Stockton: Latino health, culture talks + More

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By The Record

April 10, 2009 6:00 AM

Latino health, culture talks

STOCKTON - University of the Pacific will host featured speaker David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at University of California, Los Angeles, at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Covell Hall, 3601 Pacific Ave.

Hayes-Bautista is internationally recognized for his research on Latino populations. At Pacific, he will lecture on the state's future demographics and the potential impacts on higher education.

Hayes-Bautista is author of the books, "La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State," "Healing Latinos: Realidad y Fantasia" and "No Longer A Minority: Latinos and Social Policy in California."

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Information: (209) 946-7705.

Background Information:

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/hs/bio_hayes-bautista.asp

Dr. Hayes-Bautista

Professor of Medicine and Health Services 924 Westwood Blvd., Suite 730 Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 794-0663 Fax: (310) 794-2862 E-mail: cesla@ucla.edu

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Biographical Information

Dr. Hayes-Bautista is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the School of Medicine, UCLA. He graduated from UC Berkeley and completed his MA and PhD in Medical Sociology at the University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. Dr. Hayes-Bautista's research focuses on the dynamics and processes of the health of the Latino population using both quantitative data sets and qualitative observations. The Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture combines these research interests with teaching of medical students, residents and practicing providers to manage the care of a Latino patient base effectively, efficiently and economically. His publications appear in Family Medicine, the American Journal of Public Health, Family Practice, Medical Care and Salud Pública de México.

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Selected Publications

Books:

Hayes-Bautista, David E., Nueva California. The University of California Press. Berkely. November 2004

Hayes-Bautista, David E., and Roberto Chiprut, Healing Latinos: Realidad y Fantasía. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1999.

Hayes-Bautista, David E., No Longer a Minority; Latinos and Social Policy in California. Los Angeles, UCLA/Chicano Studies Research Center, 1992.

Hurtado, Aida, David E. Hayes-Bautista, et al., Redefining California: Latino Social Engagement in a Multicultural Society. Los Angeles: UCLA/Chicano Studies Research Center, 1992.

Hayes-Bautista, David E., Werner Schink, and Jorge Chapa, The Burden of Support: The Young Latino Population in an Aging American Society. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1988.

Journal Articles:

Hayes-Bautista, David E.; Firebaugh, Hon. Marco Antonio; Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Gamboa, Cristina "Reginaldo Francisco del Valle, UCLA's Forgotten Forefather" The Southern California Quarterly, HSSC. Forthcoming Spring 2006

Hayes-Bautista, David E., Ph.D.; Hsu, Paul, M.S.P.; Perez, Aide, B.S.; Sosa, Lucette, B.S. Gamboa, B.S. "Hepitatis A: The Burden Among Latino Children in California" Salud Publica de Mexico/ Vol. 47, No.6, Nov-Dec. 2005

Hayes-Bautista, David E., "Research on Culturally Competent Healthcare Systems; Less Sensitivity,
More Statistics", The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 24 No. 3. April 2003

Hayes-Bautista, David E., Hsu, Paul; Perez, Aide; Gamboa, Cristina. "The 'Browning' of the Graying of America: Diversity in the Elderly Population and Policy Implications" Generations Journal of the American Society on Aging. Volume XXV1, Number 3, pgs. 15-24. Fall 2002.

Hayes-Bautista, David E.; Hsu, Paul; Hayes-Bautista, Maria; Iñiguez, Delmy; Chamberlin, Cynthia L.; Rico, Christian; Solorio, Rosa "An Anomaly Within the Latino Epidemiological Paradox; The Latino Adolescent Male Mortality Peak" Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Vol. 156, pgs. 480-484 May 2002

Scholarship made in student's honor

STOCKTON - An endowment scholarship has been established at University of the Pacific in memory of Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rogers to benefit aspiring educators majoring in special education.

Rogers, a 1997 Pacific graduate, died suddenly in her Woodland Hills home Jan. 8. She was 41.

Rogers dedicated 20 years to teaching severely handicapped children. She began her career as a substitute special education teacher with the San Joaquin County Office of Education and went on to teach in an adolescent day-treatment program and a local middle school.

Donations can be made to the University of the Pacific, University Advancement, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211.

