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Latest Articles: Immigration
Tom Tancredo At American University: Maybe It Is About Race
Post Date: 2009-03-20 02:00:38 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Tom Tancredo At American University: Maybe It Is About Race By Cooper Sterling Former Congressman Tom Tancredo delivered a speech to an overflow student audience at American University February 24, sponsored by a promising new collegiate organization—Youth for Western Civilization. Tancredo is rightly a hero to all immigration reform patriots. But at American University, in a clumsy attempt to appease the overwhelmingly unsympathetic students—idealistic American proponents of a multicultural, multiracial, pluralistic society; a sizable contingent of young non-Westerners—Tancredo, flustered at times, struggled to define his message.[Watch YouTube clips here and here.] ...
ADL welcomes investigation of county sheriff's office
Post Date: 2009-03-19 22:51:44 by Dakmar
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The Arizona regional director of the Anti-Defamation League said that the ADL welcomes the recently announced federal investigations into allegations of civil rights abuses on the part of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Bill Straus, who co-signed an April 2008 letter from the ADL to then-U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey's office requesting an investigation into the MCSO, told Jewish News that the decision to send that letter came out of "a discussion of our office, the Civil Rights Division of ADL and the highest level executives." The letter was co-signed by Deborah Lauter, national director of the ADL's Civil Rights Division. Laura Sweeney, a ...
Pelosi Tells Illegal Immigrants That Work Site Raids are Un-American
Post Date: 2009-03-19 14:38:54 by Jethro Tull
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EXCLUSIVE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently told a group of both legal and illegal immigrants and their families that enforcement of existing immigration laws, as currently practiced, is "un-American." The speaker, condemning raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, referred to the immigrants she was addressing as "very, very patriotic." "Who in this country would not want to change a policy of kicking in doors in the middle of the night and sending a parent away from their families?" Pelosi told a mostly Hispanic gathering at St. Anthony's Church in San Francisco. Video: Click here to view the video of Pelosi speaking. "It must be ...
Ariz. Sheriff Says His Office Does Not Racially Profile, Plans to Keep Enforcing Immigration Law
Post Date: 2009-03-18 14:47:53 by Jethro Tull
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CNSNews.com) - Facing a Justice Department investigation of his department’s practices, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio told CNSNews.com that his deputies do not racially profile people, that they enforce federal immigration laws in keeping with the training they received from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and that his Democratic critics in the U.S. Congress, who called for the Justice Department to investigate him, are politically motivated. Arpaio's department, like many other local law enforcement agencies around the country, has entered into an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division under what ...
AP IMPACT: Immigrants face detentions, few rights
Post Date: 2009-03-15 22:11:31 by richard9151
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By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 29 mins ago America's detention system for immigrants has mushroomed in the last decade, a costly building boom that was supposed to sweep up criminals and ensure that undocumented immigrants were quickly shown the door. Instead, an Associated Press computer analysis of every person being held on a recent Sunday night shows that most did not have a criminal record and many were not about to leave the country — voluntarily or via deportation. An official Immigration and Customs Enforcement database, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, showed a U.S. detainee population of exactly 32,000 on the evening of Jan. 25. ...
Budget crunch cuts illegal immigrants' health care
Post Date: 2009-03-15 18:26:06 by DeaconBenjamin
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Graciela Barrios, an undocumented immigrant with few resources, has long relied on the county health clinic for the advice, medication and tests that have kept her diabetes under control. But next month, Barrios and thousands like her will be on their own, and many more people across the nation face the same fate. Bowing to recession-related budget pressures, Sacramento County recently took the drastic step of cutting non-emergency health services for illegal immigrants. Contra Costa County, on the east side of San Francisco Bay, will vote on a similar measure Tuesday. Local health systems in other states are facing similar decisions as health officials find ...
