Minuteman Project
NBC show portrays civilian border patrol as 'Countrymen Project' ...
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
... As WorldNetDaily reported earlier today, Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox had sent a letter to NBC demanding the network "cease and desist" airing the ...
The Minuteman Song?
UCW Entertainment Newswire - USA
... Zell will be at the reigns of coordinating an effort at locating bands to review their demos and select the group that will be named The Minuteman Project. ...
Letter: Please, no referendum on Battle Green Inn
Lexington Minuteman - Lexington,MA,USA
... Green Inn (BGI) proposal be approved, some not agreeing with the project might take ... Meeting members left Cary Hall and in the article in last week's Minuteman. ...
"Tom Tancredo"
A move to deny citizenship to US-born kids of illegal immigrants
Scripps Howard News Service - USA
... To Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., and others on a House immigration task force, that effectively rewards those who break immigration laws. ...
Tancredo fights for repeal of immigrant law
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Tom Tancredo on Wednesday moved to repeal a new law crafted by a Utah senator that exempts religious groups from some immigration laws, and rebuffed the ...
Dietary Supplement Marketing Company Joins Nationwide Effort to ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... R-TN), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Dan Burton (R-IN), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Butch Otter (R-ID), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), and Tom Tancredo (R-CO ...
Are Muslim leaders derelict in not denouncing acts of terrorism? ...
Provo Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
... Similarly, some Jewish commentators and Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., have called on the United States to bomb Islam's holiest city, Mecca. ...
New immigration laws by next year
Philippine News Online - Philippines
... Tom Tancredo (R-CO), Lamar Smith (R-TX) and John Hostettler (R-IN) have expressed their opposition to the guest worker plan of the White House and insisted ...
immigration legislation, immigration reform
Fox: Americas Trade Deal Still on Track
Forbes - USA
... Fox said he spoke individually with US President George W. Bush about bilateral trade, border issues and US immigration reform legislation pending in Congress. U.S. Immigration legislation
What's wrong with Bush's ‘immigration reform' plan?
People's Weekly World - USA
... she specifically declined to endorse any existing legislation, it is ... how the world works and why immigration happens ... ignores the fact that the US government and ...
FreedomWorks: Senate Tax Bill Is 'Retreat on Reform'; Complicated ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
17 /US Newswire/ -- The tax reconciliation bill currently on the Senate floor is largely devoid of pro- growth tax relief and substantially complicates the tax ...
Bill that would do right thing has uphill fight
Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin,GA,USA
... US Sen. Johnny Isakson says that "after Iraq, the No. 1 issue in Georgia is immigration" and intends to introduce federal legislation seeking to stem the ...
The Untouchable Narco-State
The Texas Observer - Austin,TX,USA
... under a section of the Immigration and Nationality ... as Ortega Menaldo did, to the US drug allegation ... another retired army general, introduced legislation in the ...
State GOP hosts hearing about illegal
Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
... that would force people to show proof of US citizenship to ... of Americans who want to see federal and state legislation stop the flow of illegal immigration. ...
Program to expedite deportation of migrants in EP
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
... "We're going from catch-and- release to catch-and-return," said Leticia Zamarripa, spokeswoman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso. ...
Congressional battle over border security begins
World Peace Herald - Washington,DC,USA
... The panel avoided a showdown on combining the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Customs and Border Protection agencies, though one seems imminent. ...
Reimbursement grant announced for custody of undocumented aliens ...
Mid-Hudson News - Newburgh,NY,USA
The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has granted Rockland County over $231,000 for reimbursement of correctional officer salary costs for ...
Immigration Agents Arrest 18 in Nassau Co.
1010 Wins - New York,NY,USA
(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced they have arrested 18 predators and sex offenders in Nassau County. ...
More than 100 workers arrested at Wal-Mart construction site
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
The workers were detained on suspected immigration violations and loaded onto buses to be taken to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers for ...
Letters for Friday
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... public and protect criminals instead of using the appropriate term -- illegal alien. ... to perpetuate the myth that there is no illegal immigration problem in ...
Washington wire
SouthCoastToday.com - New Bedford,MA,USA
... House leaders push ahead on immigration-law overhaul; Senate Leader Frist ...
