http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/immigrantlist/ en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:22:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050888/posts It is not often that undocumented immigrants sneak into the United States and then alert authorities to their whereabouts, but three men trapped in a sweltering rail car had little choice and used a cell phone to call 911. Smugglers had stashed two Mexicans and a Guatemalan in a grain hopper in the Rio Grande Valley and told them they would ride further north, said Daniel Doty, a spokesman for the Border Patrol's McAllen Sector. As the temperature climbed Tuesday, the dehydrating men feared for their lives and reached for the phone. "It gets hot very fast in those places,"... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050888/posts#comment Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:22:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050711/posts New Haven (WTNH) -- The New Haven program that sparked protests and gained national attention is entering its second year. To date, about 6,000 people have signed up for the Elm City Residents Card program. With a snap of the camera Luis Pagan is on his way to getting a New Haven city Resident card. "I think it's good. The city is helping us ID ourselves, who we are," Pagan said. Hundreds lined up last year when the Elm City Residents Card program was launched. The card was controversial from the beginning because it allows illegal immigrants to get a... WTNH Television http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050711/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:27:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050739/posts SAN FRANCISCO — The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday called on Mayor Gavin Newsom to allow the federal agency full access to information about local inmates, saying the city should rescind its policy that prohibits ICE agents from reviewing jail logs and records. A letter sent to Newsom from ICE director Julie Myers urging more access to inmate records was the latest flare-up following accusations that a San Francisco policy to shield undocumented immigrants also caused the city to shelter felons charged with serious crimes. Eileen Hirst, chief of staff for San Francisco County Sheriff Michael Hennessey,... Contra Costa Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050739/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:12:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050683/posts American officials in Belgrade have delivered a diplomatic note to the Serbian government, demanding that the towering fugitive charged with pummeling a college classmate be returned to the U.S. within 10 days. The note, excerpts of which were obtained by the Daily News, represents the first time the U.S. government has set a deadline for the return of Miladin Kovacevic, 21. The U.S. has been pressing the Serbian government to hand over Kovacevic after he fled the country last month with a passport issued by a consulate member, Igor Milosevic. "It is imperative that the [Serbian government] remedy these outrageous... nydailynews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050683/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:30:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050012/posts For nearly two years, the South Florida middle school art teacher forced the boy to have sex in a classroom supply closet. Sometimes, Aaron Mohanlal would call in sick to work, take the boy to his home for sex and drop the seventh-grader back off at school at the end of the day. To keep the abuse secret, Mohanlal bought the 13-year-old a cell phone and created nicknames for their genitalia. When police arrested him, the teacher was caught on hidden video trying to destroy letters threatening the boy if he ever told. Last summer, a Broward County jury convicted... CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050012/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:47:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050549/posts An alleged gang member accused of triple murder in the slayings of a San Francisco father and two sons pleaded not guilty Wednesday at a hearing in which the judge refused to issue a blanket gag order in the high-profile case. Edwin Ramos, 21, is accused of the June 22 shooting deaths of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16, ....... Ramos spoke softly and slowly in denying each of the allegations. The defense sought the gag order after The Chronicle revealed that Ramos was an illegal immigrant who was found to have committed two felonies... SF Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050549/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:00:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050415/posts U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo sent an open letter to Sen. John McCain criticizing his recent meeting with Hispanic leaders where he reportedly pushed his amnesty agenda. Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050415/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:36:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050368/posts “Dr. Q” has a theory about how to cure cancer that he can’t wait to tell me. I look around at his lab assistants, their faces a rainbow of colors — intense, smart, listening. Their parents come from many parts of the world. Dr. Q has chosen them to test his theory: that a team of scientists from a diversity of backgrounds might find a cure for cancer more quickly, because each would see the problem differently. The lab at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore we’re all gathered in belongs to Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa — “Dr. Q.” He is... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050368/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:32:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050239/posts “Dr. Q” has a theory about how to cure cancer that he can’t wait to tell me. I look around at his lab assistants, their faces a rainbow of colors — intense, smart, listening. Their parents come from many parts of the world. Dr. Q has chosen them to test his theory: that a team of scientists from a diversity of backgrounds might find a cure for cancer more quickly, because each would see the problem differently. The lab at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore we’re all gathered in belongs to Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa — “Dr. Q.” He is... TODAY.MSNBC.MSN.