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Show At , ' Sunday, August 31, 2008 HERALD DAILY . . . TO Maura Axelrod THE GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands Hurricane Gustav plowed through the Cayman Islands toward Cuba, gather- ing strength on a journey that could take it to the U.S. Gulf Coast as a fearsome Categorstorm three years after y-3 Hurricane Katrina. Gustav, which killed 71 people in the Caribbean, swirled through the Caymans overnight with fierce winds that tore down trees and power lines. It was expected to cross Cuba's cigar country Saturday and head into the Gulf of Mexico by Sunday. Gustav first struck Cayman Brae and Little Cayman, the smaller easternmost Sister Islands in the chain. Storm surge and heavy rains flooded the streets as people hunkered down in darkness at home or government shelters. Were just trying to wait it out,? said Juliana OConnor Connolly, who represents the islands in the Cayman legislature, by cell phone from the near ill '.Wta t? . . i! Wi 8 Cat-ego- ry It : -? better-than-eve- n - . - , . . . . ... one into custody fa immigra- tion violations, said Brian Poulsen, the resident agent in In Cali- FRESNO, Calif. charge of Fresno's Immigra- t ion and Customs Enforcement fornia, Central San Joaquin office. Most of these gang Valley gang enforcers are us-ing a new weapon; deportation members have come into the Orders. U.S. illegally, he said. "They Officials say the tactic have already Violated federal law. We don't need a criminal already is a success. Nearly ' three doen gang members charge. In the past, Paulsen said, who were in the US illegally his office lacked the staff to have been sent back tot heir home countries since the pro- help with gang raids. But as the agency focused more on first arrests in Febru- homeland security, officials ary. - But the turned their attention to the ; approach has risks especially in small farm ." street gangs that terrorize towns where predominantly communities, he said. Local agents have participat- Hispanic populations are wary of federal immigration authori- - ed in gang enforcement opera-tie- s. t ions in the towns of Sanger, One example is Huron, Ca Selma, Madera, Fresno and in lif., where federal agents have , Tulare County. ...' It started in the central San helped with a growing gang problem, said Huron Police Joaquin Valley wth the Feb, 13 arrest in Mendota of Brian Chief Frank Steenport. But the may of the tiny Rivera, a member of MS-1Federal agents tracked down southwestern Fresno County Rivera based on information town, is still steamed about a July raid, that included federal provided by a consortium of agents, which he learned about gang officers from local agen-onl- y cies. He has since been deport- after it was over. Local authorities have wel-ed to his native El Salvador. corned help from federal im-A week later, federal agents migration agents because they were in Selma, participating in are equipped with a powerful a gang sweep with local police, Now, six months lata, both weapon; the ability to deport local and federal law enforce-th- e gang members who are in merit officials say the strategy country illegally. Federal has been a success., agents also can ensure that So far, 35 gang members in lawbreakers get federal prison the country illegally have been time. ..' ' The idea started with federid deported from the Valley as Immigration and Customs En-- part of the Operation agents stationed in nity Shield sweeps. Fresno, Calif,, who offered to .They have been sent to Mexico, Central America and help police. It was part of Op-Southeast Asian nations such eration Community Shield, a as Laos. Often times, federal program the agency launched three years ago in major authaities say, ICE has agents in these countries who keep metrojxditan areas to target violent transnational street an eye on the gang members gangs specifically Mara Sai-- ' after their return to their MS-1formed tive land. 13, Law enforcement officials , in Los Angeles by immigrants from El Salvador. say they expect some deport ed ICE agents can take some- gang members to return. John Ellis . . . . . . multi-billio- . : : . . . . . . ; . intro-ductor- y ; . . . a w 3, . . . . : Southside neighborhood. Commu-forceme- ' Its great to see another part of the country, Palin told reporters who accompanied the candidates into the diner. 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Re: lustily booed in this town! lopublican John McCain showed cated about 30 miles southwest off his vice presidential running of Pittsburgh. mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Obama and running mate in the key battleground state of joe Biden, meanwhile, stumped ftnnsylvania Saturday as Demin Ohio Saturday. At the same ocratic rival Barack Obama's .; time, their campaign unveiled a campaign aired a new TV ad SOaecond national TV ad that urging voters not be distracted says McCains selection of Palin by McCain putting a woman on should not obscure the fact that the GOP ticket. McCain candidacy represents ' It wasn't Denvers 75,000-sea- t Invesco Field at Mile High, a continuation of President . Bushs policies. but 10,000 people filled the ; . ' STEPHAN SAVOMAssociaM Press So, while this may behis stands and infield of Southwestern Pennsylvania's 30Oseat Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov., Sarah Palin, running mate, an announcer, Consol Energy Puli to see