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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (1213)	10/19/2006 4:50:44 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3197

actually - Partners in Prosperity for MEXICO Bush,Fox & the Fed Federal Reserve Bank Assisting Illegal Alien Lawbreakers "President George W. Bush mandated the program." Jim Kouri October 16, 2006 While the mainstream news media are hard at work covering the Rep. Mark Foley "Pagegate" scandal or helping the Democrats to achieve their dream of capturing control of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Federal Reserve Bank is working with the Mexican government to make it easier for illegal aliens to export US money to their homeland. The Fed is currently devising several programs that will extend banking services to illegal aliens, according to The Wall Street Journal. Most of this money transfer scheme is being created under the radar and few, if any, political figures are discussing the subject. One proposal is for a new remittance program with the ultimate goal of bringing illegal Mexican aliens -- who send money home -- into the mainstream the US financial system, regardless of immigration status. In other words, The Federal Reserve Bank is attempting to aid lawbreakers in moving their cash around in the US and Mexico. "Directo a Mexico," the name of the program, enables US commercial banks to make money transfers for Mexican workers through the Federal Reserve's own automated clearinghouse, which is linked to Banco de Mexico, the Mexican central bank. Few Americans are aware of the connection between the Fed and foreign banks and this program would be just another that exists in the shadow world of international banking. To use the service, a Mexican need only possess a matricula consular, an ID issued by the Mexican consulate in most major US cities to those with proof of Mexican birth or citizenship, or a picture ID card issued by the US or another foreign government. The idea is to make it cheaper and safer for illegal workers to send funds to their relatives in Mexico. While on the surface, this may appear to be a good idea for banks, it's an idea based on lawbreakers being given assistance in moving their money around. The Mexican drug trafficker will be able to take advantage of this new banking system as much as the illegal worker cleaning toilets. Most law enforcement commanders recognize the Matricula Consular card as a useless identification document. In fact, some US government agencies still refuse to accept them as identification documents. Most illegal aliens make cash transfers, which average $350 each, through companies like Western Union or a hodgepodge of wire-transfer firms, couriers and others that operate out of storefronts in Hispanic enclaves. Family members then collect the wired cash at a shop in their town or village. The Federal Reserve Bank and Banco de Mexico launched a cross-country road show during the summer to promote the new funds-transfer program to commercial banks, according to the Wall Street Journal. Banks that offer the service hope to attract new customers, according to the Financial Times. The Federal Reserve Bank's primary goal is to use the program to draw hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens into our banking system because commercial banks require that those wanting the service first open a savings account. While American citizens will continue to be required to show extensive identification and proof of residence, illegal aliens will only be required to show a Matricula Consular card, which are known to be counterfeited and sold by human smugglers. "People who didn't have bank accounts establish a relationship with us," said James Maloney, chairman of Mitchell Bank in Milwaukee, one of the first banks to offer the Federal Reserve Bank's remittance scheme, according to WSJ. "It's great for our business." Remittances sent by Mexicans topped $15.5 billion in the first eight months of this year, 20 percent higher than the amount sent during the same period in 2005, according to Mexico's central bank, and this year's annual figure is expected to hit a new record. Savings scraped together by nannies, painters and others working abroad are now Mexico's second-largest source of foreign revenue, after oil exports and ahead of tourism, according to analysts interviewed by the WSJ. The Federal Reserve Bank, always a friend to foreign interests, is instructing illegal aliens that should they return home on their own or should they be deported, their money is safe whether it was obtained working as a busboy in a restaurant or working as an enforcer in a sex-slave house. The Fed has already set up a system by which illegals can retrieve their money through easy access at an ATM in Mexico using their debit cards. And whom do we have to thank for this financial windfall for illegal aliens? President George W. Bush. He mandated the program. A team at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta joined forces with a team at the Mexican central bank to design the Directo a Mexico program in response to a mandate by President Bush, following the US-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity struck by Bush and Mexican President Vicente Fox in 2001. One of the stated objectives was to lower the cost paid by Mexican workers to send money to their native country. It's bargain time for illegal aliens. Now, if only Bush and the rest of our elected officials would look out for the interests of US citizens. commonvoice.com

