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| Georgie
Anne Geyer British report challenges prevailing multicultural wisdom All but lost in the end-of-the-year war and terrorism news was a startling report from London, yet its findings may mark crucially important outcomes for Britain, and even for all of Europe, in the wake of 9/11. -- On the surface, at least, the report, conducted formally by the government's Community Cohesion Review Team, recommends some seemingly innocuous things. It suggests, for instance, that people who have made their home in England take a pledge of allegiance to the country, "pursue" the English language and adopt "British norms." How terribly radical! |
Deseret
News on the Salt Lake City Moyor Why wasn't Rocky told earlier about crackdown? ...The mayor has since denounced the crackdown, and while others call the fired employees "illegal aliens," he calls them "economic migrants." -- Why didn't anyone let the mayor in on the proceedings? -- "We had sealed indictments," added U.S. Attorney's Office spokeswoman Melodie Rydalch. "You have to be careful how you disclose the existence of indictments, and that makes it very hard to share the information." -- Former U.S. Attorney Brent Ward says that in light of the mayor's response, it's right that he was the last to know. |
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Star-Tribune
(Unpublished) Re: Immigration lawyer attacks FAIR Following is my letter responding to a hateful opinion piece your paper ran, i.e. "The organization is FAIR, but its immigration views aren't." It accuses several leaders in the immigration reform movement of the most racist remarks and says nothing about the real effects of massive, decades- long immigration to America's environment, economy and social cohesion. |
| New York
Times Many Say U.S. Planned for Terror, Failed to Take Action ...The rising threat of the Islamic jihad movement was first detected by United States investigators after the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. The inquiry into that attack revealed a weakness in the immigration system used by one of the terrorists, but that hole was never plugged, and it was exploited by one of the Sept. 11 hijackers. -- In 1996, a State Department dossier spelled out Mr. bin Laden's operation ... |
New York
Times Officials to Ease Requirements on Hiring of Airline Screeners In a shift, the federal agency supervising aviation security has decided not to displace thousands of current screeners by requiring them to be high school graduates. -- Transportation officials also said this month that they planned to work with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to find ways to expedite the citizenship process for screeners with good work records. They also plan to increase the pay of screeners... |
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letter sent to Bernardo Méndez (Mexican Consulate) Re: Golden Rules for Illegal Aliens 1. Realize that you are in a country uninvited. -- 2. Realize that have transgressed and broken US laws to stay in this country....... |
| Salt Lake
Tribune Airport sweep: No leniency U.S. Attorney Paul Warner may have dropped charges against some of the 69 undocumented workers indicted in a Dec. 11 security sweep at Salt Lake City International Airport, but federal immigration officials are not inclined to show leniency. Even against those who no longer face criminal charges. -- "We are still pursuing removal or deportation proceedings against them," said Steven Branch, officer in charge of the INS in Utah. "Everyone arrested in that operation has been placed in removal proceedings." |
Salt Lake
Tribune Latinos: Walkout No Sure Bet The prospect of a statewide walkout was raised Sunday by James Yapias, chairman of the state's Hispanic Advisory Council, who is angered by the treatment of workers arrested Dec. 11 in "Operation Safe Travel" at Salt Lake City International Airport. -- Yapias said he will call for the walkout unless all the remaining federal felony charges are moved to state court. -- "We do not do business at the end of a gun," said the U.S. Attorney's spokeswoman. [Contact info on U.S. Att'y, the mayor, others] |
| Star-Tribune
Op-Ed Immigration lawyer attacks FAIR The Federation for American Immigration Reform was founded in 1979 by John Tanton, a Michigan ophthalmologist. The group likes to be called FAIR, but it is not. On March 31, 2000, the Wall Street Journal reported that "FAIR is the least accurate acronym in politics," and said it was "a group of population-control zealots whose goal is no immigration at all." [Send a letter to the editor] |
The Denver
Channel Illegal Alien Scam Uncovered, Licenses Revoked Up to 300 drivers licenses issued in Glenwood Springs could be revoked following an alleged scam uncovered in October. -- The Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles has sent letters to 310 people who may have gotten licenses through three people suspected in the scheme, said Dorothy Dalquist, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Revenue. |
| From the
Mexican Consulate - San Francisco Golden Rules for Illegal Aliens In these times of uncertainty and high alert following the September 11 attacks and the war against terrorism, it's important that undocumented immigrants avoid high-risk situations. Following are ten basic and fundamental steps suggested by the Mexican Consulate for all those who find themselves in this situation..... |
| LTE - Tri-State
News Open Letter to Daschle Why did you meet with President Fox of Mexico and talk about giving a free pass into the United States to all the illegal Mexican immigrants living here? Are illegal Mexican immigrants better than other illegal immigrants? What about those immigrants who have been playing by the rules? Are they stupid for trying to enter our country legally? [Alt. link] |
Saginaw
News Fewer illegal workers foreseen Stepped-up efforts by Michigan law officers and U.S. immigration officials to find and deport illegal immigrants could create a shortage of seasonal workers statewide and in mid- Michigan. -- The crackdown is part of a nationwide response to the Sept. 11 attacks. -- The efforts could create a shortage of migrant farm workers and seasonal factory employees next spring because many live in Michigan illegally... |
| New York
Times Mexico Lower on Bush's List Since Sept. 11 Not long ago, President Bush called Mexico America's most important friend among the world's nations. -- He met with President Vicente Fox more often than with any other leader. He spoke of a "special relationship" with Mexico, a phrase traditionally reserved for Britain. -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell cited "the special place Mexico holds in our national priorities." The two countries were forging agreements... [Discuss] |
Washington
Post Hijackers Found Welcome Mat on West Coast One balmy January evening just after the end of Ramadan, a Saudi graduate student named Omar Al-Bayoumi hosted a party to welcome a pair of recent arrivals into San Diego's large Muslim community. -- And who were the polite young Saudis who'd moved to town? Nawaf Alhazmi and Khalid Almihdhar, two of the hijackers who would commandeer a commercial airliner and crash it into the Pentagon. |
| Press Enterprise Mexican dope smuggler caught A Mexican citizen was arrested Wednesday after authorities allegedly found 102 pounds of marijuana in the gas tank of his vehicle near the Salton Sea, California Highway Patrol officials said. -- Raul Eduardo Solorio Sanchez, 24, of Mexicali, Mexico, was booked at the Indio jail on suspicion of possession of drugs for sale and transport, authorities said. He is being held on $25,000 bail. |
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