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Unemployment [drop]s as Alabama’s immigration reform enacted
The daily Caller 11/22/2011
By Neil Munro
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Unemployment rates have fallen in Alabama amid new legal pressure on companies to comply with a popular immigration reform law. September was the first full month that the reform was in force, and the unemployment rate fell from 9.8 percent in September to 9.3 percent in October, according to a Nov. 18 report from the state government. ...
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Team Mitt slams Newt for endorsing ""amnesty""
Washington Examiner 11/22/2011
byPhilip Klein
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After tonght's debate, Mitt Romney's campaign clearly saw an opening to go after a surging Newt Gingrich, after he argued for considering a path to citizenship for immigrants who had originally come to this country illegally 25 years ago, but had spent decades integrating themselves in a community....
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Mexico cartels extend US reach
Global Post 11/3/2011
Ioan Grillo
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White supremacists, and black and Latino gangs have new roles in the drug trade.Prison gangs have taken on a bigger role in the US side of the trade. ...
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Immigration bill splits House GOP
The Hill 11/3/2011
By Molly K. Hooper
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House Republicans are split over an immigration bill that is backed by presidential candidate Mitt Romney as the measure is attracting escalating criticism from industry groups and rank-and-file members. ...
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Families Plead to Stop Parole of Criminal Illegal Alien
Center for Immigration Studies 11/2/2011
By Jon Feere
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Over time, limited resources combined with open borders means that more and more Americans will have their lives threatened by an increasing number of foreigners who have no authority to be here. ...
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Illegal alien being deported tells reporter: “I’ll come back real soon”
Examiner.com 11/2/2011
Dave Gibson
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Until the federal government actually gets serious about defending our border with Mexico, rather than actually encouraging the current invasion, it will continue to be open-season on American citizens’ jobs, money and lives. ...
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ICE Permits Illegal Alien Witness to Disappear
The New American 10/23/2011
Written by R. Cort Kirkwood
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Though the drunk-driving illegal alien who allegedly mowed down a recent college graduate in Framingham, Mass., was indicted for murder on Friday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement permitted the illegal alien who witnessed the crime to escape custody....
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New Illegal Immigration Problem Looms for Romney
Newser 10/23/2011
By Evann Gastaldo,
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His 2006 health-care law provides medical care to undocumented immigrants ...
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First Mexican Cargo Trucks Set To Reach U.S.
Fronteras 10/18/2011
By Hernán Rozemberg
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Guillermo Pérez knows all eyes will be on his trucks, but he says he’s up to the challenge. He’s a manager at Transportes Olympic, the first Mexican trucking company to receive U.S. approval for direct, long-haul trips north of the border....
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3,000 in line for free medical care at Sports Arena
LA TIMES 10/17/2011
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""We don't have the money to pay for this,"" said Hidalgo, 36, who lost his job a year and a half ago. Hidalgo and his wife are undocumented immigrants, as are a number of others waiting in line. ...
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Teen immigrants want 'illegal' [drop]ped from immigration debate
News 14 Carolina 10/10/2011
By: Pete Kaliner
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Loan Tran, a student activist with the Latin American Coalition's youth group United 4 The Dream, said they're helping a national campaign called ""[Drop] the I-Word."" ""The ""i word"" being the word 'illegals,'"" Tran said. ...
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Supreme Court set to open crucial term
LA TIMES 10/2/2011
By David G. Savage
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The justices could make decisions on President Obama's healthcare law, enforcement of immigration laws and affirmative action in higher education....
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A Record-Setting Decade of Immigration: 2000-2010
Center for Immigration Studies 10/1/2011
By Steven A. Camarota
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New data from the Census Bureau show that the nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal), also referred to as the foreign-born, reached 40 million in 2010, the highest number in American history....
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Petition calls for ouster of immigration critic
Houston Chronicle 9/27/2011
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A petition containing some 5,000 signatures has been delivered to Gov. Nathan Deal calling for him to rescind the appointment of a vocal critic of illegal immigration to a new state board charged with enforcing compliance with immigration-related state laws. ...
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Working Illegal Immigrants Outnumber Unemployed Texans
Cleveland Tea Party Patriots 9/24/2011
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According to the numbers released by the Reclaim American Jobs Caucus, Texas is the only state where the number of illegal immigrants in the workforce exceeds the number of unemployed citizens. But co-chair Smith said that doesn’t mean other states are not affected by illegal immigration....
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Homeland's screening policy of illegal immigrants flawed, report says
USA TODAY 9/23/2011
By Alan Gomez
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A program that checks the immigration status of all people booked into local jails needs systemwide changes and may need to be suspended until its problems are worked out, according to a review conducted by the Department of Homeland Security's advisory council....
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Immigrants 'take most new jobs in Texas as Americans fill only 20% of vacancies in the state'
Daily Mail 9/23/2011
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With the issue of immigration heating up last night's Republican debate in Florida, a new report says newly-arrived immigrants have filled the majority of new jobs created in frontrunner Governor Rick Perry's home state of Texas. ...
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Southwest Airlines, Feds Investigate Arabic Markings on Planes
FOX NEWS 9/21/2011
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Mysterious messages that appeared to be scrawled in Arabic writing on the underbellies of several Southwest Airlines jets were being investigated Wednesday by the airline and the FBI, Los Angeles radio station KNX-1070 reported. ...
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Corruption, Racial Discrimination as Construction Gangs Steal Millions in Texas
| MyFoxHouston.com 9/21/2011
By Greg Groogan
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These days, it's just something you rarely, if ever, see: African-Americans laboring within the largely Hispanic construction crews working the Gulf Coast's heavy industrial projects. Ricardo Charles says he knows exactly why and after 33 years in the building trade, he's blowing the whistle. ...
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35 Zetas executed in Boca del Rio, Veracruz
Borderland Beat 9/20/2011
Reporter Gerardo
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The bodies of 23 male and 12 female murder victims were abandoned in front of the Plaza Americas commercial area this afternoon in Boca del Rio, a suburb of Veracruz. The bodies were on board and scattered behind 2 flatbed pickups on Manuel Avila Camacho boulevard that were left at the scene during rush hour traffic at approximately 5:00pm...
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Calif. To Ban E-Verify
Judicial Watch 9/19/2011
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Bucking the national trend to curb illegal immigration, the country’s most populous state has passed a law forbidding private businesses as well as state and local governments from screening workers’ immigration status. ...
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Massachusetts suspends Arizona licenses;Debate over rules on language ability
The Boston Globe 9/19/2011
By Maria Sacchetti
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State Police are investigating hundreds of people who converted Arizona driver’s licenses to Massachusetts licenses, according to a police spokesman, and since October the state has suspended the driving rights of 124 of them. ...
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Obama: 'I'd like to work my way around Congress'
Washington Examiner 9/15/2011
Byron York
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President Obama told a Hispanic group in Washington Wednesday that when it comes to the issue of immigration, ""I'd like to work my way around Congress.""...
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Obama’s uncle quietly released from jail
Boston Globe 9/9/2011
Maria Sacchetti
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Officials released President Obama’s uncle from Plymouth County jail yesterday after holding him for more than two weeks on an immigration detainer for violating an order to return to his native Kenya in 1992. ...
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AFL-CIO Goes To Bat For Undocumented Workers
Huffington Post 9/8/2011
Dave Jamieson
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The country’s largest trade union came out in defense of undocumented workers on Thursday, criticizing a recent ruling by the federal labor board that makes it harder for such workers to recover backpay they’re owed by employers. ...
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Mexico's Gangs Use 'Narco-Tunnels' to Smuggle Migrants
Insight magazine 9/7/2011
by Geoffrey Ramsey
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Mexican police reported finding an underground tunnel used to smuggle migrants into the U.S., suggesting that criminal organizations are finding new uses for these ""narco-tunnels,"" which are normally used to transport drugs and weapons....
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Bills would tighten Pennsylvania's immigration enforcement
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 9/5/2011
By Brad Bumsted
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H. John Stahl, a former Pennsylvania legislator from Berks County and founding member of the Tea Party Immigration Coalition, is pushing for legislation in Pennsylvania and other states to ensure that illegal aliens don't get taxpayer-paid benefits such as welfare, take jobs from Pennsylvanians or have an opportunity to commit crimes. ...
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$4.2 Billion In Tax Credits Given To Illegal Aliens
Human Events 9/2/2011
by John Hayward
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But we can’t afford to enforce immigration laws. ...
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Illegal immigration is flash point for Republican White House hopefuls
washington post 9/1/2011
By Philip Rucker and and Amy Gardner
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Mitt Romney opened last week’s forum for questions, the first voter he called on didn’t seem concerned about any of that. He wanted to know the Republican presidential candidate’s stance on border security. ...
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E-Verify requirement must be part of larger immigration plan, Napolitano insists
Houston Chronicle 8/31/2011
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Napolitano said that E-Verify expansion should be part of a package that also includes the DREAM Act, which allows some children of illegal immigrants a pathway to U.S. citizenship, along with expanded H1B visas for high-tech workers and H2A visas. ...
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All In The President''s Illegal Family
Investors Business Daily 8/31/2011
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Leadership: With two relatives having successfully defied deportation orders, President Obama needs to explain once again his relaxation and disregard of the immigration laws he swore to uphold and enforce....
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Milford motorcyclist dragged, killed by truck
Boston Herald 8/22/2011
By Associated Press
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A Milford resident charged with being drunk when he struck a motorcyclist and dragged his body a quarter of a mile to his death is headed to court. ...
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Illegal immigrant repatriation cost, effectiveness questioned
The Arizona Republic 8/21/2011
by Daniel González
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The Department of Homeland Security continues to spend millions of dollars flying illegal immigrants caught along the Arizona border back to Mexico each summer even though government officials and humanitarian groups question whether the program is effective or worth the cost....
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Fort Morgan meatpacking plant strives, struggles to accommodate Muslim workforce
Denver Post 8/21/2011
By Eric Gorski
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Although Cargill's Fort Morgan operation has escaped controversy over accommodating the religious needs of its Muslim workforce, an undercurrent of problems exists, according to current and former workers and Somali translators. ...
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Cartels lure S. Texas officers to dark side
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 8/19/2011
By DANE SCHILLER
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Nine charged or imprisoned over drugs or guns in the past 16 months ...
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Obama in July: I Can't Change Immigration Laws On My Own
Human Events 8/19/2011
by Jim Hoft
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Yesterday, Barack Obama took the law into his own hands and halted deportation proceedings of illegal aliens on a case by case basis. He changed the laws on his own. ...
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More officers arrive at San Luis border
YumaSun.com 8/12/2011
BY CESAR NEYOY
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Extra law enforcement officers have been assigned here as part of what is described as an ongoing operation along the border to stop illegal drugs from coming north and guns and cash from going south. ...
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Violence in Mexico Benefiting Valley’s Economy
8/11/2011
Reported by: Erica Proffer
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More manufacturing companies are choosing to build in the Rio Grande Valley to escape the violence in Mexico. That violence is actually helping the Valley’s economy. ...
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US set to expand deportation program
Boston Globe 8/6/2011
By Maria Sacchetti
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US immigration officials eliminated a major hurdle yesterday to expanding Secure Communities in Massachusetts and nationwide, putting states on notice that the controversial law enforcement program will be fully deployed nationwide by 2013....
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Obama refuses to secure border, sues states for trying to protect themselves
Examiner.com 8/4/2011
Dave Gibson
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On Monday, the Obama administration filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama over their new law against illegal immigration, set to take effect in September. ...
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Change in ID-card law heightens migrants'''' fears
The Arizona Republic 8/2/2011
by Daniel Gonzalez
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It is known as the """"""""matricula consular"""""""" in Spanish.From now on, schools, libraries, state and local health departments, the motor-vehicle department and any other state or local government entity is prohibited from accepting the consular cards....
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U.S. officials confirm arrest of Juárez cartel leader connected to U.S. Consulate deaths
El Paso Times 7/31/2011
By Daniel Borunda, Alex Hinojosa and Marty Schladen
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Mexican authorities captured the reputed leader of La Linea, a vicious group of thugs that carried out murders and terrorized Juárez for a drug cartel....
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Improving Mexican economy draws undocumented immigrants home from California
sacbee.com 7/28/2011
By Stephen Magagnini
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""It's now easier to buy homes on credit, find a job and access higher education in Mexico,"" Sacramento's Mexican consul general, Carlos González Gutiérrez, said Wednesday. ""We have become a middle-class country.""...
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Illegal Alien Indicted for Threatening to Kill President
CBS42.com 7/26/2011
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A federal grand jury today indicted an Uzbek national for threatening the life of President Barack Obama and illegally possessing weapons....
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State to list documents immigrants need for benefit application;New Georgia law requires specific documentation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 7/26/2011
By Jeremy Redmon
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The state attorney general’s office is preparing to publish a list of identification documents people may use to get public benefits under Georgia’s new illegal immigration law....
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115 illegal immigrants found in Hidalgo County stash houses
Valley Central.Com 7/26/2011
by Katie Lopez
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A total of 115 illegal immigrants were discovered in alleged stash houses across the county. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents told Action 4 News they raided mobiles homes in Pharr, Mercedes, and Edinburg. ...
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Woman in Deportation Proceedings Speaks with Obama
WSJ-Washington Wire 7/26/2011
By Laura Meckler
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President Obama spoke briefly on Monday with a woman who is becoming a symbol of the effort to stop deportations of young illegal immigrants. Mercedes Gonzalez said in an interview that the president told her: “Everything is going to be fine. You’re going to be OK.”...
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Obama: 'I need a dance partner' on immigration reform
cnn 7/25/2011
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""Let's be honest, I need a dance partner here, and the floor is empty,"" he added, referring to the need for bipartisan congressional support to pass an immigration reform measure. ...
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Arizona College Student Killed & Tortured In Nogales, Mexico
7/20/2011
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NOGALES, Ariz. (AP) A southern Arizona student and father expecting his first child has been found dead in Nogales, Mexico, with what authorities say are signs of torture. ...
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City in Rhode Island Asks Retirees to Sacrifice
sweetness and Light 7/19/2011
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
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The retirees came from near and far, gathering in a muggy auditorium here to listen to an urgent pitch: give back a big chunk of your pension or risk losing it all. ...
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Shurtleff, Bramble: States forcing feds to act on immigration
The Salt Lake Tribune 7/19/2011
By Matt Canham
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Washington • The road leading to a new national immigration policy will wind its way through the states — and it will be bumpy, confusing and most likely long, say two Utah leaders active in the debate....
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Georgia Citizen Panel to Fine Immigration-Crackdown Laggards, Enforce Law
bloomberg news 7/19/2011
By Margaret Newkirk
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Georgia mayors, county commissioners and even business-license clerks may face $5,000 fines from a panel of state-sanctioned volunteers empowered to investigate complaints about compliance with a new immigration law. ...
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Study: Economic Downturn Not Creating Outflow of Mexican Immigrants
7/18/2011
By: Phil Leggiere
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Contrary to conventional wisdom the economic downturn of the past several years has not hastened return migration to Mexico, according to a new RAND Corporation study....
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Security “Gaps” Allow Terrorists To Enter U.S. With Visas
Judicial Watch 7/18/2011
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It may seem inconceivable but nearly a decade after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history the government has yet to develop or implement an adequate security program to keep foreign extremists from carrying out a sequel....
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Stuck at the border
world community 7/18/2011
by Brittany Smith
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Alabama’s tough new immigration legislation is sparking debate at many churches and faith-based organizations that are unsure on which side of the border to stand....
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New York Times posts Spanish translation of immigration article
The daily Caller 7/13/2011
Ameena Schelling
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The original English version was posted on the website on Wednesday, while a Spanish-language translation provided by Reforma, a Mexican paper that publishes regular Spanish translations of Times articles, was posted one day later due to translation delays. ...
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Time to get ‘serious’ on illegal aliens
Boston Herald 7/12/2011
By Howie Carr
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What is a “serious” crime? This is a question for Mayor Mumbles Menino, who has come out against deporting illegal aliens unless they commit “serious” crimes. ...
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Humane Borders' new face
Arizona Daily Star 7/10/2011
BENJIE SANDERS
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Humane Borders is re[cast]ing itself as it enters its second decade of putting out water tanks for people crossing the desert in attempts to enter the U.S. illegally....
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Gov's staff left her in the dark on border event
Arizona Daily Star 7/9/2011
Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services
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If Jan Brewer is upset because she didn't know Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano was going to be in Nogales on Thursday to talk border security, she has no one to blame but herself - or, at least, her staff. ...
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Laura Armstrong: Gonzalez shows true colors with smears against anti-illegal immigration activist
marietta Daily Journal 7/9/2011
Laura Armstrong
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Gonzalez, ever the hypocrite, never tires of trying to shift attention away from the millions of lawbreakers he supports onto private-citizen King, but his tactic is getting old, really old....
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Near-riot in Point causes concerns
Salem News 7/8/2011
Tom Dalton
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It was around 11 Monday night — the Fourth of July — when all available officers, including Salem State police, were called to the corner of Palmer and Park streets for what can only be described as chaos....
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Border Patrol agents prosecuted to appease Mexico
Worldnetdaily 7/8/2011
Tom Tancredo
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Veteran agent Jesus Diaz faces a sentence of five to 25 years in federal prison for ""mistreating"" an illegal alien who was apprehended crossing the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2008....
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Caltrops used by suspected drug smugglers to disable Border Patrol vehicles
the Monitor 7/8/2011
Naxiely Lopez
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Suspected smugglers disabled two U.S. Border Patrol vehicles with homemade spikes Thursday, according to a new release from the federal agency. ...
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HIV Epidemic Contributing to Global Resurgence of Tuberculosis
Fox news latino 7/8/2011
By Soni Sangha
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Because Latin American doctors are misdiagnosing these patients, treatments that can cure or reduce illness and prevent death are not being administered properly. As a result, the HIV epidemic has contributed to a global resurgence of tuberculosis....
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New Obama border anti-drug strategy promises more cooperation with states, local cops
7/7/2011
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Obama administration officials unveiled an [update]d Southwest border counternarcotics strategy Thursday that calls for increased coordination between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to combat smuggling....
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Napolitano Is Releasing a Border Strategy Tomorrow; Does Anyone Care?
Center for Immigration Studies 7/6/2011
By Janice Kephart
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Local TV in Arizona has reported that on Thursday, July 7, 2011, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, with Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin and Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske, will be announcing the 2011 Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy in Nogales, Ariz....
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New York pols seek to make business signs mostly English
Boston Herald 7/3/2011
By Associated Press
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The teeming streets of Flushing, Queens, can feel like a different country. Day trippers from Manhattan or the suburbs often come to eat and shop here on weekends, savoring the broad array of foods and products available. But to some, the area can feel a little too foreign....
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Thousands Rally Against Georgia Immigration Law
FOX NEWS 7/2/2011
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Thousands of marchers stormed the Georgia Capitol on Saturday to protest the state's new immigration law, which they say creates an unwelcome environment for people of color and those in search of a better life. ...
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Texas warns of travel to Mexican border town for the Fourth
CNN 7/2/2011
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Texas authorities are urging residents not to cross into the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo during the Fourth of July weekend because of intelligence that a Mexican drug cartel plans to target U.S. citizens. ...
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DOJ Orders Protection Of “Language Minority Populations”
Judicial Watch 6/30/2011
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Obama’s Department of Justice has ordered Colorado to protect the interests of “language minority populations” by strengthening a Court Interpreter Oversight Committee that assures immigrants who don’t speak English get free translators....
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Napolitano: DHS Not Looking to Deport 'DREAM Act Students'
FOX NEWS 6/28/2011
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano denied that the Obama administration is trying to unilaterally execute immigration policies contained in the stalled DREAM Act -- but at the same time she said it ""doesn't make sense"" to deport illegal immigrant students who would be covered by the proposal....
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6 young illegal immigrants arrested in Ga. protest
Forbes.com 6/28/2011
By KATE BRUMBACK
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Six young illegal immigrants were arrested Tuesday after they sat down and blocked traffic near the Georgia state Capitol to publicly [declare] their status and to protest state policies targeting illegal immigrants, the latest in a string of such ""coming out"" events in Georgia and other parts of the country....
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Judge blocks parts of Indiana immigration law
Reuters.com 6/24/2011
By Susan Guyett
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(Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked parts of an Indiana immigration law cracking down on illegal immigrants in the state....
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Feds Won't Deport Immigrants in Civil Rights Cases
Fox news latino 6/23/2011
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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a memo Friday that ""absent special circumstances,"" it is against the agency's policy to deport immigrants in the midst of a legitimate effort to protect their civil rights...
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Most Favor Immigration Police Checks, Tough Sanctions on Those Who Hire or Rent to Illegal Immigrants
Rasmussen Reports 6/22/2011
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The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 67% of Likely U.S. Voters favor strict sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants....
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Arizona Sheriff: Wildfires Likely Started by Mexican Drug Traffickers, Smugglers
FOX NEWS 6/22/2011
By Joshua Rhett Miller
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Massive wildfires in eastern Arizona that have scorched 250,000 acres were probably started by Mexican drug traffickers or human smugglers, an Arizona sheriff told Fox News on Wednesday....
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Why Aren't You Speaking English?""
Irish Examiner 6/22/2011
By Alicia Colon
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Speaking English is a prerequisite for success in a global economy and systemic accommodation to a native tongue only keeps the new immigrant out of the mainstream and on the last rung of the wage ladder...
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Gallup Poll Shows Plurality of Americans Want to Reduce Overall Immigration Levels
NUMBERSUSA.COM 6/22/2011
Roy Beck
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A new survey conducted by Gallup finds that a plurality of Americans favor reducing overall immigration levels....
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South Carolina joins other states in immigration crackdown
Reuters 6/21/2011
By Harriet McLeod
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South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday sent Governor Nikki Haley a bill that requires police to check suspects' immigration status and penalizes businesses that hire workers in the country illegally...
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U.S. To Suspend Countless Deportations.
by Judicial Watch 6/21/2011
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In a first for any administration, President Obama has implemented a new system to spare a myriad of illegal immigrants from removal by authorizing—and encouraging—low-level field officers to block deportations by using an outrageously broad list of exemptions. ...
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AZ Sheriff: Why More Troops at Korean Border Than U.S. Border?
CNS NEWS 6/20/2011
By Penny Starr
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Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu said the Obama administration’s decision to extend the deployment of 1,200 U.S. National Guard troops along the U.S. border with Mexico until Sept. 30 is “pandering” and that those numbers “fall far short” of what military power is needed to keep the country safe....
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Senators warn of a growing border security issue: tunnels
The Hill 6/18/2011
By Jordy Yager
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There is a growing concern in the Senate that tunnels dug by Mexican drug cartels to traffic illicit goods into the country could be used to smuggle terrorists or weapons of mass destruction. ...
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“Why Aren’t You Speaking English?”
6/17/2011
By KTRH STAFF
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A Texas senator is receiving praise and criticism. During committee testimony this week in Austin, a Texas senator interrupted a Spanish speaker telling him he should ""be speaking in English"" during a committee hearing....
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Another amnesty?
NY Post 6/16/2011
By KRIS W. KOBACH
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New bill hobbles border states ...
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Texas Senate passes bill on cities aiding illegal immigrants
6/15/2011
By Corrie MacLaggan
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The Texas Senate early on Wednesday passed a measure pushed by Governor Rick Perry aimed at cracking down on cities that provide sanctuary to illegal immigrants. ...
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Phoenix to see all Latino MLB All-Star Game?
ABC15.com 6/15/2011
By: Dave Biscobing
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There's a new push for fans to form an all-Latino starting line-up for both teams in order to raise awareness about SB1070....
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HUD Launches Spanish-Language Blog As Obama Announces Campaign to Reduce Waste
CNS NEWS 6/14/2011
By Susan Jones
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HUD officially launched its Spanish language blog, called The HUDdle en Espanol, on June 13, the same day President Obama announced his Campaign to Reduce Waste. ...
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Mexico Drug War Spills Across US Border
Newsmax 6/14/2011
By Jim Meyers
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“The Collapse of Mexico — Its Civil War Comes to America” discloses that the battle between ruthless Mexican drug cartels threatens to turn America’s southern neighbor into a failed nation-state — and has spilled deeper into U.S. territory than anyone has imagined. ...
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Senate hears comments on cops asking immigration status
Houston Chronicle 6/13/2011
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Houston and Dallas law enforcement officials said Monday that they oppose legislation that would free up officers in so-called sanctuary cities to ask about the immigration status of anyone pulled over during a traffic stop, questioned as a witness or otherwise detained. ...
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Business Lobbyists Finally Getting Out of Way of National E-Verify
NUMBERSUSA.COM 6/13/2011
ROY BECK
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The most important national E-Verify bill ever introduced is expected to be announced tomorrow by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee....
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Guns, Drugs, and Stonewalling
National Review Online-The Corner 6/10/2011
By Peter Kirsanow
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The House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee will begin hearings next week into Operation Fast and Furious. ...
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Law to punish illegal immigrant hires
The Tennessean 6/10/2011
state Sen. Jim Tracy
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Under a new state law, businesses with more than five employees will have to use the federal E-Verify database to determine whether a potential employee is in the country legally....
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Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Is Investigating Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. - CMG
Bradenton.com 6/9/2011
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The investigation focuses on possible breaches of fiduciary duties by the Board of Directors and/or Officers of the Company in connection with allegations that the Company hired illegal immigrants. Read more: http://www.bradenton.com/2011/06/09/3262575/faruqi-faruqi-llp-is-investigating.html#ixzz1Oq2F5S6k...
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Another Mexican brothel found in North Carolina
The Examiner 6/9/2011
Dave Gibson
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On Wednesday, Alamance County sheriff’s deputies arrested a group of illegal aliens in an alleged house of prostitution located in a residential community. ...
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Justice Officials in 'Panic Mode' as Hearing Nears on Failed Anti-Gun Trafficking Program
FoxNews.com 6/9/2011
By William La Jeunesse
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Congressional testimony next week will paint a bleak and humiliating picture of Operation Fast and Furious, the botched undercover operation that left a trail of blood from Mexico to Washington, D.C. ...
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Quick verdict in stabbing death of mom
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 6/9/2011
By CAROL CHRISTIAN
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Mexican national gets life without parole ...
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Ranchers Suspect Immigrants In String Of Fires
KPHO CBS 5 News 6/9/2011
Morgan Loew,
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Firefighters Taking Extra Precautions Due To Smuggling Danger ...
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Lawsuit names Border Patrol agent who allegedly shot, killed Juárez teen
El Paso Times 6/9/2011
By Adriana M. Chávez
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Attorneys for the family of a 15-year-old Juárez boy allegedly shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent last year have amended their lawsuit against the U.S. government to include the agent's name....
