Mexico makes huge mistake with booklet on how to illegally cross border
 

Yet there's no other way to explain a how-to comic book that the Mexican government is passing out. Called the Guide for the Mexican Migrant, its stated purpose is to give would-be undocumented immigrants "some practical advice."

The book offers no information on applying for a U.S. visa. But it does offer tips on what to wear for a clandestine crossing and how to find one's way through the desert.

With this book, Mexican President Vicente Fox has unwittingly produced a powerful tool to undermine efforts by President Bush and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., to win congressional support for a guest-worker program.

Mexico's booklet on how to sneak into the United States will be distributed free south of the border. Around the Potomac, it will be priceless to those opposed to a guest-worker program because it raises serious doubts about whether Mexico will ever help curb illegal migration - even if the United States creates a legal mechanism for large numbers of workers to obtain temporary work visas.


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0105wed1-05.html

One more good reason to vacate my deer lease outside of Del Rio, Texas. Opening morning we had 3 illegals walking through our pasture. I'm not sure if they got caught, but we did confront them with loaded weapons in hand, and made a call to the authorities. One year they tried to hot wire my truck that I keep there. It pisses me off when stuff always turns up missing, ie. portable heaters, flash lights, batteries, radios, drinks.... it never ends either.

This kind of ***** is why laws like the 2004 AZ Proposition 200 get passed.

US citizens are fed up with the Fed slacking off and not doing its duty.

Despite the official hand-wringing about illegal immigration, politicians need it to continue, because their business constituents want it - they depend on the steady flow of cheap, disposable labor to keep profits up.

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That's right, another wonderful example of almost incredibly short-term thinking on behalf of the corporate world and their blind/deaf/dumb friends in government. Right up there w/ an energy policy that has housewifes across the U.S. driving Suburbans around all day. Same kind of "there's no tomorrow/make $$ and burn it today" mentality. :rolleyes:

If there wasn't demand for their labor, they wouldn't come. I've taken years making up my mind on this issue. I think the best thing to do is pass a law that makes minimum wage only applicable to U.S. citizens, and allow these people in legally on special work visas.

Hopefully this would solve problems with theft and such on the border. I don't think we can really completely close our border with Mexico, and the more aggressive we enforce, the more aggressive those people who run illegals into this country will become. I could see this escalating to be as violent as the drug trade. No politician wants to admit it either, but our economy depends heavily on this cheap underground labor.

Mexico defends its guide as a way to promote safety
 

Migration pamphlet draws fire in U.S.



MEXICO CITY - The Mexican Foreign Ministry on Tuesday defended a government pamphlet that offers advice to migrants illegally crossing the border into the United States, saying it was trying to help save lives without encouraging people to break the law.


"Last year, more than 300 Mexicans died on the border," Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Geronimo Gutierrez told the Houston Chronicle. "Our government has a commitment to defend the lives of its citizens."

In 32 pages of text and comic-book-style illustrations, the paperback, Guide for the Mexican Migrant, gives pointers on navigating deserts and swimming rivers safely.

"Crossing the river can be very dangerous, particularly if you are alone or do it at night," says an English translation of wording next to an illustration of three young men setting out from a river bank. "If you wear heavy clothes, they will become heavier when wet and this will make it more difficult for you to swim."


'A wink and a nod'
George Grayson, a Mexico expert at the College of William and Mary, said the guide sends a message that the Mexican government endorses illegal immigration.

"It is a wink and a nod to illegal immigrants," Grayson said. "How would they feel if the Guatemalans published a guide on how to get into Mexico?"

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/2978207

Education and immigration

Failed policy results in failing grades for California schools.
A Rand Corp. study showing how far California schools have slipped down the national ladder in recent years was reported Monday, about the same time as the news that Mexican authorities are distributing more than a million copies of a booklet showing illegal migrants how to safely cross the border.

Is there a connection? Of course there is.