Vikings were 'model immigrants who lived happily alongside Ancient Britons'
Post Date: 2009-03-13 18:28:50 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Vikings were 'model immigrants who lived happily alongside Ancient Britons' By Niall Firth Last updated at 1:42 PM on 13th March 2009 For more than a thousand years they have had a reputation for raping, pillaging and engaging in violent conquests. But new research suggests that this violent image of the Vikings may be a little unfair. In fact, some academics claim that the Norsemen were 'model immigrants' who lived side-by-side in relative harmony with the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic locals. In 793 the Vikings launched their first brutal raid on England, hacking monks to death and terrifying villagers at a priory in Lindisfarne. But they soon became an 'integral part ...
Lawmaker Luis Gutierrez wants to hear immigrants
Post Date: 2009-03-13 10:53:07 by James Deffenbach
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EL PASO - An Illinois congressman who for years has carried the mantle of immigration reform will be in El Paso on Friday to document the testimony of immigrants who say their families have been divided by U.S. immigration policies. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, a Democrat from Chicago, is making El Paso one of 17 stops on his Family Unity outreach tour. He also is visiting cities in California, Florida, Georgia and New Mexico. "Across this country, parents and children, husbands and wives are being torn apart by a system that values quotas over family values, and which undermines our economic security in a time of crisis," Gutierrez said. "Through this effort, Texans are standing ...
No license, No problem
Post Date: 2009-03-12 21:14:13 by X-15
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DENVER - It's a problem that's plagued our state and continues to get worse all the time. They are Illegal, unlicensed drivers, who don't seem to care that they are breaking the law. The issue was brought to the forefront 6 months ago, when a 3 year old boy was killed inside an ice cream shop after a chain reaction crash that investigators say was caused by an un licensed, illegal immigrant who had a long criminal record. The tragedy prompted the Governor to form a task force to find a way to crack down on driver's like Francis Hernandez. But while the group made of lawmakers, city leaders and state troopers came up with some solutions, they all require money the state ...
Reputed cartel boss makes Forbes' billionaires list
Post Date: 2009-03-12 20:32:35 by Horse
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Ranking is another blow to Mexico's image Warren Buffett. Bill Gates. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman? As if Mexico doesn’t have enough image problems, a reputed drug cartel boss landed on the Forbes magazine list of billionaires. Guzman, whose nickname means shorty, just made the cut, as he was tied for 701st on the list with a fortune estimated to be worth $1 billion. Guzman, 54, is said to be head of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel. He follows in the footsteps of Colombian Pablo Escobar, who also made the Forbes list back in his day and was considered the ultimate godfather until he was killed in a shootout in 1993. Guzman muscling his way into the world’s most ...
Obama Considers Request to Deploy Troops to Mexican Border
Post Date: 2009-03-12 20:31:02 by christine
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President Obama is considering whether to grant emergency requests for National Guard troops along the U.S.-Mexico border, as drug-related violence spirals out of control in the country's southern neighbor. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that Obama has received "specific requests" for troops along the border, and the president acknowledged to a group of reporters the day before that he was weighing the option. "The president has committed to reviewing those requests," Gibbs said. "I don't know from (the Department of Homeland Security) of a timeline of a recommendation or a decision on that, but I know that he will certainly take ...
Justice Dept. Investigates Arizona Sheriff for Enforcing Immigration Law
Post Date: 2009-03-12 14:12:14 by Jethro Tull
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(CNSNews.com) - The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona following requests by congressional Democrats and allegations by liberal activists that the department has violated the civil rights of illegal aliens. Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Robert Scott (D-Va.) requested the investigation, and activists groups such as National Day Laborer Organizer Network and ACORN launched petition drives and rallies in support of the probe. The investigation focuses on Sheriff Joe Arpaio and dozens of officers under his command who were trained through the Department of ...
Interactive Map Showing Immigration Data Since 1880
Post Date: 2009-03-12 02:11:18 by Horse
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I live in Sanra Clara county otherwise knowm as Silicon Valley. The map says one third of our residents were born overseas. This is an interactive map. Just click on your county. Queens is almost half foreign born. Click on the URL above.
