You Can't Stay on the Fence About Immigration

Human Events ^ | 5-29-06 | Donald Lambro

[JustPiper]

YOU CAN'T STAY ON THE FENCE ABOUT IMMIGRATION The bitter battle over the immigration bill has become a legislative minefield in this election year, though it's still unclear whether November will see any heavy political fallout as a result. To put it mildly, this issue is a thorny wilderness, festering intra-party divisions and brewing voter backlashes. It could inflict additional wounds on George W. Bush's battle-scarred presidency, shrink the GOP's congressional Republican majority and, possibly, hurt some vulnerable Democrats. Let's slice up some of these pitfalls. Stand Up For America !

"We have room for but one flag, the American flag...
We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...
And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."

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[MamaDearest]

Cancun police officer latest shooting victim in vacation hotspot Cancun

Snippets: Cancun police chief of staff Wilfredo Flores Saucedo, 56, and his bodyguard, Alejandro Xicotencalt, were shot dead in a department vehicle Monday night, Police Commissioner Adrian Samos Medina said. They were driving home on a busy avenue in the Caribbean resort, one of Mexico's biggest tourist areas. Flores was a former army colonel.

"(Flores) had 15 bullet wounds, mainly in his head and neck," Meza said. "

Smuggling charges in Austin after SWAT arrests

Snip: Immigration officials Tuesday were still interviewing 17 immigrants taken into custody to determine how many are smugglers and how many paid to be smuggled into the country.

Immigration officials said they have not had a chance to interview everyone in custody, but said the 17 people face possible charges. At least five will be charged with alien smuggling. The rest will likely face administrative charges and will be deported.

Man accused of DUI death deported 3 times already

Snip: man charged with causing the death of a Crystal Lake motorcyclist in a Saturday crash blamed on drunken driving was deported 11 years ago to his native Mexico for a nearly identical crime, but was back in McHenry County just 18 months later committing more offenses, according to court records.

In the almost 10 years since that deportation, Eulalio Haro was convicted of driving under the influence twice, criminal trespassing, public drunkenness, endangering the life of a child and disorderly conduct, and he was deported twice more.

On each occasion he found his way back to northern Illinois. "This adds to the argument that we need to control our borders," McHenry County State's Attorney Louis Bianchi said Monday. "It confirms it."

****Pondering taking your car on a trip to Mexico? Here's reason why you should reconsider:

U.S. driver's licenses are valid in Mexico. The Government of Mexico strictly regulates the entry of vehicles into Mexico . Mexican law requires that vehicles be driven by their owners, or that the owner be inside the vehicle. If not, the vehicle may be seized by Mexican customs and will not be returned under any circumstances.

[Kimberly GG]

“This has never been done before. This is the first time anyone in the country has actually used state civil law to prosecute employers of illegal aliens,” Mr. Klehm says. “We’re hoping … this will be a model for other states across the country.”

State civil law? Wonder why he isn't filing RICO claims? Seems to me that using RICO should be the model for ANYONE adversly affected by an entity who is encouraging or enabling illegal immigration. Besides which, RICO claims would get much more publicity, bigger damages, and may have a greater affect on the enforcement of immigration laws.

I'm going to look him up and e-mail him.

Also, wanted to know if you had heard an interview by Tancredo in which he stated that he WOULD consider a guest worker program AFTER the border is secured. I thought he was adamantly opposed to guest worker, amnesty, or anything else that would lead to citizenship and was, in fact, for attrition only?

And, even though Gannon won, I personally don't think that Jacobs was that far behind. I think it was close enough that immigration is still going to weigh heavily. I can't believe they had to rely on Bush and Laura Bush making last minute phone calls.

[Kimberly GG]

David Klehm seems to be connected with the websites:

http://wehirealiens.com/

http://www.illegalemployers.org/1431.html

Take a look if you haven't, both interesting sites and it appears that these WILL be RICO claims. Looks like Klehm is perhaps partnered with Howard Foster, the attorney on the Mohawk and Tyson cases.

Hopefully their efforts aren't cut short by the passage of anything granting employer's amnesty!

Personally, I'd like to see at least one of these suits against a Los Angeles owned operation with the city and the mayor also named in the suit. LA and Mayor V need to be brought down.