Border Patrol
Border Patrol agents charged with conspiracy
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
Two US Border Patrol agents were indicted Thursday on accusations that they caught a person with 60 pounds of marijuana, let the suspect go, and concocted a ...
Border Patrol Searching For Pair Of Believed Haitian Migrants
Click10.com - Miami,FL,USA
Local 10's Yvonne Nava said the US Customs and Border Protection have found four Haitian men soaking wet on the 1200 block of South Ocean Drive. ...
Bush considers visiting Border Patrol during Ariz. trip
{Too Little to LATE!}
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
President Bush is considering a visit with Border Patrol officials in the Tucson Sector when he comes to Phoenix for a fund-raiser on Nov. 28. ...
Federal report: Border Patrol faulted in vehicle sales
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
By: North County Times wire services SAN DIEGO - A federal report says the Border Patrol's San Diego sector mismanaged the disposal of its aging vehicle fleet ...
Border Patrol, ICE, Terrorism, terrorists
There's a lot more than gifts to be excited for this season - for ...
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... The Ice Harvest: On a snowy Christmas eve, two men ... of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism. ... Pepper co-stars as a trigger-happy border patrol officer. ...
illegal alien, illegal immigration
Another illegal immigration loophole
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
... week the Colorado Republican and head of the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus ... under any circumstances allow a terrorist or any illegal alien any kind of ...
Borderline win
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... the border security legislation, said, "I'm afraid if we move a border security bill, we won't get a bite of the apple with respect to immigration reform.". ...
No turning tail
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... So here's the clarification: Immigration reform has to deal with the tough stuff. ... Immigration reform demands more than a sound-bite solution.
Border Patrol tightens screening for agents
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... Border Patrol, which unknowingly hired an illegal alien after a ... He was accused of smuggling illegal aliens in his ... at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Border Patrol Agents Indicted
WCAX - Burlington,VT,USA
Two US Border Patrol agents from Vermont are facing criminal charges. Prosecutors say Steven Garceau, 32, and Ross Schofield, 33 ...
Immigration smuggling
Napolitano to seek money to fight immigration-related crime
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... creating a state crime of migrant smuggling. She vetoed another GOP-backed measure to give police even broader authority to enforce federal immigration laws. ...
799 foreigners held in Pakistan on drug smuggling charges
Islamic Republic News Agency - Tehran,Iran
... The minister said that a number of measures had been taken to arrest the trend of drug smuggling: some of these are immigration check-posts on all authorized ...
Guilty plea on people smuggling charges
CBC Newfoundland - Newfoundland,Canada
... Each person paid thousands of dollars to make the journey. Immigration lawyer Nick Summers says that doesn't justify keeping them locked up. ...
Napolitano seeks funds to combat immigration-related crime
FOX11AZ.com (subscription) - Tucson,AZ,USA
... agencies tackle immigration-related crime and safety problems. That includes drug trafficking, vehicle theft, property crime, human smuggling, prostitution and ...
Another step in securing borders
Fresno Bee (subscription) - Fresno,CA,USA
... If lawmakers extended this bill into other areas -- for instance, by increasing smuggling fines, as some ... "This bill is not about immigration reform," Los ...
The Untouchable Narco-State
The Texas Observer - Austin,TX,USA
... after the arrests, the military merely moved the same smuggling operation to a ... A. Boucher in March 2002, "under a section of the Immigration and Nationality ...
DEA Dismantles International Ecstasy Trafficking Groups
US Department of Justice (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... international Ecstasy and marijuana trafficking rings whose drug smuggling and money ... in twelve separate judicial districts, the US Immigration and Customs ...
US Government Seeks to End Litigation Undermining Expedited ...
US Department of Homeland Security (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... allows DHS to remove an illegal alien with false documents, or no documents, without the need for that alien to attend a hearing before an immigration judge. ...
Post-Katrina Abuse
Post-Katrina rebuilding efforts have created a breeding ground
for the exploitation of undocumented workers. Halliburton/KBR is
the general contractor with overarching responsibility for the
federal cleanup contracts covering Katrina-damaged naval bases.
