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Dakota Bismarck Tribune Bismarcktribune.com Page 2B Friday, November 18, 2005 Senators want border protection "Terrorists are looking for the weakest link. We need to do a better job of securing our borders, and we need to do so on an urgent basis." Byron Dorgan, tion and drug- and human-smuggling related crime. Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano followed suit a few days later. Dorgan said two of the Sept.

11 hijackers entered through the northern border. "We need to know who is coming and going from our country and why," Dorgan said. "We must do better." Domenici and Dorgan's bill authorizes: Hiring more border patrol and immigration officers, and lawyers and judges to handle the immigration and smuggling cases. Spending up to $1 billion annually from fiscal year 2007-2011 on new technology, fences, barriers, roads, vehicles and other facilities. Improvements to ports of entry.

The bill also requires the federal government to reimburse states for the cost of detaining illegal aliens while deciding whether to deport them. By JENNIFER TALHELM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON Sens. Pete Domenici and Byron Dorgan on Thursday laid out a sweeping plan for beefing up U.S. border protection and enforcement that calls for hiring hundreds of more immigration judges, lawyers and officers and provides millions of dollars for fences, barriers and new technology. The senators, who represent states at both U.S.

borders, say the package is vital even if Congress does not act on its plans to change immigration laws next year. "I believe that before we can act on needed immigration law reforms, we must secure our borders," said Domenici, Dorgan, said stronger borders are needed to protect against terrorists, not just to stem illegal immigration. "Terrorists are looking for the weakest link," he said. Texas, and Jon Kyi, R-Ariz. would establish procedures for immigrants to apply for temporary work visas.

Republicans are deeply divided over how to approach immigration, however. Many argue that the only way to gain control of the border is to regulate the demand for illegal workers. But Domenici and Dorgan said their states have immediate needs on the border that must be addressed regardless of immigration policy. This summer, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson declared an emergency on the state's border with Mexico in order to free up money to help deal with immigra Man sentenced in Williston motel meth fire that night." Foster said damage to the motel is estimated at $39,000.

The clerk's medical costs were still being tallied. Travel Host Motel Manager Robert Stenehjem testified about the fire during the sentencing. "You didn't even slow down enough to pull a fire alarm. It's hard for me to understand," he told Cox. "I saw (the clerk) laying on the sidewalk, and all of a sud Elderly woman sexually assaulted WEST FARGO (AP) A 73-year-old woman here was sexually assaulted at knifepoint, authorities say.

Police Detective Greg Warren said the woman was returning to her ground-floor apartment after taking out the garbage about 9 p.m. Wednesday when the suspect pushed his way into her apartment and raped her. "This is a very vicious act," he said. "We do not have any suspects at this time." The woman suffered a small cut to her face when she resisted the man, police said. She was treated at a local hospital and released early Thursday morning.

Police with dogs searched the area for the man but could not find him. The woman told police she thought the suspect was in his early 20s. She said the man was wearing a brown stocking cap that showed only his eyes and the upper part of his nose. "We don't have a lot to go on," Warren said. Court upholds drug case decision A man stopped by police near Harvey with 26 pounds of marijuana in his car three years ago has lost another case before the 8th U.S.

Circuit Court of Appeals. Arnaldo Mancias was stopped on U.S. Highway 52 on April 28, 2002, for erratic driving. Police found the marijuana hidden in his car after he consented to a search. Mancias was later sentenced to six years and eight months in prison, after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to distribute.

In his latest appeal, Mancias argued that his sentence should be thrown out because he was sentenced as a career offender based on a prior felony conviction for escape. The 8th Circuit panel ruled that Mancias had no grounds for the request and upheld an earlier ruling by a district judge. In November 2003, the 8th Circuit denied Mancias' appeal of his conviction. Associated Press Former deputy pleads innocent DEVILS LAKE (AP) A former Ramsey County chief deputy has pleaded not guilty to a felony theft charge. Gerald Idland, 62, of Devils Lake, is accused of using a county credit card to charge more than $3,000 worth of gasoline for personal use.

He is charged with felony theft of property and faces up to five years in prison if convicted. His trial is set for Feb. 14. Idland retired from the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department in June 2001. Authorities allege that the thefts occurred from August 2002 through August of this year.

Burgum appointed to new position FARGO (AP) Doug Burgum has been named to the newly created post of Microsoft Business Solutions chairman. Jeff Raikes, president of the Microsoft Business Division, announced Burgum's new position Thursday from Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash. Burgum, based in Fargo, had been senior vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions since 2001, when Microsoft purchased Great Plains Software. Burgum had been president and CEO of Great Plains for 18 years, after he and a group of investors bought the software company in 1984. "I'm pleased to have this opportunity to be named to the new position," said Burgum, who will continue to be located in Fargo.

"It's not a farewell. I'm excited to have an opportunity to work on a fresh set of external market challenges." A search is under way for Burgum's replacement as senior vice president. Sugar plant still shut down DRAYTON (AP) The American Crystal Sugar Co. plant here remains shut down after problems with a water pipeline and the plant's boiler. The plant was shut down Sunday when ground shifting beneath a pump house on the Red River that supplies the plant with water broke a pipeline, said David Berg, vice president of operations for the Moorhead, company.

Temporary diesel pumps were brought in from Chicago and set up Thursday, but when officials started up operations, there were problems with the plant's boiler, Berg said. "The startup of the boiler can be delicate, and it didn't go right," he said. The problem will take several days to fix, Berg said. Employees were still working, doing other things such as maintenance around the plant. Officials hope to complete permanent repairs on the pump house and pipeline before winter fully sets in, Berg said.

He did not immediately have an estimate on how much the problems will cost the company. "We need to do a better job of securing our borders, and we need to do so on an urgent basis." Domenici and Dorgan's bill joins a slew of other proposals in Congress for how to deal with border protection and the up to 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. The Bush administration has urged Congress to act on a guest worker program and has proposed a plan that would allow undocumented workers to get three-year work visas. Dueling plans in the Senate one proposed by John McCain, and Edward Kennedy, and the other by John Cornyn, R- 30 fire. Northwest District Judge David Nelson denied Cox a 48-hour pass to visit his ailing mother, who suffered a heart attack in September, and to pay his respects to his late grandmother.

"The state is opposed to the pass," Williams County State's Attorney Nicole Foster said. "It cannot be argued (Cox) is not a danger to the community. There were 160 guests in the hotel FRIDAY 2 FOR I LATTES tUK I MOCHAS onlyon lloti 16 oz.drinlc No delivery offer good only at south location FREE Delivery FURNITURE CARPET ONEIS 800 East Sweet Avenue (One Mock East of the GvfcCenter) 4 pm warn a Cnf A den, the motel didn't matter." Cox apologized in court. "I can't give any of it back," he said. He will be on probation for five years following his prison term.

Cox was arrested about a week after the fire when he sought medical treatment at a local hospital, and another person in the hospital recognized him from photographs in the media. lance Lifesiyh With top name brand products engineered for flawless performance and style, you can now achieve a coordinated bathroom built on quality and comfort. Let us take care of all your bathroom needs from products, professional services and installation for remodeling new construction. AUOiOVOX SS'iO Minutes WILLISTON (AP) A man has been sentenced to serve five years in prison for starting a motel fire with a methamphetamine lab in one of its rooms. Paul Cox, 38, of Williston, pleaded guilty to felony drug and reckless endan-germent charges.

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