Tax Credit Bill Contains Loophole for Illegal Immigrants

Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal to give a tax credit to businesses for hiring unemployed Maryland residents could benefit illegal immigrants, according to several anti-illegal-immigration groups.

"I'm concerned we're going to be creating 6,700 jobs and they are going to go to people who have absolutely no right to those jobs," said Sue Payne, president of Citizens Above Party, which opposes illegal immigration.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Tax-credit-bill-contains-loophole-for-illegal-immigrants-83660827.html#ixzz0fAOViNyJ

Illegal Lawsuits Continue to Clog the Courts in California

Well-funded illegal alien activists in Southern California have found a new way to attack Americans fighting for secure borders and enforcement of current immigration laws. The fight has moved from the streets where they wave the their Mexican flag to America's civil courtrooms...

Laborers at Cobb Courthouse Didn't Show Work Permits

A boss who employed bricklayers at the new Cobb County Courthouse in Marietta did not verify that they were legally allowed to work in the United States.

That boss was removed from the job on Friday and the 10 brick masons who worked for him were let go, said Chip Kessler, president of Zebra Construction, the main masonry subcontractor on the courthouse project...

Rep. Kenny Marchant Proposes Bill to use E-Verify for Mortgage Applications

Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) has offered the Mortgage E-Verify Act that would require a mortgagor to be verified through E-Verify when applying for a modification of a home loan owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

"As a member of the House Financial Services Committee, I am happy to introduce my bill, the Mortgage E-Verify Act, which would require, as a condition for modification of a home mortgage loan held by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), that the mortgagor be verified under the E-Verify program," Rep. Marchant said in a press release. "My bill will potentially save millions by cutting down on fraudulent claims from illegal immigrants and protect taxpayers from subsidizing the restructuring or renegotiation mortgages of illegal immigrants."...

The Role of Illegal Aliens Played in the Mortgage Crisis (and Continue to Play)

After writing several articles about this country’s mortgage meltdown and the little-talked about role which illegal aliens have played in this crisis, a woman who I will call “Mary” contacted me, as she wanted to expose the fraudulent practices which eventually brought about the disastrous collapse. What follows is a brief interview I conducted with Mary. (I am protecting her identity because she still works in the mortgage business.)...

Mexico Condemns U.S. Border Protection

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of a Mexico City news story by the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers reveals that the Mexican Senate wants President Felipe Calderon to send a message to the U.S. asking that plans to continue to protect its border against illegal immigration be dropped. ("Mexican Senate reproaches U.S. for measures against migrants")

According to the report, Barack Obama's plan to finish part of the virtual fence displeased the Mexicans, as did his failure to cut the number of Border Patrol agents.

The Mexicans say that Obama "went back on his promise he made to all Hispanic groups that supported him..." The Mexican Senate claims he is "closing the border," and is asking the Mexican president to manifest "an estrangement" because U.S. border enforcement is a violation of human rights. (This action by the Mexican Senate went unreported in the U.S.)...

Day Laborers Sue Over Right to Solicit Work on the Street

In the latest of many bold legal actions taken by illegal immigrants against local governments nationwide, a group of undocumented day laborers are suing a southern California city for banning them from seeking work on public streets.

The anti-solicitation ordinance is unconstitutional and violates the civil rights of the illegal aliens, according to an 11-page complaint filed this week in federal court. The defendant is Costa Mesa, a suburban city of about 115,000 residents located some 40 miles southeast of Los Angeles...

ABA Calls For Creation Of Separate Immigration Courts

Asylum hearings are "like holding death penalty cases in traffic court."

That's what San Francisco immigration judge Dana Marks, who also serves as president of the National Association of Immigration Judges, told The New York Times, as part of an article discussing the ABA's call to Congress to create a new and independent court for immigration cases...

Houston Bus Companies Were Links In Illegal Immigrant Network

HOUSTON — Raids on 14 illegal bus companies here have shed light on a seedy underground system that transported illegal immigrants all over the country and that sometimes held them captive until their relatives paid exorbitant fares, federal law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Using minivans, the companies were carrying hundreds of illegal immigrants from Mexico to cities across the United States, taking back roads and traveling primarily at night to avoid the authorities, according to criminal complaints filed in Federal District Court. Twenty-two people were arrested earlier this week on charges of using their businesses to transport illegal immigrants...