ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

"It's a sad day......"

(a) Drunken Driving Crime Is Not Crime Of Violence

In Lara-Cazares v. Gonzales, 03-71568 (May 23, 2005), the court
said that a drunken driving crime, even accompanied by gross
negligence, was not a crime of violence for purposes of 18 USC 16.
http://www.ilw.com/lawyers/immigdaily/cases/2005,0613-lara.pdf

MINUTEMAN PROJECT

Minutemen patrol New Mexico
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
... immigrants and other illegal activity, have begun operations in Southern New Mexico in an effort they said provides support to the US Border Patrol. ...

The Minuteman Project
SierraTimes.com - USA
... patrols. During the month of April, the Minuteman Project announced that it had placed 857 volunteers along the Arizona border. The ...

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Canada's Sikh MP an illegal alien
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
Toronto, June 11: An Indian-origin conservative lawmaker in Canada is at the centre of a controversy over his citizenship with an allegation surfacing that he ...

NVC cops tell FBI of suspicious police exam
NapaNet Daily News - Napa,CA,USA
... terrorist activity unfolds in Lodi, law enforcement officials ... Sacramento raised questions among lawyers for both ... a spokeswoman for US Immigration and Customs ...

Lawmakers debate the purpose of driver's license
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... Bob Ekstrom of Scappose said the pending legislation is a "cheap excuse ... Immigration reform groups have long lobbied for securing the Oregon driver's license ...

Border Patrol seizes 802 pounds of marijuana near Yuma
FOX11AZ.com (subscription) - Tucson,AZ,USA
YUMA - US Border Patrol agents seized 802 pounds of marijuana from an abandoned vehicle near Winterhaven. The agents were patrolling ...

If you cared, you'd control the border
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
... Some believe illegal immigration is a win-win ... that uses remittances to avoid needed reform. ... are understandably proud of environmental legislation, zoning laws ...

Current proposals likely won't curtail illegal immigration
Whittier Daily News - Whittier,CA,USA
... Enforcement, one of the successor agencies to the old Immigration and Naturalization ... or so investigators make a dent in California's illegal alien population? ...

Few firms use migrant ID service
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... A 2004 study by the Center for Immigration Studies said ... Security card and a Resident Alien card belonging ... I know whether I am hiring illegal immigrants?" Jares ...

State uses trespass law against illegal immigrants
Reuters - USA
... Reuters. "If you come into this state and you are an illegal alien or immigrant, you don't have the right or the privilege to be here.". ...

Teen in sex case may be deported
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
... But when the Mexican consulate tracked down a birth certificate saying Perez was 15 at the time of his arrest, prosecutors recharged him as a juvenile, then ...

Bush on immigration
by Robert Novak (6/11)
Republican House members returning from the Memorial Day recess last week told the White House that their constituents are most concerned about two issues: fiscal responsibility and immigration.

Most candidates aren't using TV ads to reach voters
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... that touches on two hot-button issues -- stopping illegal immigration and preserving the ... While Francis has hired some of the top consultants available, Shelby ...

Governor calls state conference On illegal immigration {PANDER PALACE...}
Green Valley News - Green Valley,AZ,USA
... "ICE (the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office) is so understaffed in parts of Arizona that it is often unable or unwilling to pick up...illegal ...

FBI Officials Talk About Terrorism Probe
KCRA-TV - Sacramento,CA,USA
... The agents are from the FBI, the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US Attorney's Office, and other federal and state agencies. ...

COMMENTARY: President must commit to protecting southern border
Desert Dispatch - Barstow,CA,USA
... Times. The people whose job he refers to are a government agency now known as ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Acting under ...

Seminar in Japan focuses on ways to spot counterfeit US currency
Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,USA
... Investigations. Nonmilitary US participants included the US Drug Enforcement Agency and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Japanese ...

Law enforcement also discovers
Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA
... US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, US Drug Enforcement Administration, state Narcotics Enforcement Agency, police Narcotics/Vice Division and the ...

Men charged with smuggling 31 Cubans on a speedboat
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... with one count each of conspiracy, 31 counts of smuggling illegal aliens ... to other allegations,'' said Nina Pruneda, a spokesman for US Immigration and Customs ...

