Deportation Likely for 3 Ex-Workers at a Catawba Construction Site (Port Clinton, Ohio - January 13, 2010)
CATAWBA ISLAND — When Catawba Island Township Police investigated trespassing at a construction site on Carolina Street around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, they found three men who turned out to be illegal immigrants, according to a spokesman for the Catawba Island Township.
The men, who had been working at the site earlier, did not speak English and the U.S. Border Patrol responded to translate, the spokesman said. One of the men had a passport and the other two had Guatemalan driver’s licenses, the spokesman said, though their documents did not check out properly...
Friday, January 15, 2010
NY Immigrant Sentenced in DWI Homicide Case
CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man who killed a mother and daughter while driving drunk, heightening the debate over illegal immigration, has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man who killed a mother and daughter while driving drunk, heightening the debate over illegal immigration, has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
He is likely to face deportation to Guatemala when his time is served...
Sheriff Decries Burdens of Illegal Immigration
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said illegal immigration is affecting society in a number of ways, and cited three cases at a media roundtable discussion Tuesday involving identity theft and rape.
Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said illegal immigration is affecting society in a number of ways, and cited three cases at a media roundtable discussion Tuesday involving identity theft and rape.
"This is a reoccurring theme with illegal immigration," he said. "There are devastating consequences to society."...
Illegal Immigration: It's Illegal
Blue hats are blue. Big trees are big. Do you agree with these statements? How about this one: Illegal immigration is illegal. For some reason, this point has been a contentious issue in the United States over the past few years...
Blue hats are blue. Big trees are big. Do you agree with these statements? How about this one: Illegal immigration is illegal. For some reason, this point has been a contentious issue in the United States over the past few years...
Another Plug for Amnesty Misses the Costs
Ever since President Barack Obama made a campaign promise to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform early in his presidency, there has been a series of studies aimed at making the economic case for another amnesty. The newest, a study by the Center for American Progress (CAP), claims that legalizing the 11 million illegal immigrants inside the United States would increase GDP by at least $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
Touting amnesty as an economic stimulus is weak on several points. First, these studies almost across the board assume that legalized individuals will contribute more than the taxpayer dollars they receive. The Heritage Foundation, however, has found that illegal immigrants take in $32,138 in immediate benefits and services for every $9,686 in taxes they pay out. This scenario is likely to worsen as these individuals become eligible for government benefits only permitted to legal residents of the United States. This is largely because immigrants are disproportionately low-skilled (even the CAP report recognizes this fact), and low-skilled workers draw more heavily on government welfare and income maintenance services than higher skilled workers...
Ever since President Barack Obama made a campaign promise to move forward with comprehensive immigration reform early in his presidency, there has been a series of studies aimed at making the economic case for another amnesty. The newest, a study by the Center for American Progress (CAP), claims that legalizing the 11 million illegal immigrants inside the United States would increase GDP by at least $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
Touting amnesty as an economic stimulus is weak on several points. First, these studies almost across the board assume that legalized individuals will contribute more than the taxpayer dollars they receive. The Heritage Foundation, however, has found that illegal immigrants take in $32,138 in immediate benefits and services for every $9,686 in taxes they pay out. This scenario is likely to worsen as these individuals become eligible for government benefits only permitted to legal residents of the United States. This is largely because immigrants are disproportionately low-skilled (even the CAP report recognizes this fact), and low-skilled workers draw more heavily on government welfare and income maintenance services than higher skilled workers...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
NY Immigrant Sentenced in DWI Homicide Case
CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man who killed a mother and daughter while driving drunk, heightening the debate over illegal immigration, has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
CARMEL, N.Y. (AP) - A New York man who killed a mother and daughter while driving drunk, heightening the debate over illegal immigration, has been sentenced to eight years and four months in prison.
He is likely to face deportation to Guatemala when his time is served...