The Mexican government, which seems far more interested in protecting the corrupt and powerful than making life better for Mexico's working poor, clearly views the border as a pressure release valve. This how-to book makes it obvious. The poor are far less likely to revolt against an ineffectual and corrupt government when salvation, ostensibly, lies just to the not-so-distant north.

http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0%2C1413%2C204~21479~2634419%2C00.html

Yeah. no kidding.

Being a Canadian, who's followed all the rules, spent thousands of dollars on legal fees and immigration fees to get a VISA, only to have to do the same ring-around every few years when my VISA "expires", the new laws allowing illegals to stay, frustrates the hell out of me.

Talk about double standard.

ME:
"Yes, I'd like to immigrate and become American, because the industry I work in is monopolized by your country."

INS:
"Ok, sir. Are you rich or own a business? Do you bring investment dollar to the states?"

ME:
"No."

INS:
"Are you white, resonably educated, and speak 3 languages? Are you able to remain employed and find work on your own? Do you have enough experience in your field to get hired?"

ME:
"Yes"

INS:
"Do you pick berries, park cars, wash dishes, cut grass or assemble cars?"

ME:
"No."

INS:
"Sorry. You're **** out of luck."

PS - Any americans who have opinions on immigrating to this country, let me hear about it. I'd be curious to hear what you have to say. Do Americans REALLY consider Canadians/ Europeans/Asians etc a threat to their jobs?

Totally...
I killed 6 Canadians that were trying to take my job at Jack in the Box today.

JCM

P.S. The answer is no

I would say that our politicians like to play up rhetoric about job insecurity more than we fear it. Losing technical competency and the ability to innovate are far bigger threats.

Hey! Print that in English so we will all know how to escape to Mexico!

We may need it someday...

American outrage over DIY handbook for illegal immigrants
 

Conservative groups in the United States have been outraged by an illustrated handbook issued by Mexican authorities that gives migrants tips on how to cross America's southern border illegally.

The books, denounced by some as "how-to manuals", urge would-be immigrants to carry enough water, follow railway lines and wear clothing that will protect them from the elements. To those planning to brave the Rio Grande, the government-sponsored guide advises: "Crossing a river can be very risky, especially if you cross alone and at night. Heavy clothing becomes heavier when wet and this makes swimming or floating difficult."

Migrants are told: "If you get lost, guide yourself with light posts, train tracks or dirt roads," and warned to avoid smugglers known as "coyotes". Immigrants are also told not to resist arrest by Border Patrol officers.

About 400 immigrants died along the border in 2002, a 10 per cent increase on 2001, and in the past two years 125 people have died in the Arizona desert.

Mexican officials said the 32-page booklet informs those who have already decided to cross on how to avoid injury and death. But the handbook's publication has unleashed a torrent of condemnation from activists already concerned at the porous nature of the border. "It's an encouragement that will lead to more illegal aliens coming," said Rick Oltman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, adding that there will be "more tragic deaths".

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=598423

best thing to do is pass a law that makes minimum wage only applicable to U.S. citizens, and allow these people in legally on special work visas

I think that's waaay off. A town 7 miles away from here has a Tyson plant, and they pay $13.50 minimum, with bennies. They employ so many illegals, it's amazing. These people are _not_ working for minimum wage.

It's a total scam. Somehow they know ahead of time when the INS is going to be coming through. That day, about 1/3 of the staff mysteriously doesn't show up for work. I don't know how they can get away with it, but it p!isses me off. They're not taking any job from me or anyone I know, but the fact that they're breaking the law and putting legitimate citizens at risk is enough to deport every damn one of them.

I agree, but at the same time, I must say that we must also condem both the authorities that are allowing this type of activity to slip through the cracks (for economic reasons) as well as the businesses that are breaking the law for financial gain. Everyone, particularly the "migrants", only does what they have to in order to survive.

Border Residents Critical of New Immigrant Guide Book
 

JANUARY 6, 2005 - Every flip of the page is a virtual "Dummies Guide" for Mexican immigrants to break U.S. immigration laws.

