http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/illegalaliens/ en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:02:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285495/posts PALOMINAS — It isn’t along a highway, but Glenn Spencer’s billboard along the American-Mexican border carries a special message to those responsible for the nation’s security: Finish the Job. The day before the Fourth of July, Spencer, who heads the private nonprofit American Border Patrol (which should not be confused with the federal U.S. Border Patrol), and a number of helpers placed 3,000 small American flags and messages on part of the 18-foot high border fence, changing a 60-foot stretch of rusty metal into colorful patches of red, white and blue. This is the second year during the national independence... Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285495/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 17:02:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284325/posts Some Latino activists are seeking to drum up support among [illegal aliens] to boycott the 2010 census as a strategy to prod the federal government to overhaul immigration laws. -- If it gains traction, the effort led by the Rev. Miguel Rivera, head of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders... American Patrol Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284325/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 19:23:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284011/posts Border hospitals are legally selling American citizenship. Tucson Medical Center (TMC) in Arizona is in effect selling American citizenship for the babies of wealthy Mexicans. The TMC has been luring rich Mexican women to its maternity facilities to give birth. This sounds like normal business practice until you look closer. The TMC package advertises the latest equipment and accommodations, but the real draw to giving birth in Tucson is an American birth certificate. The hospital isn’t selling cleaner bed pans. It’s selling United States citizenship for a newborn little Mexican prince or princess. This is an old and common practice... The Collins Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284011/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 13:07:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283038/posts FAIRVIEW, N.J. – For five years, immigrant day laborer Leo Chamale wired money twice a month from New Jersey to his family in Guatemala. Recently, he stepped up to the money transfer window for a different purpose — to ask that his family send some of his savings back to him. "I hadn't worked for five months, and I was two months behind on rent, so I had them send $1,500," the 21-year-old Chamale said in Spanish. "My mother said, `That's a lot of money!'" With the U.S. economy in a ditch, money transfer agencies have been reporting a decline... AP via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283038/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 04:49:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281921/posts Even with all of the focus on health care and energy in the nation’s capitol - immigration reform is still on the minds of the leadership. Senate Democrats have now outlined plans to reform the nation’s immigration laws. It would include a requirement for U.S. workers to verify their identity through fingerprints or eye scan. New York Senator Charles Schumer says a system to verify work documents is needed because Congress has not cracked down on unscrupulous employers and illegal immigrants with fake documents. But missing from Schumer’s priorities is an expansion of a guest-worker program. Schumer believes legislation needs... KRVN-FM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281921/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279553/posts Policeman's killer, suspected accomplices appear to be illegal immigrants The gunman who fatally shot a Houston police officer in the back before being gunned down by another officer during an undercover sting late Tuesday is believed to have been an illegal immigrant from Mexico, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Robert Rutt, agent in charge of the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement office of criminal investigations in Houston, confirmed that Houston police had asked for assistance in determining the immigration status of the gunman shot to death in a drug store parking lot after officer Henry Canales, 42, was fatally wounded.... HOUSTON CHRONICLE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279553/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:22:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278679/posts As the Obama administration pushes for a national health care plan, studies show that most Americans are overwhelmingly happy with their own health care -- but they are dissatisfied with the country's overall system, because most Americans who have insurance believe that those who don't have it are not receiving care. Those same studies, however, show that a surprisingly large 70 percent of the estimated 46 million Americans who don't have insurance say they do, in fact, receive health care, and that a vast majority of them are satisfied with it. A survey conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation,... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278679/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:53:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278134/posts GO HERE for video. Automatically Generated Transcript (may not be 100% accurate) " Earlier we told you the President Obama again today -- health care reform must provide relief to people who do not have health insurance. But who are those people and why don't they have coverage... Of all the people who are uninsured at any point in time. Half of them will find insurance within a year and 90% of them will find insurance within two years. Because many of them -- a job they lost -- left and have a brief period without insurance ... Is to... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278134/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278152/posts CNSNews.com) – Both the House and Senate versions of President Obama’s health care reform plans contain passages explicitly excluding illegal immigrants from receiving federal money to purchase health insurance from either a private or government-run health plan. Coming on the eve of a White House summit on immigration, the provisions would mean that some of the 46 million uninsured people living in the U.S. would be legally barred from benefiting from Obama’s government-led restructuring of the American healthcare system. Obama, who pledged on Friday to tackle immigration reform, will host senators and congressmen at the White House Thursday to discuss... CNSNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278152/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:22:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277904/posts HR 2083 IH 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2083 To secure smuggling routes on the U.S.-Mexico border, better prevent the smuggling of narcotics and weapons across the border, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2009 Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. AKIN, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, and Mr. FRANKS of Arizona) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security and Education... Library of Congress http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277904/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:20:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277884/posts One of the main counterbalances to Maricopa County Sheriff’s Joe Arpaio’s hard-nosed approach to immigration is leaving Arizona to take a job in San Francisco. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has picked Mesa Police Chief George Gascon to head up that city’s police department. Gascon will take over for exiting Chief Heather Fong. Gascon has criticized Arpaio’s crime sweeps of day labor sights and businesses suspected of employing illegal immigrants, including actions in Mesa. Biz Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277884/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:47:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277421/posts Last night 60 Minutes ran an updated report on the Mexican drug war, first aired in February. The report left little doubt about the violence and inhumanity of the Mexican drug cartels. But that is where the honesty ended. The report opens with Anderson Cooper saying: "Two years ago Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared war on the countries powerful drug cartels.... In response the drug cartels have been fighting back hard." Critics challenge this assumption. "If the Mexican government started cracking down, why on earth would the cartels go to war with each other?" asked Glenn Spencer of American Border... American Patrol Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277421/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:14:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277179/posts On Monday, June 15, the National Council of La Raza (La Raza), an open borders advocacy group, issued a statement calling upon Congress to ensure that illegal aliens are given health benefits if and when Congress considers health care reform. La Raza's statement "strongly urge[d] President Obama and Congress to make every effort to ensure that health care reform reaches all communities" in the United States, and stressed that "one out of every three uninsured persons and roughly 40% of all uninsured children [in the United States] are Latino," and demanded "health care reform that makes coverage affordable and accessible... FAIR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277179/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 23:40:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276816/posts Here is an example of why hiring illegal aliens is not economically productive for the State of California ...You have 2 families..."Joe Legal" and "Jose Illegal". Both families have 2 parents, 2 children and live in California . "Joe Legal" works in construction, has a Social Security Number, and makes $25.00 per hour with payroll taxes deducted.... "Jose Illegal" also works in construction, has "NO" Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash "under the table". Joe Legal...$25.00 per hour x 40 hours $1000.00 per week, $52,000 per year Now take 30% away for state federal tax. Joe Legal now... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2276816/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:55:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276448/posts PHOENIX -- As America's busiest immigrant smuggling hub, Arizona has earned the distinction as a place that's tough on people who sneak across the border. That reputation would harden if the Legislature and governor approve a proposal that would draw local authorities deeper into immigration enforcement and further reject the notion that immigration is the sole responsibility of the federal government. The proposal, which has cleared the state Senate and is being considered by the House, would require police to try to determine people's immigration status when they have reasonable suspicions that a person doesn't have legal status. And, if... AP via SacBee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276448/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:14:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276424/posts A Tucson hospital's health-care package promises affluent Mexican women the chance to have their babies in posh surroundings with access to the latest medical equipment. But the marketing materials leave out a key draw in the arrangement: U.S. citizenship for the newborn. Tucson Medical Center's "birth package" gives an official nod to a generations-old practice of wealthy Mexican women coming to U.S. hospitals to give birth. Mexican families do the same thing at all local hospitals, but TMC is the only one actively recruiting their business. The practice is legal, but offensive to some advocates of tougher U.S. immigration standards. Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276424/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:00:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276165/posts A new nationwide study released by the nonpartisan Bay Area Center for Voting Research (BACVR) ranks the political leanings of every American city and finds that Detroit, Michigan is the most liberal and Provo, Utah the most conservative. In all, the BACVR researchers examined voting patterns of 237 American cities with populations of over 100,000 and ranked them each on liberal and conservative scales. The list of Americas most liberal cities is dominated by cities with large African American populations that are concentrated in the Northeast, Midwest and California. Conversely, the study found that the staunchest conservative cities are clustered... Live Leak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276165/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:04:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276216/posts President Barack Obama on June 19 attended the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and used the occasion to reaffirm his commitment to changing the nation’s immigration laws. The appearance also served as a lead-in to next week’s scheduled gathering of legislators at the White House to discuss immigration changes. Having decided against speaking at the National Day of Prayer ceremony in May, the president’s selective attendance may indicate the bloc of voters he is most interested in courting. Obama chose his words carefully to appease Latino voters while also trying to placate opponents of amnesty for illegal aliens. “We must... The New American http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276216/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:29:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275959/posts Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration circus got another ring Friday with Al Sharpton’s visit to Phoenix. The hard-line sheriff and the controversial civil-rights advocate, who has been a vocal critic of Arpaio’s immigration policies, met Friday afternoon in downtown Phoenix. The meeting resulted in protestors from both sides showing up at the Wells Fargo office complex in downtown Phoenix, site of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, where he and Sharpton were meeting. Phoenix police set up buffer zones to separate dozens of anti- and pro-Arpaio protestors. Arpaio protestors include those contending his immigration and crime sweeps unfairly target Hispanics.... Phoenix Business Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275959/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:16:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275923/posts PHOENIX — The Rev. Al Sharpton on Friday called for opponents of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has aggressively cracked down on illegal immigration, to videotape alleged racial profiling by the sheriff’s office. The civil rights leader said the videos will help the U.S. Department of Justice in an investigation of alleged civil rights abuses by Arpaio’s office. “We’re gonna start some freedom rides around this county, to show how people of a certain skin color are treated different than other people,” Sharpton told a crowd of several hundred people at the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Phoenix. Sharpton... Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275923/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:14:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275327/posts WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama says he is committed to a comprehensive immigration overhaul that includes a way that illegal immigrants can become U.S. citizens. Obama told a gathering of Hispanics on Friday that U.S. borders must be strengthened to thwart illegal immigration. He said the millions of people who are now in the U.S. illegally should have the chance to become citizens. He said they must pay a fine and taxes, learn English and "go to the back of the line" of people trying to enter the United States from their home country. Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275327/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:49:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274566/posts Janet Contreras writes an open letter to our nation's leadership: I’m a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2274566/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:08:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273874/posts Have you been wondering how Obama plans to radically change U.S immigration policy and enforcement? What his "master plan" may be in light of the recent, complete halting of all enforcement? Recent actions by the administration and Congress show clear signs that we could be facing an amnesty bill as early as this fall: * Postponing use of popular programs that ensure that new jobs go to legally-eligible citizens (see E-Verify). * Meeting at the White House to address a strategy for "comprehensive immigration reform." * Choosing an enforcement program that identifies criminal aliens ONLY after a crime has been... FAIR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273874/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:36:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273735/posts The children are all U.S. citizens and say their constitutional rights are being violated because they, too, will likely have to leave the country if their parents are forced to leave. The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273735/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:12:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273417/posts ..Now that Mr. Obama is President, his policies and plans have become clear. One of his first appointments as President was the former top lobbyist for LA RAZA. The organization LA RAZA, which in Spanish means "the race," is a powerful international group advocating for open borders and lawful rights for illegal aliens... American Patrol Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273417/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:56:40 GMT