http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/godschildren/ en-us Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:54:19 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405674/posts In the largest such operation in U.S. history, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 286 foreign nationals in California with criminal records in a three-day enforcement surge that ended Thursday night. Of those taken into custody, 119 were from Northern California and 24 were from the San Jose area. ICE reported that about 80 percent of the immigrants taken into custody had prior convictions for serious or violent crimes such as rape, armed robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. Also arrested were 30 convicted sex offenders, many of whom had been convicted of sexual assaults on children. At... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405674/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331540/posts JUAREZ -- The Mexican Military dealt a blow to the "La Linea" criminal organization Wednesday as they arrested three of its alleged hitmen. La Linea has been known to be the "street enforcement" branch of the Juarez Cartel. The three suspects were presented to the media at once but were arrested in two separate incidents. Juan Gerardo Hernandez Del Real, 24, a.k.a. "El Moreno," was arrested Wednesday. At the time of his arrest, he was in possession of two firearms and crack cocaine, according to officials with "Operation Conjunta Chihuahua," a joint law enforcement operation involving Juarez Municipal Police, Chihuahua... KVIA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2331540/posts#comment Thu, 3 Sep 2009 21:30:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326129/posts PHOENIX - Arizona police pulled over a refrigerated truck and found 97 illegal immigrants in the back among near-freezing produce, police said on Thursday. The officer stopped the truck on a highway a few miles (km) north of the border city of Nogales late on Wednesday, the Arizona Department of Public Safety said. An inspection found 97 adults and children from Mexico and Guatemala crammed into the trailer, which was heavily chilled to one degree Celsius (34 Fahrenheit). No one was harmed. The immigrants were handed over to Border Patrol agents, who processed them for deportation. newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2326129/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:30:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322823/posts House Health Reform Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Receive Taxpayer-Funded Health Care Critics of America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (AAHCA), the health care reform bill currently working its way through the House of Representatives, have suggested the bill will provide taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens. Supporters of the bill maintain that Section 246 will prevent illegal aliens from receiving benefits under the bill. Section 246 states that "[n]othing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States."1 As discussed in this memorandum,... RightSideNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322823/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:19:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295390/posts (snip) McCain said the presence of the Guard will not only help prevent the violence in Mexico from spilling across the border, but will also take some pressure off of the Border Patrol and U.S. Customs. "When the bad guys see Americans in uniform, it has an effect on them, no doubt about it," McCain said. "But also there is work that Guard personnel could do to relieve the burden from Border Patrol and Customs." That being said, McCain added that cooperation with Mexico on border issues will continue to be important. As part of his trip to Yuma, McCain... The Yuma Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2295390/posts#comment Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:22:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273579/posts After twice postponing a highly anticipated meeting between President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on immigration reform, the White House is under increasing pressure to get legislation done this year. Winning congressional approval of an immigration measure by December is a steep climb, with the economy, health care and energy higher on the president’s agenda. So far, Obama has promised only to begin the discussion at the summit set for next week. But if the president does not move quickly, he will suffer the same fate as his predecessor, President George W. Bush, who left office acknowledging that failure to... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273579/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:37:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271402/posts Link only, per FR posting policy The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271402/posts#comment Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:43:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239263/posts Original Title:豚インフルエンザで渡航規制相次ぐ、米国も要警戒Upshot: NEC, NTT Data, Hitachi, etc. ordering employees not to go to Mexico, and report any flu if arriving back in Japan immediately as well as to not come into work. What is questionable is that they are ordering family employees back from Mexico to Japan (what if they themselves already have the flu?) Reports also said Japanese people should take care if considering any kind of travel to the UNITED STATES. 　