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| Associated
Press Judge voids conviction in alien-smuggling case A federal judge has thrown out the conviction of a man arrested crossing the border from Canada with an illegal alien in the trunk of his rental car, finding that his rights to due process were violated when he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor later that day. -- Blerim Tocci, 32, a native of Yugoslavia who became a permanent U.S. resident in 1995, was arrested early Sept. 9, 1998, at Rouses Point, near Lake Champlain. Found in his trunk was Fatima Saimi, then 18, from Kosovo... |
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U.S. Seeks Safe Border With Mexico What is there to discuss? Mexico has been, is and will always be a lawless nation. There is nothing to discuss. Just close the bloody border and put our Armed forces guarding it. It is not violation of the Constitution to have our Army guard our borders against a foreign invasion. |
| Post-Gazette Bizarre events lead to deportation The government still doesn't know why Manel Fall of Senegal was carrying a false French passport when he arrived in Pittsburgh from Paris on Oct. 7, why he repeatedly lied to federal agents or why he said "someone" had sent him to New York to observe what was happening there. -- "I just want to go home," he told a federal judge yesterday. -- Whatever he was up to, he's getting his wish. |
Associated
Press U.S. Seeks Safe Border With Mexico Smuggling has always thrived along the U.S.-Mexico border, where money can buy passage for almost anything. -- Now, as the United States beefs up security after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mexico's endemic lawlessness has raised concerns that terrorists could use the country's organized crime networks to stage future attacks against America. -- The United States and Mexico are discussing border security... |
| Associated
Press U.S. Seeks Safe Border With Mexico Smuggling has always thrived along the U.S.-Mexico border, where money can buy passage for almost anything. -- Now, as the United States beefs up security after the Sept. 11 attacks, Mexico's endemic lawlessness has raised concerns that terrorists could use the country's organized crime networks to stage future attacks against America. -- The United States and Mexico are discussing border security, and the two countries are expected to reach an agreement next year, following a recent U.S.-Canada accord to fight terrorism along the U.S. northern frontier. |
| Union-Tribune Activist takes immigrant rights post An environmental activist has been named to replace Roberto Martinez on an interim basis at the San Diego office of the American Friends Service Committee. -- Martinez is retiring as director of the organization's border project, which reports human- rights abuses of immigrants. -- Jose Toscano Bravo will coordinate the local office for three months while the organization conducts a national search for a permanent director. |
Union-Tribune Man in immigration case denied bail A former La Mesa gas station clerk who was once detained as a material witness in the federal government's ongoing probe of terrorism will be jailed until his San Diego trial on immigration charges. -- In a hearing in San Diego federal court yesterday, Omer Salmain Saleh Bakarbashat's court- appointed attorney did not argue against the prosecutor's contention that Bakarbashat might flee the country if released before trial. |
| Associated
Press Pakistani concedes U.S. has grounds to deport him A Pakistani citizen charged with falsely claiming U.S. citizenship has acknowledged there are grounds to deport him, his attorneys said in Denver on Thursday. -- Before that occurs, however, federal prosecutors are working to ensure that a final resolution is reached in the case against Armoghan Absar Rizvi, 23. |
Mercury
News State adds 630,000 residents California added about 630,000 new residents, the size of the population of Alaska, during the months of high- technology decline and energy crisis in the state, according to new estimates released Friday by the U.S. Census Bureau. -- About an equal proportion of international immigrants and natural increase -- births minus deaths -- accounted for the state's growth... |
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Science Monitor (Published) US border filter isn't tight enough Open borders were a problem in the Sept. 11 events and remain a problem today. A crucial bill to track aliens within America passed the House but was blocked in the Senate at the recent close of Congress. |
| The Monitor Hinojosa updates residents about immigration (Same old propaganda) Illegal immigrants contribute everyday to the country's economy, yet they do not receive the benefits that naturalized citizens enjoy, U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa said Thursday at a town hall meeting. -- "They do the work no one else wants to do," he told members of the United Farm Workers. -- "They are working here, contributing to the growth of this country and paying taxes, but yet still worry about the INS." (Hinojosa and U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, another reconquista, were in town to update residents about upcoming immigration reform legislation.) |
| Reader Comment Educating illegal aliens ...Any freshman in the first semester of Logic 101 would see the fallacy of this line of thought. Why should there be a concern as to whether or not they are prepared to contribute to the progress of our nation when they are not legally allowed to even be in our nation? -- Simply see that they are returned to their country of origin, which should be the only party responsible for their education, and we can get on about the business of taking care of our own citizens. It's the LAW! |
New Mexican Illegals busted, boosters whine Immigrant support groups complain that Santa Fe lost some of its luster as an immigrant- friendly community last Friday when Border Patrol agents detained 17 undocumented immigrants at a DUI roadblock. -- "This seems like the ultimate perversion of the Christmas spirit," said Mara Taub, a founder of Amigos del Parque, an immigrants' support group. "It is extremely unfortunate to break up families during the holiday season." [Lively message board] |
| Philadelphia
Inquirer Councilman backs off initiative to open immigrant-friendly office An ambitious plan to make the shrinking city of Philadelphia more inviting to more immigrants has been quietly shelved, a casualty of post-Sept. 11 suspicions and old-fashioned city politics. -- Councilman James Kenney said he regretted that the public has grown openly hostile toward immigrants' issues since Sept. 11. He noted that he was heckled during last October's Columbus Day Parade, an event dedicated to America's most famous immigrant. |
| Deseret
News Hispanic Games strike unlikely Local Hispanic leaders threatened to call for a statewide strike by all Hispanic workers during the first two days of the 2002 Winter Games if those fired from the Salt Lake City International Airport aren't paid for the time they worked before they were fired. Some 271 employees were fired - and 69 of those were jailed - earlier this month for allegedly falsifying documents or lying about their status to get jobs at the airport. |
Arizona
Daily Star Hull OKs bilingual funds Gov. Jane Hull signed legislation Thursday to spend more than $45 million a year for the next three years to improve programs for students with limited English skills. -- Hull, in a letter explaining her decision, pointed out she routinely vetoes "out-year" appropriations - plans to spend money beyond the current and upcoming fiscal years. And this measure commits the state to spending through June 30, 2005. |
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Salt Lake
Tribune (Published) A Larger Story (Illegal-alien-cheerleader Salt Lake mayor) Hats off to Utah's U.S. Attorney Paul Warner for getting serious about security at the Salt Lake Airport by arresting contract workers who had lied about their immigration status and/or their criminal records. [Contact info on Warner, the mayor, others] |
| The News
- Mexico City / EFE Mexico hopes for U.S. immigration accord next year Vicente Fox is hopeful an immigration accord with the U.S. can be signed in 2002 to legalize the status of millions of Mexicans who live in the United States. -- Since he assumed office in December 2000, Fox has strived to reach an agreement with the United States that would benefit a large part of the undocumented Mexican immigrants living north of the border. |
The News
- Mexico City / EFE Illegal immigration from Mexico falls in California Increased anti-terrorism security measures and the high prices charged by immigrant smugglers this time of the year have led to a decrease in illegal immigration along the U.S.- Mexican border, authorities said. -- The San Diego office of the U.S. Border Patrol said arrests of illegal immigrants dropped 25 percent between November and December. |
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