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Saturday, December 24, 2005 |
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Connecticut
Post
Illegal alien
gets 6 years in death of WWII vet
Bridgeport -- Chester Dillahunt of Fairfield
survived World War II and the Korean War to be killed at the
age of 86 by a drunken illegal immigrant. -- On Friday, Jeronimo
Rocha, from Brazil, was sentenced to six years in prison for
the crime. He'll be deported back to Brazil after he serves his
term. |
Suspect |
MetroWest
Daily News
DA
wants suspect [likely an illegal] tested for HIV
Plymouth, Mass. -- A Framingham man charged
with kidnapping a woman and her toddler last Saturday and raping
the mother over a period of two days likely carries the HIV virus,
a prosecutor alleged in a motion filed in court yesterday. --
Evandro Doirado was in Plymouth District Court yesterday for
a hearing... |
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Minneapolis
Star-Tribune
One
town's concerns led to report on immigration
Gov. Tim Pawlenty's controversial report
this month on the costs of illegal immigration in Minnesota was
prompted, his staff says, by troubles in the prairie town of
Worthington, one of the state's most diverse cities. -- The views
that officials in the southwest Minnesota community voiced in
the fall to the governor... |
No Illegals! |
Associated
Press
Georgia's
immigration proposals zero in on college benefits
Atlanta -- Trying to tackle the challenges
of the state's booming, young immigrant population, Georgia lawmakers
are preparing to debate an issue that many consider critical
to the integration of immigrant communities - access to higher
education. -- While only the federal government can handle border
control, Georgia and other states... |
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Imperial
Valley Press
Convicted
smuggler's freedom ends at border
As a Mexican national sits in the Imperial
County jail this holiday weekend awaiting a January court date,
the U.S. Marshal's Service released new details about a man who
escaped justice for 10 years after a cocaine smuggling conviction.
-- Enrique Godinez Contreras was arrested Friday morning by U.S.
Border Patrol agents... |
No Sponges |
Prensa Latina
-- Havana
Emigration
a Priority for El Salvador
El Salvador will turn emigration a priority
in 2006 because of the situation of thousands of nationals living
in the US. -- Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez said they will
try and secure more jobs for those under the Temporary Protection
Status that expires Sep 2006, and will have to face a forced
return to El Salvador. |
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Centralia
Chronicle
East
county crash raises questions on illegal alien policies
The accident Monday morning on U.S. Highway
12 near Randle raises some troubling questions again about illegal
aliens in this country and how that issue is being dealt with
by our government at all levels. -- The crash killed one person
and injured several others when the van in which they were riding
went out of control. |
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Associated
Press
Border
church highlights immigration debate
Eagle Pass, Texas -- For [illegal
aliens... criminals] weary from a long desert journey, Father
Jim Loiacono is there with food, shelter and sometimes a trip
to Western Union. -- He asks only to see U.S. Border Patrol papers
that indicate the immigrant has promised to appear before a judge. |
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KOLD-TV
-- Tucson
"Experts"
comment on visa overstayers
Phoenix -- Millions of undocumented immigrants
have entered Arizona and other states legally with student, work
or tourism visas. -- And after they expired, some decided to
stay around. -- Known as "overstays," they've received
little attention in the national debate over immigration reform
and homeland security. |
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Greeley
Tribune
Latino
voters wanted
The idea crept into Susanne Villarreal's
head when she helped register voters with the John Kerry presidential
campaign in 2004. -- It hit her this past month when she witnessed
hundreds of Latinos stand up to a proposal for an Immigration
and Customs Enforcement office in Greeley... |
al-Zarqawi |
The Conservative
Voice
Police
Chiefs Say Illegal Alien Gang Linked to Al-Qaeda
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
arrested 103 members of the violent street gang Mara Salvatrucha
(MS-13) in six major U.S. cities as part of a new anti-gang initiative
called "Operation Community Shield," according to a
report received by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. |
Tom Tancredo |
New York
Times
Capitol's
Pariah on Immigration Is Now a Power
For nearly a decade, Representative Tom
Tancredo, Republican of Colorado, has been dismissed by his critics
as little more than an angry man with a microphone, a lonely
figure who rails against immigration and battles his own president
and party. -- So radical were his proposals - calling for a fence
along the United States border with Canada... |
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