Senator Chuck Schumer to Lead New Effort at Immigration Reform

A major effort to swing at least five key Republican senators behind immigration reform will be the key task of Senator Charles Schumer of New York, who is leading the effort in the senate to create new legislation...

Schumer Stepping in to Fill Kennedy Role as the Immigration Champion

Sen. Chuck Schumer will be primarily responsible for writing a new comprehensive immigration reform bill for Senate consideration this year, a new role on an issue that's stalled twice in recent years...

Democrats Considering Health Care-Immigration Deal to Overcome Key Sticking Point

Lawmakers who want to extend health coverage to illegal immigrants will not block the passage of the final health care reform bill so long as the White House offers a substantive promise to start pushing comprehensive immigration legislation this year...

Millard County Deputy Shot, Killed; 2nd Person of Interest Sought

Police searching for a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Millard County sheriff's deputy did not find the man in a Salt Lake City neighborhood Tuesday morning and now have added a second person of interest in the case...

Sen. Schumer's "Comprehensive Immigration Reform" Ignores the Lessons of 9/11

A news article "Chicago immigration agency a front for terror plot..." in the Chicago Tribune addresses one of the major issues I have been hammering ever since I went public in the days after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001- vulnerabilities in the process by which applications for visas and immigration benefits are adjudicated, encouraging massive levels of fraud and consequently a huge threat to national security. In this case the focus is on an individual by the name of Tahawwur Hussain Rana, the owner of First World Immigration Services that, according to federal prosecutors was involved in procuring visas for citizens of Pakistan by lying on their applications for visas. Fraud can be thought of as a lie placed on an application concerning a material fact that, had the truth been known, would have prevented the applicant from receiving the benefit he (she) applied for...

Lawsuit Targets CBP

Immigration attorneys are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could have widespread implications along the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue involves U.S. citizens who say they were held for long hours at ports of entry in South Texas and denied entry into the country after they presented birth certificates registered by midwives...

Grandmother Led Big Green-Card Marriage Scam

Immigration attorneys are seeking class-action status for a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection that could have widespread implications along the U.S.-Mexico border. The issue involves U.S. citizens who say they were held for long hours at ports of entry in South Texas and denied entry into the country after they presented birth certificates registered by midwives...

Abandoned Boat Believed Used for Smuggling Immigrants Found on Aliso Beach

An abandoned capsized boat found on Aliso Beach is believed to have carried at least a dozen illegal immigrants who made their way to shore and to a waiting van, Laguna Beach police said.

The 18-foot skiff was discovered by a resident at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. He said he saw the boat wash ashore and that several people ran out of it, some of them wearing life jackets, said Lt. Jason Kravetz...

Gwinnett Sheriff: Illegal Immigrant Program Successful

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway said the jail population is down and fewer illegal immigrants are committing crimes.

Conway said it's all because of the highly controversial 287(g) program.

That's the federal program that allows cops to detain and deport people who are in the country illegally.

Man is Charged in Fatal Christmas Wreck

A man believed to be in the country illegally has been charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication in connection with a fatal Christmas morning wreck.

Ramon Nerl Olea, 22, was northbound on Haywood Lane at 8:30 a.m. when he lost control of his car and crashed into a vehicle driven by Moni Rai, 22, police said in a news release...

Stopping Illegal Immigration

It has been said that the United States is a nation of immigrants. I agree with that. Unless you are of Native American ancestry, your forefathers came to these shores from some other part of the world. We have a rich history of ethic diversity and cultural influences. It is one of the things that has made us unique in the world. However, it is important to separate those who immigrate here from other countries through legal channels from those who attempt to by-pass our laws and sneak in illegally. We are a nation of laws and illegal/criminal activity runs contrary to that principle...

Eight Men Charged in Kidnapping, Assault of Mother (Columbus, Ohio - December 24, 2009)

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A Franklin County grand jury has indicted eight men on kidnapping and assault charges after a central Ohio mother and daughter were kidnapped at gunpoint from their car...

Obama Positioning for Immigration Reform

WASHINGTON — With the health-care battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive — a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system.

Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million undocumented workers now living in the United States.

In addition to the citizenship provision, the emerging plan will stress efforts to secure U.S. borders against those trying to cross illegally. But that two-track approach was rejected repeatedly in the past by Republicans and other critics who insist a border crackdown must demonstrate its effectiveness before any action on citizenship is considered...

Greyhound Lines Inc. Accused of Racial Profiling

Traveling home for the holidays might not be as cheerful as you may think if you plan on taking a Greyhound bus. According to a recent article in the Contra Costa Times, an immigrant rights group in San Bernardino, CA, is accusing Greyhound Lines, Inc. of racially profiling their Latino customers. The rights group, Immigration Raids Response Network, alleges that Greyhound Lines Inc. targets Latino riders by allowing Border Patrol agents -- along with Greyhound employees -- to "conduct immigration checks of passengers upon their arrival at the San Bernardino Greyhound bus station." The rights group is now urging Latinos not to ride Greyhound buses nationwide...

It's Time for Real Immigration Reform

Congress should move quickly from health care to immigration reform. But to succeed, it will have to beat back specious anti-immigrant claims.

On Dec.15, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act. The bill is the first effort to pass federal immigration reform under the Obama administration and a Democratic-controlled Congress after several failed attempts during the Bush era...