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Latest Articles: Immigration
Want to do something about immigration:? End the "war on drugs"
Post Date: 2007-10-13 08:20:36 by Ada
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Militarizing Mexico: What "bi-national" cooperation in the "War on Drugs" has wrought. "You can't buy those two together," the checkout clerk informed me, referring to two over-the-counter children's cold remedies. "The computer won't let me process the purchase." "Oh," I replied, a puzzled scowl taking possession of my face, "this must be one of those oh-so-helpful `war on drugs' measures -- like the restrictions on buying pseudoephedrine." My comment was overheard by the man standing in line behind me, a pleasant fellow with a four-year-old son in tow. About ten years younger than myself, the man had much the ...
Illegal Immigration Spurs Constitutional Amendment
Post Date: 2007-10-12 17:08:47 by statusquobuster
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Illegal Immigration Spurs Constitutional Amendment Joel S. Hirschhorn Among the millions of Americans frustrated with the refusal by the federal government to forcefully control illegal immigration is South Carolina Senator Glenn McConnell. As President Pro Tempore of the Senate McConnell has explained why he is calling for the nation’s first use of the US Constitution’s Article V provision for a convention of state delegates to propose constitutional amendments. “While this action is unprecedented, I also believe that the danger facing our country is unprecedented. We need to act now. …Congress has refused or is incapable of acting, thereby leaving the states in the ...
Judge delays crackdown on employers of illegal workers
Post Date: 2007-10-09 17:05:52 by Arete
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A federal judge signaled Monday that he is likely to prevent the Bush administration from threatening employers with prosecution if they fail to fire illegal immigrants. The administration's proposed crackdown on employers does not appear to be authorized by law, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said during a two-hour hearing in San Francisco. That is the position of labor unions that have sued to block proposed new federal regulations, which they say could lead to firings of thousands of legally employed workers. Over government objections, Breyer extended for up to 10 days a temporary restraining order issued Aug. 31 by another federal judge that stopped officials from mailing ...
Bush, Texas at odds over death case (of Mexican national cites Geneva Convention)
Post Date: 2007-10-08 19:16:04 by Zipporah
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This undated photo released by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death row inmate Jose Ernesto Medellin. Texas wants President Bush to get out of the way of the state's plan to execute a Mexican for the brutal killing of two teenage girls. Bush, who presided over 152 executions as governor of Texas, wants to halt the execution of Medellin in what has become a confusing test of presidential power that the Supreme Court, which hears the case this week, ultimately will sort out. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice) By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer Sun Oct 7, 12:09 PM ET WASHINGTON - To put it bluntly, Texas wants President Bush to get out of the way of ...
Senate temporarily sidelines immigration legalization bill: Democrats vow to pass measure aiding 1 million youths
Post Date: 2007-10-08 18:50:11 by Kamala
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Sept. 26, 2007, 10:33PM Senate temporarily sidelines immigration legalization bill: Democrats vow to pass measure aiding 1 million youths By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The prospects for immediate Senate action on the DREAM Act, which would grant legal status to hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants, disappeared Wednesday amid Republican opposition. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pledged that senators would vote on the the measure, which is strongly opposed by anti-illegal immigration groups, before the Senate finishes its work for the year in mid-November. "All who care about this matter ...
MEXICAN GOV'T. REVEALS PLANS FOR TRANS NORTH AMERICAN CORRIDOR
Post Date: 2007-10-08 11:41:30 by christine
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In the midst of the current presidential race, American voters are being denied information regarding alleged plans to merge the three nations of North America -- the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Not only are most political leaders in both major parties failing to discuss allegations of an impending North American Union, but the mainstream news media are failing to examine what promises to be THE major news story of the 21st Century. Meanwhile, the Mexican government has revealed to its own citizens that Mexico has entered extensive discussions with government officials in Texas and top representatives from the Bush administration to extend what it called the Trans-Texas Corridor ...
