Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Amnesty Pushers Concoct 6 Straw Men
It’s an old device in politics: Set up a straw man to criticize when you can’t win an argument on your own. Such tactics, unfortunately, are standard fare when it comes to efforts by a handful of special interest groups to bring about amnesty for illegal immigrants...

Tensions Rise Among Unpaid Workers at Wal-Mart Site
YAKIMA, Wash. — The construction site for Yakima's second Wal-Mart is embroiled in a labor dispute involving about two dozen workers who say they're owed three weeks of back pay...
Napolitano Should Focus on Protecting U.S., Not Mexico
An Iowa Congressman is outraged that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is more concerned about stopping legally-made U.S. guns from entering Mexico than she is about stopping illegal drugs and illegal aliens from penetrating the United States from Mexico...

Mexican Nationals Intercepted in Pine Valley
— Border Patrol agents found 30 Mexican nationals being smuggled into the country inside semitrailers in two separate stops, authorities said...

Immigration Arrest of Mercenary Puts Focus on LDS Policy
Jose Calzadillas spent two years serving his faith as a Mormon missionary.
He worked with the Spanish-speaking community in Ohio, spreading the word about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and doing volunteer work on his days off...

Colorado Indicts Illegal Immigrants in Alleged Prostitution Ring
DENVER, Colorado — Colorado Attorney General John Suthers announced today the Statewide Grand Jury has indicted 15 illegal immigrants on suspicion of operating an illegal enterprise, known as Mi Casa Su Casa, that promoted and engaged in prostitution and cocaine distribution at a series of brothels in Denver, Longmont and Glenwood Springs...

Iowa Plant Ex-Worker Wants ID Theft Plea Withdrawn
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former human resources employee at an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse where hundreds of illegal immigrants were caught in a raid last year has withdrawn her guilty plea to identity theft...

Illegal Immigrants Get Government ID
Thousands of illegal immigrants have obtained official government identification cards in the last few months thanks to a costly program operated by a California sanctuary city that for years has protected even the most violent of felons from deportation...

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Driver Smuggling Illegal Immigrants Nearly Runs Over Upland Police Officer
A man hauling eight illegal immigrants in a car tried to run over a police officer and led officers on a chase into Montclair on Saturday...

Sunday, May 3, 2009

SEIU Vice President Eliseo Medina Testifies in Support of Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Washington, DC - Today, SEIU Vice President Eliseo Medina testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security. At a hearing on the need for passing comprehensive immigration reform in 2009, Medina detailed a unified reform framework that was released earlier this month by Change to Win (which includes SEIU) and AFL-CIO...

17 Men Arrested in Witchita for Being in U.S. Illegally
Federal immigration agents and Wichita police officers this week arrested 17 gang members and associates with criminal histories who are in the U.S. illegally...