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THIS is who we have to turn to?!

We have to be careful THIS is how Clinton got elected!

# 1 Conservatives point to Dean for significance of border issue - Conservatives in Congress say that Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean's new get-tough stance on illegal immigration shows how important the border-security issue could be in this year's elections.
Mr. Dean's advocacy of "tough border control" this week -- at an event at which the DNC chief outlined his party's November election strategy -- shows clearly that Mr. Dean has seen polls showing that Americans are fed up with the federal government's failure to secure the nation's borders, said Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican.
"It's another indication of just how stupid the Republican Party is when they say we better not go after immigration as an issue, we better not go after border security as an issue," said Mr. Tancredo, a longtime advocate of immigration reform.
Mr. Dean apparently hopes to make an issue out of immigration this fall, Mr. Tancredo said. Other Republican conservatives also saw Mr. Dean's remarks as an election-year ploy.

# 2 I want security from all illegals - Scare-mongering columnist George Diaz -- "Raise Torch of Liberty, Not Riot Shields" -- warns us that we might see Nazi-like security police during an immigration demonstration on May 1. Nazi? C'mon. The Nazis killed 6 million innocent people. I want security from people -- Mexican or not -- who would harm us." Diaz also says we've lost our patience and memory regarding embracing the disenfranchised. Huh?

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# 3 Kyl leads fundraising as Pederson presses on immigration- Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl continues to hold a fundraising advantage over Democratic challenger and real estate developer Jim Pederson as both sides battle over immigration and border security. First quarter campaign finance documents show Kyl has raised $8.6 million for his re-election effort and has $7.3 million of cash on hand.

# 4 Immigration debate hits historic proportions- (RALEIGH) -- The huge jump in the Hispanic population is no secret but that impact on North Carolina's economy was unknown until a UNC study was released in January.

NOTE: Give them a call and tell them!

U.S. Mexican Consulates

Raleigh
336 E. Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
Tel: (919) 754-0046
Fax: (919) 754-1729

Charlotte
P.O. Box 19627
Charlotte, NC 28219
Tel: (704) 394-2190

# 5 Middletown, Ohio -BUTLER CO.: Sheriff urges boycots of business that hire illegals - Jones: Feds will share cost of housing illegals - Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones plans to ask for a boycott on county businesses that hire illegal immigrants, it was reported late Thursday night.

# 6 New Mexico Heads Up! Senate candidate plans to walk along Mexican border - ALBUQUERQUE (AP) - A Republican candidate for U.S. Senate plans to walk the roughly 180 miles of New Mexico's boundary with Mexico to call attention to what he says are failures by incumbent Sen. Jeff Bingaman to secure the border.
"We're starting from Arizona and walking to Texas," said David Pfeffer, a former Santa Fe city councilor who challenged Bingaman, D-N.M., to make the same walk. Pfeffer announced his 19-day "Walk the Line" campaign stunt on Thursday. He plans to begin Tuesday, carrying an American flag, and he hopes to sleep each night in a borrowed recreational vehicle.

# 7 Anti-immigration rhetoric could backfire for GOP

# 8 Meth trends continue to evolve - The federal government is especially interested in MS-13, a gang officials say is one of the most violent in the country. Clark hopes the federal government will see the threat of gang involvement in the meth trade as a national security threat, freeing money to target trafficking.

# 9 Gov´t labors to fight migrant smugglers - The industry is estimated to be worth US $10 billion a year, according to U.S. Customs officials. 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 customers for nightly scrambles across the U.S. border.

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# 1 Crackdown targets employers of illegal immigrants Homeland Security announces plan to curb illegal hiring of workers- Criminal aliens, visa violators, fugitives and businesses that hire illegal immigrants are among the targets of a new Department of Homeland Security plan meant to improve national security and enforce the nation's immigration laws.

# 2 Managers of Nationwide Company Arrested for Hiring Over 1,000 Illegal Aliens -AXcess News) New York - Yesterday, federal agents arrested seven current and former managers of IFCO Systems North American, Inc. for conspiring to transport, harbor, and encourage and induce illegal aliens to reside in the United States for commercial advantage and private financial gain. The conspiracy charge carries a penalty of up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each alien they're responsible for hiring. Two other IFCO employees were arrested on criminal charges relating to fraudulent documents.
In addition to the criminal arrests, agents yesterday conducted "consent" searches or executed criminal search warrants at more than 40 IFCO plants and related locations in 26 states that resulted in the apprehension of approximately 1,187 illegal alien IFCO employees. Three of the criminal search warrants were executed at residences in Guilderland, New York, where IFCO was allegedly housing illegal alien employees.
The consent searches and search warrants were conducted at locations in 26 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, South Carolina, Virginia and Utah.

# 3 Immigrant takes plea deal in Ready altercation - Martinez, an undocumented Mexican native, pleaded guilty to giving the false name of Eduardo Godina to police. In exchange, Mesa prosecutors dropped assault and threatening and intimidation charges. Martinez received credit for time served and will be deported to Mexico shortly.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Border Patrol is poised to become the federal government's largest law enforcement agency, but it's not clear that more agents have slowed illegal immigration. The Border Patrol will soon rival the FBI in terms of the number of agents each agency has in the field. By the end of September, the Border Patrol will have 12,100 agents, according to spokesman Salvador Zamora. As of March, the FBI had 12,515. A 2004 law calls for expanding the Border Patrol to 21,000 agents by the end of the decade.

Border Patrol Agents Bust Illegal Immigrants- Immigration reform and protecting the US border are two topics, with recent protests across the country, and the U.S. Senate battling over how to handle the issues. The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol just opened a new checkpoint in South Texas. Border agents gave News 4 WOAI exclusive access to be there on a bust and round-up on Thursday.

Minutemen say volunteer calls pouring in over fencing proposal- TUCSON, Ariz. Spokesmen for a border watch group say volunteer offers to help build border fencing are flooding in. The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps has said it'll build fencing on the Mexican border unless President Bush militarizes the border and adds new security fencing.