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Latest Articles: Immigration
Senate Votes to Bar Immigrant Felons, Build Fencing (Update2)
Post Date: 2006-05-17 22:12:09 by Zipporah
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May 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Senate today agreed to exclude as many as 500,000 criminal aliens from a plan that would give undocumented immigrants legal status in the U.S., while approving the construction of 350 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border. The proposals are amendments to an overhaul of U.S. immigration policy that would also strengthen border security and create a new guest-worker program. The Senate voted 99-0 to accept an amendment by Republicans John Cornyn of Texas and Jon Kyl of Arizona to bar felons, repeat offenders and other criminal aliens from gaining legal status under a provision to give many of the 11 million immigrants illegally in the U.S. a path to ...
Mexico Dismissive of U.S. Border Plan
Post Date: 2006-05-17 22:09:26 by Zipporah
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Wed May 17, 5:11 PM ET Mexicans dismiss U.S. plans to send National Guard troops to the border as a futile effort that will only fuel the booming drug- and migrant-smuggling industry. And with heavily armed Mexican soldiers in this violent border city, some worry the U.S. troop buildup could spark confrontations in an area where it is often difficult to tell where Mexico ends and the United States begins. Gilberto Areola, who lives about 20 feet from the border in the Mexican city of Nogales, near Arizona, said he will feel uneasy with soldiers patrolling the other side. "It makes me a little scared," said Areola, 54, looking at the walled border as he stood in his doorway. ...
Alberto's " unclear" about how his grandparents got here
Post Date: 2006-05-17 18:37:59 by Zipporah
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Alberto's " unclear" about how his grandparents got here I mean, family is family. We know how many of the Republican House members view illegal immigration, but when Alberto says that he's unclear how his grandparents got here-that's a pretty remarkable statement. I know most everything about mine. Video-WMP video-QT transcript BLITZER: Give us your -- tell our viewers who aren't familiar your personal story, how you got to where you are, your grandparents, your parents. They struggled, they came here. I don't know if they came here legally or illegally, but give us the story. GONZALES: Well, three of my grandparents were born in Mexico. They came to Texas. My parents -- ...
Senate Approves 370 Mile Triple-Layer Border Fence
Post Date: 2006-05-17 16:08:04 by Mind_Virus
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May 17, 2006 12:02 pm US/Pacific Senate Approves 370 Mile Triple-Layer Border Fence (AP) WASHINGTON The Senate voted to build 370 miles of triple-layered fencing along the Mexican border Wednesday and clashed over citizenship for millions of men and women who live in the United States illegally. Amid increasingly emotional debate over election-year immigration legislation, senators voted 83-16 to add fencing and 500 miles of vehicle barriers along the southern border. It marked the first significant victory in two days for conservatives seeking to place their stamp on the contentious measure. The prospects were less favorable for their attempt to strip out portions of the legislation ...
What Was I Thinking?
Post Date: 2006-05-17 09:00:02 by eyeswideoopen
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Commentary on illegal immigration. Speakers on - http://www.idahoeagleforum.com/Commentary/stand_up2.htm
DEAF MEXICANS FORCED INTO SERVITUDE IN NYC; RELATED RING MAY BE AT WORK IN LOS ANGELES.
Post Date: 2006-05-17 08:35:03 by Jethro Tull
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DEAF MEXICANS FORCED INTO SERVITUDE IN NYC; RELATED RING MAY BE AT WORK IN LOS ANGELES. Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) 7/22/1997 Byline: Joe Sexton The New York Times Federal prosecutors offered a grimly detailed account Monday of how a band of illegal Mexican immigrants had smuggled deaf Mexicans into New York City for nearly a decade, charging that the smugglers ran an efficient, organized criminal enterprise complete with assigned roles as recruiters, money collectors and enforcers. At the same time, federal immigration officials and officials of deafness groups were investigating the possibility that related rings are operating in other cities, particularly Los Angeles, where ...
