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Latest Articles: Immigration
Minutemen Say Volunteer Calls Pouring In Over Border Fence Proposal
Post Date: 2006-04-23 08:45:41 by Mind_Virus
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Minutemen Say Volunteer Calls Pouring In Over Border Fence Proposal By Associated Press Apr 22, 2006 - 12:27:18 am PDT TUCSON, Ariz. -- Volunteer offers are flooding in to a border watch group that said it will build a fence on the Mexican border unless President Bush militarizes the border and adds new security fencing, group spokesmen said Friday. "We've certainly struck a chord and a nerve with the American people on this one," said Chris Simcox, national leader of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, which is conducting monthlong border watch operations in Arizona and more than a half-dozen other states on the Mexican and Canadian borders. Group members are watching for ...
Murder Shocks Brussels While PM and Cardinal Blame Victims
Post Date: 2006-04-22 11:41:15 by Tauzero
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Murder Shocks Brussels While PM and Cardinal Blame Victims From the desk of Paul Belien on Wed, 2006-04-19 15:37 Last Wednesday Joe Van Holsbeeck, 17 years of age, was murdered in Brussels Central Station. He was stabbed five times in the heart by North African youths. They demanded that he give them his MP3 player. When Joe refused he was savagely murdered. The atrocity happened during the evening rush hour on a crowded platform. Though there were hundreds of people on the platform, no-one interfered – perhaps because many people do not notice what is happening around them on a crowded, noisy and busy platform where passengers are rushing to catch their trains. Joe’s murderers ...
Private university planned for illegal immigrants
Post Date: 2006-04-21 13:21:15 by Grumble Jones
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A charter school in South Phoenix is starting a university for Hispanics and undocumented immigrants as emotions and legal maneuvering over illegal immigration reach new heights. Esperanza Montessori Academy quietly is working with Catholic University of Trujillo in Peru to build a school in South Phoenix for Hispanic students who can't afford to go to a traditional college. While the school will be open to anyone, it was designed with undocumented immigrants in mind. Plans also call for building an online university and beefing up the Catholic university's Peru campus, said Fernando Ruiz, president of Espiritu Development Corp., which operates Esperanza Montessori Academy for ...
Company's success was 'curious' to competitors
Post Date: 2006-04-21 12:41:45 by Ken Shabby
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Feds think illegal labor key to Houston division's record profits When Houston-based IFCO Systems North America Inc. reported record profits last year, others in the unglamorous business of recycling wooden pallets couldn't help but wonder how the company did it. "We were all very curious about this," said Chaille Brindley, assistant publisher of the trade magazine Pallet Enterprise. "They were able to do things that other companies just couldn't do." Federal investigators think a significant portion of those profits came on the backs of illegal immigrant workers recruited in Houston and bused to at least 26 plants across the country, where they reassembled worn pallets ...
GOP uses Spanish-radio ads in immigration counterattack
Post Date: 2006-04-21 12:41:05 by Tauzero
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GOP uses Spanish-radio ads in immigration counterattack By Lourdes Medrano Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.18.2006 On the heels of massive pro-immigrant demonstrations, Republicans on Monday launched a Spanish-language advertising campaign accusing Democrats of foiling an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws. In Tucson, the 60-second spots will air through today on La Caliente KCMT (102.1-FM), said Terry Bakos, the station's national sales coordinator. The ads say in part: "Terrorists coming across our borders. Drugs smuggled to America's shores. But just last week, there was hope. Congress was working on immigration reform to secure our borders and protect ...
U.S. Crackdown Set Over Hiring of Immigrants
Post Date: 2006-04-20 23:13:16 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON, April 20 — The apprehension on Wednesday of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants employed by a pallet supply company based in Houston, as well as the arrest of seven of its managers, represented the start of a more aggressive federal crackdown on employers, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Thursday. Describing the hiring of millions of illegal workers, in some cases, as a form of organized crime, Mr. Chertoff said the government would try to combat the practice with techniques similar to those used to shut down the mob. "We target those organizations, we use intelligence to define the scope of the organization, and then we use all of the tools we have ...
