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Friday, February 15, 2008
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette sc
Suit says county held man illegally for federal agents
Benton County jailers illegally held an inmate on behalf of Northwest Arkansas’ Immigration Criminal Apprehension Task Force for 3 -1/2 days, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in U. S. District Court. According to the suit, Amilcar DeJesus Lopez-Santos of Gentry was held without proper documentation... |
Paul M. Weyrich -- CNS News
Dangerous delay in background-checking legal immigrants
It seems that immigration, legal and illegal, is too numerically overwhelming for the federal government to handle properly. -- Yesterday in this column I praised the Department of Labor (DOL) and Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao for the decision to change the wage and visa application rules governing farm laborers...  |
Asheville (North Carolina) Citizen-Times
Bootlegging returns to eastern Tennessee
...Sheriff Esco Jarnagin thinks bootlegging is making a comeback in his eastern Tennessee county because of a concentration of illegal immigrants and a one-of-a-kind state law requiring everyone, no matter how old, be carded when buying a six-pack. -- "You can't buy beer unless you've got ID," Jarnagin said... |
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Californians for Population Stabilization
Black Caucus leader launches TV ads
TV spots featuring Dr. Frank Morris, former Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Executive Director, launched across the country this week. The TV spots were developed by Morris and the Coalition for the Future American Worker... |
Gulfport (Mississippi) Sun-Herald
Illegal alien charged in fatal crash
A man suspected of being in the country illegally when he was in a fatal crash will be tried for leaving the scene, but he won't be prosecuted for driving under the influence. -- Results of a blood-alcohol test show Raymoundo Rojas Garcia was not intoxicated the morning his pickup collided with a motorcycle... |
KOLD-TV -- Tucson
Swarm of illegals caught near border
It wasn't a handful of illegal [aliens] this time. It was more like a swarm. -- Border patrol agents came across a group of 85 trekking through the desert, east of Douglas, Arizona February 13. -- First the agents spotted fresh tracks along the Geronimo Trail and they began to follow them. Once they found the group... |
eNews 2.0 -- UK
Illegal alien admits murdering actress
Diego Pillco, a construction worker, admitted Thursday he murdered actress Adrienne Shelly in November 2006, the New York Times reports. -- In his first declaration, the man had said he and the actress had started an argument over the construction noise, while he was working in the building where she lived. |
Branson (Missouri) Daily News
Alleged illegal alien charged with violent crime
A man suspected by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement of being in the country illegally has been charged with forcible rape and is being held in the Taney County Jail. -- A warrant was served Feb. 5 for the arrest of Mario Antonio Ardon-Lainez... [More "family values"] |
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Eagle Forum
Senate works toward LOST and global tax!
This week, leaders of the United States Senate signaled that they are intent on giving more power to the United Nations, including the power to impose taxes, paving the way for ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty. Wednesday, February 13.... |
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MooreIsBetter.com
Dump the Mexican Reconquista L. A. mayor
Los Angeles can and should be the envy of the world. Instead, our city is a mess, and it gets worse each month. We can't afford four more years of a mayor who spends all his time running for the next office, staging photo-ops and going on out- of- town trips. We need a competent, full-time working mayor... |
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Suspected illegals await questioning in Boynton Beach
Suspected illegal [aliens] who were spotted on a boat off Boynton Beach Thursday night are on a Coast Guard ship this morning awaiting interviews that may lead to prosecution, authorities said. -- Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Dana Warr would not disclose where the migrants are being held... |
WTOV-TV -- Steubenville, Ohio
Ohio deputies take on double duty
Eight deputies from Butler County, Ohio, are a new weapon for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -- It is the first Ohio agency to get involved in the 287g program, a federal program that trains local departments to help identify and start the deportation process for the hundreds of illegal [aliens] who... |
Michael Webster -- American Chronicle
Alien, drug, terrorist smuggling soars on U. S.-Mexico border
The federal government acknowledges that the United States-Mexican border region has been experiencing an alarming rise in the level of criminal cartel activity, including drug and human smuggling, which has placed significant additional burdens on Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies. |
KVOA-TV -- Tucson
