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Minorities in majority in 43 Texas counties, leading U.S. trend
Post Date: 2007-08-10 11:33:18 by christine
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Central Texas counties not yet following trend
WASHINGTON — Leading a national trend, Texas has 43 counties — the most of any state — that are "majority-minority," with non-Hispanic white residents outnumbered by African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and other racial and ethnic groups, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday.
Starr County, on the border with Mexico, has a "minority" population of 98 percent, the highest of any county in the country.
Nearly one in every 10 of the nation's 3,141 counties has a population that is more than half minority. In 2006, eight counties that had not previously been majority-minority pushed the national total to 303, the Census ...
Fewer Mexican Immigrants Are Sending Money Back Home, Bank Says
Post Date: 2007-08-09 14:25:30 by Tauzero
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Fewer Mexican Immigrants Are Sending Money Back Home, Bank Says By JULIA PRESTON Published: August 9, 2007 This year a smaller percentage of Mexican immigrants in the United States sent money back to their homeland than in 2006, according to a report released yesterday by the Inter-American Development Bank. The bank said the reduction had left at least two million people in Mexico without the same financial help they had once received. Bank officials, pointing to a survey of Mexican immigrants in the report, said the decline reflected a rising sense of insecurity and uncertainty about whether they would stay in the United States. Anticipating a possible move back to Mexico, these ...
Bowling With Our Own
Post Date: 2007-08-09 10:13:44 by christine
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Robert Putnam’s sobering new diversity research scares its author. 25 June 2007 Harvard political scientist Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone, is very nervous about releasing his new research, and understandably so. His five-year study shows that immigration and ethnic diversity have a devastating short- and medium-term influence on the social capital, fabric of associations, trust, and neighborliness that create and sustain communities. He fears that his work on the surprisingly negative effects of diversity will become part of the immigration debate, even though he finds that in the long run, people do forge new communities and new ties. Putnam’s study reveals that ...
Report: Whites Now Minority in 1 in 10 U.S. Counties [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-08-09 09:22:36 by christine
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WASHINGTON — Whites are now in the minority in nearly one in 10 U.S. counties. And that increased diversity, fueled by immigration and higher birth rates among blacks and Hispanics, is straining race relations and sparking a backlash against immigrants in many communities. "There's some culture shock," said Mark Mather of the Population Reference Bureau, a Washington-based research agency. "But I think there is a momentum building, and it is going to continue." As of 2006, non-Hispanic whites made up less than half the population in 303 of the nation's 3,141 counties, according to figures the Census Bureau is releasing Thursday. Non-Hispanic whites were a ...
Charging Anti-Semitism To Silence Dissent
Post Date: 2007-08-07 18:55:56 by Brian S
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The charge of anti-Semitism is used by supporters of Israel to silence and discredit voices that conflict with Zionist orthodoxy. Two recent examples illustrate this point: The publication of Jimmy Carter's book Palestine Peace not Apartheid triggered a well-orchestrated campaign of vilification and character assassination of a former president whose "crime" was to characterize Israeli policies in the occupied territories as apartheid. (South African anti-apartheid activists say it is much worse.) The March 2006 publication of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's essay "The Israel Lobby" in the London Review of Books was accompanied by the familiar charge of ...
President Threatening to VETO $3 Billion Extra Border Funding Passed by Senate
Post Date: 2007-08-07 15:48:39 by freepatriot32
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Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to Increase Enforcement Spending for the U.S.-Mexican Border by $3 Billion. However, the White House is now threatening to VETO this critically-needed funding boost as too expensive! If America needs to increase spending on ANYTHING, it is Border Enforcement. Do you agree? Cast Your Vote In our INSTANT POLL VETO BORDER FUNDING I SUPPORT BORDER FUNDING INCREASE
U.S. border cop charged with murdering Mexican [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-08-07 08:25:03 by Jethro Tull
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U.S. border cop charged with murdering Mexican Tue Aug 7, 2007 7:34AM EDT BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent must stand trial for murder in the shooting of a Mexican man trying to enter the United States, an Arizona judge ruled Monday in a case that drew criticism from Mexico. Agent Nicholas Corbett was charged in April with four counts of homicide in the January 12 shooting of Francisco Dominguez Rivera shortly after he crossed the border illegally on a stretch of desert between Douglas and Naco. Cochise County Justice of the Peace David Morales ruled the evidence supported lesser charges of second-degree murder, but threw out charges of first-degree murder, which ...