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Cartels Have 14,000 Armed Men in Just 2 Mexico Cities, Official says
Fox news latino 6/9/2011
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April 2011: Officials say there are 14,000 armed criminals in two Mexican cities. ...
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Alabama Gov. Signs Country‘s ’Toughest’ Immigration Law
The Blaze 6/9/2011
by Jonathon M. Seidl
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Gov. Robert Bentley said the law is the nation’s toughest, and groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Montgomery-based Southern Poverty Law Center agree. The groups say they plan to challenge it...
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DPS: Officers Fired Upon By Gangs in Mexico
Texas Tribune 6/9/2011
by Julian Aguilar
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U.S. law enforcement officers in Hidalgo County today received heavy weapons fire from Mexico, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety....
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Many immigrants leaving Georgia behind
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6/8/2011
By Jeremy Redmon and Mario Guevara
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New law’s impact goes beyond targeting those in the state illegally....
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Cartel Threats, Attacks on US Law Enforcement and the Question of ‘Spill Over’ Violence
HSTODAY.US 6/8/2011
By: Anthony Kimery
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The bulletin said DEA’s source of information had stated that “the drug transporters are to ‘shoot it out with law enforcement’ or suffer similar consequences from Gulf Cartel leadership.’...
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Customs Agency Could Lose Authority to Investigate its Own Officers
All Headline News 6/8/2011
Tom Ramstack
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Congress is considering changes to the way law enforcement border agents are investigated for corruption as reports continue that some of them are assisting in illegal immigration and drug trafficking. ...
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Deval Patrick slammed for shift on illegals
Boston Herald 6/7/2011
By Hillary Chabot and Dave Wedge
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Gov blocks federal law-enforcement program ...
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New Mexico rancher Larry Link murdered by illegal alien
Examiner.com 6/7/2011
Kimberly Dvorak
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New details are emerging about the murder of a New Mexico rancher, Larry Link, 68, who was killed yesterday on his property. ...
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States balk at illegals program
The Washington Times 6/6/2011
By Stephen Dinan
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Massachusetts announced Monday that it will refuse to join the federal government’s Secure Communities initiative....
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Deport California's illegal immigrant prisoners
World Net Daily 6/6/2011
Chuck Norris
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Moreover, a 2004 report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, concluded that the education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens cost Californians $10.5 billion per year (that's $1183 annually for every household)....
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Alabama Legislature Approves Immigration Bill
Fox news latino 6/3/2011
assoc press staff
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The Alabama Legislature passed a hard-line immigration bill similar to the controversial one in Arizona....
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Hispanics say they are being targeted at police checkpoints
Timesfreepress.com 6/2/2011
by Mariann Martin and Perla Trevizo
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Some Hispanics in Dalton say police use the checkpoints as a way to target illegal immigrants. But police say preventing accidents and improving neighborhood safety are their goals....
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SW area issues warning for firefighters working near US/Mexico border
Wildfire today 6/2/2011
Written by Bill
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In what seems to be an annual occurrence, the Southwest Geographic Area has issued another “Safety Alert” with the subject: “US – Mexico Border Fire Operations Safety”. ...
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DHS Appropriations Bill Takes Center Stage.
by Federation for American Immigration Reform 6/2/2011
By Sarah Dansereau
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The House took up the 2012 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, H.R. 2017 , this week. Several Representatives offered pro-enforcement amendments to the bill, which are supported by FAIR....
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Hispanics now the majority in 28 major U.S. cities
Fox news latino 6/1/2011
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Hispanics now make up the majority of the population in 28 U.S. cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants, most of them located in California, Texas, Florida and New Jersey. ...
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Immigration Fueling Poverty in the U.S. Finds New Report by FAIR.
FAIR 6/1/2011
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Both legal immigration policies and the failure to enforce laws against illegal immigration contribute to the increase in poverty among immigrants and similarly skilled native workers. ...
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Mayor Bloomberg has solution to immigration problem: Make them live in Detroit
NY Daily News 6/1/2011
BY Erin Einhorn
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Mayor Bloomberg has a fix for the nation's immigration debate: Send 'em to Detroit. ...
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Republican Legislators Push to Tighten Voting Rules
New York Times 5/28/2011
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
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The battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania are among those moving ahead on voter ID bills, part of a trend that seems likely to intensify the kind of pitched partisan jousting over voting that has cropped up in recent presidential races...
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Fake lawyer charged with falsifying papers for more than 3,000 undocumented immigrants
MiamiHerald.com 5/28/2011
BY JAMES H. BURNETT III
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Undocumented immigrants seeking legal status hired a Palm Beach County man who represented himself as an attorney to handle their immigration applications. But he was a scam artist, authorities say. ...
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Prostitution ring victimized Hispanics
tennessean.com 5/27/2011
Chris Echegaray
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Tennessee is part of regional and multistate sex trafficking rings, including one connected to a Somali gang out of Minnesota. Twenty-nine people were indicted in November in a case that federal investigators said involved girls as young as 13 here and in Minnesota. ...
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Conference committee on illegal immigration appointed
Times Daily.com 5/26/2011
By M.J. Ellington
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MONTGOMERY – A new House-Senate committee has been appointed to work out differences in House and Senate passed versions of an Arizona style illegal immigration bill. ...
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U.S. Gangs As Foot Soldiers For Drug Traffickers
KPBS Radio 5/25/2011
•Mónica Ortiz Uribe
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To transport their drugs inside the United States, Mexican drug cartels want a distributor who operates within the black market and is familiar with life on America’s streets. That’s where American gangs step in. The two make a convenient alliance....
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Colorado Officials Join Bipartisan Effort to Seek Justice for Tiffany Hartley, Widow of American Killed In Border Violence.
Judicial Watch 5/24/2011
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Governor Hickenlooper, Rep. Gardner, Senators Udall and Bennett Urge Attorney General Holder and Secretary Clinton to Help Gain “Closure and Justice...
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Congressional hearing after FOX Undercover report on illegal immigrants
BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) 5/24/2011
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Congress Trying To Close Immigration Loophole...
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SC House approves illegal immigration bill
stamfordadvocate.com 5/24/2011
SEANNA ADCOX,AP
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The South Carolina House approved a bill Tuesday requiring law enforcement to try to check the status of people they suspect are in the country illegally....
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Border security: Tucson vs. Yuma
KGUN9 5/24/2011
Steve Nunez,Layla Tang
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Border Patrol Chief Rudy Karisch told KGUN9 News not only is Yuma now under operational control, it's now considered the standard by which others measure ""operational control."" ...
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Border Battle Presents Challenges For Southern Arizona Ranchers
KPHO CBS 5 News 5/23/2011
Elizabeth Erwin
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Life Along The U.S. Mexico Border Gets More Dangerous, Ranchers Say ...
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Georgia Farmers Brace For New Immigration Law
NPR 5/23/2011
by Kathy Lohr
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Georgia is putting in place a new law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants, and many across the state are nervous....
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AP Enterprise: States' immigration efforts fizzle
AP 5/23/2011
ap staff
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Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any congressional movement on the matter, and more than half considered Arizona-style enforcement measures, up from just six in 2010. ...
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Migrants worry remote West Texas area's residents
The Houston Chronicle 5/22/2011
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FORT HANCOCK, Texas — Some residents of remote and sparsely settled areas of southern Hudspeth and El Paso counties in West Texas call their area ""almost America.""...
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Supreme Court may hear case on tuition breaks for illegal immigrants
LA TIMES 5/21/2011
david savage
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California's policy allowing some illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition is being challenged as a possible violation of federal law....
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Illegal Immigrants’ Children Suffer, Study Finds
NY Times 5/20/2011
Kirk Semple
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The psychological stress suffered by illegal immigrants — many of whom work long hours for low wages and live in crowded, poorly maintained apartments — can be transmitted to young children, the study says. ...
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Mexico Detains 513 People Crammed Into Two US-Bound Trucks
MY FOX NY 5/17/2011
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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico - Police on Tuesday detained 513 undocumented migrants from Latin America and Asia who were crammed into two trucks bound for the United States, prosecutors in southeast Mexico said....
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Fewer Emergency Rooms Available as Need Rises
NY Times 5/17/2011
By RONI CARYN RABIN
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Hospital emergency rooms, particularly those serving the urban poor, are closing at an alarming rate even as emergency visits are rising, according to a report published on Tuesday. ...
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Will violence in Mexico impact immigrant pool in US?
Christian Science Monitor 5/17/2011
By Sara Miller Llana
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US Customs and Border Protection recently released data showing the number of those arrested trying to cross the US-Mexico is down sharply. There were 447,731 undocumented immigrants arrested in fiscal year 2010, reported CNN. That is a 58 percent decrease from fiscal year 2006....
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States make their own tuition rules for undocumented students
LA TIMES 5/15/2011
By Julie Mianecki
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A new law in Maryland allows illegal immigrants to pay in-state rates at public colleges. In neighboring Virginia, many are required to pay out-of-state fees. The lack of a comprehensive federal plan allows such discrepancies. ...
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Mexico sends troops sent to Tamaulipas
Brownsville Herald 5/13/2011
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The Mexican government sent 500 soldiers to Tamaulipas Thursday to help confront ongoing violence caused by the Zetas criminal organization and the Gulf cartel. ...
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Gov. Nathan Deal Signs Georgia Immigration Enforcement Law
Atlanta Journal Constitution 5/13/2011
By Jeremy Redmon
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Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signed Georgia's immigration enforcement bill earlier today that requires businesses in the state with more than 10 employees to use E-Verify...
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EXCLUSIVE: Border Community Organizing Petition to Protest Obama's Immigration Speech
FOX NEWS 5/13/2011
By Jana Winter
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The residents of the Chiricahua-Peloncillo drug and human smuggling corridor that runs from the Mexican border north through eastern Arizona and western New Mexico are circulating a petition to send to the White House in response to President Obama's recent immigration speech....
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How Safe Are Our Borders?
KPHO CBS 5 News 5/12/2011
Elizabeth Erwin
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If illegal immigrants commit a violent crime on U.S. soil, they are deported as soon as they've served their sentence. That means any record of where they're living is wiped out. But what's to stop them from hopping back into our country and doing it all over again? ...
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels Signs Immigration Enforcement Bill
NUMBERSUSA.COM 5/11/2011
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Gov. Mitch Daniels signed Indiana's new E-Verify and legal presence bill on Tuesday, capping a four-year effort led by State Sen. Mike Delph...
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The Amnesty Bandwagon Rides Again
Townhall 5/11/2011
Michelle Malkin
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The public relations campaign for President Obama's latest revival of ""immigration reform"" makes one thing crystal clear: This is not, and never has been, about homeland security....
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Mexican drug smugglers tunnel 250 feet through SOLID ROCK beneath U.S. border
Daily Mail 5/10/2011
By Daily Mail Reporter
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A tunnel running 250 feet beneath the U.S.-Mexican border has been discovered fully kitted out with electricity, water pumps and ventilation.Chief border patrol agent Randy Hill said those who were building it had chiselled through solid rock and installed lighting and other equipment. ...
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Frustrated with Obama, Hispanic Voters Might Stay Home in 2012
Commentary Magazine 5/10/2011
Alana Goodman
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As Jonathan wrote a little earlier today, Obama continues to profess immigration reform, but many Hispanic leaders are growing frustrated at his lack of action,...
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Obama heckled as he tries to woo Hispanic voters by hailing importance of immigrants to U.S.
Daily Mail 5/10/2011
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President Obama was heckled as he made a blatant attempt to woo Hispanic voters today by hailing the importance of immigrants to the American economy. ...
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Napolitano Has a Mess on Her Hands of Her Own Making
Federation for American Immigration 5/10/2011
By Bob Dane
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Secure Communities Showdown Begins - Illinois Gov Says His State Will Not Participate ...
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Texas House passes ‘sanctuary cities’ bill
Boston Herald 5/10/2011
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After an emotional and sometimes racially explosive debate, the Texas House passed a bill Monday night that would allow local police officers to help enforce federal immigration laws — even if their supervisors don’t want them to. ...
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Arizona governor defies Obama to demand Supreme Court allow state's 'racist' immigration law
Daily Mail 5/9/2011
By Daily Mail Reporter
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Arizona governor Jan Brewer has defied Barack Obama to demand the U.S. Supreme Court lift an injunction banning key parts of her state's 'racist' immigration law. 'When faced with injustice, Arizonans will not sit idly by, we will act,' Mrs Brewer said today. ...
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Obama’s border visit renews focus on immigration policy
Washington Post 5/9/2011
By Peter Wallsten and Perry Bacon Jr
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President Obama will stand on the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday and try to take credit for something that eluded predecessors in both parties: successfully cracking down on illegal immigration. ...
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MILLER: Obama’s illegal alien nation;Administration fails to enforce program to deport criminals
Washington Times 5/9/2011
Emily Miller
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President Obama is in El Paso Tuesday to give a speech on what he calls “the broken immigration system.” He’d know because he’s the one helping break it...
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Georgia tourism boosters brace for impact of crackdown on illegal immigration
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 5/9/2011
By Jeremy Redmon
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Georgia tourism and convention boosters are scrambling to prevent the state from suffering the same economic impacts that Arizona felt last year after enacting the nation's toughest immigration enforcement law...
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Anti-Illegal Immigration Group Awards an ""F"" to Ron Paul
The New American 5/9/2011
Written by Joe Wolverton, II
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With news coming from the major media outlets that Ron Paul of Texas has the best chance of defeating President Barack Obama in 2012, it is not surprising that his back is now a canvas for painting a multitude of targets. One of the groups taking aim at Congressman Paul is the immigration policy lobby, NumbersUSA....
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5 arrested after illegal immigration protest at Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels’ office becomes loud
Washington Post 5/9/2011
By Associated Press
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INDIANAPOLIS — Five people who entered Gov. Mitch Daniels’ office to protest recently approved legislation targeting illegal immigration have been arrested after the protest turned confrontational. ...
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Sheriff Joe Breaks Out the Pink Handcuffs for Mothers's Day
mYFOX PHOENIX.COM 5/8/2011
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Sheriff Joe rounds up illegals for Mothers Day!...
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America’s Southwest Border Is A ‘Threat’
Big Peace 5/8/2011
Posted by Peter C. Maffitt/Congressman Michael T. McCaul of Texas
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There is growing concern regarding the security of our US-Mexican border. In 2006 our Homeland Security Committee did a report on the issue. It is available on the web site of Congressman Michael T. McCaul of Texas, who is Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Investigations....
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Federal agents widen Chipotle immigration probe
Yahoo News 5/4/2011
By Lisa Baertlein
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U.S. immigration agents descended on Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants on Tuesday, interviewing employees in about two dozen outlets in Los Angeles, Atlanta and other cities. Roughly 500 undocumented workers have been fired as a result of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,...
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Federal agents widen Chipotle immigration probe
Yahoo News 5/4/2011
By Lisa Baertlein
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U.S. immigration agents descended on Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants on Tuesday, interviewing employees in about two dozen outlets in Los Angeles, Atlanta and other cities. Roughly 500 undocumented workers have been fired as a result of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,...
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Lure of Citizenship Spawns
NBC 5/4/2011
By Pei-Sze Cheng
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It could easily be a bed and breakfast, but it''''s not.
It''''s a suite inside a maternity center in Flushing, Queens called Cupid''''s House -- a center that caters to so-called birth tourists -- women who travel to America to give birth and leave with their American babies.
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Taxpayers pay ACLU $300,000 to Defend Identity Thieves
The Dan Stein report 5/3/2011
Dan Stein
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Fee shifting laws continue to allow the ACLU to force taxpayers to pay for its frivolous lawsuits designed to thwart immigration enforcement and encourage illegal immigration - often at the expense of the people's interest...
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Illegal immigrants plead guilty to selling heroin to Reno High students
RGJ.COM 5/3/2011
Jaclyn O'Malley
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Soon after a jury had been seated in their trial, a pair of illegal immigrants pleaded guilty Tuesday to trafficking heroin to Reno High School students...
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Teen Joblessness and Illegal Immigration
FAIR Director of Research 5/2/2011
By Eric Ruark,
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Reuters reported on Monday that a recent study has found that only one in four U.S. teenagers will find work during the summer months of 2011. This is a record low, according to Reuters,.......
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Thousands march to demand US immigration reform
Yahoo News 5/1/2011
Paula Bustamante
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LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Thousands of immigrants poured into the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday to demand that President Barack Obama fulfill his campaign promise to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants. ...
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Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer Signs Law Authorizing Security Fence
New American 5/1/2011
Written by Joe Wolverton, II
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On Thursday, April 28, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed SB 1406 into law. The bill authorizes the Grand Canyon State to enter into an interstate compact with other states to erect a security fence along the section of the border with Mexico that runs through that state. ...
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Obama DOJ Scuttled Other Indictments Against Islamists, Congressional Investigators Say
National review -The Corner 5/1/2011
By Andrew C. McCarthy
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Political appointees in the Obama Justice Department also killed an effort by the U.S. attorney in Alexandria to indict senior leaders of other Islamist groups with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood...
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Utah County GOP passes anti-guest worker resolution
The Salt Lake Tribune 4/30/2011
By David Montero
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Spanish Fork • A resolution seeking to repeal a guest worker immigration bill scored a major victory Saturday when it narrowly won endorsement in Utah County — the backyard of one of its key architects and cheerleaders. ...
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Immigration Bill Includes New Requirements For Business
Inside Indiana business 4/29/2011
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Indianapolis, Ind. -- State Sen. Mike Delph (R-Carmel) has successfully negotiated a compromise on his legislation cracking down on illegal immigration in Indiana.Business owners who knowingly hire illegal immigrants would face new penalties under legislation awaiting Governor Mitch Daniels' signature ...
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Intimidation spilling over the border with Mexico
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 4/29/2011
By JOAN NEUHAUS SCHAAN
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Recent legislation introduced in Congress focuses on the violent criminal organizations operating in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands and the porous border through which they travel...
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Three Convicted in Terror-Related Cases Later Granted U.S. Citizenship by Obama Administration
CNS NEWS 4/29/2011
By Edwin Mora
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Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federal auditors. ...
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Obama says will keep pushing immigration reform
Yahoo News--Reuters 4/29/2011
By Alister Bull
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MIAMI (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday vowed to fight for immigration reform, a goal that has eluded him and which matters deeply to Hispanic American voters, whose support he needs for reelection in 2012. ...
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Immigration Reform Won't Happen Without GOP Support, Obama Tells Latino Celebrities in a Meeting
Fox news latino 4/28/2011
By Elizabeth Llorente
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Comprehensive immigration reform doesn't stand a chance without Republican support, President Obama said in a White House meeting with Latino celebrities on Thursday....
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Drunken Illegal Rapes and Kills N.Y. Woman With a Pipe
NY Post 4/28/2011
By Christina Carrega
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The mother of an aspiring lawyer from China who was sexually assaulted and beaten to death with a metal pipe by a drunken brute in Queens lashed into the killer yesterday as a judge slapped him with 22 years to life -- but said he would have preferred to sentence him to death. ...
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Negative effects of government funding of illegal immigrants
Beaufort Observor 4/28/2011
Leslie Schneider
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The government funding of illegal immigrants, that don't claim U.S. residency nor pay taxes, is adding to the nation's debt...
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Immigration debate ramps up as students take over Senate president's office
Palm Beach Post 4/27/2011
Dara Kam
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Division over proposed immigration reform ramped up in the Capitol on Wednesday as undocumented students and other immigrants staged a sit-in in Senate President Mike Haridopolos' office and national advocates pushed for a boycott of Florida...
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Angry ‘Raza studies’ mob shuts down Tucson school board meeting
Norfolk Examiner 4/27/2011
Dave Gibson
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A mob of both students and adults angry over the impending vote by the Tucson school board to make Raza studies or Mexican-American studies an elective, rather than forcing children to take the race-based curriculum rushed into the meeting room, chaining themselves to chairs....
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Report: Mexican children vulnerable at border
KSTAR.COM 4/27/2011
SUZANNE GAMBOA
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Mexican children illegally crossing the border alone remain vulnerable to drug cartels, gangs and other dangers because a 2-year-old law designed to protect them is not being executed well, advocates from the U.S. and Mexico said in a report released Wednesday. ...
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DHS Insider: White House Silencing Reports That Border Patrol Has Caught Iranians, Syrians and Yemenese on Mexico-Arizona Border
Doug Ross @ Journal Blog 4/27/2011
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DHS Insider: White House Silencing Reports That Border Patrol Has Caught Iranians, Syrians and Yemenese on Mexico-Arizona Border
""""Vinnie"""", a caller from Long Beach, California on last night''s Mark Levin radio program, told a brief, chilling tale of border insecurity.
You need to get this out to the people. ...
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Rep is safe, not sorry ’bout illegals
Boston Herald 4/27/2011
Joe Battenfeld
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What’s it take for an illegal immigrant to get booted out of Massachusetts? Here’s one way: Smash into a state rep’s car while driving drunk, taunt police with anti-American slurs, then get thrown into jail. ...
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Man gets 5 years, then deportation, for sexual abuse of New Rochelle girl
lohud.com 4/27/2011
Rebecca Baker
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A 31-year-old illegal immigrant was sentenced Tuesday to serve five years in prison for sexually abusing a 7-year-old New Rochelle girl. Rosendo Martinez-Zeferino, of 226 Webster Ave., had pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual act in exchange for the prison term. ...
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US weighs option of extending Guard's deployment to border
Arizona Daily Star 4/27/2011
Howard Fischer
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Did you know There are 560 National Guard troops along Arizona's stretch of U.S.-Mexico border now in the ""Copper Cactus"" mission, which began on Aug. 1 and is scheduled to end June 30. ...
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Obama criticizes new Georgia immigration law
REUTERS 4/26/2011
Matthew Bigg
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President Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized an immigration bill passed by Georgia's Legislature that would give police authority to question suspects about their immigration status. ...
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Ariz. deputies rapped in immigration raid case
Associates press 4/26/2011
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PHOENIX — A federal judge ruled Monday that deputies violated the rights of two men who were detained during one of the workplace raids the Phoenix area's controversial sheriff uses to enforce immigration laws. ...
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Both drunk drivers in weekend fatal accidents illegal immigrants
Fox News 6 4/26/2011
Justin Williams
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Those two crashes have some in southeastern Wisconsin focusing on the immigration status of the drivers of the vehicles accused of causing the crashes. FOX6 has learned that both drivers are living in the United States illegally. The first accident involves two fatalities, ...
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Now Law: Kansas Requires Proof of Citizenship, Photo ID at Voting Booths
The Blaze 4/25/2011
Emily Esfahani Smith Print » Email »
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This is a modest, prudent measure. You show photo ID to cash a check, you show one to get on a plane, it’s something people are used to doing.” So said Kansas Governor Sam Brownback after signing a law last week requiring voters to present photo IDs when they vote. ...
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Now Law: Kansas Requires Proof of Citizenship, Photo ID at Voting Booths
The Blaze 4/25/2011
Emily Esfahani Smith Print » Email »
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This is a modest, prudent measure. You show photo ID to cash a check, you show one to get on a plane, it’s something people are used to doing.” So said Kansas Governor Sam Brownback after signing a law last week requiring voters to present photo IDs when they vote. ...
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Rising Tension: Farmers fear border violence
Country World News 4/25/2011
By CLAY COPPEDGE
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April 14, 2011 - When Richard Garza-Ray, a rancher and Vietnam veteran, started ranching in Starr County near the Texas-Mexico border, he envisioned a quiet and peaceful life of hard work and simple rewards. Instead, he found himself in a situation more reminiscent of Vietnam than any home on the range....
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Officials: Illegal Immigrant Became a Cop in Alaska
Associated Press 4/23/2011
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – For years, the man known as Rafael Espinoza was widely respected as an exemplary police officer who was popular among his peers in Alaska's largest city....
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3 restaurant chain executives indicted on federal immigration, tax charge
US Immigration and customs enforcement 4/20/2011
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Joint ICE, IRS probe alleges Chuy's hired illegal alien workers and paid them 'off the books' ...
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McDonald's Managers Charged With Selling Stolen Identities to Prospective Workers
Fox News 4/13/2011
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Two McDonald's Corp. restaurant managers in Savannah, Ga., were charged Wednesday with selling identities stolen from U.S. citizens to prospective workers -- a case that federal authorities said shows the risks employers are increasingly taking to mask the hiring of illegal immigrants. ...
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Arizona Beheading Raises Fears of Drug Violence
Associated Press 10/29/2010
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CHANDLER, Ariz. -- The gruesome case of a man who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment has police investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border....
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Immigrant Workers Gain Economic Ground While U.S. Natives Slip, Study Shows
Wall Street Journal 10/29/2010
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A new study released Friday by the Pew Hispanic Center confirms that immigrants are benefiting before native-born workers from the slow-paced economic recovery....
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Latinos Hard Hit By Whooping Cough Epidemic
Fox News Latino 10/28/2010
Carolyn Salazar
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The Latino community in California has been hard-hit by a recent epidemic of whooping cough that has killed 10 infants, nine of them Hispanic....
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Ariz. Law Requiring Voters Prove Citizenship Is Struck Down
Associated Press 10/27/2010
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PHOENIX -- A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down a key part of Arizona's law requiring voters to prove they are citizens before registering to vote and to show identification before [cast]ing ballots....
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EXCLUSIVE: Aide to Harry Reid Lied to Feds, Submitted False Documents About Sham Marriage
Fox News 10/25/2010
Jana Winter
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An aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid repeatedly lied to federal immigration and FBI agents and submitted false federal documents to the Department of Homeland Security to cover up her illegal seven-year marriage to a Lebanese national who was the subject of an Oklahoma City Joint Terror Task Force investigation, FoxNews.com has learned. ...
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Grassley Reveals Evidence of Improper Influence over Visa Policy
http://grassley.senate.gov 10/15/2010
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WASHINGTON – ...[S]enior U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services leaders are putting pressure on employees to approve more visa applications, even if the applications might be fraudulent or the applicant is ineligible....
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U.S. Worsens Mexican Violence by Returning Criminal Aliens to Border Cities, Mayors Sa
Fox News 9/29/2010
Diane Macedo
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A coalition of Mexican mayors has asked the United States to stop deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of serious crimes in the U.S. to Mexican border cities, saying the deportations are contributing to Mexican border violence....
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Obama's Incremental Approach to Immigration Overhaul Falls Short of Expectations
FoxNews.com 9/25/2010
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With comprehensive immigration overhaul off the table, President Obama and his Democratic allies have tried smaller proposals to provide illegal immigrants a path toward citizenship or permanent legal residency -- a strategy that is now being called into question after two efforts fell flat this week....