Illegal Immigration - A Crime That Pays
When I was a kid I often heard the saying, “Crime doesn’t pay.” And back then, such was usually the case. Though there were most certainly exceptions, in general, it seemed to me as though most criminals eventually paid for their crimes. And back then, it also seemed to me that most people believed that’s the way it should be. Boy, how things have changed...
Is Short Drug-Trafficking Suspect a Small Adult, or Juvenile? Judge to Decide (Columbus, Ohio - January 13, 2010)
Rigoberto Gomez Gomez is among the smallest inmates in the Franklin County jail.
Rigoberto Gomez Gomez is among the smallest inmates in the Franklin County jail.
Though jail records list him at 5 feet tall, a psychologist who interviewed him filed a report estimating his height at 4 feet 8 and his weight at less than 90 pounds...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Officers Ordered Not to Ask for Immigration Status (Dayton, Ohio - January 11, 2010)
DAYTON - City police officers are now prohibited from asking the immigration status of a witness or victim of a crime in hopes it eases fears some ethnic groups have of law enforcement...
DAYTON - City police officers are now prohibited from asking the immigration status of a witness or victim of a crime in hopes it eases fears some ethnic groups have of law enforcement...
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Robot Border Guards to Patrol Future Frontiers
A MIGRANT makes a furtive dash across an unwalled rural section of a national border, only to be confronted by a tracked robot that looks like a tiny combat tank - with a gimballed camera for an eye. As he passes the bug-eyed droid, it follows him and a border guard's voice booms from its loudspeaker. He has illegally entered the country, he is warned, and if he does not turn back he will be filmed and followed by the robot, or by an airborne drone, until guards apprehend him...
A MIGRANT makes a furtive dash across an unwalled rural section of a national border, only to be confronted by a tracked robot that looks like a tiny combat tank - with a gimballed camera for an eye. As he passes the bug-eyed droid, it follows him and a border guard's voice booms from its loudspeaker. He has illegally entered the country, he is warned, and if he does not turn back he will be filmed and followed by the robot, or by an airborne drone, until guards apprehend him...
Detained Immigrants Were Set to Clear Gillette Snow
Dozens of immigrants pulled over Wednesday in Foxborough during a federal search for fugitives from deportation were on their way to Gillette Stadium to shovel snow before this weekend’s New England Patriots playoff game, Guatemala’s consul in Rhode Island said yesterday...
Dozens of immigrants pulled over Wednesday in Foxborough during a federal search for fugitives from deportation were on their way to Gillette Stadium to shovel snow before this weekend’s New England Patriots playoff game, Guatemala’s consul in Rhode Island said yesterday...
Illegal Immigrants Taken Into Custody Following Crash
DWIGHT TOWNSHIP — Two Mexican men reportedly working at an area dairy farm were taken into custody by police early Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle accident along Stoddard Road...
DWIGHT TOWNSHIP — Two Mexican men reportedly working at an area dairy farm were taken into custody by police early Tuesday morning following a two-vehicle accident along Stoddard Road...
Deputy's Murder Highlights Utah's Illegal Immigration Problem
SALT LAKE CITY -- We're learning even more about the man accused of shooting and killing a Millard County sheriff's deputy Tuesday. In addition to numerous drug convictions, Roberto Roman's background also includes the fact that he was deported from the United States in 1998...
SALT LAKE CITY -- We're learning even more about the man accused of shooting and killing a Millard County sheriff's deputy Tuesday. In addition to numerous drug convictions, Roberto Roman's background also includes the fact that he was deported from the United States in 1998...
Once-Deported Illegal Alien Kills Female Deputy
The fallen deputy has been identified as Deputy Sheriff Josie Greathouse Fox of the Millard County Sheriff’s Office.
Update: Millard Country Sheriff Robert A. Dekker has informed the media that the shooter, Roberto Miramontes Roman, is a Mexican national, has been previously arrested for theft charges and has been previously deported from the United States as an illegal immigrant...
