Immigration Report Not Coming (This is actually a good thing!)

By John Henley Jr. THE MORNING NEWS
I thought this section would look better at the front
At A Glance Just Communities
Just Communities of Northwest Arkansas has been around for about 10 years. It was once affiliated with the National Conference for Community and Justice (another leftist group), but is now a part of the national network of Just Communities. Just Communities advances diversity (by not allowing the public), challenges assumptions (blames America) and advocates for understanding and respect through cultural awareness (with lawsuits,protest, and claims of racism), diversity education and training (claim racial profiling), according to the group's Web site. Just Communities began calling meetings for Dialogue for Solutions in November. The group sponsored meetings with community leaders with the stated purpose of finding alternative solutions to the immigration issue. The report was supposed to be published in early-to-mid 2007, but wasn't. Source: Staff Report

ROGERS -- A proposed report from Just Communities on local immigration issues isn't going to happen. Ana Lorena Hart said Wednesday the group would not be issuing the report that was to be titled "Dialogue for Solutions." Just Communities sponsored a few community meetings where people gathered to discuss immigration, Hart said. A report was to be based upon the information gathered during the meetings. The report was to include specific recommendations on immigration issues in Rogers (how to stop immigration reform).
However, the representation of the people gathered to provide input was not broad enough (I wonder why?) Hart said, adding that those attending did not adequately reflect the people of Rogers. Hart did not elaborate on what was meant by "broad enough." Hart said she thought the endeavor was successful in that Just Communities was able to gather people together and start a positive dialogue on what had been a negative issue: immigration. The outcome of those meetings has been implemented, Hart said, citing a meeting with Mayor Steve Womack as evidence. However, Womack said he hasn't spoken with Hart or anyone else from Just Communities since the conclusion of the meetings.
Womack said he spoke with Don Bland before the meetings commenced. Bland (perfect name for a liberal) is the chairman of Just Communities Board of Directors. The meetings took place at the Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce, Womack said, adding that the sessions were not open to the public. Womack did not attend any of the meetings, although he said several residents called City Hall to complain that the meetings were closed to the public. (so much for diversity!)"This is what frustrates me about this whole thing," Womack said. "Everyone agrees there is a problem with illegal immigration in the United States, but no one ever came back to us with any alternative solutions."

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Arkansas justice getting better, Federal justice getting worse

Second Person Pleads Guilty To Harboring Illegal Aliens
By Ron Wood THE MORNING NEWS

FAYETTEVILLE - A Springdale man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to helping harbor illegal aliens. Prosecutors say Honorato Pedroza, 47, and others provided illegal aliens a place to stay and jobs at two local restaurants, so they could avoid detection. Gema Rivera-Soto, 42, pleaded guilty to the same charges Tuesday. In a deal with prosecutors, Pedroza agreed to plead guilty to one count of a four indictment, aiding and abetting the harboring illegal aliens. The other counts are expected to be dismissed as part of the plea deal at sentencing.

Pedroza was facing up to 35 years in prison and up to $1 million in fines. (I want to know what he's facing now) The charges, which also included money laundering, arose from May 21 raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Agents arrested 15 adult Mexican nationals and four juvenile Mexican nationals in the May 21 raids, dubbed Operation "El Rancho Tejocote." Two adults from El Salvador also were arrested. The investigation began after federal agents allegedly found Pedroza using a Social Security number that wasn't his.

According to a Grand Jury indictment, Rivera-Soto and Pedroza transferred more than $337,000 out of the country. Prosecutors said much of the money came from the harboring illegal immigrants. Sentencing hearings for Pedroza and Rivera-Soto have not yet been set.

Nice to hear some good news. Lets hope that some Sutton prosecutor doesn't come in and try to sue the ICE Agents!

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Judge halts immigrant crackdown
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909630/posts

WASHINGTON COUNTY : Task force arrest nets charge in U.S. court

BY MICHELLE BRADFORD (nwanews.com)
Posted on Saturday, October 6, 2007
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/203503/

The first person arrested by Northwest Arkansas’ newly formed immigration task force was charged Friday with a federal crime. Heriberto Gonzalez-Rodriguez, 44, was charged in U. S. District Court in Fayetteville with illegal re-entry by an aggravated felon. He’s being held without bond. A complaint alleges Gonzalez-Rodriguez returned to the United States after being deported to Mexico in 2006. He was arrested Sept. 24 when he went to the Washington County sheriff’s office (before going to the welfare office), to register as a sex offender (he must have been confident in the illegal alien lobby!) the complaint states. Police learned Gonzalez-Rodriguez was convicted in 1999 of sexual abuse in Benton County Circuit Court. Court papers filed in the federal case don’t show his sentence from the state court. Gonzalez-Rodriguez was deported in August 2006 (I guess we should assume he served 7 years?). At the time, he worked at Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies in Springdale, court records show.