Mexican 'Coyotes' Operate in Plain Sight
Post Date: 2006-04-20 15:27:20 by Zipporah
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1 hour, 4 minutes ago Carrying their belongings and gallons of water, people wait for darkness before trying to cross illegally into the U.S. through the Arizona desert near the town of Sasabe, Mexico on Tuesday April 4, 2006. Before 1994, helping migrants sneak into the United States was considered almost a community service in Mexican villages but growing security along the border has made the business even more ruthless as smugglers chase growing profits and now see their clients as merchandise.(AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) Sidling up to migrants who arrive at the Tijuana airport and cruising the streets in border towns, "coyotes" in gold chains and dark sunglasses openly find ...
Minutemen to Bush: Build Fence or We Will
Post Date: 2006-04-20 09:52:39 by Zipporah
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A trainee of the civilian patrol group Civil Homeland Defense waves from the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, right, as a jeep carrying Mexican Army soldiers passes on the Mexican side of the border, in this Jan. 12, 2003, file photo taken outside of Palominas, Arizona. Chris Simcox, lower right in yellow jacket, the founder of the group, looks on with another supporter and three reporters. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Minuteman border watch leader Chris Simcox has a message for President Bush: Build new security fencing along the border with Mexico or private citizens will. Simcox said Wednesday that he's sending an ultimatum to the president, through the ...
Minutemen Threaten To Build Fence; sending Bush an ultimatum...
Post Date: 2006-04-19 20:38:53 by Brian S
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PHOENIX The Minutemen are telling the government to deal with immigration, or they will. The border watch group is proposing a new fence along the U-S-Mexico border. Minutemen leader Chris Simcox says they're sending President Bush an ultimatum -- either deploy the National Guard and military reserves to the border by May 25th or beginning Memorial Day weekend, they'll break ground and begin building a border security fence. Simcox says six Arizona land owners, as well as land owners in California, New Mexico and Texas, have promised to allow the fence to be built on their land. If it's built, the Minutemen say it'll be a double-layer fence with trenches on the Mexican side, facing ...
Hundreds nabbed in immigration raid Executives, workers arrested in nationwide move against pallet maker
Post Date: 2006-04-19 19:52:41 by Zipporah
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Updated: 7:40 p.m. ET April 19, 2006 WASHINGTON - Immigration agents arrested seven executives and hundreds of employees of a manufacturer of crates and pallets Wednesday as part of a crackdown on employers of illegal workers. Authorities raided offices and plants of IFCO Systems in at least eight states, the culmination of a yearlong criminal investigation, law enforcement officials said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested seven current and former IFCO Systems managers on charges they conspired to transport, harbor and encourage illegal workers to reside in the United States for commercial advantage and private financial gain, said Glenn T. Suddaby, the chief ...
President Bush's limousine arrives at Cancun for meeting with Fox Vicente.
Post Date: 2006-04-19 11:08:19 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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President Bush's limousine arrives at Cancun for meeting with Fox Vicente. GL - This is not breaking news/news
Cheering Call For ‘2,000-Mile Wall’
Post Date: 2006-04-18 21:41:13 by Mind_Virus
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Posted on Tue, Apr. 18, 2006 Cheering Call For ‘2,000-Mile Wall’ Hundreds At Rally In KC Want Strict U.S. Entry Policies By LYNN FRANEY The Kansas City Star JIM BARCUS/The Kansas City Star American flags were much in evidence Monday at a rally in Mill Creek Park in favor of strict enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Mary Golden of Blue Springs brought her flag to signal her support. Angry over illegal immigration they say depresses wages and displaces American workers, hundreds of people called for stricter border enforcement during a rally Monday evening at Mill Creek Park. The rally came in response to two recent Kansas City rallies at which thousands of people called ...
Georgia governor signs sweeping immigration law
Post Date: 2006-04-17 22:42:58 by Zipporah
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Protesters hold U.S. flags and signs during an anti-immigration rally near the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo., Monday, April 17, 2006. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) Apr 17, 7:14 PM ET The state of Georgia approved a sweeping measure on Monday to crack down on illegal immigrants and the people who hire them as a passionate debate on immigration heats up in the United States. The law could fuel a national controversy as the federal government and other states consider how to deal with millions of undocumented workers while immigrants, many of whom are Hispanic, are displaying their political power through mass demonstrations in cities across the United States. The Georgia Security and ...
