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Monday, September 15, 2008
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Denver Post sc
More charges filed against driver in triple-fatal accident
Prosecutors have added child abuse and other charges to the list faced by Francis Hernandez, the driver accused in a triple-fatal accident in Aurora. -- Arapahoe County District Attorney Carol Chambers today announced nine new charges on top of those filed last week, saying the case warranted them...  |
Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson
Mexican gets 15 months for attempting to smuggle baby
A man who attempted to smuggle a 1-year-old boy into the country by claiming they were brothers was sentenced to 15 months in prison, an official said Monday. -- Jose Alfredo Ramos-Pineda, 21, told authorities that he was to be paid $150 to take the boy to a store in downtown Nogales, Ariz., where a woman in a red vehicle would take the boy from him... |
Associated Press
Advocates urge illegals to get affairs in order
Fear rippled through a group of Latino parents in suburban Atlanta when a friend was deported to Mexico and temporarily separated from her two young U.S.-born children. The kids weren't able to immediately join her because she and her husband hadn't gotten passports for them... |
Carla Axtman -- Blue Oregon
Gordon Smith's blatant disregard for the law
Gordon Smith's problems with the [illegal alien] issue took an interesting turn last week that seemed to go largely unnoticed. -- Smith gave an interview to KATU TV last week in a scrambling, panic-button response to the Willamette Week piece making note of some pretty fishy goings on with hiring practices at Smith's frozen food and processing plants... |
Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson
Nogales is the prize in drug cartels' war
Nogales, Son., Mex. -- Officer Lamberto Ruiz climbs into his police truck and looks through a spiderweb of cracks fanning out from a bullet hole in his windshield. -- There's another bullet hole in the plastic lining of the driver-side door. -- "They shot at an officer sitting right here and nearly killed him," says Ruiz... |
NBC10-TV -- Cranston, Rhode Island
Judge: Carcieri can enforce immigration order
A state judge on Monday permitted Rhode Island Gov. Don Carcieri to force private employers who do business with the state to electronically check their workers' immigration status. -- But Superior Court Judge Mark Pfeiffer ruled that Carcieri cannot end existing contracts until the state takes public comment on the new rules,,. |
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Freedom Folks -- Chicago
Latest V-burst from Blogs 4 Borders
Our weekly vlog — podcast on illegal immigration and border security issues. In this weeks edition… -- Taxpayer funded Latino only healthcare? We take a look. -- Taxpayer funded Latino only healthcare? We take a look... |
Arizona Daily Star -- Tucson
Hospitals fear loss of illegal alien-care funds
Arizona hospitals spend millions every year on emergency care for illegal [aliens], and the federal government only reimburses a fraction of that cost. -- But even that money is at risk of drying up, though there should be enough to stretch into next year... |
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McClatchy Newspapers
Organized crime takes control in parts of Mexico
Morelia, Mich., Mex. -- As helicopters circled overhead, trucks carrying Mexican army troops lurched through the colonial streets of this provincial capital to a central plaza, where a grenade had been discovered near the cathedral... |
Associated Press
"Free trade" Nightmares: Few safeguards for Mexican produce heading north
At the end of a dirt road in northern Mexico, the conveyer belts processing hundreds of tons of vegetables a year for U.S. and Mexican markets are open to the elements, protected only by a corrugated metal roof. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration suspects this packing plant, its warehouse in McAllen, Texas, and a farm in Mexico... |
CJ Graham -- NewsWithViews.com
Lies of omission -- our southern border
As a veteran, I have sworn an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the United States of America from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Though I no longer serve my nation, in her defense militarily, that oath still rings true in my heart... |
Jan Herron -- Federal Observer
We love you George Putnam
We so rarely pay tribute to those who have given our lives special meaning. We often take for granted the good deeds of those regal men in our country who stand up for our freedom and our sovereignty. I've had the honor to know such a man; his name is George Putnam... |
Associated Press
Hearing set for ex-Howard Industries workers
Hattiesburg, Miss. -- Eight former workers at Howard Industries will be asked to enter a plea on felony identity theft charges during an arraignment hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg. -- The eight were among 595 suspected undocumented workers who were caught in an August 25 sweep by ICE agents at Howard Industries in Laurel. |
KCBS-AM -- San Francisco Audio Report Included
ICE raid in San Francisco evokes griping
A number of San Francisco city leaders are up in arms following a recent immigration raid in which a teenage girl was allegedly left home alone. However, immigration officials are disputing that account. -- One thing that is for certain is that last Thursday night, Agents with ICE , arrived at a home on Hahn Street... |
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Walter Moore, Candidate For Mayor of Los Angeles
Villaraigosa's crazy calendar
I hope that by now you've read "The All-About-Me Mayor: Antonio Villaraigosa's Frenetic Self-Promotion" by Patrick Range McDonald, in the L.A. Weekly, about how little time Villaraigosa actually spends doing his job... |
Dallas Morning News
Immigration issue expected to resurface when debates start
Immigration reform was once Sen. John McCain's signature issue – and a key ingredient in his maverick image. Democrats have largely avoided the subject, but there are signs they'll be using the issue this fall to challenge the Republican presidential nominee's maverick claim... |
Phil Valentine -- Nashville Tennessean
Crackdown on hiring illegals is working
I just completed a two-day broadcast from the "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" event in Washington, D.C. -- This is an annual event of which I've been a part since its inception that brings attention back to the problem of illegal immigration. This year, more than 40 talk show hosts from across the country participated... |
Editorial -- Nashville Tennessean
Nashville rag bemoans 287(g) program
Seventeen months have passed since the Davidson County Sheriff's Department launched its immigration-enforcement program. To describe the program's record as mixed would be an understatement. -- Begun amid an outcry over high-profile cases of violent crimes committed by illegal [aliens], the 287(g) program allows police to check on the immigration status of arrestees... |
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