Date	Day	Detail
1994		The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is established in 1994. CAIR is a nonprofit 501(c)(4), grassroots civil rights and advocacy group. CAIR is America's largest Islamic civil liberties group, with regional offices nationwide and in Canada. The national headquarters is located on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
04/13/2005	We	On April 13, 2005, Ghassan Elashi, founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations - Texas (CAIR - Texas) chapter, long-time associate of CAIR's top leadership, and beneficiary of CAIR fund-raising support, was convicted on Islamic terrorism related charges in Dallas, Texas..." Source: http://www.militantislammonitor.org/article/id/587 (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2c2933%2c153402%2c00.html) (http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/infocom/uselashi121702sind.pdf)
06/16/2005	Th	The cartoon appeared in 5 Heritage newspapers between 06/16 and 06/19
06/20/2005	Mo	Cartoonist Mangold was “fired” from all Heritage Newspapers on 06/20
06/22/2005	We	Heritage Newspaper president, Jim Williams, said that employees felt intimidated at a meeting, on June 22, with advocacy groups in Dearborn.
06/25/2005	Sa	First Protest against cartoon
07/02/2005	Sa	Second Protest against cartoon. Heritage President James K.Williams Jr apologizes for allowing the comic to be published in Saturday edition of Dearborn Press and Guide.
07/07/2005	Th	July 7 bombings in London kill 56 people, including four suicide attackers. This was the first simultaneous suicide bombing in London’s history. It raises the real fear that similar events may occur in the US, with the help of embedded “sleeper cells.”
07/28/2005	Th	Read Free Press article, called writer Niraj Warikoo requesting additional information. Later I find that similar reports were aired on Channel 4 and Channel 7. “30 different groups – African-American, Latino, Arab-American, Jewish and Muslim groups from across metro Detroit – met on the 12th floor of the Fisher Building (10:00 AM), calling for a boycott of the paper” according to one article. The meeting was held in the office of “New Detroit.”
07/31/2005	Su	I sent Warikoo an email reiterating what I was requesting since I didn’t find the mail in my PO Box on 07/30.
08/03/2005	We	This is the day I began my investigation: I made multiple attempts to contact Warikoo on both his cell phone and office phone. But he made no attempt to call me back. I made multiple attempts to contact Warikoo on both his cell phone and office phone. But he made no attempt to call me back. He had still not sent the info he had promised a week earlier. I then talked to both Denise Sharp and Jim Williams. Both were curt and said “no comment.” Williams did admit that the Heritage Paper had severed its ties with Mangold and Williams said that a reply would appear in a future edition of the Dearborn Press and Guide. As I would find later, he had already published an apology on 07/03/2005 in the Dearborn Press and Guide.
08/04/2005	Th	Al-Qaida's No. 2, Ayman al-Zawahri, threatened more destruction in London, and in the United States. ''As for you, the Americans, what you have seen in New York and Washington, what losses that you see in Afghanistan and Iraq, despite the media blackout, is merely the losses of the initial clashes,'' he said. ''If you go on with the same policy of aggression against Muslims, you will see, with God's will, what will make you forget the horrible things in Vietnam and Afghanistan.'' [Source: Thousands of Military Deaths Vowed Unless U.S. Withdraws From Iraq By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF, AP]
08/06/2005	Sa	9 days since I first requested information from Warikoo. I check my PO Box and still his letter has not arrived, nor has he returned any of my phone calls or emails.

The (AIC) Immigration Fact Sheet – Source for Mangold’s statistic in cartoon

IMMIGRATION FACT SHEET

In 1965, President Johnson quietly signed into law the "Immigration Reform Act" which overturned America's traditional immigration policy and replaced it with the most liberal, "easy-access" immigration policy in our history. As a result, nearly one million immigrants now legally enter our country each year, plus unknown, but large, numbers of illegal aliens. Opinions differ as to whether this is good for America. But all agree that, this massive influx of unrestricted immigration is radically changing America in almost every way. Yet the politicians have yet to seriously address the issue of immigration policy and its ramifications for the future of this country.

