Monday, February 07, 2005
L.A. county supervisor seeks to block use of Mexican ID cards
The Associated Press, Feb. 7, 2005
LOS ANGELES
County supervisor Mike Antonovich said Monday he received a fraudulent Mexican identification card with his own photo on it and wants the county to stop recognizing the consular cards as valid identification.
Antonovich, who was the lone vote among the county's five supervisors against first recognizing the cards in 2002, said he was concerned that the card could be misused for criminal and even terrorist purposes.....
LOS ANGELES
County supervisor Mike Antonovich said Monday he received a fraudulent Mexican identification card with his own photo on it and wants the county to stop recognizing the consular cards as valid identification.
Antonovich, who was the lone vote among the county's five supervisors against first recognizing the cards in 2002, said he was concerned that the card could be misused for criminal and even terrorist purposes.....
US/Mexico Border Counties Coalition
The Coalition's annual legislative conference has been scheduled for March 7, 8 and 9, 2005 in Washington, D.C
Americans sweet on Mexican real estate
"Values in some markets have tripled in five years - far exceeding the rates of return you find in the United States."
Gonzales Vote Exceeds Expectations
We have 36 senators who form a core of energy and action for legislation to outlaw torture by U.S. personnel anywhere in the world.
La RAZA fights the Real ID ACT
None of these measures make us any safer. Rather, they endanger immigrants.
Immigration Reform Scams
First and foremost, don't make the mistake of believing that these politicians and their allies want to "inform" you. Their goal is to completely shut down reasoned and informed public debate on immigration.
10 Resons to Enforce Imigration Laws NOW !
Hoping that Bush and Congress will stop this invasion renders all of us a bunch of fools! Bush has done NOTHING to stop the 10,000 illegal aliens crossing our borders nightly.
GOP proposes bill that would suspend ALL laws
REAL ID Act of 2005 (H.R. 418). Section 102 :
It would empower the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend any and all laws in order to ensure the "expeditious" construction of a set of barriers and roads south of San Diego, to keep illegal immigrants out. It also would prohibit ANY judicial review of the Secretary of Homeland Security's decision to suspend any law.
It would empower the Secretary of Homeland Security to suspend any and all laws in order to ensure the "expeditious" construction of a set of barriers and roads south of San Diego, to keep illegal immigrants out. It also would prohibit ANY judicial review of the Secretary of Homeland Security's decision to suspend any law.
" It's what's destroying America."
He went on to catalogue a list of ills: "The acts of violence, the impacts to the welfare system, the impacts to the health care system. . . . his son, a Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputy, was shot on duty by a Mexican man who was in this country illegally.
Former Arizona Gov. Symington slams Gov. Jan
``She lacks vision and leadership,'' Symington said in an interview Friday with The Associated Press. ``I can't think of anything she has done in office that is significant.''
Cross the Border Often
In fiscal 2004, Tucson sector agents caught 14,506 illegal immigrants with criminal records.
Attention BlOGgers...are the numbers close, or significant ? According to the aerial drone watch pulled by the Feds, the drones counted 10,000 illegal crossings per month, is this effective ? What about the criminals that are just let go after apprehension in the States by law enforcement ?
Attention BlOGgers...are the numbers close, or significant ? According to the aerial drone watch pulled by the Feds, the drones counted 10,000 illegal crossings per month, is this effective ? What about the criminals that are just let go after apprehension in the States by law enforcement ?