Latino performers to tell Easter story

STOCKTON - A reenactment of the Easter story will be performed in Spanish today at St. Gertrude's Church, 1663 E. Main St..

The Hispanic Youth Group's "Passion of the Lord" dramatization will begin with the Trial of Jesus at 6:30 p.m. in the church's gymnasium. A procession around the building will follow. The event will end with a Christ funeral.

Information: (209) 466-0278.

Adults pitch in to help food bank

MANTECA - Consumers at Manteca CAPS Plus, a program offering life-enhancing opportunities to developmentally disabled adults, are offering some help of their own.

The group is holding a "Because I can!!!" food drive to assist the Emergency Food Bank.

The food bank provides free food to nearly 100,000 people each year and has seen a 20-percent increase in demand in the past year.

The food drive continues until April 20. Donations can be made from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays at 107 W. North St. Call (209) 239-7072.

Senior awards ceremony

TRACY - Tracy Hispanic Business Group will hold its annual Latino Scholarship and Leadership Awards from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Tracy Community Center, 950 East St.

There will be dinner, music and an award ceremony.

High school seniors will receive scholarships in eight categories: academics, the future (El Futuro), visual and performing arts, community service, sports and athletics, vocational, pre-law and medicine.

Also, community leadership awards will be given in six categories: education, inspirational, leadership, sports/athletics, business and organization.

Tickets for $25 are available at the Tracy Chamber of Commerce, 223 E. 10th St., or at the door.Information: (209) 835-2131.

Money to boost health training

Three area colleges were awarded almost $440,000 from state agencies to support their health care work force training programs.

The registered nursing training program at California State University, Stanislaus, was awarded $240,000. Two physician assistant training programs also received awards: $100,000 to the University of California, Davis; and $99,424 to San Joaquin Valley College, a private junior college with nine campuses, including facilities in Modesto and Rancho Cordova and an Online Division.

The Song-Brown Program administered by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development was established to increase the number of family practice physicians, physician assistants, family nurse practitioners and registered nurses being trained to provide needed health services to Californians.

OSHPD and the Department of Mental Health worked together to develop a new special program for physician assistants with an emphasis on training mental health providers funded by Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act.

A total of $3.2 million was awarded statewide to 14 registered nurse training programs and five physician assistant training programs.

S.J. museum to be part of program

LODI - San Joaquin County Historical Museum was chosen to participate in the 2009 Conservation Assessment Program, which provides specialists who recommend ways to improve the care of historic artifacts and buildings.

The program is coordinated by Heritage Preservation and supported by a cooperative agreement with the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The museum, which is operated by the San Joaquin County Historical Society, has more than 50,000 historical items from the region. They range from artifacts of Yokuts and Miwok American Indians to furnishings that once belonged to Charles Weber, founder of Stockton and the first farmer in the county.

The museum is inside Micke Grove Regional Park, 11793 N. Micke Grove Road.

Calaveras brings back belle ball

ANGELS CAMP - Calaveras County will hold a Coronation Ball on May 2 after a hiatus of more than a half-century.

The Coronation Ball is a gala that honors the Belle of the Camp, the young woman in the county who sells the most raffle tickets in a given year to raise money for charity. From 1937 to 1955, it provided a venue for young women to compete for glory. It also helped determine who would serve as an official representative of the county's fair and frog jump.

In 1956, the Belle of the Camp contest was replaced by the Miss Calaveras Beauty Pageant. The pageant evolved into a scholarship contest in 1983. And the fair and frog jump are now represented each year by the county's Saddle Queen, a scholarship contest based on equestrian skill.

Friends of the Calaveras County Fair organization is reviving the Belle contest and the Coronation Ball as a fundraiser for the various scholarships.

Tickets are $25 per person. The dinner is at 7 p.m. May 2 in Mark Twain Hall at Frogtown, at the county fairgrounds south of Angels Camp. Dancing will be from 8 p.m. to midnight.

Former Belles, beauty pageant winners and more recent Saddle Queen and Miss Calaveras scholarship winners are invited to attend free of charge. Organizers say at least one Belle of the Camp from the 1930s is still living and plans to be present.

Information and tickets: Friends of the Calaveras Fair, c/o Kathy Mazzaferro, P.O. Box 431, San Andreas, CA 95249 or call (209) 754-1354.