Americans for Immigration Control, Inc., (AIC) is widely recognized as the leading organization in the country working to make the politicians face honestly and openly the full impact and consequences of their "open immigration" policy - some of which include:

Ethnic Balance: U.S. Census projections indicate that if we stay on our current course, within 50 years our population will nearly double [1]; non-Hispanic whites will account for less than half of all residents[2]; and English will no longer be our clear, predominant language.

Illegal Aliens: The 2000 Census revealed as many as 8.7 million illegal aliens now live in our country - far more than ever disclosed previously [3].

Taxes: Services for immigrants, legal and illegal, cost taxpayers a record $68 billion per year [4]

/* This was Mangold's source for the statistic he included in he cartoon caption */

Schools: Bilingual education for immigrants' children adds at least $8 billion per year to the cost of education [5]. And classes are swollen to where, in some parts of the country, they would need to build a new school a day just to keep up with the influx of immigrants [6].

English language: The use of English as America's primary language is under assault with everything from drivers' licenses, voting ballots and even citizenship ceremonies now being offered in dozens of foreign languages.

Cultural identity: Our pride in America's heroes, history and achievements is being undermined and replaced with an ethic of political correctness, self-criticism and the view of America as an "oppressor nation".

Social Security and Medicare: 400,000 foreigners now collect SSI benefits from the Social Security Administration without having to work one day in America [7]. And immigrants get Medicaid benefits 61% more often than native Americans [8].

Jobs: Cuban-born economics professor George Borjas shows that immigration costs U.S.-born workers $133 BILLION a year in job losses [9].

Terrorism: In just one day (9-11-01) legal and illegal Muslim immigrant terrorists took the lives of approximately 3,000 people in New York, Washington, DC and Pennsylvania and destroyed tens of billions of dollars of property.

Crime: Over 25% of today's Federal prisoners are immigrants [10]. And in some areas, 12% of felonies [11] 25% of burglaries and 34% of auto thefts are committed by illegal aliens.

Welfare: Immigrants are 50% more likely to get welfare than natives [12] - with a full 70% being more likely to get food stamps at a cost of $3.7 billion a year [13].

Overcrowding: Two-thirds-of our population growth is due-to immigration [14]. And our cities, schools, highways, national parks, beaches, natural resources, even our water supply are all already straining under the mounting pressure.

How many of these problems have yet to manifest themselves in your community? How concerned are you that your area will be adversely affected by the decisions the politicians are making - without your knowledge and approval - regarding this highly controversial issue?

Our generous immigration policy encourages foreigners to exploit every loophole to get in. For example, more and more pregnant women sneak across the border so their babies will be legal citizens and open the door to their families and welfare. Some even "rent" children as passports into America. And elderly relatives of immigrants are brought in to take advantage of our Social Security, literally using America as a free deluxe retirement plan for the Third World.

Most of the policies that have allowed for these practices have been put in place behind closed doors with little if any public debate or exposure

If you would like to participate in this campaign to openly debate and reform our nations' immigration policy, participate in the enclosed Immigration Impact Survey and return it immediately to:

Americans for Immigration Control, Inc. PO Box 1845

Merrifield, VA 22116-8045

(540) 468-2023

1 "Cost of Immigration to American Taxpayers in 1997," Carrying Capacity Network

2 "Bluning Boundaries," Newsday

3 "Census Report Finds lllegais Threat to U.S. Security," The Washington Times, January 23, 2002

4 "Despite Welfare Cuts Immigration's Welfare Costs Keep Rising, New Study Reports," Carrying Capacity

Network News Release

5 American Legislative Exchange Council

6 "U.S. Immigration Policy Means Ethnic Cleansing of Euro Americans," Canada First Website

7 "Clinton-Gore Accomplishments: Reforming Welfare," U.S. Department of Health and Human Services OR

"Messy Realities," Boston Review, OctoberlNovember 1998

8 Bureau of Census Survey of Income and Program Participation

9 "The Price of Immigration," The Atlantic Monthly, November 1996

10 "Janet Cooke Award," MediaWatch by Media Research Center, August 1997 OR "Between the Lines: Taxpayers

Pay Plenty for Welfare Abuse related to Immigration," The Valley News, October 28, 2000

11 "Immigrant Crime as an Underestimated Problem: Evidence and Practical Considerations," Center for Immigration

