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More than 100 police officers, some in full riot gear, fought, used pepper spray and arrested several students who had gathered in a crowd of about 1,000 outside Montwood High School on Wednesday morning to protest a class scheduling proposal. At least 20 students, four officers and four school security officials suffered minor injuries in what El Paso police described as a riot. "Things just got out of control. The police started hitting everybody, boys and girls." said Laura Manriquez, 15, a freshman. "The students were throwing paper at them, but the police were spraying and chasing kids down in...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) _ Since the Sept. 11 anniversary, more than 14,000 foreign visitors have been fingerprinted at U.S. border crossings and 179 have been arrested, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursd`y* Standing a few feet away from the roaring American Falls, Ashcroft called the entry-exit program now in place at ports of entry around the country ``a vital national security shield'' to winnow out potential terrorists. ``We are confronted now with a new adversary, one who enters our country quietly,'' Ashcroft said. ``They enter disguised in the form of business persons or tourists or students. ``The challenge we...

Last week a U.S. Border Patrol agent was fired upon by what appeared to be a Mexican army humvee with three soldiers in it. The agent escaped harm but his vehicle was hit and the rear window shattered. The Mexican government claims that it was probably smugglers disguised as soldiers because the Mexican army had no record of military operations in the area. Well, duh! Of course they can say that because none of the people who committed this act of aggression were caught! On wonders what the story would have been like if, after the shooting, a couple of...

By Diana Lynne © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Foreign-born Islamic terrorists have used almost every conceivable means of entering the United States, according to a study released today, which concludes every aspect of the immigration system has been penetrated and, therefore, needs reform. Contrary to the recent uproar over INS slip-ups with temporary visas, which was prompted by the fact that the Sept. 11 hijackers entered the country on temporary visas, more militant Islamic terrorists in the U.S. since 1993 have been naturalized citizens and legal permanent residents, reports The Center for Immigration Studies, a nonprofit, non-partisan research organization. The CIS study...