According to a Salon.com article, Halliburton and its
subcontractors hired hundreds of undocumented Latino workers to
clean up after Hurricane Katrina, only to mistreat them and throw
them out without pay. For the full story, see here.
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/15/halliburton_katrina/
We welcome readers to share their opinion and ideas with us by
writing to mailto:editor@ilw.com.
"Mexico"
Mexico-Venezuela row: Readers' reaction
BBC News - UK
Mexico and Venezuela's presidents, Vicente Fox and Hugo Chavez, are locked in a row, which could have serious consequences for relations between the two nations ...
Lopez Obrador's Lead Cut in Mexico Presidential Poll (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
17 (Bloomberg) -- Former Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the frontrunner in presidential opinion polls for more than two years, lost ground in a ...
Mexico Urges US to Improve Cross-Border Security
Voice of America - USA
... Martha Ramirez reads names of 3,600 migrants died while crossing into US during a memorial event at US-Mexico border wall on September 30, 2005. ...
Mexico battles to rid Cancun of hurricane scars
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
CANCUN, Mexico, Nov 17 (Reuters) - All along Cancun's famed hotel strip, laborers are working flat out to patch up the wounds inflicted by Hurricane Wilma ...
Low-Cost Airline to Take Flight in Mexico
Forbes - USA
A joint venture to launch a new low-cost airline in Mexico modeled after Brazil's wildly successful Gol will take to the skies next year with domestic flights ...
Shell Swaps Stake in Gulf of Mexico Field
MSN Money - USA
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Thursday it will swap its 17 percent non-operated stake in the Gulf of Mexico's Tahiti field for Total ...
Google opens offices in Brazil, Mexico
Reuters - USA
on Thursday said that it has opened offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Mexico City, as it looks to accelerate growth in Latin America. ...
Truck, bus crash kills 38 in Mexico
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Mexico: Helicopter crash kills minister (September 21, 2005) -- A helicopter crash has claimed the lives of both the Mexican public security minister and the ...
Bulgaria beat Mexico 3-0 in friendly
Reuters.uk - UK
MEXICO CITY, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Mexico continued their poor form against European opposition when they lost 3-0 to Bulgaria in a friendly in Houston on ...
Bus-Tanker Crash in Mexico Kills 38
ABC News - USA
Rescue workers work in the place where an accident in highway occurred between Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2005. The accident ...
LULAC
Por Un Amor
Media Channel - New York,NY,USA
... Seems the largest and oldest Hispanic organization in the country, the League of United Latin American Citizens or LULAC, is weighing in on the side of the ...
Fallen through the cracks
San Antonio Current - San Antonio,TX,USA
... At a November 3 SAHA board meeting, George Alejos, LULAC District XV affordable-housing director, asked SAHA to transfer ownership of the home back to Segundo. ...
Community leaders plan to call for boycott
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Church; Dr. Peter Traber, president, Baylor College of Medicine; Sylvia Brooks, president, Houston Area Urban League; Mary L. Ramos, LULAC; and Serbino Sandifer ...
Suffolk County Executive, Steve Levy
Law And Disorder
LongIslandPress.com - NY,USA
... Suffolk law enforcement officials declined to comment on the case, saying it was ... to comment on pending litigation, but even County Executive Steve Levy came to ...
Scared On Long Island?
LongIslandPress.com - NY,USA
... But Broxmeyer, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota and Police Commissioner Richard Dormer invited members of the press ...
Help For Those In Need Of Heat State Begins To Take Applications
Suffolk Life Newspapers - Riverhead,NY,USA
... The recently passed Suffolk County budget kicks back even more. "I'm supportive of the extra money for HEAP," said Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy. ...
Dems Win Big Across Suffolk GOP Loses Stronghold In Legislature
Suffolk Life Newspapers - Riverhead,NY,USA
... "I've worked very closely with [County Executive] Steve levy on a number of bills that have been bottled up [in the Legislature].". ...
"Mexican Mafia"
Judge reduces bond of man accused in death of Harlingen woman
Brownsville Herald - TX United States
November 17, 2005 -- A state district judge on Tuesday reduced the bond for one of nine alleged members of the Mexican mafia accused in the November 2003 ...