Studies

12 "Immigration to the United States: 1996 Update," Population Resource Center

13 "Public Costs of Immigration," Dr. Donald Huddle, 1997

14 "Immigration to the United States: 1996 Update," Population Resource Center

Media articles that deemed Bill Mangold’s Cartoon as racist

Political Cartoon Causes Outrage [Channel 7: WXYZ]

By Peggy Agar Web produced by Christine Lasek

July 28, 2005

http://www1.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_3960478,00.html

Comment: Another example of a biased article. This one doesn’t even acknowledge that the cartoon makes reference to a statistic stating that legal/illegal immigration costs Americans 68 billion dollars each year.

A controversial cartoon in a local newspaper has minority groups outraged. Now the paper is apologizing.

The cartoon, although small, created a huge impact. 30 different groups met on the 12th floor of the Fisher Building, calling for a boycott of the paper.

Political cartoons are meant to be harsh, but one that ran in the Dearborn Press and Guide, has upset many groups, and not just Hispanics.

The cartoon portrays a Hispanic man, saying, "No, amigo. I’m not interested in the Immigration Office, just the Welfare Office."

According to Maria Elena Rodriguez, who was upset by the cartoon, "It wasn’t funny, considering the climate we live."

Hispanic groups were joined by Freedom House, Catholic Archdiocese, Arab-American Institute, American Jewish Committee, and others Thursday. The groups are calling for an outright boycott of the paper.

Ismaeal Ahmed, who spoke to the groups gathered, said, "No matter what your nationality, no matter what your background... join us in this activity."

Rodriguez explained, "We’re asking that they boycott and send letters to the advertisers to boycott, in terms of, if you do have a subscription, to please cancel it during this period."

Heritage Newspapers president said that ties have been cut with the cartoonist, and an editorial process has been set up so something like this won’t happen again. He has also apologized.

"It’s not enough just to pull a cartoon, or to fire a cartoonist," Rodriguez explained. "That’s not enough."

The different groups gathered Thursday said they would like Hispanic interns to be hired at the paper to act as consultants. They would also like the newspaper to run a series of articles on immigration.

They also said their next step would be picketing the paper.

Rights groups fight immigrant's image [Detroit Free Press]

July 28, 2005 BY NIRAJ WARIKOO

FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

http://www.freep.com/news/metro/toons28e_20050728.htm

http://www.21stcenturynewspapers.com/execpaper.asp?entity=hn

/* Link to Dearborn Press and Guide Staff */

Google search: billion immigrant

An anti-immigrant cartoon published in a local newspaper has riled civil rights and minority groups, who are expected to meet today in protest.

They are also upset by what they say has been a weak response from the paper's management.

But the publisher and president of Southgate-based Heritage Newspapers said Wednesday the company has severed ties with the cartoonist, repeatedly published apologies and established new editorial guidelines to prevent such a thing from happening again.

"We don't condone racism," said James Williams, the publisher.

In the Dearborn-based Press & Guide newspaper, published by Heritage, a cartoon last month showed a sombrero-wearing man after he illegally entered the United States by slicing through a wire fence. He says to a U.S. taxpayer:

"No amigo, I'm not interested in the immigrations office. Just the welfare office!"

The bottom of the cartoon read:

"Services for legal and illegal immigrants cost taxpayers over $68 billion per year."

It was written by Bill Mangold, a Michigander who has drawn cartoons before for Heritage. He could not be reached Wednesday. Both the editor and the publisher of the Press & Guide said Wednesday they couldn't comment.

/* Note: Conversation with Bill Mangold: “No one from the Free Press made any attempt to contact me for comment. */

The dispute had flared up again Friday when Williams walked out of a meeting about the cartoon with immigrant and minority groups. Williams said the meeting had too many people. He said he had been told there would be a much smaller number of participants.

He said he was concerned because his employees felt intimidated at a previous meeting, on June 22, with advocacy groups in Dearborn.

"I have a legal responsibility to protect my employees," he said.

After he walked out Friday, Williams said, he immediately offered to meet again with the groups in a different format.