Hospital releases '08 income data

SACRAMENTO - Sutter Health's combined 2008 systemwide income from the day-to-day operations of its hospitals, care centers and other services was $463 million compared with $471 million in 2007, the Sacramento-based nonprofit health care organization reported Thursday.

Sutter Health also posted a loss of $277 million in investment income and changes in net unrealized gains and losses from investments classified as trading in 2008 compared with a gain of $152 million in 2007. Total income for 2008 was $186 million compared with $623 million in 2007. The system's total 2008 revenues were $8.3 billion compared with $7.7 billion in revenues a year earlier.

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Still no passport if you were delivered by a midwife in Texas

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Still no passport if you were delivered by a midwife in Texas

by Ned Levi

Last September in my article, Delivered by a midwife in South Texas? No passport for you, I discussed the serious difficulties suffered by many Latinos born in the Southwest, who were delivered by midwives, who are trying to obtain their US passport. It's time for an update, and for Latinos it's still an uphill battle.

The problem stems from convictions of South Texas midwives for fraudulently registering births they didn't deliver, between 1960 and the early 1990's. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) lists at least 65 midwives who have been convicted of fraud since the 1960s. US officials have said the cases uncovered forgeries for about 15,000 people actually born in Mexico.

In September 2008, the ACLU filed a suit charging the State Department categorically questions the citizenship of virtually all midwife-delivered Mexican-Americans born in southern border states, and has been forcing these applicants to go to unreasonable lengths to prove their citizenship by providing an excessive number of documents that normally are not required, then denies the application despite receiving the extra documentation.

Since writing my article, I've heard from a number of affected Americans. I think the most disheartening was what Juan wrote.

I also was born in 1978 with a midwife. I haven't even tried applying for a passport because of all the stories out there about denying your application.

In my opinion, and that of many others, the actions of the State Department, to categorically question the citizenship of all Latinos, midwife-delivered in South Texas in the '60s through the 90's, is not justified by the numbers. Only 15,000 fraudulent birth certificates have been discovered. In 2004 alone, 21,000 midwife-delivered births occurred in Texas, a number which has been steady shrinking since the '80s, in part due to the federal convictions.

In other words, the 15,000 fraudulently certified births are a very small number of the total number of Latinos delivered by midwives in Texas, and don't justify a blanket rejection of Latino births certified by midwives over almost four decades.

Sandra, another Latino turned down for a passport wrote saying,

Hi, I find myself in the same boat as many others and have turned even to the new President Obama for help, not sure if it will get me anywhere. I called the ACLU and e-mailed, was contacted by a lawyer working cases in conjunction with them but they could not take anymore clients. They needed my information to prove the cases now at hand. I need help! This is our right!

David wrote after reading my earlier article,

I was born in Brownsville, Texas, and unfortunately am going through the same trouble for a passport, and at this point I don't know what I need to do to get this clear up. I was already questioned by State Department agents and they just told me to go to court…

It looks like it's hard to get help at this point, and potentially very expensive. Who knows how long the ACLU suit will take, and what its outcome will be. Moreover, if the State Department loses, we don't know if they will prolong the case through appeals.

As of June, the problem of being denied a passport becomes more acute than ever. Starting June 1st, all Americans will need a passport, passport card, or other approved travel documents such as Nexus, Sentri or Fast, to be able to return to the US from traveling to a foreign nation. That means Americans need one of these documents to even drive across the border to Mexico or Canada.

Anyone who has been affected by the State Department's refusal to grant a passport due to their birth being certified by a midwife in the Southeastern US should contact the ACLU. Documentation of your information and problems can strengthen their suit, and the ACLU's petition, which seeks class action status for the case.

In addition, contact your Representative in the US House, and your two Senators. It's been my experience that members of the US House of Representatives really try to assist their constituents with their problems with the federal government. You've got to put a human face on the problem.I feel strongly about this situation and will continue to follow it and report on it as a columnist. Sandra said it well.

We deserve to live free. We are US citizens and we deserve the right to travel just like everyone else. I feel like I am in a Golden cage, I am in, but can't get out, and if I do, I can't come home. Where is the justice and pursuit for happiness and liberty in that!