Restaurants raided as part of tax and immigration probe
WLUC-TV - Negaunee,MI,USA
Michigan authorities believe they've cracked a immigrant smuggling and tax ... Thirteen people have been turned over to immigration officials for deportation. ...

Men plead guilty in human smuggling
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
... to collect the $2,500 balance owed them by Jose's family for smuggling her to ... of the money owed them, according to an affidavit by US Immigration and Customs ...

Hundreds of Pakistanis return home after being deported by Oman ...
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... an official with the Federal Investigation Agency which handles immigration issues. ... Pakistan is considered to be a major human smuggling route, but authorities ...

Does your town, county or state have a “sanctuary policy?

We’ve got an important question for you!  Does your town, county or state have a “sanctuary policy?”  When it comes to illegal immigration, a sanctuary policy refers to public laws or regulations that prohibit police officers from asking immigration questions of persons in connection with an investigation. In the case of other public employees and officials, these same sanctuary regulations forbid them from inquiring about a person’s immigration status when the illegal immigrants seek public services or benefits (i.e., taxpayer funded health care, housing, education, financial assistance, drivers’ licenses, etc.).  You can just imagine the terrible fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer money; or the threat to public safety posed by these outrageous regulations.  Many jurisdictions across the country have enacted sanctuary policies:

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– the list goes on and on.  Does your town have a sanctuary policy?  Take a minute to tell us about the situation where you live.  Send a brief e-mail to: info@judicialwatch.org with the word “Sanctuary” in the subject line.  We want to know what’s happening in your community!

'Justice assembly' calls for affordable housing here
Kalamazoo Gazette - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
... "Immigration reform is an important issue in our whole ... The Bible tells us that we should welcome the ... Upton's office doesn't support the legislation because it ...

Illiberal aspects of illegal immigration rarely voiced
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
... Contradictory statistics - showing illegal immigration resulting in ... of millions coming to the US in violation ... proud of environmental legislation, zoning laws ...

UAE-Unicef jockeys pact completes a month
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
... a follow up to strict new legislation introduced a ... we have credible records from the Immigration Department about ... than those cited in the US State Department ...

Trafficking bill poses risks for refugees
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan
Proposed legislation aimed at thwarting human traffickers could ... sharing information for purposes of immigration control. ... last year by the US State Department ...

FAIR Congratulates DeLay for Demanding Immigration Enforcement ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... we take it that you agree with us and the ... of any strategy to control mass illegal immigration must be ... DeLay voiced his support for House legislation to make ...

NCLR APPLAUDS SOUND DEFEAT OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT NUTRITION LEGISLATION

Washington, DC - The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., praised the House of Representatives for overwhelmingly defeating an amendment to the "Agriculture Appropriations Act of FY 2006" targeting immigrant access to food stamps. The amendment, introduced by Rep. Scott Garrett (R-NJ) was rejected by a vote of 169-258.

"Issues of hunger and food insecurity in communities throughout the country don't need to be muddied by extraneous anti-immigrant bills. We need to ensure that our nation's hungry are receiving the food assistance that will enable them to go to school, go to work, and fully contribute in the U.S," commented Murguia.

Time to READ it at: http://thomas.loc.gov

Contact your Senators: http://www.senate.gov

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DHS to probe Border Patrol kickback scheme
U.S. News & World Report - USA
The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security plans to investigate allegations that senior Border Patrol managers, including the current head ...

Border Patrol Horses Get Special Feed
phillyburbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
... Horses are crucial to the US Border Patrol's enforcement efforts, especially in remote and rugged terrain. But what goes into the animals also comes out. ...

Governor calls state conference On illegal immigration
Green Valley News - Green Valley,AZ,USA
... laws was vetoed, many officials do get involved in immigration cases in the course of their work. This happens whenever they arrest an illegal alien who has ...

Libertarian speakers push for opening of US borders
Yuma Sun - Yuma,AZ,USA
... Mexico and dry up the alien smuggling industry. ... immigrants that should be accepting of more immigration. ... said that corporations that hire illegal aliens should ...

