illegal alien, illegal immigration
It's The Law Mr. President And Congress: Enforce It!
OfficialWire - New York,NY,USA
... for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall ... states: "Any person who knowingly hires/harbors/transports any illegal alien is guilty ...
Withdrawal leaves President at odds with conservatives
New Philadelphia Times Reporter - New Philadelphia,OH,USA
... attacking illegal immigration and congressional spending. "If he names a bad person to replace Miers, if he pushes for his illegal alien amnesty plan rather ...
Weekly News | Christian Views
World Magazine - USA
... Rio Grande--an unlikely place to make a stand against illegal immigration so far ... to capture migrants before they drive away--aided by alien smugglers known ...
US Attorney reports Federal and State Law investigators search ...
Lawfuel (press release) - New Zealand
... The defendants allegedly harbored illegal alien women from Asia at the houses of ... and that Song threatened to withhold the women's immigration papers until ...
Trial ordered in three killings
The Tribune-Democrat - Johnstown,PA,USA
... Opferman of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement, formerly Immigration and Naturalization ... but told the court, "Mr. Padilla is an illegal alien and an ...
immigration legislation, immigration reform
Immigrant, Minority Leaders Join Minuteman Rally in Sacramento Oct ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... co-founder of Latino Americans for Immigration Reform whose son ... in addition to enforcing existing immigration laws. ... should also adopt new legislation making it ...
Editorial views from across the state
Seattle Times - United States
... Gregoire is the latest vocal supporter of AgJobs legislation that continues ... add our editorial voice to their chorus, backing this immigration reform that has ...
Immigration Reform Up For Senate Debate Next Year {Give me a Break}
Hardbeatnews.com - Jackson Heughts,NY,USA
... Sharry, the executive director of the National Immigration Forum, says, "To fix our dysfunctional immigration system, immigration reform legislation has to ...
Tom Tancredo"
Congressman says border security is key to protecting US
KOAA - Pueblo,CO,USA
President Bush approved a bill allotting $32 billion to improve border security last week. Colorado's congressman Tom Tancredo is optomistic about the funding. ...
House right adds its voice to opposition
The Hill - Washington,DC,USA
... associate-justice position.". Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), the first lawmaker to oppose Miers, was less reserved. He claimed that ...
President Sends Right Message on Border Security
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
... here for years. As Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) recently noted that enforcement must come before guest workers. "The American people ...
Visa in the crosshairs
Irish Echo - New York,NY,USA
... Tom Tancredo, a Colorado Republican who founded, and chairs the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus, a group that not only opposes any easing of penalties ...
Senate Plans To Sell Immigration Visas To Fix Budget
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
... WASHINGTON, DC -- Congressmen John Hostettler (R-IN), Tom Tancredo (R-CO), and Lamar Smith (R-TX) questioned the Senate Judiciary Committee's plan to ...
Stopping Terror At The Border
CBS News - USA
... terror group. On a visit to the Arizona border, Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo got a firsthand look at smuggling routes. "We've ...
Colo. oil shale bill endorsed by committee
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... "The technology has gotten to the point where we have to do something," Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Littleton, said in support of the shale legislation. ...
Border Patrol
Weekly News | Christian Views
World Magazine - USA
... A nearby US Border Patrol checkpoint has made his Texas ranch near Falfurrias a main track on an underground railroad where thousands of illegal immigrants ...
VDARE.com: 10/17/05 - "How Can I Tell My Children I Won't Be Home ...
... DHS decided that maybe Border Patrol should start processing these folks for
... [Inspectors watch as illegal aliens sneak in through cross-border lake ...
Border Patrol Shooting
XETV FOX6 San Diego - San Diego,CA,USA
An investigation was under way Thursday into the shooting of a suspected illegal immigrant by a US Border Patrol agent. The 37-year ...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
New immigration unit has caught 1,400 lawbreakers
Scripps Howard News Service - USA
... Until May, no one was the wiser. But a match of his fingerprints tipped US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that he was a wanted man. ...
Federal agent faces charge of exposing self to teenage girl
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... He is the special agent in charge of nine US Immigration and Customs Enforcement offices throughout Central Florida, including Tampa. ...
Cost to jail illegal aliens is more than $71,000
Cincinnati Post - OH,USA
Following through on a threat made last week, Jones on Wednesday mailed a bill for $71,610 to the US Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the ...
Seven Green Bay gang members, associates arrested in federal sting
Green Bay Press Gazette - Green Bay,WI,USA
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested seven members and associates from two gangs early Tuesday in Green Bay as part of a multiagency ...
Law Enforcement Personnel System Concept Paper Cause for Concern ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... including the largest constituency of DHS employees, comprising Border Patrol, Customs & Border Protection, Immigration & Customs Enforcement officers; FEMA ...
Illegal arrested in hit man scheme
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... serve his time and then he would be turned back over to our custody and be deported," said Dean Boyd, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE ...
CAFTA
Union worked with Dana
Bristol Herald Courier - Bristol,TN,USA
... direct profit out of our company. NAFTA and CAFTA have only put more pressure on American workers! Very low labor costs and substandard ...
