http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/illegalimmigration/ en-us Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:22:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414826/posts The Illegal Alien Christmas Song Illegals in my yard (x3) Throw them some pesos and they work so hard Illegals in my yard (x3) I don’t even ask if they got Green Card They’re gonna pave up my driveway this Christmas They’re gonna clean all my cars this Christmas They’re gonna shovel all the snow this Christmas Those illegals in my yard They’re gonna dig me a pool this Christmas They’re gonna landscape my lawn this Christmas They’re gonna cook me up some tacos this Christmas Those illegals in my yard Illegals in my yard (x3) Sixteen arrive in a... Youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414826/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:22:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414413/posts Next year is an election year in Congress and will provide a very tough crucible in which to create immigration reform, an incendiary topic even in normal times. Now come immigration reform advocates who remind President Barack Obama of his campaign pledges in 2008 and of his promises earlier this year to tackle the emotional issue in 2010. Earlier this month, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., with 87 co-sponsors, introduced the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009. The bill includes increased border security, enforcement and an employment verification system for employers to screen new hires. But... http://www.mercedsunstar.com/359/story/1245773.html http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414413/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:45:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412403/posts On Wednesday, police in Slidell, LA, arrested an illegal alien for slashing the throat of his 84-year-old neighbor with a razor blade. The attack left an 8-inch gash in the woman’s throat, her assailant stole about $65 in cash. The octogenarian victim survived the attack and later identified the man who did odd jobs for her, Ricardo Tenorio-Palma, 20, as the man who tried to kill her. Slidell Police Capt. Kevin Swann said: "It wasn't like he demanded money; he stabbed her first. He slashed her first, before he robbed her. He intended to kill her,” Police allege that on... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412403/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:28:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411329/posts (Dec. 18) -- Ricardo Dominguez describes himself an "artivist" -- a cross between an artist and activist -- and he calls his newest act of civil disobedience a "Transborder Immigrant Tool." It's a cheap Motorola cell phone retrofitted with GPS technology. Dominguez, an associate professor of new media arts at the University of California, San Diego, hopes to get the tool into the hands of people making the treacherous crossing of the U.S.-Mexico border on the so-called Devil's Highway. "It's designed to save lives. It's not going to promote the crossing or stop the crossing," says Dominguez, 50, who developed... Sphere http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411329/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:32:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts <p>"NatWest handed Al Qaeda terrorist 100% mortgage to buy £93,000 home he turned into a bomb factory"</p> <p>SNIPPET: "A bank has sparked outrage by handing over a 100 per cent mortgage to an Al Qaeda terrorist who smuggled himself into Britain.</p> DAILY MAIL.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411029/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:53:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410624/posts SALEM, Ore. (AP) - An illegal immigrant who drove away after hitting a toddler in a Salem parking lot has been sentenced to one year and five months in prison. Juan Lopez-Perez pleaded guilty Thursday morning to failing to perform the duties of a driver in a crash. Defense attorney Steven Walls said his client left the scene Nov. 24 because a crowd was gathering, he feared for his safety and he was in the country illegally. Before his conviction, the district attorney’s office said Lopez-Perez told witnesses he knew he’d struck and killed a child and that he tried... KATU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410624/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:24:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410237/posts A contractor hired for a major construction project on Elmendorf Air Force Base broke both state and federal law. At issue: the illegal immigrants that were granted access to the base to help construct the Air Force's new F-22 hangers. This summer the Air Force started a multi-million dollar effort to build new F-22 hangers on Elmendorf Air Force Base. The contractor hired for the steel work was Steel System Erectors out of California. An investigation has reviled the company employed undocumented workers and allowed them access to a national security site. A "critical infrastructure site essential to national security."... KTVA 11 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410237/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:27:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409710/posts Houston Mayor Bill White will officially launch a fingerprint-based immigration screening program in the city's jails today, fulfilling his pledge to have the system up and running by the time he leaves office. ...the outgoing mayor and Texas gubernatorial candidate, has faced harsh criticism for perceived flip-flopping on the issue of immigration enforcement in the jails. He previously requested to have the city participate in the controversial 287(g) program that would have trained officers to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents screen for illegal immigrants in the jails, but he backed away from that proposal after negotiations with the federal... Houston Comical http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409710/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409291/posts Dear Mr. Rand, Recently you sent us a letter encouraging us to renew our lapsed membership in AARP by the requested date. I know it is not what you were looking for, but this is the most honest response I can give you. Our gap in coverage is merely a microscopic symptom of the real problem, a deepening lack of faith. While we have proudly maintained our membership for several years and have long admired the AARP goals and principles, regrettably, we can no longer endorse it's abdication of our values. Your letter specifically stated that we can count on... AARP.