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Reid Adding Amnesty Measure to Defense Bill
Associated Press 9/14/2010
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he wants to attach an amendment to a defense policy bill that would help young people in the United States illegally become legal U.S. residents....
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U.S. Border Patrol Agents in 'Firefight' With Mexican Gang
Associated Press 9/14/2010
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SAN ANTONIO -- U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico after coming under attack during a half-ton drug bust and giving chase to a truck along the Rio Grande, U.S. authorities said Monday....
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Pennsylvania City Threatens Supreme Court Battle After Immigration Ruling
FoxNews.com 9/13/2010
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The town of Hazleton, Pa., is threatening a Supreme Court showdown after a panel of judges last week threw out its restrictions against hiring and renting to illegal immigrants, a decision supporters say gives Washington a free pass to ignore its enforcement responsibilities. ...
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Most illegal immigrants who give birth in US have lived here at least 5 years
Associated Press 9/3/2010
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SAN JUAN, Texas – When Ruth Garcia's twins are born in two months, they'll have all the rights of U.S. citizens. They and their six brothers and sisters will be able to vote, apply for federal student loans and even run for president....
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Officials say Calif. wildfire sparked by signal blaze set by illegal immigrants
Associated Press 9/3/2010
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CAMPO, Calif. – Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost....
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Court of Appeals reverses conviction of man who left water bottles in the desert for migrants
Associated Press 9/2/2010
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TUCSON, Ariz. – A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday tossed out the conviction of an Arizona man who left water jugs for migrants as they passed through the intensely hot desert....
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New Immigration Policy to Halt Some Illegal Immigrant Deportations
FoxNews.com 8/27/2010
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Federal authorities have issued a new policy aimed at stopping deportation proceedings for some illegal immigrants, according to a memo issued by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement....
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Illegal Immigrant in US After Four Arrests
FoxNews.com 8/25/2010
Elizabeth Prann
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In 2005 an illegal immigrant was charged with a hit-and-run that ultimately led to the death of an 83-year old WWII veteran. ... Since then, Celso Campo-Duartes has been arrested three additional times in Georgia. ...
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Brewer Seeks Dismissal of Obama Challenge to Immigration Law
Associated Press 7/27/2010
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PHOENIX -- Attorneys for Gov. Jan Brewer have asked a judge to throw out the U.S. Justice Department's challenge to the state of Arizona's new immigration law. ...
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Immigrant Deaths in Arizona Desert Soaring in July
Associated Press 7/16/2010
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PHOENIX -- The number of deaths among illegal immigrants crossing the Arizona desert from Mexico is soaring so high this month that the medical examiner's office that handles the bodies is using a refrigerated truck to store some of them, the chief examiner said Friday....
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Arizona Immigration Comes to High Court
FoxNews.com 6/28/2010
Lee Ross
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A controversial measure Arizona lawmakers passed to crack down on illegal immigration will now go before the Supreme Court, the justices announced Monday, but this is a different law from the one recently passed--and yet to go into effect--that has generated so much attention....
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Governors Criticize Obama's Border Security Plan
Associated Press 6/28/2010
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PHOENIX -- The Texas and Arizona governors criticized the Obama administration's border security plans Monday, saying not enough National Guard troops are being deployed to their states....
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White House Picks Critic of Local Immigration Enforcement for Key Role at ICE
FoxNews.com 6/25/2010
Stepen Clark
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The Obama administration has tapped an outspoken critic of immigration enforcement on the local level to oversee and promote partnerships between federal and local officials on the issue....
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Arizona Dem: Federal Agencies Nixing Conventions Over State's Immigration Law
FoxNews.com 6/24/2010
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Two federal agencies have joined the ""boycott Arizona"" trend and nixed conferences there out of concern over the state's immigration law, a Democratic Arizona congresswoman said, calling the development ""very troubling.""...
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Source: Administration Weighs Bypassing Congress to Let Illegal Immigrants Stay
FoxNews.com 6/24/2010
Judson Berger
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The Obama administration has been holding behind-the-scenes talks to determine whether the Department of Homeland Security can unilaterally grant legal status on a mass basis to illegal immigrants, a former Bush administration official who spoke with at least three people involved in those talks told FoxNews.com....
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In the immigration debate, where do you draw the line?
eTruth.com 6/20/2010
Tim Vandenack
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ELKHART -- As a Latino and immigrant from Mexico, Noel Gomez senses the sting of disapproval living and working here....
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Judge criticizes prosecution of Homeland Security official and postpones sentencing
Boston Globe 6/18/2010
Jonathan Saltzman
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A federal judge rebuked the government today for prosecuting a Department of Homeland Security official who employed an illegal immigrant as her housekeeper, saying prosecutors had been ``overreaching'' and ``crushed'' the defendant for what he characterized as a minor offense....
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ICE Chief Vows To Process Illegals In AZ
FoxNews.com 6/10/2010
Mike Levine
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The nation's top immigration enforcement official vowed on Thursday to process many -- but not all -- of the illegal immigration cases referred to his agency by the state of Arizona, something he said his agency has continued to do even while federal attorneys wrangle over the Grand Canyon state's new immigration law....
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FBI: Mexican soldiers used rifles to chase off U.S. Border Patrol
Associated Press 6/9/2010
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and witnesses told The Associated Press on Wednesday....
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With Revolutionaries 'Looking On,' Teachers Take Kids on a Protest Trip to Arizona
FoxNews.com 6/9/2010
Jana Winter
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Standing in front of a wall-to-wall mural featuring...Ho Chi Minh, Fidel [Cast]ro and Che Guevara, and boldly displaying the motto...Fatherland or Death, We Shall Overcome!!!), a group of teachers, students, parents and community activists in the Los Angeles Unified School District gathered last month [in] Arizona, to protest [SB 1070]....
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Mexican Teen Killed on Border Was 'Known Juvenile Smuggler,' Sources Say
FoxNews.com 6/9/2010
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The 15-year-old Mexican boy who was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent as U.S. authorities came under attack along the border Tuesday was known to authorities as a juvenile smuggler, sources close to the investigation told Fox News....
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US-Mexico tensions heightened after US Border Patrol agent kills Mexican teen near El Paso
Associated Press 6/8/2010
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexicans are seething over the second death of a countryman at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents in two weeks, an incident near downtown El Paso that is threatening to escalate tensions over migrant issues....
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New Challenge to Arizona Immigration Law
FoxNews.com 6/5/2010
Lee Ross
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The timetable for federal court action on Arizona's controversial new immigration law picked up considerably Friday as opponents of the measure are now asking a federal judge to issue an injunction stopping the law from taking effect as scheduled....
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Justice Dept. Challenges Arizona Over Other Immigration Law Targeting Employers
FoxNews.com 6/3/2010
Jim Angle
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The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court decision that upheld Arizona's right to punish employers for hiring illegal immigrants....
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Managers at Houston firm indicted in federal immigration case
Houston Chronicle 6/3/2010
DALE LEZON
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Five managers, including two from Spring, of a Houston-based company have been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly conspiring to unlawfully employ illegal immigrants, officials announced Wednesday....
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In Arizona, 'Los Samaritanos' leave water, food on trails used by immigrants
Washington Post 6/3/2010
Peter Slevin
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At a time when state and federal governments are focused on tightening the border to keep out immigrants who cross illegally from Mexico, Wallin and her colleagues help people who make the trip. They leave water and food along well-known foot trails. They distribute maps that show the water sites and search for trekking migrants....
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Mexico opens California office to provide ID for illegals
Washington Examiner 6/3/2010
Sara A. Carter
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The Mexican government is opening a satellite consular office on Catalina Island -- a small resort off the California coast with a history of drug smuggling and human trafficking -- to provide the island's illegal Mexican immigrants with identification cards, The Washington Examiner has learned....
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Los Angeles Students to Be Taught That Arizona Immigration Law Is Un-American
FoxNews.com 6/2/2010
Jana Winter
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The Los Angeles Unified School District school board wants all public school students in the city to be taught that Arizona's new immigration law is un-American....
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Scholarship to go to illegal immigrants
Orange County Register 5/26/2010
DEEPA BHARATH and CINDY CARCAMO
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Santa Ana College will dedicate a scholarship for illegal immigrant students in memory of 27-year-old immigration activist Tam Ngoc Tran of Garden Grove, who was killed in a crash involving a suspected drunken driver in Maine on May 15....
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ICE chief criticizes Arizona immigration law
Chicago Tribune 5/19/2010
Oscar Avila
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John Morton, who heads U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said his agency will not necessarily process illegal immigrants referred to them by Arizona officials. The best way to reduce illegal immigration is through a comprehensive federal approach, not a patchwork of state laws, he said....
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Eight Men Charged In Kidnapping, Assault Of Mother
nbc4i.com 12/24/2009
Patrick Preston
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—A Franklin County grand jury has indicted eight men on kidnapping and assault charges after a central Ohio mother and daughter were kidnapped at gunpoint from their car....
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Congressmen Push Bipartisan Bill Mandating Posting of Legislation Online Before Votes
Fox News 9/23/2009
Megan Whittemore
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The measure would amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to mandate that all legislation and conference reports be posted in full and online in a format searchable by text three days before a vote...
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IT upgrades increased public interaction coming for Citizenship and Immigration Services
Federal Computer week 9/14/2009
alice Lipowicz
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The new director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said today he wants to emphasize public engagement transparency and information technology modernization of the immigration agency during his term....
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CommentBusiness reaction to E-Verify: OMG
New york Post 9/14/2009
Geoff Earle
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WASHINGTON -- New York business leaders worry that a new federal requirement forcing employers to verify the work status of their employees could raise costs and waste time while some small businesses say they know almost nothing about how the system works....
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Out-of-work Undocumented Migrants Seek End to Crackdown
hispanic business .com 9/8/2009
ivan mejia
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"Hundreds of undocumented workers who recently lost their jobs are asking the government to stop taking a """"hard line"""" on immigration policy and to offer a solution to the desperate situations of many of them. "...
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MCSO using outstanding traffic license fines to arrest immigrants
Phoenix Business Journal 9/8/2009
Mike Sunnucks
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have a way to bypass possible changes in federal immigration law by arresting illegal immigrants on outstanding charges such as unpaid traffic tickets and fines for not having drivers licenses according to immigration attorneys and Hispanic activists who monitor the agency?s activities....
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Multiculturalism: Crime Against Humanity
Official wire .com 9/7/2009
Frosty Woolridge
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Becoming a nation of strangers In the American media you will not hear a peep about the failures of multiculturalism. It''s an untouchable ''sacred cow''. While the elites support and defend it they step away from living with it. Gated communities private schools and country clubs across America represent the flight from multiculturalism....
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Recovery funds to support Texas communities in the fight against illegal immigration
Personal Liberty Freedom 9/4/2009
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Attorney General Eric Holder has said more than $4 million in Recovery Act funds will be devoted to combating crime and drug trafficking in Texas border communities....
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American Apparel to dismiss 1500 factory worker
The Los Angeles Times 9/3/2009
Andrea Chang
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American Apparel to dismiss 1 500 factory workers The employees couldn't prove their immigration status or had problems with their employment records says the Los Angeles clothing manufacturer and retailer....
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GAO: Technology can help secure Southwest border
nextgov .com 9/2/2009
gautham nagesh
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Outfitting checkpoints on the U.S.-Mexico border with more technology could help stem the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office....
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Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio vs. Obama’s Emerging Stealth Amnesty
VDAR .com 8/16/2009
Ellison Lodge
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Joe Arpaio?the 77 year old sheriff of Maricopa County Arizona?bills himself as the toughest sheriff in America....
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U.S. gets tougher on criminal immigrants
The Arizona Republic 8/16/2009
Daniel Gonzalez
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Jose Samaniego-Lara an illegal immigrant from Mexico has a lengthy criminal record....
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Head of the latin kng drug ring in Cleveland is illegal
U.S. Department of Justice 8/13/2009
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A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland Ohio returned a 106-count 34 defendant indictment charging many and Including (Sanchez and Morales)with violations of the federal narcotics and wire fraud laws...
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Head of the latin kng drug ring in Cleveland is illegal
U.S. Department of Justice 8/13/2009
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The investigation revealed that Benitez an illegal Dominican national residing in Cleveland and his common-law wife Adriana Ventura would arrange for large quantities of heroin cocaine and crack cocaine to be brought to Cleveland Ohio....
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El Paso County to check inmate immigration status
The Associated Press 8/10/2009
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Texas ? Anyone arrested in El Paso County will now have their identities checked with federal immigration databases to determine their immigration statuses....
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L.A. Police Chief Bratton leaves the officers and citizens he betrayed
Norfolk Crime Examiner 8/9/2009
Dave Gibson
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Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton recently announced his resignation as the city?s top cop. Though Bratton would never admit to it publicly many L.A. citizens and even his own police officers are happy to see him go....
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Houston-based doughnut company ordered to pay criminal fine and forfeit 1.334 million to ICE
borderfirereport.net 8/8/2009
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Houston-based doughnut company Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company Inc. is ordered to pay criminal fine and forfeit 1.334 million to ICE ...
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GOP skips Hispanic conference
The Examiner 8/7/2009
Wamara Mwine
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Republican leaders were absent at the La Raza Annual Meeting in Chicago. GOP Chairman Michael Steele Governor Haley Barbour presidential hopeful Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Puerto Rican Gov. Luis Fortuno were all invited but did not show during the two day event....
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Pilot expected to admit guilt Former Sheriff's Department employee faces weapons charge
www.pressdemocrat.com 8/6/2009
LORI A. CARTER
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A former Sonoma County Sheriff's Department helicopter pilot is expected to admit a criminal charge of possessing an illegal assault rifle in a court hearing set for next month a prosecutor said....
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Four R.I. troopers OK’d for ICE program
Journal 8/5/2009
Karen Lee Ziner
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State Police Col. Brendan P. Doherty said the the focus ?will be on those illegal aliens who are engaged in criminal activity ? and troopers will be ?strategically assigned? to investigative units that frequently interact with issues such as false documents identity fraud and other criminal activity....
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Behind the scenes with the gang strike force
Minnesota Public Radio 8/5/2009
Tim Nelson
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(Tab to listen at source) St. Paul Minn. ? The now-defunct Metro Gang Strike Force was battling a growing threat from a Latino street gang according to the unit's latest internal report....
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Feds to change detention oversight
8/5/2009
SUZANNE GAMBOA and EILEEN SULLIVAN
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WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration plans to place federal employees in the largest immigration detention facilities in the country to monitor detainee treatment....
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SC poultry plant manager pleads not guilty
The Associated Press 7/30/2009
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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- The manager of a South Carolina poultry plant where hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants were rounded up last year has pleaded not guilty to federal charges....
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Iowa to cut fines by $9M against slaughterhouse
Associated Press 7/27/2009
Nigel Duara
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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa's labor agency has agreed to slash proposed fines by $9 million against the former owners of a kosher slaughterhouse that was the site of a massive immigration raid with the hope that it can recoup a fraction of the penalties....
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Charges Against Immigrants Sent Home
New York Times 7/26/2009
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HOUSTON — A review of the illegal immigrants [select]ed for deportation in jails in Harris County, Tex., shows that the biggest categories of offenses were drunken driving and drug possession, mostly misdemeanors....
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Revamped deportation program up for renewal
THE TENNESSEAN 7/24/2009
Janell Ross
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A federal program to identify and deport illegal immigrants is drawing increased criticism ahead of the Metro Council's decision on whether to renew the city's participation in it....
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Sheriff Gobble: Illegal Immigration
Chattanoogan.com 7/24/2009
Bradley County Sheriff Tim Gobble
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Illegal immigration remains a hot-topic issue all over the country. It’s important to separate those who come here from other countries through legal channels from those who ignore our laws and attempt to sneak in....
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Arpaio: ICE made deputies release 3 illegals
EastValleyTribune.com 7/24/2009
Gary Grado
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Friday the federal government refused to take three illegal immigrants arrested in a crime sweep Thursday because their arrests didn’t fit new Department of Homeland Security policies....
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prepares to deport immigrant inmates
News OK 7/24/2009
Julie Bisbee
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BOLEY — Illegal immigrant inmates turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could be in their home countries by next week, federal officials said. ...
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Sheriff's SE Valley sweeps log 36 arrests Thursday
The Arizona Republic 7/24/2009
Megan Boehnke and Edythe Jensen
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio brought his crime-suppression sweeps to Chandler for the first time Thursday, alarming city leaders and activists who say it could undo the goodwill built with the Hispanic community following the notorious 1997 roundup in the city....
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E-Verify: Challenges and Opportunities
Center for Immigration Studies 7/23/2009
Janice Kephart
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Testimony for the Record Before the U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM Subcommittee on Management, Organization and Procurement, Committee on Oversight and Government Refo...
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Clemson's Fulbright Scholar racing against clock in visa fight
Greenville on Line 7/23/2009
Paul Alongi and Anna Simon
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Clemson University graduate student Taiyo Davis is racing against a deadline in his fight to keep his Syrian wife in the country, and she could be banned from U.S. soil for years if he misses it. ...
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Phoenix Meeting of Law Enforcement Officials Concludes With Call for Amnesty
Arizona Republic 7/22/2009
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White House and Homeland Security officials joined about 100 police chiefs and administrators from across the U.S. last week at a ""National Summit on Local Immigration Policies"" ...
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DMV must rehire whistleblower
KRISTIN COLLINS 7/22/2009
News Observer
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RALEIGH -- The state must rehire a Division of Motor Vehicles examiner who was fired after complaining that illegal immigrants might be getting licenses in violation of state law, a Wake County judge ruled Tuesday...
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Feds shift gears on illegal immigration
USA Today 7/22/2009
Emily Bazar
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The Department of Homeland Security is changing the way it tackles illegal immigration, in many cases remaking or rescinding Bush administration policies. ...
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Report: NY, NJ immigration raids violated rights
The York Dispatch 7/22/2009
DEEPTI HAJELA
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Immigration agents raiding homes for suspected illegal immigrants violated the U.S. Constitution by entering without proper consent and may have used racial profiling, a report analyzing arrest records found. ...
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Mesa gets OK to train jail guards on immigration
Arizona Central 7/21/2009
Nathan Gonzalez
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Recent changes to a federal program that allows local authorities to enforce immigration law would have little impact on Mesa police because no one has been trained under the program. ...
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Immigration Watch International
jonjayray.wordpress.com 7/19/2009
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PASS ID would replace and reverse many of the important protections of the 2005 REAL ID Act and undermine the nation’s ability to prevent another terrorist attack. ...
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More illegal immigrants in Cape being detained at ICE's request
Southeast Missourian 7/19/2009
Alexander Stephens
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Before recent changes in the relationship between federal immigration authorities and community police departments, Fatima Tanoreo-Orocio might have been let go. Instead, the 21-year-old native of Mexico spent three nights in the Cape Girardeau County Jail while officials investigated her status as an undocumented immigrant....
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Colo. To Get Access To Federal Data On Immigrants
The Associated Press 7/18/2009
Ivan Moreno, AP Writer
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[b]It allows police to check fingerprints of people under arrest against FBI criminal history records and Department of Homeland Security immigration records. [/b]...
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ICE to Cooperate with Another Georgia Sheriff
newamericamedia.org 7/18/2009
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The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office became the fifth police force in Georgia with the power to investigate the immigration status...
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Feds have limited powers in Arpaio immigration probe
The Phoenix Business Journal 7/17/2009
Mike Sunnucks
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Federal investigators have limited powers at their disposal in their civil rights investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration and crime sweeps....
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Deportations up 10 percent in Pacific Northwest
The Associated Press 7/17/2009
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SEATTLE (AP) - Federal officials say deportations from Washington, Oregon and Alaska are up by nearly 10 percent from a year ago....
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Cantwell to ask feds to reconsider informant's arrest
seattletimes.nwsource.com 7/16/2009
Lornet Turnbull
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Immigrant drug informant goes public after his hopes of legal residency evaporate...
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Lawmakers defy common sense
News - Leader 7/16/2009
Billy J. Montgomery
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Not only does the current House and Senate purposely fail to address the apprehension and deportation of illegal immigrants , both legislative bodies support not allowing local law enforcement officials to apprehend illegal immigrants....
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How to fix immigration
The Detroit News 7/16/2009
Jeb Bush, Thomas F. McLarty III and Edward Alden
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Our immigration system has been broken for too long, and the costs of that failure are growing. Getting immigration policy right is fundamental to our national interests -- our economic vitality, our diplomacy and our national security. ...
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ICE program is [[[[cast]]]]ing a wide net
latimes.com 7/13/2009
Teresa Watanabe
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ICE program is [[[[cast]]]]ing a wide net Database is helping to identify dangerous illegal immigrants in jail, but critics see a troubling trend...
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4 illegal aliens held in Conn. death probe
newsday.com 7/13/2009
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MADISON, Conn. - Connecticut state police say four illegal aliens have been detained in an investigation into the untimely death of a New York City woman....
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Our view: 287(g) arrival expected to put criminals on ICE
gwinnettdailypost.com 7/12/2009
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Our view: 287(g) arrival expected to put criminals on ICE On Friday, Gwinnett County received news that gives a super, turbo-charged boost to the race against gangs, drugs and the criminal element....
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ICE denies partnership agreement to LCSO
dailycommercial.com 7/12/2009
MILLARD K. IVES posted by (ge)
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TAVARES -- More than a year after the Lake County Sheriff's Office applied for a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to better address issues concerning illegal aliens in house, that request has been denied approval....
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DHS adjusts priorities for identifying illegal immigrants
Washington Post Via tennessean.com 7/11/2009
By Spencer S. Hsu (posted by ge)
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security will rein in a controversial program that deputizes state and local police agencies to enforce federal immigration laws by targeting illegal immigrants who commit major drug or violent crimes, Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday....
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Krispy Kreme fined for hiring illegal immigrants locally
www.oxfordpress.com 7/9/2009
Staff Writers
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Doughnut company agrees to pay $40,000 for violations at Butler County facility....
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ICE Turns Up Heat With Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) Audits
www.pre-employ.com 7/9/2009
Tom Ahearn
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Just before the long hot Fourth of July holiday weekend – the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) turned up the heat on U.S. employers by issuing Notices of Inspection (NOIs) to 652 businesses nationwide to determine whether or not they were complying with employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) laws and regulations. ...
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Krispy Kreme fined for hiring illegal workers
Reuters 7/7/2009
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PHOENIX, July 7 (Reuters) - Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc (KKD.N) has reached a $40,000 fine settlement for violating immigration laws by hiring illegal immigrants, U.S. immigration police said on Tuesday....
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L.A. employers face immigration audits
Los Angeles Times 7/2/2009
Anna Gorman
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Federal officials Wednesday notified more than 650 businesses around the country, including nearly 50 in Los Angeles, that their records will be audited as part of a widening effort to find companies that hire illegal immigrants. ...
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Obama Administration Launches Investigation Into Companies That Employ Illegal Immigrants
Associated Press 7/1/2009
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the U.S. Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers....
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American Apparel Investigated for Hiring Illegal Workers
Fox News 7/1/2009
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A clothing company that prides itself on its made-in-America label is under investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Services for hiring illegal workers....
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Arizona Senate OKs immigration enforcement bill
Associated Press 7/1/2009
Jacques Billeaud
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PHOENIX – Arizona has moved a step closer to becoming the only state to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants through an expansion of its trespassing law....
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Support the Ohio Job Preservation Act, H.R. 184/ “Attrition through Enforcement Works”
FIRE Coaliton.com 6/30/2009
Jeff Lewis
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Last week, Ohio patriots and coalition partner leaders requested our testimony at a hearing about the Ohio Job Preservation Act. Jeff Lewis, our National Director, attended to submit a written and oral statement at the hearing....
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Activists: Houston a 'sanctuary city'; HPD must change illegal immigrant policy
11 News - Local 6/30/2009
Kevin Peters
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HOUSTON—Critics who have labeled Houston a “sanctuary city” plan to renew calls Tuesday for a change inside the Houston Police Department when it comes to handling illegal immigrants. US Borderwatch tells 11 News it plans to speak out as early as Tuesday’s city council meeting...
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ICE Adopts Catch and Release for 287(g)
Center for Immigration Studies 6/29/2009
Jessica Vaughn
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According to news accounts, earlier this month ICE issued a directive to one of the most productive 287(g) jurisdictions to cease holding many of the illegal aliens arrested by the sheriff’s officers, and instead release them back into the community....
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GRASS ROOTS RALLY TEAM MEMBERS TESTIFY IN FAVOR OF HB 184
Grass Roots News Letter 6/28/2009
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A FIRE Coalition Partner The Grass Roots Rally Team made the trek to Columbus to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee in favor of HB 184 (Photos)...
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America’s Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime – Timothy Wolfe
Family Security Matters 6/24/2009
Carolyn Cooke
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[Note: Author Carolyn Cooke is the FIRE Coalition State Director for Idaho] The “last gentleman”, Timothy Wolfe, a member of the Coeur d’Alene tribe, died as a result of being gunned down on a sidewalk, allegedly by an illegal alien....
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Illegal immigrants netted by local police could be released
Christian Science Monitor 6/23/2009
Patrick Jonsson
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Atlanta Some undocumented immigrants swept up on minor charges such as fishing without a license won’t face federal detention. Instead, they’ll be released on their own recognizance under an Obama administration directive to a Nashville, Tenn., sheriff who charged 6,000 people with immigration crimes over the past 2-1/2 years....
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America’s Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime – Frankie Brooks
Family Security Matters 6/17/2009
Carolyn Cooke
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[Note: Author Carolyn Cooke is the FIRE Coalition State Director for Idaho] Five-year-old Frankie died after being hit by a speeding SUV allegedly driven by an intoxicated illegal alien who fled the scene of the crime in rural Mississippi. ...
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America’s Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime – Adrienne Shelly
Family Security Matters 6/10/2009
Carolyn Cooke
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[Note: Author Carolyn Cooke is the State Director for FIRE Coalition in Idaho] Mother of a three year old, wife, talented actress, director and screenwriter murdered by an illegal alien from Ecuador who attempted to make her death appear a suicide. ...
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Introducing America’s Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime
Family Security Matters 6/3/2009
Carolyn Cooke
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[Note: Author Carolyn Cooke is the FIRE Coalition State Director in Idaho] The citizens of United States have a serious problem. We have a government that no longer values the lives of the American people. ...
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Hispanic-Americans set to speak at anti-illegal immigration rally
Republican Herald 5/22/2009
DUSTIN PANGONIS
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SHENANDOAH — Nine speakers have been confirmed for a May 30 rally opposing illegal immigration, the organizer said, including representatives from an anti-illegal immigration group made up of Hispanic-Americans....
