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Thursday, November 29, 2001

TWO MEN OF COURAGE SPEAK OUT ON IMMIGRATION U.S. House of Representatives, Nov. 27, 2001 Listen
		Rep. Tom Tancredo, Republican, Colorado "The defense of this nation begins with the defense of its borders. We have every right to defend our borders. We have every right to ask that citizens who do come into this country to become part of the American mainstream and have a love of this country and and allegiance and attachment to this country. We have every right to ask that. To not do so is sealing our own fate. It is a death wish for the country."
		Rep. Virgil Goode, Independent, Virginia "245 i is simply a reference to a statutory number that means we are going to grant amnesty to persons who have broken our laws." "I hope we will follow the wisdom of the gentleman from Colorado in rising up and opposing amnesty, whether it is a stand alone bill or whether it is put into any other legislation. This is absolutely the wrong course of action for the United States at this time."
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Upcoming Events

Protest at Anaheim City Council Meeting - Changed to 12/4

Protest Mexican ID Acceptance at Anaheim City Hall - 12/8

Friday, Nov. 30 -- Glenn Spencer on the Don Griffin Show
WGNU - St. Louis - 920 AM - 11 AM Central - 9 AM Pacific - Listen On The Net
Friday, Nov. 30 -- Glenn Spencer on the Alex Jones Show - 7:30 PM Pacific

Contra Costa Times
Census data shows Third World poverty in huge parts of California
Countering traditional perceptions of California as a golden land of economic opportunity, a study released today shows the state is one of the poorest in the country and claims poverty levels comparable to Third World countries. -- Over the past three decades, California's ranking in one poverty measure has risen steadily, from 16th-poorest among states in 1980 to its current ranking of second behind Washington, D.C., according to a report by the nonprofit Public Policy Institute of California.

Joan Claybrook - Houston Chronicle
Address terrorism issues in Mexican truck debate
It used to be that a discussion of truck safety focused on whether rigs had balding tires, how many hours truckers could legally drive and how rigorous federal safety standards were. -- Since Sept. 11, though, a conversation about trucking inevitably means a discussion of national security. This is particularly true as we draw closer to Jan. 1, when President Bush is scheduled to open the Mexican border and allow Mexico- domiciled trucks to roam freely throughout the United States.

National Review
Why labor should oppose immigrant amnesty
The AFL-CIO's annual convention gets started on Monday, presumably because members don't want to show up for work next week. One of the top items on the agenda will be support for an amnesty of illegal aliens. The union's executive council endorsed this idea last year; now the general membership must approve it. -- Unions traditionally have opposed high levels of immigration on the understandable grounds that importing low-wage workers depresses wages for union members....

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Reconquistas open Atlanta office
A Latino civil rights organization deemed the Southeast such a hot spot for Spanish- speaking immigrants that it shut down one office in order to open a regional operation in Atlanta. -- "We have devoted a lot of thinking and resources to opening an office here," said Maria Blanco, national senior counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF, which plans to open its regional office in downtown Atlanta in January.

Denver Post
Day laborers going unpaid
Ivan Cervantes spent four days working for a roofing company. A month later, he says he has yet to be paid. -- Cervantes, 19, an undocumented worker from Oaxaca, Mexico, isn't alone, and local charities are urging Denver officials to help. -- The American Friends Service Committee approached the city last week, asking for $120,000 a year to rent a building to set up a center for day laborers. Workers could go there to ensure that employers don't take advantage of them, organizers said.

Update from the Buchanan Brigade
Justices Refuse Challenge to NAFTA -- Opponents of Mexican trucks raise terror fears
"...A judicial declaration invalidating NAFTA would clearly risk international embarrassment of both the executive and legislative branches," Bush administration lawyers told the court..." --- Also see article on Mexican trucks -- soon to be rolling down your street. Afterall, we wouldn't want to embarrass Bush or his co-president Vinny Fox.

Portland Oregonian
Corvallis won't interview Arabs
Corvallis police joined Portland on Wednesday, deciding not to participate in the U.S. Justice Department's anti-terrorism inquiry by interviewing foreigners living in Oregon. -- And Eugene police said they were waiting for a ruling from their city attorney before interviewing residents from their city. "Give us some legitimate reason to talk to the people -- other than they're from the Middle East -- and we'll be glad to..."

Chronicle of Higher Education
States Take Diverging Approaches on Tuition Rates for Illegals
This was shaping up to be a spectacular year for the many lawmakers and activists working to lower the costs of college tuition for students living illegally in the United States. -- But fears raised by the events of September 11 and a policy reversal this month by the City University of New York have ignited legal debate over the issue and may slow the activists' momentum.

AZ Republic (Free Registration)
Two killed on train
Two men riding atop a train were killed when the locomotive went under a bridge, authorities said. -- Neither men were carrying identification, but authorities believe they may have been Mexican citizens...