Pr. William [VA] Immigration, Housing Ills Seen as Linked
Post Date: 2007-10-05 18:47:09 by DeaconBenjamin
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Prince William County's home prices and its Hispanic population rose in tandem during the first half of this decade, a result of a home-building frenzy that became a powerful magnet for immigrant laborers. They arrived by the thousands, sending housing values even higher.
Many did not come legally. But in the blur of swinging hammers and flying dollar signs, that detail was often overlooked. Illegal immigrants had little trouble finding jobs and not much trouble getting mortgages.
That arrangement has unraveled. Prince William has some of the highest foreclosure rates in the region, with a glut of unsold, depreciating homes. And its elected officials have embarked on one of the most ...
Veteran Removes Illegal Mexican Flag, May Be Charged (Video & MP3)
Post Date: 2007-10-04 10:46:52 by Liberate Jim Traficant
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Veteran Removes Illegal Mexican Flag, May Be ChargedReno resident cuts down Mexican flag flying above U.S. flag after outcry By Steve Watson A Veteran from Reno, Nev. has hit headlines after he took matters into his own hands yesterday and tore down a Mexican flag that was being illegally flown above a U.S. flag at a local business. Local news station KRNV News 4 had received calls yesterday afternoon from angry residents complaining about the Mexican flag. When the station sent a reporter to investigate the Veteran took the opportunity to make a statement in front of the cameras. The man commented "I'm Jim Brossert and I took this flag down in honor of my country with a knife from ...
MEXICAN UCLA TEACHER PLANNING REVOLT INSIDE USA!!
Post Date: 2007-10-04 01:59:05 by Horse
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Poster Comment:This man's words and our lack of response tells us all we need to know about the government, the media, Wall Street and both political parties.
Cities along Texas-Mexico border block access to land where government wants to build fence
Post Date: 2007-10-02 23:16:46 by Brian S
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas: Mayors along the Texas-Mexico border have begun a quiet protest of the federal government's plans to build a fence along the border: They are refusing to give access to their land. Mayors in Brownsville, Del Rio and El Paso have denied access to some parts of their city property, turning away federal employees assigned to begin surveys or conduct other preliminary work on the fence meant to keep out illegal immigrants. "This is exercising our rights. This is our property. We are not going to make it easy for them," said Brownsville Mayor Pat Ahumada, who refused last month to sign documents granting government workers permission to enter city property. ...
NORTH AMERICAN UNION AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION
Post Date: 2007-10-01 16:11:05 by robin
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NORTH AMERICAN UNION AND GLOBAL INTEGRATION By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. October 1, 2007 NewsWithViews.com At an April 12, 1883 talk at the Twilight Club in New York City, former NEW YORK TIMES editorial page editor John Swinton revealed: "We are the tools and vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumpingjacks; they pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities, and our lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes." Almost 40 years later, New York City Mayor John Hylan delivered a speech in Chicago on March 26, 1922. He was quoted by THE NEW YORK TIMES (March 27) as revealing: "The real menace of our republic ...
McDonald's workers held in immigration raid
Post Date: 2007-09-29 05:50:15 by noone222
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RENO, Nev. - Federal agents raided 11 McDonald's restaurants in northern Nevada and made dozens of arrests Thursday as part of an investigation into illegal immigration. Agents for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made at least 56 arrests in Reno, Sparks and Fernley after raids at the restaurants and a franchise corporate headquarters in Reno, agency spokesman Richard Rocha said. "They are people suspected of being in the country illegally. As far as I know, they were all McDonald's employees," he told The Associated Press. The investigation began five months ago and was sparked by an identity theft complaint, Rocha said. A local law enforcement agency then gave ...
How George Bush became the new Saddam
Post Date: 2007-09-23 12:40:30 by Ferret Mike
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COVER STORY: Its strategies shattered, a desperate Washington is reaching out to the late dictator's henchmen It was embarrassing putting my flak jacket on backwards and sideways, but in the darkness of the Baghdad airport car park I couldn’t see anything. “Peterik, put the flak jacket on,” the South African security contractor was saying politely, impatiently. “You know the procedure if we are attacked.” I didn’t. He explained. One of the chase vehicles would pull up beside us and someone would drag me out of the armoured car, away from the firing. If both drivers were unconscious—nice euphemism—he said I should try to run to the nearest army ...