State: GL Tech immigrant plan illegal
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
... Hayden said granting admittance to illegal-alien students does a ... from legal that this motion was illegal, I'm ... that the board should leave immigration policy to ...

Canadian Municipalities Unanimously Call for Border Patrol, CEUDA ...
CCNMatthews (press release) - Toronto,ON,Canada
... the Resolution unanimously, asking that the Federal Government give the first-response mandate to be delivered by way of a Canadian Border Patrol at and ...

Illiberal aspects of illegal immigration rarely voiced
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
... government that uses remittances to avoid needed reform. ... statistics - showing illegal immigration resulting in ... proud of environmental legislation, zoning laws ...

Illegal Alien Gang Members Nailed by Feds, Local Cops
Men's News Daily - Guerneville,CA,USA
... New York nabbed almost a hundred illegal aliens who ... in the arrest of 95 criminal alien gang members ... month investigation conducted by US Immigration and Customs ...

What part of "illegal" do they not get?
PHXNews - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... scientific polling data, overwhelmingly support stopping illegal alien invastion ... Their polite response, of course, is that immigration, illegal or otherwise, is ...

LDP team plans to use IC cards to hunt down illegal foreigners
Asahi Shimbun - Tokyo,Japan
To clamp down on illegal foreigners, a ruling party subcommittee on Wednesday recommended that alien registration and immigration cards contain integrated ...

Group Says Border Patrol Hampers Aid
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... camps in the desert to try to save some of the illegal immigrants who die trying to cross the border said Thursday that Border Patrol surveillance will hinder ...

USDA SPENDING BILL LIMITS COMPETITIVE SOURCING
The House late Wednesday passed the fiscal 2006 spending bill for
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies, with language limiting competitive sourcing. The vote
on HR 2744 was 408-18.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36031-1.html


FBI COUNTERPUNCHES IT CRITICISM
Stung by criticism of its IT projects, the FBI today denied charges
from
the press and congressional investigators about the management of its
Virtual Case File and Sentinel projects.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36030-1.html


DOD MOVES TO GET ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE LINKED TO WEBEX PROJECT
The Defense Department wants the enterprise portals of the Army, Navy
and Air Force linked to a pilot project to test secure, browser-based
collaboration tools from WebEx Communications Inc.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36029-1.html


MORAN DOESN'T MINCE WORDS ON ARMY ENTERPRISE NETWORKING
An Army general today provided a rather candid critique on the service
and its failure to achieve enterprisewide networks and services.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/36023-1.html

2005 New Laws Enacted by Gov. Lingle - June 8, 2005
Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA
... considered a high risk for bringing in alien pests ... RELATING TO TRAFFIC OFFENSES Requires drivers of a vehicle ... disposal of solid waste to the illegal dumping of ...

FROM THE .......... FILE

New housing development begins in Homewood
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... more than 500,000 people. It has a goal of increasing home ownership and offers literacy education and credit repair assistance. ...

Program solves transportation problems
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA
... goal is to help people overcome transportation barriers and improve their credit rating "so ... to be junked because the agency couldn't afford to repair them, she ...

Reform measure signed into law
Urbana/Champaign News-Gazette - Champaign/Urbana,IL,USA
... credit to certain consumers. I guess I would ask the politicians who supported this bill what we should do when a customer comes in needing money to repair ...

"Unite to Fight" against illegal immigration

What Happened in Vegas Will Not Stay in Vegas
Magic City Morning Star - Millinocket,ME,USA
... t thinking of the "Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration Summit" held ... and spineless sellouts that place illegal aliens and ... resolve and action against the illegal ...

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Minuteman Project

Editorial: Texas lawmakers fight the Minuteman Project
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... The Minuteman Project, credited with capturing hundreds of undocumented immigrants along the Arizona-Mexico border, was praised by some government officials ...

Boycott could be effective in addressing immigration
Athens Banner-Herald (subscription) - Athens,GA,USA
... Recently, the Minuteman Project - involving volunteers who patrolled Arizona's border with Mexico - did it very effectively, I believe. ...

