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Reform Caucus Announced at a press conference Tues. in Washington 1.Create a unified Border Security Agency The new agency will be responsible for all aspects of securing the border, including, but not limited to, responsibilities currently handled by INS, State, Customs and the Coast Guard. (More) Photos by Rick Oltman 
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UROC Convention - Monrovia - Oct. 27 |
| USA Today "Immigrants" hopes for amnesty dashed after September 11 attack Some immigrants who had stayed in the country after their visas expired were so hopeful about amnesty that they retained lawyers to handle their cases, Los Angeles immigration lawyer Bernard Wolfsdorf says. ''These people are now petrified,'' he says. ''The government has been extremely diligent in the last few weeks about picking up overstays, especially Arab overstays.'' |
NewsMax.com Mexico Abets U.S. Fugitives U.S. officials fear that a recent Mexican Supreme Court ruling will hinder prosecution of more than 100 U.S. fugitives in Mexico. -- In the ruling Oct. 2, the court ruled that Mexican residents cannot be extradited if they are charged with crimes in other countries that could receive a life sentence. -- The decision could hamper the extradition of about 55 U.S. fugitives jailed in Mexico and 100 others believed to be living there... |
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'Immigrants are not terrorists,' official says Talk about not being ready for prime time. James Ziglar, the dummy who W. put in charge of INS has shown again that he isn't even qualified to sweep floors, let alone head the INS. This creep told a Senate panel that "The issue we're facing in this country is not an issue about immigration." WHAT?! This type of stupidity will allow even more terrorists into the U.S. |
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Hearing Before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration "EFFECTIVE IMMIGRATION CONTROLS TO DETER TERRORISM" |
| St. Paul
Pioneer Planet List of potential suspects massive The tracking of terrorists in the United States and across Europe has produced massive lists of potential suspects of varying value to investigators. -- The FBI and the Immigration and Naturalization Service have taken more than 775 people into custody since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York and heavily damaged the Pentagon. Authorities have confirmed that the probe is focused on roughly 200 people now in custody..... |
NewsMax.com Schiavo: Fight War on Terrorism with Deportations Former Federal Aviation Administration Inspector General Mary Schiavo said Wednesday that if America is serious about waging war on terrorism, it needs to round up those who have entered the U.S. illegally and send them packing. -- "It's time we found out who belongs here and who doesn't -- and give the ones who don't the boot," Schiavo told nationally syndicated talk radio host Barry Farber. |
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'Immigrants are not terrorists,' official says INS Director James Ziglar states "immigrants are not terrorists" and "this issue is about terrorism, not immigration". These statements must be reassuring for the countless victims of immigrants, legal and illegal, who have committed terrorist acts against American citizens. (To the Orange Co. Register. Not yet published). |
| Orange Co.
Register 'Immigrants are not terrorists,' official says Americans should not be branding immigrants as terrorists in their zeal to fight the nation's new war, the administration's chief immigration official told a Senate panel Wednesday. -- "The issue we're facing in this country is not an issue about immigration," said James Ziglar, commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. "It's an issue about evil. Immigrants are not terrorists." [If they weren't immigrants, just what were they?] |
So. Florida
Sun-Sentinel Anti-terrorism measures drain drug-traffic patrols Illegal drug trafficking in the Caribbean is up 25 percent, probably because traffickers see an opportunity with U.S. law enforcement focused on terrorism, Drug Enforcement Administrator Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday. -- Hutchinson couldn't say whether the rise would translate into more drugs coming into the United States. But he said that like other law enforcement agencies, DEA has been stretched thin since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. |
| Glenn Spencer
to the Chicago Tribune Re: Utter lawlessness in this land of immigrants In 1994, the people of California voted overwhelmingly (59%) in favor of Proposition 187, a ballot initiative that was designed to test the Plyler vs. Doe Supreme Court decision that held that Texas taxpayers must pay for the education of illegal aliens. It was on it way to the court when Gov. Gray Davis killed it. He killed it because he was afraid it would be found constitutional. |
N.Y. Times
News Service Egypt, Saudi airlines won't share passenger list data with U.S. Federal officials said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia and Egypt have refused to cooperate with American efforts to identify terrorists and other criminals on aircraft flying to the United States. Ninety- four airlines cooperate, but Saudi Arabian Airlines and Egypt Air are among a handful that do not electronically provide passenger lists when planes begin their flights to the U.S.... |
| N.Y. Post 'Offended' firefighter tore down flag poster A Muslim firefighter in Albany was taken off the job after ripping down a poster of an American flag that had been hung at his station to honor the firefighters who died in the World Trade Center attack. -- The firefighter, Sebastian Banks, 38, was placed on paid administrative leave until after an upcoming court hearing on an unrelated gun- possession charge. |
Associated
Press Rise in population hinders progress Cal. has made in waste management California won praise for its recycling and waste management in the 1990s, but that success is being overtaken by an unceasing population growth. -- California's population is expected to reach 40 million by 2010, with 18.5 million people alone living in metropolitan Los Angeles' five counties. |