Mexicans Open Fire On Americans in NC
Post Date: 2006-05-17 06:51:34 by nc_girl_speaks_up
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http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060516/NEWS01/60515054&SearchID=73244824519353 by Clarke Morrison, CMORRISON@CITIZEN-TIMES.COM published May 16, 2006 12:15 am Reader Feedback: Read 13 comments | Comment on this article | Register here ASHEVILLE — Police don’t know whether a confrontation between whites and Hispanics at a West Asheville restaurant over the weekend that culminated in a shot being fired was sparked by the national debate over immigration. No arrests were made in the 3 a.m. Saturday incident at the Waffle House on Smoky Park Highway, and the investigation is continuing, said Capt. Sarah Benson of the Asheville Police Department. ...
Senate Rejects Bill That Required Border Security to Be Handled Before Other Immigration Issues
Post Date: 2006-05-16 21:39:35 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON - Buoyed by President Bush, supporters of immigration legislation established command in the Senate on Tuesday, brushing aside potentially crippling challenges to a bill that blends tougher border enforcement with a path to citizenship for millions in the United States illegally. "It was a good way to start," said Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo. as a shifting bipartisan coalition held firm against attacks from the left and the right. On a vote of 55-40 that crossed party lines, the Senate rejected an appeal from Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., to require the border be secured before other immigration law changes could take place. Anything less would mean "a wink and a ...
Bush Immigration Speech: Half Disappointed, Half impressed
Post Date: 2006-05-16 16:50:18 by Peetie Wheatstraw
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Nation also split whether Bush plan will solve immigration problem; Bush approval - 32% President Bush’s speech to the nation on immigration reform Monday night drew mixed reviews, but left a plurality of likely voters across the nation skeptical that the illegal immigration problem would be solved by Washington, an overnight Zogby Interactive poll shows. This as the President’s overall job approval numbers fall to 32%, according to a separate Zogby International survey conducted via telephone before the immigration speech Monday. Overall, 47% said they liked the Monday speech, while 47% said they were disappointed. About seven in 10 Republicans said they generally liked the ...
Mexicans pour into town devoted to getting them into U.S.
Post Date: 2006-05-16 11:32:42 by Tauzero
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Mexicans pour into town devoted to getting them into U.S. BY JAY ROOT Knight Ridder Newspapers ALTAR, Mexico - Some towns thrive on manufacturing. Others are known for their fertile soil or tourist attractions. In Altar there is only one industry of any visibility and consequence: immigrant smuggling. A 60-mile drive along the back roads to the United States, this dusty town is the last stop on the line, a place to buy water, food and the accoutrement of choice for illegal desert crossers - a backpack. "Altar is just like a big Wal-Mart for smugglers," said Sean King, spokesman for the Tucson, Ariz., sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, which apprehends many of those who head ...
Migrants scoff at border patrol plan
Post Date: 2006-05-16 11:30:41 by Tauzero
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Migrants scoff at border patrol plan By Marina Montemayor Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Looking for someone to help him cross into the United States, Jorge Gutierrez said Monday it will take a lot more than U.S. National Guard troops to keep him and other migrants out. Most Mexicans believe the plan, announced Monday night by President Bush, will do little to stop the flow north. President Vicente Fox called Bush this weekend to say he did not believe sending soldiers to the border was the answer. The countries have rarely seen eye-to-eye since Bush and Fox agreed to work toward immigration issues five years ago at a meeting at Fox’s ranch in Mexico. Fox wants the ...
FIRST SKIRMISH OF THE NEW U.S. CIVIL WAR?: HISPANICS & WHITES ARGUING ABOUT IMMIGRATION - SHOT FIRED
Post Date: 2006-05-16 09:36:04 by Mind_Virus
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FIRST SKIRMISH OF THE NEW U.S. CIVIL WAR? Hispanics and whites eating at a North Carolina Waffle House were arguing about immigration; the whites shot at the Latinos http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060515/NEWS01/305150001/1149 Verbal sparring over citizenship leads to shooting (updated with 911 calls) by Staff Reports updated May 15, 2006 3:39 pm ASHEVILLE – A parting gunshot from a vehicle leaving Waffle House in West Asheville shattered a window and caused a minor injury, police said. The shooting happened around 3:00 a.m. Saturday after a group of whites argued with a group of Hispanics at the 24-hour restaurant on Smokey Park Highway, Asheville ...