Nearly 50 people charged with working for smuggling ring
Phoenix -- Forty-eight people accused of taking part in an [illegal alien] smuggling ring were indicted on criminal charges, Arizona authorities announced Thursday. -- Authorities say the group, whose top leaders were among those who face charges, grossed as much as $130,000 a week moving people from Naco, Mexico, to Phoenix. |
WRAL-TV -- Raleigh
Two detained in scrap plant ammo case
...The two men, whose identities were not released, were detained Tuesday night and are being held for questioning by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. They have been charged with immigration violations, said Capt. David Smith, of the Sanford Police Department... |
Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise
Calderon meets with LA Mayor Villaraigosa
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined Mexico's president Thursday in pushing for closer economic ties between the two neighbors, as President Felipe Calderon wrapped up a four-day tour designed to counter anti-[illegal] immigration sentiments. -- "There is a need to build bridges, not walls," Villaraigosa said... |
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Workers at Tyson to pursue wage suit
The poultry workers who alleged that Tyson Foods Inc. conspired to depress wages by hiring illegal aliens plan to fight a federal court decision that tossed their lawsuit. -- The long-contested court battle over whether Tyson Foods Inc. harbored illegal aliens was dismissed Wednesday with prejudice... |
Daily Star -- Oneonta, New York
Junkyard dealer arrested for fraud
A Fleischmanns junkyard dealer was arrested Tuesday for allegedly fraudulently insuring and registering cars for illegal [aliens]. -- William Hrazanek was arrested by Mark Howard, an investigator with the state Insurance Department Frauds Bureau... |
Winston-Salem (North Carolina) Journal
City wants illegals off private payrolls
The city of Winston-Salem wants private companies to do more to keep illegal [aliens] off their payrolls, though the city itself hasn’t gone as far as the federal or state government to track the immigration status of its own hires. -- The city is changing its contracts with private companies - from landscapers to companies... |
Gulfport (Mississippi) Sun-Herald
Illegal alien charged in fatal crash
A man suspected of being in the country illegally when he was in a fatal crash will be tried for leaving the scene, but he won't be prosecuted for driving under the influence. -- Results of a blood-alcohol test show Raymoundo Rojas Garcia was not intoxicated the morning his pickup collided with a motorcycle... |
Asbury Park (New Jersey) Press
Suspected illegal alien accused of assault with box cutter
Police have arrested a resident who cut another man with a box cutter during a fight on McLean Avenue, Chief Daniel DePolo said. -- Pedro Garcia-Marin was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon after his arrest shortly before 11:30 p.m. Saturday... |
Danbury (Connecticut) News-Times
Danbury may fund "Hispanic Center" again
The Common Council is considering re-instating about $25,000 in funding to the Hispanic Center of Greater Danbury. -- The Common Council set up an ad hoc committee which will meet soon with Eva Colon, the center's new executive director... |
Business Journal of Phoenix
Hiring of illegals may lead to jail for Arizona execs
A federal judge's decision to uphold the state's controversial employer sanctions law may be the least of some Arizona businesses' problems. -- U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement drastically is stepping up its audits of businesses suspected of hiring illegal [aliens]... |
Austin American-Statesman
Some upset at McCain Hispanic outreach adviser
Sen. John McCain appears to be mending many fences with conservatives lately, but groups that advocate stronger immigration controls are still angry. -- The latest evidence of the rift is brewing on conservative Web sites, blogs and radio shows, where many are questioning McCain’s choice of Latino outreach adviser, Juan Hernandez. |
U. S. Rep. Tom Tancredo
Tancredo letter to Mexican President Calderon
President Calderon: I was disappointed by misguided comments you recently made regarding U.S.-Mexico relations and U.S. immigration laws. Purveying misinformation and absurd allegations is hardly a positive step to building a constructive partnership... |
Arizona Republic -- Phoenix
Arpaio blasts courts over illegals serving probation
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday accused judges of allowing [illegal aliens] convicted of felonies and sentenced to probation to "roam the streets" - a charge that the courts say is off base. -- Arpaio leveled the charge during a news conference to hail the efforts of his own department.. |
Sun Journal -- Lewiston, Maine
Governor's office responds to question of illegal aliens
Rumford, Maine -- Responding to recent votes by selectmen in Mexico and Rumford, a spokesman for Gov. John Baldacci said Wednesday both boards misunderstand the purpose of an executive order Baldacci issued in 2004 regarding illegal aliens or [illegal aliens]... |
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