Washington Legal Foundation
3rd Circuit Rules FDA May Order Restitution Over Unapproved Drugs
New York Law Journal - New York,NY,USA
... In the appeal, Lane Labs was supported by an amicus brief from the Washington Legal Foundation that urged the court to reverse Bassler on the grounds that ...
Southern Poverty Law Center - {The Enemy}
School aims to crack cliques
Scranton Times - Scranton,PA,USA
... secret that the cafeteria is where social tensions at school come to a head, but could round cafeteria tables and a Southern Poverty Law Center program change ...
Klan activity on the rise in Texas
KVUE (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a Klan watch group, Texas has 40 KKK chapters. That makes Texas one top 5 Klan active states in the country. ...
Rosa Parks had strength of will
Montgomery Advertiser - Montgomery,AL,USA
... In the crowd were Eleanor and Maurice Hart, who came to Montgomery to celebrate the dedication of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Civil Rights Memorial Center ...
ACLU"
ACLU: coach badgered player about al-Qaida
MSNBC - USA
... The ACLU, which said Ali does not want to return to the Aggies to play for Mumme, is seeking a public apology from Mumme and disciplinary action against him ...
ACLU Flaks For Terrorists
Strategy Page - USA
... The ACLU, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have been filing lawsuits ever since the first detainees have been captured. ...
Stop The ACLU Interviews Alan Sears, President of the Alliance ...
TheRealityCheck.Org - Shelton,CT,USA
What inspired you to write your new book, The ACLU vs. America? In December 2003, I appeared on the O'Reilly Factor to discuss ...
ACLU of Michigan Annual Dinner Nov. 19
pride source.com - Farmington,MI,USA
DEARBORN - The ACLU of Michigan will hold its annual fundraising and awards dinner at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, 600 Town Center Drive in Dearborn on Saturday ...
RRPS science policy grabs ACLU attention
Rio Rancho Observer - Rio Rancho,NM,USA
... The state ACLU sent an e-mail to about 80 science teachers at the high school, Mid-High and middle schools this month telling them not to be afraid to refuse ...
Cowed by the ACLU
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
How sad it is when we are cowed by the "Anti-Civility Liberty Union," ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), to the point that we dare not say, "Hell no ...
In Victory for Voting Rights, Appeals Court Upholds Decision in ...
ACLU (press release) - New York,NY,USA
... "We are extremely pleased with today's court decision," said Neil Bradley, Associate Director of the Atlanta-based ACLU Voting Rights Project, and one of ...
Caught in the cross hunt
U.S. News & World Report - USA
... with extra-keen eyes and powerful magnifying glasses who examine the official seals of towns and counties, looking for miniature crosses that ACLU lawyers like ...
Facts, or smear?
York Daily Record - York,PA,USA
In a mass mailing this week, members of the Dover Area School Board cited the ACLU's representation of controversial groups as a reason to vote for them and ...
Stop profiling, area sheriff told
Toledo Blade - Toledo,OH,USA
The ACLU said in a statement that Allen County sheriff's deputies began using profiling in August to conduct traffic stops to ask for citizenship papers. ...
MS 13 Gang
Gang bill puts pro-youth efforts, witness protection at its heart
Somerville Journal - Somerville,MA,USA
... The legislation stemmed from a 2002 incident in which members of the Salvadoran street gang MS-13 raped two young disabled girls in Foss Park. ...
"Mexican Mafia"
A test of faith behind bars
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
... ideology is not a new phenomenon, and corrections officials point to the more entrenched prison gangs such as the Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican Mafia and Nuestra ...
Body Exhumed From Atascosa County 'Killing Fields'
ClickonSA.com - San Antonio,TX,USA
... buried. The remains are not the first to be discovered on the ranch, known as a dumping ground for the Mexican Mafia prison gang. ...
Atascosa ranch yields bones -- again
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... Police have said Macias may have fallen victim to the Texas Mexican Mafia prison gang for drug debts or because he was suspected of cooperating with authorities ...
NATIONAL COUNSIL OF LA RAZA - {THE ENEMY}
More American Taxpayer dollars to support the invasion!
NCLR APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF HISPANIC EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
Bingaman Amendment Increases Funding for Hispanic-Serving Education Programs
Washington, DC – The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., today applauded the U.S. Senate's passage of legislation to increase funding for eight federal education programs which have been proven effective in improving the academic achievement of Latino children, ensuring that Hispanic young people graduate from college, and helping adults learn English. The amendments, whose chief sponsor was Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), were added to the Senate's Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education funding bill.
"Poll after poll shows that Latinos care deeply about their children's education. I'm pleased to see the United States Senate affirm our community's need for, and support of, these education programs and work in a bipartisan manner to address the Latino academic achievement and high school graduation gaps," said Janet Murguia, NCLR President and CEO.
The programs included in the amendments serve the children of migrant farmworkers, English language learners, parents, and adult learners. In addition, the amendments provide additional funding for Hispanic-serving postsecondary institutions.
"We are pleased that Senator Bingaman, who has consistently championed Latino education issues, was able to receive the support of senators from both parties in order to pass these amendments," continued Murguia. "We call on the Senate to also work in a bipartisan manner to ensure that these funds are included in the final education appropriations legislation."