NEW HAVEN & HAZELTON: A TALE OF TWO CITIES
Post Date: 2007-08-05 14:41:25 by robin
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Informed Americans cheered when Hazelton, PA., Mayor Louis Barletta, took a stand against the invasion of his city by illegal aliens: "Mayor Louis Barletta understands what the word illegal means and crafted new laws to do what Congress has refused to do: uphold Art. 4, Section IV of the U.S. Constitution which reads: The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence. "The new ordinance would require anyone attempting to rent must obtain a residency permit at ...
3 accused of running major Hispanic prostitution ring in North Alabama
Post Date: 2007-08-03 03:08:16 by PercyDovetonsils
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3 accused of running major Hispanic prostitution ring in North Alabama By Jay Reeves Associated Press Writer BIRMINGHAM — Three Mexican men accused of running a major prostitution ring catering to Hispanics in Northeast Alabama allegedly paid women $15 to perform sex acts and hired a bounty hunter to pose as a police officer and shut down rival operations. The men had hundreds of condoms to provide to customers, and they sent profits of as much as $1,000 every three days to the owner of the illicit business in Mexico, according to court documents filed by prosecutors. One women had sex with upward of 80 men daily toward the end of each week, the prosecutors’ documents say, and ...
THEIR OWN STORIES: ETHNIC CLEANSING OF AMERICANS
Post Date: 2007-07-30 10:20:45 by christine
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Last week, the column on Americans being ‘ethnically cleansed’ out of their own communities created an avalanche of mail. Isn’t it amazing that our government protects other countries from invasion, but betrays and openly invites displacement of our own citizens? Read what more Americans say about being run out of their own communities. Bud Hamilton, Sugarland, Texas, wrote, “This situation already exists in my home town of Houston. We haven't stood our ground in years. We have experienced violence on a small scale so far.....we already have ghettos teaming with illiterate Spanish speaking, non-citizens, and they already have created their own versions of the third ...
US Chamber Of Commerce Seeks Amendments To Increase H1B Visas
Post Date: 2007-07-27 12:40:26 by Brian S
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Washington, July 27: Throwing its weight behind crucial amendments seeking to increase the H1B visa cap to 1,15,000, the US chamber of commerce has urged lawmakers to provide relief to companies dependent on highly skilled workers to help them compete in the global market. The highly influential chamber representing several American companies that bring in thousands of highly skilled workers into the country said the inability of firms to bring highly educated workers and students into the US severely hurts their ability to compete internationally. "... The H-1B visa cap was hit for the ninth time on the first day visas were available for fiscal year 2008. There has also been a ...
Hired Guns at the Border? The Contracting Has Begun
Post Date: 2007-07-26 21:23:01 by KOSak
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By Nick BrauneMid-Vally Town Crierby permission The July 8th front page of McAllen's paper, The Monitor, had an article, 'Border Patrol May See Surge,' discussing a proposed increase (surge) in numbers of Border Patrol agents. This momentarily caught my attention for two reasons. First, the U.S. has not done well with surges lately: 'The Surge' in Iraq has produced nothing but a resented brutal lockdown of Baghdad and its suburbs. And secondly, I always suspect there are too many Border Patrol agents already. But the article kept my attention. I take it that a private contracting company, DynCorp International of Virginia, is sending out press releases (basically ...
Judge Strikes Down Pennsylvania City's Illegal Immigration Law
Post Date: 2007-07-26 14:26:30 by Brian S
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A federal judge on Thursday struck down the city of Hazleton's tough anti-immigration law, ruling unconstitutional a measure that has been copied around the country. The city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act sought to impose fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants and deny business permits to companies that give them jobs. Another measure would have required tenants to register with City Hall and pay for a rental permit. U.S. District Judge James Munley voided the law Thursday based on testimony from a nine-day trial held in March. The city will almost certainly appeal. Hazleton's Republican mayor pushed for the strict laws last summer after two illegal ...