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E-VERIFY: SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT AMERICAN WORKERS
NewWithViews.com 5/18/2009
Frosty Wooldridge
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Years ago, Americans enjoyed national logo brands that signified excellence, distinction and quality. When pulling into a motel, a family looked for “AAA approved” by the American Automobile Association....
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Obama's Immigration Chief Validates E-Verify & Suggests Stronger Future
NumbersUSA.com 5/14/2009
Roy Beck
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Janet Napolitano has raised hopes for better immigration enforcement many times in her career and then disappointed those cheering her on, but I want to believe my eyes/ears that she signaled a major commitment to E-Verify this week....
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Bill Introduced To Combat Illegal Immigration
wcpo.com 5/14/2009
Bill Price
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Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones and Hamilton State Representative Courtney Combs announced new legislation Thursday to combat what they say are high rates of illegal immigration in Ohio....
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Combs, Jones to propose immigration bill
Cincy .com 5/14/2009
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State Rep. Courtney Combs and Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones plan to announce a proposed change in Ohio immigration law at a press conference set for 10 a.m. Thursday....
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Immigration bill about protecting American jobs, proponents say
www.oxfordpress.com 5/14/2009
By Lauren Pack Staff Writer
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HAMILTON — A bill that would require employers to check the Social Security numbers of new employees to assure they are in the country legally is all about giving jobs to Americans and taking away a paycheck from illegal immigrants during tough economic times, said state Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Hamilton....
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Report citing veteran extremism is pulled
Washington Times 5/14/2009
Audrey Hudson
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A contentious ""Rightwing Extremism"" report that warned of military veterans as possible recruits for terrorist attacks against the U.S. was not authorized, has been withdrawn and is being rewritten, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Capitol Hill lawmakers....
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More U.S. employers enrolling in E-Verify
The Los Angeles Times 5/14/2009
Anna Gorman
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The federal government's E-Verify program, which seeks to reduce the hiring of illegal immigrants, is becoming increasingly popular, with 1,000 new businesses signing up each week despite concerns about its reliability. ...
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Jails will check immigration status as inmates are booked
The Los Angeles Times 5/14/2009
Anna Gorman
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Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego will become the first counties in California to begin checking the immigration status of all inmates booked into jail as part of a national effort to identify and deport more illegal immigrants with criminal records....
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Senate Votes to Give Credit Cards to Illegal Aliens
NUSA 5/13/2009
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Senator David Vitter's amendment to prevent illegal aliens from applying for credit cards was defeated during a roll call vote on Wednesday, 28-65....
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Video: L.A. Courts, District Attorney Refuse to Deport Illegal Alien Gangs – Full Disclosure® Investigates
Family Security Matters 5/12/2009
Leslie Dutton
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The Los Angeles, CA L.A. County District Attorney and the L.A. Superior Courts have refused to take any action to deport illegal alien gang members, as a matter of policy. ...
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House Appropriations Committee Rejects Border Security, E-Verify Amendments
FAIR 5/11/2009
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During a markup of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 supplemental spending bill, the House Appropriations Committee last Thursday rejected two amendments that sought to enhance border security and protect American jobs....
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Officer union calls for change in immigration rule
The Houston Chronicle 5/11/2009
James Pinkerton
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Group wants HPD to allow questioning about citizenship status...
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OBAMA ISN’T ENFORCING IMMIGRATION LAWS
NewsWithViews 5/11/2009
Frosty Wooldridge
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Most U.S. citizens live their daily lives without a clue, without a thought, without any understanding of what faces their children and this civilization in a short three decades....
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Obama Faces Stiff Opposition to Cutting Aid for Imprisoning Illegal Immigrants
Fox News 5/9/2009
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Among the programs that President Obama wants to eliminate, the toughest one could be the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which gives money to states to help defray the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants who commit crimes. ...
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Sheriff Joe Arpaio to Recruit and Arm Citizens, Neo-Nazis “Have His Back”
Immigration Impact 5/8/2009
Andrea Nill
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Rather than cleaning up his police department and addressing allegations of racial profiling and discrimination, Arpaio has decided to recruit and arm more Maricopa citizens in the absence of state funds....
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Obama budget nixes aid for jailing illegal immigrants
The Hill 5/8/2009
Ian Swanson and Walter Alarkon
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President Obama voted in the Senate to provide additional funding for a program targeted for elimination by his budget that provides states a federal subsidy to offset the costs of jailing illegal immigrants. ...
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Obama ends well-liked program for border security
google.com/hostednews 5/7/2009
SUZANNE GAMBOA
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of Congress quickly denounced an Obama administration plan to end federal payments to states and communities for jailing illegal immigrants....
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Amnesty Pushers Concoct Six Straw Men
HumanEvents.com 5/6/2009
Representative Lamar Smith
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It’s an old device in politics: Set up a straw man to criticize when you can’t win an argument on your own. Such tactics, unfortunately, are standard fare when it comes to efforts by a handful of special interest groups to bring about amnesty for illegal immigrants....
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At Postville Raid Anniversary, Religious Leaders Make Mockery of Their Faith & Ethics
NumbersUSA.com 5/6/2009
Roy Beck
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The intellectual bankruptcy and juvenile morality of trendy open-borders clergy is on an embarrassing public display during events marking the first anniversary of ICE raids of the Postville, Iowa kosher meatpacking plant. ...
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McCaskill says immigration agency getting tougher
Missourinet 4/30/2009
Bob Priddy
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Missouri employers who hire illegal immigrants might soon be hiring someone they don't want--a fake immigrant. ...
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Top Taliban Associate and Former Mujahideen Warlord Sentenced to Life in Prison on Heroin Trafficking Charges
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration 4/30/2009
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Top Taliban Associate and Former Mujahideen Warlord Sentenced to Life in Prison on Heroin Trafficking Charges...
Amnesty Costs 70 Times More Than Enforcement
NumbersUSA.com 4/28/2009
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The cost of amnesty: $999 billion. The cost of attrition by enforcement: as little as $14 billion. Amnesty would cost up to 70 times as much as enforcing existing law....
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Owner admits he hired illegal immigrants
AP 4/24/2009
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Federal prosecutors say the owner of an Annapolis painting business has pleaded guilty to hiring illegal immigrants...
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Governor defends illegal immigrants
4/23/2009
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Gov. Schwarzenegger recently said ignorant bigots make claims that illegal immigration is to blame for the state’s fiscal woes. “Anyone who says you have a budget crisis because of undocumented immigrants, I would say this is a prejudiced comment rather than reality,” he said. What do you think?...
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Rep. Hunter introduces border bill
North County Times 4/23/2009
Edward Sifuentes
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Legislation would build more fences, increase internal enforcement...
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Calif. lesbian mother given deportation reprieve
The Washington Post 4/23/2009
Lisa Leff
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San Francisco -- A Philippines-born lesbian mother ordered to leave the country next month for overstaying her visa will likely be allowed to stay through next year thanks to intervention from U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein....
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U.S. Sen. Menendez, U.S. Rep. Sires to attend Elizabeth immigration discussion
The Star Ledger 4/23/2009
Carmen Juri
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Undocumented immigrant families hope on to speak to members of Congress Saturday at a community gathering to promote immigration reform in Elizabeth. ...
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Section 287(g): State and Local Immigration Enforcement Efforts Are Working
The Heritage Foundation 4/22/2009
Jena Baker McNeill
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State and local law enforcement across the country have begun to tackle their jurisdictions' illegal immigration woes. One such program, Section 287(g), allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to train state and local police to enforce federal immigration laws....
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Another immigration foe to speak at UNC
The Charlotte Observer 4/22/2009
Martha Quillin
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Chapel Hill Undeterred by a protest that derailed a planned speech by former congressman Tom Tancredo last week, a UNC student group has invited another conservative former lawmaker to campus tonight. ...
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As Obama Promises Immigration Reform, State Backlash Continues
New America Media 4/21/2009
Marcelo Ballvé
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As Obama Promises Immigration Reform, State Backlash Editor's Note: As immigrant rights advocates welcome the Obama administration's promise of comprehensive immigration reform, state and local authorities are stepping up efforts to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) identify, arrest and deport undocumented immigrants....
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Two Boone County men arrested in immigration bust
4/21/2009
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Federal immigration agents in Chicago arrest 17 immigrants with alleged ties to violent street gangs. The two-day operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted Chicago's northern and northwest suburbs....
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Woman charged with transporting illegal immigrants
The Associated Press 4/21/2009
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Authorities have charged a Michigan woman with transporting illegal immigrants in South Carolina. ...
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Federal inmates may arrive before the end of the month
Albert Lea Tribune 4/21/2009
Sarah Stultz
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Federal inmates coming to the Freeborn County Jail through the new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agreement may be arriving before the end of the month, Freeborn County Sheriff Mark Harig said Tuesday. By June, there should be up near 80 inmates....
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement opens office in Tulsa
4/21/2009
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement opens office in Tulsa...
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DEA, FBI and CIA are all operating covertly in Mexico: Both Sides Corrupt
examiner.com 4/20/2009
Michael Webster
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The Laguna Journal reported the crash of a Gulfstream jet operated by the CIA allegedly for torture flights to Guantanamo and to other countries with loose torture laws. That particular aircraft it was found by rescue workers to have contained 4 tons of high grade Columbian cocaine....
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Napolitano: Illegal Immigration NOT a Crime?
The Heritage Foundation 4/20/2009
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On Sunday, April 19, 2009, Secretary Napolitano went on CNN’s “State of the Union” and proclaimed that crossing the border illegally is not a crime. This statement left a lot of folks scratching their heads given that U.S. law—the law Napolitano is sworn to uphold—says quite the opposite. ...
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CNSNews.com Pro-Amnesty Group Says 'Pathway to Citizenship' Better than ‘Failed’ Enforcement
CNS News 4/16/2009
Matt Cover
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(CNSNews.com) – A report issued by the Immigration Policy Center (IPC), a liberal group, calls for a wide-ranging pathway to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants currently living in the United States....
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Napolitano Says ICE Raids to Target Employers
NewsMax.com 4/16/2009
Rick Pedraza
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will continue once again, but will focus on specific targets, including workplace employers 'who consistently and intentionally use and exploit the labor market for their own gain.'...
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Conservative law group watching Day Worker Center
The San Jose Mercury News 4/16/2009
Diana Samuels
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Judicial Watch's presence comes as the Mountain View City Council plans to decide next month whether they'll allow the Day Worker Center to move to a new permanent location at 113 Escuela Ave....
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Sides square off over immigration overhaul
The South Florida Sun Sentinel 4/15/2009
Luis F. Perez
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Fort Lauderdale, FL -- The battle has begun again. Groups advocating an overhaul of the nation's immigration laws are flooding Congressional offices across South Florida and the country....
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Both Sides of Immigration Debate Search for Hints on Obama's Position
The Fox News 4/15/2009
Jim Angle
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President Obama has not listed immigration reform among the ambitious programs he is pushing this year but has said he still supports 'comprehensive immigration reform.' ...
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THE PROBLEM WITH ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
tpa.com 4/12/2009
Leo Emmanuel Lochard
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It is imperative that we do something concrete regarding our ""bleeding borders."" Businesses that have an enlightened interest in employing the ""cheap labor"" of illegal immigrants from Mexico, like corporate farmers in California and elsewhere in our land, are too much blinded ...
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Arpaio and the 287(g) Hearings, Direct from D.C.
Phoenix New Times 4/9/2009
Stephen Lemons
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The weather was muggy. The cherry blossoms were in bloom. And Sheriff Joe Arpaio was on the agenda on Capitol Hill, in a joint session of two subcommittees of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by California congresswoman and Democrat Zoe Lofgren....
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[Update] E-Verify Enhancements Planned for 2010
NumbersUSA 4/9/2009
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Acting Deputy Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Michael Aytes said during testimony to Congress that several enhancements are planned for E-Verify in fiscal year 2010....
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Why is our government burning with rage at four Somali pirates when...
Canada Free Press 4/9/2009
John Lillpop
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-Satire- With war ships and angry sailors in tow, the United States Navy arrived off the Horn of Africa to deal with scalawag pirates who kidnapped the captain of a U.S.-flagged cargo ship....
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Judge: ACLU Wrong on E-Verify
CIS 4/8/2009
John Feere
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Rhode Island’s Superior Court has dismissed an ACLU lawsuit aimed at stopping the use of E-Verify. It is a significant loss for the ACLU and a big win for state government....
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California Supreme Court Unanimously Supports The Broadest View...
ILW.com 4/7/2009
Michael Hethmon
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With almost no notice from the media or immigration bar, the California Supreme Court -- the most influential state high court in the nation on immigration law -- has issued an opinion that significantly expands the authority of state and local governments to enforce federal immigration law and of state courts to adjudicate violations of such laws....
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Our Leaders Betray Us - National Security
RightSideNews.com 4/6/2009
Kent Lundgren
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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....
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'Tuition equity' bill fails in Senate
Denver Post 4/6/2009
Tim Hoover
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The Colorado Senate today narrowly rejected a bill that would have allowed illegal immigrants in-state tuition after five Democrats joined with Republicans to vote against it. ...
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JUDGE SAYS NAZI GUARD CAN REOPEN IMMIGRATION CASE
Fox News 4/6/2009
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. court on Friday blocked the deportation of accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk, two days before he was to have been sent to Germany to face charges in the deaths of 29,000 Jews....
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Panel Urges Driving Rights For Illegals In N.J.
Assocoated Press 4/5/2009
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) ― Alejandro Chavez, an undocumented immigrant from Puebla, Mexico, worked in the apple orchards of Washington state for years, driving to and from work with a valid state motor vehicle license....
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RI bill would limit checks into immigration status
Associated Press 4/5/2009
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island authorities would be banned from checking a person's immigration status to enforce some state laws under a bill the Senate plans to debate this week....
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Group claims Estates resident hired illegal immigrants
Naples Daily News 4/5/2009
ELYSA BATISTA
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COLLIER COUNTY — More than a year after state officials concluded that Veronica Fernandez had been operating an illegal contracting business, a slew of new allegations have been brought against the Golden Gate Estates resident....
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March to Atlanta focuses on reform
Gainesville Times 4/5/2009
Ashley Fielding
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A line of about 140 religious marchers — led by a Christian carrying a large cross and ending with a Buddhist monk chanting — walked through Gainesville on Sunday praying for the humane treatment of Georgia’s immigrant population....
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Dog turns up nose at art, leads Customs agents to pot framed around paintings
Los Angeles Times 4/5/2009
Associated Press
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DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — It wasn't the beauty of the paintings that caught of the eye of Customs agents. It was their drug-sniffing dog turning up his nose at the art that stopped the show....
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""Us"" vs. ""them"" on immigrant tuition
The Denver Post 4/3/2009
John Dumbleton
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Arguments opposing in-state tuition for undocumented students range from the well reasoned to the absurd. Many cite the unlawful presence of undocumented immigrants as justification for denying them rights. ...
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It's back: Immigration heats up
Politico.com 4/3/2009
JOSH GERSTEIN & NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON
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Since taking office, President Barack Obama has seemed intent on keeping the politically explosive issue of immigration on the back burner. He won’t be able to do that for long. ...
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More E-Verify
Center for Immigration Studies Blog 4/1/2009
Mark Krikorian
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Over at National Review Online, pro-amnesty activist Richard Nadler finds my numbers about the rapid spread of E-Verify 'puzzling.' It's not clear why. ...
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Homeland Security Frees 27 Illegal Immigrants, Sends Them Back to Work
Fox News 4/1/2009
Dan Springer
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The Department of Homeland Security freed 27 illegal immigrants arrested during a workplace raid in February and offered them legal work permits, signaling a major departure from the immigration enforcement policy of the Bush administration....
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Gascón to testify at congressional immigration hearing
The Arizona Republic 3/31/2009
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Mesa Police Chief George Gascón will testify Thursday morning before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee about a controversial program that allows local police to enforce federal immigration laws....
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Obama's aunt becomes symbol in immigration debate
Associated Press 3/31/2009
Denise Lavoe
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BOSTON (AP) — Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt lost her bid for asylum more than four years ago, and a judge ordered her deported. Instead, Zeituni Onyango stayed, living for years in public housing....
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Obama's aunt becomes symbol in immigration debate
google.com/hostednews 3/31/2009
Denise LaVoie
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BOSTON (AP) — Barack Obama's Kenyan aunt lost her bid for asylum more than four years ago, and a judge ordered her deported. Instead, Zeituni Onyango stayed, living for years in public housing....
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Immigration courts face huge backlog
USA Today 3/30/2009
Brad Heath
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The nation's immigration courts are now so clogged that nearly 90,000 people accused of being in the United States illegally waited at least two years for a judge to decide whether they must leave, one of the last bottlenecks in a push to more strictly enforce immigration laws. ...
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Rep. Polis has a DREAM
Denver Daily News 3/30/2009
Gene Davis
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The Minutemen Civil Defense Corps...isn’t against the American DREAM Act in principal, according to president Chris Simcox...“They need to be brought out of the shadows. They need to be documented and swear an oath to become a citizen,” he said. “If they do that, then by all means they deserve the opportunity that anyone else has.”...
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Arpaio migration holds draw fire
The Arizona Republic 3/30/2009
JJ Hensley
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The agreement between the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and federal immigration officials has become the focus of a national debate on immigration-enforcement efforts. ...
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Immigrant detention often unconstitutional, Palm Beach County public defender says
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel 3/30/2009
Luis F. Perez
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A Palm Beach County assistant public defender has accused the Sheriff's Office of violating the U.S. Constitution by detaining undocumented immigrants sometimes for weeks or months....
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Binational, same-sex couples face immigration problems
The San Jose Mercury News 3/29/2009
Mike Swift
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Shirley Tan's calm and happy life — San Mateo County housewife, mother of twin 12-year-old boys, singing in the church choir — blew up at 6:30 a.m. on Jan. 28, with a knock on the front door......
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Delay in Immigration Raids May Signal Policy Change
Washington Post 3/29/2009
Spencer Hsu
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of proposed immigration raids and other enforcement actions at U.S. workplaces in recent weeks, asking agents in her department to apply more scrutiny to the [select]ion and investigation of targets as well as the timing of raids, federal officials said. ...
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At Clinic, Tales and Health Concerns of Hispanics
The New York Times 3/28/2009
Denise Grady
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MINNEAPOLIS — As in many public hospitals across the country, the largest number of foreign-born patients at Hennepin County Medical Center are Hispanic immigrants. They are in the emergency room, the maternity ward, neighborhood clinics and in a part-time clinic in the main hospital set aside for Spanish-language patients....
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Gordon: Raids giving Ariz. bad rap
The Arizona Republic 3/28/2009
Scott Wong
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Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, speaking at an immigration-reform conference Friday, said that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's workplace raids and immigration sweeps have given people the impression the state is becoming a hotbed for racial discrimination....
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Seven Reasons Why Amnesty is a Bad Idea
Family Security Matters 3/26/2009
Allan Wall
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THE MOVEMENT TO GRANT AMNESTY TO ILLEGAL ALIENS is afoot once more, despite the fact that most Americans oppose it. That’s why its supporters don’t call it """"""""""""""""amnesty"""""""""""""""" at all, but """"""""""""""""regularization"""""""""""""""" or “comprehensive immigration reform” or some other such euphemism....
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Eight illegal immigrants found traveling on I-95
WTOCtv.com 3/20/2009
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RICHMOND HILL, GA (WTOC) - On Wednesday, March 18, Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Richmond Hill Police pulled over a suspicious blue Plymouth van with Arizona plates at mile marker 91 on Interstate 95....
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Study: Colleges profit from illegal immigrants
News and Observer 3/20/2009
Kristin Collins
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In a time of tight budgets, a consultant delivered a surprising message to the State Board of Community Colleges on Thursday: It's cheaper to admit illegal immigrants than to keep them out....
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Report: Changes followed Swift raids
Greeley Tribune 3/20/2009
Chris Casey
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The raids at Swift & Co. meatpacking plants in 2006 chilled the hiring of illegal immigrants and drove up wages at several of the company’s plants, including in Greeley, according to a report by a national immigration think tank....
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Is Sheriff Arpaio a Criminal?
LaPrensa 3/20/2009
Raoul Lowery Contreras
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Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the best example of how a local yokel Keystone Kop can bungle immigration law enforcement by ignoring real criminals and isolating petty criminals who may be illegally in the country and filling his ersatz jails and barbed wire compounds with these men. ...
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Fitchburg police chief draws fire over immigration stance
Assoicated Press 3/20/2009
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FITCHBURG - Fitchburg Police Chief Robert DeMoura has drawn fire over recent public comment in support of giving illegal immigrants access to drivers’ licenses....
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President Obama charms raucous crowd in Costa Mesa
Orange County Register 3/19/2009
JENNIFER MUIR, NIYAZ PIRANI and CAMERON BIRD
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COSTA MESA – Ivan Martinez wasn’t sure he’d be able to speak. President Obama was standing on a stage in front of him as a White House aide handed the Costa Mesa High School senior a microphone. “I want to know what you plan to do about the broken immigration system, and when you plan on doing this,” Martinez said. ...
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Rep. lawmakers criticize probe of Ariz. sheriff
google.com/hosted news 3/19/2009
Jacques Billeaud
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Phoenix (AP) -- Ten Republican congressmen including one from North Carolina said Wednesday that a civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office could have a chilling effect on other state and local police agencies that seek to crack down on illegal immigration. ...
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Enforcement Pays
HumanEvents.com 3/19/2009
Jessica Vaughan and James Edwards
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With the widespread murderous violence between warring Mexican drug cartels spilling over the U.S. border and the continuing threat from radical Islamic terrorists domestic and foreign, the government has to spend its law enforcement dollars where they can do the most good....
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Factory boss gets 3 years in immigration case
Associated Press 3/19/2009
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A supervisor arrested after a massive immigration raid at an eastern Iowa kosher slaughterhouse was sentenced Thursday to three years in federal prison for his part in hiring illegal immigrants. ...
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Action: Illegal Aliens Using Wisconsin State Capitol to Demand Rights and Benefits
prnewswire.com 3/18/2009
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Illegal alien advocates planning a day of lobbying and training on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol on Wednesday, March 18. A coalition of law-abiding, taxpaying Wisconsiners, led by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, will be on-hand at the Capitol to express their outrage over this inappropriate use of state facilities....
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Nancy Pelosi’s Solution to Illegal Immigration-- Deport ICE Agents!
Canada Free Press 3/18/2009
John Lillpop
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Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Shrieker of the U.S. House, vehemently objects to use of the term “illegal aliens” to describe--well, illegal aliens....
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Study shows wages rose after immigration raids
The Hill 3/18/2009
Bridget Johnson
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As the topic of immigration and workplace raids begins to heat up again in a new administration, a new study finds that wages and employment grew for legal workers after a series of 2006 raids....
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U.S. Border Patrol sees ‘whole new element’ coming over
The Herald (Seirra Vista) 3/17/2009
Bill Hess
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From Friday to Monday, six illegal immigrants who crossed the border were found to have records for sexual offenses, and five of those were taken into custody in Cochise County....
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73% Say Cops Should Check Immigration Status During Traffic Stops
Rasmussen Reports 3/17/2009
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Seventy-three percent (73%) of U.S. voters believe that a police officer should automatically check to see if someone is in this country legally when the officer pulls that person over for a traffic violation....
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Governor Ritter called on carpet by Fire Coalition for his support of illegal aliens
Examiner.com 3/16/2009
Frosty Wooldridge
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In an alert by Federal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Coalition (www.FireCoalition.com), members received notice that, according to Gregory and Pam Williams, “Colorado Governor Ritter Conspires to Commit Felony and Betray His Oath of Office.”...
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EDITORIAL: Adrift on border security
Washington Times 3/15/2009
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Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano seems to be floundering on immigration and national security issues...[this is news???] ...
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Governor Ritter called on carpet by Fire Coalition for his support of illegal aliens
examiner.com 3/15/2009
Frosty Wooldridge
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In an alert by Federal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Coalition (www.FireCoalition.com), members received notice that, according to Gregory and Pam Williams, “Colorado Governor Ritter Conspires to Commit Felony and Betray His Oath of Office.” ...
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Democrats Risk Losing Hispanics
WSJ 3/15/2009
Gerald F. Seib
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The Wall Street Journal is desperate for amnesty and open borders!!! One of the big bonuses Democrats enjoyed this year was a surge of support among Hispanic voters, a surge larger than the party would have dared to dream of just a couple of years ago....
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Harassing A Lawman
IBDeditorials.com 3/13/2009
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Immigration: At a time when our border is becoming a war zone, something's a bit suspect about the Justice Department suddenly harassing a border-state sheriff who zealously enforces the law....
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Agent accuses Sutton of cover-up in drug murders
World Net Daily 3/13/2009
Jerome R. Corsi
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Informant in case handled by prosecutor of Ramos-Compean seeks asylum...
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Chism wants state troopers trained to detect illegal immigrants
The Commercial Dispatch 3/13/2009
John Mott Coffey
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JACKSON — The Mississippi House approved two proposals offered Thursday by Rep. Gary Chism of Columbus to set stronger state policies against undocumented immigrants....
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Despite setbacks, session 'pretty good' for immigrants
The Salt Lake Tribune 3/13/2009
Sheena Mcfarland
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Despite outcries from immigrant community activists, the comprehensive immigration reform passed last year in SB81 will be implemented in July, with a few minor tweaks from legislators this session. ...
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Arpaio allies outraged by feds' actions
The Arizona Republic 3/12/2009
JJ Hensley
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She was fighting mad. The woman had seen enough of people speaking out against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's enforcement of immigration laws. ...
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US Deports 60 Nigerians
ThisDayOnline 3/12/2009
Chinedu Eze
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United States of America has deported 60 Nigerians for committing various offenses ranging from stealing, credit card fraud and immigration misdemeanors....
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Hispanic leaders endorse investigation of Arpaio
KTAR.com 3/12/2009
Jim Cross
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The federal government's decision to investigate Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for alleged civil rights abuses was praised Thursday by two immigrants' rights activists, who said they expect the Obama Administration to act quickly on comprehensive immigration reform....
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In City of Lawyers, Many Immigrants Fighting Deportation Go It Alone
The New York Times 3/12/2009
Nina Bernstein
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In the heart of Manhattan, amid one of the greatest concentrations of legal muscle in the world, hundreds of New York's immigrant poor are locked up with no access to a lawyer as they fight deportation....
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Mont. seeks to deal with illegal immigration issue
msnbc 3/12/2009
MATT GOURAS
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HELENA, Mont. - The Montana Senate backed a tax crackdown on businesses who hire illegal immigrants, saying such companies currently get an unfair advantage....