Published on April 6, 2009 ·
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Editorial: Part I - Our Leaders Betray Us – National Security: By m3report (NAFBPO) + Comment

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Editorial: Part I - Our Leaders Betray Us – National Security

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Saturday 4/4/09

 

El Universal (Mexico City) 4/3/09

 

An international high level group is to be formed between Mexico and the US to analyze and formulate public policy regarding migration matters in a more efficient manner.  In a private meeting between Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Patricia Espinosa, and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, the two agreed to study the problem of migration in order to seek solutions to problems including undocumented migration, protection of human rights, procedures for repatriation, and informing the public about the risks of crossing the border illegally.

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El Financiero (Mexico City) 4/3/09

 

A Costa Rican truck driver was arrested trying to cross into Nicaragua with a load of 207 kilos of cocaine, nearly a million dollars and a firearm.  The driver was trying to enter through a remote northern border post called Penas Blancas on the Pan-American highway.

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El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco) 4/3/09

 

The Chief of Homicides of the Jalisco state Department of justice was shot and killed in a vehicle to vehicle attack in Zapopan, Jalisco.  The Chief had served about three years in that position.  Two suspects have been arrested.

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Sunday 4/5/09

 

Milenio (Mexico City) 4/4/09

 

A presumed member of the crime organization Los Zetas was executed Saturday morning and his body dumped in front of the military compound in the port city of Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, with a narco message that read: "This is what happens to those who support Los Zetas.  Yours truly, La Familia Michoacana."  The body was discovered at 5:30 a.m. by soldiers outside their enclosure.  It showed signs of torture.  This makes the eighth execution murder connected to organized crime that has occurred in the port city since the beginning of April.

A reader commented: "How is it possible that under the noses of the guardians of our homeland they come and toss bodies?  Are they sleeping or what?"  The only other reader comment was more succinct: "Guardians of our country? Ha!"

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El Informador (Guadalajara, Jalisco) 4/4/09

 

The two suspects arrested in the assassination of the Chief of the homicide division of the Jalisco state Department of Justice [yesterday's brief report ] have been identified as probable members of Los Zetas.  The Mayor of Zapopan, Jalisco, has requested that the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) authorize the municipal police who captured the suspects to carry their weapons even when out of uniform.

 The purpose of the request is for their protection against possible reprisal by organized crime.  The Mayor said that it is a sad situation when an honest person like the state officer is killed, but it is a "direct sign" that Los Zetas respect no one.

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Cambio de Michoacan (Morelia, Michoacan) 4/4/09

 

Dr. Ruy Perez Tamayo, Chief of the Department of Medicine at Mexico City's General Hospital, is also a scientific investigator and professor emeritus at several universities in the world.  He asserts that Mexico has never had a true general plan of development by the government to promote science and technology.  He said, that in Mexico, for every 10,000 people there is fewer than one scientist.  Compared to other countries, he said, the outlook for Mexico is crushing.  As an example, he cited other countries' ratios of scientists to 10,000 inhabitants:  Chile, 3; Cuba, 4; Spain, 5; Canada, 11; and the US, 35.  Dr. Perez Tamayo said the problem for Mexico is endemic, "part of the pathology of poverty."

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Monday 4/6/09

 

El Universal (Mexico City) 4/5/09

 

An armed group ambushed and killed a municipal police commander in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, as he had finished his shift Saturday evening.  According to early reports, it seems the official was chased by a vehicle carrying the group that killed him.  Although he left his vehicle in an attempt to escape, the attackers caught him and finished him with shots to the head.

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Last month, nearly a hundred police agents from two cities in Baja California have been called in by the AFI [equiv. FBI ] to testify about links to organized crime.  Of those, 23 from Tijuana have been dismissed from the department and charged with crimes.

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At least three journalists have lost their lives and 46 have been attacked in Mexico so far this year while carrying out their professional work.  The attacks against them include arbitrary detention, breaking and entering, intimidation and cruel or degrading treatment, among others.  The most dangerous areas to practice journalism are the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz, Federal District, Nuevo Leon and Michoacan.  In the previous two years for this same period, 18 and 19 such attacks, respectively, were recorded.  The data are kept by the Mexican National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH).

