Harold Meyerson -- Washington Post -- March 17, 2010      Amnesty Scheme: More moaning and groaning, demands from outlaws and pals    ..."There's huge discontent, especially among the young," says Angelica Salas, who heads [CHIRLA]. "They see their parents snatched away, they have to put their lives on hold." (There are an estimated 4 million U.S.-born American-citizen children of [illegal aliens.... criminals].) [CASA's Gustavo Torres is threatening civil unrest if there's no amnesty for invaders] [See Amnesty Watch]

Harold Meyerson -- Washington Post -- March 17, 2010      Amnesty: Maryland open-borders mob threatens "civil disobedience"    ..."I'm very hopeful" that the president will agree to push for legislation, says [Rep. Luis] Gutierrez. "The ball is in his court." -- And if the president doesn't agree? "We will go into the field," says Gutierrez, "like the civil rights movement and the suffragists did." "We will escalate," says Gustavo Torres of Casa de Maryland, "to civil disobedience." [See Amnesty Watch]

America's Voice (Cheap Labor Hustlers) -- March 12, 2010    Videos Included     Maryland raids rile local open-borders troublemakers    ...Today, CASA de Maryland hosted a press conference in front of the White House, denouncing the raids and allowing family members of detained [illegal aliens.... criminals] to speak. One reporter questioned what response there might have been from the Administration, given the timing of the raids one day after the White House meeting [about amnesty]...

Federation for American Immigration Reform -- March 1, 2010   Latest FAIR Legislative Update    The nation's top civil rights prosecutor last week blatantly misrepresented FBI crime statistics by claiming that hate crimes against Latinos are on the rise. [Fmr. CASA de Maryland lackey] Thomas Perez, who took over the Justice Department's civil rights unit for the Obama Administration, said last Wednesday, "The data and my own experience is that hate crimes are on the rise: Hate crimes against every group are on the rise."

Baltimore Sun -- February 10, 2010     A new move against illegal aliens (criminals)    Some Maryland lawmakers want to require the state prison system to notify federal authorities when an inmate may be in the country unlawfully - potentially resurrecting last year's debate about how the state is responding to an influx of illegal [aliens]... [The radical Left-wing subversives at CASA de Maryland object, naturally.] [See Crime Watch]

Towson (Md.) Times -- February 3, 2010      Council approves illegal immigration measure; CASA, ACLU grouse    A civil rights group and an [illegal alien.... criminal] advocacy organization say they fear some legal immigrants may be discriminated against if the county abides by a resolution passed Monday night by the County Council. -- The council passed the non-binding measure by a vote of 6-0 asking the county to develop policies that would penalize companies...

Baltimore Sun  -- February 2, 2010    Baltimore County Council wants contractors to vet hires; CASA & ACLU whine    ...Representatives of Casa de Maryland, an [illegal alien.... criminal] advocacy group, and the ACLU questioned the accuracy of E-Verify and asked council members to review several reports on it. -- "While I respect the desire to ensure the lawful ability to work in the U.S., I disagree with the means to do so," said Ajmel Quereshi, an attorney for the ACLU...

Baltimore Sun -- February 1, 2010     E-Verify urged for Baltimore County as usual suspects whine    ...At CASA de Maryland, an [illegal alien.... criminal] advocacy group, director of services Kerry O'Brien said, "E-Verify can lead to discrimination against immigrants and distracts from the real issue. The council's time would be better spent in calling on Congress for comprehensive immigration reforms [read: amnesty]."

Southern Maryland Online -- Middletown -- November 21, 2009     Local enforcement of immigration rules wins praise    Enlisting local police in immigration enforcement could help prevent crimes committed by illegal [aliens], Baltimore's former Maryland Transportation Authority Police Chief Gary McLhinney, argued in a panel discussion Thursday... [CASA is whining and suing over 287(g)]

Frederick (Md.) News-Post -- November 13, 2009      Sheriff to respond to ethnic-hustlers' lawsuit    Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins will hold a press conference today to address questions about a lawsuit filed by a woman who alleges her civil rights were violated when deputies arrested her on suspicion of an immigration violation...

WJZ-TV -- Baltimore -- November 12, 2009     Ethnic-hustling PRLDEF and CASA de Maryland sue Frederick County    Two civil rights groups have filed a federal lawsuit alleging immigration enforcement violations by the Frederick County (Md.) Sheriff's Office. -- New York-based LatinoJustice PRLDEF and the state organization Casa de Maryland filed the complaint Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt...