(FR Link to original article in Japanese) Nikkei BP News, in Japanese (my translation) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239263/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238184/posts New case feared in Texas as virus spreads elsewhere in U.S., and Mexican toll mounts. Austin American Statesman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238184/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:46:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237404/posts PHOENIX — About one in seven of the 1.2 million students in Arizona schools is there directly or indirectly due to illegal immigration, a study released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center estimates. Jeffrey Passel, senior demographer for Pew, figured from 100,000 to 110,000 students are from families in which at least one parent is an illegal immigrant, although the children themselves were born here and are citizens. That's an increase of 20,000 from three years ago. AP / Capitol Media Services / The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237404/posts#comment Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:18:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233639/posts Mexican drug cartels have displaced the mafia as the "number one organized crime threat" in the United States, Sen. Joe Lieberman said Monday as his Senate committee heard testimony in Phoenix on border violence. Lieberman, an independent Democrat from Connecticut, and Sen. John McCain, a Republican on Lieberman's panel, told FOX News that the United States needs to step up the fight against the drug cartels. The two senators were in Arizona, McCain's home state, to hear from local officials on their advice for dealing with the drug-fueled violence many fear is spilling across the border. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233639/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:38:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233552/posts At most baptisms only close relatives and friends are in attendance but this is not exactly a normal 'family'. Cited by the US as major players in the international drugs trade the 'Familia Michoacana' had its christening gate-crashed by 400 police officers and two Blackhawk helicopters. Mexican federal police arrested 44 alleged members of the drugs cartel at a family baptism in Morelia, capital of the western state of Michoacan. Among those detained was Rafael Cedeño Hernández, the gang’s second in command, who is said to be responsible for the shipment of drugs from Central America and expanding its empire... Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233552/posts#comment Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:41:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232917/posts WESLACO — Police here arrested three illegal immigrants from Mexico on Friday in connection with the kidnapping and sexual assault of a South Texas College student. Efrain Ozuna, 30, Martin Rosas, 33, and Benito Zaragoza, 22, were each charged Friday with aggravated kidnapping. Ozuna and Zaragoza are also accused of sexually assaulting the 23-year-old woman. Wednesday's kidnapping took place about 8:15 a.m. as the student parked at the southeast parking lot of South Texas College's Mid-Valley Campus, 400 N. Border Ave., said David Molina, a spokesman with the Weslaco Police Department. The woman told police one of the men grabbed... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232917/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:41:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231502/posts A Rosarito Beach police officer was found dead yesterday, a day after he was kidnapped, authorities said. The Baja California Attorney General's Office identified the victim as Juan Eduardo Huerta Carrera, 49. His decapitated body was discovered inside a 2009 Dodge Durango with California plates found parked on the side of a highway. Huerta had been reported kidnapped Wednesday from the entrance of an exclusive neighborhood. A police department spokesman said Huerta had been on the force less than a year and was an auxiliary officer. Authorities reported the shooting death of Rosarito Beach's deputy police commander, Tomás Cárdenas, on... San Diego Union-Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2231502/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:36:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216458/posts American officials say ties between Shiite organization, Mexican drug lords for trafficking of drugs, money, people into US strengthening over recent year. One official voice concern that al-Qaeda may use same routes. Ties between Lebanon's Shiite Hizbullah organization and Mexican drug cartels have been strengthening over the past few years, the Washington Times reported Friday. Hizbullah relies on "the same criminal weapons smugglers, document traffickers and transportation experts as the drug cartels," said Michael Braun, former administrator and chief of operations at the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). "They work together," added Braun, "They rely on the same shadow facilitators.... ynetnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216458/posts#comment Fri, 27 Mar 2009 22:06:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214638/posts Border Patrol agents are arresting an increased number of dangerous criminals at the border, officials say. "We're talking about major things. Homicides, sex offenders, big robberies, armed robberies--things to that degree," says agent Mike Scioli. Scioli says more dangerous criminals are trying to enter the U.S. -- a disturbing yet growing trend along the southern border. This past weekend, a group of 34 illegals were apprehended by agents near Ajo. Two of them were members of a notorious and ruthless gang known as MS-13. How did agents find out? Finger prints and tattoos were a dead-giveaway. "These two individuals, not... KOLD TV News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2214638/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:52:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154852/posts Link only per FR copyright and linking policy The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154852/posts#comment Sat, 27 Dec 2008 15:56:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152651/posts Link only per FR copyright and linking policy The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, Ariz. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152651/posts#comment Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:37:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130830/posts /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A nationwide survey of actual voters reveals that Americans strongly support immigration enforcement, and that less than one-third of Obama voters favor granting amnesty to illegal aliens. The poll conducted by Zogby International on behalf of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) on November 5 and 6 also found that a decisive majority of voters believe that an illegal alien amnesty would "further harm the interests of struggling American workers." Among the key findings of the poll are: -- Only 32% of Obama voters considered his support for amnesty as a factor in their decisions... Market Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2130830/posts#comment Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:42:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124385/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. - He was accused of killing a Nashville mother and daughter after being in the country illegally, and Monday Jose Sosa will be in court facing a jury for the beginning of his trial. Jose Sosa was just 16-years old when he allegedly stabbed Lori and Adrian Roundtree to death in April 2006. Police matched fingerprints at the crime scene to Sosa's in the FBI's database. They were taken when he was arrested for illegally entering the country. He was sent back across the border, only to re-enter later. WTVF http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124385/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 04:46:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123035/posts PETERBOROUGH, N.H. -- As his campaign nears its end, John McCain convened a town hall meeting tonight in New Hampshire, the state that has sustained his presidential aspirations during the darkest times. McCain's first-place finish in New Hampshire in 2000 made him a serious contender against George W. Bush, though it failed to carry him through the rest of the primaries. Nearly eleven months ago, winning here put him on the path to securing his party's nomination. While only a couple of dozen people showed up eight years ago when he held one of his first town halls here, tonight... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2123035/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2008 02:03:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108512/posts ABOARD “Straight Talk Air” (between New York and Miami)—Sen. John McCain would “absolutely” not compromise on Supreme Court nominations if elected and would continue to nominate strict constructionist judges if any of his Supreme Court nominations were defeated by a hostile Senate. McCain said that and much more to HUMAN EVENTS chief political correspondent John Gizzi in an exclusive interview Friday morning. The Republican presidential nominee also said, if elected, he would gladly join running mate Sarah Palin on a trip to Alaska to view the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge but has not yet changed his mind on oil drilling... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108512/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:41:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104891/posts How Many Non-Citizen Voters? Enough to Make a Difference October 13, 2008 By David Simcox The Impact of Non-Citizen Voting on American Elections Executive Summary The approaching 2008 general elections underscore concern that the growing access of non-citizens to the ballot box could distort the outcome. Groups arguing for easier access to the polls deny there is a problem at all, seeing restrictive registration and identification rules as anti-democratic and even racist. They dismiss non-citizen voting as rare, not criminal in intent or concerted, and more harmful than beneficial to non-citizens. Yet anecdotal evidence persists and grows that non-citizens are... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2104891/posts#comment Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:09:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100080/posts One illegal alien was arrested this year in Tucson after allegedly using a stolen social security number to buy two homes and rack up over $780,000 in bad debt. Some five million fraudulent home mortgages are in the hands of illegal aliens, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It's not known how many of those have contributed to the subprime housing mortgage meltdown, but it has affected every state, including Arizona. The problem began years ago when banks were forced to give mortgages without confirming social security numbers or borrower identification. As a result, illegal immigrants... KFYI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100080/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 01:55:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095176/posts Immigration law enforcement has been a key ingredient contributing to the success of criminal gang suppression efforts in many jurisdictions across the United States. Since 2005, the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested more than 8,000 gangsters from more than 700 different gangs as part of a special initiative known as Operation Community Shield. This effort has produced incalculable public safety benefits for American communities, despite being criticized periodically by immigrant and civil liberties advocates that are consistently opposed to all immigration law enforcement. Local governments and law enforcement agencies that shun involvement in immigration law enforcement... Center for Immigration Studies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2095176/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:35:08 GMT