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Councilman urges day-laborer site study This is in reference to a proposed study by Councilman Dennis Zine for a hiring center for illegal aliens, also known as day laborers. Mr. Zine mentions that loitering day laborers have become a public problem. There is no study necessary to solve this problem. |
| Tucson
Citizen Smuggler pleads guilty in Arizona desert deaths case A man accused of bringing a group of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border and leading 14 of them to their deaths in the southern Arizona desert pleaded guilty Thursday to 25 smuggling counts. -- Jesus Lopez-Ramos, a Mexican national, had been scheduled to go on trial Nov. 6 but changed his plea during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton. -- A second suspected smuggler in the case - Evodio Manilla Cabrera - was indicted by a federal grand jury Sept. 18. |
| N.Y. Post 'Offended' firefighter tore down flag poster A Muslim firefighter in Albany was taken off the job after ripping down a poster of an American flag that had been hung at his station to honor the firefighters who died in the World Trade Center attack. -- The firefighter, Sebastian Banks, 38, was placed on paid administrative leave until after an upcoming court hearing on an unrelated gun-possession charge. -- Albany firefighters were fuming when Banks last week tore down the poster that displayed an American flag and the words: "These colors don't run." |
Tucson Citizen Hull wants National Guardsmen at the border National Guardsmen could be assigned to the Arizona- Mexico border this fall to help U.S. Customs keep commercial traffic flowing despite heightened security, Arizona Gov. Jane Hull says. -- Stiffer security since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is causing delays at border crossings and those delays could prove costly to Arizona when trucks begin hauling produce across the border, Hull said yesterday. -- [Hull refused to put the Guard at the border to stop illegals in the past] |
| The News
- Mexico Mexican interference marring police communications Arizona authorities on Wednesday denounced intentional radio interference from Mexico that is marring police communications. -- Cochise Co. microwave transmissions network director Alan Haines requested the intervention of Senator John McCain (R-AZ) to resolve the problem. "We have tried in vain to eliminate the intentional interference from Mexico," Haines said. |
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution Provision would relax visa safeguards A provision in an annual budget bill would ease background checks for many visa applications, even as many people call for more safeguards in the nation's immigration system. -- The bill's provision, 245 (i), would allow foreigners already living in the United States to apply for resident visas here instead of returning to their home country for a background check and the customary interview at the local U.S. consul's office. |
| Arizona
Daily Star Governor skeptical on state funds for Tucson hospitals Gov. Jane Hull expressed skepticism Tuesday about using state funds to forestall the announced closure of the trauma centers at two Tucson hospitals. -- "I'm probably not as sympathetic to that one as I could be," Hull said during a meeting with Star reporters and editors. -- The chairwoman of the Senate Health Committee, Phoenix Republican Sue Gerard, wants to raise telephone taxes statewide to keep trauma centers open. [Note: AZ lawmakers didn't hesitate in approving $20 million in state funds recently for illegal alien health care after Hull called a special session to deal with the 'crisis'.] |
| Opininion
- Chicago Tribune Utter lawlessness in this land of immigrants "You are lucky to be born in America," my Iranian neighbor tells me often. Even after Sept. 11, we both still agree he's right. A neurologist in his native country, Dr. Hosseini and his family now own a convenience store in my condo building. The Hosseinis are in this country legally, but at least 7 million other immigrants aren't. -- The utter lawlessness of the U.S. immigration system has become apparent with the investigation....... |
John LeBoutillier
-- NewsMax.com Thinking the Unthinkable What had been unthinkable before September 11 is now entirely within the realm of possibility. -- Thoughts that we all drove from our conscience before the attacks are now front and center in many of us. -- A chain of events that seemed almost impossible five weeks ago now becomes a very real possibility. [Goes on to mention 'internment camps' for all Arab/Muslim men if there is another attack on U.S. soil, etc.] |
| Associated
Press Official blames a fortified U.S. border for rise in Mexican cocaine use Mexico City -- Increased security along the U.S. border after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington has made it harder for smugglers to move drugs onto American soil and increased cocaine use in Mexico, a police official said Wednesday. -- Crime Prevention Director Pedro Jose Penaloza told a news conference that cocaine smugglers, afraid to cross a fortified U.S. border, have begun selling drugs at rock-bottom prices in the central states of San Luis Potosi, Aguascalientes, Queretaro and Guanajuato. |
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Cynthia McKinney Apologizes to Arab |
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| L.A. Times INS Begins Tougher Checks at Mexican Border Adding to security measures at the U.S.-Mexico border since the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. immigration officials on Wednesday announced stricter reviews of people who cross from Mexico. -- The new steps include running instant background checks on all pedestrians and, for the first time, asking U.S. citizens to present photo identification before being allowed to enter the United States. -- The new requirements were detailed in an order issued to border inspectors in California and Arizona late Wednesday. |
Orange Co.
