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Latest Articles: Immigration
Most US People Ask for New Immigration Laws
Post Date: 2005-04-08 18:14:42 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Most US People Ask for New Immigration Laws Washington, Apr 8 (Prensa Latina) The majority of US citizens believe immigration laws should be changed and the current legislative system is deficient and should be amended, the Lake Snell Perry Mermin & Associates and The Tarrance Group polling firms disclosed Friday. According to the pollsters, the first Democrat and the latter Republican, 63 percent US people consider the system is "broken" and should be "fixed." They favor a reform including a program of temporary workers, tougher migration control laws and opportunities to legalize the situation of undocumented citizens. In the poll conducted at the request of ...
Border Patrol agents accused in drug scheme
Post Date: 2005-04-08 16:10:03 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Border Patrol agents accused in drug scheme Associated Press LAREDO ? A senior U.S. Border Patrol agent and his brother were charged with accepting about $1.5 million in drug dealers' bribes for allowing marijuana and cocaine through a checkpoint, federal prosecutors said today. Senior Border Patrol agent Juan Alvarez, 35, and his brother Jose Guadalupe Alvarez, 38, both of Laredo, were named in a 12-count indictment unsealed Thursday. The indictment details extortion, bribery, drug conspiracy and firearm charges against the brothers. Prosecutors say the brothers solicited and received payments from a drug organization that moved one or more loads of marijuana per month through the ...
Minuteman Volunteers May Have Played Prank
Post Date: 2005-04-08 15:36:26 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Minuteman Volunteers May Have Played Prank By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN, Associated Press Writer Thursday, April 7, 2005 (04-07) 20:13 PDT Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- Authorities determined Thursday three volunteers involved in a civilian project to watch the border and report illegal crossers had an illegal immigrant pose for a flippant photograph but did not hold him against his will. The Mexican man had told sheriff's deputies he was detained and forced to pose for a picture holding a T-shirt with a mocking slogan. A review of a 15-minute videotape provided by Bryan Barton, one of the three volunteers, showed the T-shirt the man was holding read: "Bryan Barton caught an illegal alien and all ...
Immigrant-tuition bill moves forward [Illegal Aliens]
Post Date: 2005-04-08 14:36:51 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Immigrant-tuition bill moves forward April 7, 2005 The Senate Education Committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would extend in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants. The Oregon University System supports Senate Bill 769, saying that it would draw students who normally couldn't afford college. It would apply only to Oregon high school graduates who intend to apply for citizenship. An analysis by the Legislative Fiscal Office found that it would cost the state $460,000 in the next two years. The committee voted 3-1 to pass the bill to the budget committee. Sen. Charles Starr, a Hillsboro Republican, said earlier in the day that he would have voted against it years ago but now has ...
Border crossings hinder training at Ariz. bases Illegal immigrants found on test range
Post Date: 2005-04-08 08:59:50 by Zipporah
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. -- Marines preparing for combat in Iraq or Afghanistan have lost significant amounts of training time because undocumented immigrants from Mexico have constantly wandered onto a bombing test range in Arizona, according to the commander of this base along the border. ADVERTISEMENT Virtually every Marine squadron headed to Iraq or Afghanistan receives combat training at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, which for nearly 40 miles touches the US-Mexico border in the southwestern corner of Arizona. The Border Patrol's focus in recent years on tightening the border in the eastern part of the state, where volunteer citizens this month have established ...
Volunteer patrol cuts Mexican migration Illegal crossings over Arizona border are reduced by half
Post Date: 2005-04-07 16:04:51 by Zipporah
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AGUA PRIETA, Mexico The number of Mexican migrants trying to sneak into the U.S.across the Arizona border has dropped by half since hundreds of U.S. civilians began guarding the area earlier this week, say Mexican officials assigned to protect their citizens. But that does not mean that the migrants have given up. Most remain determined to enter the United States and say they will find other places to cross. Before volunteers with the Minuteman Project began patrolling, Mexican officials encountered at least 400 undocumented migrants daily. On Monday, the second day that Minutemen were present, they spotted 198, said Bertha de la Rosa of Grupo Beta, a group sponsored by the Mexican ...
