Saturday, January 23, 2010

In Arizona, A Stream of Illegal Immigrants from China

TUCSON — The unforgiving terrain of the Sonoran Desert, south of here, whose searing summers and frigid winters claim hundreds of lives each year, has long been a favored avenue of entry for illegal immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries. But in the last year, the authorities say, smugglers have increasingly capitalized on a much more lucrative business — trafficking Chinese citizens into the United States...
Catholic Church Should Lose Tax Exempt Status Over Pro-Illegal Alien Lobbying Efforts

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committee on immigration met recently to discuss how the church can help push forward so-called ‘comprehensive immigration reform’ (i.e. amnesty for illegal aliens)...
Three Guilty of Hiring Illegal Immigrants (Cincinnati, Ohio - January 20, 2010)

Three Cincinnati construction contractors face up to five years in prison after pleading guilty this week to tax charges related to the hiring of illegal immigrants.

Federal prosecutors say all three men tried to conceal payments to illegal immigrants by writing checks for large amounts of money to a handful of employees, who then gave the cash back to the contractors so they could pay dozens of workers off the books...

Amnesty vs. True Immigration Reform: Part I

In the heated debate over immigration reform, we seldom hear this simple truth uttered by anyone: Amnesty is the enemy of true immigration reform.

Amnesty for persons in the country unlawfully exacerbates and magnifies every single problem our immigration system faces, yet advocates for "comprehensive immigration reform" never fail to make amnesty the centerpiece of their plans. This contradiction reveals a different agenda. They aim not to fix our broken immigration system but to destroy it...

Friday, January 22, 2010

Man Pleads Guilty, Admits Being Drunk in Wrong Way Crashes (Columbus, Ohio - January 20, 2010)

A man who hit five vehicles, injuring seven people, while driving drunk the wrong way on the south Outerbelt pleaded guilty today to three counts of aggravated vehicular assault.

Baltazar J. Altunar, who was injured so badly that a medic believed he was dead, hobbled into Franklin County Common Pleas Court with the help of a cane to admit he'd been drunk when he drove against traffic for 5 miles on I-270 on Christmas Day 2008...

Driver's License Examiner Pleads Guilty in Delray to Beach Fraud Scam

One of several examiners from the state license bureau in Delray Beach who were charged with taking payoffs to obtain driver licenses for more than 1,500 illegal immigrants has pleaded guilty, the Palm Beach County State Attorney's office said today...
Get Serious About Immigration

As an immigrant who used to prepare amnesty and other immigration applications, I wish to warn Americans concerned about unemployment, high health care costs, overcrowding and budget deficits why they should oppose amnesty for possibly 20 million illegal migrants and massive guest worker visas.

This amnesty plan termed immigration reform by selfish and/or shortsighted open border advocates could add 200 million people to the U.S. over the next 20 years — U.S. and foreign-born children of amnestied people and guest workers...

County Spent Millions on Welfare for Illegal Immigrants' American Children

San Bernardino County spent nearly $64 million in state and federal money last year to provide welfare benefits to the American-born children of illegal immigrants.

Illegal immigrants aren't entitled to welfare. But their citizen children are.

Nationwide, one in three immigrant-headed households uses at least one major welfare program, compared with 19 percent of citizen households, according to the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that advocates immigration reduction...

Democrats Set to Reintroduce Amnesty for Illegal Aliens

Between now an the November Mid-term election Americans can prepare for yet another attempt by the democrats to shove through the Congress an Amnesty for Illegal Aliens bill. Oh, it won't be called that, of course, but in essence, that will be exactly the intent of the bill. Look for a bill with the keywords "Immigration Reform" in it...
Next Up, Comprehensive Immigration Reform

For years, politicians have left the problems of a badly broken immigration system to fester and grow. In 2006 and again in 2008, voters sent a clear message to Washington: if you don’t lead, you lose...

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

U.S. to Reassess 'Virtual Fence' on Border with Mexico

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Department of Homeland Security's latest version of a border "virtual fence" has suffered another setback — prompting Secretary Janet Napolitano to order a departmentwide reassessment of the program...

...From 2006 through July 2009, Customs and Border Protection paid Boeing $1.1 billion to create and build a border-long network of camera, sensor and radar towers, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported in September.

To date, only a flawed test system in Arizona is being used by the Border Patrol.

Virtual fences along the entire Southwest border were supposed to be completed by October 2009. Now they are expected to be finished by 2016, the GAO reported...

State Highway Patrol Seizes 44 Pounds (Toledo, Ohio - January 19, 2010)

TOLEDO, Ohio – Two men are to be arraigned today on drug charges in connection with 44 pounds of cocaine seized by the State Highway Patrol in a traffic stop.

Audel Rios, 31, of Meriden, Conn., and his passenger, Christian Paul Carrillo-Meza, 27, of Mexico, were charged with aggravated possession of cocaine, and aggravated trafficking...

Latinos Face No Fallout for Tags (Columbus, Ohio - January 18, 2010)

Local Latinos' fears that illegal immigrants would face closer police scrutiny in the wake of last month's cancellation of nearly 20,000 vehicle registrations have been unfounded.

A Dispatch analysis of Franklin County jail records found that the number of arrested Latinos transferred to federal authorities for deportation fell dramatically from an unusually high number last year...

Migrant Workers' Advocate Indicted

BANGOR, Maine — A South Portland man who took on Wal-Mart and the former DeCoster Egg Farm in Turner on behalf of Latino workers was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on five counts, including transporting and harboring illegal aliens...

Monday, January 18, 2010

No Immigration Action Needed at State Level

A coalition of civil rights, business and faith groups, known collectively as Reform Immigration for America, are urging Virginia legislators not to pass immigration-related bills this year...
Driver's License Office Manager in Ft. Pierce Accused of Helping Immigrants Renew Licenses Illegally

FORT PIERCE — The office manager of a state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Driver License office in Fort Pierce faces felony charges after helping immigrants renew their licenses illegally, according to recently released court and arrest records.

Heather Chinea, 38, was arrested Wednesday on five counts of unlawful issuance of a driver’s license following a Florida Highway Patrol investigation.

Chinea, a 17-year-employee with no history of disciplinary action, resigned in July 2009, a month after an FHP lieutenant was assigned to the case, according to court records and Dave Westberry, communications director for the department...

Three Rape, Kidnap in US Illegally

HICKORY - The U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed that the three men arrested and charged with rape in a weekend attack are in this country illegally...
SEIU Immigration Reform Kicks Off Week of Action

Since our founding by immigrant janitors in 1921, SEIU has been committed to building a powerful, diverse and inclusive labor movement that raises the standards of living for all workers and helps millions achieve the American Dream...