Postcards from the Edge - "New Americans" In The News

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Federation for American Immigration Reform

Flake-Gutierrez bill amounts to a distinction without a difference

"This latest attempt to enact a massive guest worker amnesty amounts to putting lipstick on a pig. At the end of the day this bill still oinks," Stein continued. "The American public has made it quite clear that they want a meaningful policy of border, interior and workplace enforcement that makes it clear to illegal aliens..."
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Washington Post

Mexican highly critical of U.S. role in anti-drug effort

The United States has contributed "zilch" to Mexico's efforts to combat the nations' joint problem with criminal narcotics gangs, Mexico's new ambassador to Washington said yesterday. -- "We are going to need significantly more in cooperation from the United States," Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan said, including increased aid and intelligence...
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Californians for Population Stabilization

House bill proposes amnesty and new immigration increase

Representatives Luis Gutierrez and Jeff Flake have introduced an expansive amnesty bill that gives citizenship to illegal aliens and creates a massive new worker program. -- The legislation makes illegal aliens eligible for legalization if they arrived in the U.S. before June 1, 2006, pay a $2,000 fine, and pass a background check.
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Seattle Times

Unmanned plane over Arizona spots man wanted in rape case

An unmanned aircraft used to patrol the U.S. border with Mexico has helped nab a Washington state man wanted in King County on suspicion of child rape. -- Leopoldo Aparicio-Lopez, of Kent, was among six men spotted by the camera- equipped aircraft while they were traveling from Mexico into Arizona... [More family values]

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White Plains Journal News

Immigration raid at Mount Kisco apartments nets 20 arrests

Mount Kisko, NY -- An apartment building in the heart of the village has been left nearly empty by an immigration sweep early Monday morning, leaving relatives and the landlord to sort out what happened to the 20 men who were taken away. -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials raided 165 Main St...