The illustrated guide book on how to illegally cross the border safely, comes free with comic books, courtesy the Mexican government.

"The comic book is trouble."

For more than a decade Walt Miller's had to live with this.

"On a nightly basis we probably have 25 illegals that come through here."

It's Lake Texano in Hidalgo. Home to mostly winter Texans, the community is nestled less than a quarter mile from the border.

"I've learned to live with it... but a lot of people see something like that... and they want to get out of here."

Walt believes this guide encourages illegal migration with tips on everything from how to beat the heat to beating border patrol.

"It goes back to your Mafia days... we're going to teach these guys how to be gangsters."

But the book is looked at in a whole different light here at the Mexican Consulate in McAllen. In fact, people here say, for some, the book is actually a deterrent.

"We have deaths not only on the river but also hypothermia."

Arturo Salgado works at the consulate and says the proof is in the pages ... pictures of a sizzling sun and smugglers enough to change many would-be migrant's minds.

"It is intended to those who have already made up there minds to come across the border," said Salgado.

Their journey? A chance to gain employment opportunities not available in Mexico. Salgado calls it simply a survival guide to help save lives. But Walt's not buying into that theory.

Not because he's not all for sharing the American dream. It's just he wants it to be done by the book and not this book.



http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=2777781&nav=0w0vUvoU

Translation of Mexican Invasion Handbook

GUIDE FOR THE MEXICAN MIGRANT

Translation into English from Spanish provided by INFOMUNDO.US as a public service.

Original document GUIA DEL MIGRANTE MEXICANO, accessible on the website

http://www.sre.gob.mx/tramites/consulares/guiamigrante/default.htm

FIRST PAGE

Audio (Windows Media)
Track 1: Mexican Consulates
Track 2: Services of Mexican Consulates
Track 3: Rights of Migrants
INTRODUCTION, PAGES 0 - 1

Dear fellow citizen:

This guide tries to provide you with some practical advice that may be useful to you in case you have made the difficult decision to seek new work opportunities outside of your own country.

The safe way of entering another country is by first obtaining your passport, which is issued by the Delegations of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and your visa, which you request at the Embassy or Consulate of the country to where you wish to travel.

However, we actually see many cases of Mexicans who try to cross the northern border without the necessary documentation, crossing high-risk zones that are very dangerous, especially in desert areas or rivers with strong and not always noticeable currents.

INTRODUCTION, PAGES 2 - 3

As you read this guide you can also learn some basic questions about legal consequences of your stay in the United States of America without appropriate immigration documents, as well as the rights you have in that country once you are there, independently of your immigration status.

Always keep in mind that there are mechanisms for you to enter the United States of America legally.

In any case, if you encounter problems or difficulties, remember that Mexico has 45 Consulates at its disposal in that country, whose contact information you also can find in this publication.

Identify your Consulate and go to it.

RISKS, PAGES 4 - 5

DANGERS OF CROSSING IN HIGH-RISK ZONES

Crossing the river can be very risky, especially if you cross alone and at night..

Thick clothing increases your weight when wet and makes it hard to swim or float.

RISKS, PAGES 6 - 7

If you cross in the desert, try to travel when the heat is not so intense.

Highways and towns are very far apart, so that it could take you several days to find roads and you will not be able to carry food or water for that long; you could even get lost.

Salted water helps you retain body fluids. Although you get more thirsty, if you drink salted water the risk of dehydration is lessened.

Dehydration symptoms are:

? Little or no perspiration

? Dryness of eyes and mouth

? Headache

? Fatigue and exhaustion

? Difficulty in walking and reasoning

? Hallucinations and mirages

If you get lost follow utility poles, railroad tracks or furrows.

