Friday, March 5, 2010

Obama Looking To Give New Life To Immigration Reform

Reporting from Washington — Despite steep odds, the White House has discussed prospects for reviving a major overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, a commitment that President Obama has postponed once already.

Obama took up the issue privately with his staff Monday in a bid to advance a bill through Congress before lawmakers become too distracted by approaching midterm elections.

In the session, Obama and members of his Domestic Policy Council outlined ways to resuscitate the effort in a White House meeting with two senators -- Democrat Charles E. Schumer of New York and Republican Lindsey Graham of South Carolina -- who have spent months trying to craft a bill...

11 Illegal Aliens Arrested For Document Fraud

Thomas F. Kirwin, the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced that 11 illegal aliens were arrested today by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and Bay County Sheriff’s deputies following a joint investigation into document fraud.

The arrests were made at a local business in Panama City. The defendants, ten men and one woman, are from various countries including Panama and Mexico. They have been charged via criminal complaint for document fraud.

Accused 'Chandler Rapist' Changes Plea

PHOENIX - As part of a plea agreement, the so-called 'Chandler Rapist,' who assaulted seven girls, will spend 168 years in prison.

On Monday, 41-year-old Santana Batiz-Aceves went before a judge to change his plea.

Batiz-Aceves was initially charged with 47 counts of assault, kidnapping, sexual abuse and child molestation. According to his plea agreement, Batiz-Aceves pleaded guilty to 12 charges and will spend 168 years in prison.

He is an illegal alien who had been deported three times out of California before the string of assaults began in 2006 and 2007. Chandler Police finally arrested him in January 2008...

Why Are So Many Children Falling Prey To Criminal Aliens?

Convicted child rapist Jeremias Chagala-Mil
Convicted child rapist Jeremias Chagala-Mil
Charlottesville Police Dept.
In April 2009, in a Charlottesville, VA courtroom, Circuit Judge Edward L. Hogshire sentenced Jeremias Chagala-Mil for the repeated rape of a local middle-school girl. Last November, he pleaded guilty to the crime, and admitted that he had sex with her many times.

In April 2008, the girl’s mother discovered what he was doing with her daughter and reported him to police. Since his arrest, he has expressed his desire to marry the 7th grader.

The 32-year-old Mexican national has continued to defend his actions to police, by maintaining that his behavior would not be a crime, and actually quite common throughout his own country.

Charlottesville Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Claude Worrell said of Chagala-Mil: “He said this young girl, who was 12 at the time, looked like she was sexually mature to him. He said in Mexico, any girl who looks sexually mature is fair game to have sex with.”...
Drug Gangs Taking Over US Public Lands

SEQUOIA NATIONAL FOREST, California (AP) — Not far from Yosemite's waterfalls and in the middle of California's redwood forests, Mexican drug gangs are quietly commandeering U.S. public land to grow millions of marijuana plants and using smuggled immigrants to cultivate them.

Pot has been grown on public lands for decades, but Mexican traffickers have taken it to a whole new level: using armed guards and trip wires to safeguard sprawling plots that in some cases contain tens of thousands of plants offering a potential yield of more than 30 tons of pot a year.

"Just like the Mexicans took over the methamphetamine trade, they've gone to mega, monster gardens," said Brent Wood, a supervisor for the California Department of Justice's Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement. He said Mexican traffickers have "supersized" the marijuana trade...

Special Task Force Cracks Down On Identity Fraud

SALT LAKE CITY -- A special strike force has arrested 15 people in an attempt to crack down on identity fraud in Utah.

It's the work of the SECURE Strike Force. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff created the task force last year to combat what he calls a growing problem: identity theft, used for illegal activity like drug and weapons trafficking.

Rep. Brad Dee, R-Ogden, said, "We understand whose responsibility this is. We decided we are not going to stand still in Utah. We are going to take that responsibility and do something about this."

Thursday night, state and federal agents, along with West Valley police, arrested eight people on charges of forgery, robbery and illegal entry into the U.S. Agents also seized forged Social Security and state identification cards. They've arrested seven others in the past two months...

Illegal Immigration Must Be Stopped

Illegal immigration is negatively impacting this country, this state and my district. Each of us has seen the impact with our own eyes, and it is something that concerns me. I understand that stopping illegal immigration is something that can only be accomplished by Congress in Washington; however, I am committed to taking steps right here at home that address this issue in strong terms.

Like everyone, I understand the important role that immigrants have played in the building of the United States. They created the great melting pot that is the strength and the backbone of our democracy. But our country was built with legal immigration, not illegal immigration.