On Wednesday, a statement was released by more than 30 African-American, Latino, Arab-American, Jewish and Muslim groups from across metro Detroit. The groups are expected to meet at 10 a.m. today in Detroit at the offices of New Detroit Inc., a civil rights and advocacy coalition.

They say the cartoon depicts an incorrect stereotype about immigrants

"We're doing a lot to keep the economy afloat," said Maria Elena Rodriguez, president of Mexicantown Community Development Corp. "We're not here to drain any system."

Contact NIRAJ WARIKOO at 248-351-2998 or warikoo@freepress.com.

Newspaper Under Fire For Alleged Racist Cartoon [Channel 4 WDIV]

Community Leaders Ask Advertisers, Subscribers To Pull Support

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/4781568/detail.html

POSTED: 1:14 pm EDT July 28, 2005

http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/4781620/detail.html

DETROIT -- A Dearborn newspaper has been accused of publishing a racist cartoon, Local 4 reported.

The cartoon featured in the Sunday, June 19 edition of the Dearborn Press & Guide has touched off a firestorm from ethnic groups across metro Detroit who characterized it as derogatory and incredibly divisive, the station reported.

"We are shocked that any newspaper, let alone one that serves a community as diverse as the one served by the Press & Guide, would publish a cartoon purveying the blatantly bigoted attitude reflected in the one that ran in that paper on June 19," said Shirley Stancato, of New Detroit Inc., a nonprofit coalition of leaders from civil rights and other organizations.

The cartoon depicted what appeared to be a Mexican man wearing a sombrero who had just crawled through a hole in the border. The man in the sombrero was holding his hand out to what appeared to be a white man who was labeled as a "taxpayer." The dialogue for the man with the sombrero read as follows: "No amigo, I'm not interested in the immigration office. Just the welfare office!"

The bottom of the cartoon read: "Services for legal and illegal immigrants cost taxpayers over $68 billion per year."

About 30 representatives from different ethnic communities including the American Jewish Committee, Institute of Mexicans in Michigan, the Council of American Islamic Relations and several other groups, gathered Thursday morning at New Detroit Inc. on West Grand Boulevard to speak out against Jim Williams, the president of Heritage Newspapers, which publishes the Press & Guide.

The community leaders said they attempted to speak with Williams last Friday, but he walked out of the meeting, according to a news release.

Ismel Ahmed, the director of ACCESS, an Arab community social services organization, received a disturbing letter in the mail after the cartoon ran in the paper, the station reported. The letter stated:

"It is a shame that the cartoon in the paper singled out Mexican people. It should have singled out your Arab people. What do your people contribute to Dearborn? Tax evasion. Narcotics pedaling. Noise. Dirty houses. Women wrapped up like mummies, and now even murder. You people are a curse on Dearborn. You are the worst people to come to this country."

Ahmed said his organization believes the letter is an example of the kind of thinking that the cartoon has inspired.

The community leaders plan to picket in front of the newspaper's offices and have asked advertisers to pull their support and readers to cancel their subscriptions. They are also asking for a meeting with the publisher to discuss the issue.

Heritage Newspapers Chickens out

Transposed from July 3, 2005

Dearborn Press and Guide

Comment:

If he was honest this is what he might have said:

Historically, the role of newspapers in America has been to publish news and information of value and interest to readers in a fair, timely, factual and easily understandable manner.

But we don’t do that anymore. I mean we could have reported that one of the protesting groups, CAIR, recently had 3 of it’s Texas members convicted of terrorism. They are now serving life terms in prison. We could have told you that senior members of CAIR have publicly voiced that they want to see Islam dominate the United States. Of course that might have angered some of these protesting groups that seem to believe that you can say whatever you want, as long as they approve of it first.

In fact we are thinking of having a group of Hispanic and Mid Easter extremists to filter what gets in the paper. It will sure save me the little work that I actually do for the paper.

Then there is the cartoon itself. We could have investigated the cartoonists citation about “illegal and legal immigrants costing US taxpayers 68 billion dollars a year. But our corporate owners want to decimate the living standards of Americans in order to further boost the profits of our Multi-National Corporate owners. But you are really to dumb to understand this and I’m certainly not going to own up to it.

