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Oklahoma's "Save Our State Amendment," which bans state courts from considering Islamic, or Shariah, law when deciding cases, hit a major roadblock today, when a federal judge granted a permanent injunction against the measure. Chief Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma blocked the state from certifying the amendment – approved by 70 percent of Oklahoma voters through a ballot initiative known as State Question 755 – until an final determination is made on a lawsuit brought against it by the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Miles-LaGrange not only granted...

A California-based immigration reform organization is supporting the decision by the mayor of Simi Valley to bill a church almost $40,000 for harboring an illegal alien to cover the cost for police presence during a protest. For more than a year Mexican national Elvira Arellano made national news as she was holed up inside a Chicago church in order to avoid deportation by immigration authorities. Arellano finally left the church, fled to California, and was deported back to Mexico. Now another illegal, identified only as "Lilliana," has been given sanctuary at United Church of Christ in Simi Valley, California. In...

The sponsor of a failed measure that targeted illegal immigrants is running for the city's school board and says he will campaign to abolish bilingual education in the city's schools. Joseph Turner, 29, said he is running for the San Bernardino City Unified School District board to "aggressively target the policies that aid and abet illegal immigration." His girlfriend, Alexis Ashley, is running for the San Bernardino County Board of Education and is seeking the same seat as Gil Navarro, a pro-immigrant activist who campaigned against Turner's ballot measure. Turner and Ashley, both political novices, turned in their candidacy papers...

Patriots: A brave young man named Josh Denhalter is organizing a protest that will take place outside of his school campus to respond to the vicious anti-American hatred spewed by MECHA and pro-illegal alien protesters at a rally on Monday. He is fed up with their flying of the Mexican flags and their anti-American rhetoric and wants to fight back. He has attempted to organize a rally on campus but has been thwarted by double talking school administrators who are simply attempting to delay and stonewall to get through the week. The school has Spring Break next week and they...

Attention Los Angeles California Patriots (Please Read) Hello Everyone: If you live in Los Angeles California, I need your help with a simple task. It requires no money. It is very simple. With your help, we can make a very powerful statement in the illegal immigration debate. Please read immediately. --------- Please note that on Wednesday, Feb 15th at 6PM, illegal immigration activists will be meeting in Los Angeles at Diane Feinstein's office to encourage the senator to vote AGAINST amnesty/guest worker programs. For more information, please visit the following link: http://www.saveourstate.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=7919 In case you missed it, Save Our State...

Save Our State, the in-your-face anti-illegal immigration group, was thrilled. Its long-held desire to forge ties to the black community was at last to be realized. Invited to speak to a black community forum in Leimert Park this month, SOS founder Joseph Turner was sure that by the time he finished expressing his outrage about the impact of illegal immigration on jobs, schools and neighborhoods, Save Our State would have new, equally outraged allies.

http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/count...12459%2C00.html http://www.saveourstate.org Activist feels a calling to oppose illegal immigration By Zeke Barlow, zbarlow@VenturaCountyStar.com July 8, 2005 Joseph Turner was a 150-pound white high school kid when he started his fight. A senior at John W. North High School in Riverside in 1994, Turner took to a debate stage to support Proposition 187, which denied illegal immigrants publicly funded services. The school was about 35 percent white, 35 percent Latino and the remainder Asian or black. Most in the school were against the measure, remembers Principal Dale Kinnear. Those in favor of it "were in the minority," he said. Turner...

Current Events: NEW VIDEO! Reconquista and Communist Alliance in Baldwin Park, California Download and Play (32 mb RealMedia) NEW 6/30/2005 (33 mb WindowsMedia) NEW 6/30/2005 Mayor Manuel Lozano of Baldwin Park, CA, solidly stands against the patriotic American group SaveOurState.org and defends the actions and intentions of the MECHA/Aztlan alliance with Communist Revolutionaries.

BALDWIN PARK, CALIF. – For a dozen years, a 20-foot monument has stood quietly at the rail stop in this predominantly Latino city. Ray Leyba had never bothered to read it - even though he lives next door. It wasn't until the monument became the focus of a group raging against illegal immigration that he walked across the street and looked at one inscription: "This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is, and will be again." Mr. Leyba was surprised, but his response pales in comparison to the recent fury launched at the slab of concrete by Save...

As the insults flew and the protest reached a boil, Joseph Turner couldn't help but smile. The 29-year-old head of the upstart Save Our State organization had come to Baldwin Park to pick a fight over illegal immigration. They got all of the fight they could handle. Hundreds of counter-protesters in the predominantly Latino city rose up to meet them, chanting "Go home, racists!" "I couldn't have scripted it better," said Turner, a former stock trader who runs the anti-illegal immigration group from his Ventura home. "My goal is to continually keep this issue in the forefront of the American...