When he was arrested last month, Gonzalez-Rodriguez was working under his brother’s name at Superior Industries in Fayetteville. He was arrested by the Immigration Criminal Apprehension Task Force (A force that wouldn't exist if the ACLU/MALDEF/ Mexican Consular Office had it's way), made up of specially trained officers from the Washington and Benton County sheriff’s offices and the Springdale and Rogers police departments. Under the federal 287 (g ) program, 19 officers from four Northwest Arkansas law enforcement agencies are working with federal immigration agents to arrest and deport illegal aliens who are committing other crimes Authorities didn’t release Gonzalez-Rodriguez’s name until Friday when he was charged in federal court. The Washington County sheriff’s office said it was told by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that a federal regulation prohibits state or local agencies from releasing information about federal immigration detainees who are held in state or local jails. Sheriff’s spokesman Cpl. Jak Kimball said information can’t be released until a detainee is charged or arrested on suspicion of a crime. In Gonzalez-Rodriguez’s case, he was held on a civil immigration violation until Friday, when he was charged with a crime.

Can someone in the media please ask Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies & Superior Industries how an illegal alien sex offender managed to get a job working for them and who else is working at these companies? What would be their response if Rodriguez had assaulted someone? I wonder if the media would care if these had been energy companies like Enron or Haliburtion?
The ACLU supports both sex offenders and illegal aliens, meaning Rodriguez is the kind of person they want to help. Don't be too suprised if a lawsuit occurs. The Mexican Consulate may claim he was racially profiled. Below is some information about these poor companies that either can't hire Americans or were fooled by an illegal dumb enough to walk into the sherriff's office. Anyway, thanks to the efforts of immigration reform activist, a sex criminal should be on his way to deportation instead of staying in Arkansas.
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Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies-Gross Profit $20,245,000 for 2006
More financial info here:
http://www.nasdaq.com/asp/ExtendFund.asp?selected=AERT&symbol=AERT

Joe Brooks, President and CEO http://www.aertinc.com/index.aspP.O. Box 1237 Springdale, Arkansas 72765 Phone: 479-756-7400 Fax: 479-756 7410mailto:7410InvestorRelations@aertinc.com
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Superior Industries- Net Sales $ 789,862,000 for 2006
FAYETTEVILLE PLANT1901 Borick DriveFayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Phone: 479.443.7870 Fax: 479.443.4522
http://www.supind.com/index.html

Mexico to bolster immigrant defense

Mexico puts more effort to abandon it's people
08:21 AM CDT on Thursday, October 4, 2007
ALFREDO CORCHADO and DIANNE SOLÍS / The Dallas Morning News
(This is from leftist propogandist, hence the comments in red)

The Mexican government (The property of Carlos Slim, Drug Cartels, and other monopolies) is giving its consulates in the U.S. (one of these cancers is in Little Rock, Arkansas) wide latitude to ramp up a campaign to toughen their defense of immigrants and plans to give them more resources as well, officials familiar with the strategy said. The move comes as deportations reach an all-time high in the toughest crackdown in decades by the U.S. government and police authorities. (not tough enough) Among the actions under discussion are the creation of an anti-defamation league similar to that focused on protecting Jews (Jews created a civilized nation while under attack from Islamic regimes and don't blame the US for every problem they have. The Mexican "Government" has squandered a nation rich in resources and has abandoned it's people to Communist and Drug Cartels) budget increases for some of the 47 consulates, especially in regions such as North Texas, where Mexican migration has been swift and plentiful; and a media campaign aimed at counteracting groups opposed to illegal immigration (keeparkansaslegal and the majority of Americans) and sometimes legal immigration. The effort underscores the tension in U.S. communities grappling with problems created by illegal immigration. And it is sure to further incense groups demanding a crackdown on immigration, both legal and illegal. "Our fight is no longer inside the Beltway," said one senior Mexican official, who agreed to speak only on condition of anonymity. (what's he afraid of?) "We have been forced to change our strategy."

(The tiny section devoted to those opposed to illegal immigration)
But Jean Towell, (who has the integrity to give his name) president of Dallas-based Citizens for Immigration Reform, called the move "arrogant," saying that the Mexican government does not "have the right to meddle in our affairs." "They have come out before saying it is wrong for us to meddle in Mexico's affairs," she said. "They are losing human capital. It would be better if they provided the right kind of incentives to keep their people there. It is a no-brainer." Mexican government officials gave few additional details about the plan but said it would cover 11 million first-generation citizens, half of whom live in an "irregular migratory situation." Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, said the plan "is guaranteed to backfire." "They may feel that if they want an amnesty, they have to try," he said. But "they are going to be directly engaging in American politics. (they have been for decades) That is something American consuls would be deported for." (and we don't have 47 consuls in one country) Mr. Krikorian said he was surprised by the new approach because Mexico's U.S. ambassador, Arturo Sarukkhán, usually chooses his words so carefully.
(End of the section to those opposed to illegal immigration)