We want you, our readers, to know that we remain on guard in our efforts to be the newspaper that consistently turns our back on the most accurate and timely news about your communities. And we want to assure you that our commitment to excellence - which includes all of the content in our publications – is really just a bunch of crap.

Should you have any questions about our procedures and our commitment to your community, don’t bother to contact us. We only care about people that have lots of money. And it looks like you just lost your 20 year career at Ford Motor because they are offshoring your jobs to China.

A note from our President

To our Readers:

Historically, the role of newspapers in America has been to publish news and information of value and interest to readers in a fair, timely, factual and easily understandable manner.

In fulfilling that role, we are constantly on guard to prevent the publication of anything we deem inappropriate or that is untrue or misleading or 'otherwise violates our public trust.

With that in mind, a recent incident involving Heritage Newspapers has prompted us to review procedures that are designed to ensure that nothing gets onto our pages unless we intended it to be published.

We are aware that the dissemination of news that is relevant to our readers and their communities can and does have an impact on commerce, education, government and, perhaps most importantly, daily life. Our perceptions of one another, where we purchase homes, where we shop, where we send our children to school all are influenced by what we see and read.

As guardians of the public trust, we would never deliberately hurt anyone, or offend any segment of our Community. As a result, we were dismayed to learn that an editorial cartoon we recently published was offensive in its depiction of an ethnic group and of the issue of immigration in the United States.

The content of our newspapers - both the written word and visual images - has to be of the highest quality, reporting the facts and, sometimes, addressing issues that need to be discussed in order to promote change. Care must always be taken, however, that no one group or person is unfairly presented.

The publications and employees who comprise Heritage Newspapers have always adhered to the highest ethical standards and have been consistently responsive to the communities we serve.

That knowledge makes the recent incident all the more troubling. Our credibility and reputation are paramount, and we cannot function effectively without adhering to core principles of responsible journalism and fair comment.

This dedication to excellence has been a strong focus of our mission during the

more than l00 years some of our mastheads have been going to your homes.

Unfortunately, the recent incident that occurred made it past our internal safeguards. Since it appeared, we have apologized in print for the content of the cartoon, and we have met with community leaders who, rightfully, voiced their concerns.

At the same time, we have re-examined, our procedures to ensure that such an occurrence does not happen again, and we have ended our relationship with the cartoon service.

We want you, our readers, to know that we remain on guard in our efforts to be the newspaper you turn to for the most accurate and timely news about your communities. And we want to assure you that our commitment to excellence - which includes all of the content in our publications - will continue to be our central focus.

Should you have any questions about our procedures and our commitment to your community, please contact us.

James K.Williams Jr.

President

Heritage Newspapers

Paper retracts racist cartoon

By Cheryl LaBash Dearborn, Mich.

http://www.workers.org/2005/us/dearborn-0714/

Published Jul 10, 2005 7:07 PM

Community anger and demonstrations along the Michigan Avenue shopping district forced the Dearborn Press and Guide newspaper to publish an apology for a racist, anti-immigrant cartoon published in June. The cartoon implied that Latin@s came to the United States for welfare. But on June 25 and July 2, protesters demand ed more than a small apology. They want the newspaper to publish a series of articles accurately depicting the contributions and lives of Mexican workers and also give them proof that the person responsible was fired.

The cartoon appeared near the beginning of the summer, when migrant workers and their families following the fruit and vegetable harvest come north into Michigan. While heroic organizing by the United Farmworkers Union and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee improved conditions for farm workers, the work is still difficult, dangerous and very low paid.

The paper insulted not only migrant work ers but immigrant workers from Mexico and other South and Central Amer ican countries and the Middle East. These immigrants are beginning to change Dearborn from the exclusive racist stronghold founded by Henry Ford into a multi-national community. On June 25 the community met at ACCESS, the Arab Community Center For Eco nomic and Social Services.

African American drivers passing the demonstration honked their solidarity and called out, “They’re racist against us, too.” To this day it is still commonly considered risky for African American men in particular to be in Dearborn after dark. Demonstration organizers vowed to continue the fight against racism in all its forms.

2 contracts held up after protest against Detroit City Council

http://www.freep.com/news/locway/anderson-bar111e_20041011.htm

October 11, 2004

BY MARISOL BELLO FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Talk about your strange coincidences.