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Latest Articles: Immigration
Mexico accused of abusing its illegals
Post Date: 2005-03-25 06:37:49 by Jhoffa_
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Mexico accused of abusing its illegals The State Department says that the Mexican government, angry that a thousand American volunteers will begin an Arizona border vigil next month, consistently violates the rights of illegal immigrants crossing its southern border into Mexico. Many of the illegals in Mexico, who emigrate from Central and South America, complain of "double dangers" of extortion by Mexican authorities and robbery and killings by organized gangs. The State Department's Human Rights Practices report, released only last month, cites abuses at all levels of the Mexican government, and charges that Mexican police and immigration officials not only violate the rights ...
The Menace of CAFTA: Loopholes and Hidden Agendas
Post Date: 2005-03-24 14:59:51 by Willie Green
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For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. There is a pattern in official statements put out to promote controversial trade agreements. Topic headings and first paragraphs will proclaim an agreement boldly supportive of American interests, but then the following paragraphs and fine print will back away from the proclaimed goals or even undermine them completely. The hope in official circles is that a "nation of headline readers" will be won over by the claims, and not examine the details. This tactic was in use long before the present Bush Administration and does much to explain the widespread distrust among the American public of new international agreements, ...
Bush decries border project [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-03-24 11:08:51 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Bush decries border project By James G. Lakely THE WASHINGTON TIMES WACO, Texas ? President Bush yesterday said he opposes a civilian project to monitor illegal aliens crossing the border, characterizing them as "vigilantes." He said he would pressure Congress to further loosen immigration law. More than 1,000 people ? including 30 pilots and their private planes ? have volunteered for the Minuteman Project, beginning next month along the Arizona-Mexico border. Civilians will monitor the movement of illegal aliens for the month of April and report them to the Border Patrol. Mr. Bush said after yesterday's continental summit, with Mexican President Vicente Fox and Canadian ...
Bill requires citizenship or residency for license
Post Date: 2005-03-24 10:41:16 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Bill requires citizenship or residency for license Advocates cite need for security; critics fear discrimination STEVE LAW Statesman Journal March 24, 2005 California's raging debate about whether to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants has migrated north to Oregon. State lawmakers held their first hearing Wednesday about a bill that would require driver's license applicants to show proof of citizenship or legal residency in the United States. Advocates said it was an essential tool in the post-Sept. 11 era to tighten homeland security and guard against ID theft in Oregon. Critics said it merely would force noncitizens to drive without insurance and would increase ...
Bush says he'll keep pushing for more lenient immigration laws
Post Date: 2005-03-23 18:03:13 by justlurking
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Bush says he'll keep pushing for more lenient immigration laws BY RON HUTCHESON Knight Ridder Newspapers WACO, Texas - (KRT) - President Bush told Mexican President Vicente Fox on Wednesday that he would keep pushing for more lenient immigration laws, but said he couldn't guarantee that Congress would go along. Bush renewed his commitment to a guest-worker program during a daylong summit with Fox and Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin. The leaders pledged to work together on a host of issues, but they acknowledged some of the differences that have strained relations in the past. Bush's failure to win congressional approval for more lenient immigration laws has been a sore point with ...
10.3 million immigrants in U.S. illegally, researcher on Latinos says
Post Date: 2005-03-23 10:51:01 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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10.3 million immigrants in U.S. illegally, researcher on Latinos says Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, March 22, 2005 The number of illegal immigrants in the United States has grown to 10.3 million, largely because of a steady flow of unauthorized migrants from Mexico, according to a report released Monday by a think tank specializing in Latino issues. This week's summit meeting in Texas between President Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox is unlikely to lead to changes that would reduce the influx, given widespread disagreement in the United States over what to do about illegal immigration, analysts said Monday. "In the face of a not especially strong economy ...
Bush, Fox, Martin to Announce Comprehensive New Security, Economic Cooperation Initiative Amid Strains on Many Issues
Post Date: 2005-03-23 10:32:44 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Bush, Fox, Martin to Announce Comprehensive New Security, Economic Cooperation Initiative Amid Strains on Many Issues By Jennifer Loven Associated Press Writer Published: Mar 23, 2005 WACO, Texas (AP) - Canada is irritated that the United States is keeping its border closed to Canadian beef and maintaining punitive tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber. Washington isn't pleased at the Ottawa government's snub of U.S. plans for a missile defense shield. With Mexico, relations are strained by the Bush administration's anger over a high Mexican tax on soft drinks made with high fructose corn syrup, water owed to U.S. farmers and the suspicion Mexico could do more on drug trafficking and to ...
Police say girl gangs growing in Portland area [Latinas]
Post Date: 2005-03-23 10:24:50 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Police say girl gangs growing in Portland area 07:00 AM PST on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Associated Press MILWAUKIE, Ore. -- Once considered property of male gang members, girls are now starting to establish their own turf. Police and others who work with teenagers estimate that at least three separate Latina gangs operate in the Portland area. "There's been a transition," said Officer Russ Corno of the Portland Police Bureau's Gang Enforcement Team. "A few years ago, the female gang members were viewed as property of the male gang members. For them to branch out and form their own gangs under their own names is really something that we're only seeing in the last two ...