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409291/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:35:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408518/posts The on-again, off-again drive to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws moved back to Congress on Tuesday with the introduction of legislation that would open a path to legal status for millions of illegal immigrants. The bill, introduced by Representative Luis V. Gutierrez, Democrat of Illinois, was seen as the opening volley in what Democrats and Republicans expect to be a hard-fought battle. President Obama has pledged to take up the issue early next year; efforts to overhaul the laws during George W. Bush’s presidency failed despite the backing of Mr. Bush and some Republicans. Mr. Gutierrez, one of Mr. Obama’s... NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408518/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:21:55 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/2407875/posts Democrats on Tuesday begin their new push for an immigration bill, hamstrung by the image of legalizing millions of illegal immigrant workers at a time when the unemployment rate stands at 10 percent -- more than twice what it was the last time Congress tried to act. "It certainly will confuse the debate a lot more, but at the end of the day what we have to understand is fixing this system will be good for American workers," said Eliseo Medina, executive vice president of the Service Employees International Union, which is one of the major advocates for legalizing illegal... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407875/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:17:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407491/posts Corpus Christi, TX—In a bold, yet prosperous move, Don Quixoté Bus Lines will now be the official carriers of illegal immigrants. The move comes on the heels of a deal struck with Mexican President Felipe De Jesus Calderon Hinijosa to carry patrons from the Mexican border to cities across the fruited plains. Don Quixoté was a local tourist bus that has now fallen on hard times. And in the darkest economy since Franklin Roosevelt’s regime, Don Quixoté is reaching out to save the small tourist bus line. With their profit margins shrinking, they have no choice but to jump into... Elective Decisions http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2407491/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:23:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406679/posts Report From Gadget Dan During rainy day Friday (Dec.11, 2009), a few Border Watchers from the Campo,CA area, decided to leave the wet dirt roads near the Border, for the Border Patrol to monitor/watch in their four wheeled drive vehicles. A few of us moved Watch operations to I-8 and Sunrise Hwy. Right off the bat, (upon arriving), one of the Border Watcher's spotted a load vehicle on the East side of Sunrise Hwy., across from Old Hwy.80 (North side of I-8). The load vehicle had just completed a load up of suspected illegal Border Intruders, with one (Intruder), not... Campo Minutemen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406679/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:41:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405884/posts Note: The following text is a quote: December 11, 2009 286 arrested in ICE's largest ever enforcement surge targeting criminal aliens 2 convicted rapists and armed robber among those captured in 3-day California operation LOS ANGELES - Nearly 300 foreign nationals with criminal records have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation following a three-day enforcement surge in California, making it the biggest operation targeting at large criminal aliens ever carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). During the operation, which concluded late Thursday, ICE officers located and arrested a total of 280 criminal aliens... ICE.gov - News Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405884/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:11:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government's policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry........ The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September. Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September. Rasmussen Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2397107/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404306/posts WALNUT CREEK — More than 40 employees at the downtown Target store quit their jobs after an internal probe raised suspicions about their immigration status, according to lawyers who have met with the workers. Managers summoned the overnight crew of the North Main Street department store to meetings last month and gave workers the chance to prove their eligibility to work in the United States by bringing in the proper documents, the lawyers and Target representatives say. Most of the questioned workers voluntarily resigned, Target spokeswoman Kate Gillen said. The Minnesota-based retailer would not say how many workers left the... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404306/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403881/posts Millions of undocumented people in the U.S. should be given a path to legal status after the country finds a way to stop illegal immigration, business and government leaders said in a report Wednesday. The University of Denver report argues that legalizing as many of the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants as possible could strengthen the economy and national security. But it should come with conditions, such as requiring new immigrants to learn English, pass criminal and medical background checks, and pay any taxes that they owe, the document states. The report is the product of a year of discussions... Associated Press - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403881/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:33:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400734/posts Tucson, Ariz. (AP) -- A judge has threatened to sentence an Arizona man to 25 days in prison for leaving jugs of water in the desert for illegal immigrants. A federal jury in June convicted Walt Staton of Tucson of littering in the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge. . . . Staton is a member of the group No More Deaths, which supports humanitarian aid along the border. He was scheduled to be re-sentenced Friday after he told a U.S. magistrate last month that he objected to the court's punishment on moral and legal grounds. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400734/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 03:13:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400275/posts “It probably will come as no surprise to you that I have no authority...to grant amnesty from federal prosecution to anyone who follows the referenced ordinance.” The referenced ordinance, enacted on November 10, 2009 by a majority of the Board of Supervisors, requires San Francisco law enforcement officers to report information regarding the immigration status of a juvenile arrested for certain felonies only after judicial proceedings have been completed. Like the would-be bank robber above, City Attorney Dennis Herrera asked in a letter to Russoniello the same day the ordinance was enacted, for assurance "that if the City proceeds to... Examiner.com/San Francisco http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400275/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:45:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399216/posts Al-Qaeda followers are inside the United States and would like to attack targets here and in other countries, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday night. WASHINGTON POST.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399216/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:11:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396646/posts It’s safe to say the folks who think Army Maj. Nidal M. Hasan is a victim of post traumatic stress disorder, not a terrorist with a laundry list of ties to radicalism, won’t be tickled to see “Kalifornistan.” The new film, an unabashed assault on Islamic extremists, comes from conservative filmmaker Jason Apuzzo. The movie fuses film, video, documentary and surveillance footage to follow a terrorist planning to wipe Los Angeles off the map. He’s too extreme even for Al Qaeda, but that might not stop him from carrying out his plans. He somehow finds time to stalk an exotic... Human Events http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396646/posts#comment Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:26:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395716/posts Filiberto Cervantes has already separated from his wife and kids, lost his car, moved into his truck and says he subsists largely on a diet of $1 cheese burritos. But Jan. 1 looms like a date with the grim reaper himself. ... Cervantes is among thousands of truckers servicing the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex who are facing a day of reckoning this New Year's. That's because Jan. 1 is the day new clean-air guidelines go into effect at the ports, banning all pre-1994 trucks -- as well as 1994-2003 rigs that have not been retrofitted with costly diesel particulate... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395716/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:55:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395671/posts According to Janet Napolitano, the Obama administration will insist on a path to citizenship for illegal aliens when it pushes for comprehensive immigration "reform" in 2010. The legislation will grant illegal aliens amnesty from serious job-related felonies including document fraud, perjury on I-9 forms and even identity theft. It is quietly ensuring that illegal aliens who lose their jobs are allowed to remain here rather than being prosecuted/deported. In addition to ending virtually all arrests, prosecutions, and deportations resulting from workplace crimes, the administration has restricted state and local law enforcement's ability under the 287(g) program to help immigration authorites... Center for Immigration Studies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395671/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:58:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393524/posts "A Latino group is asking a judge to prevent state officials from canceling the registrations of more than 40,000 vehicles apparently driven by undocumented immigrants. The League of United Latin American Citizens filed the lawsuit against state officials in Franklin County Common Pleas Court this morning. The legal action comes two weeks before the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles plans to revoke the potentially fraudulently obtained license plates of those who cannot provide proof of legal U.S. residency." Columbus Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393524/posts#comment Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:40:36 GMT