BE CAREFUL OF ALIEN SMUGGLERS, PAGES 8 - 09

BE CAREFUL OF "POLLEROS", "COYOTES" OR "PATEROS" [Various names for alien smugglers)

They can deceive you by assuring you they'll cross you [smuggle you across the border] at certain times over mountains or through deserts. This is not true! They can put your life in danger leading you through rivers, irrigation canals, desert areas, along railroad tracks or freeways. This has caused the death of hundreds of people.

If you decide to use the services of "polleros", "coyotes" or "pateros" to cross the border, consider the following precautions to take:

Don't let him out of your sight; remember that he's the only one that knows the terrain and therefore is the one that can get you out.

Do not trust anyone who offers to cross you over to the "other side" and asks you to drive a vehicle or carry a package for him. Regularly those...

BE CAREFUL OF ALIEN SMUGGLERS, PAGES 10 - 11

...packages contain drugs or other prohibited substances. For that reason many people have ended up in jail.

If you transport other people you can be confused with an alien smuggler and be accused of alien smuggling yourself or even vehicle theft.

Don't hand over your minor children to strangers that offer to cross them to the United States.

DO NOT USE FALSE DOCUMENTS, PAGES 12 - 13

DO NOT USE FALSE DOCUMENTS OR DOCUMENTS OF OTHER PEOPLE, NOR DECLARE A FALSE NATIONALITY

If you try to cross with documents that are false or that belong to someone else, keep the following in mind:

The use of documents that are false or that belong to someone else is a Federal crime in the United States, for which you can be criminally prosecuted and end up in jail; the same as if you give a false name or say you are a U.S. citizen when you are not.

Do not lie to U.S. border crossing or inspection booth agents.

IF YOU ARE DETAINED, PAGES 14 - 15

Do not resist arrest.

Do not assault or insult the officer.

Do not throw stones or other objects at the officers nor at the patrol cars, because this is considered a form of provocation.

If the officers feel they've been assaulted they will probably use force to detain you.

Raise your hands slowly for them to see you're unarmed.

Do not carry or hold any objects that could be construed as weapons, such as: lanterns, screwdrivers, blades, knives or stones.

IF YOU ARE DETAINED, PAGE 16 / YOUR RIGHTS, PAGE 17

IF YOU ARE DETAINED

Don't run or try to escape.

Don't hide in dangerous places.

Don't cross freeways.

It's better for you to be detained for a few hours and be repatriated to Mexico than to get lost in the desert.

YOUR RIGHTS

IF YOU ARE ARRESTED, YOU HAVE RIGHTS!

Give your true name.

If you are a minor and are accompanied by an adult, tell the authorities so they do not separate you.

YOUR RIGHTS / YOUR RIGHTS, PAGES 18 - 19

Your rights are:

To know where you are.

To request to speak to the nearest Mexican Consulate representative in order to receive help.

Do not make statements or sign documents, especially if they are in English, without the aid of a defense attorney or Mexican Government Consulate representative.

To receive medical attention if you are injured or in poor health.

To receive respectful treatment regardless of your immigration status.

To be transported safely.

To have water and food when you need it.

You are not obligated to disclose your immigration status when you are detained.

YOUR RIGHTS, PAGES 20 - 21

To not be hit or insulted.

To not be held incommunicado.

In case they take away your personal effects, request a voucher in order to claim them when you are released.

If there is any violation of these rights, it's important for you to inform your attorney or Mexican Consulate representative that visits you or even the nearest Delegation of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations within Mexico.

If you wish more information and you live in Texas or in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, tune in to "The Powerful Station" at AM 1570.

IF YOU ARE ARRESTED / DETAINED, PAGES 22 - 23

IF YOU ARE ARRESTED / DETAINED

If you already were sentenced for some crime or you are facing criminal prosecution an a jail, you have the following rights:

To not be discriminated against by the police, the courts or prison authorities.

To receive visits from consular officials and family members.

To receive appropriate legal counsel without conditions or obstructions.