Reuters
US recession has Mexican garbagemen in the dumps
Tons of plastic soft- drink bottles usually sold to recyclers are piling up at Mexico City garbage sorting plants, causing headaches at city hall and cutting off income for hundreds of hard-up garbage sorters. -- This refuse crisis has its roots not in Mexico but north of the border -- in the slowdown in the American auto industry and in the U.S. recession in general. -- "This is a serious problem. In two weeks, 300 tons of bottles have stacked up.

Telegraph.co.uk
EU considers plans to outlaw racism
Racism and xenophobia would become serious crimes in Britain for the first time, carrying a prison sentence of two years or more, under new proposals put forward by Brussels yesterday. -- Holocaust denial or "trivialisation" of Nazi atrocities would be banned, along with and participation in any group that promotes race hate. -- The plans define racism and xenophobia as aversion to individuals based on "race, colour, descent, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin".

AZ Republic (Free Registration)
Detainee denies Sept. 11 tie
Redouane Dahmani admits using a false passport to get into the country. He also admits that he took several trips in a rented airplane with his roommate Lotfi Raissi, the Algerian flight instructor suspected of training several of the Sept. 11 suicide pilots. -- But Dahmani, 26, a Scottsdale cook and liquor store clerk, insisted in a jailhouse interview Wednesday that he is not a terrorist and had no idea that Raissi might have been...

Associated Press
ACLU issues Arabic card informing immigrants of their rights
The American Civil Liberties Union has begun distributing an Arabic-language "bust card" informing immigrants of their rights if confronted by a law enforcement officer. -- The cards are being distributed following the announcement of a Justice Department plan to interview thousands of young Middle Eastern men as part of the terrorism investigation. -- The cards inform immigrants that they have the right to remain silent...

Laredo Morning Times
Mexican national busted in $1.5 million weed haul
Juan Francisco Torres-Romero, of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, went before a U.S. magistrate Wednesday morning facing federal charges of importation and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance.

Newsday
Beating Victim Admits That He Broke Laws
Ryan Wagner's attorney made the point yesterday in a Riverhead courtroom that the Mexican day laborer his client stabbed last year broke the law by being in this country. -- Israel Perez, 20, admitted during cross-examination by defense attorney Thomas Liotti of Garden City that he immigrated illegally. He admitted not paying taxes on the cash he received for work he did after getting hired on street corners in Farmingville.

Newsday
Number Of Spanish Speakers Up
The number of households on Long Island that start their day with "buenos dias" rather than "good morning" is growing sharply, according to new census figures. -- Over the past decade the number of people on the Island who speak Spanish at home nearly doubled, reflecting an unprecedented influx of Latino immigrants. -- The recently released statistics show that Nassau and Suffolk rank in about the top third of counties nationwide in percentage of Spanish speakers.

L.A. Times
Mexican Immigrants Send More Cash Home
Cash remittances from Mexican immigrants in the United States continued to grow over the third quarter, rather than decline as some immigration experts expected. The Mexican central bank said remittances were $2.358 billion in the quarter, up 40% from a year ago. -- Remittances now represent Mexico's second-largest source of foreign exchange after oil sales. Total remittances for 2001 are on pace to top $9 billion...

Newsletter: CitizensLobby.com
Will 'Political Correctness' Kill Us?
It is doubly dangerous to be an American citizen today. We are being brow beaten by blinded liberals to be "tolerant" of anything that is multicultural and diverse, especially Arab-looking foreign terrorists. If we even hesitate, we'll be condemned as "racists", or worst. Yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearings by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), dogging the Justice Department's detention of 603 suspected terrorists, perfectly exemplifies this distorted message. [Also other items.]

Associated Press
Gov't offers help to migrants who aid war on Terrorism
Foreigners who give the United States government useful information about terrorists could be put on a fast track to American citizenship under a program announced Thursday. -- Attorney General John Ashcroft offered the carrot while defending the administration's stick in the domestic war on terrorism - its decision to allow the creation of secretive military courts to try accused terrorists.

Associated Press
Mexican truck plan update
The Bush administration and congressional negotiators have agreed on a plan to open more U.S. highways to Mexican trucks, but also to require more safety checks on the vehicles. -- Sens. John McCain and Phil Gramm on Wednesday announced the deal reached by House and Senate negotiators and the White House. The issue had been a sticking point as the House and Senate negotiators try to reach agreement on a transportation spending bill. [Also see this article.]

WorldNetDaily.com / Yeh Ling-Ling
Survival of America
Americans are concerned about terrorism and our fragmented nation. But how can these problems be solved if we continue our current immigration policy? -- The terrorists of the Sept. 11 attack are all foreign born, with some entering this country legally. Conducting background checks of visa applicants, and tracking and deporting illegal and criminal aliens requires an enormous amount of time and resources.

N.Y. Times (Free Registration)
Memo Adds to Suspicions of Immigrants on Interviews
A week ago, the Justice Department's top civil rights official came here to defend a federal plan to interview 5,000 young Middle Eastern men who had entered the United States on temporary visas. The official, Ralph Boyd Jr., said the interviews would be voluntary and were needed to help the government investigate the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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