[Kimberly GG]

In addition to these two:

http://wehirealiens.com/

http://www.illegalemployers.org/1431.html


here is another:

http://www.firecoalition.com/index.shtml

Sorry if repeats. For some reason, I've just stumbled across them, even though I often read and occassionally post at ALIPAC.
http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=index

[JustPiper]

INVASION USA
Gang expert backs Tancredo charges
Retired cop says Mexican drug cartels rig elections to take over U.S. cities
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50703


Exclusive! Rep. Tom Tancredo on Immigration and His New Book
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201193,00.html

WHAT DO AMERICAN'S WANT?

http://www.newswithviews.com/Ryter/jon140.htm


~I see we have had a loss, can anyone update me on the past week and what happened?

[janetgreen]

I see we have had a loss, can anyone update me on the past week and what happened?

In the Utah race, the big RINOs, including the President, backed Cannon with $$$, yet a virtual unknown (Jacobs) got a good percentage of the vote despite having half of Cannon's re-election money.

Very few people in Utah actually voted, so it was decided by a small percentage of the state. :^(

[Kimberly GG]

Lou dobbs reported on how Bush (GW AND Laura) 'made' calls of desparation on Gannons behalf. Seems awfully underhanded to me. And then they said something about Gannon's brother (?) logging on to websites and ripping Jacobs apart, failing to remain impartial (is he in politics too?). I wonder if he was here?

Then, dobbs reported that Bush called Pence to the WH to discuss his 'no amnesty compromise'.

My disdain for Bush over this issue is growing by the minute.

[Kimberly GG]

CONNECTING A FEW DOTS...... (WHY TYSON FOODS HASN'T BEEN 'TOUCHED' FOR HIRING ILLEGALS)


Tyson Foods Inc. announced it has added a seat to its board. Tyson named Albert C. Zapanta to fill the newly created position. Zapanta is president and chief executive of the United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce based in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit promotes trade and investment between Mexico and the United States. Zapanta is also chairman of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, acting as the principal independent policy adviser to the U.S. defense secretary regarding the reserve components of the U.S. armed forces.
http://www.allbusiness.com/periodicals/article/153652-1.html


Mr. Zapanta has served under President Ronald Reagan on the State Department Advisory Committee on International Trade, Technology & Development, and under President George W. Bush as a delegate to the U.S.- Mexico PARTNERSHIP FOR PROSPERITY. (SPP, NORTH AMERICAN UNION)
http://www.spp.gov/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1649777/posts


Why Aren't the Feds Frog-Walking Tyson Foods Executives?
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?id=14267

Tyson Foods, Beverly donate to inauguration
http://www.agribusinesscenter.org/headlines.cfm?id=745

Maryland Receives $2.4 Million Grant for Tyson Foods Workers
http://www.gov.state.md.us/pressreleases/2003/063003_tyson.html



MY POST:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1657468/posts?page=11#11

[janetgreen]

My disdain for Bush over this issue is growing by the minute.

I lost any respect I had for him when even after 9/11/01 he refused to protect our borders and enforce existing immigration laws. It was stupid then, it's still stupid, and he fights any attempts at stopping the tsunami from Mexico (or anywhere).

His lame speeches about "fighting the war against terrorism" are hollow lies as long as America's borders are open.

I've watched every President since Harry Truman, and George W. Bush is at the bottom of the list.

[MamaDearest]

All legal Americans left behind

Snip: “The legitimate estimates of illegals vary from 25 to 50 million…not the 8-11 million propaganda number touted by the Bush administration, the complicit congress and media, as well as numerous “think tanks,” advocacy associations, hostile ethnic organizations, the chambers of commerce, unions, and other anti-American groups.

Anthony (Kansas) man faces federal charges

Snip: It was also announced Tuesday, the wife of a Wichita man charged with immigration violations has been indicted on 14 similar charges including aggravated identity theft.

Maria Leticia Ortega, 44, who is a citizen of Mexico, is charged with one count of making a false statement on an I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form, two counts of misusing a Social Security number, one count of making a false claim of being a lawful permanent resident, two counts of using false documents with intent to defraud the United States government; one count of possession of false U.S. documents, and 7 counts of aggravated identity theft.

“The indictment states that Mrs. Ortega obtained employment at Brij Systems, LLC., 700 E. 10th in Wichita, using a false Social Security card bearing an account number that was assigned to a United States citizen from California whose last name is Greenlee, and a false Permanent Resident Card with an alien registration number assigned to a citizen of Bulgaria whose last name was Koteva,” said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren.

