http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/illegalimmigration/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:45:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286452/posts WASHINGTON, June 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In May of this year, a Supreme Court decision severely impeded the use of identity theft charges as an immigration enforcement tool. In June, several people were arrested after a fraud scheme was uncovered at a Florida driver's license bureau. In July, a new Utah law targeting illegal aliens and document fraud will take effect. As these examples show, illegal immigration is inherently tied to document fraud and identity theft. As states continue to search for answers, it is apparent that the Federal government has not yet found a working legislative solution to deter these... Center for Immigration Studies/PRN Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286452/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 13:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286205/posts Recently the government of Italy has started to crackdown on the Islamic threat within Italy. Now they have turned their attention to another threat. The threat of endless mass immigration. These laws are exactly what we need to enforce here. Italy adopts law to curb migrants Italy's parliament has given final approval to a law criminalising illegal immigration and allowing citizens' patrols to help the police keep order. Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286205/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285717/posts Jose Compean and his family were guests of the Temecula California Republican Assembly. The California Republican Assembly have been contact supporters of Ramos and Compean. http://www.californiarepublicanassembly.com/ Jose answered questions and expressed his gratitude for everyone's support. He noted the prison officials were as supportive as they could be. His mail was read by a supervisor and one day he got over 300 letters and it supervisor told him it took over six hours to read the mail. The supervisor told Compean it was good to see the American People rallying around him. He states that much happened in the trial... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285717/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 01:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285674/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285674/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 23:55:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285037/posts The Washington Examiner’s Freeman Klopott is reporting that dozens of wealthy Beltway families have employed illegal immigrants as domestic employees in what Federal prosecutors have said amounts to slave labor. Sentencing was scheduled to be held for naturalized citizen and Indonesian native Soripada Lubis for harboring up to 24 Indonesian women, and profiting from their labor. Lubis’ wife, Siti Chadidjah Siregar, an Indonesian citizen, has also entered a guilty plea to making false statements, and faces up to 5 years in prison. This is interesting: Klopot says, “The list of Lubis’ 50 clients divulged in court filings by federal prosecutors... Nuke Gingrich http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285037/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:54:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284801/posts The year 2010 is about money and power. In the Rio Grande Valley, local officials are focusing their efforts on ensuring tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants are included in the count. The census seeks to count not just citizens but residents. With big money and political clout both depending on those numbers, governments are hoping that not a single person falls through the cracks. For local governments, the stakes are high. Census data are used to help make decisions about how the federal government distributes $300 billion to state and local governments for schools, senior programs, libraries, infrastructure and... The McAllen Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284801/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 13:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283476/posts WASHINGTON – The Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the country Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun notifying businesses of plans to audit their I-9 forms — employment eligibility documents that employers fill out for every worker — the agency told members of Congress in an e-mail Wednesday. Immigration officers served "Notices of Inspection" to 625 businesses, the Homeland Security Department said. By comparison, 503 such notices were issued to businesses last year, the agency said. Yahoo from AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2283476/posts#comment Wed, 1 Jul 2009 19:11:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282816/posts WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said Monday. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282816/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:38:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282652/posts On June 24, Sen. Charles Schumer gave a remarkable speech on immigration. Preparing the way for the Obama administration's expected push for comprehensive reform, Schumer seemed to adopt a newer, tougher-sounding tone as he promised that a bill would be passed during "this Congress." Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2282652/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:55:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282322/posts Some illegal immigrant high school graduates will be able to attend Wisconsin state universities by paying in-state tuition, under a provision in the two-year budget Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law Monday. Wisconsin now becomes the 11th state to enact such a law. To qualify, students would have to reside in the state for three years, graduate from a Wisconsin high school or earn an equivalency degree here. The students would have to apply through the normal channels. It's estimated from 400 to 650 illegal immigrants annually graduate from state high schools, but they must pay out-of-state tuition if they... Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282322/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:17:41 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/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/2281161/posts The debate over U.S. immigration policies has become personal for a Longview family. Linda Bischoff said Americans have forgotten the engraving on the Statue of Liberty: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ..." She also said federal laws and lack of knowledge by the public have forced people seeking refuge to enter the United States illegally. "I used to think, 'Why don't they just get a visa and come here legally?' " Bischoff said of illegal immigrants. "Now, after going through the endless process of paperwork and extreme cost and still not being... Longview News Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281161/posts#comment Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:16:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280286/posts Note: The following text is a quote: THE BRIEFING ROOM THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ____________________________________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 25, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AFTER MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DISCUSS IMMIGRATION State Dining Room 3:17 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. We have just finished what I consider to be a very productive meeting on one of the most critical issues that I think this nation faces, and that is an immigration system that is broken and needs fixing. We have members of Congress from both chambers, from parties, who have participated in... WHITEHOUSE.GOV - Remarks by the President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280286/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:16:56 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/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/2277503/posts Reporting from Mecca, Calif. -- An hour before dawn in the camp of last resort. Dozens of men and a few women are asleep in the beds of pickup trucks, in the back seats of cars or on flattened cardboard boxes in the dirt behind the Toro Loco market. The air is cool, but the terrible sun is close at hand. Martin Zavala is wrapped in a blanket, his head resting on a Scooby-Doo pillow, a pack of Marlboros under his neck. Thieves prowl at night and will snatch what is not secured. Drunks and meth-addled tweakers tease the dozing... Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277503/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:19:32 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-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/2275483/posts An illegal immigrant in New Jersey reportedly has been charged with sexually assaulting nine girls under the age of 8 — and prosecutors fear there could be more victims. Cirilo Cholula, 18, faces nine counts of child endangerment and aggravated sexual assault against girls ranging in age from 4 to 7 years old, The Star-Ledger reported. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275483/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:05:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274833/posts Shawna Forde and members of Minuteman American Defense — an anti-illegal immigration vigilante group charged in the double homicide of an Arizona man and his 9-year-old daughter and the attempted murder of the man’s wife — shared a stage, if not their vigilante streak, with former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo. Colorado Indepdent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274833/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:30:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273837/posts DREAM Act Do you think college students who are in the country illegally should be given a path to residency, protected from deportation and eligible for student loans and federal work study programs? OCRegister http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273837/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:48:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273085/posts A smoky fire in the Baboquivari Peak Wilderness southwest of Tucson has grown to about 14,500 acres today. [snip] About 215 firefighters are on the fire, and tanker trucks are on hand to protect a ranch and related buildings in Wood Canyon, about 30 miles south of Three Points. [snip] Wood said tankers were dispatched to another fire on state land near Sunsites, 70 miles southeast of Tucson, Monday. The Diamondback Fire burned about 80 acres east of U.S. 191, Wood said. Coronado National Forest officials, meanwhile, said the Slavin Gulch Fire in the Dragoon Mountains, 50 miles southeast of... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273085/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271035/posts TUCSON, AZ - Three people have been arrested in connection with last months deadly double homicide in Arivaca that left a nine-year-old and her father dead. One of the people arrested for the homicide is the National Executive Director of the Minuteman American Defense group (M.A.D.), a group known for patrolling the border, and is dedicated to "Defending America's Borders" according to their website - http://minutemenamericandefense.org/ Jason Eugene Bush, 38, Shawna Forde, 42 and Albert Robert Gaxiola, 43, were all taken into custody and charged in connection with the murders of 29-year-old Raul Flores and 8-year-old Brisenia Flores. Both were... KOVA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2271035/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:40:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270537/posts Rep. Jack Kingston and Rep. Ken Calvart proposed two separate E-Verify amendments to the House Appropriations bill for FY2010, but both amendments failed earlier today. The Kingston amendment would have required government contractors to run all employees and new hires through E-Verify. Rep. Kingston's amendment would have required all federal contractors to verify all employees and new hires through the E-Verify system. The amendment would have countered a new executive order that the Administration is expected to announce today that weakens the 2008 executive order making requiring all government contractors to use E-Verify. Numbers USA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270537/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:43:37 GMT