October 18, 2005
Washington Post
Lawsuit Demands Visa for Immigrant Victims
By LAURA WIDES
The Associated Press
Tuesday, October 18, 2005; 7:35 PM
LOS ANGELES -- Lawyers for undocumented immigrants who've been victims of violent crimes sued the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday for failing to issue protective visas that Congress created five years ago.
The 2000 law approved visas for victims of violent crimes who cooperate with law enforcement investigations or prosecutors. The visas would allow them to remain in the United States and apply for permanent residency after three years. But regulations detailing how to apply for the special U-visa were never published, and none have been issued.
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Immigrants who have been victims of a violent crimes: brothers Jorge and Euleuterio Rodriguez Ruiz; Juana, and Carmen, both of whom only revealed their first names, from left, join a coalition of civil rights organizations as they announce their federal lawsuit Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2005, during a news conference in Los Angeles, against the Department of Homeland Security for failing to issue special visas that the U.S. Congress approved in 2000. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) (Damian Dovarganes - AP)
"Congress enacted the law with the dual goal of making communities safer ... and as a humane gesture to those immigrants who cooperate with law enforcement agents," said Peter Schey of the Los Angeles-based Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, one of three groups that filed the federal suit.
The suit was filed on behalf of nine immigrants from California, Texas and Arizona, including several children. Attorneys are seeking class action status.
Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services, which issues visas, declined to comment on the suit.
"We're looking at taking our time to ensure that the final regulations we put out are concise and clear and complete," said USCIS spokesman Chris Bentley.
Regulations for a similar visa created under the same law, which allows victims of human trafficking to remain in the United States, were issued in 2002.
Jorge Rodriguez Ruiz, 20, of Oaxaca, Mexico, is among the plaintiffs. He and six others say they were attacked by a man in April who held them at gunpoint for half an hour at a rest stop in Maricopa County, Ariz., before authorities intervened.
Rodriguez and the others gave sworn statements to police and received department certificates confirming their cooperation, though the man was never prosecuted. Rodriguez is now facing deportation.
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October 19, 2005
Los Angeles Times
Illegal Immigrants Who Aided Police Sue for Federal Visas
By Anna Gorman, Times Staff Writer
A group of illegal immigrants who were victims of violent crimes sued the Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday, demanding that immigration authorities issue them visas for cooperating with law enforcement.
Under a law passed in 2000, illegal immigrants are eligible for visas if they help law enforcement agencies in the investigation or prosecution of some crimes, including rape, domestic violence, murder and human trafficking. The visas would enable them to work and live in the United States without fear of deportation — and to apply for permanent residency after three years.
"It is outrageous and unconscionable that five years after the Crime Victims Act was passed by Congress, the government has not even issued an application form for crime victims to apply for visas," Peter Schey, the lead attorney for the nine immigrants in the suit, said at a news conference. "As a result, thousands of violent crimes continue to go unreported because immigrants are reluctant to cooperate with police, fearing they will be deported."
The suit was filed in federal court in Los Angeles, and the plaintiffs are from California, Texas and Arizona. Their attorneys are from three Southern California organizations that provide services to immigrants.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services acknowledged Tuesday that none of the special "U visas" for crime victims have been issued anywhere in the country because the department was hammering out the procedures. Spokesman Bill Strassberger said he did not know when the agency would finish writing the regulations but stressed that it was "not on the back burner" and that they needed to be "thorough, concise and clear."
"It's unfortunate that it's been a long time," Strassberger said. The potential visa "is a good law enforcement tool. But before we get the regulations out, they need to be properly written."
In the meantime, the agency can grant the immigrants a renewable one-year grace period, during which they would not be deported. Strassberger said more than 3,000 illegal immigrants have been granted that status. The nine plaintiffs have applied for that status but have not received any response, according to their attorneys.
To qualify, the immigrants must present supporting certification from a local, state or federal law enforcement agency.
Because the government has not decided on application procedures for the visas, attorneys say, some illegal immigrants are reluctant to apply.
"There is no guarantee that they won't be deported," said Karla Pleitez, attorney for the immigrant aid group El Rescate.
Two of the plaintiffs in the suit, Jorge and Eleuterio Rodriguez Ruiz, say they were attacked by an anti-immigrant vigilante at a rest stop in Maricopa County, Ariz., in April. The attacker chased the brothers to their car and held them at gunpoint until police arrived and arrested the gunman, they said.
"We thought that we were going to be shot to death at the highway rest stop," Eleuterio Rodriguez Ruiz, 28, said in Spanish.
The men, both illegal immigrants from Mexico, cooperated with police, Schey said. But they were arrested by immigration officials and now are in deportation proceedings.
Because there is no formal application for the visa or the grace period, the men sent letters, affidavits, police reports and other documents to the federal immigration agency. They have not received any response, their attorney said.
"I hope that this case will force the United States government to start obeying the U visa law," said Jorge Rodriguez Ruiz, 20. "If our lawsuit succeeds, and immigrant victims of violent crimes are provided immigration protection, they will be more likely to report crimes."
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