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Immigration: Don't ask, don't tell?
The Chicago Tribune 3/12/2009
Dennis Sullivan and Pat Harper
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Calumet City -- City officials this week discussed the wording of a resolution that would bar local law enforcement officers from asking citizens about their immigration status during traffic stops and other routine encounters. ...
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Scholarships for Undocumented Students
National Review Online 3/12/2009
An outfit called Chicano Organizing and Research in Education (CORE) is offering scholarships to ill
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An outfit called Chicano Organizing and Research in Education (CORE) is offering scholarships to illegal aliens....
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Guilty Plea In Illegal Immigrant [Hiring] Case
WOWT-TV 3/12/2009
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The chief executive of an Omaha drywall company has agreed to plead guilty in a case involving the hiring of illegal immigrants. ...
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Obama siding with illegal aliens?
OneNewsNow 3/11/2009
Chad Groening
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The head of a grassroots immigration reform organization says he's concerned that the Obama administration will put a halt on workforce raids on businesses that hire illegal immigrants. ...
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Court won't reconsider ruling in sanctions case
KTAR.com 3/11/2009
Jacques Billeaud
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Phoenix (AP) -- Business groups lost another round in trying to overturn Arizona's prohibition on knowingly hiring illegal immigrants when a federal appeals court that upheld the year-old law refused to reconsider arguments....
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Gov't dismisses report Jamaica refusing to accept deportees
The Observer Jamaica 3/11/2009
Karyl Walker
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The Jamaican Government has refuted a report in the US media that the country was refusing to accept deportees from the United States, resulting in a clog in that country's penal system. ...
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Illegal immigration bill falters
The Arkansas News Bureau 3/11/2009
John Lyon
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Little Rock -- A bill to allow the state Contractors Licensing Board to penalize contractors who knowingly hire illegal immigrants failed in a House committee Wednesday after the board’s administrator testified against the bill....
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House won't vote on immigration bill
The WISH News 3/11/2009
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Bill may get public hearing ...
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High-Profile Arizona Sheriff's Department Target of Federal Probe
Associated Press 3/11/2009
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PHOENIX — Federal authorities have told a high-profile Arizona sheriff that they will investigate his department over allegations of discriminatory practices and unconstitutional searches and seizures....
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Immigrant who shot HPD officer was in U.S. illegally
Houston Chronicle 3/11/2009
By SUSAN CARROLL and RENEE C. LEE
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Houston police identified the suspect in a shooting last week that critically injured a police officer as an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, saying federal immigration officials missed multiple opportunities to deport him....
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New program in place to ID, deport illegals:
dcexaminer.com 3/9/2009
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Immigration enforcers began a new program in Fairfax County to identify and deport illegal aliens with major criminal pasts....
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Myrick defends jail immigration plan
CharlotteObserver.com 3/9/2009
Franco Ordoñez
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State and local leaders who implemented a federal program in Mecklenburg County that identifies jailed illegal immigrants rushed to its defense Monday after a congressional report criticized it for targeting minor offenders instead of the serious criminals it was designed to catch....
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Texas lawmaker takes aim at illegal immigrants
Star-Telegram.com 3/9/2009
By PATRICK McGEE
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A decorated combat veteran. A conservative Republican right before Ronald Reagan burst onto the scene. And the Texas Legislature’s fiercest opponent of illegal immigration....
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Press Release: E-Verify Growing Rapidly
CIS 3/8/2009
Janice Kephart
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Program to Screen Illegal Workers Up 442% from 2007; 1 in 8 New Hires Checked Last Year...
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Colo. sees 11 percent jump in ICE referrals
Vail Daily 3/7/2009
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DENVER — The number of suspected illegal immigrants referred to federal authorities by state law enforcement agencies jumped 11 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to a review by The Denver Post of figures submitted to the state so far....
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Groups protest illegal immigrant detention center
dailypress.com 3/7/2009
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FARMVILLE, Va. - Groups from across Virginia plan are protesting a detention center being built in Farmville to hold illegal immigrants....
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Meat plant supervisor is sentenced to prison
Des Moines Register 3/5/2009
GRANT SCHULTE
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A former supervisor at Postville's kosher meat plant will serve nearly two years in federal prison for his efforts to help and harbor illegal immigrants, prosecutors announced Wednesday. ...
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Illegal immigration panelist touts need for E-Verify program
The Huntsville Times 3/5/2009
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A member of Gov. Bob Riley's state task force on illegal immigration urged a Republican group this week to push lawmakers to require businesses to verify that their workers are legal. ...
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'Migrants' Stay Put
AmericanPatrol.com 3/5/2009
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More evidence has emerged that most Mexican migrants in the United States plan to stay put in spite of the worsening economic recession. A recent survey of former Mexico City residents now living in the US has reported that 70 percent of persons questioned in the study plan to remain in their adopted country. ...
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Dee's strike force bill out of committee
The Standard Examiner 3/5/2009
By Jeff DeMoss
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Salt Lake City -- The Utah Senate is set to give final legislative consideration to a measure creating a collaborative effort between local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to battle violent and other felony crimes associated with illegal immigration. ...
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Suburb accused of profiling changes ID policy
Houston Chronicle 3/5/2009
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San Antonio, TX (AP) -- A suburban San Antonio police department accused of racial profiling says officers will no longer call immigration authorities on people without identification....
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Bill would block undocumented workers from public jobs
The Courier-Journal 3/5/2009
Deborah Yetterand Stephenie Steitzer
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- All public agencies would have to require contractors to verify that they don't employ undocumented workers under a bill approved by the House yesterday....
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Conservative group, ICE supporters clash in Chatham
The Carrboro Citizen 3/5/2009
Taylor Sisk
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The dais at Captain John’s Dockside Fish and Crab House was arranged last Thursday evening for a debate – a forum, in broad terms, on immigration, education, crime and the budget....
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Judge: Border Agent Used Excessive Force
KPHO.com 3/5/2009
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TUCSON, Ariz. -- A federal judge has ruled that a Border Patrol agent used excessive force when he fatally shot an illegal immigrant during a 2003 confrontation on the Arizona-Mexico border....
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House panel scrutinizes immigration program
KTEN.com 3/5/2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal government will rewrite its agreements with local and state law agencies that enforce immigration laws to provide greater guidance and control....
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Pew Report Shines Light on Failed Immigration Policy
AHORA news 3/4/2009
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Washington, D.C - Today the Pew Hispanic Center issued a report on the ethnic composition of people caught up in the federal prison system. ...
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Report Cites Problems In ICE Training Program
The Washington Post 3/4/2009
N.C. Aizenman
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GAO Says Key Controls Are Missing ......
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Local officers give differing views on immigraton program
LA Times 3/4/2009
Suzanne Gamboa
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will rewrite its agreements with local and state law agencies that enforce immigration laws to provide greater guidance and control, an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement official told a House panel Wednesday......
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Exclusive community bans undocumented workers
The WPTV News 3/3/2009
By Bryan Garner
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Indian River County, FL -- John's Island, a luxurious waterfront community of more than 1300 properties, is taking its 'exclusive' reputation to a new level....
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Bill to require business license applicants to pledge citizenship fails
The Salt Lake Tribune 3/3/2009
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A bill that would require applicants for a professional or business license to sign a sworn affidavit that they are U.S. citizens died in committee Tuesday....
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State cleared to fine employers for illegal hiring
elpasotimes.com 3/2/2009
Brandi Grissom
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AUSTIN -- Texas businesses caught hiring undocumented workers could face stiff penalties if legislators approve employer sanctions modeled after an Arizona law. ...
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Concerns arise over fast-track deportation program
LA times 3/2/2009
Anna Gorman
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Federal authorities are increasingly deporting illegal immigrants through a fast-track program that bypasses court hearings, an effort by the federal government to save money, reduce backlogs and clear detention beds. ...
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Illegal immigrants found in Minot
minotdailynews.com 3/1/2009
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Two men and a juvenile were arrested in Minot Saturday for immigration violations....
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Border Patrol's stops are criticized
SignOnSanDiego 3/1/2009
Leslie Berestein
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As the Border Patrol's ranks have increased in the San Diego area, so have reports of immigration-related traffic stops well away from the border....
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E-verify participation
boston.comD 2/28/2009
Dept of Homeland Security
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Use of E-verify, a system that allows employers to check the legal status of their workers, has exploded in recent years. The chart below shows E-verify data through Feb. 28, 2009....
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Woman sentenced for smuggling illegal immigrants
AP 2/26/2009
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A Laredo woman was sentenced to more than five years in prison for leading an extensive illegal immigrant smuggling operation, the U.S. attorney's office in Houston announced Friday. ...
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Violence Continues in Arizona Prisons; Inmate Possibly Stabbed
Ray Stern 2/26/2009
Village Voice Media
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Less than a week after our report on the high number of 2008 inmate homicides in Arizona prisons, the state Department of Corrections is reporting another possible stabbing....
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Mexican town fed up with violence turns to army
LA Times 2/25/2009
Tracy Wilkinson
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In the state of Zacatecas, residents of Villanueva demanded that the military take over. The soldiers came, but drug war violence got worse....
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Company Sued For Hiring Illegal Immigrant
WSMV.com 2/25/2009
Cynthia Williams
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McMINNVILLE, Tenn. -- Steve and Bobbie Sweet said no amount of money will bring back their daughter, Samantha Roach, or her friend, Billy Lynn Bell, but they're hoping a $260 million lawsuit will send a message to people who hire illegal immigrants....
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Courage, Mr. Holder
TownHall 2/24/2009
Pat Buchanan
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Lecturing a conscript conclave of Justice Department bureaucrats, Attorney General Eric Holder last week called America a ""nation of cowards"" for not spending more time talking about race....
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Immigration Is Big Topic As 5th Cong. Dist. Candidates Turn Out
The WBBM News 2/24/2009
By Craig Dellimore
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Chicago -- There's just a week to go before the primary election to pick the Republican and Democrat candidates for the Congressional seat vacated by White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel....
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Federal immigration agents raid Bellingham business
Bellingham Herald 2/24/2009
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Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officers entered Yamato Engines, 2020 E. Bakerview Road, Tuesday morning at about 9 a.m., keeping all employees inside. The facility also includes Yamato Parts Warehouse....
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Ala. Senate committee targets illegal immigrants
WTMV>COM 2/24/2009
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama legislators are trying again to pass several bills on illegal immigration that died last year....
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Federal immigration agents raid Bellingham business
THE BELLINGHAM HERALD 2/24/2009
ANNA WALTERS
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BELLINGHAM – Federal immigration officers are conducting an immigration raid Tuesday, Feb. 24, at an auto engine remanufacturing and parts business. ...
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Ind. Senate OKs illegal immigration bill
INDY star 2/24/2009
Bill Ruthhart
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A The Indiana Senate tonight voted 37-13 to approve legislation that would punish employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants. ...
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Mexico´s violent war deaths are piling up
American Chronicale 2/24/2009
Michael Webster, Investigative Reporter
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Mexico´s unbelievable record breaking level of violent war deaths are piling up as casualties of Mexico´s on going so called civil war continues. According to the largest Mexican newspaper El Universal the death count so far this year is 1,003 violent murders related to the war on narcotrafficing ...
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Drug raids net 8 suspected illegal immigrants : Beaufort/Jasper Multi Agency Drug Task
Islandpacket .com 2/24/2009
JOSH LANIER
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Eight people suspected of being illegal immigrants were arrested during drug raids by the Beaufort/Jasper Multi Agency Drug Task Force early Monday on Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said....
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Neb. city to again consider illegal immigration
Associated Press 2/24/2009
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FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - The Fremont City Council is expected to consider a measure supporting legal immigrants while calling for action to curb illegal immigration....
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Omaha Gang Members Pose Challenge To Immigration Agents
2/24/2009
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Those Deported Often Return, Agents Say ...
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California DMV and ICE Dismantle Major Counterfeit Document Ring
IVN 2/24/2009
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Seven suspects face state charges after investigators from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) executed state search warrants last week targeting a sophisticated counterfeit document ring that recruited customers at area Latino grocery stores. ...
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Sheriff Has Plan For El Paso County Detox
abc News 13 2/23/2009
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COLORADO SPRINGS - El Paso County's Sheriff may have the answer to the detox issue. Sheriff Terry Maketa says a planned expansion at the Criminal Justice Center could house a fully-staffed 40-bed detox facility. ...
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Career prosecutor to lead immigration agency
GoogleNews 2/23/2009
Eileen Sullivan
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Washington, DC (AP) -- President Barack Obama has named a career prosecutor to head the federal government's immigration enforcement operations. ...
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State Supreme Court won't hear suit on day-labor site
The Orange County Register 2/23/2009
Chris Caesar
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Laguna Beach -- A lawsuit aimed at ending the city's support of a day labor center on Laguna Canyon Road hit another roadblock last week, after the State Supreme Court rejected a petition of review filed by the suit's plaintiff....
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Despite High Unemployment, Obama Puts Amnesty on the Agenda
FAIR.org 2/23/2009
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This week, as a guest on a Spanish language radio show, President Obama stated his continued support for giving amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrants, which would force Americans looking for a job to compete with amnestied aliens for work....
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Sheriff: Deportations down in Hall County
Gainesville times 2/22/2009
Stephen Gurr
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The program allows designated Hall County jailers and some drug and gang investigators to check the immigration status of arrestees and process those in the country illegally for deportation proceedings....
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Walls closing in on immigrants
BH.Com 2/22/2009
Laura Crimaldi
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A worldwide economic crisis coupled with a surge in border enforcement at the end of the Bush administration is snuffing out the American dream for thousands of immigrants, legal and illegal, advocates and researchers say....
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City Alarmed by Police Impounding Cars of Undocumented Immigrants
The Berkeley Daily Planet 2/21/2009
Riya Bhattacharjee
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Community organizers met with Berkeley city officials on Thursday to discuss concerns about the Berkeley police seizing cars of undocumented immigrants, which they said had generated fear among some Latino families....
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Federal authorities take Marion doctor into custody
Marion Star 2/20/2009
Marion Star Staff
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MARION - A local doctor is in the custody of federal authorities after being arrested on a warrant for failure to surrender earlier this month....
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Reno book firm workers must prove immigration status
RGJ.com 2/20/2009
FRANK X. MULLEN JR
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Today is the deadline for some employees of the Barnes & Noble distribution center in Reno to show federal authorities proof they are legal residents and eligible to work....
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ICE investigation leads to conviction for Tucson drug smuggler
Media News Wire 2/20/2009
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TUCSON, Ariz. - A federal jury found a Tucson man guilty of possession with intent to distribute marijuana and carrying a firearm in connection with a drug trafficking crime Tuesday following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ...
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Cow manure hid 1,700 pounds of Canadian pot
Everett Herald 2/19/2009
Diana Hefley
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load of cows headed for Stanwood was sent back to Canada after border officers found more than $6 million worth of marijuana hidden under the floor of the cattle trailer. ...
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Lawmakers May Require Electronic Immigration Checks
MSNBC 2/19/2009
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LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska lawmakers have debated a bill that would require all Nebraska businesses to use an electronic system to verify that the employees they hire are in the United States legally....
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Surge in Asylum Seeking Mexicans Taxing Already Overworked Immigration System
FOX news 2/19/2009
Nora Zimmett
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The surge creates a huge workload for immigration officials, since American law prevents sending asylum-seekers home before they have gone through a monthslong legal process, which almost always proves fruitless. Most of the asylum-seekers wind up being found ineligible and sent back over the border....
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Temp agency chief made $12M from illegal immigrants
TDI 2/18/2009
Jaime North
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He's sentenced to 5 years in federal prison ...
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Pew Hispanic Center Examines Immigration's Tie to Federal Conviction Numbers
HispanicBusiness.com 2/18/2009
Joshua Molina
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Although the once-fiery debate over illegal immigration all but vanished during the heated presidential campaign the last two years, a new report from the Pew Hispanic Center indicates that federal law enforcement officers were busy grappling with the controversial issue....
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The ICEman Cometh
Washington city Paper 2/18/2009
Christine MacDonald
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Montgomery County is no longer a haven for immigrants and their advocates....
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Ringleader in illegal immigrant scheme sentenced
TTT.com 2/17/2009
ERIN L. NISSLEY
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A man who helped run a business that helped illegal immigrants find factory work throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania will serve more than five years in prison and will have to pay back more than $550,000, a federal judge ruled today....
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US set to deport more than 30,000 Haitians
MIAMI (AFP) 2/17/2009
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The United States is set to deport more than 30,000 Haitians to their impoverished homeland, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said Tuesday. ...
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Group Rallies Against Rights for Illegal Immigrants
Your4State.com 2/16/2009
Mary King
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ANNAPOLIS, MD - Members of the Help Save Maryland organization gathered in Annapolis Monday night to rally against illegal immigrants receiving similar rights as state citizens....
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Mexican Mafia Members Charged With Racketeering Conspiracy, Firearms and Drug Offenses
Hawaii Reporter 2/16/2009
Jim Kouri
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A grand jury has handed down 14 indictments. The charges stem from a year-long investigation dubbed ""Operation Keys to the City""...
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SC law targets illegal immigrants going to school
Associated Press 2/15/2009
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Dayana Rodrigues graduated in the top 5% of her high school class in 2007 and completed nursing prerequisites at Horry-Georgetown Technical College. But The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that in January, the college refused to re-enroll the 20-year-old returning student because she is an undocumented immigrant...
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Violence from Mexico spilling into U.S. far from border
2/13/2009
ALICIA A. CALDWELLThe
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Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States. U.S. authorities are reporting a spike in killings, kidnappings and home invasions connected to Mexico’s murderous cartels. ...
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Report: Nearly 109,000 deported parents had U.S. citizen children
The Orange County Register 2/13/2009
By CINDY CARCAMO
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Immigration officials deported more than 100,000 parents of children with United States citizenship during a 10-year time span, according to a report by the Department of Homeland Security Office Of Inspector General....
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O.C. immigration groups to clash over reality TV show
The Orange County Register 2/13/2009
BY CINDY CARCAMO
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U.C. Irvine students plan to protest 'Homeland Security USA' while Save Our State members will rally in support of the show....
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Mexico protests Tent City separation of illegals
International Herald Tribune 2/11/2009
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MEXICO CITY: Mexico on Tuesday criticized an Arizona sheriff's decision to keep illegal immigrants separate from other inmates at tents in Phoenix that house prisoners....
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Report suggests ways to fix immigration woes
SFGate.com 2/11/2009
Tyche Hendricks, Chronicle Staff Writer
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As if the Obama administration didn't have enough on its plate with a recession, bank troubles and any number of foreign policy crises, a non-partisan immigration think tank has offered the president a roadmap to mend the country's dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy....
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Advisory Group Urges Freeze on Construction of Border Fence
Washington Post 2/11/2009
By Spencer S. Hsu
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Members of an influential Washington think tank today recommended major changes in the nation's immigration policy, including freezing construction of a security fence along the U.S.- Mexican border and suspending ""zero-tolerance"" prosecution programs against all people caught crossing segments of the border....
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Some places revisit immigration laws
USA Today 2/11/2009
By Emily Bazar
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Some states, cities and counties that plunged into the immigration debate are having second thoughts....
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Immigration bills unlikely to advance
The Des Moines Register 2/11/2009
By Jason Clayworth
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Two immigration bills criticized Tuesday as being unnecessary and impossible to enforce in some instances have little chance of advancing, a key lawmaker acknowledged. ...
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Federal and state agencies working together on problem
The Deseret News 2/11/2009
By Sara Israelsen-Hartley
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How sweet... Spanish Fork -- Sitting in the Utah County Jail in a blue and white jumpsuit, Pedro Dominguez-Reyes calmly answered questions about his status in the country....
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Bad economy forcing immigrants to reconsider U.S.
CNN 2/10/2009
Thelma Gutierrez and Wayne Drash
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Tougher border enforcement along the U.S.-Mexico border has made it harder for them to return once they leave ...
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Restaurateurs sentenced - hired illegal workers
SFGate.com 2/10/2009
Henry K. Lee
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VALLEJO -- Three people who operated Chinese restaurants in Vallejo and Vacaville have been sentenced to three years' probation apiece for employing illegal immigrants, authorities said Monday....
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Immigrant employee verification bill dies-Would have made employers use E-Verify
thedenverdailynews.com 2/10/2009
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Colorado Senate’s State, Veterans & Military Affairs committee yesterday killed a measure that would have required employers to use the federal E-Verify program to see if their job applicants are illegal immigrants. ...
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Guest worker resolution stalls out
Standard-Examiner 2/10/2009
By JEFF DEMOSS
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Guest worker resolution stalls out / Immigration issue remains a stumbling block for Legislature...
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Pr. William Business Owners Protest-Licensees Must Show Legal Status
The Washington Post 2/10/2009
By Alicia A. Caldwell
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Small-business owners are calling on Prince William County lawmakers to rescind a controversial immigration measure that has required company owners to prove they are living in the country legally. ...
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Mayor not softening his stance
The Sand Mountain Reporter 2/10/2009
By Lionel Green
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Albertville Mayor Lindsey Lyons has an open mind about the Hispanic community, but he doesn’t want his appearance at last week’s round table discussions to signal that he has a changed mind. ...
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Senate Excludes E-Verify Check on Illegal Immigrant Workers from Stimulus Package
HispanicBusiness.com 2/10/2009
Richard Kaplan
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The Senate passed today a $838 billion stimulus plan that did not include E-Verify, a mechanism to check whether workers are legal immigrants or U.S. citizens....
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Midwife births raise questions about citizenship
GoogleHostedNews.com 2/10/2009
By Christopher Sherman
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Alamo, TX (AP) -- The citizenship of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people who insist they are Americans is being called into question because they were delivered by midwives near the U.S.-Mexico border....
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Previously deported illegal immigrant released by Prince George’s police
Examiner 2/9/2009
Freeman Klopott
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Prince George’s County police released a previously deported illegal immigrant with a violent criminal history on his own recognizance in September after charging him with assault and disturbing the peace, federal officials said in court documents. ...
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Colorado lawmakers kill bill on immigration job check
The Aspen Times 2/9/2009
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DENVER — A Colorado state Senate committee has killed a bill that would have required all non-governmental employers to verify the immigration status of job applicants....
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Riverside Police: Border Patrol offered help identifying immigrants
The Press-Enterprise 2/8/2009
By DAVID OLSON
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The U.S. Border Patrol met with top Riverside police officials in November to offer its help in verifying the identity of immigrants, a police commander said Saturday....
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Conway, ICE to be commended for upholding law
Gwinnett Daily Post 2/8/2009
D. A. King
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The startling result of the combined efforts of Sheriff Conway's office and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the just-ended 26-day enforcement ""surge"" provides valuable and memorable insight into the crime that is illegal immigration....
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One year later, immigration raid at factory leaves lives in limbo
Contra Costa Times 2/8/2009
Jerry Berrios
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A year ago, Gregorio Perez Cruz stood at his work station at a Van Nuys factory dismantling printer cartridges, as he had done for the previous two years......
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Miss. bill targets immigrants with fake IDs
The Natchez Democrat 2/8/2009
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JACKSON (AP) — With Mississippi being the site of the nation's largest workplace raid on undocumented workers, lawmakers are trying to crack down on illegal immigrants who obtain false identification for employment....
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Navarette alert: Republicans must change on immigration
SignOnSanDiego 2/8/2009
Ruben Navarrette
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There has been a misunderstanding. According to the chatter, many Republicans seem to think they lost the Hispanic vote because their party took a stand against illegal immigration. ...
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Arpaio’s America
NYT 2/6/2009
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It has come to this: In Phoenix on Wednesday, more than 200 men in shackles and prison stripes were marched under armed guard past a gantlet of TV cameras to a tent prison encircled by an electric fence....
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Burke jails don't qualify for illegal immigrant deportation programs
The News Herald 2/6/2009
By Julie N. Chang
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Although immigration authorities are ramping up a new effort to deport illegal immigrants from North Carolina, Burke County won't be a part of it....
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Open Letter to President Barack Obama: Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement
Family Security Matters Foundation 2/4/2009
Jeff Lewis
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FIRE Coalition National Director Jeff Lewis writes an open letter to President Barack Obama. According to the official White House web site, President Obama's immigration plans have everybody's special interest in mind, except that of the American citizenry, to whom he is sworn to protect....
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Sac County Working To Deport Criminal Aliens
cbs13.com 2/3/2009
The Associated Press
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If you're a criminal and you're not entitled to be in the United States, new Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants you out of the country. And Sacramento County is working to do just that. ...
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Numbers Not Fit To Print: What I Said That Upset The New York Times
VDARE 2/3/2009
By Peter Brimelow
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“The harsh Republican line on immigration is usually depicted as motivated by concern about jobs, national security, drugs or terrorism. But that tune has a persistent undercurrent of fretfulness about race, culture and ethnicity.”...
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Bob Filner Reintroduces the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 673
Imperial Valley News 2/2/2009
Imperial Valley News
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Congressman Bob Filner has reintroduced the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act, H.R. 673. The purpose of this bill is simply to give law enforcement status to all federal law enforcement officers...
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Protest against Sheriff's immigration policy heats up
abc15.com 2/1/2009
Tony Arranaga
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PHOENIX -- Tensions rose between two large groups of protesters in downtown Phoenix on Saturday afternoon......
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Immigration officer charged with harboring migrant
Miami Herald News 1/31/2009
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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was charged Friday with harboring an undocumented immigrant who had been renting a room from him for the past five years, authorities said....
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ICE op nabs 2 in Montrose
Daily Press 1/30/2009
Katharhynn Heidelberg
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement made 45 arrests after a three-day targeted operation. ...
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Racial profiling claimed in immigration arrests
The Press-Enterprise 1/30/2009
David Olson
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Day-laborer and neighborhood activists Friday accused the U.S. Border Patrol and Riverside police of racial profiling in the immigration arrests of at least 25 people in Riverside's Casa Blanca neighborhoods and said it could strain the Latino community's relationship with the police. ...
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California Restaurant Operators Sentenced for Hiring Illegal Aliens
Imperial Valley News 1/30/2009
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Sacramento, California - A husband and wife who managed an Asian buffet restaurant in northern Calif., were each sentenced today to 36 months probation and fined $36,000 for hiring illegal aliens and concealing a felony, violations uncovered during an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)....
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Republicans and Latino Voters: Has the GOP Shifted on Immigration Reform?
The US News and World Report 1/30/2009
Justin Ewers
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...two new reports from right-wing think tanks demonstrate that the battle for the soul of the Republican Party is far from over—arguing not only that Republicans should stick to their guns on immigration......
