http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/illegalimmigrants/ en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:17:26 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285663/posts Obama stayed away from hot-button words in remarks Thursday on immigration reform, but hinted that his immigration push will include some kind of “amnesty” or “legal path” for illegal immigrants already in the U.S. Obama also said Thursday he is making U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano a key point person on the immigration reform push New Mexico Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285663/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:17:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281828/posts   Third Officer Shot By Illegal Alien In Sancutary City Last Updated: Mon, 06/29/2009 - 3:52pmA third law enforcement officer in one of the nation’s biggest sanctuary cities has been shot by an illegal immigrant who was protected by a don’t-ask-don’t-tell immigration policy during previous police encounters.The Houston Police Department’s longtime rule prohibiting officers from questioning suspects about immigration status has cost the department dearly in the last few years. Two officers have been murdered and one shot in the face by illegal immigrants with previous records. The latest shooting occurred just last week when an illegal alien from Mexico killed... JudicialWatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281828/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:05:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277691/posts D.A.'s office let illegal immigrants go Jaxon Van Derbeken, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, June 23, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris' office on Monday defended allowing about a half dozen first-time drug offenders to clear their records by going through a job-training program, even after prosecutors learned they were deportable as undocumented immigrants. But Harris' aides said they have since made changes in the program that would prevent a recurrence of instances in which illegal immigrants got their criminal records cleared by going through the Back on Track jobs program, which trains offenders for jobs that... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277691/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:14:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269784/posts SANTA ROSA — A former Santa Rosa DMV clerk has lost an appeal of her conspiracy conviction for helping undocumented immigrants obtain state drivers licenses or ID cards for hefty fees. A jury convicted Aida Pulido, 49, and an accomplice in May 2008 of one count of conspiracy and four counts of obtaining false DMV documents. Pulido was sentenced to 16 month in prison. Witnesses testified that her accomplice, Teofilo Arechiga Palomera, 62, of Pittsburg, would find Latinos who had no proof of legal residency — many of whom lived outside Sonoma County — and promise them a valid state... Santa Rosa Press Democrat http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269784/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:18:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267805/posts Eight illegal immigrants 'stacked like wood' in the back of a sports-utility vehicle were killed when the driver lost control on a remote southeastern Arizona highway. At least 27 men and women were in the vehicle traveling about four miles east of Sonoita when the vehicle rolled shortly before midnight on Saturday, according to Officer Joy Craig of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. dailymail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2267805/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:27:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261590/posts A prosecutor looking for illegal immigrants seized thousands of confidential tax records from an income tax preparer popular with Hispanics in this northern Colorado city. The October seizures led to identity-theft and criminal-impersonation charges against more than 70 people, and prosecutors allege that as many as 1,300 suspected illegal immigrants were working using false or stolen Social Security numbers. But the American Civil Liberties Union said the documents of as many as 4,900 people were seized, many of them legal residents, and that the probe was the "equivalent of a house-by-house search of innocent homeowners in order to find a... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261590/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 13:50:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261439/posts Battle Continues Over Greeley DA And Tax Preparer. Immigrant advocates say they've seen nothing like it before or since: A prosecutor looking for illegal immigrants seized thousands of confidential tax records from an income tax preparer popular with Hispanics in this northern Colorado city. The October seizures led to identity theft and criminal impersonation charges against more than 70 people, and prosecutors allege that as many as 1,300 suspected illegal immigrants were working using false or stolen Social Security numbers. The investigation started after a Texas man alerted Weld County authorities that his identity was being used. The suspect in... TheDenverChannel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2261439/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 01:49:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2256393/posts PHOENIX (Reuters)Reporting by Tim Gaynor, Editing by Paul SimaoA U.S. government program empowering local police officers to enforce immigration laws undermines their efforts to maintain public safety, according to a report released on Wednesday.Around 11.9 million mostly Hispanic illegal immigrants live and work in the United States, and Americans are sharply divided over what to do with them.The report by the nonpartisan Police Foundation criticized aspects of the 287 (g) program run by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which deputizes officers from local police agencies to enforce immigration laws.The study, drawing on input from focus groups and police... Reuters.