Friday, March 13, 2009

Omaha Exec Pleads Guilty in Illegal Hiring Case
OMAHA, Neb. - The chief executive of a construction company that employed illegal immigrants, including some who worked on Omaha's federal building, has pleaded guilty in his case and that of his company's.
Obama reverses opposition to Mexican trucks
White House reacts to diplomatic pressure with vow to retain program
--WND


Farmworker Held in New Jersey Slayings
...A farmworker from Honduras has been charged with using a machete to hack to death two of his coworkers on a Springfield, N.J., horse farm, and the accused man's brother is being held as a material witness, authorities said Wednesday...

Drug Smugglers Using Ultralights to Cross Border
Tucson, Ariz. (AP) - Smugglers facing strengthened border defenses have turned to an old and risky tactic -- using single-seat ultralight aircraft to fly marijuana loads into the country.

Shoplifing Ring from Mexico Busted in Boise
BOISE -- Three illegal aliens believed to be part of a professional shoplifting ring from Mexico were arrested in Boise Wednesday... Boise Police were contacted Wednesday morning by a manager of a local chain store in Boise. Store employees told officers they believed a group of men had been in several of their stores over the last three or four days acting suspiciously, and possibly stealing merchandise...

E-Verify Clings to Life Despite No New Funding
A controversial program that has won bipartisan support for stemming the flood of illegal workers is clinging to life despite the Senate’s refusal to extend the program...

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Drug-Related Deaths Overwhelm Mexico Morgues

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Obama Considers Deploying National Guard to U.S. - Mexico Border
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2009 – As President Barack Obama considers deploying National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to control escalating violence, Arizona's governor has requested about 250 more National Guard troops on its border with Mexico, and the Texas governor is considering a similar action...

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Maryland Anti-Immigrant Group Called "Extremist" by Southern Poverty Law Center
...The crowd, gathered to protest what they see as the growing problem of illegal immigration, was already bristling with signs with various messages--maryland democrats love illegal aliens and their votes, for instance...

Local Group Outraged About Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants
...There may be anywhere from seven to 20 million immigrants in the US illegally--living, working and in need of medical care...

Crimes by Illegals Draw Feds' Interest
Federal agents have been increasing their presence in the area, tracking down illegal immigrants charged with crimes and deporting them...

Senate Passes English-Only Driver's License
English would be the only language for a driver’s license exam in Georgia under a bill that passed the Senate Tuesday. Bill sponsor Sen. Jack Murphy (R-Cumming) said the rule is needed for safety on the highway. The measure passed 37 to 14 and still needs to pass the House before it could be signed into law...

Illegal Immigrants Arrested at Carousel Expansion Site
Syracuse, New York (WSYR-TV) - Five workers at the Carousel Center Mall Expansion site were arrested last week for being in the country illegally...

How Rotten Apples in Government Endanger America
...This news report appeared this past Friday in the Detroit News and while it is a disturbing story as it stands, what was left out of the story was an even bigger story- how a corrupt INS official enabled a once illegal alien to become an FBI special agent and then an employee of the CIA! ...

Sheriff Jones: 'I Told You So'
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Jones spoke before the State and Local Government and Veterans' Affairs Committee considering Senate Bill 35, which would require the Ohio attorney general to designate officers be trained in enforcement of federal immigration laws including apprehension, detention and investigation of illegal aliens...

La Raza / The Race Lobbyist Gets Ethics Waiver
You’ll love the loophole that lets President Obama violate his no-lobbyist rule in order to bring La Raza/The Race lobbyist Cecilia Munoz on board to work on shamnesty issues from the inside...







Just when you thought it was dead, it's back!
New center presses Obama administration to advance continental integration
--WND


Congress halts Mexican trucks in U.S.
Funding bill includes measure killing controversial Bush project
--WND

[WorldNetDaily.com]

Monday, March 9, 2009

Fears of U.S. front in Mexico drug wars
Violence that has killed thousands beginning to cross border, officials say
--MSNBC


Affluent Mexicans seek asylum in Houston
Flooding U.S. ports of entry across from Mexican border towns
--Houston Chronicle


Mexican cartels plague Atlanta
Feds say city emerging as new gateway to troubled Southwest border
--USA Today


Juarez, Mexico under martial law equivalent
Military troops take over in border region to quell violence
--KVIA-TV, El Paso


Mexico's Morgues Crowded With Mounting Drug-War Dead
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Death froze his exhausted face. The attackers lashed or punctured nearly every part of his body. Then they cut off the dead man's head, wrapped it in a plastic grocery bag and dumped it with his body between two tractor-trailers on a city street...
Illegal Immigrants Might Get Stimulus Jobs, Experts Say
LOS ANGELES — Tens of thousands of jobs created by the economic stimulus law could end up filled by illegal immigrants, particularly in big states such as California where undocumented workers are heavily represented in construction, experts on both sides of the issue say...