(NY) Spitzer to let illegal immigrants get driver's licenses
Post Date: 2007-09-23 00:53:53 by robin
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New Yorkers will soon be able to get driver's licenses regardless of their immigration status, Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced yesterday in a follow-up to a campaign pledge. Immigrants will be able to show foreign passports and other identification documents to qualify for licenses - and no longer be denied for lack of Social Security numbers. The policy will start phasing in by year's end. The decision is a big turnaround at the Department of Motor Vehicles, which under Gov. George Pataki tightened the rules for foreign-born applicants. The DMV barred people from renewing their licenses without valid Social Security numbers, something illegal immigrants would not be able to present. ...
U.S. Will Speed Entry Of Refugees From Iraq (12,000 to Be Admitted in the Next Year)
Post Date: 2007-09-22 16:13:43 by Zipporah
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Officials Say New Measures Will Allow 12,000 to Be Admitted in the Next Year Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 22, 2007; A10 About 12,000 Iraqi refugees will be admitted into the United States over the next year as measures to speed up the process begin to take effect, government officials said yesterday. The new target represents an increase in the number and pace of Iraqi refugees entering the country and means that 17 percent of the 70,000 refugees expected to be admitted next year will come from Iraq, officials from the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security told reporters. An estimated 4 million Iraqis have been displaced and about 2.2 million ...
France Races to Oust Illegal Immigrants
Post Date: 2007-09-22 12:25:58 by Mister Clean
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France Races to Oust Illegal Immigrants (09-22) 04:11 PDT PARIS, France (AP) -- A Russian boy suffers head injuries after falling from a window while trying to elude police. A North African man slips from a window ledge and fractures his leg while fleeing officers. A Chinese woman lies in a coma after plunging from a window during a police check. As France races to deport 25,000 illegal immigrants by the end of the year — a quota set by President Nicolas Sarkozy — tensions are mounting and the crackdown is taking a toll. Critics say the hunt threatens values in a nation that prides itself on being a cradle of human rights and a land of asylum. Protesters have gathered by the ...
Glitch Renders 'Virtual (border) Fence' Unusable
Post Date: 2007-09-22 07:54:09 by Zipporah
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Glitch Renders 'Virtual Fence' Unusable Associated Press TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Because of a software glitch, the first high-tech "virtual fence" on the nation's borders remains inoperable, three months after its scheduled debut. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he is withholding further payment to the prime contractor, Boeing Co., until the success of the pilot project stretching 28 miles near the border southwest of Tucson. Nine 98-foot towers laden with radar, sensors and sophisticated cameras have been built in an area heavily trafficked by illegal immigrant and drug smugglers. The towers, each a few miles apart, are intended to deter or detect ...
Mexicans pour into Canada from U.S:Agencies brace for thousands more; 'Give us a chance,' one begs ( cue violin music)
Post Date: 2007-09-21 03:36:25 by scrapper2
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For 15 years, Manuel Ortega was living his version of the American Dream in Florida. He had steady employment, sometimes working as a detailer for local car dealers, other times as a forklift driver. He earned enough to buy a van and rent a house for his wife and three children. His kids earned good grades in school and played with the family pet, a Shih Tzu named Chaparro (Shorty). They were safe and kept out of trouble. Ortega's dream, as he recounted it Tuesday standing outside a room at a Windsor motel, is now but a memory. He is one of an estimated 180 Mexicans from Florida who've rushed across the border and into Windsor to claim refugee status, fleeing a crackdown on ...
Some Oregon schools adopting Mexican curriculum
Post Date: 2007-09-20 12:22:02 by winston_smith
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Some Oregon high schools are adopting Mexico's public school curriculum to help educate Spanish-speaking students with textbooks, an online Web site, DVDs and CDs provided free by Mexico to teach math, science and even U.S. history. The Oregon Department of Education and Mexico's Secretariat of Public Education are discussing aligning their curricula so courses will be valid in both countries. Similar ventures are under way in Yakima, Wash., San Diego, Calif., and Austin, Texas. "Students come to us with such complex issues," said Tim King, director of Clackamas Middle College and Clackamas Web Academy, where a virtual course using Mexico's learning materials got ...
