Saturday, February 20, 2010

Matricular ID Cards At Issue Again

Five years after Lake County commissioners recognized matricular identification cards, typically used by Mexican immigrants, a local city council recently voted to not endorse the cards.

Painesville City Council adopted a resolution in effect saying that the city government and its employees, such as police, will not accept the cards as a form of identification...
Tulsa Police Arrest Three With ICE Holds On Marijuana, Cocaine Complaints

Tulsa police officers arrested three people on complaints of trafficking cocaine and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute Wednesday...
Perez Hit-And-Run Trial Trial Continued

...Perez was arrested 10 days after the traffic accident that claimed the lives of newlyweds Angel and Jeremy Seay. The young couple was buried two months to the day after they were wed. Both had been attending Enterprise-Ozark Community College.

At Perez’s initial court appearance, 12th Judicial Circuit Assistant District Attorney Tom Anderson called him a “flight risk and a risk to the public,” noting that Perez, who is charged with two counts of manslaughter and a count of failure to stop and remain at the scene, also had undocumented illegal status...
Nevada Can't Ignore Illegal Immigrant Problem

Tales of human heartbreak spilled out into the hallways like the crowd at the Reno City Hall this past Saturday. The same was true in Las Vegas when state lawmakers held town hall meetings on the troubled state of the Nevada budget.

But along with the tearful pleas for budgetary clemency from those representing the disabled, elderly, mentally ill and classroom teachers, some unexpected voices were heard from a couple of state welfare workers concerned that illegal residents were getting more than their fair share of the state's human services pie.

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) was created so that needy persons could get temporary welfare checks to support their families in times of turmoil. The “fairness issue” raised by the state workers is that illegal immigrants are faring better than U.S. citizens these days in the growing welfare lines...

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Accusations Surface Over Illegal Immigrants Working On Local Base

...Accusations of lax security at Vance regarding illegal immigrants recently were raised by a recently terminated civilian police officer Corey Spradlin. Spradlin told a state newspaper there is an attitude of “this is Vance – nothing ever happens here,” presence at the Air Force base. He told the newspaper he was terminated within days of denying access to the mother of the woman who cleans Nowland’s house. The housekeeper and her mother told police they were on their way to a Bible study with Nowland’s wife...
Maricopa County Dozens Of Undocumented Immigrants In 3 Traffic Stops

PHOENIX -- The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said Wednesday that it has arrested 35 more undocumented immigrants, bringing the 30-day total to 141.

According to MCSO, the Tuesday night's arrests came after three separate traffic stops in the far North Valley. Deputies from the Human Smuggling Unit identified and stopped the vehicles. Most of the suspects were booked on state human smuggling charges, which is a Class 4 felony...

Idaho Lawmakers Introduce Tougher Laws Against Those Hiring Illegal Aliens

In response to the rising financial burden being posed on the state by illegal aliens, among other sponsors, Idaho State Senator Mike Jorgenson (R-Hayden Lake) has introduced legislation which if passed, would revoke the business license of any employer found to be knowingly hiring illegal aliens.

The new measure would also require employers throughout the state to use the federal E-Verify system, in order to confirm a potential employee’s citizenship...
Three Men Arrested For Kidnapping, Raping Teenage Girl

GEORGETOWN — Police recently took three Sussex County men into custody for allegedly holding a 16-year-old girl hostage and raping her at a local motel overnight.

According to Georgetown Police, Felix Flores, 22, of Laurel, Alex Alvarado, 18, of Laurel, and Erik Maldonado, 18, of Milford face charges of rape, kidnapping, conspiracy, and felony endangering the welfare of a child for an incident that occurred earlier this month at the Classic Motel on Route 9...
Massive Firings In Brewster, And A Big Debate About Illegal Immigration

BREWSTER, Okanogan County — The letters came on a Wednesday, hand-delivered to hundreds of field and warehouse workers two days before Christmas.

Each contained a four-sentence explanation beneath the company's letterhead.

Federal immigration authorities had alerted Gebbers Farms that a number of its employees' hiring forms were suspect. Unless those employees could prove they were in this country legally, the company would let them go...

Released Illegal Immigrants Cause Stir In Southeast Missouri

(Farmington, MO) -- People in one Missouri county are speaking out after a group of illegal workers were arrested and then set free.

It happened in Farmington, which is located in St. Francois County.