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Database targets jailed immigrants
Washington Times 1/30/2009
Stephen Dinan and Audrey Hudson
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Napolitano urges deportation; E-Verify program hits a snag...
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Lawyers advise employers to heed immigration laws
BDN Staff 1/30/2009
By Judy Harrison
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Maine companies that employ foreign workers need to be prepared for an investigation from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office, lawyers who advise firms on immigration law said Thursday at the annual meeting of the Maine State Bar Association....
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Immigration Arrests Called Racial Profiling
Judicial Watch Blog 1/30/2009
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Latino advocates are accusing federal agents of racial profiling for arresting two dozen illegal immigrant day laborers outside a Maryland convenience store and subsequently deporting most of them....
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Tough laws shrinking supply of immigrant workers, Ritter says
Rocky Mountain News 1/29/2009
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Fewer immigrant workers are coming to Colorado because of tougher state laws, but the agricultural, ski and hotel industries are having a tougher time finding seasonal workers, Gov. Bill Ritter said today....
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Immigration inquiries at N.C. jails lead to more deportations
StarNewsOnline.com 1/29/2009
Veronica Gonzalez
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In North Carolina, a trip to jail could end up in deportation....
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editorial!: Arpaio's proposal on the wrong track
The AZ Republic 1/29/2009
E.J. Montini
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Almost from the beginning of his long tenure, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has steered his agency in a way that summons forth locomotive metaphors....
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Columbia County Illegal Workers Law To Court
The OPB News 1/29/2009
April Baer
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Friday, a judge in Columbia County will hear a challenge to a new law that bars the hiring of illegal immigrants. ...
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Latino group sues over Texas licensing rule
The Houston Chronicle 1/28/2009
Anabelle Garay
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Dallas (AP) -- Latino advocates sued the Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday over new rules affecting which non-U.S. citizens can obtain driver's licenses and identification cards....
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Obama's Aunt Issued Stay In Deportation Case
msnbc 1/28/2009
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CLEVELAND - The aunt of President Barack Obama, who was living in Cleveland for a time, will get to stay in the United States for now. ...
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The Sheriff: Deputies not working for immigration
Chapel Hill News (NC), 1/28/2009
Stanley B. Chambers and Eric Ferreri
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Hillsborough, NC -- Detention officers using a new federal fingerprinting database are not acting as immigration agents, but they are participating in a system they will soon have no choice but to use, Orange County Sheriff Lindy Pendergrass told the Orange County commissioners last Thursday. ...
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Gillibrand’s Immigration Views Draw Fire
New York Times 1/28/2009
KIRK SEMPLE
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During her one term in the House of Representatives, from a largely rural, traditionally Republican district, Kirsten E. Gillibrand was on safe political ground adopting a tough stance against illegal immigration....
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E-Verify Passes House in Stimulus Bill
NumbersUSA 1/28/2009
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The House passed its version of the stimulus package tonight, which included provisions requiring the use of E-Verify to ensure that all new jobs go to citizens and legal immigrants....
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Iowa: What Happens When a Town Implodes
Time.com 1/28/2009
Betsy Rubiner
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During a bitterly cold January week, penniless women and children stream into a Catholic church in the northeastern Iowa town of Postville that has served as their refuge since May 12, when 389 workers were arrested during an immigration raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. meatpacking plant....
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Sheriff raids Scottsdale furniture business
KTAR.com 1/28/2009
KTAR Newsroom
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The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office served a search warrant on a Scottsdale furniture business Wednesday as part of an employer sanctions-ID theft investigation....
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Why We Need Secure Driver Licenses: Educational Video Series Release
Washington Times 1/28/2009
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Question: What is the only state east of the Rockies that permits illegal aliens to drive? If you said ""progressive"" Maryland, congratulations....
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Owner of Bianco sentenced to prison
projo.com 1/28/2009
Karen Lee Ziner
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BOSTON –– A federal judge, taking into account Francesco Insolia’s plea that he is a “decent, hard-working man,” yesterday sentenced the former New Bedford factory owner to spend a year and a day in prison. ...
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Immigrants Come Ashore In Boynton Beac
msnbc 1/28/2009
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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. - Eight suspected illegal immigrants are in custody after coming ashore in Boynton Beach Monday night....
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Palestinian couple in Alabama fights deportation
A/P 1/28/2009
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An immigrant couple with six children are trying to block the government's attempt to deport them and their oldest son from Alabama, arguing they are stateless Palestinians with nowhere else to go. ...
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Kids Begin Hunger Strike to Prevent Their Illegal Alien Mom From Being Deported (Latin American Herald Tribune)
ice raid report 1/28/2009
Sonia Osorio
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MIAMI -- The U.S.-born children of an undocumented Nicaraguan woman began a hunger strike to prevent the deportation of their mother, who has been held in a South Florida immigration detention center since last month....
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Chatham residents decry county's immigration stance
WRAL.com 1/27/2009
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Some Chatham County residents want officials to reconsider a recent decision against taking part in a federal program to identify illegal immigrants charged with crimes....
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53 illegal immigrants caught in Douglas operation
Herald/Review Sierra Vista 1/27/2009
Bill Hess
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Cameras showed larger than usual group crossing border...
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Janco Composites in Mishawaka faces federal charges
WNDU.com 1/27/2009
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A Mishawaka company is facing federal charges for hiring illegal immigrants....
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New guest worker rules yet to be tested
Lakewood Ranch Herald 1/26/2009
JESSICA KLIPA
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MANATEE — Changes intended to streamline the controversial guest-worker program went into effect just days before Barack Obama took the oath of office as president....
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Gov't worried about media interest in Obama's aunt
google.com/hostednews 1/26/2009
TED BRIDIS and EILEEN SULLIVAN
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department still is requiring high-level approval before federal immigration agents can arrest fugitives, a rule quietly imposed by the Bush administration days before the election of Barack Obama, whose aunt has been living in the United States illegally....
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Battle Heats Up Over Immigrant Student Tally
FrederickNewsPost.com 1/26/2009
Nicholas C. Stern
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Several Frederick County Commissioners have been trying for more than a year to halt what they believe is a strain on government services created by an increase in the local population of illegal immigrants....
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Lawmakers renew effort against illegal immigrant workers
The National Policy Institute 1/26/2009
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""It's not designed to punish law-abiding citizens or law-abiding businesses. You have to be a really bad actor and very stupid ... to be punished by this bill,"" Delph said. ""How many times does a business need to be corrected before they get it?""...
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Despite harder times in U.S., undocumented aren't leaving
The Sunday Oregonian (Portland), 1/25/2009
Gosia Wozniacka
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As temperatures [drop]ped below freezing and snow amassed on cars and rooftops, Maria, her husband Zenon, and their two small children huddled in the tiny kitchen of their unheated trailer. The entry door was broken, letting in an icy draft. ...
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Legislature to look at Illegal immigration issues again
The Arkansas News 1/25/2009
John Lyon
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Little Rock -- With one bill already filed and more on the way, illegal immigration issues are on the horizon again for state legislators....
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Sheriff's Office teams with feds to deport illegal immigrants
The McDowell News 1/25/2009
Richelle Bailey
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The McDowell County Sheriff's Office is onboard with a federal program that pinpoints illegal immigrants and earmarks them for deportation....
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Curbing 'voluntary return'
Arizona Daily Star 1/25/2009
Robert W. Gilbert
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The U.S. Border Patrol hopes to eliminate the use of ""voluntary return"" for illegal aliens in the Tucson Sector, replacing it with prosecution and removal initiatives that will have an important and lasting impact....
Officials need 287(g) to control immigration
Gwinett Daily Post 1/25/2009
Inger Eberhart
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Illegal immigration is a serious problem and enforcement works as a solution. It has been proven over and over nationwide - including here in Georgia - that when 287(g) comes into a community, illegal aliens migrate out....
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Officials need 287(g) to control immigration
Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin,GA,USA 1/25/2009
By Inger Eberhart
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It does not serve the national interest to perpetuate the crime of illegal immigration.Illegal aliens must leave; 287(g) must be put in place....
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Advocates urge Gillibrand to shift stance
LoHud.com 1/25/2009
Leah Rae
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Immigrant advocates plan to remind U.S. Sen.-designate Kirsten Gillibrand that she will be joining the Senate on behalf of a state that is 22 percent foreign-born....
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Illegal Aliens Akin to Burglars in the Night
Family Security Matters 1/24/2009
Michael Cutler
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While the majority of illegal aliens who run our nation's borders are simply seeking to attempt to get a job, a significant percentage of those illegal aliens may well be intent on violating other laws in the United States....
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Now, back to the illegal immigrants
News Observer 1/24/2009
Marc Rotterman
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...according to a recent Rasmussen Reports national survey, most Americans support the continued construction of a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border and the use of the military if necessary in border areas....
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'English only' equaled 'go away,' opponents say
The Los Angeles Times 1/24/2009
Richard Fausset
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Business owners like Tom Oreck concurred. 'One of my great concerns about this was the message it would send -- one that took down the 'welcome' sign and put up a 'go away' sign,' said Oreck, chairman of Nashville-based Oreck Corp., the vacuum-cleaner manufacturer....
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Immigration raid spotlights rift of have-nots
MSNBC 1/24/2009
Deborah Hastings
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Workplace raids are up tenfold since 2003 but aftermath can be devastating......
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Fired worker: Neb. plant hired illegal immigrants
news.moneycentral.msn.com 1/23/2009
Jean Ortiz
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Omaha, NE (AP) -- A David City egg processing plant is facing allegations from a former employee that it knowingly hired illegal immigrants and gave them preferential treatment. ...
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King's outreach targets Hispanics
The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA) 1/23/2009
Andrew M. Seder
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King's outreach targets Hispanics: Immigrants to benefit from education program, which also is sponsored by Mexican gov't. ...
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Microsoft Cuts Draw Criticism on Visa Issue
The Seattle Post Intelligencer 1/23/2009
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley told Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer that U.S. employees must have priority over immigrants working under visa programs in a round of job cuts announced Thursday....
Gillibrand’s immigration stance ‘deeply troubling’ to advocates
LoHud.com 1/23/2009
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New York’s new senator brings a very different stance on immigration compared to Sen. Charles Schumer or her predecessor, Sen. Hillary Clinton......
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Immigration still a minefield
AJC.com 1/23/2009
Phil Kent
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The new administration is veering toward a more-open borders policy as underscored by Obama’s choices of Janet Napolitano as Department of Homeland Security chief and Hilda Solis as U.S. Labor secretary. ...
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Court fight over illegal-immigrant rental ban forces Farmers Branch to dip into savings
The Dallas Morning News 1/23/2009
STEPHANIE SANDOVAL
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The court fight over Farmers Branch's attempt to ban housing rentals to illegal immigrants is forcing the city to dip into its savings...
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Save America's jobs - curb all immigration
American Family News Network 1/23/2009
Chad Groening
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A former U.S. congressman who now runs a Colorado-based think tank says the current economic climate has made it imperative that immigration -- both legal and illegal -- be curbed as more American workers lose their jobs....
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Nashville''s English-only measure defeated
The Tennessean 1/23/2009
Chris Echegaray
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Nashville listened to its leaders — the governor, the mayor, and a vast coalition of churches, businesses and universities — and defeated an English-only measure by nearly 10,000 votes in Thursday''s special election. ...
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Undocumented workers detained in Corning
Star-Gazette 1/23/2009
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Eight undocumented workers were detained Thursday in Corning after police received a tip from code enforcement officials....
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Employers may face new immigration rules
The Journal Record (Oklahoma City) 1/22/2009
Marie Price
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Oklahoma City -- Employers may soon have to deal with a new Employment Eligibility Verification form and changes in a federal rule listing documents deemed acceptable to accompany the forms, although those Bush administration changes are now under review. ...
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DPS sued over rules for immigrant drivers
The Houston Chronicle 1/22/2009
Clay Robison
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Austin -- Civil rights advocates sued the Texas Department of Public Safety recently, contending that new driver's license requirements for immigrants discriminate against people legally in the United States....
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'Better safe than sorry'
The Cherokee Tribune (GA) 1/22/2009
Ashley Fuller
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The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners has decided to start accepting affidavits affirming citizenship for business license applicants. ...
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Stolen ID causes tax problem for Texan, puts illegal alien jail
Elko Daily Free Press 1/22/2009
JARED DuBACH
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ELKO — A case of mistaken identity — or in this case, stolen identity — has resulted in much aggravation for a Texas resident. Mario Pinedo-Rojas, 40, of West Wendover was arrested Tuesday at Montego Bay Casino by a West Wendover police officer on a charge of possessing falsely obtained documents....
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Immigrant Advocates Call for End to Raids
The Washington Post 1/22/2009
N.C. Aizenman
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At Rally Outside ICE, Activists Also Urge Legislation Allowing Path to Citizenship ...
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Meeting addresses immigration, racial tension in Greeley since Swift raids and ID theft sting
The Tribune (Greeley, CO), 1/22/2009
Chris Casey
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About 300 people attended an immigration forum in the University Center at the University of Northern Colorado. The event, featuring college professors, a community activist and a hip-hop artist, was organized by Nu Alpha Kappa, a Latino-based fraternity....
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Immigration protest at S.F. Ballet gala
The San Francisco Chronicle 1/22/2009
Tyche Hendricks
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Singing, chanting and calling on local and national officials for more compassionate immigration policies, more than 200 immigrants and their allies marched Wednesday through San Francisco's City Hall, startling the tuxedo- and ball gown-clad guests arriving for the opening night gala of the San Francisco Ballet......
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Possible Clinton replacement favors crackdown on illegal immigration
Orange County Register 1/22/2009
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The political drama over Caroline Kennedy’s withdrawal from the running to become Hillary Rodham Clinton’s replacement as the junior senator from New York has now drawn immigration advocates into the fray....
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Obama to stop ousting illegal?
WND 1/22/2009
Chelsea Schilling
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President asked for executive order to halt deportation, work raids......
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Mesa police: Force better trained after new immigration policy
The Arizona Republic 1/22/2009
Nathan Gonzalez
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Three weeks after a new immigration policy went into effect, Mesa police says its officers are better trained to handle, report and detain suspected illegal immigrants....
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Feds to 'rethink' license mandate
USA TODAY 1/22/2009
Thomas Frank
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WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday afternoon that she will ""rethink"" a program that requires every state to issue more secure driver's licenses by the end of the year....
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Catholic Attorneys To Debate Illegal Immigration
The Newspaper of the Archdiocese 1/22/2009
Andrew Nelson
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ATLANTA—Two leading Catholic attorneys will debate at Emory University the volatile issue of immigration and illegal workers....
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DPS sued over rules for immigrant drivers
mySA 1/22/2009
Clay Robison
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AUSTIN — Civil rights advocates sued the Texas Department of Public Safety recently, contending that new driver's license requirements for immigrants discriminate against people legally in the United States....
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'Better safe than sorry'
Cherokee Tribune 1/22/2009
Ashley Fuller
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The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners has decided to start accepting affidavits affirming citizenship for business license applicants....
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Choosing to Flout the Law
Carlos Slim's New York Times 1/22/2009
Texas Congressman Ted Poe
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Illegal status is not a circumstance that just materialized for illegal immigrants; they made conscious decisions to come here illegally or to violate their visa terms....
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Crime and Corruption at the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
CanadaFreePress.com 1/21/2009
Marinka Peschmann
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Dysfunctional anti-lawful immigrant bureaucracy that invites corruption...
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Report Faults Treatment of Women Held at Immigration Centers
New York Times 1/21/2009
DAN FROSCH
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Some 300 women held at immigration detention centers in Arizona face dangerous delays in health care and widespread mistreatment, according to a new study by the University of Arizona, the latest report to criticize conditions at such centers throughout the United States....
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Campaign against laws that target immigrants to begin Wednesday
The Capital Times (Madison) 1/21/2009
Steven Elbow
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Local activists were scheduled to hold a press conference Wednesday in front of the State Capitol to kick off a 100-day campaign against local, state and federal laws that target immigrant communities. ...
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New Immigration Law Kicks In; Impact Lags
The Free Times (Columbia) 1/21/2009
Al Dozier
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Illegal immigrants face their toughest job market in years. And it’s not just the sinking economy that’s causing their employment problem....
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Mexican activist asks Obama to end immigrant raids
wandtv.com 1/21/2009
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MEXICO CITY (AP) - A deported Mexican immigrant who holed up in a Chicago church to fight for immigrants' rights is asking President Barack Obama to stop raids and deportations of illegal immigrants in the United States...
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Guilford To Join Deportation Program
Winston-Salem News 1/20/2009
PAT KIMBROUGH
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HIGH POINT -- The Guilford County Sheriff's Office will begin participating in a federal initiative to identify, apprehend and deport illegal immigrants this spring....
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Fixing Border Security And Immigration: A Memo To President-Elect Obama
Immigration Daily 1/20/2009
by Jena Baker McNeill and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
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And I will make it a top priority in my first year as President not only because we have an obligation to secure our borders and get control of what comes in and out of our country. And not only because we have to crack down on employers who are abusing undocumented immigrants instead of hiring citizens....
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New indictment issues against Sholom Rubashkin
Agri News 1/20/2009
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DES MOINES (AP) -- Former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse manager Sholom Rubashkin has been named in a new 99-count federal indictment....
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Immigration agents [cast]ing their nets beyond fugitive list
SignOnSanDiego 1/18/2009
Leslie Berestein
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The hazy violet light of dawn is just appearing in the eastern sky one recent morning as a team of immigration agents steps quietly onto the front porch of a rickety wooden house in Escondido tucked next to a thrift shop......
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A Chance to End the Border Battle
The New York Post 1/17/2009
George J. Borjas
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The debate has long stalled over key questions: What do we do about the 12 million illegal immigrants already here? How do we prevent the entry of another half-million illegals each year?...
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Why it's needed
BlueRidgeNow.com 1/14/2009
Jennifer Heaslip
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Repeat offenders have been deported, agencies are working together and the county will bring in more money than it spent in 2008 for the local Immigration and Customs Enforcement 287(g) program, county commissioners learned last week....
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Sacramento County Cuts Illegal Immigrant Health Care
NEWS10 1/11/2009
Jason Kobely
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SACRAMENTO, CA - With a $55 million budget deficit staring them in the face, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors began slicing away health care programs Wednesday. ...
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Border chief [Aguilar] wins bonus despite criticism
The Washington Times 1/8/2009
Jerry Seper
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The Bush administration has awarded a $61,200 bonus to Border Patrol Chief David V. Aguilar, whose agency has been criticized in the past year by Congress for delays in a $20 million fence project and for an accelerated hiring program that auditors said threatens to reduce qualified field supervisors....
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Colorado immigration panel urges leverage for cops
Denver Post 1/7/2009
Tim Hoover
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A panel looking at how local authorities enforce immigration laws says state legislators should give police more power to seize the cash and other assets of illegal immigrants who commit crimes....
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“Conozca Sus Derechos.” Nixon Announces Pro-Illegal Immigrant DED Director
Missouri Politcal News Service 1/7/2009
Staff
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Yesterday Governor-elect Nixon announced Linda Martinez was his choice to lead the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The question all Missourians are asking themselves today is, “With the announcement of a pro-illegal immigrant DED director, is Missouri taking a step backwards?”...
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Fact Sheet: DHS End-of-Year Accomplishments
Media-Newswire.com 1/7/2009
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Under President George W. Bush's leadership, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has achieved considerable success in protecting the nation from dangerous people and goods, securing the nation's critical infrastructure, strengthening emergency preparedness and response and unifying department operations....
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Tough Economy Making Illegal Immigrants Return to Homelands
my fox Houston 1/6/2009
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HOUSTON -- From home mortgages to car dealerships, financial slumps have taken hit major areas of the U.S economy. Now it appears one controversial sector is also taking a hit: illegal labor....
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Federal 287(g) program: Long arm of the law
Creative Loafing 1/6/2009
Matt Tomsic
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For many Latinos in North Carolina, the difference between crime victim and criminal is the flick of a deputy's pen....
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Homeland Security''s new rules on electronic data collection rile businesses
USA Today 1/6/2009
Thomas Frank
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The policy takes effect Jan. 15 and applies to employees working on a federal contract worth more than $100,000. Businesses worry that the department's online system, which some employers now use voluntarily, incorrectly lists legal citizens as ineligible to work, chamber Vice President Randel Johnson said....
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Why should officers risk their lives?
American Thinker 1/6/2009
Bob Weir
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Last week, Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Charlie Dent became another influential voice calling on President Bush to pardon two former border patrol agents convicted of shooting an unarmed drug smuggler who was trying to escape across the US-Mexico border....
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Arpaio’s America
NYT 1/6/2009
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It has come to this: In Phoenix on Wednesday, more than 200 men in shackles and prison stripes were marched under armed guard past a gantlet of TV cameras to a tent prison encircled by an electric fence....
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Obama Brings 'Change of Course' on Immigration, Top Aide Says
HispanicBusiness.com 1/6/2009
Macarena Vidal
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President Barack Obama's administration has brought to Washington a new attitude toward the issue of immigration, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said Thursday....
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More N.C. counties sign up to spot illegal immigrants in jails
WRAL News 1/5/2009
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Raleigh -- Five North Carolina counties are joining a program to deport illegal immigrants. ...
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Revised Law Still Protects Illegal Immigrants
Judicial Wathc 1/5/2009
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Under pressure from police, an Ohio city has revised its new law granting illegal immigrants sanctuary by removing a strict prohibition on all public employees—including law enforcement officers—from inquiring about anyone’s immigration status. ...
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Immigrant-Rights Movement Takes to the Streets
Borderlines 1/5/2009
Tom Barry
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""Immigrant-rights"" as a defining message in American politics received new prominence when millions of immigrants took to the streets in March-May 2006 to demand the defeat of the new anti-immigrant bills emerging from the House of Representatives and its restrictionist Immigration Reform Caucus....
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Good Shepherd subcontractor banned from site
pressconnects.com 1/5/2009
Vanessa Ebbeling
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ENDWELL -- A subcontractor that allegedly employed illegal immigrants has been banned from returning to work at the construction site of a new retirement community in Endwell....
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California Supreme Court to take on state law granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants
LA TImes 1/5/2009
Anna Gorman
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The justices have accepted the case that began with a lawsuit filed by out-of-state students and their parents, who argue that such a benefit violates federal law. [There is no doubt it violates federal law, but who cares about the law anymore?]...
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Immigrant Gangs: Pols still don’t get it
Center for Immigration Studies 1/5/2009
John Feere
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In their quest for open borders, many politicians still fail to understand the link between immigration and the growth of gangs....
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117 Arrested In 5-day Florida Immigration Sweep
WTVJ-TV News 1/5/2009
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Wednesday that a five-day targeted fugitive enforcement operation last week in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach, Orlando and Tampa areas resulted in the arrest of 117 fugitive aliens and immigration violators....
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Florida's DMV does a U-turn on policy for immigrant crime victims
The South Florida Sun Sentinel 1/4/2009
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Following complaints from advocates, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said Tuesday that it will modify its policy for issuing driver's licenses to immigrant crime victims. ...
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Texas lawmakers revive push for new immigration laws
Houston Chronicle 1/4/2009
ANABELLE GARAY
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Some state lawmakers want to revive immigration discussions by proposing more than a dozen bills that among other things would punish employers for hiring unauthorized workers, challenge the U.S. citizenship of immigrants’ U.S-born children and reverse a Texas law that allows undocumented college students to pay in-state tuition....
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Arpaio asks immigrant to lead oath of office
The Arizona Republic 1/4/2009
Beth Duckett
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is challenging critics of his controversial immigration policy by asking an immigrant to lead the oath....
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Former Bush Administration Official Testifies on Illegal Immigration Bill
WIBC.com 1/4/2009
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The Bush Administration's former immigration and customs chief has kicked off a series of four hearings in the Indiana Senate on a proposal to clamp down on illegal immigrants in the state....
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Border-Fence Project Hits a Snag
The Wall Street Journal 1/4/2009
Stephanie Simon
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Opposition From Environmentalists, Property Owners Slows Construction of Final Leg ...
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Despite Vow, Target of Immigrant Raids Shifted
The New York Times 1/4/2009
Nina Bernstein
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The raids on homes around the country were billed as carefully planned hunts for dangerous immigrant fugitives, and given catchy names like Operation Return to Sender. ...
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Arpaio to move illegal-immigrant inmates
The Arizona Republic 1/4/2009
JJ Hensley and Yvonne Wingett
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Hundreds to be relocated to segregated area of Tent City; sheriff says plan will cut costs ...
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Wake sheriff wants to keep deportation program
The News and Observer 1/4/2009
Sarah Ovaska
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Raleigh -- The chances of a controversial jail deportation program shutting down appear to be remote, even though it has been placed on a list of possible cuts in the Wake County budget....
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Immigration detention center considered for L.A. area
LA Times 1/3/2009
Anna Gorman
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Contractors are sought as Immigration and Customs Enforcement explores the project's feasibility. A Homeland Security notice says the center would be privately owned and operated....
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Suffolk cops' forms ask crime victims' residency status
Newsday 1/3/2009
Reid J. Epstein
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For almost three months, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy and Police Commissioner Richard Dormer have said repeatedly that Suffolk police do not ask crime victims to disclose their immigration status....
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SPAID: Punishing employers for hiring illegal immigrants best solution
IowaStateDaily.com 1/2/2009
Justan Spaid
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President Obama clearly has different stances on issues than those of former President Bush, the obvious ones being things like the war, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, economics ... and the list goes on....
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Immigration program could be cut from Wake sheriff's budget
WRAL News 1/2/2009
Donnie Harrison
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Raleigh -- A program that tracks the immigration status of inmates in the Wake County jail may be in jeopardy as the Wake County Sheriff's Office looks at ways to trim next year's budget. ...
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2 immigrant boats found along SoCal coast
LA Times 1/2/2009
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A boat carrying 23 suspected illegal immigrants was intercepted off the coast early today and an empty boat with 21 life vests was found later on the shoreline, federal authorities said....
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AP and Yahoo! News Decide to Start the New Year with Anti-Immigrant Hate
Vivirlatino 1/2/2009
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Lest people think the threat that undocumented immigrants is not real, AP and Yahoo decided make sure this year is another year of unfounded fears. Yesterday they published a story with the headline: ""Many illegal immigrants live in public housing""....
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The state of the borders 2008
MichelleMalkin.com 1/2/2009
Michelle Malkin
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If you think the bad economy has “solved” America’s immigration problems, welcome to your end-of-the-year reality check. It’s certainly true that illegal crossings from the south are down and that many foreign workers are returning to their native lands as work dries up....