Mexico prefers to export its poor, not uplift them
Post Date: 2006-04-17 20:20:09 by tom007
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Mexico prefers to export its poor, not uplift them At this week's summit, failed reforms under Fox should be the issue, not US actions. By George W. Grayson WILLIAMSBURG, VA. – At the parleys this week with his US and Canadian counterparts in Cancún, Mexican President Vicente Fox will press for more opportunities for his countrymen north of the Rio Grande. Specifically, he will argue for additional visas for Mexicans to enter the United States and Canada, the expansion of guest-worker schemes, and the "regularization" of illegal immigrants who reside throughout the continent. In a recent interview with CNN, the Mexican chief executive excoriated as ...
Ga. Governor Signs Strict Immigration Bill
Post Date: 2006-04-17 20:11:10 by LACUMO
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Ga. Governor Signs Strict Immigration Bill Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, center, is surrounded by Sen. Chip Rogers, from left, sponsor of SB529, Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act, Rep. Monday, April 17, 2006 ATLANTA - Georgia's governor signed a sweeping immigration bill Monday that supporters and critics say gives the state some of the toughest measures against illegal immigrants in the nation. "I want to make this clear: we are not, Georgia's government is not, and this bill is not, anti-immigrant," Gov. Sunny Perdue said at the signing. "We simply believe that everyone who lives in our state needs to abide by our laws." The law requires verification ...
School Makes Kids Use Buckets for Toilets
Post Date: 2006-04-17 20:08:57 by Dakmar
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) -- A principal trying to prevent walkouts during immigration rallies inadvertently introduced a lockdown so strict that children weren't allowed to go to the bathroom, and instead had to use buckets in the classroom, an official said. Worthington Elementary School Principal Angie Marquez imposed the lockdown March 27 as nearly 40,000 students across Southern California left classes that morning to attend immigrants' rights demonstrations. The lockdown continued into the following morning. Marquez apparently misread the district handbook and ordered a lockdown designed for nuclear attacks. Tim Brown, the district's director of operations, confirmed some students ...
Powerful Economic Interests That Need Cheap Labour Are Stopping U.S. From Dealing With Problem of Illegals
Post Date: 2006-04-17 09:11:01 by Mind_Virus
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Powerful Economic Interests That Need Cheap Labour Are Stopping U.S. From Dealing With Problem of Illegals Apr. 17, 2006. 01:00 AM Two things about American immigration are different. One is that the United States is the only large developed country that has a long land border with an underdeveloped country. The other is that only the United States among developed countries possesses a politically powerful domestic lobby that actively wants a large, steady flow of unskilled immigrants, preferably illegal ones. Taken together, these two oddities explain why immigration in America is such an explosive topic, and why Congress is unable to pass any new law regulating the flow. The recent ...
Poem Threatens a Very "French" Reaction
Post Date: 2006-04-16 22:47:23 by nc_girl_speaks_up
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http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=880230194f721299 Work, money and the problem By Chris Lykins The Gazette-Enterprise Published March 31, 2006 Work — who does it, why they do it and how much they get paid for it — seems to be the center of attention with the ongoing immigration debate in the United States and a new round of riots in France. Proposed laws provide the battleground in both countries, with the idea of a “guest worker” program fueling the fire as part of a broader immigration issue here, while a new labor law that would allow companies to easily fire employees during a two-year trial period is stoking the blaze in France. The furor over the ...
Republicans plan anti-Reid ads on Spanish-language radio
Post Date: 2006-04-16 14:58:05 by Red Jones
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April 13, 2006 Republicans plan anti-Reid ads on Spanish-language radio By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS (AP) - Ads criticizing Sen. Minority Leader Harry Reid for "playing politics" with immigration reform legislation are scheduled to air on Spanish-language radio stations in four Western cities with large Hispanic populations next week. The ad campaign targeting the Nevada Democrat is funded by the Republican National Committee and will air in Las Vegas, Reno, Tucson and Phoenix, GOP officials said Thursday. The ads are part of the continued political fallout from the collapse of compromise legislation forged last week by Senate leaders. The deal was ...