As the insults flew and the protest reached a boil, Joseph Turner couldn't help but smile. The 29-year-old head of the upstart Save Our State organization had come to Baldwin Park to pick a fight over illegal immigration. He had led a band of like-minded souls into the heart of the city to protest public art they deemed "seditious and anti-American." Part of a monument at the Metrolink station is inscribed "It was better before they came," interpreted by some as a barb at whites who displaced California's Mexican residents in the 19th century. They got all of the fight...

BALDWIN PARK - About 60 anti-illegal immigrant activists demonstrating against a public art piece they say is unpatriotic were met with about 600 dancing, chanting and drum-beating opponents. The peaceful face-off Saturday was sparked by a 12-year-old arch at the Baldwin Park Metrolink station, entitled "Danza Indigenas." It was the second protest by the Ventura County-based group Save Our State of the archway in the last two months. Save Our State wants the inscription removed, alleging that the engravings are anti-American. In particular, they have focused on the phrases, "It was better before they came" and "This land was Mexican...

A Ventura County group's vow to force Baldwin Park to remove an inscription at a Metrolink station is based on an error, artist says. Set at the junction of two freeways and along a major railroad route, the working-class town of Baldwin Park likes to call itself "the Hub of the San Gabriel Valley." But the city, about 15 miles east of downtown Los Angeles and nearly 80% Latino, today finds itself the hub of an increasingly bitter fight over illegal immigration. For nearly two months, Save Our State, a Ventura County-based group opposed to illegal immigration, has been demanding...

Round IV: Ok, ladies and gents, presenting Round IV of the patriots' attempts to win back California for the United States. First, there was Baldwin Park on May 14th, then Garden Grove on May 25th, then Alhambra on June 18th, and scheduled for tomorrow, June 25th, is Baldwin Park Part 2. We will be watching it closely and reporting back to you with photos, eyewitness accounts, and video footage - all compiled in one place, just as we've done previously. For those you of with a desire to make a difference, all the information for the Baldwin Park demonstration is...

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. -- Members of a group that opposes illegal immigration protested a piece of public art with inscriptions they claim are anti-American, sparking heated exchanges with residents of this heavily Hispanic city. Police in riot helmets separated the 40 members of Save Our State and scores of residents during the rally Saturday, but there were no reports of arrests or injuries. The protesters were then escorted away from the site. The artwork, called "Danza Indigenas," has a 20-foot-high arch with inscriptions that read, "It was better before they came" and "This land was Mexican once, was Indian always...

Baldwin Park police said they were opening an investigation to determine who struck a 66-year-old woman with a plastic water bottle during a sidewalk protest Saturday, sending her to the hospital with "cranial trauma." "We're investigating this as an assault with a deadly weapon," Sgt. Greg Keef said. Police said the victim, Laura Dalton of Murrieta, was struck during a shouting match between members of Save Our State, an anti-illegal immigration group, and their opponents. Save Our State organized the protest against what they viewed as divisive and inflammatory wording on a city sculpture. Dalton was initially observed in the...

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. (AP) - Members of a group that opposes illegal immigration protested a piece of public art with inscriptions they claim are anti-American, sparking heated exchanges with residents of this heavily Hispanic city. Police in riot helmets separated the 40 members of Save Our State and scores of residents during the rally Saturday, but there were no reports of arrests or injuries. The protesters were then escorted away from the site. The artwork, called "Danza Indigenas," has a 20-foot-high arch with inscriptions that read, "It was better before they came and "This land was Mexican once, was Indian...

For 12 years, public artwork near the Baldwin Park Metrolink station never caused a stir. But when a Ventura-based group that opposes illegal immigration got wind of what was inscribed on the artwork this month, they organized a protest that garnered attention when it was announced on the "John & Ken Show" on KFI-AM (640). By Saturday, activists on both sides of the immigration issue mobilized, resulting in a sometimes chaotic confrontation in the San Gabriel Valley community.Members of Save Our State, a 7-month-old organization, say they are offended by "anti-American" inscriptions that read, "It was better before they came"...

ARTIST STATEMENT By Judith F. Baca May 12, 2005 An “anti-illegal immigrant” group, Save Our State, of Ventura County, emboldened by their recent victory at the removal of a billboard referring to “Los Angeles, Mexico” is now demanding the removal of the wording on a twelve-year old monument in Baldwin Park, California, entitled Danzas Indigenas. I was commissioned to produce this work in 1993 by MTA and the City of Baldwin Park in collaboration with the Kate Diamond Architectural Group. The monument consists of a 20 ft arch, 100 ft plaza and 400 ft train platform. Produced with extensive public...

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. (AP) - A 12-year-old piece of public art has sparked a protest by a group that opposes illegal immigration. The 20-foot-high arch has inscriptions that read, "It was better before they came" and "This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is, and will be again." It has angered members of Save Our State, a 7-month-old organization based in Ventura, which organized a protest Saturday that gained attention when it was announced on a local radio station. "I find it incredibly offensive," said Joseph Turner, the group's executive director. He said the quotation "is seditious in...