Mexican cartels infiltrate Houston
Post Date: 2009-03-10 14:55:58 by X-15
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The order was clear: Kill the guy in the Astros jersey. But in a case of mistaken identity, Jose Perez ended up dead. The intended target—the Houston-based head of a Mexican drug cartel cell pumping millions of dollars of cocaine into the city—walked away. {snip} His murder and the assassination gone awry point to the perilous presence of Mexican organized crime and how cartel violence has seeped into the city. Arrests came in December when police and federal agents got a break in the 2006 shooting as they charted the relationship and rivalries between at least five cartel cells operating in Houston. A rogue’s gallery of about 100 names and mug shots taken at Texas jails ...
Mexican cartels plague Atlanta
Post Date: 2009-03-09 14:58:30 by Jethro Tull
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ATLANTA — In a city where Coca-Cola, United Parcel Service and Home Depot are the titans of industry, there are new powerful forces on the block: Mexican drug cartels.Their presence and ruthless tactics are largely unknown to most here. Yet, of the 195 U.S. cities where Mexican drug-trafficking organizations are operating, federal law enforcement officials say Atlanta has emerged as the new gateway to the troubled Southwest border.Rival drug cartels, the same violent groups warring in Mexico for control of routes to lucrative U.S. markets, have established Atlanta as the principal distribution center for the entire eastern U.S., according to the Justice Department's National Drug ...
Reid, Pelosi, Obama & Chamber of Commerce insist on importing more foreign workers
Post Date: 2009-03-06 21:09:16 by Horse
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Another month has passed. Another half-million (or more) jobs have been lost. And our federal leaders continue to do nothing about auto-pilot programs that are flooding our country with foreign workers. Nothing has changed since last year when 138,000 new foreign workers were added to the U.S. each month on average. Here are the latest government facts that can't seem to soften the hardened hearts of our leaders . . . . The official unemployment rate has soared to 8.1% (highest since 1983) U.S. employers cut 651,000 jobs in February That is on top of 655,000 jobs lost in January and 681,000 jobs cut in December. 4.4 million -- Total jobs eliminated since the recession began in ...
Some Mexicans fear threat to way of life with rapid growth of American residents
Post Date: 2009-03-05 20:39:31 by X-15
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Not everyone is rolling out the welcome mat to Americans. Many Mexicans complain about the rapid growth of the American population in their neighborhoods, the threat they see to Mexican culture and language, and the possible drain on Mexico's inexpensive health care. In San Miguel de Allende, the group Basta Ya is protesting the erosion of the language and the rising cost of living generated by the infusion of dollars into the local economy. "They think Mexico, especially San Miguel de Allende, is an extension of their country," group member Arturo Morales Tirado said of the Americans who call San Miguel home. "It's not and won't be, no way.""The last ...
Whites Fleeing California
Post Date: 2009-03-03 17:16:12 by Jethro Tull
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January 14, 2009Whites Fleeing CaliforniaFiled under: Civil Rights 52; @ 9:17 am by Jeff Davis Actually, Whites have been fleeing California for years now, but this is the latest article on the topic. Looks like the bloom is finally off the Left Coast rose and California Dreamin; has become a nightmare. A recent news article reports 60;Mike Reilly spent his lifetime chasing the California dream. This year he57;s going to look for it in Colorado.With a house purchase near Denver in the works, the 38-year-old engineering contractor plans to move his family 1,200 miles away from his home state57;s lemon groves, sunshine and beaches. For him, years of rising taxes, dead-end schools, ...
Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S.
Post Date: 2009-03-03 13:58:34 by Prefrontal Vortex
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Why Skilled Immigrants Are Leaving the U.S. Vivek Wadhwa Tuesday March 3, 2009, 8:08 am EST As the debate over H-1B workers and skilled immigrants intensifies, we are losing sight of one important fact: The U.S. is no longer the only land of opportunity. If we don't want the immigrants who have fueled our innovation and economic growth, they now have options elsewhere. Immigrants are returning home in greater numbers. And new research shows they are returning to enjoy a better quality of life, better career prospects, and the comfort of being close to family and friends. Earlier research by my team suggested that a crisis was brewing because of a burgeoning immigration backlog. At the ...
