http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/criminalaliens/ en-us Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:38:31 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037623/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- The man charged with murdering a San Francisco father and two sons during a traffic incident appeared in court today and listened quietly as he was ordered held without bail. --snip-- He appeared shackled at the waist in a jail jumpsuit, a large tattoo of the Salvadoran national crest visible on the back of his closely shaved head. ... --snip-- The three murder counts carry special circumstances of multiple murder and murder as part of a street gang, which both carry the potential of life imprisonment without parole or the death penalty. Police say Ramos is a... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037623/posts#comment Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:38:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034344/posts The Bush administration's "extraordinary" effort to comply with an international court order granting new hearings for 51 Mexican nationals on death row has been stymied by federal laws, U.S. State Department lawyers said Friday. "The issue of capital punishment arouses deep feelings," said State Department legal adviser John B. Bellinger III, according to transcripts filed with the court. "But this is not about the death penalty." Bellinger told the International Court of Justice -- the principal judicial organ of the United Nations -- that while the administration understands its obligation to abide by the court's rulings, current U.S. law does... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034344/posts#comment Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:26:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032705/posts WASHINGTON (Map, News) - A wave of burglaries is spreading across the Washington area, and police say illegal immigrants, hit by police crackdowns and the drop in new construction, are likely playing a key role. “The immigrant community is at a tipping point,” said Montgomery County police community liaison Officer Luis Hurtado. “The poor economy is pushing more immigrants to turn to crime.” In the first five months of this year, burglaries climbed 10 to 20 percent in many jurisdictions. The District of Columbia had the greatest increase, jumping 20 percent from 1,370 in the first five months of 2007... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032705/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032226/posts The Georgia Department of Corrections transferred 433 felons to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation proceedings in 2007, the most recent year for which state and federal data are available. That's more than twice as many as the 189 handed over to the agency in 2002. At least three child molesters who were illegal immigrants had served time in Georgia prisons but escaped the attention of federal authorities. All three were released back into the community. Two or three times a week, air transports arrive at the Columbus airport to pick up detainees and take them to Mexico or... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032226/posts#comment Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:56:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028123/posts Four armed, Hispanic male suspects. Car license is 744-xqj Video at link. http://www.king5.com/video/featured-index.html?nvid=252771 KING5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2028123/posts#comment Mon, 9 Jun 2008 01:38:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2025711/posts This week, disordered thoughts. I’m not sure what other kind might be applicable in today’s world. I just got back from Washington, where I addressed the American Renaissance conference. I hate airplanes. They have the charm of Greyhound buses without the comfort. AmRen, as we say, had invited me to talk about Mexico as it appears from the inside. The organization was alleged to be a vicious racist organization. The more easily frightened of my associates in the crime of journalism tried to warn me off. They told me that my mere presence at the conference would destroy my reputation.... FredOnEverything.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2025711/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:31:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018383/posts As jurors deliberate killer's sentence, victim's wife says landscaper was negligent in hiring the illegal immigrant The widow of slain Houston police Officer Rodney Johnson filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday afternoon against the landscaper who employed Juan Leonardo Quintero.Quintero was convicted earlier this month of shooting Johnson seven times after he was arrested during a traffic stop. Johnson's wife, Joslyn, said Robert Lane Camp was negligent in hiring Quintero."He needs to pay for his actions," Johnson said outside the courtroom where a jury is deliberating whether Quintero should receive the death penalty for the shooting.Johnson's attorney, Ben Dominguez, said... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018383/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 00:12:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012329/posts The United States is facing a major obstacle in its efforts to deport thousands of illegal immigrants, including many convicted felons: Their home countries don't want them back. This does not sit well with Sen. Arlen Specter, a veteran Republican lawmaker and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Specter was stunned at the situation after touring several prisons in his home state of Pennsylvania, where taxpayer dollars are paying to house foreigners who have served their sentences but could not be deported. In response, he drafted legislation that would punish countries that refuse to take back illegal immigrants. "There... Austin-American Statesman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012329/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 04:24:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010654/posts KEARNEY — A Guatemala man has been sentenced to 20 to 32 years in prison for stabbing his girlfriend and her sister in their northwest Kearney apartment. Mauro Yos-Chiguil pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder and felony second-degree assault charges in Buffalo County Court. Authorities have said the 33-year-old Yos-Chiguil stabbed his girlfriend and mother of his twin sons in her head, shoulder, chest and stomach. She was released after treatment at a local hospital. Also injured was the girlfriend’s teenage sister. After he completes his sentence, Yos-Chiguil could face deportation. Authorities have said he is an illegal immigrant. Journalstar.