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Minuteman Project

Mexico envoy's visit draws demonstration
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... is not the way to solve problems among neighbors," said de Icaza, whose two-day visit ended with a demonstration by the Utah Minuteman Project outside the Utah ...

"Tom Tancredo"

Fix immigration on outside, inside
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
By TOM TANCREDO. We all watched President Bush's speech in Tucson last Monday with high hopes. ... US Rep. Tom Tancredo is a Republican from Colorado. ...

Flight 93 memorial changes lauded
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
... Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., noted the crescent has been used as an Islamic symbol and said its use in the memorial would honor the radical Muslim hijackers. ...

US asked to probe labor center
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, a letter accusing Herndon officials of conspiracy in seeking to aid illegal aliens, the congressman's office said. ...

Out Of Many, More Than One?
TheDay (subscription) - New London,CT,USA
... like Rep. Tom Tancredo, Colorado Republican, who has been the most vocal proponent of sealing US borders to illegal aliens. Ninety ...

News in brief from western Pennsylvania
Centre Daily Times - Centre County,PA,USA
... The new plan closes the circle of trees to answer complaints, including those of McRae and US Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Republican from Colorado. HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. ...

Wiley: Madam President, what about the illegal immigrants?
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
... illusion, and we all know that. US Rep Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., is right when he says we need tighter borders. Noorani agrees that we must ...

frosty wooldridge

TITANIC AND THE UNITED STATES
American Daily - Stow,OH,USA
... Frosty Wooldridge possesses a unique view of the world, cultures and families in that he has bicycled around the globe 100,000 miles, on six continents in the ...

GUEST WORKER PROGRAM ILLUSION
NewsWithViews.com - Merlin,OR,USA
By Frosty Wooldridge. President Bush finally made a limousine tour of our broken borders. His cosmetic stops at the border presented ...

single feature archives : Houston Indymedia
Xenophobic speaker Frosty Wooldridge confronted at University of Houston.
On Wednesday November 16th a man named Frosty Wooldridge came to the University of ...

American Daily - Frosty Wooldridge
American Daily: Conservative oriented political commentary and opinion. Daily updates
include foreign policy, domestic affairs, and humor articles on ...

Border Patrol

Former Border Patrol agent sentenced to 2 years probation for ...
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
A former Border Patrol agent was sentenced in Tucson on Thursday to two years of federal probation for harboring an illegal entrant for four years. ...

Illegal immigrant sues Border Patrol
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A Honduran man who claims US Border Patrol agents nearly beat him to death and cost him his ability to work as a laborer has filed a ...

Immigrant sues, alleges brutality from Border Patrol agents
Brownsville Herald - TX United States
December 3, 2005 -- A Honduran man claims in a federal lawsuit that US Border Patrol agents beat him up to the point that he was hospitalized for two weeks in ...

Immigration smuggling

Bush Says Congress Should Revamp Immigration With Rules, Visas
Bloomberg - USA
... Concerns heightened over border control after smuggling and violence in the Southwest ... for border security and stricter enforcement of workplace immigration laws ...

Cutting flow of illegal aliens
Buffalo News - NY, United States
... Since then, smuggling operators appear to have stopped funneling people across ... entering the country illegally, has been released to immigration officials and ...

ON THE BORDER
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
... As border controls toughened in urban areas beginning in 1994, illegal immigration and drug smuggling shifted to this remote land, forcing US Border Patrol ...

The Global Underworld
Mother Jones - San Francisco,CA,USA
... live in developing countries, for instance, can benefit from illegal immigration as well ... Smuggling has been with us since time immemorial, but the black market ...

Foreign nationals peril in jails
Narinjara News - Dhaka,Bangladesh
... For this, the jail staff and immigration officials need to be trained up. ... are fishermen who trespassed into Bangladeshi waters or were arrested for smuggling. ...

illegal alien, illegal immigration

Over 40 Illegal Aliens Arrested at Secure Facilities
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA
... Immigration and Customs Enforcement first began checking documents at Kirtland AFB ... Sands Missile Range Police Department to arrest an illegal alien trying to ...

Washington Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Illegal Immigration Scams
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA
... and submitted to the Department of Labor and/or United States Citizenship and Immigration Service more than 100 Applications for Alien Employment Certification ...

Police still seeking illegal alien in fatal crash
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls,NY,USA
... Sheriff's officers quickly suspected he was an illegal alien, but without confirmation from the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, and without a ...