To: Tadsamillionaire who wrote (1213)	10/19/2006 8:54:57 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3197

Rental Ban Divides Escondido Protesters North County Times, 2006-10-19 By North County Times, Escondido, Calif. Oct. 19--ESCONDIDO -- Marking the division of a community, a shouting match erupted Wednesday night outside of Escondido City Hall after the City Council approved an ordinance barring landlords from renting to illegal immigrants. What started as a crowd of about 30 people before the meeting then grew into two raucous crowds totaling about 100 people. One was predominantly Latino, carrying religious symbols and picket signs. The other was predominantly white, carrying American flags and photos of officers the group said were killed by illegal immigrants. A line of about 15 law enforcement officers kept the two sides apart in front of City Hall. Both crowds were largely peaceful as a row of speakers lectured council members on behalf of and against the ordinance during the meeting. Members of both crowds watched the meeting broadcast on two TV monitors outside. After the council voted, 3-2, in favor of the rental ban, a loud cheer broke out among the group in favor of the ordinance, including members of anti-illegal immigrant groups the San Diego Minutemen and Predatory Aliens Stop Killing Our Police! On the other side, representatives of civil and immigrant rights groups led their crowd in pro-immigrant chants. Then, the two sides turned their attention to one another. One man mocked the pro-ordinance group with a Nazi salute. The other side responded with angry shouts. About 40 people supporting the ordinance, including members of the San Diego Minutemen, an anti-illegal immigration group, cheered what they said was a victory for the United States. Members of Predatory Aliens Stop Killing Our Police! waved pictures of law enforcement officers from across the country that they said had been killed by illegal immigrants. "USA won," Saul Lisauskas, of Encinitas, a member of the Minutemen, said about the council's decision. "We are going to take this country back city by city, as long as it takes." He said he immigrated legally from Lithuania and that other immigrants should follow the rules, too. Representatives of civil and human rights groups criticized the ordinance as divisive and discriminatory. Those who supported the ordinance said illegal immigrants were dividing the community by not speaking English and not assimilating into U.S. culture. Kevin Keenan, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties, said the ACLU and other organizations would file a suit soon. "We expect that there will be lawsuits. We intend to sue," Keenan said. At least 40 law enforcement officers from across the county were visible at the scene, keeping the crowds separated. After the anti-illegal immigration group moved to the corner in front of City Hall at Broadway and Valley Parkway, the opposing crowd moved with them as they continued yelling at each other, separated only by a yellow police line until officers moved in to block the two groups. The shouting match continued for about an hour after the council vote, until the crowds began to disperse at organizers' urging. The scene was less boisterous than that of two weeks ago, when the council heard the first reading of the ordinance and eventually voted 3-2 to advance the measure. At that Oct. 4 meeting, the council chamber was filled to capacity and more than 400 demonstrators stood for hours in front of City Hall, chanting, shouting and waving signs. Before Wednesday's meeting, members of Predatory Aliens Stop Killing Our Police! held a vigil carrying signs bearing the photos of slain officers and wearing paper hearts with photos of Marie Waldron, Sam Abed or Ed Gallo, the three council members who have supported the ordinance. Mayor Lori Holt-Pfeiler and Councilman Ron Newman voted against the ordinance. The vigil also honored Amy Marie Kortlang, a 22-year-old Ramona resident who was killed Oct. 9 in a head-on collision on Highway 67. Rafael Ramirez Perez, 22, who had been deported to Mexico in March, faces six criminal charges, including murder and driving under the influence, and could receive life in prison. Gary Walker, an Escondido resident and the group's founder, described the ordinance as "the first salvo to deal with the raging epidemic of the illegal immigration invasion." By Paul Eakins and Edward Sifuentes