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010654/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 13:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006835/posts WASHINGTON - The government's plan to crack down on illegal workers could cost employers more than $1 billion a year and legal workers billions in lost wages, a study commissioned by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce says. Those costs are enough to trigger a federal law that would require the Homeland Security Department to analyze more thoroughly the effect of its proposal, said Richard Belzer, a consultant hired by the chamber to do the study. It was made available to The Associated Press on Thursday. The department's proposed "no match" rule would require employers to fire workers who can't resolve... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2006835/posts#comment Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:04:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990383/posts LOS ANGELES Immigration officials say the suspected Los Angeles street gang member charged in the shooting death of a high school football star may have been in the country illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice said Saturday her agency has filed an immigration hold against 19-year-old Pedro Espinoza. The hold means Espinoza will be transferred into her agency's custody for possible deportation when he leaves local custody. Espinoza was released from jail in an assault case the day before the March 2 killing of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Junior. Kice did not know if there was a hold... cbs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1990383/posts#comment Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989976/posts The alleged gang member accused of killing Los Angeles high school football star Jamiel Shaw is in the country illegally and had been released from jail without anyone questioning his citizenship the day before Shaw's shooting, according to a report by MyFOXLA.com. Meanwhile, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Saturday afternoon was scheduled to join with Shaw's family to dedicate a memorial honoring the 17-year-old at the spot where he was killed. Police say Pedro Espinoza, the 19-year-old suspect arrested in Shaw's death, has been in a street gang since he was 12. Until this month, he had been in jail on... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1989976/posts#comment Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:14:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985286/posts When Woodrow Wilson went to Congress to ask for a declaration of war in 1917, the U.S. Army was ranked 17th in the world, behind Portugal. On Armistice Day, 19 months later, there were 2 million doughboys in France, where they had helped to break the back of Gen. Ludendorff's theretofore invincible army in its final offensive, and 2 million more in the United States ready to march on Berlin. No other nation could have done that. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, FDR demanded that a disarmed America "build 50,000 planes" -- a seemingly impossible number, but one... Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1985286/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:42:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978481/posts (WCCO) The driver of the van and the owner of the van involved in the fatal Cottonwood bus crash were each charged with four additional federal charges Friday. Prosecutors charged Olga Martina Franco del Cid, 24, the driver of the van, with two counts of aggravated identity theft and two counts of false representation of a Social Security number. Authorities have said she is in the country illegally. Francisco Sangabriel-Mendoza, 29, was the registered owner of the van involved in the crash and was also charged with two counts of aggravated identity theft and two counts of false representation of... WCCO TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978481/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:28:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976379/posts MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Immigration agents say they've learned the true identity of a van driver charged in a Minnesota bus crash that killed four children. Twenty-4-year-old Olga Marina Franco of Guatemala is accused of running a stop sign and hitting the school bus. Investigators say she gave them a fake name after last week's crash and told them she was from Mexico. Franco is charged with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and lesser crimes. Authorities say she claims she stopped at the sign and the bus hit her. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers say they believe Franco is an... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976379/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:16:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974213/posts COTTONWOOD, Minn. -- Authorities have confirmed that the the driver of the van that struck the school bus that killed 4 students on Tuesday is an illegal alien. Officials at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement are checking to see where she came from and how long she's been in Minnesota. FOX 9 has also learned that the name she gave to police, Alainiss Morales, is an alias. FOX 9 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974213/posts#comment Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:07:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968915/posts CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday decried anti-immigrant perceptions in the United States and argued that Mexican immigrants complement American workers. On his first trip to the U.S. as Mexico's president, Calderon said he is working to combat anti-Americanism in Mexico and to improve job prospects there to reduce migration. He said he hopes that Americans resist anti-Mexican sentiments. "The worst thing that happened in this country is this anti-Mexican or anti-immigrant perception of people. We need to contain this," Calderon said after a speech at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. "I need to change... The Topeka Capital-Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968915/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:07:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968181/posts Digger’s Realm did a terrific job compiling this clip reel of open borders zealot/McCain Hispanic outreach director Juan Hernandez’s greatest hits. He considers Canada, the U.S., and Mexico “a bloc, not one nation.” He puts “Mexico first.” He doesn’t believe there are any criminals among the 12-20 million illegal aliens he thinks should be legalized. He’s been saying all of this for a long time. The McCain campaign knew what it was getting. So should Republican voters: VIDEO at michellemalkin.com michellemalkin.