If you being criminally prosecuted and have not yet been sentenced, ask your attorney or consular representative what the "Plea Agreement" consists of.

Do not plead guilty without first consulting your attorney about the possibilities of winning your case if you go to trial.

It's important they you know the laws of the American state where you live and work, since each state's laws are different. Bear in mind the following information:

If you drink don't drive, since if you do not have papers you can be detained and deported [a bit of INFOMUNDO editorializing here: no word about maiming or killing yourself or others as a drunk driver!].

If a legal resident is cited more than two times for drunk driving, he can be deported.

Do not drive without a driver's license.

Observe traffic signs and signals and use your seatbelt.

Do not drive without auto insurance nor drive an unknown vehicle.

[THINGS TO] AVOID, PAGES 24 - 25

Do not pick up strangers.

If you commit some traffic violation and are detained by the police, place your hands on the steering wheel and do not get out of the car until the officer requests you to do so.

Avoid calling attention to yourself, at least while you are arranging your residence papers to live in the United States.

The best formula is not to alter your routine of going between work and home.

Avoid noisy parties because the neighbors can get upset and call the police, and you could be arrested.

Avoid fighting.

If you go to a bar or night club and a fight starts, leave immediately, since in the confusion you could be arrested even if you did not do anything wrong.

Avoid family or domestic violence. As in Mexico, it is a crime in the United States.

[THINGS TO] AVOID, PAGES 26 - 27

Domestic violence does not consist solely of hitting others but also can be threats, shouting or mistreatment.

If you are accused of domestic violence against your children, your mate or someone else who lives with toy, you could go to jail. In addition, Child Protective Services authorities could take away your children.

Do not carry firearms, bladed weapons or other dangerous objects.

Keep in mind that many Mexicans have died or are in prison because of these things.

If the police enters your house or apartment, do not resist, but ask to see a search warrant. It's better to cooperate and ask to speak to the nearest Mexican Consulate.

CONSULATES, PAGES 28 - 29

The Secretariat of Foreign Relations has 45 consular representatives within the U.S and on its southern border, which are designed to help you. Remember: if you have been detained or are serving a sentence, you have the right to speak with the nearest Mexican Consulate. Always carry your "Guide to Consular Protection" with you at all times.

Get Near to the Consulate...

Embrace Mexico.

It's your home, fellow countryman!

- Secretariat of Foreign Relations

- General Administration of Protection and Consular Matters.

CONSULATES OF MEXICO IN THE UNITED STATES, PAGES 29 - 30

List of U.S. Cities and phone numbers.

STATES - [MEXICAN] STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES - DIRECTORY OF OFFICES GIVING ATTENTION TO MIGRANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO, PAGES 31 - END

List of Mexican cities and phone numbers.

BOX ON LAST PAGE:

This consular protection guide is not promoting the crossing [of the border] of Mexicans without legal documentation required by the government of the United States; its objective is to make known the risks implied and to inform about the rights of migrants regardless of their legal residence.

that's a riot! kinda like a book on how to make your own dirty nuke with a disclaimer on the first page stating that the book is "for informational purposes only" ;)

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As a mexican, I agree that both Mexican and US government should take more determinant actions. If this comic book which instead of making me laugh it embarrasses me about my authorities, I see it as an answer and a propagandistic medium of mexican governemet to erase the bad image they left allowing the US border patrol to shoot illegals with rubber bullets the past year .
I think that if there would exist a real interest of the US government about ending this situation, the solution is so simple, that it was already said above: jail for those american citizens employing illegal people. At the same time, Mexico could also punish with prison to any person who in an illegal way (without a passport) would abandon our country, because that is what a passport is for: a permission to leave your own country.
In the other side, the second income Mexico receives, after oil, is the money that those illegal workers send to our country.
Being sincere, the construction, agricultural, and several other services industries are covered by the very cheap hand labor, and more than eight hours shifts of mexican workers.
I remember on september 2003, when in WalMart several thousands of immigrants without papers were detected, and the fine for the employers was less than what a divorce in California would have cost.
At the present time, the only thing you need to obtain the US residence, is to invest one million dollars and prove that you have the sufficient capital to keep on bussiness for three years. They do not find out where the money comes from, neither if you speak English or not, nor anything. You just have to have the money.
The american banks are full of mexican savers, and they do not even ask where the money comes from. They just don't care.
That shows us that the US governement is not really interested in fixing these problems. The US tolerates a lot of situations too.
When a US citizen comes to Mexico, they can travel without a passport, visa, or nothing. A driver's licence, or the school ID card is enough. And there are many US citizens working here in Mexico too, illegally. In other words, this ashaming booklet is the same book with hard leather cover which year after year I receive from the american banks and from other financial institutions giving non-US citizens instructions not to pay taxes in the US and what to do to avoid taxes in your own country.

