a northward flow of cardholders who want to beat a Sunday night deadline. The cards, which once were the chief document used by border- region residents to enter the United States, are scheduled to expire at the end of the day Sunday. |
| L.A. Times Hotel Industry Hit by Massive Job Cuts At least one in three unionized hotel workers--or about 100,000 people--have lost their jobs since Sept. 11 and many more are working drastically fewer hours than usual, according to national union officials, who called the deep job losses "catastrophic." -- The 300,000-member Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union represents only about one-tenth of the nation's hotel employees, but union President John Wilhelm said similar numbers are being reported throughout the hospitality industry. [AmericanPatrol.com Comment: How many are illegal & without a gov't. safety net? We will now pay the price for cheap labor.] |
| L.A. Times Border Delays Feared as Visas Expire Officials along the U.S.-Mexico border, already grappling with unprecedented traffic backups, braced Friday for more disruption because of the expiration of perhaps 1.5 million permits that allow border residents from Mexico to come north to shop, visit relatives and see the doctor. -- The cards -- a staple of border life from Brownsville, Texas, to San Diego -- were to be replaced by "laser visas" by Sunday night. But many residents have yet to replace the old cards, creating the possibility that thousands will show up holding an outdated visa. |
LARadio.com Letters: The firing of George Putnam by KRLA "How ironic that George Putnam will no longer be at his post at KRLA. When I see all the flags that are flying now, I can't help but remember the way he ended all his tv newscasts in the 50s, 60s and 70s with the American flag waving proudly. This was at a time when it was considered corny to do so. George is America. He's as patriotic as you can get. The shame is his opinions, insights, and experience are needed now more than ever..." |
| The News - Mexico City Mexicans face unemployment at resorts in terror aftermath Thousands of Hispanic workers at Colorado ski resorts are facing the risk of losing their jobs because of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, immigrants' rights advocates warned on Thursday. -- The significant falloff in the number of tourists, the suspension of construction projects and the new security measures imposed in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks could cause many Hispanic workers to be laid off, sources said. |
Sacramento
Bee Attacks fuel fears on license proposal Backers of a measure to make it easier for immigrants [read: illegals] to obtain California driver's licenses had hoped this would be their year. -- They had argued that it made little public safety sense to risk letting undocumented immigrants drive unlicensed and uninsured. A bill to change California law made it to Gov. Gray Davis' desk, and its author had worked closely with the administration to address the Democratic governor's concerns. |
| Newsday Fewer seeking visas to enter U.S. In an about-face that would have seemed implausible just weeks ago, many foreigners no longer want to visit the United States in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. -- And, some immigrants already here, fearful of an outbreak of war, are preparing to leave the country. And, some immigrants already here, fearful of an outbreak of war, are preparing to leave the country. -- "For the Mexicans, we're going to have more problems staying here now," said Wilfredo Moreno..... |
The News
- Mexico City U.S.: Mexico stance "very good" in wake of terror The U.S. State Department on Thursday said that Mexican cooperation in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington has been "very good." -- "We found our cooperation with Mexico to be very good all along. I'm not going to get involved in some internal debate in the politics of Mexico," U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said when asked about Mexico's support during the current crisis. |
| The News - Mexico City Mexicans may find student visas unavailable Legislation proposed in response to the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States could limit the opportunities for Mexican students to study in U.S. schools. -- In response to reports that one of the suspects in the attacks might have used a student visa to enter the country, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Dem.-Calif.) announced a plan that would place a six-month moratorium on the student visa program. |
AZ Republic
(Free Registration) Added border security pays off Heightened security along the U.S.-Mexican border since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States has dramatically reduced the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants and led to the arrests of scores of fugitives wanted in both countries.-- The U.S. Customs Service said that between Sept. 11 and last Sunday, more than 8,700 pounds of drugs were seized along the border, an 80 percent drop from the 44,160 pounds seized in the same period last year. |
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