Former Airport Customs Agent Sentenced for Taking Bribes
Post Date: 2005-03-23 00:47:27 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Former Airport Customs Agent Sentenced for Taking Bribes The Associated Press Published: Mar 22, 2005 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A former customs inspector was sentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years in prison for taking bribes to smuggle Indian nationals into the United States. Otis L. Rackley, 41, could have gotten less than five years, but failed to appear to answer questions from the U.S. Probation Department for a pre-sentence report, Judge Dennis M. Cavanaugh noted. Rackley, an inspector with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, pleaded guilty in June, admitting he provided illegal immigrants with documents and passport stamps. Investigators believe he received about $1 million in bribes ...
An Economy That Knows No Borders
Post Date: 2005-03-20 14:44:27 by robin
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Financially challenged Imperial County hopes to keep the spending flowing from Mexico even as the U.S. tightens security. Tucked into a hot, dry corner of California, Imperial County has long been an economic laggard. It has the state's highest unemployment rate and lowest median income and a population so thin that it would fold neatly into a few square miles of Los Angeles. Yet Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is building three Supercenters in the county. A gleaming new regional mall just opened. Home builders are on a tear. What's more, two Indian tribes want to construct a $175-million casino in Calexico — a city where nearly 1 in 4 families lives in poverty. This economic paradox is ...
Mexico threatens to take Prop. 200 to rights tribunal
Post Date: 2005-03-19 23:54:41 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Mexico threatens to take Prop. 200 to rights tribunal Chris Hawley Republic Mexico City Bureau Jan. 28, 2005 12:00 AM MEXICO CITY - Mexican officials said Thursday they may complain to an international human rights tribunal if U.S. courts fail to overturn Arizona's Proposition 200. Human rights experts said such a complaint likely would have little legal impact, since courts have limited power over the United States, but that it could be a diplomatic embarrassment for the United States. A foreign ministry spokesman on Thursday confirmed comments about the case made by Luis Ernesto Derbez, Mexico's top diplomat, during a radio show earlier this week. advertisement "We are ...
U.S. needs to watch extremists, Fox says
Post Date: 2005-03-19 23:12:04 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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U.S. needs to watch extremists, Fox says Chris Hawley Republic Mexico City Bureau Mar. 17, 2005 12:00 AM MEXICO CITY - Anti-immigrant sentiment appears to be growing in the United States, Mexican President Vicente Fox said Wednesday, and he urged U.S. officials to act quickly to control movements such as the 950-member-strong Minuteman Project on the Mexico-Arizona border. Fox said he plans to push for U.S. immigration reform during a meeting with President Bush in Texas next week. He also said the two leaders, along with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, likely will announce a plan to expand the scope of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Mexico's National Human Rights ...
Bush Invites Sharon to Texas Ranch -
Post Date: 2005-03-17 18:13:44 by noone222
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush has invited Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for the first time to his Crawford, Texas, ranch for talks on April 11 on boosting the Middle East peace process, U.S. government sources said on Thursday. It will be Sharon's first visit to Bush's ranch after nearly 10 visits to the White House since taking office in 2001. Israeli officials said earlier this month that the meeting would take place in Washington. The surprise change in venue can be seen as a move designed to bolster Bush's close ally, and comes at a time of growing optimism about jump-starting peace talks after the death of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat last November. © ...
Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi attempts fresh start
Post Date: 2005-03-16 11:53:09 by 1776
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March 5, 2005, 10:47AMMexican pop star Gloria Trevi attempts fresh start By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZAssociated Press Juan Manuel Villasenor / AP Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi poses for photographers during a news conference in Monterrey, Mexico, Feb. 28 after announcing her tour. MONTERREY, Mexico — Mexican pop star Gloria Trevi, shamed by rape and kidnapping charges and then acquitted after a long prison stay, thrilled thousands of 20 to 30-year-old fans at her first comeback concert with a dose of the same wild, rebellious energy she showed in the 1990s. Stomping onstage with a whip and a mask to belt out her latest song, "El Domador," (The Animal Tamer), she then paraphrased one ...
Authorities in southern Mexico capture 441 Central American migrants
Post Date: 2005-03-07 01:18:53 by RickyJ
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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico – Police in five cities across southernmost Chiapas state apprehended 441 undocumented Central American migrants over the weekend, nearby all of whom hoped to pass through Mexico en route to the U.S. border, authorities said. The largest group was discovered Saturday in the state capital, Tuxtla Gutierrez, where police officers stopping a cargo truck whose driver ran a red light discovered 168 Central Americans who had sneaked illegally into the country, said Moises Grajales, a local transit police captain. The truck's driver and a passenger are wanted on suspicions of people smuggling, but flashed pistols at police and fled on foot during the traffic stop, ...
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