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050239/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:57:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050198/posts The Castorena Family Organization is a large-scale criminal organization with more than 100 key members who oversee cells of 10 to 20 individuals in cities across the United States, according to public court documents filed by the US government in Colorado and in other judicial districts around the country. Several of the senior leaders of the organization are believed to be based in Mexico, although they enter the US occasionally to oversee the operations of lieutenants of the crime family. The organization is alleged to be involved in the manufacture and distribution of high-quality counterfeit identity documents, including social security... American Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050198/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:06:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts North Carolina sheriff's deputies left the children of an arrested illegal immigrant woman on the side of a highway overnight stranded in a car, attorneys say. Lawyers for Maria Chavira Ventura say she was stopped June 14 for a traffic violation along Interstate 85 in Alamance County, N.C. Deputies arrested her for driving without a license, leaving her three children, ages 14, 10 and 6, alone in the car with a man they barely knew, the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer reported Wednesday. The man, a church acquaintance who was catching a ride with Ventura, abandoned the children in the... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050187/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:45:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050494/posts HONOLULU -- Federal officials said they netted 43 illegal aliens in an immigration raid on O`ahu. (snip) Agents said the aliens were employed by a company called The Farms which does agricultural work. The 43 men were all citizens of Mexico. KITV Honolulu http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050494/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:31:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050468/posts Myles Gladstone is the vice president of Human Resources at Miller & Long Co., a Maryland-based concrete subcontractor that has programs in place to help immigrants integrate into the workplace.(CNSNews.com) – Deported criminals are more violent after learning how to use semi-automatic weapons while in the United States, said an official from a Maryland company with a workforce that is 60 percent Hispanic. Myles Gladstone, vice president of human resources at Miller & Long, a concrete construction firm with headquarters in Bethesda, Md., was speaking at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Americans Society and Council of the Americas (ASCA)... CNS News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050468/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:43:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050106/posts Mexican officials say a concrete barrier constructed by the U.S. Border Patrol in a storm-water tunnel beneath Nogales appears to be on Mexican soil and was the main cause of serious flooding July 12 in Nogales, Sonora. The flooding caused about $8 million in damage in Nogales, Sonora, the officials say. The 5-foot-high wall on the floor of the tunnel in front of a gate was put in without notifying the International Boundary and Water Commission, said Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the U.S. section of the commission. The commission requests that any agency doing work on the border that could... Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050106/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:50:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts Agency says getting all people, legal and illegal, to safety is its top priority The U.S. Border Patrol said today it is not checking the documents of individuals who are fleeing Hurricane Dolly, and it has no intention of using natural disasters as a pretext for rounding up and deporting illegal immigrants, 1200 WOAI news reports. Officials in the Rio Grande Valley have been worried about Border Patrol actions ever since a reporter spotted a Border Patrol official conducting a document check during a hurricane evacuation drill in McAllen in May. Some officials had expressed concern that Rio Grande Valley... 1200 WOAI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050089/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:24:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050043/posts A study published on the July 22 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association called for more aggressive action against tuberculosis, after it had discovered an increase in the number of foreigners in the US infected with TB. Although TB cases in the US dropped 45 percent between 1996 and 2006 (from more than 25,000 to less than 14,000), according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s statistics, there was a five percent increase in TB cases among immigrant populations living in the US during the same period, Dr. Kevin P. Cain head of the CDC’s... eFluxMedia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2050043/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:50:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049993/posts EL PASO -- Police have hot filed charges against a Northeast resident who allegedly shot a man in self-defense. The police department's Drive-by-Shooting Response Team (DSRT) was called to assist with a "shots fired" call at the 9500 block of Iris at about one Saturday morning. Officers discovered a 19-year-old man had been shot in the ankle and forearm at a residence in the area. An investigation revealed the victim went to a party at the residence and engaged in an argument that escalated into a physical confrontation, police officials said. Police said a resident of the home grabbed