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Tuesday, December 4, 2001

ANAHEIM CITY COUNCIL: ACCEPTANCE
OF MEXICAN IDS IS ILLEGAL
Statement by Glenn Spencer
   "Acceptance of Mexican ID cards, is a clear statement by the Anaheim Police Department that it will ignore U.S. immigration laws, to the discriminatory benefit of Mexican nationals in its jurisdiction. This action constitutes "passive resistance" in order to frustrate the constitutional protections of federal supremacy and equal protection of the laws....
   "The proposed policy by the City of Anaheim to passively resist enforcement of federal immigration laws is identical to, and as unlawful as the passive resistance to the school desegregation prohibited in Brown vs. Board of Education and its hundreds of successor decisions in federal and California courts.
 

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CNN
Alien pleads guilty in role helping suspected hijackers
A Salvadoran immigrant pleaded guilty Tuesday to having helped two of the suspected September 11 hijackers obtain false identification cards. -- Herbert Villalobos, 35, of Alexandria entered his plea through an interpreter in a federal courtroom in Alexandria. -- The man, whose immigration status is permanent legal alien. admitted that on August 2 he drove alleged hijackers Abdul Azziz Alomari and Ahmed Saleh Alghambi to a local attorney's office to obtain forms for Virginia identification documents.		 American Patrol
Great showing in Anaheim
The turnout at the Anaheim City Council meeting today was excellent. Opponents of the Anaheim PD's acceptance of Mexican ID cards vastly outnumbered those in favor of the scheme. Glenn Spencer, Barbara Coe, Hal Netkin, Howard Garber, Ezola Foster and many others addressed the council. Crews from Channel 52 (KVEA, L.A.) and KTTV-11 were present, as were the L.A. Times and others. Video clips should be available on Wednesday on this site. Thanks to all who attended to speak against this outrageous action by the Anaheim PD.

American Patrol
Great showing at Anaheim City Council meeting
The turnout at the Anaheim City Council meeting today was excellent. Opponents of the Anaheim PD's acceptance of Mexican ID cards vastly outnumbered those in favor of the scheme. Glenn Spencer, Barbara Coe, Hal Netkin, Howard Garber, and many others addressed the council. Crews from Channel 52 (KVEA, L.A.) and KTTV-11 were present, as were the L.A. Times and others. Video clips should be available on Wednesday on this site. Thanks to all who attended to speak against this outrageous action by the Anaheim PD.

North County Times
Official: Oceanside prostitution 'tip of iceberg'
An organized crime ring is suspected of forcing women into prostitution at migrant labor camps across North County and along the Interstate 15 corridor north to Fresno, an official said Monday. -- Special immigration agents took about 40 people into custody Sunday in east Oceanside on suspicion of immigration violations. -- Sixteen of the people are women and teen-age girls; they are being treated as victims...		 Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Illegals can't afford yule trip home
On a day that work seemed unlikely, several day laborers milled around a Duluth labor hall, waiting for jobs to walk through the door. -- The illegal Mexican immigrants profess to a range of skills, from painting to carpentry to whatever handiwork falls in between. -- But little or no work, thanks to a precipitous economic downturn before and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, it means Marcos Morales and others will forgo their traditional trip to Mexico for the holidays.

Dallas Morning News
Migrants question Fox's commitment to them, demand action
...A year after taking office, however, Mr. Fox finds relations with immigrants badly strained, according to representatives of migrant clubs in New York and other cities. They complain that Mr. Fox's attention to their problems is more show than substance. -- "Mexicans abroad are the best judges of our work," Mr. [Juan] Hernández said...		 NY Daily News / Stanley Crouch
Immigration Rules Need a Rewrite
...It should no longer be easy to immigrate into this country from a hostile land. We should not be bullied into opening our gates and risking the lives of thousands just because many will become upset if we change our policy and scrutinize more closely the immigrants we allow in. -- I have heard Arab students argue that the most dangerous terrorist would eat pork, get drunk, even use drugs, if that allowed him to dissolve into America.

Reuters
Congress clears Mexican trucks
Congress approved legislation on Tuesday to allow Mexican trucks wider access to U.S. roads and fund major transportation programs, including $1.25 billion for aviation security priorities created by the Sept. 11 hijack attacks. -- The Senate overwhelmingly approved the transportation appropriations spending measure for fiscal 2002, which began Oct. 1. The House approved the bill 371- to- 11 last week after congressional negotiators hammered out a compromise...		 The News - Mexico City / EFE
Deportations of Mexicans from the U.S. is down 29%
Deportations of Mexicans from the United States dropped by 29% during the first nine months of this year, according to statistics released Monday by Mexico's National Migration Institute. -- Arrests of illegal immigrants within the United States also dropped 25% between Oct. 1, 2000, and Sept. 30, 2001, confirming the significant reduction of clandestine movement along the border, the INS reported.

