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Monday, December 24, 2001

Tucson Citizen
Border reservation besieged by break-ins
David Garcia is tired of his home being vandalized. But illegal immigrants crossing through the Chukut Kuk district of the Tohono O'odham Nation along the Mexican border southwest of Tucson have often found it an inviting target. -- "If you leave home, most of the time your home gets broken into," said Garcia, a member of the Tribal Council who has suffered four break-ins in the past 12 months. "They take mostly food..."
Atlanta J-C / Poll
Debate over licenses for illegal immigrants heats up
The debate over whether to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants has simmered for a few years, but it could heat up next month. -- Proponents have 30,000 signatures, the attention of Gov. Roy Barnes and two champions in the state Legislature. Opponents plan an ad campaign and press conferences to protest possible changes during the legislative session that begins in January.

Associated Press
Chinese TV station sale highlights growing pains in ethnic media
The explosion of the Hispanic and Chinese populations in the United States during the past decade has been a boon for ethnic media that cater to people with limited English. -- But the growth ­ particularly among Spanish-language media ­ is upsetting Chinese immigrants in the San Francisco Bay area, where the nation's largest Spanish-language network, Univision, is expanding with plans to buy the city's primary Mandarin- language station, KPST, Channel 66.
Associated Press
Affordable Housing Crunch Persists
The average janitor earns enough to rent a one-bedroom apartment and pay for life's other necessities in just six of the nation's 60 largest cities. A retail salesperson can make ends meet in half that many locations. Both can forget about buying a home. -- That conclusion from the National Housing Conference, a nonprofit coalition of industry experts, advocates and academics, mirrors the findings of several reports since the summer documenting the struggles of working families to find affordable housing. [See: Importing Poverty]

Dear Tyson Foods......
...C significant number of people throughout the Unites States have been aware for some time, that Tyson Corporation and countless other corporations and companies, have been engaged in more than one criminal activity, which include the importation of illegal aliens, via company-hired, or by privately hired smugglers known as Coyotes. [More info]

Update
CCIR statement on vandalism attack (includes photos)
...The words "Racist", "Anarchy" and "F--- Whitey" with the same symbol (a circle with the letter A inside it) was below each slogan.. Since the same symbol was displayed by the pro-illegals on a defaced upside-down American flag at a CCIR/American Patrol sponsored rally in Anaheim on December 8th, Coe feels the two incidents are related.

The San Diego Channel
Relief May Come To Immigration Inspectors
The federal government may soon be sending some relief to overworked border guards in San Diego. -- The House of Representatives has approved a plan to hire 1,000 additional immigration inspectors over the next five years. The bill would also increase pay for INS inspectors. -- San Diego area Congressman Bob Filner says the measure could help reduce the long waits to cross the border in San Diego, which has hurt business on both sides of the border.

The Mexican ID Attack
I just received the video, "Mexican ID Attack", on Saturday. The tape sure tells it like it is. I was amazed to see exactly what was going on at the December 8th rally... and I was there, right in the middle of the attack by the Mexicans and anarchists. A lot went on that I didn't see.

Associated Press
Mexican gets prison for illegal migration
A Mexican man has been sentenced in Cedar Rapids federal court for illegally re-entering the country, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. -- Jose Humberto Lara- Munguia was sentenced Friday to 70 months in prison for the case and six months in prison for violating his supervised release on a previous conviction of transporting an undocumented immigrant into Texas. -- He had been deported in 1998 after serving time for smuggling illegals. [Message board]
Charlotte Observer
New DMV law in N.C. aimed at curbing fraud
Starting Jan. 1, a new N.C. law aimed at preventing fraud will make it tougher to get a first-time driver's license and identification card. -- The crackdown comes as the legislature tries to tighten up the way it issues licenses and other IDs - a process now regarded as one of the country's most lenient. -- As a result, immigrants from up and down the East Coast streamed to North Carolina to apply for licenses and state IDs...

Re: Illegals threaten lawsuits over airport raid
I am outraged about the nerve of these people who broke the law and talking about suing!! How low these (people) are. Is there something that can be done on your site like the AG web address and voice our support for him upholding the law and not to be intimidated by these illiterate masses. Thank you.

Glenn Spencer to the L.A. Times
Re: Tyson case illustrates new focus of INS crackdown
Will the Los Angeles Times ever reveal the truth to its readers? Will you ever admit that, under Bill Clinton, the INS became the most politicized agency in the federal government? Will you ever expose the link between Dr. Robert Bach, the man who set enforcement policy for the INS, and MALDEF and the National Council of La Raza? [Not published]
L.A. Times
Tyson case illustrates new focus of INS crackdown
The worker-smuggling indictment handed down last week against the nation's largest meat processor was a dramatic advance for federal authorities, who have sought since the late 1990s to crack down on employers that collaborate in schemes to recruit illegal immigrants. -- The national anti-smuggling strategy by the INS is the agency's latest effort to reduce the flow...

Orange Co. RegisterB. Coe at Anaheim City Council 12/4/01
Vandals Attack CCIR Chairwoman's Home
Huntington Beach police are investigating graffiti sprayed at the home of an immigration- reform activist as a possible hate crime. -- Barbara Coe, an advocate of anti-illegal-immigrant measures, said she returned home about 3 p.m. Sunday to find the words "racist" and "anarchy" sprayed on her garage. -- "Frankly, I think this was retaliation for the rally at Anaheim City Hall," said Coe, who is president of the California Coalition for Immigration Reform.

More on SLC Reconquistas
Latinos Threaten Olympic Walkout
A one- day statewide work stoppage during the 2002 Winter Olympics would send a message to Utah leaders that they have awakened a "sleeping giant," Latino leaders are warning in the wake of the extensive arrests at the Salt Lake City International Airport on Dec. 11. -- "We need to send a message to the Utah State Legislature that our community will not stand for labor injustices," said James Yapias, chairman of state's Hispanic Advisory Council. [Also see this....]
WorldNetDaily
Hijackers' illegal alien helper to get slap on wrist
A man who helped some of the Sept. 11 hijackers fraudulently obtain identification cards and then told the FBI elaborate lies about targets the terrorists might attack is likely to be sentenced to no more than two years in prison, according to legal experts familiar with the case. -- Illegal immigrant Luis Martinez- Flores pleaded guilty Dec. 6 to helping Hani Hanjour and Khalid Almihdhar falsely obtain photo identifications...

Press Release
Alltate Insurance to partner with reconquistas
The National Council of La Raza , today announced a major new partnership with Allstate Insurance Company. As part of the partnership agreement, Allstate will invest $2.5 million in the Raza Development Fund (RDF), the nation's largest Hispanic Community Development Financial Institution , which provides loans to Hispanic community- based organizations... [Contact Info]
Associated Press
Hispanics Threaten Strike
Hispanic community leaders are threatening a statewide labor strike during the Olympics over the arrests of 69 airport workers accused of using false papers to get security passes. -- During a weekend rally, the group demanded that the workers, many of them jailed since the arrests Dec. 11, be paid wages owed to them. -- Most of the 69 were undocumented Latin American immigrants. [Also see this....]


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