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La Cronica de Hoy (Mexico City) 4/5/09

 

The Hispanic labor force in the US, concentrated in construction, restaurants and services, is being affected by a rising rate of unemployment that reached 11.4% in March.  A total of 13.2 million US workers were unemployed in March, according to the US Department of Labor.  The leader of a construction local in Virginia affiliated with the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) said that in his area there are several projects that are helping Latinos.  Nevertheless, he said "the situation is bad" and many Latinos cannot get unemployment benefits because of their immigration status.  "I recommend that the workers take care of their jobs because it is hard to  find work and it looks like the situation won't improve in the near future," he said.  Hilda Solis, US Secretary of Labor emphasized the efforts of the government to raise the level of unemployment benefits and increase training opportunities for workers. [Although the article does not directly address the effect on unauthorized workers, it gives a clue by a quoting David Strauss, director of the Association of  Farmworker Opportunity Programs: ] "The new figures of loss of employment are bad news, especially for migrant agricultural workers and seasonal workers."

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El Sol de Mexico (Mexico City) 4/5/09

 

Last February 22, one of the vehicles that was escorting the governor of Chihuahua, Jose Reyes Baeza, was attacked by an armed group from another vehicle.  One of the governor's senior bodyguards was killed and two others were wounded.  The attackers escaped.  One March 31, two of the suspects were arrested in Chihuahua after a vehicle chase.  Both men were in possession of AR-15 rifles they had stolen from the governor's bodyguards in the attack on his caravan.  The federal Department of Justice agents (PGR) persuaded the two to divulge the location of their other two partners in crime.  The four belonged to "La Linea," the armed branch of the Juarez cartel.  All are now in custody and awaiting trial.

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El Imparcial (Hermosillo, Sonora) 4/5/09

 

In a joint operation, the Mexican Army and Chiapas state police arrested four presumed members of Los Zetas.  The operation was carried out in the cities of Tuxtla Gutierrez, San Cristobal de las Casas and Comitan de Dominguez.  During the arrests, police freed two kidnap victims and seized firearms and armored vehicles.

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Excelsior (Mexico City) 4/5/09

 

Excelsior's graphic casualty count by state, updated daily:

 

http://www.exonline.com.mx/diario/contenido/468598

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EDITORIAL
April 6, 2009

This editorial appears on April 6, 2009.  The schedule published with our first editorial in this series on March 24 indicated that the editorial for today would deal with national security and public safety.  Taken together, those two subjects comprise a body of thought too broad to be addressed in one piece.  Therefore, we will look today at the national security element of the two, and tomorrow we will speak to public safety.

 Our Leaders Betray Us – National Security
In years past it was recognized that a thoughtful immigration policy ought to protect the United States from those who would do us harm – and harm can come to us in a number of forms, some not immediately visible.  For example, during the Cold War, Communists were not eligible to enter the United States except under very limited circumstances and their travel and activities were severely defined.  Even long before Communism became an issue, our immigration laws barred the entry of anarchists or subversives.

Now, reflecting modern realities, the law says that terrorists, or terrorist supporters, or those coming to commit an act of terrorism are not eligible for entry.  One would certainly hope not.

However, for laws like that to be effective, there must be a means of enforcement, and enforcement calls for identification of, in this example, terrorists.  How are we to do that?

The visa process is, or was, anyway, a useful tool for that purpose.  Briefly, a visa is a license to apply for admission to the U.S. at a port of entry.  It does not guarantee that the holder will be allowed in, only that he may present himself to an immigration officer – without a proper visa, the immigration officer won't even consider letting the alien into the U.S. 

 In days past, someone wanting to come to the United States took his passport (a document issued by his home country that serves to identify him) to the U.S. Consul (a U.S. State Department official in that foreign country) and applied for a visa.  In that application, he said who he was, answered questions about things he had done or not done (was a Communist, for example), and what he intended to do in this country.  In a perfect world, the consul then verified that his passport was valid and all the other things that mattered, did a brief investigation of the applicant's background, and issued the visa, or not.  As a practical matter, it was not a flawless process, but it was useful when done with diligence by U.S. officials – which has been rare since the 1970s.

However, while the visa process is still in place for some purposes, its value has been eroded by a number of factors, largely inattention by the nation and its consular staffs to its purpose.  Visas are issued by the U.S. Department of State, and, taken as a whole, our State Department is embarrassed by having to tell a foreigner that he can't come to the U.S; they don't like saying "No".  Furthermore, they

For reasons clear to anyone interested in national security, interior enforcement is a must.  If anyone had been paying attention to that need, those "students" who brought us 9/11 would have been located when they dropped out of school and questioned about what they were up to.   The fact they were no longer in school could have resulted in their removal from the country even if it had not been possible to prove that they were up to murder. 