Register New worries: Illegals fret job security, trips "back home" After discussing it with his wife, Roberto Torres decided he wanted to join the military to fight on behalf of the U.S., the country that had given him a better life after he emigrated from Mexico eight years ago. -- But when he called the Army recruiting office, he found out he didn't qualify because he's an illegal immigrant. [Note: Illegals must register with selective service] -- "I was very, very disappointed," said Torres, a welder. "I had considered it very carefully. It was a serious decision I'd made, not a whim." |
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Mexicans'
Feelings Toward U.S. in Crisis ...Mexico has never viewed the U.S. as a friend, much less an ally. The U.S. has never been anything but a pressure-release valve for Mexico's disenfranchised indigenous Indian and mestizo population, which Mexico is happy to export. |
| L.A. Daily
News Councilman urges day-laborer site study Faced with a growing problem of day laborers in Woodland Hills, Councilman Dennis Zine called Wednesday for a review on whether a special site can be developed for the workers [read: illegal aliens]. -- "We have a terrible problem in the West San Fernando Valley and it could get worse if unemployment continues to go up," Zine said as the City Council approved creating a day-laborer site in South Los Angeles. "We need to do more than outreach, we need to get an effective program in place.' [Contact Councilman Zine.] |
| L.A. Daily
News Davis weighs hiring freeze, etc. (after recently rewarding illegals) Gov. Gray Davis and legislative leaders are considering freezing hiring and limiting state purchases to deal with a growing budget crisis, aides said Wednesday. -- The announcement comes as state agencies prepare for dramatic budget cutbacks and legislative analysts are warning of a possible $9.5 billion deficit. [Also see: Davis signs reconquista bill, AB-540.] |
Seattle
Times Migrant policy, once a target for liberalization, cast in new light The recent terrorist attacks have radically altered the immigration debate, replacing an agenda of amnesty with proposals to remilitarize U.S. borders, severely limit student visas and increase tracking of foreigners on American soil. -- The economic downturn and declining demand for foreign labor also have altered the politics of immigration. |
| Associated
Press Kidnapped America freed in Mexico after 4 months Kidnappers who demanded a 2.5 million-dollar ransom have freed one of Acapulco's most prominent U.S. residents after four months in captivity. -- Ron Lavender, a 75- year- old U.S. realty agent, was kidnapped on June 22 when two cars intercepted his vehicle. He was freed Tuesday along the busy Avenida Ejido in Acapulco. It was not immediately clear if a ransom had been paid. -- Lavender on Wednesday said he didn't know who kidnapped and held him for 117 days.... [Also see this article.] |
The News
- Mexico U.S. legislators propose plans to secure Mexico- U.S. border A prominent U.S. senator said Wednesday that the United States, Mexico and Canada can "clearly do more" to coordinate border efforts in the fight against terrorism. -- Sen. Edward Kennedy, brother of former president John F. Kennedy, said North American countries should expand efforts to improve joint inspection methods, train intelligence and law enforcement officials, and share so-called "lookout lists," which contain the names of foreign nationals who should not be admitted into the United States. |
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