And just what, precisely,is the Presdent's stand on immigration from South of the Border?

State lawmaker pushing for tougher immigration laws
 

PHOENIX - A state lawmaker said he plans to introduce a bill to ensure undocumented immigrants don't receive such benefits as unemployment pay, government loans, grants, public housing and food assistance.
Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, was one of the main backers of Proposition 200 that voters passed in November.

Pearce believes legislation is necessary because of pending court battles that could permanently narrow the scope of the anti-immigration measure.

The bill will not be tied directly to Proposition 200, thereby avoiding the required three-quarters vote of both the state House and Senate to change a voter-approved initiative.

Pearce will also pursue legislation denying undocumented immigrants the chance to post bail when they commit a serious crime.

Another bill would allow local police officers to cooperate with immigration authorities, a practice cities like Phoenix prohibit in such cases as routine traffic stops and domestic-violence calls.



http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/breaking/010705_immig_laws.html

Re: Mexico makes huge mistake with booklet on how to illegally cross border
 

The intent of this booklet has been grossly misunderstood. Inside sources say it's actually a report on illegal immigration requested by Bush and the authors simply put it in comic book format so he could understand it.

Mexican Charged with Assaulting American at First Data/Western Union's Immigration Fo
 

Denver....A Mexican national charged with assaulting an American woman during an immigration forum held in Denver last July by First Data Corporation/Western Union has filed a counter lawsuit in Denver District Court claiming she was the victim in the assault.

Julissa Molina Soto, 32, is charging Terry Graham with assault and battery, extreme and outrageous conduct, and malicious prosecution, seeking damages from Graham for alleged severe emotional distress, economic losses, and attorneys fees.

Molina Soto is scheduled to appear in Denver District Court on January 12 to enter a plea in the criminal charges against her for assaulting Terry Graham during at the forum. Denver immigration attorney Jeff Joseph is representing Molina Soto in the criminal case.

Denver police arrested Molina Soto immediately following that assault. No criminal charges were filed against Graham, who filed a civil lawsuit against Molina and other defendants last October. Molina Soto pled guilty to child abuse in 1999.

"Molina Soto's countersuit is clearly a legal strategy to divert attention from criminal charges filed against her by the Denver District Attorney as well as our civil lawsuit," said Denver attorney Robert J. Corry, Jr., Graham's lawyer. "We are confident, based upon the facts, that Soto's counterclaim will ultimately be dismissed," he said. Frank Moya is representing Molina Soto in the civil lawsuit.

While Graham was being seen by paramedics, First Data Foundation Director Polly Baca and ACLU lawyer Adrienne Benavidez assured the forum's largely Latino audience from the podium that Molina Soto would have legal representation.

Graham, who was participating in the forum from the audience, was seated alone in Denver's North High School auditorium when Molina Soto entered the aisle and began threatening her for statements she was making in support of the enforcement of immigration laws. When Graham continued to engage forum panelists, Molina Soto grabbed her tape recorder and proceeded to assault her, knocking her to the ground. Graham suffered head and neck injuries, as well as numerous bruises in the attack.

