U.S. Closes Nuevo Laredo, Mexico Consulate
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico -- The United States will close its consulate for one week to assess the security of its employees and consulate visitors in this Mexican border town after a shootout between drug gangs using machine guns, grenades and a rocket launcher. - (Mexico)

Four immigrants agree to cooperate in ID conspiracy probe

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Four men caught in an alleged conspiracy organized by a New Jersey woman to secure Tennessee driver's licenses for illegal immigrants have agreed to cooperate with authorities. Antonino Sanchez-Gonzalez, 28, of Princeton, N.J., Segundo Narvayez-Narvayez, 27, of Newark, N.J., Juan De La Luz-Morales, 31, of New Brunswick, N.J., and Wilson Orlando Martos-Perez, 30, of Woodside, N.Y., all entered plea deals Tuesday.

Children left behind after immigration raid

New Orleans: Local Man Arrested Following Fatal Crash Involving Illegal Immigrants
The collision caused the van, which was carrying 17 suspected illegal immigrants and Moreno-Monarrez, to spin out of control and slam into a tree.

Drivers were paid to take illegal immigrants east

Palm Beach Agents Round Up 17 Illegal Immigrants

Deaths renew scrutiny of Texas mother Sylvia Villarreal Cardenas
By the time firefighters extinguished the April 11 blaze, the mobile home was gone. So were 10-year-old Felipe Villarreal and his 5-year-old sister, Belia Cardenas. The deaths were the first home fire fatalities in some 60 years in this West Texas town. But they pushed to four the number of children Sylvia Villarreal Cardenas, 37, has lost over the past two decades.

Election Bias Alleged In Boston
The federal government has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city's election division discriminates against Hispanic and Asian-American voters by not offering enough services for immigrants who do not speak English. Because of its growing Hispanic population, Boston has been required since 1992 to provide all election materials in Spanish.

Action needs to be taken against illegal immigrants

It is time to put some teeth into our enforcement of immigration laws. Any employer found with an undocumented alien on his/her crew would have their assets seized and sold to provide money for plane fare for the illegals to be sent home. While forgeries of documents could be contested, knowingly hiring an illegal would end that employer57;s chance to stiff an American worker out of wages.