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IDENTITY THEFT

Reduce chance of identity theft
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron,OH,USA
... They can immediately contact one of the three major credit-reporting bureaus -- Equifax, Experian or TransUnion -- and ask that a fraud alert be placed on ...

Missing data is latest in rash of breaches
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
... Experian, a credit-reporting agency, has undertaken a project to encourage companies to switch from sending tapes in bulk through the mail to sending the ...

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Keep civil rights office open
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... in the passage of the major civil rights legislation of the past ... reports on language discrimination, access to higher education, immigration reform, and issues ...

Senators push US to stop releasing illegal immigrants
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... number of illegal immigrants from countries beyond Mexico, three US senators pressed federal officials yesterday to halt the Border Patrol practice of ...

What Happened in Vegas Will Not Stay in Vegas
Magic City Morning Star - Millinocket,ME,USA
... Her story of attending an immigration forum sponsored ... She reminded us of the contributions of the ... important committee or have important legislation bearing his ...

House Judiciary Panel Chair Berates Dean over 'Anti-Immigrant' ...
Town Hall - Washington,DC,USA
... and Tom Tancredo, have incredible anti-immigration legislation.". ... in moving this antiterrorism legislation through the ... law-abiding Americans who want us to get ...

More non-Mexican immigrants crossing border
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... detainees are released into the US population because ... of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration. ... joint hearing in advance of legislation they expect ...

Barbarian invasions
American Thinker - Berkeley,AZ,USA
The Greeks considered a barbarian to be an alien or outsider, one who was ... of President George W. Bush, we are seeing a steady increase in illegal immigration. ...

Congressman Crowley co-sponsors Immigration Reform Bill {Traitor!}
Deepika - Kottayam,India
... has decided to co-sponsor the Kolbe-Flake-Gutierrez Immigration Reform bill ... ''This legislation will enable these workers to work legally in the US while gaining ...

Another strong push for CAFTA
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... the two regions, Arias explained the US legislation would help to ... to continue to worry about illegal immigration and poverty ... gains in terms of jobs in the US". ...

Temptation Along the Border
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... A federal grand jury Tuesday indicted a former immigration service intelligence chief in San Diego on charges of covering up a drug and immigrant smuggling ring ...

SIEV-X smuggler guilty
Brisbane Courier Mail - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
... 2003 to seven years' jail for people smuggling and accidental ... part of Operation Relex, the federal Government's frontline campaign against illegal immigration. ...

Teen from China sees asylum as only hope
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... The claim was denied by an immigration judge and by the Third US Circuit ... back to China immediately after being caught in New Jersey, his smuggling plan would ...

Chinese defector backs diplomat's claim of large Chinese spy ...
WXXA - Albany,NY,USA
... in illegal activities, including abducting Chinese nationals and smuggling them back to ... and smuggled them into Australia, giving them to immigration officials. ...

Wednesday, June 8, 2005
Voice of San Diego - San Diego,CA,USA
... A former immigration official was indicted Tuesday on corruption-related charges for ... car repairs and a spa in exchange for ignoring the smuggling of drugs and ...

Nova Scotia
Halifax Herald (subscription) - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
... from Lunenburg today for an uncertain life, all because of immigration rules their ... to try to recoup millions in tax revenue lost because of tobacco smuggling. ...

Drug raids corral alleged ringleader
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... marijuana, 5 to 10 pounds of methamphetamine and 10 kilos of cocaine each month," said Lauren Mack of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which investigated ...

Immigrant shot at border treated in Framingham
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA
... Monday. A spokesman for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said the man could be a victim of smuggler vs. smuggler violence. ...

ICE Student Volunteer Program
FederalNewsRadio.com - USA
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau's Student Volunteer Program gives students real-world work experience with the federal government while ...

Bizarre border incident raises security issues
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... Bill Anthony, a spokesman for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the Canada-born Despres could not be detained because he is a naturalized US citizen ...

Father, son charged with lying about son's training with al-Qaeda
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... Mohammed Adil Khan. They were detained early Monday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, ICE spokesman Dean Boyd said. ...

Lodi California - Terror Cell? {ALARMING...!}
RedState.org - USA
... years ago. It's developing. I recommend Michelle Malkin for staying on top of this. She's a constant updater. Also: protein wisdom ...