Migrant Who Threw Rocks At (Border Patrol) Helicopter Given 38 Months
Post Date: 2006-04-15 19:09:26 by Mind_Virus
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Migrant Who Threw Rocks At Helicopter Given 38 Months The Associated Press Published: 04.15.2006 An illegal immigrant who tried to bring down a U.S. Border Patrol helicopter by throwing rocks at it was sentenced to 38 months in federal prison, the U.S Attorney's Office said. Antonio Eretza-Florez, 33, will be under supervision for 36 months after his release for the July 2004 incident. He was sentenced Thursday. Eretza-Florez was a passenger in a stolen vehicle packed with immigrants that a Huachuca City police officer tried to stop. A chase ensued, and the officer ran his patrol car into a ditch. Border Patrol agents arrived to help, and a helicopter and an unmanned aerial vehicle ...
THE NEW FOREIGN AID - The Seeds of Promise (my title: Selling Amnesty for All)
Post Date: 2006-04-15 14:10:21 by robin
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THE NEW FOREIGN AIDThe Seeds of PromiseThe world's immigrant workers send home billions of dollars a year, eclipsing all government aid. The funds, arriving in trickles, ease poverty and drive growth. Wages earned in the lettuce fields of California are transforming an entire village in Oaxaca. By Richard Boudreaux Times Staff Writer April 13, 2006 Santa Maria Ayoquezco, Mexico — First of Four Parts The prickly plants started in Catalina Sanchez's garden and now stretch across her neighbors' fields as far as the eye can see. They pop up on acre after acre as word gets around: This village of dirt floors and outdoor toilets expects to get rich exporting cactus. The seed money comes ...
Immigration Activist Deported
Post Date: 2006-04-15 09:04:53 by Mind_Virus
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Immigration Activist Deported created: 4/14/2006 6:03:56 PM updated: 4/14/2006 10:26:19 PM By Mike Owens I-Team Cecilia Velasquez KSDK-Two days before a big immigration reform rally in downtown St. Louis, a prime mover of the event was arrested and set for deportation. Cecilia Velasquez was arrested in 2000 as she crossed the U.S border from Mexico, and refused to leave the country. In April of 2003, she was arrested again, following a complaint about her immigration status. Court records show she fought her deportation until August of 2005, and even went to the U.S. Court of Appeals, where she lost, and was found to be deportable. Friday, her lawyer says she was sent to Mexico. ...
The Real Mexican Revolution
Post Date: 2006-04-15 00:56:11 by mirage
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In the Winter 2005/06 Edition of The National Interest, in an article titled “Mexico’s Wasted Chance,” Fredo Arias-King laments the failure of Mexican President Vicente Fox. Why did Fox fail? Why did he compromise his reforms? The key may be found in Fox’s appointment of Jorge Castaneda as Mexico’s foreign minister. This is the same Jorge Castaneda who assisted communists like Fidel Castro and Daniel Ortega in the 1980s. This is the same Jorge Castaneda who called for the destabilization of the U.S. economy through a debt moratorium, who also called for legal measures against Americans in Mexico. It is no wonder that Foreign Minister Castaneda abrogated ...
Legalizing Immigrants In U.S. May Hurt Mexican Economy
Post Date: 2006-04-14 13:55:17 by mirage
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MEXICO CITY -- A proposal in the United States Congress to legalize millions of undocumented U.S. immigrants could hurt Mexico's economy. So say some Mexican economists, who say the legislation could slash the amount of money the immigrants send home to Mexico. They argue that Mexicans with permission to work in the United States will want to bring their families north to live with them. That would eliminate the main reason they send money home. That would hurt Mexican businesses that have come to depend on the money sent down from the United States. Miguel Cervantes Jimenez is an economist at Mexico's National Autonomous University. He said remittances from U.S. immigrants could drop by ...
Globalism: You Won't Like It!
Post Date: 2006-04-13 23:45:30 by Coral Snake
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Globalism: You Won't Like It! By Frosty Wooldridge 4-13-6 When you look at globalists like Senator Kerry, Condi Rice, Vice President Cheney, Senator Frist, President Bush and others in our nation's capitol, you're looking at men and women performing a frightening experiment on the United States of America. You're also looking at men and women who have failed to stand up for the U.S. Constitution. They've failed their oath of office. They contrived us into an un-winnable war; created a horrific national debt; opened our borders to unending illegal immigration; outsourced, insourced and offshored jobs stolen from our middle class-and finally, they abet lawlessness of 20 million illegal ...
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