President's Middle Path Disappoints Both Sides of Sharply Divisive Immigration Issue
Post Date: 2006-05-16 00:34:14 by robin
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May 16, 2006 President's Middle Path Disappoints Both Sides of Sharply Divisive Immigration Issue By MONICA DAVEY and RALPH BLUMENTHAL CHICAGO, May 15 — As Jose F. watched President Bush's address from an apartment on this city's Northwest side, he shook his head fiercely at moments: at the prospect of tamper-proof identification cards for legal workers, at the many mentions of increased border security, and at what he saw, in the end, as uncertainty of the future Mr. Bush intended for illegal immigrants like himself. "I worry about the militarization and whether this will mean more deaths on the border," said Jose F., 27, who sneaked in from Mexico nearly eight years ago ...
Go Home Now!
Post Date: 2006-05-15 22:43:01 by The 7th MJS2U2
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An Economist Reader Provides The Speech Bush Should Give—But Won’t George W. Bush should---but will not---give the following speech about immigration Monday night: My fellow Americans: for too many years we have ignored the problem of illegal immigration, for too many years we have looked the other way. Over time, a tiny problem has become a small one, then a medium one, and now it is a grave crisis threatening the very survival of our nation. This problem has grown to desperate proportions because for 30 years we have completely failed to enforce our immigration laws. Indeed, my administration has utterly failed since the day I took office. Worse, by promoting amnesty I have ...
NSA Whistleblower To Expose More Unlawful Activity: ‘People…Are Going To Be Shocked’
Post Date: 2006-05-15 22:16:02 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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NSA Whistleblower To Expose More Unlawful Activity: ‘People…Are Going To Be Shocked’ CongressDaily reports that former NSA staffer Russell Tice will testify to the Senate Armed Services Committee next week that not only do employees at the agency believe the activities they are being asked to perform are unlawful, but that what has been disclosed so far is only the tip of the iceberg. Tice will tell Congress that former NSA head Gen. Michael Hayden, Bush’s nominee to be the next CIA director, oversaw more illegal activity that has yet to be disclosed: A former intelligence officer for the National Security Agency said Thursday he plans to tell Senate staffers next week ...
Spain will urge Africa to stem immigrant tide
Post Date: 2006-05-15 21:24:29 by Zipporah
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Tuesday May 16, 2006 Spanish authorities yesterday pledged to use satellite monitoring and a diplomatic offensive to prevent fresh waves of fishing boats full of illegal immigrants setting out from west Africa for the Canary Islands. The move came after a weekend in which a record-breaking 974 illegal African immigrants reached the islands in boats that had set out from Mauritania and Senegal. Spain's Socialist government held an emergency meeting yesterday and concluded that much of the work of stopping illegal immigration would have to be done in Africa. "The terrible truth is that there are millions of people who leave their countries looking for a better life," deputy ...
Raw Data: President Bush's Speech on Immigration
Post Date: 2006-05-15 20:41:44 by mirage
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The following is the text of President George W. Bush's speech on immigration: Good evening. I have asked for a few minutes of your time to discuss a matter of national importance — the reform of America's immigration system. The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions — and in recent weeks, Americans have seen those emotions on display. On the streets of major cities, crowds have rallied in support of those in our country illegally. At our southern border, others have organized to stop illegal immigrants from coming in. Across the country, Americans are trying to reconcile these contrasting images. And in Washington, the debate over immigration reform has reached a time of ...
February 9, 2005: Bush budget scraps 9,790 border patrol agents
Post Date: 2006-05-15 20:10:36 by Zipporah
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Washington -- The law signed by President Bush less than two months ago to add thousands of border patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border has crashed into the reality of Bush's austere federal budget proposal, officials said Tuesday. Officially approved by Bush on Dec. 17 after extensive bickering in Congress, the National Intelligence Reform Act included the requirement to add 10,000 border patrol agents in the five years beginning with 2006. Roughly 80 percent of the agents were to patrol the southern U.S. border from Texas to California, along which thousands of people cross into the United States illegally every year. But Bush's proposed 2006 budget, revealed Monday, funds only 210 ...