enters a campaign rally in Washington, Penh., on Saturday. says with a photo of Palin on the screen, America knows McCain introduce his running this is McCains agenda. The mate. Palin is only the second n dollar budget and woman in American history to competing interests. The people visual then switches to a shot of America expect us to seek .. of McCain and Bush. We cant be a vice presidential candidate fought against corruption and ' afford four more years of the the failed politics of the past." from a major party. public office and to serve for I had a lot of good people Palin told the crowd shes not the right reason." same.' Palin repeated many of the Obama himself offered a non- -' interested in being vice presi-- . to choose from, McCain told committal assessment of Palin the enthusiastic crowd. l have dent to maintain the status qua linos she delivered jn her I didn't get into government found the right partner.;, I speech Friday in Day- - during a television interview' '. found someone who has acto do the safe and easy thing, ' ton. Ohio, including remarks . released Saturday. Speaking she said. Politics isnt just a complished reform, who has praising Sen. Hillary Clinton' during a taping of CBSs 60 for breaking the pditical glass ' Minutes, Obama said Palin accomplished and managed a game of clashing part ies and Obviously, shes a fine mother and an up and coming public mwmwj servant" but added Its too early fa me to gauge what ' kind of running mate she'll be. My sense is that she subscribes to John McChins agenda.. The new ad ran as McCain and Palin campaigned their, way through the southwestern area of Pennsylvania, making short stops before the late after-- : noon ballpark rally. ' Earlier in the day, McCain " and Palin greeted voters at Toms Diners in Pittsburgh's , William Douglas and Margaret Talev analysts warned that a direct hit on Gulf energy infrastructure could send pump prices hurtling toward $5 a gallon. CTude oil prices ended slightly lower in a volatile session as some traders feared supply disruptions and others b etthe U.S. government will release supplies from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Gustav was projected to hit Cuba's Isle erf Youth, then cross the main island into the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday night or Sunday. Cuban state' television announced that ef- - ' fective Saturday, all buses and trains to and from Havana will be suspended until further notice,... ..Tropical Storm Hanna was projected to curl westward into the Bahamas by early next week. It had sustained winds ear 50 mph late Friday. .. Along the U.S. Gulf Coast, most commemorations of the Katrina anniversary were canceled because of Gustav, but in New Orleans a horse-drawcarriage took the bodies of ,, Katrina's last seven unclaimed SSnia 4a Ka amal 10 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Cen- power lines. About 4,000 people were displaced from ter in Miami Top winds were their homes, with about half ' 4, about 80 mph. relocated to shelters. Prime 7'- -' Authorities did not impose a Minister Bruce Golding said I curfew but urged people to re- the government sent helicopi main indoors to avoid interferters Friday to rescue 31 people ing with emergency workers. , trapped by floods. At least 50 More than 1,100 people were people died in Haiti and eight in government shelters in the in the Dominican Republic. ' i ' i 'i 'I t islands as high waves The hurricane center said three t' ", and heavy winds battered the Gustav could grow to a i 3 stain, with winds chain, the National Emergency Center said in a above 111 mph, by the time it Operations . J'! . lii statement. No injuries were hits the U.S. Gulf coast next week. Gustav could strike anyreported. Hotels asked guests to leave where from the Florida Pan' v: 'j. handle to Texas, but forecastand, after the airport dosed, MVIER SALEANOAssocutsd PreM ers said there is a prepared to shelter those who remained A couple, carrying a child, walk along a street during rains chance that New Orleans win get slammed by at least Chris Smith, of Frederick, caused by the approaching of Hurricane Gustav in Pinar del ' winds. Rio, Cuba, on Saturday. Maryland, said his hotel handed Out wrist bands marked As much as 80 percent of the Gulf of Mexico's oil and gas. with guests names and room kitchen of her farm on Cay- numbers so that jf something production could be shut down, dous," OConnor-Connoll- y said at the height of the storm.. happens they can quickly iden- as a precaution if Gustav enman Brae. She said about 40 people ters as a major storm, weather "They say its 80 mph but it tify us. were riding out the storm in. : certainly seems to be over 100 That was a little bit soberresearch firm Flanalytics her home; which at 65 feet mph, andlVe bent through ing, he said, standing outside predicted. Oil companies have. the hotel with his luggage. elevation is safe from flooding lots of storms. already evacuated hundreds ' The storm killed four people of workers from offshore platLate Friday night, Gustav but still vulnerable to winds in a daylong march across the forms. that ripped out hundreds of ' ..was centered 25 miles west- Retail gas prices raise Friday southwest of Little Cayman . length of Jamaica, where it fruit trees on the farm. Island and moving northwest "The wind is just tremen- for the first time in 43 days as ripped off roofs and downed ASSOCIATED PRESS -, |