"ACLU"
ACLU opens San Jose branch
San Jose Mercury News - United States
... The office, which opened Wednesday, will be the only ACLU branch in the country with a lawyer dedicated full time to that issue. ...
ACLU sues police over tactics in Miami trade talks protests
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... important duties - ensuring the safety of the community and at the same time protecting everyone's constitutional rights," said Howard Simon, ACLU of Florida ...
ACLU Sues To Expand Bible Tax Break To All 'Good And Evil' Books
PHXNews - Phoenix,AZ,USA
Atlanta Georgia Law -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit arguing that a state law exempting only the Bible from sale taxes is ...
Christian Activists to Hand-Deliver Letters Demanding ACLU Back ...
Christian News Wire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... 17 /Christian Wire Service/ -- The Reverends Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK) and Patrick J. Mahoney will visit ACLU headquarters tomorrow to hand-deliver more ...
ACLU Report Uncovers Racial Profiling and Poor Police Work in ...
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The ACLU called the search practices poor police work because, according to the statistics, white drivers are more likely to be found with contraband. ...
ACLU Wants People On Parole To Vote
cbs4denver.com - Denver,CO,USA
... sentence. The ACLU said the state Constitution says that offenders lose their right to vote only while they're serving time in prison. ...
ACLU of Utah Backs Domestic Partner Benefits for Salt Lake City ...
247gay.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... 21, it may take a court order before Goodliffe and other Salt Lake City employees can enroll their partners in the health insurance benefits plan, the ACLU said ...
Christian Activists to Hand-Deliver Letters Demanding ACLU Back ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... 17 /US Newswire/ -- The Reverends Rob Schenck (pronounced SHANK) and Patrick J. Mahoney will visit ACLU headquarters today to hand-deliver more than 20,000 ...
ACLU's War Against National Security
Stop the ACLU - New Cumberland,PA,USA
In conjunction with the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the ACLU has lobbied hard against Arab-profiling at airports for years. ...
Men and Women at Orleans Parish Prison Detail Chaos Following ...
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The ACLU said that the scores of testimonials it has obtained from prisoners contradict public statements made by Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman that the prisoners ...
Southern Poverty Law Center
Mix It Up promotes tolerance Diversity-themed events provoke
Youngstown Vindicator - Youngstown,OH,USA
... The Mix It Up campaign is promoted by Tolerance.org, a Web project of the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center. Boardman High's ...
Beating of homosexual man in Montgomery draws hate crime concerns
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... than those against others listed in Alabama's hate crime code, said Mark Potok, who tracks hate crimes and organizations at the Southern Poverty Law Center. ...
US senator forecasts investigation by Congress
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
... The FBI says that details of the undercover operation involving FBI special agents and a private charity, the Southern Poverty Law Center, should remain secret ...
SPIEGEL SPECIAL: GLOBALIZATION, THE NEW WORLD Cheap and Cheerful?
Spiegel Online - Berlin,Germany
... some 300 million Chinese out of abject poverty. ... Erbach." The venerable brand from southern Germany's Odenwald ... pregnant and, according to the law, could not be ...
Mexican Consulate
District's report details widespread misconduct
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... Mohs violated district policy and grant provisions by buying educational materials known as Telesecundaria from the Mexican Consulate, then adding a ...
Migrants may swing election
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... The Chivas USA soccer team visited the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles to publicize the new program, and race car driver Adrian Fernández made a similar ...
AROUND KENTUCKY
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... On Dec. 3, representatives from the Mexican consulate in Indianapolis will be at a Latin women's health fair at 2598 Liberty Road, issuing matricula consular ...
Holding the Line
Tucson Weekly - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Garza adds that unaccompanied minors are either turned over to the Mexican consulate or Arizona's Child Protective Services division. ...
CAFTA
Andean Nations Seek US Patent Protection for Native Medicines
Bloomberg - USA
... rules. The Andean deal ``has got to be stronger than what we got in Cafta,'' Grayson said. ``We need more effective patents.''. The ...
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