Justices rule AGAINST foreign suspects

Snip: The Supreme Court ruled against two foreign suspects Wednesday who argued an international treaty required police to inform them that they had a right to contact their governments when they were arrested.

By a 6-3 vote, justices did not decide whether a 1969 treaty signed by the United States and several other countries requires suspects to be informed of such a right.

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts said the two men - one from Honduras, the other from Mexico - are not entitled to suppression of statements to police or another chance to raise objections based on the treaty after failing to do so at trial.

Better way needed to send cash to Mexico

Snip: The Telegraph’s June 18 edition contained an article, “Living the Mexican Dream,” which overlooks one major problem: People pay high prices to send money to Mexico.

Mail a money order, and it could well get stolen from the mail, and cashed with a forged endorsement at a check-cashing service. It can cost $10 to wire $100 dollars, and there is some exchange-rate gouging. These factors are a considerable tax on the lucky recipients.

What is needed is a secure postal facility in Mexico where banks would have post office boxes. Instead of mailing a money order to Mama and Papa, the worker would send it to their bank account.

Letters addressed to the secure facility, with its own town name and postal code, could be separated by USPS machinery. These would be delivered securely. Perhaps the facility could be as close to the U.S. border as one Nashua shopping mall is to the Massachusetts border.

Each Mexican bank would bring its mail to its nearest branch, where employees would deposit the money orders into bank accounts established at their sister branches all over Mexico.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

WHAT DO AMERICAN'S WANT?

Recently some of the farmers in upstate NY were complaining the laws were being enforced. We know at least what they want, the borders open so they can have all the world's cheap labor at taxpayer's expense.

[Larousse2]

Good post!

And another thing is that you have to buy Mexican car insurance because American car insurance is not valid in Mexico. Once you cross the border, there are usually several places you can stop and purchase car insruance which is pro-rated depending on the number of days you plan to be in Mexico.

[Larousse2]

Well, if Bird Flu hits, I wouldn't want to be a person working for Tyson.

I've been trying to track reported cases of it, and thus far, Turkey; Romania; Greece.

Once it hits Europe, it's on its way here.

[Kimberly GG]

FOX NEWS ALERT:

SCOTUS has ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority on GITMO.

[Kimberly GG]

CNN: On Terror Suspects Ruling (Gitmo)
Hamdan vs. Military Tribunals

11:30 ET news conference

Does not affect the future of Gitmo, but SCOTUS has deemed the military tribunals unconstitutional. They would violate Geneva Conventions.

Will have to come up with another way of granting detainees judicial process.

[MamaDearest]

***SCOTUS has ruled that President Bush overstepped his authority on GITMO***

4 liberal judges at work. When the US is attacked again, hopefully people will recollect their names and their part in protecting terrorists.

[MamaDearest]

Severed head found in Aculpulco marks trend

Snip: A man's severed head dumped on the steps of city hall in the popular tourist resort of Acapulco on Thursday appeared to mark a gruesome upsurge in drug violence ahead of Mexico's presidential elections. The head of a man aged about 35 was found with a handwritten note outside city offices in an area across town from the tourist strip of hotels and bars.

Operation "Return to Sender" arrests over 2100 criminal illegal aliens

Snip: Among the roughly 2,179 individuals arrested in the operation, roughly half had criminal records for crimes that ranged from sexual assault of a minor to assault with a deadly weapon, to abduction. For example, approximately 146 of those arrested had convictions for sexual offenses involving minors. In addition, roughly 367 of the arrested aliens were members or associates of violent street gangs, including Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). Finally, roughly 640 of those arrested were fugitive aliens who had been issued final orders of removal by an Immigration judge but failed to comply.

Mexico election agency to assure 1 millon dead don't vote

Snip: Mexico's election regulator said it will ensure 1 million dead people on the national voter registry don't affect the outcome of the July 2 election with safeguards that prevent Mexicans from casting two ballots.

Voters are required to present a valid identification card with photo and receive a mark on their thumb with indelible, purple ink after voting, said Luis Ugalde, president of the Federal Electoral Institute. That will prevent Mexicans from voting twice, he said.

[Darnright]

Hey Piper,

Egypt has a wall to keep out Palistinians. How come we always hear how mean and nasty Israel is, but hear very little about the "unfairness" of Egypt's wall?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060629/wl_mideast_afp/mideastunrestgazaborder