Drug smuggler had passes to enter U.S.
Post Date: 2007-07-26 08:56:44 by Dempsy
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Critical of federal prosecutors' use of trafficker in the case involving Border Patrol agents, five in the House show copies of crossing cards By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Mexican drug smuggler involved in the controversial prosecution of two Border Patrol agents was granted six border crossing passes to enter the U.S. unescorted — including two after he was linked by federal law enforcement to a million-dollar marijuana payload. Copies of the six crossing cards, which in some cases were good for months at a time, were released Wednesday by five House Republicans who have been harshly critical of federal ...
US has naturalized 32,000 immigrant soldiers since Iraq war
Post Date: 2007-07-25 19:50:31 by Ferret Mike
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Dressed in US military uniforms, an Iraqi, a Mexican and a Colombian stand proudly at their naturalization ceremony, each clutching a miniature American flag in one hand and a copy of the constitution in the other. You are part of the most exclusive club in the world," director of US citizenship and immigration services Emilio Gonzalez told them Tuesday at the ceremony, which included 25 new citizens -- mostly soldiers -- from 14 nations. "You've accepted to defend the principles of the greatest country in the world," said Gonzalez, who is himself a naturalized American. Each year the United States naturalizes more than 700,000 immigrants. Once they ...
Authorities Nab Alleged Mexico Drug Kingpin Zhenli Ye Gon in Maryland
Post Date: 2007-07-24 10:10:11 by JCHarris
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Authorities Nab Alleged Mexico Drug Kingpin Zhenli Ye Gon in Maryland Tuesday, July 24, 2007 MEXICO CITY — U.S. federal agents have arrested a Mexico City businessman wanted in connection with one of the Western Hemisphere's largest trafficking rings for the main chemical ingredient in methamphetamine. Zhenli Ye Gon was arrested in a Maryland restaurant Monday evening, four months after police discovered $207 million at his Mexico City mansion in what U.S. officials have called the world's biggest seizure of drug cash. Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora called the arrest "magnificent news" and said Mexican officials had 60 days to file their legal ...
New Haven,Connecticut Becomes First City in U.S. to Offer ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants
Post Date: 2007-07-24 08:46:33 by JCHarris
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New Haven,Connecticut Becomes First City in U.S. to Offer ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants Tuesday , July 24, 2007 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — This city is becoming the first in the nation to offer identification cards to illegal immigrants, trying to bring them out of the shadows even as many municipalities crack down on them. Beginning Tuesday, New Haven will offer the ID cards to all of its 125,000 residents, including some 10,000 to 12,000 illegal immigrants. The cards will allow immigrants to open bank accounts and use other services that may be unavailable without driver's licenses or state-issued IDs. If they can open bank accounts, immigrants will be less likely to carry large ...
Three Killed in Connecticut Home Invasion, Suspects Arrested [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-07-23 17:50:07 by JCHarris
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http://FOXNews.com Three Killed in Connecticut Home Invasion, Suspects Arrested Monday , July 23, 2007 CHESHIRE, Conn. — Three people were killed after thieves broke into their home, held them hostage for several hours and ultimately set the house ablaze before being nabbed by police while trying to flee the scene. Authorities surrounded the home after a woman was taken by one of the suspects to a bank and somehow alerted an employee that her family was being held hostage, The Hartford Courant reported on its Web site. Connecticut State Police said in a statement issued Monday that officers went to the residence after bank officials notified them of a "suspicious ...
ETHNIC CLEANSING OF AMERICANS IN AMERICA’S CITIES [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-07-23 10:15:30 by christine
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Visited Los Angeles lately? How about Miami? What about New York City? How Houston, Texas? Notice anything? Millions upon millions of people from foreign lands reside illegally in our communities. A Chicago reader echoed a growing crisis in America where Americans by the millions must step aside for people who broke into our country. “As a native of the Chicago area I have been aware of immigration my entire life--as a youngster in the 60s we had many Central and Eastern Europeans in our community and they and their children learned English as soon as possible-- and how the "melting pot" worked so well until 1965,” Terry said. “Although aware, I was not overly ...