Even now, there are Islamic terrorist training camps in this country, staffed by aliens (who may have come here legally, but for illicit purposes), but there is no action being taken against them by immigration authorities.  Those people should be found, identified, detained, and deported, but they are not.  Instead, they are free to continue giving their lessons to our domestic idiots, would-be terrorists who will happily blow other Americans up.  To be sure, the FBI may well have them under surveillance, even penetrated by informants, but they must gather evidence that can be used in court, perhaps even wait for some overt act, a dangerous thing.  Instead, we should put our immigration laws to the use for which they were intended.  Such interior enforcement was done well into the 1970s, but it was curtailed due to bureaucratic and political pressures; 3,000 people paid the predictable price on 9/11.  

Without a strong interior enforcement posture, the border can never be secured.  As long as aliens think they can roam the U.S. with impunity, doing what they will (be it work, or killing) they will get past any number of patrols and technology.  No illegal alien should feel secure in his activities once he is here; he is breaking the law, he represents a threat, and he should be looking over his shoulder every second.  In fact, he has nothing to fear, though, for interior enforcement has to all intents and purposes, been stifled in recent years, and gutted in recent months.  As in the case of protecting our jobs, it seems clear that too many of our leaders just do not give a damn.  Obama, Reed, Pelosi, Napolitano, and their Amen Chorus in Congress seek to stifle any meaningful efforts at controlling the presence of illegal aliens in this country.  Pelosi even goes so far as to make the despicable statement that attempts to do so are un-American.

We are being betrayed by our leaders.  We leave them in place at our peril, for they obviously do not see protecting us as part of their job descriptions.  That must be changed, and soon.

 Kent Lundgren
Chairman
National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers

Schedule of Editorials – these will appear on our website, http://www.nafbpo.org, and our daily Foreign Media Report.

March 24 – Introductory Editorial
March 30 – American jobs for American workers
April 6 – National security and public safety (1^st half)
April 7 - National security and public safety (2^nd half)
April 13 – Public health and social impact 

 

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Keeping pounds off called key to minorities' health

Annual summit also addresses ways to defuse violence at home

By E. Richard Walton • STAFF WRITER • April 5, 2009

Dr. Ian Smith, a physician and diet expert, said Saturday in Greenville that many chronic illnesses are linked to America's growing epidemic of obesity.

"It's particularly acute for African-Americans, Latinos and other minorities," he said at the third annual Minority Health Summit. "What it's doing to children is criminal."

Obesity has been linked to everything from diabetes to heart attacks, but it isn't something people are comfortable talking about, said Smith, a regular on programs such as "Larry King Live," "Anderson Cooper 360" and "The View."

"Obesity is not a sexy topic," he told a crowd of more than 1,600 at the Carolina First Center. "I would argue that obesity should be in the forefront."

Smith, creator of "The 50 Million Pound Challenge," recommended small changes now to avoid the life-shattering ones forced by stroke, high blood pressure and heart attacks. They include eating more vegetables and fruits, exercising at least 30 minutes a day three to five days a week, and avoiding fried foods.

"For a change, can't you broil the chicken instead of frying it?" he said. "Can't you take the skin off?"

Another speaker, Dr. Dana Ray, said blacks are twice as likely as whites to contract diabetes.

Dr. Thaddeus Bell of Charleston, gave a talk imploring attendees to exercise, stop smoking and make sure that when they visit their doctors they come away with a complete understanding of what their cholesterol and other numbers mean. He also said patients should ask their doctors for generic drugs, which are less expensive and just as effective.

Bell also took on domestic violence in a "Beauty/Barbershop Talk" seminar, a format designed to give the feel of an informal discussion. Violent behavior usually begins with shouting, he said, not hitting. So either stop it before it turns physical, he said, or get out of range.

It's advice that might help turn around this sobering South Carolina statistic: The Palmetto State is second nationally in domestic violence deaths, according to Safe Harbor, a Greenville-based nonprofit.

 

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