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| Reuters Brit widow faces expulsion from U.S. after WTC attack A British woman faces expulsion from the United States after losing her husband in the September 11 attacks on New York because her right to live in the country died with her husband. Deena Gilbey relied on her husband Paul for her right to live in the United States because she was listed as a "dependent" on his work visa. Officials wrote to her days after the attack to say her right to live in America was being withdrawn. [Also see Ziglar Tells Illegals To Seek WTC Aid] -- [Is there something glaringly wrong with this picture?] |
Toronto
Sun Trying to persuade the Americans to not lose trust in Canada Not long ago, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was energetically marketing a different Canada to the world. No more hewers of wood and drawers of water, the New North was a state of minds eagerly embracing technology, the knowledge- based economy and bold innovations. -- It was a bit of a hard sell to an international community that thinks of lumber, minerals and Mounties if it thinks about Canada at all. Herculean as it was, that exercise pales to insignificance compared to the challenge now facing the federal government. |
| Salt Lake
Tribune "Latino advocates" complain about MESA program State school officials are exerting more control over a math, science and engineering program designed to help minorities and girls but which has disproportionately aided white students -- sometimes even white males. -- The state Board of Education on Friday agreed to place minority advocates and state officials on a panel that approves applications for the Math, Engineering, Science Achievement program, called MESA. |
Milwaukee
Journal-Sentinel One state, four INS agents Under normal conditions, the Milwaukee office of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service would seem to be overmatched: Of the 1,983 INS special agents around the country charged with doing criminal investigations, Milwaukee has only four, and they must cover the entire state of Wisconsin. -- By comparison, Iowa has 18 special agents and Nebraska has 21. -- Investigating immigration status has heightened in importance. |
| Phyllis
Schlafly Constitutional Rights Should Trump Terrorism Regs After the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, the Left moved quickly to use it as an excuse to exact draconian federal gun control. Fortunately, saner heads prevailed by showing that no new gun control laws would have been the slightest deterrent to that tragedy. -- In the wake of the World Trade Center disaster, we certainly need defensive measures to prevent another occurrence and to ensure the safety of air travel, as well as the offensive measures already initiated by President Bush. |
| Associated
Press Cape Verdians Speak About Deportation From the U.S. "Sometimes I'd rather be in jail than here. At least in jail you get respect. Over here, I don't even have a name. I'm just Americano (the American)." - Henry Goncalves, 42, immigrated at age 11, deported last year after 30 months in jail on drug conviction. -- "Ain't nobody can tell me I'm not an American. I grew up there." - Jose Reverdes, 27, immigrated at age 3, deported 4 years ago... |
Agence France-Presse Muslims still facing backlash after attacks Fear and unease still grip Muslim communities in the United States despite reassurances from the White House following the September 11 terrorist attacks. -- More than three weeks after hijackers flew jetliners into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the estimated three to seven million Muslims living in the United States are still being targetted for reprisals, leaders of US Arab and Muslim organisations say. |
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Illegals
come before students ...Our state has one of the worst-rated education systems in the United States. Where is the money going? I noticed that it didn't hurt much for the Arizona Legislature to vote an extra $20 million to fund illegal immigrant health care. |
| Boston Globe Arrest symbolizes illegals' fears Antwane "Tony" Al-Jazar was the neighborhood's favorite counter man at the Kosmos Market in the South End, the one who knew everyone's name, who made sure to slip a few extra slices of turkey into a regular's sandwich, who never forgot the straw for your drink. He was also, it turns out, a Canadian citizen working illegally in the United States. No one noticed until his car broke down in Randolph on Sept. 13, two days after terrorists crashed jetliners........ |
The News
- Mexico City Migrants want to support families not money transfer businesses For many Mexicans working in the United States the ability to send money home to families in Mexico is a great advantage; unfortunately, much of what was intended for family members remains in the hands of the money transfer businesses. -- Mexican daily Reforma reports that almost one third of what migrants send home to Mexico is kept by the business dedicated to moving the money. |
| Marietta
Daily Journal Mayor's meeting on illegal aliens set Monday Mayor Ansley Meaders will ask federal authorities if she and other local officials can do anything about illegal residents during a special meeting Monday. -- The meeting, called by Ms. Meaders on Sept. 21, will focus on the mostly Hispanic community of day laborers at the center of the illegal immigration debate, in which one side is arguing for support for the workers, while the other is demanding a crackdown on and deportation of illegal aliens in the city. | View flyer handed out at the meeting of a GOP group in Atlanta this morning concerning this meeting. |
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Chico Enterprise-Record Six Mexicans arrested in Tehama Co. pot garden raid Agents eradicating yet another pot plantation took six Mexican nationals into custody Thursday morning, along with confiscating hundreds of pounds of harvested marijuana and a handgun. |
| Ft. Myers
News-Press Migrant workers sue citrus company for wages More than 100 Mexican farm workers filed suit Friday in federal court against an Arcadia citrus company claiming it failed to pay them their federally mandated wages. -- Florida Rural Legal Services Inc. and the Migrant Farm Worker Justice Project in Belle Glade are representing the 112 farm workers who claim they were underpaid while they picked fruit for Sorrells Brothers Packing during the past two years. -- The suit claims the workers were not paid their guaranteed wage of $7.66 per hour... |
L.A. Daily
News / AP Feinstein to drop student visa plan Sen. Feinstein said Friday she is prepared to drop her call for a six-month suspension of foreign student visas after worried education officials promised to do a better job of working with the INS. -- In a letter to Feinstein on behalf of 18 organizations representing colleges, universities and educators of foreign students, David Ward pledged that schools would provide the INS with more information about their foreign students and act quickly to tell INS when a student who is expected does not enroll. [Reader comment] |
| Charlotte
Observer Policies to target illegals Legislators and other top officials in the Carolinas are citing the Sept. 11 attacks in New York and near Washington to support their push for new, get- tough policies on illegal immigrants. They say states must do their part to boost national security and foil would- be terrorists. But Hispanic leaders and immigration lawyers fear such crackdowns will target hard- working, though illegal, immigrants who are building up, not tearing down, the states. [Lately both S.C. and N.C. have taken considerable action to help deal with illegals.] |
UPI / NewsMax.com Fingerprint Scanning Called for by House Bill Fingerprint scanning systems at consular posts and U.S. border stations may become a new line of defense in the war on terrorism, under language included in a House bill. -- An anti-terrorism bill, H.R. 2975, passed the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday night with a manager's amendment that would require the DOJ, in conjunction with others, to study the feasibility of using biometric scanning systems to take fingerprints of people wishing to enter the U.S.... |
| The News
- Mexico City Maquilas report first loss in 15 years The salad days are over for Mexico's maquiladoras as they face their first losses in 15 years, reports Mexican daily Reforma. Rolando González, president of the National Council of Factory Industry Exportation, said that overall production is down 3 percent from last year and this has caused the laying off of 150,000 employees. In particular, González estimates that by the end of the year exports will be down 12 percent and 150,000 employees will be fired from this sector. |
Newsday Ziglar Tells Illegals To Seek WTC Aid The head of the federal immigration service appeared in New York City Friday to reassure immigrants - both legal and undocumented - to come forward to receive emergency services if they or their family are victims of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks. -- The two-day visit, the first by Immigration and Naturalization Service Commissioner James Ziglar outside of Washington since he took over the agency in recent months, also was intended to boast the morale of local INS employees. |
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