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968181/posts#comment Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:24:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963911/posts President Bush has maintained neutrality but privately expresses exasperation with Romney's hard-line stance on immigration......Bush is upset Romney changed his position at the expense of the president's immigration reform. Bush and McCain are not close, but he's grateful for McCain's support on Iraq and immigration. Florida Gov. Crist's unexpected late endorsement, which helped propel McCain to victory, was an unpleasant surprise to state Republican leaders. Crist had said he was not making an endorsement after shunning Giuliani's courtship and suggested that they also stay neutral. His support for McCain irked Republican activists who generally would have preferred former Romney. Romney... NY POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963911/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2008 20:44:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963445/posts McCain's love of amnesty will be a key issue. He supported amnesty in 2003 by name, proposed it in 2006 and 2007 without calling it amnesty, and says that anyone who says that he ever supported amnesty is a liar. He has insulted Americans who advocate border security and has cursed at the thought of building a border fence. The presence of Juan Hernandez in the background of the McCain campaign tells us that John McCain is as weak on border security now as he ever was. Dr. Juan Hernandez, a dual citizen of the US and Mexico, and past... THE HERITAGE FOUNDATON http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963445/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 21:35:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963283/posts "A Howard County judge rejected a plea agreement yesterday that called for a sentence of up to eight years for a 26-year-old man accused of killing a Marine and his date in a drunken-driving accident on Thanksgiving night in 2006. ...Eduardo Raul Morales-Soriano, an illegal immigrant whose blood-alcohol level, authorities say, was four times the legal limit on the night of the crash. " Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963283/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 16:59:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960425/posts Less then a week after saying he has heard the American people regarding illegal immigration and their opposition to the McCain-Kennedy Pro-Amnesty bill, John McCain would still SIGN THE BILL into law if he was President and it came across his desk: (VIDEO) This explains his receiving the endorsement of fellow Pro-Amnestians, Senator Mel Martinez, (who almost single-handedly bankrupted the RNC with his support of the bill), the NY Times, Florida Governor Charlie Crist and of the Mexico-first pro-amnesty open borders advocate Dr. Juan Hernandez. “My friends", let me give you some “straight talk", a vote for John McCain is... PoliPundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960425/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:51:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953038/posts CHANDLER, Ariz. — A suspect in the sexual assaults of several young girls in Chandler has been arrested and police said Saturday that DNA positively links the man to the case. Santana Batiz Aceves, 39, was booked into a Maricopa County jail in Phoenix on 25 counts of kidnapping, sexual assault and trespassing in connection with the assaults that began in June 2006, police announced at a news conference. They said the most recent attack linked to the case occurred June 8 on a 14-year-old girl. Police had been searching for months for a man who raped four girls and... FoxNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953038/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:12:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953017/posts Arizona Serial Rape Suspect Arrested, Linked to Attacks by DNA CHANDLER, Ariz. — A suspect in the sexual assaults of several young girls in Chandler has been arrested and police said Saturday that DNA positively links the man to the case. Santana Batiz Aceves, 39, was booked into a Maricopa County jail in Phoenix on 25 counts of kidnapping, sexual assault and trespassing in connection with the assaults that began in June 2006, police announced at a news conference. They said the most recent attack linked to the case occurred June 8 on a 14-year-old girl. Chandler Police Chief Sherry... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953017/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:18:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952519/posts MERIDEN (CT) — A New Haven man was sentenced Friday to eight years in prison for the vehicular manslaughter of West Haven minister Alan B. Broome in a wrong-way drunken driving crash on Interstate 91 last year, according Mothers Against Drunk Driving and the victim’s widow. Israel Quintero, 30, of 981 Ella T. Grasso Blvd., was sentenced in Superior Court in Meriden. Effie Cotto, a victim advocate with MADD, and Broome’s widow, Renee Broome, said Quintero must serve eight years and would then be subject to deportation, because he is an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Cotto and Broome attended the... The New Have Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1952519/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:39:37 GMT