Muslim Workers at Nebraska Meatpacking Plant Complain of Religious Harassment [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-07-22 20:19:36 by JCHarris
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Muslim Workers at Nebraska Meatpacking Plant Complain of Religious Harassment Sunday , July 22, 2007 OMAHA, Neb. — Supervisors at a meatpacking plant have fired or harassed dozens of Somali Muslim employees for trying to pray at sunset, violating civil rights laws, the workers and their advocates say. The five- to 10-minute prayer, known as the maghrib, must be done within a 45-minute window around sunset, according to Muslim rules. The workers at the Swift & Co. plant in Grand Island say they quit, were fired or were verbally and physically harassed over the issue. The Council on American-Islamic Relations has drafted a complaint to be filed with the federal Equal Employment ...
Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration (Numbers USA story)
Post Date: 2007-07-22 01:29:43 by Liberate Jim Traficant
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Powerful Roy Beck Video: "Immigration by the Numbers" (click image) Little-Known Group Claims a Win on Immigration By Robert Pear WASHINGTON, July 15 — When a comprehensive immigration bill collapsed last month on the Senate floor, it was a victory for a small group that had been lobbying Congress for a decade to reduce the number of immigrants — legal and illegal — in the United States. The group, Numbers USA, tracked every twist and turn of the bill. Its members flooded the Senate with more than a million faxes, sent through the organization’s Web site. It supplied arguments and information to senators opposing the bill. “It was a David-and-Goliath ...
Mexican Migrants Carry H.I.V. Home
Post Date: 2007-07-21 06:32:39 by Zipporah
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Mexican Migrants Carry H.I.V. Home
Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times Dr. Indiana Torres of Puebla General Hospital said 22 percent of the 1,000 or so cases of H.I.V. and AIDS that her clinic handles can be traced to migration, mostly to the New York area.
PUEBLA, Mexico — Cres has spent almost half his 32 years working in the United States, in the fields of California and Texas and the factories of Chicago and New York. His wife and three children were with him some of the time. But he was alone for long spells, and it was during one of those periods that he figures he contracted H.I.V.
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Work on Texas border wall to begin soon: Chertoff
Post Date: 2007-07-20 18:44:45 by mirage
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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Construction on a border wall in southern Texas is expected to begin by this autumn, despite strong local opposition, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in an interview published on Thursday. Chertoff told the Houston Chronicle the federal government "can't rule out" using powers of eminent domain to seize land for the wall that is intended to stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering the United States from Mexico. In heavily Hispanic southern Texas, where cultural and economic ties to Mexico run deep, local officials, business groups and environmentalists have spoken out against the wall as unnecessary and unwanted. But Chertoff ...
Body found in jetliner's wheel well
Post Date: 2007-07-20 17:18:46 by DeaconBenjamin
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SAN FRANCISCO - A man who died while traveling from China in the wheel well of a jetliner likely fell victim to asphyxiation or hypothermia during the 11-hour flight, officials said. The body of the apparent stowaway on a United Airlines Boeing 747 that arrived at San Francisco International Airport from Shanghai on Thursday was found in the nose gear wheel well during a routine post-flight inspection, airport spokesman Mike McCarron said. The man, who appeared to be Asian and in his 50s, had few obvious injuries, said San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault, who planned an autopsy for Friday. But officials said the man — like many others who try to hitch rides in a plane's ...
FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande
Post Date: 2007-07-18 22:17:34 by Zipporah
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FBI: Iraqis Being Smuggled Across the Rio Grande July 17, 2007 3:11 PM Brian Ross Reports: The FBI is investigating an alleged human smuggling operation based in Chaparral, N.M., that agents say is bringing "Iraqis and other Middle Eastern" individuals across the Rio Grande from Mexico. An FBI intelligence report distributed by the Washington, D.C. Joint Terrorism Task Force, obtained by the Blotter on http://ABCNews.com, says the illegal ring has been bringing Iraqis across the border illegally for more than a year. Border Patrol officials in the area said they were unaware of the specifics of the FBI's report, and federal prosecutors in New Mexico told ...
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