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Associated
Press Man Pleads Guilty to Document Fraud A Tunisian man caught up in a sweep of illegal immigrants after the Sept. 11 attacks pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of using false documents and a fake Social Security number to get a job. |
| LTE - L.A.
Times (Published) Racist Attitudes in Rental Housing So, it turns out that white landlords are not the only people who do not want to rent to people who do not look like them ("Mi Casa No Es Su Casa," Nov. 21). Even Mexicans from different states in the same country will discriminate in leasing homes or rooms. Jews turn down Latinos, Latinos turn away blacks, Armenians refuse to rent to non- Armenians -- yet with all that, Shanna Smith... |
Washington
Post Op-ed Border control For what feels like the first time, talk of tightening or even closing the borders is not the last confidence exchanged by kindred souls in a dim nook, but an actual ice-breaker at cocktail parties. Is such frankness a sign of a new day after September 11? Hard to say. It may instead be testament to the resilience of the survival instinct, even now - even after all these years of being taught a terminal kind of tolerance. |
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To the Washington
Post - NOT PUBLISHED Re: Ashcroft announces immigration plan Attorney General John Ashcroft would make a great auctioneer. I can just hear him barking his spiel, "Step right up for your free U.S. citizenship, just direct us to your friendly terrorist and you get a free pass to the U.S.A! |
| Omaha World
Herald Unions are reaching out to recruit more Hispanics Hispanics working in the United States illegally are targets for all sorts of abuse, he said, from the seven women allegedly sexually assaulted by supervisors at the DeCoster Farms egg- processing plant near Clarion to the El Salvadorian man who called him in tears one night saying his boss hit him because he asked why the white workers made more than him. [There is a message board on this site] |
Las Vegas
Sun / AP 7 Indicted in Smuggle Attempt Seven Cuban-Americans were indicted for allegedly organizing attempts to smuggle Cubans by boat into the United States, and two face charges for a passenger's death in a failed crossing, prosecutors said Friday. -- The failed crossing was one of five smuggling attempts organized by a profit-driven ring that carried 99 people to the Florida Keys in the last two years, prosecutors said. The indictment unsealed Friday is the biggest federal crackdown on smugglers... |
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Fox News Where's MADD When You Need 'Em? George Benge, a monthly columnist on diversity issues for Gannett News Service, says the phrase "illegal alien" should be stricken from the nation's vocabulary because it is demeaning to the millions of "undocumented workers" who come to America every year. (Scroll down on page for this tidbit). |
| The News
- Mexico City Castañeda to decide fate of Mexican consulates in U.S. The fate of several Mexican consulates in the U.S. could be decided in the next few days when Foreign Secretariat officials meet with diplomats to explore ways of overhauling the bureaucratic and inefficient consulate system. -- Foreign Relations Secretary Jorge Castañeda on Thursday traveled to Houston for a meeting with diplomats from the 48 Mexican consulates in the U.S. |
USA Today U.S. now a less-forgiving host to illegal immigrants The FBI agents who took Arafat Chowdhury off a train in El Paso 10 days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were ''extremely cool,'' the Bangladeshi student says. They acknowledged that they had stopped him only because his first name matches the last name of Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization leader. The agents quickly cleared Chowdhury, 23, of any link to terrorism... |
| Phyllis
Schlafly Are Mexican Immigrants Assimilating Or Invading? Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, support for the United States has poured in from around the world, but the response from Mexico has been decidedly lukewarm. A Gallup poll reported that 78 percent of Mexicans oppose contributing troops to a multinational coalition, and we have seen no indication that Mexico will modify its oil policy of acting like a member of OPEC. -- While there is no evidence that the 9/11 terrorists entered... |
WorldNetDaily.com English waning in Big Apple It's official: Nearly half of residents in the Big Apple speak a language other than English when at home with their families. -- Census Bureau figures released last week indicate that 46.7 percent of New Yorkers (older than 5) speak a non-English language while at home. In addition, only half of New York immigrants 52.2 percent speak English "very well," said the Census data. Over 53 percent of those who don't speak English at home use Spanish as their primary means of communication. |
| Orlando
Sentinel State Senate wants list of illegal aliens As Florida law-enforcement officials scour the state for potential international terrorists, they are missing a key weapon in the fight -- a list to help tell them if suspected terrorists are in the country illegally, officials say. -- Federal immigration officials have refused to provide the list to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the state's newly appointed domestic-security chief told a state Senate committee Thursday. |
News Journal Deportation a weapon to use against terrorism A constructive response to the events of Sept. 11 is the renewed focus on the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service as a means of monitoring and controlling aliens residing in this country. We should welcome immigrants committed to freedom and who have abilities that can make this nation stronger. But those who abuse their privileges should - at the very least - be deported. Doing that requires an effective INS. |
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From Germany Mexican ID's and Orange County Police Did you read what the immigrant-rights group said? "The result", they said, "is that illegal immigrants were being deported as a result of minor infractions". They should be deported just on the basis of being illegal! |