Clearly, people from all over the world want to be a part of the greatest democracy and the greatest country ever conceived on this earth. That is an undeniable attraction. But we have in place a process, a legal process, by which immigrants can enter our country and attain citizenship. That is the right way to do it.
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Sunday, February 28, 2010

Suspected Illegal Alien Gang Members Arrested For Rape Of 11-Year-Old Girl

Marcos R. Torres-Enriquez (left), and Melquicide H. Sorto (right)
Marcos R. Torres-Enriquez (left), and Melquicide H. Sorto (right)
Montgomery County Police Dept.
On Tuesday night, police in Montgomery County, MD arrested two men accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. Officers found the two in the apartment, where the alleged assault took place.

Montgomery County police spokesman Cpl. Dan Friz told reporters: “Based on the information she provided and the location and description of the gentlemen and some of the contents in the apartment, the officers went right to the apartment, found the two guys in the apartment, locked them up.”...
Without Immigration Enforcement - Fences And Laws Mean Nothing

Re: "Without a secure border, reform efforts are wasted" Denver Post editorial/2/26/10

Once again, the Denver Post dances around the elephant in the kitchen with its latest editorial. Editors admonish government officials for a defective fence along the Mexican border. They praise Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano, "Napolitano wisely has ordered a reassessment of border security strategy. Immigration reform will not have a chance of becoming reality until the U.S. can better control its borders."...

Hiring Illegal Immigrants May Lead To Jail In Utah

Employers in Utah could be among the first in the country to face criminal charges for failing to verify their workers' immigration status, under a bill passed Friday by a legislative committee that now moves to the full Senate...

Man Faces More Drug Trafficking Charges (Elyria, Ohio - 02/20/2010)

ELYRIA - An illegal immigrant from Mexico already facing charges of selling high-grade crystal methamphetamine has been indicted on additional drug trafficking charges.

The new charges against Jesus Maciel-Valadez, 31, are two counts of trafficking in methamphetamine with a major drug offender specification and two counts of possession of methamphetamine, one of which carries the major drug offender specification.

The charges stem from an undercover drug buy earlier this month in which Maciel-Valadez was caught with 18 ounces of crystal meth with a street value of more than $100,000.

Arrest Warrants Issued After Body Found In Bin (Reynoldsburg, Ohio - February 23, 2010)

REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio
—Reynoldsburg police have obtained arrest warrants on two males who are suspects in the August 2009 murder of a Columbus man.

NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS from Reynoldsburg police.

The Reynoldsburg Division of Police on Monday obtained arrest warrants on two individuals suspected of murdering 36-year-old Omar Armando Casillas-Castenado during late August 2009.

Officers were called to the area of 1200 Rosehill Rd. at about 2:50 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, on reports of a suspicious vehicle. Officers found Casillas-Castenado’s decomposing body inside of a bin of sorts.

The suspects, who were believed to be in the country illegally, reportedly had fled the country, returning to Mexico, shortly after the murder...

Wyoming Man Busted With 335 Pounds Of Pot Now Faces Federal Charges

WYOMING -- The good news for Francisco Javier Riveria-Hidalgo is he's no longer facing charges in Kent County courts stemming from the alleged discovery of hundreds of pounds of pot in a pair of North Wyoming houses.

The bad news for the 29-year-old resident of Mexico is that he is now facing charges in federal court that could bring 20 years in prison, and likely will face more charges as the case progresses...

Judge Dismisses Bologna Family Lawsuit Against SF

Bay City News

February 24, 2010


SAN FRANCISCO — A lawsuit filed against the city of San Francisco by the surviving family members of a father and two sons who were fatally shot in 2008 has been dismissed by a superior court judge.

Judge Charlotte Woolard ruled Monday that the surviving members of the Bologna family can't sue the city for allegedly harboring accused murderer Edwin Ramos from federal immigration authorities under The City's sanctuary policy.

Senate Jobs Bill Does Not Require That Employers Hire American Workers

Reid Deliberately Omits E-Verify Protections from Bill

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A $15 billion package of tax credits and exemptions for employers who create new jobs is expected to gain approval by the Senate this week. However, the bill, intended to help millions of unemployed American workers find jobs, includes no verification mechanism to ensure that newly created jobs will actually be filled by legal U.S. workers. Moreover, it does not prevent employers from claiming tax credits and exemptions if the workers they hire are illegal aliens, charges the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR)...