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University of Arkansas to start immigration clinic
New York Daily News-Latino 1/2/2009
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This represents the latest in tactics: Illegal immigrations is not a crime, it is a human rights issue... ""It's not a crime to be here undocumented,"" Young says. ""It's a civil issue.""...
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U.S. Issued 3,400 Visas to Immigrants from ‘State Sponsors of Terror’ in 2008
CNSNews.com 1/2/2009
Matt Hadro
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A little-known State Department program has allowed about 3,400 immigrants to come to the U.S. in 2008 from the four nations that a currently listed by the State Department as “state sponsors of terror” – Iran, Cuba, Syria and Sudan....
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New Mexican consul's goals
PE.com 1/2/2009
DAVID OLSON
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Coming to a consulate near you: ""Culture, like music, has no borders,"" she [Flores, the new Consul]said. ...
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[[UPDATE]D] Indiana Company Supporting E-Verify System
Inside Indiana Business 1/2/2009
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A key employer in Carroll County is supporting a plan to utilize the e-verify system in Indiana....
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Undocumented Illegal Aliens in North Carolina Face Deportation
Latin American Herald 12/31/2008
Alexandra Vilchez
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CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA -- More than 50,000 Hispanics in North Carolina will not be able to renew their driver's licenses in 2009 and could face deportation thanks to the state's eight separate programs aimed at detecting undocumented immigrants....
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Obama to face critical immigration test early
The Hill 12/31/2008
Silla Brush
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President-elect Obama will likely make several tough decisions on immigration policy during his first few months in office, even if he postpones wide-ranging reform until later in his first term. ...
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Time to build trust on immigration
The Christian Science Monitor 12/31/2008
The Editorial Board
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The time is not ripe for reform, and should be used to improve enforcement against illegals....
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ESCONDIDO: Most breeze through checkpoint
North County Times 12/30/2008
Chris Nichols
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Civil rights groups and many Latino activists say they [driver's license checkpoints] unfairly target illegal immigrants, who are ineligible for driver's licenses and are forced to drive illegally to work, to visit doctors, and on other necessary trips....
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Critics: Why require E-Verify?
Omaha World Herald 12/30/2008
CINDY GONZALEZ
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Nebraska meatpackers have been using an electronic system to ferret out undocumented workers for years — long before the recent push by local politicians to tap E-Verify in the fight against illegal immigration....
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Tax Money Funds Illegal Immigrant Employer
Judicial Watch 12/30/2008
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An Iowa senator [Tom Harkin] abused his power as a committee chair to secretly steer millions of tax dollars from an environmental program to a small-town meatpacking company notorious for hiring illegal immigrants....
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Gwinnett begins fast-track deportations next month
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 12/30/2008
ANDRIA SIMMONS , MARY LOU PICKEL
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Hundreds of Gwinnett County inmates who are in the country illegally will be fast-tracked for deportation once federal immigration officials begin a 26-day “surge” to screen foreign nationals....
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Illegal Immigration Bill Will Include a Limited E-Verify
Nebraska State Newspaper 12/30/2008
Samuel McKewon
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Nebraska State Sen. Brad Ashford already vowed to put forth a bill targeting illegal immigration during a recent hearing. On Tuesday, he began to flesh out what that plan will look like....
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Business groups sue over Homeland Security E-Verify program
CNET News 12/30/2008
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations filed suit against U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff last week, complaining that the Homeland Security Department cannot legally require federal contractors to use its online worker verification database....
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Barack Obama Under Siege From Far Left
FOXNews.com 12/30/2008
Bill O'Reilly
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...Very few Americans know Ms. Solis [Obama Secretary of Labor nominee], but she favors blanket amnesty and few restrictions on illegal immigration......
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The undocumented who refuse to desert a bad U.S. economy are already paying a price to stay here
Latina Lista 12/29/2008
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While this bit of news [exodus of illegal aliens] would seem encouraging to all those who have campaigned against the presence of undocumented immigrants, it's not a sign that the battle over recognizing the undocumented who are still here is over....
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Border Patrol: Fewer Illegal Crossings
CBS Evening News 12/29/2008
Bill Whitaker
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CBS Evening News: As American Economy Tanks, Foreign Workers Don't Come Looking For Jobs, Border Observers Say ...
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Death of a Dream
The Hartford Advocate 12/29/2008
Daniel D'Ambrosio
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Ioneida, a dark-haired, 26-year-old Brazilian woman, came to the United States when she was 17 and never left. She told the customs agent in Miami she was here to celebrate her birthday at Disney World. Like an estimated 60,000 Brazilians in Connecticut, she came for a better life....
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Richard Wiles says he plans to join sheriffs coalition
El Paso Times 12/29/2008
Brandi Grissom
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AUSTIN -- Incoming El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles said he plans to join a group of Texas border sheriffs that he has sometimes clashed with in the past over immigration enforcement....
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UNITED STATES 2009: UNRESTRICTED IMMIGRATION
NewsWithViews 12/29/2008
Frosty Wooldridge
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While the immigration debate rages across the planet, most authorities, leaders and the media tremble at the mention of hyper-immigration growth, “…widely recognized as a major component of the social, economic and environmental problems facing mankind.”...
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Obama wants YOUR opinion on IMMIGRATION
TheTownCrier 12/29/2008
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This is interesting. An email came from “John Podesta”..for the Barak Obama transition team requesting ‘input’ and questions on various issues. Since ‘immigration’ isn’t on the list, I checked the prior questions they’ve gotten. Please! Tell them what you think!...
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Movements Afoot to Demolish the U.S.-Mexico Border Wall
Mexidata 12/29/2008
Kent Paterson
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The controversial project, which was originally slated to be completed by December 31 of this year, is the target of reinvigorated opposition from border residents, elected officials, indigenous communities, human rights activists, and environmentalists. Buoyed by changes coming to Washington... ...
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Fremont Moves Toward Special Election on Illegal Immigration
Nebraska StatePaper.com 12/29/2008
Staff
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Petition drives nears required number of signatures Fremont is getting closer to conducting a special election to vote on a law targeting illegal immigrants....
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State wage laws also protecting illegal workers
The Boston Globe 12/29/2008
Maria Sacchetti
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...the fish man is an undocumented immigrant, he was unlikely to complain to government officials. Then one day, he took a plastic bag of pay stubs to a lawyer, who used these and other documents to file a complaint with the state attorney general's office demanding his full pay. To the fish man's enormous surprise, he won. ...
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Employers busted by hiring law so far: 0
The Arizona Republic 12/28/2008
Craig Harris and Daniel González
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When the state's employer-sanctions law took effect nearly a year ago, it threatened to shut down businesses that hired illegal workers....
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California illegal immigrant case being watched closely
NewsOK 12/28/2008
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Case could set precedent on in-state tuition laws THE future of Oklahoma’s law allowing undocumented students to attend college at in-state tuition rates may rest in unlikely hands: the California Supreme Court....
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Employers busted by hiring law so far: 0
Arizona Republic 12/28/2008
Craig Harris and Daniel González
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Thomas seeks new powers after measure''s quiet year ...not a single employer has been taken to court in Arizona, mainly because the landmark law is too difficult to enforce, authorities say. ...
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[Update] 2008: E-Verify proposal faces uncertain future in Senate
The Providence Journal 12/28/2008
Cynthia Needham
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His [Rep. Jon Brien] controversial “E-Verify” bill, requiring private employers to check the immigration status of new hires, had been approved by House members weeks before. But it still hadn’t made it to the Senate floor....
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Call Off the Immigrant Hunt
New York Times 12/27/2008
JORGE G. [CAST]AÑEDA
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THERE are myriad claims to Barack Obama’s attention, and the list will only grow before Jan. 20. But immigration reform and, more immediately, putting an end to the outgoing administration’s unfortunate and inhuman immigration enforcement policy should be high on the president-elect’s list....
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Homicides in 2008: Murder makes its mark
The Monitor 12/27/2008
Jared Taylor
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With 51 slayings in 2008, sheriff reminds growing Valley it faces 'big-city problems'...
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Leaning on Jail, City of Immigrants Fills Cells With Its Own
Herald Tribune 12/27/2008
NINA BERNSTEIN
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Wyatt (R.I.) offers a rare look into the fastest-growing, least-examined type of incarceration in America, an industry that detains half a million people a year, up from a few thousand just 15 years ago....
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Exclusive: Obama and Illegal Immigration – Will Napolitano Really Be Tough on Enforcement?
Family Security Matters 12/26/2008
Joel Himelfarb
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Ever since Barack Obama announced he would nominate Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to head the Department 0f Homeland Security, pundits have depicted her as ""tough"" on illegal immigration......
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Union Got To Be Kidding Me
News Busters 12/26/2008
Mark Finkelstein
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Sure, its revenues might be plunging along with its share price, but the New York Times is still good for something. In these somber days of winter, the Gray Lady, her name notwithstanding, can still inject the sunshine of humor—albeit of the unintentional variety....
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A Christmas Tale -- 1919
Wall Street Journal 12/24/2008
HANS VON SPAKOVSKY
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Hans von Spakovsy is a value ally in our fight to restore a sovereign America... Mr. von Spakovsky is a visiting legal scholar at The Heritage Foundation and a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission. He is a proud first-generation American....
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Latinos Not Protected In US - PRLDEF Files Petition With Organization Of American States - NAU
Digger's Realm 12/24/2008
Dan Amato
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The Puerto Rican Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF) under it's LatinoJustice banner has filed a petition with the Organization of American States (OAS) claiming that Latinos are not protected in the United States....
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Which States' Delegations Were Especially Naughty and Put a Lump of Coal in Their Workers' Christmas Stockings?
NumberUSA 12/24/2008
Roy Beck
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We can track them even though the chambers of Congress are empty on this Christmas Eve. We know which state congressional delegations are the aspiring Scrooges by what they left behind -- a clear trail of votes and co-sponsorships making it easy for us to give out our awards for the Naughtiest Congressional Delegations (and also the NICEST!)......
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Ramos-Compean treatment has border agents quivering
WND 12/23/2008
Chelsea Schilling
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A team of Mexican drug smugglers unloaded $1 million worth of drugs across the U.S. border, spraying bullets at U.S. Border Patrol agents with automatic weapons, but the agents dared not return fire – as one official said they fear losing their jobs or ending up behind bars like agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean....
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Officials Arrest 5 Illegal Chinese Immigrants Flown to Wharton
MyFox Houston 12/23/2008
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HOUSTON -- Five undocumented Chinese immigrants were captured after federal and local officials tracked a suspicious aircraft that departed from McAllen and landed in Wharton, according to a statement from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection....
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Mexico Consulate Gives Free Health Care to Illegal Aliens in Texas
Latin American Herald Tribune 12/23/2008
Patricia Giovine
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...Rodriguez said that because of the immigrant community's ignorance about its rights, the consulate is carrying out a campaign to get those who need medical care to go to clinics serving low-income people......
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Christmas greetings sought for jailed border agents
World Net Daily 12/22/2008
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An organization working in support of jailed U.S. Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean is suggesting Christmas meetings for the former officers who are serving prison sentences of more than a decade for shooting at an drug smuggler who dumped a load of marijuana and was fleeing back into Mexico....
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Inside Idaho Idaho Businesses: Idaho Farm Bureau bucks immigration rules
Idaho Statesman 12/22/2008
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Harvest time is over, but Idaho farmers' use of undocumented workers is back in the news....
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South Carolina cracking down on hiring illegal immigration
Island Packet 12/21/2008
MICHAEL WELLES SHAPIRO
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The first phase of a new state law designed to prevent the hiring of illegal immigrants by government entities takes effect Jan. 1. Other phases that apply to private businesses will get underway in mid-2009....
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Mr. President, Free the Border Agents
Human Events 12/16/2008
Dana Rohrabacher
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For over two and a half years, the unjust prosecution and imprisonment of U.S. Border Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean has weighed heavy on the hearts and minds of millions of Americans. ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Obama aide tied to failed immigration policy
The Washington Times 12/16/2008
Jerry Seper
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One of President-elect Barack Obama's top immigration advisers oversaw a Clinton-era program that awarded U.S. citizenship to thousands of convicted criminals and failed to conduct adequate FBI background checks on foreigners during a push to reduce a backlog of naturalization applications....
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N. Idaho lawmakers plan immigration legislation
Seattle PI 12/14/2008
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Two northern Idaho lawmakers say they will introduce legislation that would penalize employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants....
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New Rule Expands DNA Collection to All People Arrested
WaPo 12/12/2008
Spencer S. Hsu
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Immigration and civil liberties groups condemned a new U.S. government policy to collect DNA samples from all noncitizens detained by authorities and all people arrested for federal crimes....
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http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=82397
OfficialWire 12/12/2008
Frosty Wooldridge
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As America’s problems and challenges mount by the day, President-elect Obama faces extraordinary national and international quandaries. He finds 14 million Americans out of work with additional unemployment troubles accelerating as auto and manufacturing jobs vanish by the thousands weekly....
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Looking For Answers . . .
The Sentinel 12/10/2008
Joe Slaninka
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Botwin, the head of Help Save Maryland (HSM), a multi-ethnic, grass roots, citizen organization that he says, ""works to preserve Maryland communities from the negative effects of illegal immigration,"" ......
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Despite testimony, immigration bill looks to pass session intact
Salt Lake Tribune 12/8/2008
Sheena McFarland
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After more than two dozen hours of testimony about illegal immigration from Utahns across the state, it looks as if a comprehensive immigration reform bill will survive with only a couple of minor tweaks....
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Web site accuses companies of hiring illegal immigrants
Dallas Morning News 12/5/2008
DIANNE SOLÍS
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A Web site, www.wehirealiens.com, lists companies from Pilgrim's Pride to Swift & Co. as ""alleged"" employers of illegal immigrants. Both those food companies have had employees at their Texas operations arrested for immigration violations and document fraud, but many other companies listed on the site have not....
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Web site accuses companies of hiring illegal immigrants
Dallas Morning News 12/5/2008
Dianne Solis
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Hundreds of Texas employers, and thousands around the nation, have inspired Internet publicity they didn't court: They're accused of hiring illegal immigrants. ...
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Illegal immigrants going home, and local labor market at risk--Part 1
Miami Herald 11/30/2008
ALFONSO CHARDY
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Malaquías Gaspar left his farm village in southern Mexico when the economy soured in the mid-1990s. He headed north illegally and found the proverbial better opportunity in South Florida, where he made a decent living by picking fruit and building homes......
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The Morrison Report
The Peter Morrison Report Newsletter 11/20/2008
Peter Morrison
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State Rep. Debbie Riddle filed five important bills for the 2009 session of the TX Legislature dealing with the problem of illegal aliens. ...
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Records: Fatal DWI suspect had high blood-alcohol level
newsday.com 11/18/2008
ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
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The Plainview man [illegal alien] accused of speeding through a red light and killing two women had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, according to court papers....
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Probation, instead of deportation by Susan Carroll
Houston Chronicle 11/18/2008
Susan Carroll
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Though eligible to be put out of the country, some illegal immigrant criminals avoid prison Bayron Orlando Euceda, an illegal immigrant from Honduras, did not serve a day in prison for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old Houston girl....
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Sheriffs identify 3,300 illegal immigrants
CitizenTimes.com 11/18/2008
Jordan Schrader
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Seven North Carolina sheriffs' offices partnering with federal immigration officials have identified at least 3,359 inmates so far this year who are in the country illegally....
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An abuse of freedom
Houston Chronicle 11/17/2008
Susan Carroll
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More from Susan Carroll on the failure of our justice system... Many illegal immigrants out on bail commit another crime or vanish before trial...
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The Big Lie About Immigration Enforcement
Canada Free Press 11/16/2008
Jim Kouri
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Mayors and Governors out-and-out lying to the American people ...
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Don't rush to judgment
Newsday 11/16/2008
Michael Meyers
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Just as alarming as the despicable killing of Marcelo Lucero are the rants from those who seek justice on his behalf by rushing to judgment about the guilt of the seven teens charged in the case - and about the teens' supposed ""racist"" upbringings....
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Mexico to start lobbying to “stop anti-immigrant raids” and form a National Coalition that would demand immigration reform
El Financiero 11/16/2008
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Juan Hernandez, John McCain's Spanish Outreach Director during the campaign was the first head of the IME... The work of forming a National Coalition for Immigration Reform will begin tomorrow (Monday) in the US, according to counselors of the Institute of Mexicans Abroad (IME)....
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Our View: It's not the time for immigration bills in Idaho
Idaho Statesman 11/16/2008
Editorial
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Comments allowed to Editorial! Unfortunately, two North Idaho legislators seem determined to recycle an ill-conceived anti-immigration bill, a fatally patch-and-scratch approach to a problem that needs to be solved at the federal level....
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Officials hope arrests lead to widespread change
TheTribune 11/15/2008
Andrew Villegas
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This week’s roundup of suspected illegal immigrants in Weld County could have far-reaching consequences for law enforcement and national policy on illegal immigration....
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ANALYSIS: Federal policies hinder immigration enforcement
The Tribune 11/15/2008
Andrew Villegas
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Businesses want cheap labor for their agricultural operations but don’t want to harm Americans looking for work. There are more than 10 million unemployed people in the United States and at least that many in the U.S. illegally....
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REGION: Election raises new questions about immigration
North County Times 11/15/2008
EDWARD SIFUENTES
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Now that a new president has been elected, the local and national debate over immigration reform appears to be edging toward easing harsh enforcement efforts and possibly legalizing millions of illegal immigrants....
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Exclusive: ‘Immigration’ Lobby to Petition Obama on ‘Reforms’
Family Security Matters 11/14/2008
Michael Cutler
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The coalition has prepared a report with a number of recommendations, which includes a recommendation … to replace border operations such as “Hold the Line” in El Paso
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Begging Your Pardon
Investors'' Business Daily 11/14/2008
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Former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean are 20 months into their sentences for shooting drug dealer Osvaldo Aldrete Davila, who tried to elude the two agents after driving a van near Fabens, Texas, that was found to hold 743 pounds of marijuana....
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Placing politics above homeland security
Kansas City Star 11/14/2008
MICHELLE MALKIN
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According to my sources, the Bush administration issued a 72-hour cease-and-desist order to all fugitive apprehension teams to spare Obama embarrassment over his Kenyan half-aunt, Zeituni Onyango....
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Illegal migrants have a higher hurdle
azcentral.com 11/13/2008
Sean Holstege
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NACO, Sonora - Mario Garcia Salcido and a friend left home in Culiacán for this dusty speck of a border town last week, headed for jobs in an Idaho milk-processing plant....
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Berman Will File 9 Bills About Illegal Immigration
TylerPaper.com 11/13/2008
ADAM RUSSELL
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State Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, will file nine bills in Austin aiming to reduce the burden of illegal immigration on taxpayers by reducing benefits and protections for illegal immigrants in the state....
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Barack Obama and Illegal Immigration
FoxNews.com 11/12/2008
Bill O"Reilly
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It is now a daily occurrence: hard-left groups telling Barack Obama he must do their bidding because they supported him....
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Immigrants' Rights Organizations Sue Dept. of Homeland Security for Public Accountability about Deportation Program
Immigration Law and Policy 11/12/2008
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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Today a coalition of immigrants' rights organizations asked a federal judge to compel the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to disclose information about a program under which it removes non-U.S. citizens from the United States without hearings before immigration judges. ...
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'Bad business' deserves backruptcy
OneNewsNow 11/9/2008
Chad Groening
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An immigration reform activist says she has no sympathy whatsoever for an Iowa meat-packing company that recently filed for bankruptcy protection. The company blames an Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid in May for its financial woes....
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Heat company hiring spurs federal fines
NewsOK 11/7/2008
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A-1 Electric Heat and Air in Norman will forfeit $150,000 to the federal government for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. A-1 was convicted Thursday of encouraging illegal immigrants to reside in the U.S. after a guilty plea by President Steve Nievar....
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Mayors worry about cost, feasibility of Utah immigration bill
The Salt Lake Tribune 11/7/2008
María Villaseñor
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As to not having any money to implement the statute: ""They always use that: 'Oh, we don't have the funds to enforce the law,' "" Hickman said. ""Then they need to find the funds to enforce the law. That's their charge.""...
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Heat company hiring spurs federal fines
NewsOK 11/7/2008
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A-1 Electric Heat and Air in Norman will forfeit $150,000 to the federal government for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants....
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Mistrial [declare]d in border agent's trial
AP 11/4/2008
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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A mistrial has been [declare]d after a jury deadlocked in the case of a Border Patrol agent accused of gunning down an illegal immigrant without provocation....
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Labor Unions Now Recruiting Immigrant Workers by Jennifer Ludden
NPR All Things Considered 11/4/2008
Jennifer Ludin
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...in recent years, some labor unions have made a dramatic shift: They're now recruiting immigrants, no matter their legal status....
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Back in the U.S., and back in trouble: Federal agents hope to shut a revolving door of deported criminals who return.
StarTribune.com 11/2/2008
JAMES WALSH
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Federal officials have sent Jose Trinidad Sanchez-Azpeitia packing to his native Mexico three times since 2003. Yet the illegal immigrant keeps coming back and getting into trouble, including convictions for drug possession, damage to property and fleeing a police officer....
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Obama says he didn't know aunt's illegal status
Yahoo News 11/1/2008
NEDRA PICKLER
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CHICAGO – Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday he didn't know his aunt was living in the United States illegally and believes that laws covering the situation should be followed....
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Border-killing retrial goes to jury
ARIZONA DAILY STAR 10/31/2008
Brady McCombs
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The fate of a U.S. Border Patrol agent on retrial on a murder charge is now in the hands of the jury....
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Senate hopefuls address hot-button issues
DailyHerald.com 10/31/2008
John Patterson
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We recently asked the U.S. Senate candidates Dick Durbin, the incumbent Springfield Democrat, and Republican Dr. Steve Sauerberg, for their views on several hot-button issues ranging from health care to gun control....
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Washington mulls deporting jailed illegal aliens
Google Hosted News 10/31/2008
MANUEL VALDES
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SEATTLE (AP) — Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire wants illegal immigrants serving time in state jails deported, a move intended to save the state more than $9 million in the next two-year budget....
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Call Center For Immigrants
azstar.net 10/30/2008
Mariana Alvarado
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The Mexican government, citing concern about a growing anti-migrant climate in Arizona, is creating a telephone call center to take complaints and assist its citizens when they run into problems. It is the first of several that will eventually be set up in cities near the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
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Ex-manager of Iowa meat plant accused of aiding illegal workers
USA Today 10/30/2008
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The son of the owner of the Iowa kosher slaughterhouse involved in the largest immigration raid in U.S. history was arrested today and accused of helping workers get fake documents....
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NumbersUSA's 2008 End-of-Congress
NumbersUSA.com 10/27/2008
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NumbersUSA is pleased to announce that Idaho Rep. Bill Sali is a “Grade-A Representative for Sensible Immigration.” Rep. Sali has earned a NumbersUSA Immigration Reduction Grade of “A,” based on immigration votes on the floor and in committees of the U.S. House, and on co-sponsorship of legislation....
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Harris jailers can access huge immigration database
Houston Chronicle 10/27/2008
Susan Carroll
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The Harris County Sheriff's Office on Monday became the first local law enforcement agency in the nation to test an automated fingerprint check system that gives jailers full access to suspects' immigration history, officials said....
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Majority of Likely Voters - Including Hispanics - Want More Enforcement to Fight Illegal Immigration
Judicial Watch 10/26/2008
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This poll shows the American people, no matter their politics or ethnicity, want public officials to enforce federal immigration laws. It is difficult to find any political issue that inspires such unanimity,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton....
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Leader of Tijuana-Based Drug Cartel Arrested
Associated Press 10/26/2008
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TIJUANA, Mexico — Soldiers and federal police arrested a reputed leader of the Tijuana-based Arellano Felix cartel after a shootout in the border city across from San Diego, authorities announced Sunday. ...
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Renewed Crackdown On Illegal Aliens to Target Employers
Washington Post 10/24/2008
Spencer S. Hsu
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The Bush administration in its final weeks will revive a stalled crackdown on U.S. companies that hire illegal immigrants, issuing a new regulation and asking a federal judge to lift a ban on the measure, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced yesterday. ...
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CROMER: The immigration elephant
Washington Times 10/24/2008
Mark Cromer
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The three presidential debates and single vice presidential debate are now behind us, and yet after nearly eight cumulative hours of the candidates regurgitating the sound bites they've honed (or dulled) on the stump, the nation has heard nary a word on immigration....
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Legit businesses struggle to compete with under-the-table outfits
Taunton Daily Gazette 10/23/2008
Dan McDonald
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FRAMINGHAM — Allen the licensed contractor briefly supplanted Joe the unlicensed plumber as the tradesman of the moment inside the Blumer Room Wednesday morning....
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Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Fact Sheet
One Old Vet Blog 10/23/2008
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HS has completed more than 216 miles of pedestrian fence and 154 miles of vehicle fence on the southwest border, for a total of approximately 370 miles. The Border Patrol now has more than 17,600 agents and by the end of this year we will have more than 18,300 agents. ...
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First Mexican consul sets up shop in Idaho
Standard Journal 10/23/2008
JESSIE L. BONNER
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Please post comments or Idaho news on the forum as you deem important! BOISE - The newest Mexican consulate on United States soil consists of a couple of folding tables, an office copier, a fax machine and an eager diplomat named Ricardo Pineda. ...
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Area candidates talk about issues at local forum
Basehor Central 10/22/2008
Lara Hastings
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Election Day is less than two weeks away, and area candidates were given a last-minute chance to share their views with the community Tuesday night at a Meet the Candidates forum sponsored by the Basehor Chamber of Commerce....
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Shenandoah, PA Mayor Tom O'Neill Resigns
Diggers Realm 10/21/2008
Digger
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Word is coming in from the head of Save Shenandoah, Joe Miller, that the Mayor of Shenandoah, PA, Tom O'Neill, resigned at the City Council meeting tonight after demands were made from those in the community that he should do so....
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Retrial begins for Border Patrol agent facing murder charges
ARIZONA DAILY STAR 10/21/2008
Brady McCombs
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More than seven months after the first trial ended with a hung jury, the retrial of a U.S. Border Patrol agent facing murder charges is set to begin today at the U.S. District Court in Tucson....
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THE OPEN BORDERS NETWORK: ILLEGAL ACCESS TO AMERICA
NewsWithViews.com 10/20/2008
Frosty Wooldridge
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Ever wonder how millions of illegal aliens maintain their ability to remain inside the United States without fear of lawful deportation? How do they remain lawless while they enjoy impunity from our laws? How can so many organizations, that support illegals, thrive above the laws of our country?...