First Data Corporation has taken the lead in promoting massive immigration and immigrants' rights -- including illegal aliens -- since settling lawsuits charging that its subsidiary, Western Union, failed to disclose unreasonably high commissions it charged when wiring customers' money to Mexico. In March 2004 First Data/Western Union set up a $10 million "Empowerment Fund" to be used for Latino and pro-immigration causes. First Data CEO Charles Fote announced last April that $800,000 of the Empowerment Fund would be used to create a Denver pilot program to support and increase the number of Latino business owners.


http://www.americanpatrol.com/CO_COLORADO/FREE-SPEECH-FORUM/MexCounterSue050108CO_.html

ICE DEPORTS TEENAGE HONDURAN GANG MEMBER
Gang sexually assaulted 2 girls in suspected initiation rite at vacant Maryland apartment


WASHINGTON, D.C.—A 17-year-old Honduran citizen and MS-13 gang member convicted as an adult for participating in the sexual assault of two teenage girls in Maryland was deported today by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Reinaldo Ramos-Ramos, an illegal alien who entered the United States in June 2002 by crossing the Southwestern border, was one of 10 gang members who sexually assaulted the minor girls, ages 16 and 17, inside a vacant Adelphi, Md. apartment March 14, 2003.

The assaults might have been a savage gang initiation rite that calls for female gang prospects to either endure being "jumped in" through a beating by gang members, or be "sexed in" by multiple male gang members.

Ramos-Ramos was convicted as an adult July 26 in the circuit court of Prince George’s County, Md. of 2nd Degree Sexual Offense. He was sentenced to 18 months time-served in an adult correctional facility. Upon his release from prison, Ramos-Ramos was turned over to ICE and processed for deportation to Honduras.

During fiscal year 2004, which ended Sept. 30, ICE detention and removal officers from Baltimore deported 2,782 criminal aliens, a five percent increase over FY-03. The office removed 4,115 aliens during the year as part of ICE's record year of deportations. ICE removed 157,281 aliens from the United States in FY-04, which is 12,000 more than the year before. Of those removed, nearly 53 percent were criminal aliens.

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/010505teenagegang.htm

Tougher laws eyed for alien workers
 

A senior House Republican yesterday called for an improved Social Security card to prevent illegal immigrants from gaining jobs and for quintupling the penalty for those who employ them, marking the first major shot in the immigration debate expected to take place in this Congress.
Another Republican committee chairman, meanwhile, is set to introduce a bill that would include some of the measures like national standards for driver's licenses that were dropped from the intelligence overhaul bill that passed Congress late last year, but which House leaders have promised to attach to the first must-pass piece of legislation.


http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050106-120233-9453r.htm

New law allows deportation of naturalized US citizens
 

WASHINGTON, Jan 5: A new intelligence law, and now a court ruling, have further strengthened the US government's power to strip a person of his citizenship even if he committed the crime after naturalization.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the government to strip a Haitian-American restaurant owner of his citizenship even though he was indicted, arrested and convicted after naturalization.

Also on Tuesday, federal agents in Atlanta arrested a prominent Ethiopian human rights abuse suspect and put him in deportation proceedings, for the first time using legal powers granted under a newly-signed intelligence reform law.

Immigration lawyers say that the two developments can have far-reaching consequences for thousands of immigrants from Muslim countries who already complain that they have become terror suspects since the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks believed to have been carried out by Muslim men.

A large number of Muslim immigrants, including hundreds of Pakistanis, have been deported since 9/11 but most of them were visitors, guest workers and green card holders. Naturalized American citizens were deported only if they were found guilty of having lied in their naturalization applications about a criminal record.

But the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals has now allowed the government to revoke the citizenship of Lionel Jean-Baptiste, originally a Haitian national, and start deportation proceedings against him.