Radio journalist shot on U.S.-Mexico border
Post Date: 2005-04-06 17:57:38 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Radio journalist shot on U.S.-Mexico border 06 Apr 2005 18:49:37 GMT Source: Reuters(Refiling to fix typo in eighth paragraph: should read "had worked" instead of "had done forked") MEXICO CITY, April 6 (Reuters) - A radio reporter in Nuevo Laredo on Mexico's border with Texas was in serious condition after being shot several times by an unknown gunman, the latest journalist to be attacked along the border in recent months. Guadalupe Garcia Escamilla, 39, was hit by nine bullets as she arrived at Radio Stereo 91 to do her regular show on crime and public safety, according to the prosecutor's office in the Tamaulipas border state. Officials were investigating whether ...
Border Militia Divides Arizona Residents
Post Date: 2005-04-06 17:49:31 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Border Militia Divides Arizona Residents Wed Apr 6, 1:02 PM ET By Tim Gaynor BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) - A right-wing militia patrolling the Mexican border to catch illegal immigrants is pitting some residents in favor of old-style frontier justice against critics who say the militiamen are the real threat. Between 300 and 400 "Minuteman" project volunteers, some of them armed, have come to Arizona to stake out a 23-mile section of the border throughout April. They say it is a peaceful political protest, although some are armed with pistols, and a number of local residents have joined the patrols or turned out to support them. Others, however, have held protests and watch ...
Mexican "Migrants" to Avoid Civilian Patrols
Post Date: 2005-04-06 17:48:31 by Zipporah
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AGUA PRIETA, Mexico - The number of Mexican migrants trying to sneak into the United States through the Arizona border has dropped by half since hundreds of American civilians began guarding the area earlier this week, say Mexican officials assigned to protect their citizens. Photo AP Photo A group of migrants walk back along of the fence after the Beta group intercepted them and convinced them it will be dificult to cross at La Morita ranch, Tuesday April 5, 2005, in Agua Prieta Mexico, due the Minuteman volunteers who are watching the border. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) But that doesn't mean the migrants have given up. Most remain determined to enter the United States and say they ...
Illegal Immigration Costs Texans $4.7 Billion a Year Finds New Study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
Post Date: 2005-04-06 17:38:18 by Zipporah
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WASHINGTON, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Mass illegal immigration is costing Texas more than $4.65 billion a year finds a new report released today by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). The Costs of Illegal Immigration to Texans, examines the fiscal costs being borne by the state to provide education, health care and incarceration for an illegal alien population now estimated to exceed 1.5 million. Using a 1994 study published by the Urban Institute as a baseline, The Cost of Illegal Immigration to Texans looks at Census Bureau and other data to estimate the explosive growth in the size and cost of illegal immigration in the nation's second most populous state. In 2004, the ...
Why Illegal Immigrants Are Welcomed By The U.S. Government (letter from a friend)
Post Date: 2005-04-06 15:49:23 by christine
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I just discovered why the U.S. Government will not only ALLOW illegal aliens to come into this country unhindered, but they actually encourage it and there is nothing We The People will ever be able to do to stop it. It also explains why the folks with Ranch Rescue and other groups trying to protect our borders will continue to be harassed both by haughty, arrogant illegals as well as US government officials. Some of you are aware of what happened to my 22 year marriage because of a 23 year-old Bulgarian immigrant woman whose green card was about to expire, and who was desperate to get married to an American who would give her citizenship and support her in the style to which she had ...
30,000 U.S. military troops not citizens
Post Date: 2005-04-06 08:41:14 by Zipporah
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More than 20,000 military personnel have become U.S. citizens since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, according to the Pentagon. Another 5,000 have applications pending for citizenship, with that process being expedited for military members, shortening the wait from about nine months to 60 days. There are still about 30,000 active duty and 11,000 Guard and Reserve personnel in the military who are not U.S. citizens, according to Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel David Chu. He testified Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Committee on personnel issues facing the military.
Ted Nugent Leads Minuteman Border Patrol
Post Date: 2005-04-05 20:30:39 by Zipporah
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NACO, Ariz. – Gonzo rocker Ted Nugent rolled into this border town in Cochise County Saturday night to assume command of the Minuteman Project, a citizen’s army dedicated to “taking back” the 370-mile border that separates Arizona and Mexico. Sporting a wide band of black Kiwi shoe polish under each eye and a “Greasers Go Home” T-shirt, Field Commander Nugent delivered an impassioned address to the assembled troops. “If those dirt bags in Washington don’t have the guts to keep America safe for Americans, we do,” he screamed. “We’re not going to let a swarm of illiterate beaners invade this country and take food out of our ...