BUSH'S IMMIGRATION SPEECH TONIGHT: Excerpts, Just Released From The White House
Post Date: 2006-05-15 19:12:02 by Mind_Virus
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Monday, May 15, 2006 Tonight: A Preview [Kathryn Jean Lopez] Excerpts, Just Released From The White House: On the President’s vision for comprehensive immigration reform: “We are a Nation of laws, and we must enforce our laws. We are also a Nation of immigrants, and we must uphold that tradition, which has strengthened our country in so many ways. These are not contradictory goals – America can be a lawful society and a welcoming society at the same time. We will fix the problems created by illegal immigration, and we will deliver a system that is secure, orderly, and fair.” On Border Security: “Since I became President, we have increased funding for border ...
(illegal) Migrant influx worries Canaries
Post Date: 2006-05-15 18:13:37 by Zipporah
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Migrant influx worries Canaries The pressure of migrants is stretching Canary Islands resources Senior Spanish ministers have been discussing the illegal immigration crisis facing the Canary Islands after a mass landing of immigrants. Nearly 1,000 people arrived in boats from Africa over the weekend - the largest number this year. Officials on the islands say at least 5,000 immigrants have made the journey this year and urged Madrid to give the issue greater priority. The Spanish government says it will step up action to tackle the problem. Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said increasing numbers of illegal immigrants would be ...
Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants Over The Next Twenty Years
Post Date: 2006-05-15 12:55:56 by Mind_Virus
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Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants Over The Next Twenty Years by Robert Rector WebMemo #1076 May 15, 2006 If enacted, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611) would be the most dramatic change in immigration law in 80 years, allowing an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate to the U.S. over the next 20 years—fully one-third of the current population of the United States. Much attention has been given to the fact that the bill grants amnesty to some 10 million illegal immigrants. Little or no attention has been given to the fact that the bill would quintuple the rate of legal immigration into the United States, raising, ...
Bush set for immigration speech
Post Date: 2006-05-15 12:15:45 by Zipporah
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Bush set for immigration speech05/14/200605/14/2006Bush set for immigration speech WHITE HOUSE (AP) -- President Bush is getting set for a prime-time speech on immigration tomorrow night. Aides note the 8 p-m, Eastern Time, speech will be the president's first from the Oval Office that does not involve Iraq and the war on terrorism. And they say that reflects Bush's "passion" on immigration. He's speaking as the Senate is poised to clear a compromise measure including his idea for a guest worker program. However, a rival House bill is limited to a border crackdown, and meshing the two won't be easy. One thing that may well be part of Bush's speech is a plan to bolster enforcement ...
It Will Take 36,000 Troops For Border
Post Date: 2006-05-15 12:01:48 by Mind_Virus
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It Will Take 36,000 Troops For Border by Rep. Charlie Norwood Posted May 15, 2006 Earlier this year Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano announced a "state of emergency" for the Arizona border due to the flood of illegal immigration, and ordered her National Guard to the border with Mexico. The "deployment" consisted of about 170 Guardsmen, who were assigned to help inspect cargo shipments coming through legal entry points, which does nothing to stem the tide of illegal immigration one whit. But even if they had been assigned to real border patrol duty, that's less that one soldier for every 2 miles of Arizona's border with Mexico. The "deployment" was simply a ...
Plan To Put National Guard At Border Frightens West Texas Town
Post Date: 2006-05-15 11:51:26 by Mind_Virus
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Plan To Put National Guard At Border Frightens West Texas Town By Alicia A. Caldwell ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:42 p.m. May 13, 2006 REDFORD, Texas – The last time the U.S. military posted troops on the border near this tiny cluster of farms and ranches, an 18-year-old goat herder was shot to death. Hardly a day passes that Esequiel Hernandez Jr.'s family and neighbors don't think of May 20, 1997, the day a Marine corporal shot and killed him. With President Bush considering plans to deploy National Guard troops along the Mexican border, Hernandez's family is worried that other border residents or even his nephews, who tend goats along the same rugged West Texas desert where he was ...
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