Immigration reform rhythms
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... with Peter Brimelow, author of "Alien Nation" and one of the staunchest immigration critics ... his own foreign roots, "we could end illegal immigration at once ...

Bill Birkett
Federal Times - USA
... illegal alien. It contained documents dating back years that recorded the alien's past convictions, applications for relief from deportation, and immigration ...

No services for illegals?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... hope to please with a raft of anti-illegal immigration legislation headed for ... The estimate comes from the Federation for Immigration Reform, a Washington group ...

All Work, No Pay, Makes George's Day
The New American - USA
... right into the hands of President Bush and his wish to allow unchecked immigration. ... goals, he'll be able to point to the number of illegal alien workers on ...

U.S. Immigration legislation

No services for illegals?
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... hope to please with a raft of anti-illegal immigration legislation headed for ... "You can't enact any immigration policy without affecting US citizens.". ...

US Senator Visits Lubbock
KAMC ABC 28 - Lubbock,TX,USA
... spoke about the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, a piece of legislation that he`s ... too dangerous to have immigrants crossing US borders illegally. ...

immigration legislation, immigration reform

Text of President Bush's Radio Address to the Nation for December ...
Christian News Wire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... Comprehensive immigration reform also requires us to improve ... In October, I signed legislation that more ... increase the number of immigration enforcement agents ...

In Desperate Search For Jobs
Hartford Courant - United States
... Yet the obvious hasn't sunk in on Capitol Hill, where immigration legislation has been ... One bill would deploy an already-strapped US military along the Mexican ...

Underground economy growing as illegal immigrants head to new ...
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
... Instead of enacting some type of legislation that forces them to become ... of the immigration system, with several bills proposed to address immigration reform. ...

College keeps eye on proposed state immigration bills
Gainesville Times - Gainesville,GA,USA
... Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock, proposed legislation that would require anyone ... a resolution urging the US Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Former Ecuadoran priest deported from Miami after his appeal is ...
Miami Herald - FL,USA
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and removal officers in Miami today deported a former priest from Ecuador who also once served as a customs ...

Government Gets Poor Marks in Deterring Illegal Hiring
Texas Lawyer (subscription) - TX,USA
... Immigration and Customs Enforcement, whose responsibilities include combatting illegal hirings, disputes that conclusion, saying it does plenty of employer ...

US: Federal authorities break up ring that paired debtors with ...
Pravda - Moscow,Russia
... a losing streak who would be willing to do something illegal for the right price," said Virginia Kice, spokeswoman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

Lowell arts-community leader held on immigration charge
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
... formed Second World Productions, was arrested on Hurd Street Wednesday morning by agents assigned to the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency. ...

Immigration reform splits GOP, businesses & conservatives at odds
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... like any law enforcement we have priorities" that also include counterterrorism, said Virginia Kice, a spokeswoman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

Man held in Ohio drops deportation fight
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Mike Gilhooly, spokesman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, would not say when the government planned to deport Al-Jailani. ...

Bust shuts down restaurants
Aspen Times - Aspen,CO,USA
... A dozen or so police vehicles carrying officers from the Aspen police, federal Drug Enforcement Agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of ...

"Antonio Villaraigosa" Los Angeles' MECHA MAYOR!

Los Angeles mayor to give last paints to new Hollywood sign
Xinhua - China
2 (Xinhuanet) -- Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio Villaraigosa will put the finishing touches on the Hollywood sign's new paint job next week to celebrate the ...

Mayor narrows port candidates' list
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA
... Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has winnowed the list of candidates for the top job at the Port of Los Angeles to three people -- all of whom have experience with ...

Council Fiddles, Tenants Burn
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Which is more important to the Los Angeles City Council -- dealing with tenants ... serious mode for about 20 minutes after Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appeared. ...

Bruins vs. Trojans bets fly on council
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Most officials targeted Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a University of California, Los Angeles, graduate, with University of Southern California graduates ...

Choice of holiday greetings a touchy issue
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... "The city of Los Angeles symbolizes all the ... The same goes for Olvera Street, where Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa attended the holiday tree lighting Friday night. ...

Officials negotiating on San Fernando complex
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has fully funded the city's $100 million affordable housing trust fund for the first time, and about 3,300 units are now ...

Mayor Puts Finishing Paint Touches On Hollywood Sign
NBC4.TV - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will put ... retaining the film industry, which generates nearly $35 billion for the state's economy, with Los Angeles receiving about ...