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Now Boarding: Illegal Immigrants On One-Way Tickets Home
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2008
Miriam Jordan
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- While U.S. airlines downsize and scrimp on amenities, one carrier is offering its passengers leather seats, ample legroom and free food. But frequent fliers probably don't want a ticket on what may be the fastest growing ""airline"" serving Central America....
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Red tape releases criminal immigrants to streets
World Net Daily 10/13/2008
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Convicted deportees freed in U.S. because home countries won't take them A federal report estimates 139,000 foreign nationals – 18,000 of them convicted criminals – who have been ordered deported remain in the U.S. because their home nations won't take them back....
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Our Friend Michael Chertoff?
VDARE.Com 10/13/2008
Joe Guzzardi
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In the unlikely event that you missed it, ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement division of the DHS, is on quite a roll....
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Arizona town rethinks immigrant stance
LA Times 10/13/2008
Nicholas Riccardi
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GUADALUPE, ARIZ. -- Six months ago, this town of 5,500 took a stand against the most powerful lawman in the state. As Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies swept through town during a controversial operation searching for illegal immigrants, Mayor Rebecca Jimenez confronted the 76-year-old sheriff and told him he wasn't wanted. ...
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King wants state review of compliance with law against immigration sanctuary
GJSentinel.com 10/12/2008
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A Grand Junction legislator wants the state to look into whether cities are complying with a state law that prohibits them from pursuing sanctuary policies when it comes to illegal immigrants....
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Sali, Minnick campaigns spar about immigration
idahopress.com 10/12/2008
Bryan Dooley
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BOISE — Congressman Bill Sali’s campaign claims comments made by opponent Walt Minnick suggest the Democrat supports insurance for illegal immigrants at taxpayer expense....
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Texas Issues Immigrant Driver's Licenses
Diggers Realm 10/11/2008
Texas Issues Immigrant Driver's Licenses
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Authorities say that those who do not have proper identification will simply be turned away and denied a license. The information will not be sent to ICE or Homeland Security. In other words, the Texas DMV is conspiring to protect illegal aliens. They won't snitch. Just lovely....
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Two Years After The Murder of Police Officer Rodney Johnson...The Border Remains Open
AmericanChronicle.com 10/10/2008
Dave Gibson
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The man that murdered Ofc. Johnson was an illegal alien who had been deported back to Mexico seven years earlier. However, President Bush's refusal to defend the U.S./Mexican border allowed this human predator to easily re-enter the United States and eventually turn this police officer's wife into a widow....
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SIMMONS: Illegals vs. American taxpayers
Washington Times 10/10/2008
Deborah Simmons
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Are Obama and McCain paying attention? While Main Streeters were telling the occupants of the Capitol to reject amnesty legislation, John McCain reached across the aisle to his Democratic friend Ted Kennedy on comprehensive immigration reform. ...
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Are illegals voting in U.S. elections?
FairfaxTimes.com 10/9/2008
Gregg McDonald
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A study released Oct. 7 by a former executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies claims that American elections are potentially being affected by voters who are not American citizens. ...
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EDITORIAL: What about the illegals?
Washington Times 10/9/2008
Barbara L. Salisbury
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The word ""attrition""or a reduction in numbers aptly describes the state of illegal immigration today. Illegal immigration in the United States is on a slow decline - and enforcement and unemployment are playing significant roles....
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Mexican consulate opens Idaho office
Fort Mills Times 10/8/2008
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BOISE, Idaho — The Mexican government has appointed Ricardo Pineda to open a consulate in Idaho and help serve a significant - and growing - Hispanic population....
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WA state says it will check farm workers documents
The Seattle Times 10/8/2008
SHANNON DININNY
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Washington state officials say they have agreed to screen potential farm hands for immigration violations before referring them to jobs, after the federal government threatened to cut millions of dollars from a program that matches workers with jobs....
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Reducing Illegal Immigration Through Employment
Heritage Foundation 10/7/2008
Robert E. Rector
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Immigration reform has many facets: It must protect national security, uphold the rule of law, strengthen citizenship, and benefit the American economy.[1] The overall effect must be to reduce illegal immigration in to the United States....
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Killing Fields
Townhall.com 10/7/2008
Armstrong Williams
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“Sanctuary Cities” are replicating disease like throughout the country. These make-shift communities serve as safe havens for illegal immigrants, with sometimes tragic results....
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ACORN Vegas Office Raided in Voter Fraud Investigation
Fox News 10/7/2008
Eric Shawn, Judson Berger and Cristina Corbin
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ACORN's Las Vegas headquarters has been raided by Nevada authorities looking for evidence of voter fraud. ...
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Corbett re-trial
Wick News Service 10/7/2008
Jonathon Shacat
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BISBEE — Francisco Javier Dominguez-Rivera, a Mexican who had illegally immigrated to the U.S., worked in a granola factory in Connecticut for about four years....
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Feds raid poultry plant; 300 detained
The Charlotte Observer 10/7/2008
Ames Alexander and Franco Ordonez
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Federal authorities conducted an immigration raid at House of Raeford’s Greenville, S.C. plant this morning, detaining more than 300 workers and searching for evidence of illegal hiring practices....
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Illegal immigrants will get their day in court
New Haven Register 10/7/2008
Mary O'Leary
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HARTFORD — The attorneys for illegal immigrants arrested in a New Haven raid last summer got the go-ahead Monday in federal immigration court to put on evidence to support their claims that government agents had violated the constitutional rights of their clients....
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As border fence rises, so does ire in southern New Mexico
Las Cruces Sun Times 10/7/2008
Diana M. Alba
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has finished building about 3.3 miles of pedestrian fence in Doña Ana County along the international border, said Angela de Rocha, spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Washington, D.C....
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WILLIAMS: Refuges of crime and terror: How sanctuary cities endanger national security
Washington Times 10/6/2008
Armstrong Williams
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""BK."" The letters are an acronym for ""Black Killer."" In Mr. Espinoza's case, the ""B"" was crossed out. The crossed out ""B"" means that he has killed black people. For assassins like Mr. Espinoza, part of their gang initiation is to go out and randomly gun down someone who is black. ...
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Representative Sali will hold a townhall meeting on October 7th
NumbersUSA 10/5/2008
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Rep. Sali's town hall meeting: October 7, 2008 6:00 p.m. Vallivue High School Auditorium 1407 Homedale Rd Caldwell, Idaho...
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A close look at the Sheriff's Office record
The Arizona Republic 10/5/2008
J. J. Hensley
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Its funding is up, but agency failing to meet key goals The goal is straightforward: Get to crimes in progress in five minutes or less and solve two-thirds of crimes that detectives investigate....
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DHS and group differ over tally of how much border fence has been built
Sierra Vista Herald/Review 10/5/2008
Jonathon Shacat
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ISBEE — The U.S. government and a nonprofit border watch group disagree on which method officials should use to count the number of miles of fence being constructed along the U.S.-Mexico border. ...
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Are Latinos leaving? Evidence shows numbers shrinking
gainesvilletimes.com 10/5/2008
Ashley Fielding
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Ask anyone on Atlanta Highway if Latinos are leaving Hall County, and there will not be one moment of hesitation in between the question and its affirmation. ...
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Haitians push for protected U.S. status
SunSentinel.com 10/4/2008
Luis F. Perez
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Even though he came here illegally after Hurricane Mitch devastated his homeland, the United States gave Rijoberto Ayala permission to stay temporarily....
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Minuteman vs. San Francisco – The Rematch
VDARE.COM 10/3/2008
Brenda Walker
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The defenders of American sovereignty returned September 25 to one of the nation's toughest challenges—the loony lefty enclave by the Bay that celebrates its extreme liberalism like no other....
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Violence in Mexico Forces Families to Emigrate
New America Media 10/3/2008
Lydia Cacho
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A few weeks ago in Tijuana, three families told me that for the last few months they have been living in San Diego....
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Spread of gangs tied to border-control failure
THE WASHINGTON TIMES 10/3/2008
Jerry Seper
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A ""dangerous side effect"" of America's failure to control the Southwest border and the nation's tolerance for high levels of illegal immigration has resulted in the spread of violent transnational gangs across the United States, including Maryland, Virginia and Washington, a report says....
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Cedillo vows to try driver's license immigration bill again
LA Times 10/3/2008
Patrick McGreevy
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With State Senator Gilbert Cedillo of Los Angeles, the old proverb should be: ""If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, again.""...
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Immigration entanglement leaves Longview couple, son stranded in Mexico
TDN.com 10/2/2008
Amy M.E. Fischer
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When Noemi Valdovinos Bartley traveled to her native Mexico in August on what she thought was a routine trip to settle her legal status in the U.S., the 27-year-old Longview resident expected to be away from home a couple of weeks....
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Hugh Webster''s long-shot bid for Congress hinges on immigration
INDYWEEK.COM 10/1/2008
Matt Saldaña
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After finishing a plate of hot dogs and brownies, Hugh Webster addressed a small gathering of 30 supporters at a campaign fundraiser in East Raleigh. Wearing an olive-green safari shirt, khaki shorts and a bolo tie engraved with a buffalo, the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress walked to the center of the room....
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ICE arrests 78 illegals in week-long Pa./Del. sweep
Sussex Countian 10/1/2008
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that its local fugitive operations teams arrested a total of 78 illegal aliens during a week long operation in Pennsylvania and Delaware....
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ICE arrests 78 illegals in week-long Pa./Del. sweep
Sussex Countian 10/1/2008
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday that its local fugitive operations teams arrested a total of 78 illegal aliens during a week long operation in Pennsylvania and Delaware....
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40 Local Arrests Made In ICE Sweep
KPHO News 10/1/2008
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested nearly 40 gang members and gang associates in Phoenix over the past four months as part of a far-reaching law enforcement operation that resulted in more than 1,700 arrests nationwide. ...
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Report: Houston not doing its part to stop Latino gangs
Houston Chronicle 10/1/2008
STEWART M. POWELL and CAROLYN FEIBEL
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WASHINGTON — The federal government's top immigration enforcement officer on Wednesday released a report that showed Houston has fallen short in a nationwide crackdown on violent, predominantly Latino street gangs that draw strength from undocumented immigrants....
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Shutting illegals out of college: Who is helped?
Sacbee.com 9/30/2008
Peter Schrag
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The three-judge decision earlier this month that jeopardizes tuition breaks for thousands of California's illegal alien college students may be legally correct. But it's likely to lead to a self-defeating economic strategy the nation will regret....
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Border stop leads to arrest of convicted murderer
azfamily.com 9/30/2008
Press Release from U.S. Customs and Border Enforcement
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Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Ajo Station apprehended a vehicle carrying eleven illegal aliens on Highway 85 near Lukeville, Arizona. ...
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Judge declines to step down from Postville immigration case
gazetteonline.com 9/30/2008
Amy Lorentzen
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DES MOINES - A federal judge has denied a motion asking her to remove herself from the case of a former Agriprocessors Inc. supervisor who is awaiting sentencing on immigration charges....
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CITI AND THE CITI FOUNDATION AWARD $1,000,000 TO THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA
NCLR Press Release 9/30/2008
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Citi and the Citi Foundation presented a $1,000,000 grant to the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) in support of its efforts to build the capacity of its almost 300 affiliates across the country working at the state and local level....
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Patriot's Free Speech Shut Down At PA Gov Rendell Appearance
diggersrealm.com 9/30/2008
Digger
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I attended the very first Southeastern Pennsylvania First Suburbs Project in Norristown, PA yesterday, Sep 28, 2008. The event was attended by left wing organizers and their volunteers from throughout the area, but was also open to the public if you registered....
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Caught On Tape: Border patrol agents attacked with rocks
KNX-TV, Phoenix 9/29/2008
Rebecca Thomas
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Surveillance cameras show people on the Mexican side of the border hurling rocks over the fence at agents....
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Sheriff’s immigration tip line ringing off the hook
Phoenix Business Journal 9/29/2008
Mike Sunnucks
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Arpaio said his office has received 904 calls so far this year regarding claims of illegal immigrant hiring. That’s up from 647 such calls for all of 2007....
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Illegals shock, suffocate, slit throats in U.S.
WorldNetDaily 9/27/2008
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A showdown over drug money between suspected Mexican illegal aliens in Alabama ended with four men in prison and four shipped back to Mexico in body bags....
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ILLEGALS push for amnesty in MS raid
ONENEWSNOW.com 9/27/2008
Chad Groening
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A Mississippi-based immigration reform activist says it’s absurd that a group of illegal immigration supporters are staging a protest against recent federal immigration raids aimed at enforcing the rule of law....
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127 ILLEGALS Busted in Louisiana Raids
AP 9/26/2008
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Federal officials say a search of Dunham Price’s Westlake and Vinton plants by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents netted 127 undocumented workers all of them male from Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras....
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Illegal Construction Workers Arrested in Odessa
NewsWest9.com 9/26/2008
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ODESSA - A raid on an Odessa apartment complex in Odessa punches a one way ticket back across the border for as many as 17 suspected illegal workers. ...
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Do we need immigrant labor?
Hattiesburg American 9/26/2008
Robert Hayes
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It's not often that Mississippi is number one in anything, but the recent round-up at Howard Industries in Jones County was the largest immigration raid to date in American history....
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Debate continues on sanctuary for illegal aliens
OneNewsNow.com 9/26/2008
Chad Groening
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A public-interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption has sent a letter to the attorney general of Texas, informing him that the state legislature has the authority to prohibit local government agencies from implementing sanctuary policies that benefit illegal aliens....
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ILLEGALS Demand a Halt to Raids
ChicagoTribune.com 9/26/2008
Joseph Ruzich
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Crowds march in western suburbs to protest immigration raids...
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Immigration debate simmers in Frederick County
Gazette.net 9/25/2008
Sherry Greenfield
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The national debate about illegal immigrants surfaced last year in Frederick County....
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http://washingtonindependent.com/7855/mccain-courts-latino-vote
Seattle Post Intelligencer 9/25/2008
Stephen Manning
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WASHINGTON -- A powerful House Democrat on Thursday demanded an [update] from Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on a project to build a high-tech border fence, saying that delays and setbacks in the Boeing-led program make its future unclear....
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Illegal Immigrant Feels Safer in the States
Mountain View Telegraph 9/25/2008
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Angela (not her real name) paid a stranger in Ciudad Juárez $1,200 to escort her and her two brothers to the United States illegally in June 2003. It took her 22 days to get from El Paso to Estancia. ...
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JANITORIAL COMPANY CLEARED IN IMMIGRATION INVESTIGATION
TheReporterOnline.com 9/25/2008
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The federal government has cleared a King of Prussia janitorial services company of any wrongdoing in its employment of 42 alleged illegal aliens snagged last month in a raid by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. ...
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Illegal Immigrant Feels Safer in the States
Mountain View Telegraph 9/25/2008
Laura Nesbitt
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Angela (not her real name) paid a stranger in Ciudad Juárez $1,200 to escort her and her two brothers to the United States illegally in June 2003....
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County prosecutor defends record on sexual-abuse cases
pressofAtlanticCity.com 9/24/2008
TRUDI GILFILLIAN
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Prosecutor Robert Taylor sat down with the members of the Cape May County Advisory Commission on the Status of Women on Tuesday night to discuss the group's concerns about how the county handles sexual-abuse cases. ...
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Bradley County Up To 37 On Illegal Aliens Sent For Deportation
The Chatanoogan 9/24/2008
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The Bradley County Sheriff’s Office has identified 34 incarcerated individuals as illegal aliens and turned them over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for deportation this year, officials said. And on Wednesday three more illegal aliens were turned over to ICE. ...
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GOP says Dem candidate housing illegal immigrant
The Hill 9/24/2008
Michael O'Brien
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Democratic congressional candidate Sharen Neuhardt has harbored an illegal immigrant from Rwanda on her farm, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) alleged Wednesday....
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Local pols: ICE not responding to most illegal immigrant referrals
The Aurora Sentinel 9/24/2008
Brandon Johansson
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It's been more than two years since state lawmakers convened in a special legislative session and passed a host of bills aimed at tackling illegal immigration on the local and state level....
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21 arrested in immigration raid
Honolulu Star Bulletin 9/24/2008
Gary Kubota
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WAILUKU » Federal agents arrested 21 illegal immigrants at a condominium construction site in west Maui - the same site where some 23 were taken into custody about a month ago....
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Alleged MS-13 Gang Members in North Carolina Charged in 70-Count Superseding Indictment
PR-USA.net 9/24/2008
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Twenty-six alleged members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, have been charged in a superseding indictment that now charges 70 criminal counts, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today. ...
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Valley police deal with law enforcement and immigration
The Monitor 9/24/2008
Laura Tillman
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Texas legislators moved last month to try to include immigration enforcement in the responsibilities of local police departments, but area officials insist the differences among communities would make it almost impossible to uniformly implement those laws....
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Suspected Illegal Immigrants Arrested
WNET.com 9/24/2008
Ryan Leckey
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A bakery in Lackawanna County was raided Wednesday morning as federal agents look for illegal immigrants....
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Probe to track handling of immigrant
Denver Post 9/24/2008
Tim Hoover
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A legislative panel Tuesday took the first steps toward launching a probe into how an illegal immigrant accused of causing a traffic collision that killed three people was allowed to remain in the country despite his criminal record....
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Local pols: ICE not responding to most illegal immigrant referrals
Aurora Sentinel 9/24/2008
Brandon Johansson
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It's been more than two years since state lawmakers convened in a special legislative session and passed a host of bills aimed at tackling illegal immigration on the local and state level....
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Judge orders Otero County sheriff to stop to immigrant raids
Associated Press 9/23/2008
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ALBUQUERQUE - New Mexico's chief federal judge has ordered the Otero County Sheriff's Department to halt raids in poor Chaparral neighborhoods conducted solely to find illegal immigrants. ...
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Sheriff's Office joins Federal Criminal Alien Program
Cleveland Daily Banner 9/23/2008
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The Bradley County Sheriff's Office has joined the Federal Criminal Alien Program offered by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to identify incarcerated criminal aliens; ensure that such aliens are not released into the community; and remove them from the United States upon release....
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Foreign fugitives delaying justice
Cincinatti.com 9/23/2008
Janice Morse
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Two years ago today, a little girl in West Chester was left parentless. Her mom bled to death from stab wounds. Her dad, accused of being the killer, went on the run....
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Immigration investigation nets another guilty plea by chicken plant worker
The Greenville News 9/23/2008
Eric Connor
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Another House of Raeford chicken plant worker has pleaded guilty to using falsified information to gain work at the Columbia Farms chicken plant in Greenville, part of what federal prosecutors say is a larger investigation into the company's employment practices....
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Raid shines a light on Postville housing
Des Moines Register 9/23/2008
TONY LEYS and NIGEL DUARA
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Postville, Ia. - The raid on the Agriprocessors meatpacking plant four months ago has brought attention to the conditions in which many of the Postville plant's workers live, including allegations of substandard rental housing and reports of workers being packed into apartments....
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Former detective, bakery employees prosecuted
Murfreesboro Post 9/23/2008
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Edward M. Yarbrough, U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, announced today the results of an aggressive crack down on identity thieves in an ongoing effort to carry out the goals of President Bush’s Strategic Plan to Combat Identity Theft and protect citizens and private entities from the crime of identity theft....
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Huntington Beach refers 262 arrestees to ICE
SanDiego6.com 9/23/2008
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HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants arrested in Huntington Beach have been referred to federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials since last year....
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S.C. plant worker admits to fake Social Security number
Associated Press 9/23/2008
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GREENVILLE -- One of the South Carolina poultry plant workers arrested this summer in an illegal immigration probe has pleaded guilty to lying about his Social Security number....
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Illegal immigration program sparks debate
Times-News 9/23/2008
John Harbin
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Residents expressed their concerns and had questions answered Monday night during an open forum on a program by the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office that identifies, arrests and deports criminal illegal immigrants. ...
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Illegal Immigration Investigation
WHSV Ohio 9/23/2008
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An investigation into illegal immigration in the Valley has resulted in a conviction in Ohio....
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Laws taking aim at illegal immigration
Augusta Chronicle 9/23/2008
Michelle Guffey
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AIKEN --- Illegal immigrants in South Carolina are not feeling the warmth of Southern hospitality as state and local lawmakers try to turn back the tide of undocumented workers in the state. ...
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Illegal workers in Norman: 1st case of kind?
The Oklahoman 9/23/2008
Jay F. Marks
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A Norman company has ""encouraged and induced” illegal immigrants to come to the United States since 2003, according to federal prosecutors in Oklahoma City....
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Mexicans feeling pinch as income stream from U.S. slows
Dallas Morning News 9/23/2008
Laurence Iliff
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DEMACÚ, Mexico – Luis Martínez went from being a successful Dallas businessman to a struggling alfalfa farmer in rural central Mexico because of a North Texas crackdown on illegal immigrants....
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Illegal immigrants targeted in Culpeper
InsideNoVA.com 9/23/2008
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About 40 law enforcement officers gathered in Culpeper early this morning for a county-wide sweep for illegal immigrants. ...
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Reporting crime a Catch-22 for illegal immigrants
WRAL.com 9/22/2008
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Raleigh, N.C. — When Jose Luis Segura-Rios called authorities to report that he was the victim of a home invasion, they charged him with a crime as well....
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Judge sets deadline for motions in rental ban dispute
Houston Chronicle 9/22/2008
Anabelle Garay
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DALLAS — The legal fight over whether a Dallas suburb can ban illegal immigrants from renting homes won't be allowed to trudge slowly through the court system, a judge ruled Monday....
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Since crackdown, 300 illegal immigrants detained in Mo.
St. Louis Business Journal 9/22/2008
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About 300 illegal immigrants have been detained since Missouri passed one of the nation’s toughest laws cracking down on illegal immigration 13 months ago, the governor’s office said....
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Cabinetmaker Pleads Guilty to Illegal Alien Hiring Practices
Imperial Valley News 9/22/2008
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Oakland, California - The owner of Pepe’s Cabinets, an Oakland carpentry business, pleaded guilty today here in federal court to felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) into allegations he knowingly hired illegal aliens to work at his company....
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States make immigration arrests under fed program
Associated Press 9/21/2008
Ivan Moreno
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FRUITA, Colo. (AP) — State Patrol trooper Mike Jamison keeps an action figure of ""The Thing"" on his passenger seat — a nod to the Fantastic Four, which is what Jamison and three colleagues charged with enforcing immigration law on western Colorado's highways call themselves....
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230,000 Koreans Illegally Staying in United States
The Korea Times 9/21/2008
Kang Shin-who
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Approximately 230,000 undocumented Koreans were residing in the United States as of January 2007, according to a report ``Illegal Alien Resident Population’’ by the U.S. Homeland Security. ...
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Area officials attend sesson on ending illegal immigration
TheTimesNews.com 9/20/2008
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DURHAM -- In the absence of federal immigration reform, a group of state and local leaders came together Friday to consider ways to drive out illegal immigrants....
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Wendy Sayre, former Ohioan, indicted in IFCO North America illegal-worker ring
The Plain Dealer 9/20/2008
Damian G. Guevara
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Wendy Sayre's days at Wadsworth High School included student government, the soccer team and a coveted spot on the senior prom court....
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East Valley Tribune 9/20/2008
Devon Hersom
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Business was almost back to normal for a Chandler candle company raided by sheriff's authorities last week, despite some unanswered questions from management and a short-handed work staff....
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Prosecutors try new approach in smuggling case
The Arizona Republic 9/20/2008
Sean Holstege
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Federal prosecutors in Phoenix are applying a law written to curb armed bank robbers to seek a stiffer sentence for a man accused of using a gun to steal a group of illegal immigrants from a coyote....
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Fewer immigrants booked at the Marion County Jail
The Oregonian 9/20/2008
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This morning's Statesman Journal reports on a new trend at the Marion County Jail: fewer foreign-born suspects are being booked. ...
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Curran looks to deport illegal immigrants
Lake Villa Review 9/19/2008
JOHN ROSZKOWSKI
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The Lake County Sheriff's Office is working with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service to deport illegal aliens who are in the Lake County Jail for criminal offenses. A recent jail audit found at least 20 percent of the jail's population were in the country illegally....
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Lake County sheriff rips city's crime. Do you agree?
Chicago Sun-Times 9/19/2008
ANDREW HERRMANN AND STEFANO ESPOSITO
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Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran took a swipe at Chicago politicians Thursday -- including Mayor Daley -- for failing to control illegal immigration and rising crime....
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Vacaville Restaurant, House Raided for Illegal Immigrants
News10.net 9/19/2008
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VACAVILLE, CA - Immigration agents raided two restaurants and three homes Wednesday as part of an investigation into illegal immigrant harboring and employment. ...
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Undocumented workers fear asking for help after Ike
Houston Chronicle 9/19/2008
James Pinkerton
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GALVESTON — Elmer Martinez, 22, lost all his possessions in Hurricane Ike's storm surge. The restaurant where he worked is closed, and it may be weeks before he finds another job....
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Leader links immigration drive, racial profiling
The Call 9/19/2008
Jim Baron
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PROVIDENCE — “Racial profiling exists,” Progreso Latino executive director Ramon Martinez told the state advisory committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Friday. “It is happening. It is a process that is going on.”...
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Jail using new procedures to spot illegal immigrants
Freemont Tribune 9/18/2008
Russ Krebs
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During the past few weeks, the Dodge County Jail has implemented new procedures for dealing with possible illegal immigrants. ...
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Illegal immigration exposes security gaps
IndyStar.com 9/18/2008
Mike Delphi
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According to Rakesh Kochlar with the Pew Hispanic Center, 80 percent of immigrants entering the United States from Mexico are illegal. That highlights the frustration of many Hoosiers regarding the federal government's constitutional performance as Washington continues to claim tougher border enforcement. ...
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Study: U.S. Hispanics say they're frequently stopped and asked status
Dallas Morning News 9/18/2008
Dianne Solis
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Nearly one in 10 Hispanics in the United States report that police or other authorities have stopped them in the last year and asked them about their immigration status, the Pew Hispanic Center said in a report released today. ...
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DWIs ensnare many illegal immigrants
The News & Observer 9/18/2008
Sarah Ovaska
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RALEIGH - Nearly half the people flagged for deportation in the two months since the Wake County sheriff started an immigrant detention program were jailed on charges of impaired driving and traffic offenses....
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Tulsa police criticized over illegal immigrant's arrest delay
The Oklahoman 9/18/2008
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TULSA (AP) - Two city councilors have challenged police officials over the failure to arrest a man after he acknowledged his involvement in a fatal hit-and-run accident. ...
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Lake Co. sheriff says 21.5% of jail inmates illegal immigrants
Chicago Daily Herald 9/18/2008
Tony Gordon
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A recent audit of the Lake County jail found that 21.5 percent of the prisoners were in this country illega