a... kvia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049993/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049875/posts GAINESVILLE, Mo. -- A man living in Ozark County is charged with second-degree murder after a shooting during a family outing Sunday near Mammoth. The victim was a man from Mountain Home, Ark. The shooting was next to Lick Creek near Mammoth, south of Gainesville, on private property near Big Rock swimming hole. A family of about 10 from Mountain Home was enjoying their Sunday, swimming and cooking hot dogs, when the owners came down to confront them. “There was an argument, push came to shove, a gun was drawn,” said Sheriff Raymond Pace. Pace says that's when Jesus Sesena-Murrieta,... KYTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049875/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:16:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049924/posts "As Congress heads into a critical week of votes on how to relieve America's home-foreclosure crisis, one of the toughest issues will be how to deal with the racial and ethnic dimensions of the problem. Minorities will be watching closely to see who gets the help."..... ......"Black and Hispanic families have gotten a disproportionate share of subprime lending, and subprime loans are the driving force behind the foreclosures," says Katheen Day, spokeswoman for the Center for Responsible Lending, a nonprofit research and policy group based in Durham, N.C. "We know that black and Hispanic communities are hardest hit."..... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049924/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049874/posts In yesterday's Post, we criticized Barack Obama's plan to "give health insurance to 47 million Americans who are now without coverage." We raised the question: "Are they Americans?" - noting that the 47 million statistic includes those who've come here illegally and are subject to deportation. The Obama campaign complains that the senator has no such plan. Indeed, he's said his plan "does not" cover illegals: "We've got limited resources. And it is important for us that, when we've got millions of US citizens that aren't yet covered, it's important for us to make sure that they are provided coverage."... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049874/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:14:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049672/posts HERE IS A PLACE TO START FReepers, we need a master thread to which we can refer and to which we can post additional illegal alien crime information. Please bookmark this thread. Bring in your stories and your links. Let's make this a great wealth of reference material. Laura Ingraham may be able to use it as she goes after Gavin Newsome and the sanctuary city of San Francisco. Laura vowed today on her show to help get justice for Danielle Bologna, whose husband and two sons were gunned down by a Salvadoran felon who was protected by San... FreeRepublic master thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049672/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:27:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049769/posts The last illegal immigrant juvenile offender who had been in a $7,000-a-month group home as part of San Francisco's now-abandoned effort to shield young immigrants from deportation has bolted, authorities said Tuesday. The youth walked away from the unlocked center in Atascadero (San Luis Obispo County) on Sunday, bringing to 12 the number of illegal immigrant offenders in the past month who have walked away from youth homes hundreds of miles from the city. Ten of the 12, all of them from Honduras and all detained for dealing drugs, are still at large, including the youth who disappeared early Monday.... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049769/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:50:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049807/posts A 41-hour manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of a man suspected of gunning down his cousin’s wife in her east Rogers home. Sergio Morales-Carrera, 23, was arrested in a vehicle in Fayetteville about 2: 10 p. m. by members of the Rogers Police Department’s criminal investigation division, said Lt. Mike Johnson, department spokesman. Morales-Carrera was arrested “without incident,” Johnson said. He was taken to the Rogers jail and later to the Benton County jail, Johnson said. A bond hearing is scheduled for 9 a. m. Monday, he said.Two other men also were arrested on charges of hindering apprehension: Ramiro... NWAnews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049807/posts#comment Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:15:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049598/posts Democrats' single most important domestic proposal — universal health insurance — may blow up in Barack Obama's face when voters are exposed to the deadly details. Obama has said, proudly and often, "I am going to give health insurance to 47 million Americans who are now without coverage." But are they "Americans?" That 47 million statistic includes illegal immigrants, who virtually all lack insurance. In fact, about one in four of those lacking insurance is here illegally. And they are, by far, the group most in need of health insurance. About 15 million of the remaining uninsured are eligible for... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049598/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:58:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049537/posts SERBIA (WABC) -- Serbia will not extradite a Serb student wanted in the United States on assault charges, the foreign minister said Monday. Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said Miladin Kovacevic would not be sent to the U.S. to face charges of severely beating a fellow university student because Serbian law does not allow extradition of its citizens. "Kovacevic will not be extradited," Jeremic told independent B-92 television. "Serbia is a sovereign and democratic country with an independent judiciary," Jeremic said, suggesting U.S. authorities should hand over the case file so Kovacevic could be prosecuted in Serbia. Kovacevic, 20, had been... abclocal.go.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2049537/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:57:37 GMT