This past weekend, the sheriff says he arrested 14 illegal immigrants. The men were hired to help build a new hotel.

The sheriff says he hoped the arrests would help restore jobs to legal citizens. The unemployment rate in St. Francois County is more than 11 percent.

But when the sheriff called the Office of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he was told the case was not a priority and he had no authority to continue holding the men.

The explanation isn't sitting well with some residents.

"They're taking jobs away from people that need jobs right now that are US citizens," says Gerald Bowyer, an unemployed glass worker. "To me, it seems like the illegals in this country got more rights than what the Americans do."

For his part, the sheriff says he'll continue to investigate complaints of illegal workers, but fears the arrests will end with more releases.
Underdog Hayworth Says He'll Rap McCain On Illegal Immigration

J.D. Hayworth, who is contesting Sen. John McCain in the GOP primary, plans to make border security and illegal immigration key campaign themes – and to tap 'energy' of resurgent conservatives...
In-State Tuition For Illegals?

New controversy brewing over an old bill signed into law by Rick Perry that allows illegal immigrants to attend Texas colleges at in-state tuition rates.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

The bill signed into law in 2001 allows illegal immigrants to get in-state tuition so long as they intend to apply for permanent residency, but who's checking to make sure they go through with the process?

According to the governor during the last election-debate it's the Texas Education Agency, but Andy Kiesling with Texas Higher Education says that's not quite right. "There's no provision in the statute that requires follow up."

It's something that Alipac's William Gheen thinks is just part of a hidden movement to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

"It's quite obvious that you've got some very powerful big business groups in Texas that love their illegal aliens and want more of them."

The governor's office recently issued a retraction of Perry's statement.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

A Lethal Business Model Targets Middle America

Immigrants from an obscure corner of Mexico are changing heroin use in many parts of America.

Farm boys from a tiny county that once depended on sugar cane have perfected an ingenious business model for selling a semi-processed form of Mexican heroin known as black tar...

The Children Of Illegal Aliens (Anchor Babies) Have Bankrupted The State Of California

In 2009, San Bernardino County spent $64 million providing welfare benefits to U.S.-born children of illegal aliens.

According to county records, during a typical month, close to 15,000 offspring of illegal aliens received either welfare payments or food stamps in 2009. Over 11,000 of those children received both forms of assistance...

Monday, February 15, 2010

Police Bust Lorain County Meth Operation (Elyria, Ohio - February 12, 2010)

ELYRIA, Ohio -- Police busted a methamphetamine operation and seized a supply of the drug with a street value they said was more than $100,000.

The Lorain County Drug Task Force and agents for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency arrested Jesus Maciel-Valadez, 31, and Carmela Chavez-Figueroa, 22, of Lorain, after a four-month undercover operation...

We Should Adopt Mandatory Prison Sentences For CEO's Hiring Illegal Aliens

In July 2009, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. agreed to pay a $40,000 fine for hiring illegal aliens.

An inspection by ICE discovered Krispy Kreme hired dozens of illegal aliens at their Cincinnati, OH factory...
Company Fined Over Immigration Violations At Fairfield Plant (Fairfield, Ohio - February 12, 2010)
A company accused of hiring illegal immigrants has paid a steep fine for employment violations.The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced Friday that Koch Foods of Cincinnati LLC paid a $536,046 fine for administrative violations of U.S. immigration laws...
Nationally Recognized Expert Comments On Sheriff's Illegal Immigration

Maricopa County, AZ - Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 42 more illegal aliens in recent days under the direct observation of Kris Kobach, a nationally recognized expert on immigration law and border security.

The 42 arrests were the result of four separate vehicles discovered and stopped by the Sheriff’s Human Smuggling Unit that were being used to transport illegal aliens in recent days. The Sheriff’s smuggling unit has arrested 1,839 illegal aliens on felony human smuggling charges to date...
Painesville Man Admits Raping Teen

A Painesville man has admitted to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in that city.

Miguel Pina-Martinez, 32, was arrested at his home in October after the victim told a school counselor she was raped by him...
Illegal Immigrant Uses Identity Of Sheriff's Deputy To Get Work

PHOENIX -- Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested an illegal immigrant after they say he stole a deputy's identity to get a job.

According to the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, Leobardo Estrada-Robles, 31, used the identity of a deputy, including his Social Security number, to work in the United States illegally...