Bourbon, Baseball Bats, And Now the Bantu
Post Date: 2007-09-19 20:50:44 by Peetie Wheatstraw
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- In 2003, Mattie Cox read about the arrival here of Hussein Issack and other refugees from Somalia's long-persecuted Bantu minority. Mr. Issack came from a subsistence-farming family and had never set foot in a factory. Nonetheless, Ms. Cox's first thought was to put him to work at the trailer maker where she is a human-resources manager. "He was a man with kids who was new here and needed work," she says. Four years later, Mr. Issack is still working at Kentucky Trailer, having learned on the job how to use industrial tools to make doors for Allied Van Lines Inc. and other moving companies. "Today, he's multiskilled," Ms. Cox says. ...
Cheech & Chong - Born in East L.A.
Post Date: 2007-09-19 20:28:36 by Peetie Wheatstraw
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Vietnam bride hell for Maurice
Post Date: 2007-09-15 21:38:48 by Zipporah
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'Silly fool' ... heartbroken Maurice with picture of his wedding to Cucu A LOVELORN pensioner has told how his angelic bride from Vietnam became a “monster” as soon as they got back to the UK. Maurice Baldacchino, 71, met Cucu Co through pals and spent £11,000 on a lavish wedding. But the 32-year-old beauty became a nightmare — like Thai bride Ting Tong Macadangdang from Little Britain, with hubby Dudley Punt. Former merchant seaman Maurice told how she: KUNG-FU kicked him in the leg where he had a new hip replacement GAMBLED three nights a week, spending hundreds of pounds a time OGLED other men and flirted outrageously with them SHOUTED obscenities at ...
Mexican Truckers: Suspend Pilot Program
Post Date: 2007-09-15 14:52:32 by Zipporah
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MEXICO CITY — U.S. truckers aren't the only ones upset with a cross-border pilot program allowing long-haul Mexican tractor-trailers into the United States. Truckers south of the border aren't thrilled with it either. The private organization representing the majority of Mexico's freight haulers on Thursday demanded the government suspend the program, saying it leaves Mexican truckers at a competitive disadvantage with their U.S. counterparts. Until last week, Mexican trucks were restricted to a narrow commercial zone along the border. But after a more than decade-long dispute over the NAFTA provision opening up the roadways far across the border, the pilot program is ...
3 illegal aliens arrested trying to enter Los Alamos National Laboratory
Post Date: 2007-09-15 14:47:40 by Zipporah
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3 illegal aliens arrested trying to enter Los Alamos National Laboratory Sep 14, 2007 01:52 PM SANTA FE, N.M. - Three Mexican nationals made their initial appearance in federal court here Thursday after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Investigations special agents arrested them for trying to use fraudulent identity cards to gain access to a secure area inside the Los Alamos National Laboratory. ICE special agents on Wednesday arrested Noel Lopez-Villegas, 29, and brothers Juan Carlos Nieblas-Rodriguez, 41, and Guadalupe Nieblas-Rodriguez, 39. All are Mexican nationals who were illegally living and working in the United States. On Wednesday, the three men ...
Illegals charged in Fairview rape
Post Date: 2007-09-14 04:16:48 by freepatriot32
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FAIRVIEW -- Three undocumented immigrants have been charged in the predawn rape of a woman behind a Fairview Avenue bank. The 29-year-old woman was drunk when she got off a bus from Manhattan at about 1:40 a.m. Tuesday on her way home to West New York, said Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli. of the defendants approached her at a bus stop and then carried her to an area next to the Oritani Bank, where one of them raped her, Molinelli said. The second man ran off when a passerby spotted him, the prosecutor said. The passerby, state Corrections Officer Carl Lio, flagged down a police officer a block away. Together they went around the building and found a man -- identified as ...
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