Mr. Sarukkhán could not be reached for comment Wednesday night. Mexico City meeting Nearly two dozen U.S.-based immigrant leaders, including North Texans, flew to Mexico City recently to meet with senior officials of the Foreign Ministry and the Interior Ministry to discuss the strategy. The Foreign Ministry and its Institute for Mexicans Abroad, or IME, is carrying out the government's plan. Mario Ramírez, a Dallas businessman and Mexican immigrant who attended the meeting, said he knows his loyalty to the U.S., as a naturalized citizen, will be questioned. But "as descendants of Mexicans and citizens of the United States, we feel it is our responsibility to create bridges of understanding because the anti-Mexican (it's anti-illegal immigration not anti-Mexican) mood in the United States is causing us – and both countries – much harm," he said. "What do we have to lose anymore? We've been beaten up to the point that all we can do is fight back. ... Things will get worse before they get better."Foreign Ministry officials called the meeting part of a strategy by President Felipe Calderón to "reinforce consultations and communications with organizations dedicated to the defense of the rights of migrants (not to the rights of Mexicans in Mexico)."

Quiet diplomacy has failed, said those at the Mexico City meeting (By quiet, you mean the massive amnesty marches last year?). As evidence, they pointed to what they call the "venomous" immigration debate and the death of legislation this summer to overhaul U.S. immigration laws. "There is a sense that nothing will happen in the next two years in the U.S. Congress, so Mexican immigrants (illegals) are determined to keep the issue alive and defend themselves with efforts like funding their own anti-defamation league," Andres Rozental, a former Mexican ambassador and private consultant, told The Dallas Morning News last month. "That in itself is quite an impressive statement." A more vigorous defense of immigrants (illegals), over time, might bring politicians back to the negotiating table, some said. The Mexico City meeting took place Sept. 15, the start of Mexico's Independence Day festivities. Hours later, at the National Palace, Mr. Calderón gave the traditional grito of independence from Spain. Revelers in Dallas viewed a taped message in which Mr. Calderón boldly expressed his disappointment over the "lack of political goodwill" (the US caving) that led to the failure of an immigration overhaul.

More illegal alien whining / The other half of the story here:
(Mexico to bolster immigrant defense)

Freerepublic comments here:
freerepublic.com illegals story

Police Agencies Sign Agreement for Immigration Enforcement

From KATV:
Location: Rogers
Posted: October 02, 2007 12:37 PM EST

Rogers (AP) - Four northwest Arkansas police agencies have signed an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration law. The 19 trained officers from the Rogers and Springdale police departments and the Benton and Washington county sheriff's offices will work on a newly created local task force with ICE agents. The agreement allows the officers to check the immigration status of the people they arrest and begin deportation proceedings against those in the country illegally.
ICE officials said the local task force also would be able to target money laundering investigations, human trafficking, and document frauds and gangs. So far, ICE says it has trained nearly 600 officers nationwide under the local partnership program. They credit the program with identifying more than 26,000 people who have possible immigration violations. The Arkansas State Police also is examining joining the ICE program.

http://www.katv.com/news/stories//460253.html

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If you think opposition to illlegal immigration is racist, check out some supporters of illegal immigration here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ZMLUgvpFw

Event Saturday Sept 28th at 10am

Got this in my email yesterday and took a while to find out the details. I will try to watch this on the web and on DISH Channel 219. I believe you have to setup an account on the solutions website.
Washington, D.C. – American Solutions for Winning the Future announced today that Congressman Brian Bilbray (CA-50), Chairman of the Immigration Reform Caucus, will lead a “Solutions Day” workshop in San Diego, CA on Saturday, September 29. American Solutions, founded by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, is a new, non-partisan organization dedicating to creating solutions to address the challenges facing America. Congressman Bilbray’s workshop will be at the AMN Healthcare Auditorium from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. (PST). His workshop is part of a series of 20 Solutions Day workshops that are being held nationwide in all fifty states from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (PST) on Sept 29. As one of the highlighted Solutions Day workshops, Bilbray’s workshop will be broadcast on the internet, on DISH Network (channel 219), and on DirectTV (channel 577). Bilbray’s workshop is entitled “Enforcement First in the Illegal Immigration Debate.”
“Congressman Bilbray has been on the forefront of the illegal immigration debate and has provided valued leadership on behalf of the American people,” said American Solutions General Chairman Newt Gingrich. “We’re proud to highlight Brian’s efforts on this important issue by broadcasting his workshop nationwide on the DISH Network and DirecTV.”
To RSVP for Congressman Bilbray’s workshop, go to www.AmericanSolutions.com/ or call 1-866-580-6398.

WHAT: American Solutions workshop featuring Congressman Brian Bilbray
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. PDT
WHERE:San Diego, CA 92130
American Solutions for Winning the Future is a new, non-partisan organization built around 3 goals: to defend America and our allies abroad and defeat our enemies, to strengthen and revitalize America’s core values, and to move the government into the 21st Century. Its General Chairman is former Speaker Newt Gingrich. 202-420-7895 Kotmandkotman@americansolutions.com