Mexican Trucks Pulled Over by U.S. Democrats
Post Date: 2009-03-03 11:52:55 by Brian S
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March 3 (Bloomberg) -- The vision of Mexican 18-wheelers trucking goods across the U.S. has, well, run out of gas. Hit the brakes. Broken down. At least some safety advocates hope so. The Senate is close to passing a catch-all government spending bill that would seal the U.S. border to Mexican long- haul trucks, ending a 15-year project whose goal was to let U.S. and Mexican trucks carry products from Albany to Acapulco. Barring a last-minute reprieve, the cross-border trucking project will be killed by a provision entombed in the $410 billion legislation that the Senate began debating yesterday. The project, inspired by the Nafta trade agreement, was intended to ease the flow of the $230 ...
A FENCE CANNOT STOP THE FUTURE: HALT IMMIGRATION FOR OUR SURVIVAL
Post Date: 2009-03-01 21:35:24 by IndieTX
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01*23*09 Frosty Wooldridge www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty435.htm www.freedomsphoenix.com www.americanchronicle.com The main stream media sickens me! The media gags me! The media feeds the America public a line of nauseating politically-correct bull-you fill in the blank—that defies reality. In the current issue of Time Magazine, January 26, 2009, "Refugees Who Saved Lewiston, Maine" by Jesse Ellison, he wrote a cock and bull story that spits and splatters falsehoods that defy reality. He writes how African Somalian refugees 'saved' Lewiston from extinction. That article SO angered me because I visited Lewiston, Maine for a totally different picture. ...
Illegals targeted sheriff as gang initiation
Post Date: 2009-02-27 22:34:53 by X-15
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{snip} Lexington County, S.C., Deputy Sheriff Ted Xanthakis and his K-9 police dog, Arcos, were attacked by the three illegals armed with a 12-gauge shotgun during a Feb. 8 incident in West Columbia, S.C., shortly after 3 a.m. The deputy and his dog survived. Two of the men were identified in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) report as members of the Surenos gang, or SUR-13, a collection of Mexican-American street gangs with origins in the oldest barrios of Southern California. {snip} The 15-year-old and two others, Carlos Alfredo Diaz De Leon, 17, and Lucino Guzman Guttierrez, 20, were later arrested by sheriff’s deputies and members of the U.S. Marshals Service. ...
US Discriminatory Immigration Policy Toward Haitians
Post Date: 2009-02-27 05:58:30 by Stephen Lendman
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US Discriminatory Immigration Policies Toward Haitians - by Stephen Lendman It's a familiar story for Haitians - last in, first out for the hemisphere's poorest, least wanted, and most abused people here and at home. Most recently it was highlighted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials announcing the resumption of over 30,000 deportations to a nation reeling from poverty, repression, despair, the devastation from last summer's storms, and occupation by UN paramilitary Blue Helmets - since 2004, illegally there for the first time ever to support and enforce a coup d'etat against a democratically elected president, at the behest of Washington. On December ...
Bill offers leeway on deportations
Post Date: 2009-02-25 23:03:05 by Rotara
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Gloria Gonzalez-Garcia’s family was torn in two Dec. 2. Her husband, José Alfredo Garcia, was arrested by Mineral Wells police, and his status as an illegal immigrant quickly got him a one-way ticket to Mexico. He was turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and deported the next day. It didn’t matter that he had been paying taxes, buying a house or taking care of his daughters, who are American citizens because they were born in the U.S. "The little ones don’t understand, and they don’t know what happened. They don’t know why their dad has to be in Mexico," Gonzalez-Garcia said at her Fort Worth home. Garcia’s abrupt ...
Home mortgage relief for millions of illegals
Post Date: 2009-02-25 22:41:45 by X-15
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Illegal aliens can apply for mortgage relief under the Obama administration’s $275 billion plan, according to immigration experts and a group the government will use to help homeowners modify loans. Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., told WND approximately 1 million households headed by illegal immigrants acquired mortgages through the beginning of 2007, before the housing bubble burst. {snip} Chad Buchanan, a manager at SaveMyHomeUSA—a group cooperating with the Obama administration that assists homeowners facing foreclosure—told WND illegal immigrants who own a home “could certainly apply under our ...
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