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2256393/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 16:56:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254852/posts Chuck Schumer said that the number of people captured between Oct. 1, 2008 and May 15 this year was down 27 percent from the same period the previous year. Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer cited reports from the Customs and Border Protection officials saying that most of the decrease has been in the number of people taken into custody as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. along the border with Mexico. The New York senator said the lower demand for labor in the U.S. and stepped-up border enforcement measures are behind the decrease."The border is far more secure than it's... www.facefwd.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2254852/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 18:09:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248404/posts Just half a mile from the ferry terminal in Calais, a UK-bound lorry driver at the weekend makes the mistake of slowing down to a crawl on the A26 Autoroute des Anglais dual carriageway. At a signal from their fixers, around 100 illegal migrants arise from the wooded verge where they have been concealed and try to swarm aboard the vehicle, and others behind, desperate to find somewhere inside or underneath they could stow away to reach the UK. So intent are they to get to what they see as a land of easy asylum, council housing and generous benefits... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2248404/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 11:45:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238178/posts A year before Prince William County police say he raped an 8-year-old girl, court documents show an illegal immigrant from Honduras was released by Montgomery County police after being arrested for second-degree assault. Marcos Banegas has been on the run since Feb. 16 when Prince William County police charged him with forcible sodomy and aggravated sexual battery of a Woodbridge girl. But before moving to Prince William where police say he cut hair at a local salon, the 26-year-old was arrested by Montgomery County police. Banegas was accused of “violently” grabbing a stroller, causing the child inside to be shaken,... Washington DC Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2238178/posts#comment Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:33:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237312/posts In a legal first for the state of Minnesota, a Ramsey County District judge on Friday ordered members of a street gang to stay away from one another during the Cinco de Mayo celebration on St. Paul’s West Side next weekend. Judge Gregg Johnson granted the city of St. Paul’s request to sue the Sureño 13 gang and 10 of its members in an effort to prevent violence at the event, which draws about 100,000 people every year. Under the order, the named members aren’t prohibited from going to the event, they just can’t associate with other known Sureño members.... StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2237312/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:48:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228811/posts Growing numbers of children of illegal immigrants are being born in this country, and they are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty than those with American-born parents... Overall, illegal immigrants' children account for one of every 15 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. In 2008, California had the most illegal immigrants at 2.7 million, double its 1990 number, followed by Texas, Florida, New York and New Jersey. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2228811/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226171/posts Barack Obama is to push forward with a plan to offer citizenship to up to 12million immigrants living illegally in the United States. Furious Republican opponents said the proposal was 'disastrous' at a time when so many Americans are losing their jobs. They claimed it was 'payback' for Mr Obama's Hispanic support in November's presidential election and a means of guaranteeing votes in 2010. The number of Latino voters in the U.S. nearly doubled from 5.9million in 2000 to more than 10million last year. More than three-quarters of new immigrants voted for Mr Obama. Latinos are by far the majority... Daily Mail (U.K.) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2226171/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:55:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225313/posts IMMIGRATION BILL THIS YEAR: Obama to begin looking for illegal immigrants to become legal, NY TIMES planning to lead in Page Ones on Thursday, newsrooms sources tell DRUDGE... Developing... drudge http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225313/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 02:10:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224828/posts There may be retribution for police not enforcing Utah's new immigration law. Senate Bill 81 makes it more difficult for illegal immigrants to get a job and to utilize some government services. But the responsibility of enforcement falls on police. Detective Dennis McGowan says Salt Lake police won't be enforcing it as it is written because it implies a form of racial profiling. Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab, was the House sponsor of the bill. He says he's angry, it's appalling and he will look at ways to make the Salt Lake City Police Department uphold the law. "If they don't... KSL http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224828/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 14:10:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223996/posts The election of President Barack Obama was supposed to usher in a post-racial and post-partisan America. But who knew that some Massachusetts Democrats dreamed of a post-American America? Rep. Pam Richardson of Framingham wants the Massachusetts Democratic Party to advocate voting rights for illegal aliens. You read that right. A handful of liberal Massachusetts towns already allow legal resident aliens to vote in local elections. But Richardson wants illegal immigrants canceling out your vote for school committee and town selectman. And she wants the state Democratic Party to lead the way. Last month, at a local party platform meeting in... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223996/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:28:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220672/posts Census Bureau: We’ll Work with ‘Community Organizations’ to Count All Illegal Aliens in 2010 Thursday, April 02, 2009 By Nicholas Ballasy, Video Reporter (CNSNews.com) - The acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Thomas Mesenbourg, told CNSNews.com that the bureau intends to work with community organizations to make sure every illegal alien in the United States is counted in the 2010 Census. The Census is used to apportion the seats in the U.S. House of Representative. There are 435 House seats that are divided among the states in proportion to their population, which is determined by the decennial census. States... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2220672/posts#comment Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:15:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219950/posts <p>A bill allowing illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition in Colorado has survived a 5-4 vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee.</p> <p>Republican committee member Ted Harvey, an opponent of the bill, was absent from Wednesday's vote because of a family emergency. Had he been present, the vote would likely have been 5-5, stalling the bill.</p> AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219950/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:26:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217794/posts A 42-year-old Richfield man, his 9-year-old son and a 12-year-old girl from another family were killed Sunday morning when the SUV they were riding in was hit by a truck that slid across a snow-covered road in Washington County. The man's 40-year-old wife, two of their children and the 12-year-old girl's 11-year-old brother suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospitals, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Department. The three men who were in the one-ton flatbed truck were not injured. The truck's driver and his two passengers - ages 30 and 31, both of Milwaukee - are suspected of... jsonline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2217794/posts#comment Mon, 30 Mar 2009 02:37:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2215370/posts Andrew Breitbart is interviewed by Sean Hannity and in the interview he stated “While everybody’s worried about the banks and the economy, I’m worried about what’s happening to people out there who dissent from Barack Obama.” Hannity said “According to this administration we can no longer say Enemy Combatant, we can’t use the term War on Terror or even Terrorism itself.” Unlike Homeland Security Secretary Janete Napolitano, Brigitte Gabriel is a woman who can and does call our enemies by the names that she believes accurately describes them, such as Radical Islam, Islamic Extremism, Islamism, and Islamofascism. The Daily Change http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2215370/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:19:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211904/posts The two cities of El Paso and Denver are 800 miles apart, but they both exist in the rarified world of "sanctuary cities," where mayors and city officials love to proclaim, "We welcome all immigrants, regardless of immigration status." This is PC code for welcoming illegal aliens, but it also means they welcome the prosecution of Border Patrol agents and immigration enforcement agents who take their jobs too seriously. The prosecution, imprisonment and eventual release of El Paso Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean made headlines for two years, but few Americans outside Denver have ever heard of... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2211904/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:31:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209570/posts COSTA MESA, Calif. - President Barack Obama says the United States is a nation of immigrants but the country must have control over its borders. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Southern California, Obama said immigration is a high-emotion issue that cannot be dealt with in pieces. He says he wants to work with leaders in Congress and in Mexico to come up with a comprehensive plan. Obama says it's important for longtime illegal immigrants to have a path to citizenship so they can join unions and get protection from employers who exploit them. The Tri-City Herald / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2209570/posts#comment Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209178/posts Meanwhile, if you are a legal American worker and out of a job, you may well want to keep an eye on the stimulus bill jobs and who they go to. In a country that is at the breaking point of new laws, new taxes, and ever burdening government control, Pelosi is pushing the envelope by calling the illegal and legal immigrants "very very patriotic". Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2209178/posts#comment Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:25:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2206744/posts Exclusive: Has Illegal Immigration’s Effect on Education Become the ‘Third Rail’ of Politics? Vincent Gioia Traditionally, Social Security has been the “third rail” of politics but we now have another third rail – illegal immigration and education. Politicians step all over themselves asking for more and more money to be spent on education; ignoring the fact that money alone does not make for a good public education. Another thing we are not allowed to mention in a discussion about public education quality and costs is the impact of illegal immigration; otherwise we are labeled “racists.” The United States has the... Family Security Matters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2206744/posts#comment Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:53:26 GMT