| KPIX-TV Some Police Departments Refuse to Help Justice Dept. Many police departments around the Bay Area have been helping the government with the Anti- Terrorism Task Force. But now some departments are breaking ranks. -- The Justice Department wants police to help them interview people who fit a certain profile, and see if they have any terrorist connections. The interview subjects would be Middle Eastern men between the ages of 18 and 32, who have been living in the U.S. on non-immigrant visas since January 1, 2000. The government has identified 5000 people nationwide, including six in Fremont. |
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Malkin Banking on American stupidity Some American banks just don't get it. Here we are, at war with deadly foreign terrorists who exploited our lax immigration policies, and what are these U.S. financial institutions doing? Making it easier for illegal immigrants to do business inside our borders. -- Earlier this month, California-based banking giant Wells Fargo proudly publicized its plan to loosen identification guidelines for Mexican customers who want to open American checking or savings accounts. |
Bergen Record DMV admits it ignored anti-terror rule for years After the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, the state DMV adopted rules designed to prevent foreigners from using their New Jersey driver's licenses long after their U.S. visas expire. -- But Division of Motor Vehicles officials acknowledged Thursday that the agency never enforced that rule. -- "One of my predecessors decided not to enforce the regulation," said Lino F. Pereira, the state's acting motor vehicles director. |
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Anne Geyer Conflicted Muslim Americans ponder their greater loyalties The whole discussion is getting more and more tedious. -- At first in the wake of 9/11, when American Muslims began to voice concern about persecution, distress over the Islamic roots of the anti-American terrorism, and confusion over their own loyalties, one could at least understand their motivation. |
Joe Guzzardi
- Lodi News Lodi immigrants should adopt American ways Years ago, I had a conversation with one of my Muslim students about his life in the United States. -- Toward the end of our dialogue, I asked him what in life is most important to him. -- "Islam," he replied. -- "But if Islam is the most important thing to you, why did you move to a Christian country?" I asked. |
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| Pasadena
Star News City to 'encourage' laborers to move They gather every morning on sidewalks near places like George L. Throop lumber, trying to make a living by picking up odd jobs in carpentry and construction. -- But the city's mostly Spanish- speaking day laborers may find it harder to frequent their usual hiring places starting Friday. -- That's when the city plans to increase police patrols in these areas, to warn or cite workers and employers who break traffic laws or trespass on private property, according to Assistant City Manager Prentice Deadrick. |
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Associated
Press Deadly spot for illegals A 70-mile stretch of the Southern California desert has retaiNinety deaths occurred in the El Centro area during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, equaling the record number of deaths there in 1998, even as apprehensions fell, the Border Patrol said Thursday. |
| Laredo Morning
Times Free trade victory for Mexican trucks It appears a compromise might be reached following the U.S. House and Senate passage of opposing measures regarding admittance of Mexican trucks into the interior of the U.S. under the North American Free Trade Agreement. -- A conference committee of the Senate and House has agreed on the transportation spending bill that is said also to meet the liking of President Bush and move forward to admit Mexican trucks. [If link is expired click here] |
NY Times
(Free Registration) Immigrants Offered Incentives to Help U.S. Fight Terrorism Attorney General John Ashcroft today offered a deal to foreigners - if they provide useful evidence against terrorists, the administration will help them remain in the United States and may even offer a fast track to American citizenship. -- "The people who have the courage to make the right choice deserve to be welcomed as guests into our country and perhaps to one day become fellow citizens," Mr. Ashcroft said... |
| Press Release Reform party calls for halt to immigration In a statement today Gerry Moan, Chairman of the Reform Party USA, founded by Ross Perot, encouraged all Americans to sign the party's petition on immigration. "We urge Congress to do the work the Constitution commissioned it to do: provide for the common defense. Our forces are impressive on the international front, but what are we doing in our own back yard to protect our security other than confiscating sewing scissors from little old ladies on airplanes? |
WorldNetDaily.com
/ Craige McMillan Collapse of the left Ever since the 1960s, America has been ruled by a cruel, senseless and immature bully. Like its schoolyard counterpart, this bully has relied on threats, intimidation and the occasional bout of violence to pursue his agenda. And like the victims of schoolyard bullying, most of us have caved in and let the bully have his or her way, "so we wouldn't get hurt." -- On Sept. 11, America tasted the fruits of the political left's incessant bullying: Traitors in our midst demonstrated that they would be satisfied only if America ceased to exist. |
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Sources - Unconfirmed (Yet) Violence Erupts At Novato High As Gang Of 5 Mexicans Attack Author Of Article On Immigration On the campus of Novato High School today, according to eyewitness accounts, a gang of five, described as Mexicans, surrounded Andrew Smith, the author of an article on illegal immigration, and attacked him. Smith, not having made the first punch, defended himself, and fought back. Smith, and at least one of the gang members, were suspended from the school because of the fight. It could not be immediately determined if any of the Mexican gang were illegal aliens. |
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