Stimulus Dollars May End Up Helping Illegal Workers
Thousands of N.C. jobs and millions in wages created from the federal economic stimulus package could wind up going to illegal immigrants...

The ICEman Cometh
By many accounts, Lila Meizell was a nice lady who died a horrific death. The 83-year-old Wheaton resident was beaten and then burned alive in her home last year, a casualty of an alleged check-cashing scheme that went bad...

Forks Told Border Patrol Works to Keep Peninsula from Being a 'Weak Link'
FORKS -- The 25 U.S. Border Patrol agents stationed on the North Olympic Peninsula are working to make sure that the area is not a weak link in the nation's security, one agent told a group of business people in Forks on Wednesday...

Immigration Audit Conducted on Barnes & Noble Warehouse
Barnes and Noble's distribution warehouse in south Reno may be looking for some new workers come next week...

Surge in Asylum Seeking Mexicans Taxing Already Overworked Immigration System
Federal immigration officials are reporting a surge in the number of Mexicans crossing the border to seek asylum in the U.S., an increase analysts say is due to the drug violence and criminal activity that claimed a record 5,300 lives in Mexico last year.

Obama tells Spanish radio: Immigration reform coming
Administration plans to begin drawing up legislation 'over the next several months'
--WND

U.S. sees surge in asylum-seeking Mexicans Increase taxing already overworked immigration system --Fox News

10,000 parents of American kids deported each year
'Parenthood doesn't exempt any person from complying with any laws'
--South Florida Sun-Sentinel

ICE removes illegal alien during church service
'I wonder what the agent was thinking, if he was thinking at all'
--Houston Chronicle

INVASION USA
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Rancher ordered to pay illegals $77,000
But damages over 'emotional distress' to be appealed
--WND

WorldNetDaily Border agents celebrate homecoming He said, 'I love you, and he just embraced me' --WND

South Texas gangs compete to work for cartel 'It's like a bidding war for a contract. It's not something you just get' --McAllen Monitor, Texas

Latinos 40% of sentenced federal offenders
More likely to be non-citizens, nearly 1/2 of offenses immigration-related
--Associated Press

Drug Bust: Cops Confiscate More than 1,000 Pounds of Pot, Arrest Illegal Immigrants

Cleveland, OH - A massive drug bust involving illegal aliens over the weekend.

19 Action News Reporter Ed Gallek has learned Cleveland Police scored a major drug bust on the city's near Eastside on Sunday.

Six people behind bars after a raid at a building used for offices and storage on South Miles Road just inside Warrensville Heights near the Cleveland border.

Police not talking but multiple sources say investigators seized 1,000-3,000 pounds of pot.

Also seized - $300,000-$500,000 in cash.

The suspects are illegal immigrants believed to be tied to a violent Latin American gang.

Drug Violence in Mexico Presents Threat at US Backdoor
Mexico suffered one of its worst days of drug violence this year Tuesday, highlighting that, even as the Obama administration turns its sights to Afghanistan and Pakistan, a major policy challenge is burning right on the border...

Ramos, Compean freed from prison
Congressman calls for probe
of prosecutor, role of Mexico
--WND


INVASION USA
¡Adios! Personal banker quits over Mexican IDs
Employee acts to take America back, refuses to help illegals
A personal banker in Arlington, Va., is quitting his job after Chevy Chase Bank, one of the largest and best-known banks in the Washington, D.C., region, announced it will begin accepting consular cards from customers who many suspect are illegal aliens...

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Tampa Police: Drunken Illegal Immigrant Killed Pedestrian
TAMPA - A teenager leaving a nightclub on Armenia Avenue was arrested Sunday morning, accused of driving under the influence, striking and killing a pedestrian then driving away, according to a Tampa Police Department arrest report.

Vigil For Immigration Reform
Just because Frances Semler stepped aside and the Minutemen aren't causing any local ruckus doesn't mean all is silent on the immigration front. This week, in dozens of cities around the country, activists are calling attention to a broken system that divides families and punishes willing workers. This morning, local advocates gathered across the street from the Executive Office of Immigration Review -- where up to 50 deportation hearings are heard each day -- for a vigil denouncing "dehumanizing rhetoric" and asking the new administration to get a moral backbone when it comes to immigration policy...

Judges Warned Not to Ask About Citizenship
Judges should not ask criminal defendants who are represented by counsel about their immigration status at bail hearings or prior to sentencing, the Maryland Judicial Ethics Committee has said...

Sacramento Cuts Free Health Care for Illegal Immigrants
Struggling with a $55 million budget deficit, a northern California county became the state’s first to eliminate free non-urgent health care for illegal immigrants and a civil rights group was quick to label the move unconstitutional...

Immigrants March to Protest VA. County's Policies
MANASSAS PARK, Va. - More than 100 immigrants and their supporters marched through Prince William County on Monday to protest policies they say have torn apart families, caused racial tension and made them fearful of reporting crimes...

Brewster Troopers: Deported Immigrant Back, Charged with DWI, Vehicular Assault
SOUTHEAST - An illegal immigrant who was deported to his native Guatemala in 2007 after being convicted of driving while intoxicated was drunk this weekend when he crossed the center line on Route 22 near Sciortino's Restaurant and struck another car head-on, injuring its driver, state police said today...

Group Seeks Driver Certificates for Illegal Immigrants
Feb. 13--A coalition of groups today stepped up its effort to convince Gov. Jim Doyle to allow illegal immigrants to obtain certificates that would allow them to drive and get car insurance...

U.S. Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship
Stretched thin in Afghanistan and Iraq, the American military will begin recruiting skilled immigrants who are living in this country with temporary visas, offering them the chance to become United States citizens in as little as six months...

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Brown Supremacist Group Attacks Peaceful Demonstrator