The precedent-setting case marks the first time in the court's jurisdictional area that the government is seeking to revoke the citizenship of a naturalized person who was indicted, arrested and convicted after becoming a citizen.


http://www.dawn.com/2005/01/06/top11.htm

Illegal immigrants inundate hospitals
 

New Jersey's escalating population of illegal immigrants is placing an ever-growing burden on the state's hospitals, which expect to lose $200 million this year on care to the underground community.

Doctors and administrators around the state are complaining that the cost of treating illegal immigrants has forced them to delay the purchase of life-saving technology or the addition of valuable staff.

And according to the New Jersey Hospital Association (NJHA) in West Windsor, the burden will only increase unless state or federal agencies step in and pay the bills.


http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1105261605299220.xml

The Illegal-Alien Crime Wave
 

So they just come here to work? Tell that to the victims of their crimes.


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Some of the most violent criminals at large today are illegal aliens. Yet in cities where the crime these aliens commit is highest, the police cannot use the most obvious tool to apprehend them: their immigration status. In Los Angeles, for example, dozens of members of a ruthless Salvadoran prison gang have sneaked back into town after having been deported for such crimes as murder, assault with a deadly weapon, and drug trafficking. Police officers know who they are and know that their mere presence in the country is a felony. Yet should a cop arrest an illegal gangbanger for felonious reentry, it is he who will be treated as a criminal, for violating the LAPD’s rule against enforcing immigration law.

The LAPD’s ban on immigration enforcement mirrors bans in immigrant-saturated cities around the country, from New York and Chicago to San Diego, Austin, and Houston. These “sanctuary policies” generally prohibit city employees, including the cops, from reporting immigration violations to federal authorities.

Such laws testify to the sheer political power of immigrant lobbies, a power so irresistible that police officials shrink from even mentioning the illegal-alien crime wave. “We can’t even talk about it,” says a frustrated LAPD captain. “People are afraid of a backlash from Hispanics.” Another LAPD commander in a predominantly Hispanic, gang-infested district sighs: “I would get a firestorm of criticism if I talked about [enforcing the immigration law against illegals].” Neither captain would speak for attribution.

But however pernicious in themselves, sanctuary rules are a symptom of a much broader disease: the nation’s near-total loss of control over immigration policy. Fifty years ago, immigration policy might have driven immigration numbers, but today the numbers drive policy. The nonstop increase of immigration is reshaping the language and the law to dissolve any distinction between legal and illegal aliens and, ultimately, the very idea of national borders.

http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_the_illegal_alien.html

Prop 22 has started a movement across the country
 

Well it looks like the Corrupt Mexican Govt is crying over the law that will make sure that only US citizens are getting Govt services.

I guess with the safety valve shut off the people of Mexico may just be able to throw out the Corrupt officials and use the resources of Mexico to better their lives.


http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0123Prop200.html



New migrant law irks Mexico
Leaders bash Arizona as other states consider measures

Chris Hawley
Republic Mexico City Bureau
Jan. 23, 2005 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY - For months, Arizona's Proposition 200 evoked nothing but yawns among Mexican media and politicians. But in the weeks since it became law, the measure has started raising hackles nationwide.

The Foreign Ministry, opposition lawmakers, newspaper columnists and even the head of the national human rights commission have lashed out publicly at Arizona since late December, when a federal judge lifted a temporary restraining order and allowed the measure to become law.

The Foreign Ministry has issued three rare statements denouncing the measure, and the leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party has urged President Vicente Fox to withdraw his ambassador from Washington, D.C., in protest.



"This law provokes a xenophobic attitude, a discriminatory attitude," said Eliana Garcia Laguna, a Democratic Revolutionary Party lawmaker who has become one of the most vocal opponents of Proposition 200.

"It is very bad for the Mexico-U.S. relationship."

Proposition 200 is being challenged in a federal appeals court. Its rules are similar to Mexico's own immigration laws, but opponents in Mexico fear it could ignite a harsher anti-immigration backlash in bigger states such as California and Texas.