"MS 13" Gang

Maid allegedly recorded telephone conversations
Brownsville Herald - TX United States
... The agents identified him as part of the violent MS-13, or Salvatrucha, gang from Central America after seeing the gang tattoos on Sandoval's body. ...

"Mexican Mafia"

Documentary goes inside Nuestra Familia
Monterey County Herald - Monterey,CA,USA
... "NF," as it's called for short, is Northern California's answer to Southern California's Sureño gangs and their parent, the Mexican Mafia. ...

CAFTA

CAFTA blamed for layoffs at Edenton textile plant
Boston Globe - United States
... The Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, is between Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. ...

CAFTA blamed for layoffs at Edenton textile plant
WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Wilmington,NC,USA
EDENTON, NC A long-time textile plant in Edenton will lay off 203 workers starting in April. And Edenton Town Manager Anne-Marie ...

SUGAR INDUSTRY: Sugar prospects good, if politics don't interfere
Grand Forks Herald - Grand Forks,ND,USA
... Gutknecht's district includes pork producers who had supported CAFTA and no sugar acres, but he voted against the agreement anyway. ...

"ACLU"

ACLU to take CIA to court
Science Daily (press release) - USA
... In a press release, the ACLU charged the CIA with violating US and international human rights laws by transporting terrorist suspects to other countries to ...

Rice to defend US treatment, transport of detainees as ACLU ...
JURIST - USA
Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [official website] says it is preparing to file a lawsuit against the CIA on behalf of a man allegedly ...

ACLU, Denied Use of Free Speech Zone, Considers Suit
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
... The ACLU, which objects to the steep insurance requirement, immediately began considering a lawsuit after being notified of the denial Friday, according to ...  [Where were they when the MMP were denied?]

ACLU says T-shirt tied to free speech
Boston Globe - United States
... which is fundamentally inconsistent with the constitutional guarantees of freedom of _expression," John Reinstein, legal director for the ACLU of Massachusetts ...

ACLU to Sue CIA
The Conservative Voice - Kernersville,NC,USA
By Sher Zieve -- The ACLU has announced that it is suing the CIA. It will take to organization to court for transporting terrorist ...

ACLU opposes Milford move to redefine families: Town hopes to ...
Milford Daily News - Milford,MA,USA
... However, Worcester-based ACLU attorney Ronal Madnick said he believes it is unfair to create legal distinctions that place greater value on biological ...

US media ignore torture reports
Mathaba.Net - London,UK
... Prof Peter Phillips, director, Project Censored, a press release on these deaths by torture was issued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on October ...

Conservative religious legal firm fights 'culture-shifters' in ...
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
... It accuses the ACLU of intimidating Christians and other religious people, to the point of attacking Christmas celebrations. ACLU ...

In need of change?
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... The ACLU feels differently, saying the new laws "are recipes for discriminatory selective enforcement.". The ACLU of Colorado is ...

Southern Poverty Law Center

DAVID IRVING WILL SPEND CHRISTMAS IN AUSTRIAN JAIL IN ISOLATION
Indymedia Argentina - Rosario,Santa Fe,Argentina
... were hanging around, so Irving started to drive toward the Southern border and ... director of the American Jewish Committee, The South Poverty Law Center, ADL, etc ...

Washington Legal Foundation

The gift which carries on giving
Electric New Paper - Singapore,Singapore
... scholarship programme for the University of Washington School of ... after graduation, such as for a legal aid or ... a meeting at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. ...

Court ruling favors town
Tasley Eastern Shore News - Tasley,VA,USA
... The court found that legal requirements were met in ... appeal the decision, Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Virginia press ... via an article in The Washington Post, Epps ...

Judge dismisses art groups' claims
Indianapolis Star - United States
... Americans for the Arts of Washington, DC, and the Poetry Foundation of Chicago, both ... The bank's attorneys, in court filings, said they had no legal duty to ...

Holiday Wish List
Indianapolis Business Journal - Indianapolis,IN,USA
... Business Journal, 41 E. Washington St., 46204 ... Publishing services, artistic services, legal real estate services ... G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation of Indianapolis ...

State finds claims of raw milk's benefits hard to swallow
Gainesville Sun - Gainesville,FL,USA
... The sale of raw milk is legal in 28 states, according to the Weston A. Price Foundation, a raw-milk advocacy group based in Washington, DC While other states ...