RICE, BUSH AND CONGRESS VS. MINUTE MAN PATRIOTS
Post Date: 2005-04-05 12:00:55 by Dude Lebowski
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While in Mexico kissing and polishing Fox’s boots recently, Secretary of State Condi Rice blurted out that she does not support lawless vigilantes patrolling America’s vulnerable southern border. Never mind 4,000 illegal aliens and drug smugglers cross nightly over the Arizona sector alone--according to Time Magazine! She felt the Minute Man Project represented lawless behavior on the part of American citizens. What is a vigilante? The dictionary defines one as watchful, sensible, aware, alert, to keep watch and to stay alert in times of danger. When it comes to danger, the Christian Science Monitor presented disturbing news, March 22, 2005, “Concern is growing at the top ...
Illegal Aliens & EMTALA
Post Date: 2005-04-05 08:58:01 by Zipporah
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The influx of Illegal Aliens has devastating, hidden medical consequences. We judge reality primarily by what we see. But what we do not see can be more dangerous, more expensive, and more deadly than what is seen.[1] Illegal Aliens’ stealthy assaults on medicine now must rouse Americans to alarmed alert.[2] Even President Bush describes Illegal Aliens only as they are seen: strong physical laborers who work hard in nasty jobs with low wages, who cultivate their families, and who pursue the American dream. What is unseen is their free medical care that has degraded and closed some of America’s finest emergency medical facilities and caused hospital bankruptcies: 84 California ...
Border Patrol complains that volunteers are tripping sensors used to detect illegal crossers
Post Date: 2005-04-04 15:39:31 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Border Patrol complains that volunteers are tripping sensors used to detect illegal crossers By Arthur H. Rotstein ASSOCIATED PRESS 12:15 p.m. April 4, 2005 TOMBSTONE, Ariz. ? Volunteers who have converged on the Mexican border to watch for illegal immigrants are disrupting U.S. Border Patrol operations by unwittingly tripping sensors that alert agents to possible intruders, an agency spokesman complained Monday. Scores of participants in the Minuteman Project began assembling late last week and planned to begin regular patrols on Monday, in an exercise some law enforcement authorities and civil rights groups fear will result in vigilante violence. Many of the volunteers were recruited ...
Minuteman Project, Day Three: In the Canyons
Post Date: 2005-04-04 15:11:36 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Buenos nachos, muchachos. Today was a busy day for the Minuteman Project. Patrols don?t officially start until tomorrow, but yesterday and today were both spent getting teams oriented and trained up on the tricks of the trails ? the Ilegal Alien Trails, that is. (As I type this, just over a hundred MMP members are sitting quietly in the night watching those trails.) The morning began with the standard briefing and assigning new arrivals to teams. This went smoothly and teams were deployed across the length of the border and in other areas of interest. Unfortunately, a good bit of my anonymity went down the tubes as Fox News, Univision, and Telemundo had video crews present and I was ...
US has no time for Minutemen on Mexican border
Post Date: 2005-04-04 14:24:39 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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US has no time for Minutemen on Mexican border By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 04 April 2005 They Touted themselves as fearless patriots standing up for the defence of the homeland. Their enemies painted them as dangerous vigilantes who threatened to create a bloodbath on the US-Mexican border. In the end, the so-called Minuteman Project a private, month-long initiative to patrol the southern Arizona border and fend off illegal immigrants has turned out to be little more than an April Fool's joke. For weeks, the US media has been intrigued by the possibility of a major stand-off in the Sonoran desert, envisioning armies of white supremacists armed with Uzis and Kalashnikovs, gunning down ...
Migrant Stumbles Into U.S. Militia 'Hornet's Nest'
Post Date: 2005-04-03 20:22:00 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Migrant Stumbles Into U.S. Militia 'Hornet's Nest' Sun Apr 3, 2005 05:52 PM ET NOGALES, Ariz. (Reuters) - A civilian militia in Arizona seeking to stop illegal aliens coming in from Mexico claimed its first immigrant when a hapless Guatemalan wandered into the group's base camp seeking help. A spokesman for the controversial Minuteman Project, which has rallied hundreds of volunteers to join a month-long vigil on the border, said on Sunday a Guatemalan migrant unwittingly walked into the camp. The volunteers then handed him to the Border Patrol. Apparently lost and desperate for food and water, the man headed for a Bible college on Friday in Palominas, just north of the Mexican ...
