http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/illegalalien/ en-us Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:03:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409602/posts WALNUT CREEK — Almost a month after an internal probe pushed 50 immigrant workers out of their jobs at a downtown Target store, interviews with former and current store employees portray a mass firing that was selective, planned in advance and confusing to many of those forced out. Sparked by an allegation that illegal immigrants worked on the night shift, the Walnut Creek store last month attracted the attention of the Minneapolis corporate headquarters of the 1,700-store chain. The company sent a team to investigate, according to several people close to the incident. By the end of the second week... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409602/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:03:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408510/posts The SEIU needs more dues-paying members. The open-borders lobby needs something to do. Voila! Meet the new illegal alien shamnesty push ... The bill would torpedo the joint federal-local deportation program known as 287(g) and opposes beefing up our land borders with more Border Patrol agents or fencing. SEIU has been lobbying for illegal alien amnesty as a massive membership booster all year. In May, the Purple Shirts held a pro-illegal immigration rally from Malcolm X Park to the White House to put pressure on homeland security officials to call off workplace raids (not that Janet Napolitano needed any convincing): Michelle Malkin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408510/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:27:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399470/posts Paraguay named an undocumented U.S. immigrant to run its consulate in New York, discovering his illegal status only when the man returned home to get his diplomatic papers and was denied a U.S. visa. Paraguay's foreign ministry acknowledged Wednesday that it was a mistake to name Augusto Noguera as the consulate's "first official," but said President Fernando Lugo annulled the decision as soon as he was informed of the U.S. Embassy's visa denial. Vice Foreign Minister Manuel Maria Caceres told The Associated Press that the decision to name Noguera as a diplomat on Sept. 21 was made in good faith... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399470/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 17:47:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398903/posts SEIU Funneling Cash from Illegals Into US Elections http://www.breitbart.tv/is-seiu-funneling-cash-from-illegals-into-us-elections/ Breitbart.tv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398903/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:23:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397570/posts --link only--as it is an AP story, I'm not sure about posting-- AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397570/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:20:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385869/posts This afternoon Department of Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano announced that President Obama Plans push for “immigration reform” by giving the estimated 14 million people who are in the United States illegally “fair pathway to earned legal status.” in other words to give Amnesty to Illegal Aliens so Obama can get 14 million new voters and the unions that bankroll him can get millions of new members . “A tough and fair pathway to earned legal status will mandate that illegal immigrants meet a number of requirements—including registering, paying a fine, passing a criminal background check, fully paying all taxes... CNEWS/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385869/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:55:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382716/posts WHARTON -- An undocumented Honduran immigrant, whose bail became the subject of a New Jersey Supreme Court case earlier this year, pleaded guilty today to sexually-assaulting a 8-year-old girl.   Manuel Fajardo-Santos, 31, admitted today to sexually assaulting his girlfriend's younger sister in Wharton on Aug. 24, 2008 after returning home from a party. Superior Court Judge John Dangler set sentencing for Jan. 29.Under a plea arrangement, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office will seek a sentence of seven years in state prison, with a minimum 85-percent parole ineligible, while public defender Michael Fletcher will argue for a five-year sentence.   A detainer... star ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2382716/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:48:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380171/posts The illegal immigration issue is emerging as the biggest threat to passing healthcare reform in the House. Congressional Hispanics have threatened to vote against the bill because of a last-minute threat from within the Democratic Caucus to bolster the House bill’s immigration restrictions to match those included in the Senate Finance bill. And they’re also fighting President Barack Obama, the original sponsor of the language prohibiting illegal immigrants from accessing the public health insurance exchange. On Thursday afternoon, four leaders of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) traveled to the White House to meet with Obama on behalf of the entire... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380171/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:24:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377027/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new charge has been issued against a man police describe as a suspected serial rapist. Mauricio Morales is already in jail and charged with raping two Nashville women in separate cases. Metro police believe Morales is the man behind the rape of a 10-year-old girl in her own South Nashville home near Old Hickory Boulevard and Nolensville Pike. The alleged incident happened back in April. Crime Scene investigators collected evidence from her room and the TBI crime lab determined the DNA matched Mauricio Morales. A Grand Jury indicted him Friday on the new charges. Morales had... Nashville Channel 5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377027/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:25:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372873/posts Harris County Commissioners Court voted Tuesday to continue screening jail prisoners for immigration status and referring those in the country illegally to federal authorities. County Judge Ed Emmett and three commissioners voted for a three-year extension of the controversial 287(g) program expected to cost local taxpayers nearly $1 million a year. Since the county began participating in the program, more than 10,650 inmates have been referred to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The court was undeterred by pastors, civil libertarians, civil rights leaders and immigration activists who insisted the program is a drain on local resources, spawns racial profiling... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372873/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:25:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369865/posts Dallas police wrongly ticketed at least 39 drivers for not speaking English over the last three years, Police Chief David Kunkle announced Friday while promising to investigate all officers involved in the cases for dereliction of duty. Pending cases will be dismissed, and those who paid the $204 fine for the charge, which does not exist in the city, will be reimbursed, Kunkle said. "I was surprised and stunned that that would happen, particularly in the city of Dallas," Kunkle said. "In my world, you would never tell someone not to speak Spanish." The citations were issued in several different... Dallas News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369865/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:21:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366957/posts Is Target's 'illegal alien' costume offensive? Yes, and it should be removed. Yes, but it should remain on store shelves. No, it's all in good fun. No, some are just too politically correct. KOLD.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366957/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:12:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365293/posts NEW YORK (CNN) -- Immigrant rights activists are calling on U.S. retailers to stop selling two controversial "Illegal Alien" costumes that have surfaced for Halloween, saying the outfits are a broadside attack on illegal immigrants. The "Illegal Alien Adult Costume," manufactured by Forum novelties, includes an orange jumpsuit, similar to prison garb, with "Illegal Alien" stamped in black across the chest; a space alien mask; and a fake Green Card. The "Illegal Alien Mask with Hat" also includes a space alien mask, this time with a dark handlebar mustache and a baseball cap cnn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365293/posts#comment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:40:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362169/posts Stopped by State Police on suspicion of driving while intoxicated Monday morning, the driver identified himself as Carlos Billamarin, 22, of Hampton Bays. But a fingerprint check revealed a sinister secret life almost a decade in the making, police say. Billamarin, police said, turned out to be Erick Morales, 27, a fugitive wanted in the 2001 stabbing death of a 15-year-old classmate in Daly City, Calif. State Troopers Matthew W. Stumpf and Andrew Gargiulo stopped Morales' 2000 Kia Sportage on Springville Road near the Long Island Rail Road station in Hampton Bays Monday at 2:50 a.m. Police said Morales was... newsday.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2362169/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:18:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357484/posts DALLAS – A 19-year-old Italy resident was arrested by federal authorities after he attempted to blow up a prominent downtown Dallas skyscraper last Thursday. Italy, a town of 2,000 located south of Waxahachie, was home to the Jordanian born Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, who worked at a Shell gas station on Interstate Highway 35 and lived in a Monolithic dome house in town. Smadi was arrested in a sting operation when the phony bombs the Federal Bureau of Investigations provided to him to detonate failed to go off. FBI agents, in widely reported news accounts, monitored Smadi for several months... The Ellis County Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2357484/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2009 12:58:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349840/posts Police are looking for a man convicted of an Arlington rape more than 10 years ago in connection with the recent rape an 11-year-old girl in Oklahoma City. Melvin Urbina, 33, was sentenced to two years in prison for the 1998 sexual assault of an Arlington woman. He was deported to Mexico after his release in 2001. He returned to the United States illegally and worked in Oklahoma City. Police want to question Urbina about the July 25 sexual assault of a girl who was trying to find some extra chairs for the guests at her godfather’s wedding anniversary party... Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349840/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:37:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348346/posts Terror Plot Targeting Dallas, Texas Skyscraper Foiled By FBI Well, if anyone still has any doubt that our borders aren't well protected, this should send a clear and decisive message that we need action NOW! The FBI reported that James T. Jacks, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and Robert E. Casey, Jr., Special Agent in Charge for the Dallas Office of the FBI, announced today that Hosam Maher Husein Smadi, 19, has been arrested and charged in a federal criminal complaint with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. Smadi, who was under continuous surveillance... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2348346/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:59:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348333/posts Please take your blood pressure medicine before watching this Video YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2348333/posts#comment Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:46:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317066/posts       Mr. President, We Are Not Demagogues -- Please Talk With Us    By Roy Beck, Thursday, August 13, 2009, 11:30 PMIn Mexico, Pres. Obama called us a bad name.He was using his appearance in a foreign country to promise that he is determined early next year to "legalize" 12-20 million illegal aliens and put them on a path to U.S. citizenship.He made it pretty clear that he has a lot more admiration for citizens of other countries who break our immigration laws than he does for his own fellow citizens who oppose a blanket amnesty.  The New... NumbersUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317066/posts#comment Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:00:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301975/posts Stuart, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida hospital that quietly chartered a plane and sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala over the objections of his family and legal guardian did not act unreasonably, a jury ruled Monday. Health care and immigration experts across the country have closely watched the court case in the sleepy coastal town of Stuart. They say it underscores the dilemma facing hospitals with patients who require long-term care, are unable to pay and don't qualify for federal or state aid because of their immigration status. Deputy Court Clerk Carol Harper said the... AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2301975/posts#comment Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:54:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300684/posts Saturday, July 25, 2009 STAR-LEDGER STAFF An unlicensed driver who struck and killed a 72-year-old Newton woman in a hit-and-run collision in Morristown in December was sentenced yesterday to three years of probation and fined $500. The Dec. 13 incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. when Andy Maguino, who was driving a delivery car for a local pizzeria, hit Alice Myers as she was walking across Mount Kemble Avenue near Doughty Street, authorities said. Myers died several hours later at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Much to the dismay of Myers' family, Maguino, a 30-year-old native of Peru who authorities say is in... NJ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300684/posts#comment Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:25:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291106/posts A violent sexual predator is expected to be sentenced today to anywhere from 10 to 50 years in prison for chasing down, beating and sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman on a street here two years ago. Eric Rangel, 22, was found guilty by a jury in March of committing the April 22, 2007 attack at 3 a.m. on North Beverwyck Road. At the time of the assault, Rangel, an undocumented Mexican immigrant, was employed as a cook at a pizzeria about a half-mile from where the incident occurred. In the trial in Superior Court in Morristown, Rangel's attorney, public defender... star ledger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2291106/posts#comment Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:48:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264188/posts FamilySecurityMatters.org introduces a weekly series to remember those United States citizens killed by illegal aliens. Are American lives worth nothing to the President and the Congress of the United States? And now, the first in this groundbreaking series: California – Jamiel Shaw An illegal alien gang member has been charged in the shooting death of high school football star. "Illegal aliens are not the responsibility of the American people. The lives of fellow citizens are." Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264188/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 23:27:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264113/posts President Obama’s aunt, a Kenyan immigrant who has been fighting deportation proceedings for several years while living illegally in Boston, may be heading back to Kenya, according to a family member. It was not clear if the aunt, Zeituni Onyango, was being deported or if she was going back voluntarily, but in 2003 a judge ordered her to leave the country. She appealed that ruling and lost, with another judge ordering her deported in 2004. She had a third hearing in April in which she was seeking asylum; the outcome has not been made public. [Snip] The White House had... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264113/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:03:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264025/posts Secretary of State Karen Handel, in a statement released by her office, noted: “DOJ has thrown open the door for activist organizations such as ACORN to register non-citizens to vote in Georgia’s elections, and the state has no ability to verify an applicant’s citizenship status or whether the individual even exists. DOJ completely disregarded Georgia’s obvious and direct interest in preventing non-citizens from voting, instead siding with the ACLU and MALDEF. Clearly, politics took priority over common sense and good public policy.” The Daily Change http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2264025/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:39:31 GMT