Frederick (Md.) News -- November 9, 2009     Ethnic-hustlers to sue Frederick County Sheriff Office for racial profiling    ...Lawyers with LatinoJustice PRLDEF, CASA de Maryland and Nixon Peabody LLP will file the suit in the U.S. District Court at Greenbelt on Tuesday... -- The complaint will allege that Roxana Orellana was eating lunch outdoors Oct. 7, 2008, on her break when two Frederick County Sheriff's Office deputies approached and began interrogating her about her immigration status...

Washington Post -- October 28, 2009     BofA grants go to vehement Reconquista fanatics in Maryland    ...Two $200,000 grants will go to CASA de Maryland, a group helping low-income Latino communities with such services as education and job training, and Manna Inc., which works to provide affordable housing and help tenants collaborate to purchase or renovate buildings...

Washington Post -- October 6, 2009      Senate confirms DoJ Civil Rights nominee, 'Tan Klan' lawyer elated   The Senate voted Tuesday afternoon to confirm President Obama's nominee to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. -- Thomas Perez, a former Maryland politician and civil rights lawyer, was named Assistant Attorney General and head of the Civil Rights Division... [This guy was on the board of the pro-invader 'CASA de Maryland']

CASA de Maryland -- August 12, 2009       Baltimore pushes Washington to reward foreign scofflaws    Delay may be business as usual in Washington, but Baltimore isn't having it. -- Yesterday evening, amidst news that President Obama now sees immigration reform delayed until 2010, the Baltimore City Council passed a resolution... calling on President Obama and Congress to act swiftly to pass real, comprehensive immigration reform. [See Amnesty Watch]

Dave Foutz -- VDare.com --  July 26, 2009     A setback for subversive Casa de Maryland    Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold who instituted 287 (g) last year has witnessed the numbers of foreign-born inmates referred to federal authorities (and thereby be put on the path to deportation) increase three to four times in barely more than a year...

Business Gazette -- Gaithersburg, Md.  --  July 8, 2009    MVA taking heat over pulled licenses    Maryland's Motor Vehicle Administration is under fire from civil and [illegal alien] rights groups that say the agency revoked the licenses or identification cards of about 150 people without notice or due process. -- The MVA did cancel the licenses, spokeswoman Caryn Coyle confirmed Thursday... [See ACLU watch] [See CASA Watch]

Los Angeles Times -- April 5, 2009   Obama's civil rights nominee should be ready for a fight    ...Immigration is a minor responsibility for the division's lawyers, but the topic is likely to be a focus in the confirmation of Perez, a Dominican American. For seven years, he was a director of CASA of Maryland, an [anti-American, pro-invasion] group, and served as its president in 2002....

NewsMax.com -- March 23, 2009  Obama curtails successful drug interdiction program    ..."CASA de Maryland [a group with known affinities to the FMLN] is run by people who belonged to a guerilla group that targeted American Marines and soldiers and a U.S. Navy commander for assassination for political purposes," Waller told Newsmax... [See Obama Watch]

Baltimore Sun -- March 18, 2009                        DoJ nominee also worked for pro-invasion National Immigration Forum   ...[Thomas] Perez appears to have achieved little, if any, public prominence on hot-button immigration issues, despite his involvement with CASA de Maryland on whose board he served from 1995 to 2002, including as president. He also was on the board of the National Immigration Forum for just over a year...

Latin American Herald Tribune -- Caracas,Venezuela -- March 18, 2009 Ethnic hustlers claim immigration agents pressured to bust illegals     ...CASA de Maryland presented an internal DHS report written after the raids that shows that there were contradictions among the sworn statements given by the agents. -- "First they said that they went to buy something because they were hungry and the [illegal aliens] came up to them and said they were looking for work..."

Tyche Hendricks -- San Francisco Chronicle -- March 18, 2009  Obama switch on civil rights post leaves Latinos fuming    When Obama named Maryland Secretary of Labor [and former CASA lackey] Tom Perez as his nominee for Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. DoJ, Friday, some Latino leaders cheered. The National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials called Perez "exceptionally qualified." [Some are miffed that MALDEF menace Thomas Saenz didn't get the job.]

Mark Krikorian -- Center for Immigration Studies -- March 16, 2009     MALDEF won't be running civil rights after all... CASA de Maryland will    I'd alluded earlier to reports that Thomas Saenz, MALDEF's former top attorney, had been tapped to head the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department. Apparently, that was true, and he'd accepted the job, but then the White House threw him under the bus "because of Tom's work on immigration rights," in the words of LA County supervisor Gloria Molina...