Glenn Spencer Will Tell Anaheim: Mexican IDs Illegal; Likens Police Action to Fight Against Integration
Glenn Spencer, president of AmericanPatrol.com will inform the Anaheim City Council that acceptance of Mexican issued consular metricula cards as valid identification to avoid arrest and possible deportation is a violation of numerous federal laws and statutes. [See full statement]

Douglas Dispatch
This is My Mexico contest promotes cultural awareness
Douglas grade school students received recognition this week for their participation in the "Este es Mi Mexico", "This is My Mexico" cultural drawing contest held throughout November. -- More than 80 students participated in the contest which is intended to bring cultural and historical awareness of Mexico to children in border towns. [Links to the Douglas Dispatch don't last long.]		 Wichita Eagle
Immigrants' anxiety curbs holiday plans
Heightened immigration enforcement since the Sept 11 terrorist attacks has triggered anxiety among Wichita's Mexican immigrants, officials say. -- Some are making doubly sure their immigration papers are in order. Others have canceled traditional holiday trips to Mexico, according to officials. -- Some Mexican immigrants also fear they will have difficulty returning to the U.S. after visiting relatives south of the border...

Re: Undocumented workers struggle with lack of benefits, terrorism backlash
In regards to this article, I would like to know what gives the Hotel Employees and Restaurants Employees union (HERE) the right to flaunt violations of Federal law in the face of hard working Americans.

Reformer Paul J. Hannosh unveils Calif. radio ads
Reform Party Candidate for California's Lieutenant Governor post, Paul J. Hannosh, has just produced three exciting Radio Ads for his hard-hitting reform campaign.

San Jose Mercury News
Supervisors blast law regulating screeners
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on Monday condemned a new law requiring U.S. citizenship for all airport security screeners and urged California's congressional delegation to seek amendments allowing non-citizens to keep their jobs at San Francisco International Airport. -- An estimated 80 percent of the 1,200 screeners at the airport are not U.S. citizens, and the supervisors said a mass layoff of airport workers would create a security crisis.		 Martin Gross - Washington Times
Driver's licenses for terrorists
Did the 19 suicide terrorists present their Middle Eastern visas at the American and United ticket counters as they boarded the planes to blow up the World Trade Center? -- Hardly. What they undoubtedly presented were legal drivers licenses issued by state Motor Vehicle Departments throughout America. -- That document was no different than licenses issued to American citizens, with no notation that they were merely visitors - not even legal immigrants. In fact, it was the perfect ID for terrorists. [Discuss]

Re: Protest at Anaheim City Council Meeting
Glenn does a wonderful job, is a true patriot and a valuable American. My question: where is everyone else? Don't the people in California care about what is happening to their state?

Salon
Pat Buchanan: America first
You know, the American government is not as strong as it used to be. Not at all. It's not as strong as it was under Eisenhower, for instance. Eisenhower ordered every illegal immigrant deported. And you know what it was called? "Operation Wetback." No American president would have the courage to do that today.

Newsday
Mexico To Probe Immigrant Claims
In an unprecedented move, an international agency has begun a formal investigation into allegations New York State is violating the NAFTA accords by improperly delaying and denying compensation claims of immigrants injured and killed on the job. -- The National Administrative Office of Mexico -- acting under fair labor provisions of NAFTA -- said recently it would review charges of unfair treatment.. brought by 13 immigrants injured at work.		 N.Y. Times (Free Registration)
Mexico Still Seeks Immigration Accord
Mexico said it will pressure Washington to make sure a proposed amnesty for millions of Mexicans living illegally in the United States isn't forgotten in the wake of Sept. 11. -- "Neither President Vicente Fox nor anyone in his government is satisfied,'' Foreign Relations Secretary Jorge Castaneda said while presenting an annual report on the state of his ministry. "Negotiations must be allowed to continue.''

The News - Mexico City
Mexico Foreign Minister: First year a "success"
Foreign Relations Secretary Jorge Castañeda on Monday called his bumpy first year in office a success, heralding Mexico's rosy relations with the U.S., its bigger international presence and success in getting immigration reform back on the bilateral agenda for the first time in decades. -- While admitting the Sept. 11 attacks had rocked Mexico's foreign agenda...		 L.A. Times
Davis Urges Freer Border Traffic
While saying security remains his top concern, Gov. Gray Davis called Monday for steps to speed commercial travel across the Mexico-California border and to help Mexican farm workers cross the border without lengthy waits. -- Davis and Mexican President Vicente Fox met privately for about half an hour at Los Pinos, the president's residence. Davis also signed a "sister state" agreement with Gov. Eugenio Elorduy Walther of Baja...

San Francisco Chronicle
Davis Down South: Baja becomes a sister state
In a visit filled more with symbolism than with foreign policy significance, California Gov. Gray Davis met yesterday with President Vicente Fox and Mexican legislators. -- The two spoke about ways to speed up commercial traffic across the border and reduce delays for farmworkers entering California amid growing concerns over security. They also discussed ways of increasing tourism between California and Mexico.		 Michelle Malkin - Washington Times
Banking on American stupidity
...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. --- Also following Wells Fargo's lead: local governments in California, such as Orange County and San Francisco, which will now accept the consular cards as identification so that illegal aliens jailed for "minor offenses" will not be deported.

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