Border Group Report Results in Arrests
Post Date: 2005-04-03 20:19:37 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Border Group Report Results in Arrests By BETH DeFALCO, Associated Press Writer Sunday, April 3, 2005 (04-03) 15:51 PDT PHOENIX, (AP) -- Volunteers for an effort to patrol the Mexican border reported their first sighting of suspected illegal immigrants, resulting in 18 arrests, authorities said Sunday. Participants in the Minuteman Project spotted the migrants Saturday near Naco as the volunteers were surveying the border to familiarize themselves with area. When agents arrived, they apprehended 18 people, Border Patrol spokesman Andy Adame said. "You observe them, report them and get out of the way," said Mike McGarry, a spokesman for the project, which begins Monday and ...
Maybe they're nuts but Minutemen have been effective
Post Date: 2005-04-03 19:17:52 by Zipporah
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Say what you want about the Minuteman movement. Call the people involved vigilantes. Call them gun nuts. Call them crackpots in camouflage. I'd call them fairly effective. Before they even set foot among the scrub oak and chaparral of southeastern Arizona, they have done what politicians and policymakers in this part of the country have been unable to do. They have, as advertisers like to say, reached their target audience. On Wednesday, just two days before the Minutemen assembled on the Arizona-Mexico border, the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection hightailed it to Tucson to announce a "comprehensive strategy" to secure the border. Suddenly, Arizona is getting 534 new ...
There's nothing cheap about immigrant labor
Post Date: 2005-04-03 16:42:34 by robin
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The Denver Post richard d. lamm There's nothing cheap about immigrant labor By Richard D. Lamm Sunday, April 03, 2005 - It is easy to see why illegal immigrants are attractive to employers. These are generally good, hard-working people who will quietly accept minimum wage (or less), who don't generally get health or other benefits, and if they complain, they can be easily fired. For some employers it is an abused form of labor. Even minimum wage is attractive to workers from countries whose standard of living is a fraction of ours. But it is not "cheap labor." It may be cheap to those who pay the wages, but for the rest of us it is clearly subsidized labor, as we taxpayers ...
Mexican Women Set to Testify Against Alleged Sex Traffickers in New York Trial
Post Date: 2005-04-03 15:52:29 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Mexican Women Set to Testify Against Alleged Sex Traffickers in New York Trial By Tom Hays Associated Press Writer Published: Apr 3, 2005 NEW YORK (AP) - The poor, uneducated teenager met Josue Flores Carreto at a pastry shop where she worked in central Mexico and, amid promises of a better life, they wed in 2001. What followed, federal prosecutors say, were beatings, threats and sex with strangers far from home. The young woman's story, which Carreto disputes, is crucial to a federal case alleging he and a gang of fellow predators forced Mexican women like his bride into prostitution. Authorities say some of the victims were smuggled into New York in a scheme that made the gang ...
"Follow the Money" to Oppose Home Depot!
Post Date: 2005-04-03 12:36:07 by Zipporah
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Home Depot's announcement of its "partnership" with the National Council of La Raza and its plan to give hiring preference to Spanish-speaking employees is a signal that yet another corporation feels able openly to hire illegal aliens. Home Depot also indirectly supports alien employment by funding day-labor centers. Joe Turner describes this practice on California's Save Our State website. Many Americans have protested through Home Depot's website—only to receive notes from a low-level "Customer Care Representative." The reply I received from from "Shelby" (See Reply From Home Depot) proves that Home Depot is as indifferent to Americans' ...
Border-crossers in Mexico undeterred by Minuteman Project
Post Date: 2005-04-03 07:52:33 by Zipporah
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NACO, Mexico ---- Sitting near the U.S. border with Mexico, 36-year-old Alberto Gonzalez said he was concerned but not deterred by the Minuteman Project, a civilian border-watch group that aims report illegal immigrants coming across the Arizona border with Mexico. "I think they should leave that work to authorities," said Gonzalez, who said he was contemplating crossing the border illegally. Thousands of illegal immigrants cross the border through Arizona each year. The members of the Minuteman Project said they want to call attention to the problem and to have the federal government increase resources to the U.S. Border Patrol. Last year, more than half of the 1.1 million ...
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