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The phone calls started pouring in at Irving City Hall on Thursday morning. They were prompted by activists who implored a crowd of more than 1,000 people at a rally Wednesday night to call for an end to a program that turns over arrested illegal immigrants to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But most callers weren't asking for an end to the program – they were voicing their support. "It was ringing over and over, and by far, the biggest percent was in favor," City Secretary Janice Carroll said Thursday afternoon. Irving police last year began using what's called the 24/7...

A bloody conflict between Hispanic and black gangs is spreading across Los Angeles. Hundreds are dying as whole districts face the threat of ethnic cleansing. Paul Harris reports from the epicentre of America's new urban warfare Sunday March 18, 2007 The Observer Father Greg Boyle keeps a grim count of the young gang members he has buried. Number 151 was Jonathan Hurtado, 18 - fresh out of jail.

THE ACRIMONIOUS relationship between Latinos and African Americans in Los Angeles is growing hard to ignore. Although last weekend's black-versus-Latino race riot at Chino state prison is unfortunately not an aberration, the Dec. 15 murder in the Harbor Gateway neighborhood of Cheryl Green, a 14-year-old African American, allegedly by members of a Latino gang, was shocking.

LOS ANGELES -- A series of deadly racial attacks in the jails of this sprawling metropolis has cast a spotlight on long-simmering but little-discussed tensions between a shrinking black presence and an ascendant Latino one in California. In almost every arena of public life -- schools, politics, hospitals, housing and the workplace -- African Americans and Hispanics are engaged in an edgy competition, according to interviews with teachers, students, politicians, researchers, government officials, civil rights lawyers, street cops and businesspeople.

Commentary: ‘People of Color’ are All One? Latino Inmates in L.A. Don’t Think So Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 By: Gregory Kane, BlackAmericaWeb.com Black Americans are engaged in a race war, but it’s not the one you think it is. And you can bet our traditional "misleaders" -- the Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, the Congressional Black Caucus and Julian Bond and Bruce Gordon of the NAACP -- won’t ever talk about this race war. If you’ve been reading certain news reports for the past two weeks, you’ll know this particular race war is going on in California. And...

Nevada measure targets human trafficking Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.12.2007 CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A state Assembly panel voted Wednesday for a bill targeting "coyotes" who smuggle people into the United States after hearing attorneys general from both Nevada and Arizona describe widespread problems such as beatings and rapes of victims and violence between rival smugglers. AB383, by Assemblywoman Marilyn Kirkpatrick, D-North Las Vegas, was endorsed by Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto and her Arizona counterpart, Terry Goddard, during an Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee hearing. The bill, which is similar to an Arizona law approved in 2005,...

MS-13 driver gets 48 years Gang driver gets 48 years for role in woman's slaying in Stafford. Date published: 4/4/2007 BY KEITH EPPS The gang member who drove Shannah Marie Angeles to her execution July 18 was sentenced yesterday to 48 years in prison. Luis Antonio "Crimen" Serrano-Gutierrez, 20, was sentenced on first-degree murder and other charges in Stafford Circuit Court. Serrano-Gutierrez is the second MS-13 member sentenced in connection with Angeles' death. Daniel A. "Slow" Bonilla-Delcid, 24, got 15 years last week for his role in the slaying. Bonilla-Delcid gave his approval for the slaying, the evidence showed, but...

NVASION USA Illegal detained in death of 'Christmas Story' director Bob Clark, son die in collision with SUV driven by Mexican Posted: April 6, 20075:16 p.m. Eastern © 2007 WorldNetDaily.com 'A Christmas Story' director Bob Clark holds the famous 'leg lamp' from his holiday classic in this 2003 photo (courtesy Warner Home Video) An illegal alien suspected of causing a traffic accident and killing movie director Bob Clark, whose "A Christmas Story" has come alongside "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Miracle on 34th Street" as a perennial holiday must-watch, has been placed under an immigration hold by federal authorities. The...

Seattle's 'Sanctuary Law' Helped Kill Rebecca Griego, Says CCRKBA Print article Print article Refer this article Refer to a friend 2007-04-05 20:46:07 - BELLEVUE, Wash., April 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Had it not been for a Seattle ordinance that forbids police officers from routinely ascertaining a suspect's immigration status, Monday's murder-suicide at the University of Washington might have been prevented because the perpetrator would have been deported months ago, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Seattle newspapers reported Thursday morning that gunman Jonathan Rowan had been living in this country illegally for more than...

NVASION USA Cop murder spotlights crisis of killer aliens No government agency tracks crimes by illegals, not even attacks on police Posted: September 28, 20069:18 p.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Officer Rodney Johnson WASHINGTON – Charged with molesting a 12-year-old girl, Juan Leonardo Qunitero had been deported back to Mexico in 1999 as an illegal alien. Nevertheless, last week, he was back in the U.S., living comfortably in a city that prohibited police from asking anyone about their immigration status. Rodney Johnson was a 12-year veteran on the Houston police force. Married with five children, he was big, kind-hearted and...

Sheriff’s Office arrests man in fatal stabbing By 2THEADVOCATE.COM STAFF REPORT Published: Mar 15, 2007 Story updated: 3 p.m. A man was stabbed to death at an Amy Street apartment early Thursday, according to a statement released by the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office. Upon arrival at 8338 Amy Street Apartment C, sheriff’s deputies discovered an Hispanic male had been stabbed multiple times in his upper torso, the statement said. The East Baton Rouge Parish coroner arrived and pronounced the victim dead. After a preliminary investigation, deputies determined that two Hispanic men in the apartment had argued over blankets and...

Family shares dream Scholarship to help students study veterinary science By John Finnerty The Daily Item March 31, 2007 MILTON — Carly Snyder had hoped to pursue a career in animal sciences, but abandoned that dream because she was daunted by the years of higher education required, her mother Alice Snyder said Friday. The 20-year-old Milton woman was an animal lover who had an Appaloosa horse named Tizzy when she was younger. And had owned both a chocolate Labrador retriever and a Rottweiler. Now, almost two years after Ms. Snyder was slain in her home by an illegal alien who...

Cops seek drifter in girl's rape/slaying DNA allegedly links him to 2000 murder scene For seven long years, the lurid details of little Iriana DeJesus' murder has haunted her family and the detectives burdened with catching her killer. Iriana, a sweet-faced, ponytailed girl of just 5, was found partially decomposed in a ramshackle Hunting Park apartment on the morning of Aug. 3, 2000. She had been raped and strangled and left in a corner facing a wall, her tiny body partially covered by a green trash bag. The hunt for the monster responsible for Iriana's murder started off with some...

Flawed studies ignore real impact of illegal immigration By: DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH - Commentary Recently, two lengthy immigration studies were released that made headlines across California for their unbelievable claims made by the authors on the impact of illegal immigration in our state. These so-called immigration experts at the Public Policy Institute of California and the Immigration Policy Center came to the misguided conclusion that illegal immigrants living in California actually help American workers earn higher wages, and break fewer laws than other demographic groups in our state. When asked about his conclusions, the co-author of one of the reports, Ruben...