http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/immigrantlist/ en-us Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:33:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418852/posts A 33-year-old El Monte school board member and five other men were shot dead execution-style in north central Mexico on Wednesday night, after they were abducted by gunmen, according to family members. Agustin Roberto “Bobby” Salcedo was having dinner with his wife in a restaurant when armed men burst in and kidnapped Salcedo and five other men. All six were found dead Thursday, El Monte officials said. Salcedo’s wife was not abducted. LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418852/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 07:33:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418641/posts SAN JUAN — Previous attempts to pass comprehensive immigration reform have collapsed under opposing demands from warring factions. But when an immigration reform bill was introduced earlier this month, it drew broad support from a wide group of parties, said Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Mercedes. Ninety-three U.S. Representatives have thrown their name behind the bill and business leaders, agriculture groups and others are in favor of reform. “There is a diversity of support that we’ve never had before” for immigration reform, the Congressman said Wednesday during a meeting with members of La Union del Pueblo Entero at the organization’s headquarters on... The monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418641/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:33:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418832/posts McCain responded by saying immigrants were taking jobs nobody else wanted. He offered anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona. Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain’s job offer. “I’ll take it!� one man shouted. McCain insisted none of them would do such menial labor for a complete season. “You can’t do it, my friends.� Some in the crowd said they didn’t appreciate McCain questioning their work ethic. AP via MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418832/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 06:06:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418782/posts Updated 2:43 PM PST, Thu, Dec 31, 2009 Gang task force members in Hemet are lucky to alive Thursday after they noticed their office was flooded with natural gas in an apparently deliberate attempt to cause a deadly explosion, police said. "It was basically designed so that once somebody came in and moved around a little bit, it would have gone off," said Hemet police Lt. Duane Wisehart. "At the very least, it would have leveled the building and killed whoever was inside." Wisehart told the Southwest Riverside News Network that there is no doubt the trap was meant for... NBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418782/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:40:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418611/posts On Saturday night, Virginia Beach police arrested Jorge Alberto Fuertes Loredo, 31, and Isidor Loredo Amaya, 31, after Florentino Martinez-Melendez, 40, was shot to death in a trailer park. A second victim survived the shooting but remains in critical condition in a local hospital. Apparently, the fatal shooting was the result of a heated argument. Both Loredo and Amaya have been charged with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Both Mexican nationals are in the country illegally, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have placed a hold on them. Virginia Beach Commonwealth Attorney, Harvey Bryant,... Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418611/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:36:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418563/posts WASHINGTON — With the health care battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive — a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system. Rep. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., in a meeting with Journal editors in Albuquerque, said last week that House Democrats have also been discussing action on the issue in 2010, even though Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said the House might defer to the Senate on taking the lead. Senior White House aides have privately assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to... The Albuquerque Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418563/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:51:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418183/posts WASHINGTON - The punishing battle over healthcare is still unresolved, but the Obama administration is quietly laying plans to take up another issue that could generate even more controversy and political division--a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system. Already, senior White House aides have privately assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation in 2010 to provide a road to citizenship for the estimated 12 million undocumented workers now living in the United States. In a conference call with proponents, White House deputy chief of staff Jim Messina, political director Patrick Gaspard and others recently delivered the message... Baltimore Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418183/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:10:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418184/posts More rhetoric than reform. A couple of weeks ago, amidst the prolonged drama surrounding Senate passage of the Democrats' health care bill, House Democrats unveiled another major policy initiative for 2010--a renewed effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform. The new bill didn't attract a lot of national media attention at the time. Health care sucked the air out of the news cycle. But a closer look at this developing story reveals an interesting twist. The House's new immigration gambit looks more like a political tactic aimed at dividing Republicans--when the GOP is growing in political strength heading into the 2010... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418184/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:15:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418269/posts A few weeks ago, Houston immigration attorney Jay Aiyer started to see sure signs that the economy is rebounding: More of his clients requested work visas for professional foreigners and the government finally ran out of H-1B visas. “If we're seeing business visas start to be used up, it means that the overall economy is in a growth pattern,” Aiyer said. “They're not going to be bringing folks in from abroad during a recession.” For the last few years, it would have been futile for employers or their attorneys to submit H-1B applications past April, when U.S. Citizenship and Immigration... Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418269/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:01:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418270/posts The recession has given new life to a little-known immigration program. Foreigners can get a quick green card if they invest between $50,000 and $1 million in an American business — and can show it created 10 jobs. With traditional sources of funding dried up, more and more companies are turning to this program. The number of visas issued this way has tripled in the past year. NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418270/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:04:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418138/posts They’ll love him as the messiah. They and their next generations will vote for him and his party. Whatever, Barack Hussein ObamaHussein Obama is for votes. He got them when mob hysteriacs kissed him into office. Then he declared, “I won.” Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418138/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:21:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418023/posts NOGALES — A sinkhole found two days before Christmas revealed a tunnel beneath International Street just west of the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. The discovery of the sinkhole prompted city of Nogales officials to contact the Border Patrol Station to investigate. Meantime, city crews placed a steel plate over the hole as a temporary fix to facilitate street traffic during the pending holiday. Agents discovered the street had caved in over a portion of a “sophisticated tunnel,” still under construction with two-by-four wood shoring and plywood floors, walls and ceilings, according to a Border Patrol news release. It measured... SIERRA VISTA Herald/Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418023/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:27:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418021/posts TUCSON — As a Border Patrol agent continues to recover from a gunshot wound, the agency’s regional chief says the violence is part of a larger problem. There has been a 300 percent increase in assaults on agents in the first two months of this fiscal year (October and November) compared to last year — 108 compared to 27 in the Tucson Sector. Many of these assaults have involved rocks large enough to inflict serious injury or death. The assaults are usually used as a tactic to evade apprehension or draw agents away from other illegal smuggling activity nearby, the... SIERRA VISTA Herald/Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418021/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:22:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417994/posts Why not? What do they have to lose? They’ve already pissed away independents and re-energized conservatives thanks to ObamaCare. Might as well use next year to check as many boxes left on their agenda as they can before they take their beating. Amnesty, cap-and-trade, transferring Gitmo detainees to the U.S.: Pour it on and hope that progressives and Latinos will react by turning out in numbers just high enough to keep the House in Democratic hands. Even if it backfires, how bad can the damage be? They lose 35 seats instead of 30? In fact, this may help them pass... HotAir http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417994/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:48:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417891/posts White House Prepares For Immigration Overhaul Battle The Obama administration is rallying allies to push for a package with better border security and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants now in the U.S. The effort is sure to be a tough sell. By Peter Nicholas and Tom Hamburger December 30, 2009 Reporting from Washington - With the healthcare battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive -- a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system. Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the... LATimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417891/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:06:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417650/posts MILFORD — .I would like to respond to Mrs. (Marie) Parente's article, "Licensed, unlicensed, and the incensed," published Dec. 16, regarding the exploding quantity of benefits, undocumented aliens receive from U.S. taxpayers. It seems that with all good intentions, our elected officials have determined that the best way to solve a problem is by throwing money at it. As a state, we have changed from a land of opportunity, into a land of entitlement, all at the expense of legal residents doing the right thing day in and day out. Milford Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417650/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417763/posts <p>With the healthcare battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive -- a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system.</p> <p>Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States.</p> The New Media Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417763/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417713/posts With the healthcare battle still unfinished, the Obama administration has been laying plans to take up an issue that could prove even more divisive -- a major overhaul of the nation's immigration system. Senior White House aides privately have assured Latino activists that the president will back legislation next year to provide a path to citizenship for the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. In a recent conference call with proponents, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Jim Messina, political director Patrick Gaspard and others delivered the message that the White House was committed to seeing... LA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417713/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417565/posts Islam is the new religion in rebellious Mexican state Chiapas Published on : 17 December 2009 - 11:13am | By RNW English section More and more Mayan and Tzotzil people in the Mexican state Chiapas are becoming Muslims. It's fifteen years since the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas and the region has undergone some profound changes. One of them is the emergence of Islam as a new religion in the state. The Muslim community, dominated by converted Mayans and Tzotzils , is slowly gaining ground. By Jan-Albert Hootsen Molino de los Arcos is one of the poorest neighbourhoods of San Cristóbal... Radio Netherlands Worldwide http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417565/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:22:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417626/posts WASHINGTON — Immigration reform is increasingly looking like a political albatross that could hurt Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections whether President Obama succeeds or fails in overhauling today's widely disliked system. After postponing action for a year because of the national economic crisis and a drawn-out debate over health reform, President Obama is being pushed by advocates of comprehensive reform to fulfill the campaign promise he made in 2008. But a 2010 reform push faces daunting political challenges like solid Republican opposition to key provisions and division among Democrats over both strategy and substance. Democrats facing tough re-election battles... The Houston Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417626/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:00:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417409/posts The link above is to a video on YouTube that outlines the numbers of illegal aliens in America. As we give these people more rights, I sincerely hope that we track the increase of illegal aliens coming here, because they know they can get a free ride. YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2417409/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:54:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417402/posts Back County Messenger http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417402/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:40:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417275/posts GPS-enabled mobile to aid migrants (UKPA) – 10 hours ago A group of California artists are developing a GPS-enabled mobile phone to help dehydrated illegal migrants find water as they trek through harsh deserts into the US. The Transborder Immigrant Tool created by faculty at the University of California, San Diego, is part technology endeavour, part art project. It introduces a high-tech twist to an old debate about how far activists can go to prevent migrants from dying on the border with Mexico without breaking the law. The designers want to load inexpensive phones with GPS software that takes signals... Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417275/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:59:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417069/posts Poll: Pew and Pulpit Disagree on Immigration Zogby Survey Finds Religious Leaders and Members at Odds WASHINGTON (December 29, 2009) - In contrast to many national religious leaders who are lobbying for increases in immigration, a new Zogby poll of likely voters who belong to the same religious communities finds strong support for reducing overall immigration. Moreover, members strongly disagree with their leaders’ contention that more immigrant workers need to be allowed into the country. Also, most parishioners and congregants prefer more enforcement to cause illegal workers to go home, rather than legalization of illegal immigrants, which most religious leaders... Center for Immigration Studies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417069/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:26:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416999/posts WHARTON, TX - US Border Watch is deeply concerned about the lack of progress being made from both Washington DC and Austin TX in securing our borders from drug smugglers, terrorists and illegal immigrants.... TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2416999/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:30:16 GMT