Rescue beacons lead to rescue of 14 aliens
FROM STAFF REPORTS

Fourteen illegal aliens are in custody after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents rescued them at a military bombing range.

At approximately 9 p.m. Sunday, a CBP rescue beacon located in a remote area of the Barry M. Goldwater Range was activated.

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Fight over 'birthright citizenship' to heat up
The Associated Press

NEW YORK - A proposal to change long-standing federal policy and deny citizenship to babies born to illegal immigrants on U.S. soil ran aground this month in Congress, but it is sure to resurface - kindling bitter debate even if it fails to become law.

At issue is "birthright citizenship" - provided for since the Constitution's 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868.

Section 1 of that amendment, drafted with freed slaves in mind, says: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States."

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Teenage girl found killed in Mexican border city

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The semi-naked, bullet-ridden body of a teenage girl was found in an apartment in Ciudad Juarez, a border city notorious for killings of women, officials said Monday.

Federal investigators say that more than 350 women have been slain in the city since 1993. About 100 killings followed an eerily similar pattern in which young women were sexually assaulted, strangled and dumped in the desert.

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Radio station segment alerts listeners to Border Patrol agents
By: Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO -- A segment warning undocumented immigrants about immigration agents could be delaying San Antonio's leading Spanish-language radio station from renewing its license.

In the recurring KROM-Radio segment, callers report sightings of immigration agents.

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CASTORENA-IBARRA SENTENCED IN CONNECTION TO COUNTERFEIT IMMIGRATION IDENTIFICATION RELATED DOCUMENTS

DENVER - A high-ranking member of the Castorena Family Organization was sentenced today to 87 months in prison for money laundering related to the production and sale of fraudulent and counterfeit immigration identification documents. The sentence was announced by Bill Leone, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Jeffrey Copp, special agent-in-charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Denver Office.

Francisco Javier Castorena-Ibarra, 46, from Mexico City, Mexico, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lewis T. Babcock to serve 87 months (more than seven years) in federal prison.