08 - BI takes back spy ID cards
Balita.org - Philippines
... illegal alien, but he cannot effect the alien's arrest," he explained. Fernandez disclosed that the appearance and format of IDs issued to immigration ...

Congress, agencies grapple with immigration reform, border ... {ALARMING!}
GovExec.com - USA
... So far this fiscal year, the US Border Patrol has apprehended almost 100,000 undocumented migrants from countries other than Mexico - commonly called OTMs. ...

Exposing the Cracks in the FTAA Armor

http://www.STOPtheFTAA.org/

Clinching the Case Against CAFTA
The New American Online - June 3, 2005
The Center for Security Policy, a Washington think-tank aligned with the Bush administration, admits that the pact has nothing to do with free trade.

Carolinas Not Persuaded by CAFTA Lobbyists
The Charlotte Observer - June 4, 2005 (registration required to view article)
Despite a huge effort by the Bush administration to persuade Congress to approve CAFTA, only 2 of the 23 members of the North and South Carolina congressional delegation plan to vote for the legislation. (Contact Congress and help stop CAFTA).

Bush Continues CAFTA Fight 
WhiteHouse.gov - June 4, 2005
On Saturday President Bush - during his weekly radio address - continued his support for the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). During his announcement Bush stated, "CAFTA is a practical, pro-jobs piece of legislation," and declared that "Congress needs to pass it soon." The President will head to Florida on Monday to further discuss CAFTA with other hemispheric leaders. (Stop CAFTA and the FTAA!)

President Bush Promotes CAFTA at OAS Meeting
WhiteHouse.gov - June 6, 2005
President Bush, in a speech given at an Organization of American States meeting, urged Congress to pass the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The President also praised "the new Americas of the 21st century" for their commitment to democratic rule, and claimed that CAFTA would bring "new investment" to their region.

Let's Keep On "Energizing" CAFTA Opposition - STOPCAFTA.com - May 27, 2005
A STOP CAFTA! action alert broadcast widely via email on May 27, 2005.

Help Preserve the U.S. from the Alien Invasion - jbs.org - June 3, 2005
Now is the time to take a stand to preserve our country from massive legal and illegal immigration! (A JBS action alert broadcast widely via email on June 3, 2005.)

Letter to the Editor: Each month we post a letter to the editor from newspapers nationwide asking Americans to realize the threat posed by the FTAA.

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ANTI-FTAA Resolutions

Share in the success of Utah, Indiana, and Arizona. Urge your state legislators to support a resolution to Congress in opposition to the FTAA. Not sure how to get started? Follow this model resolution (Utah's H.R. 9) and become the next state to pass an anti-FTAA resolution.

Arizona passed an anti-FTAA resolution in April! - Arizona State Legislature - April 19, 2005
Both houses of the Arizona state legislature have approved House Concurrent Memorial 2006 that urges "that the United States Congress vote no on any agreement for the United States to enter into a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)." This Memorial will be transmitted to the President of the U.S. Senate, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and each member of Congress from Arizona.

Utah and Indiana have already passed anti-FTAA resolutions
Each month, more state legislatures are considering anti-FTAA resolutions, including Idaho (HJM004), Illinois (SR0138), Maine (LD 1135), Montana (SRJ 23), New Hampshire (HR 10), New Jersey (ACR 210), and Pennsylvania (HR 64).

"UNITE TO FIGHT against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION"

"Immigration reformists are NOT RACISTS, THEY ARE REALISTS!  If the "pro-illegal alien", "open-border" advocates should, could or would ever PUT their RHETORIC aside and investigate the FACTS, the matter of this issue would immediately, unequivocally, and unanimously be decided"

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Post-ABC Poll: Bush Ignoring Public's Concerns
A clear majority of Americans say President Bush is ignoring the public's concerns and instead has become distracted by issues that most people say they care little about, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Chief Chamberlain doing right thing
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
... We presume that had Mora been an illegal alien from, say ... Is that illegal, too?" No, it isn't. That's ... The real immigration issue is not one of skin color ...

Immigration Reform Gathers Steam As Two Divergent Bills Are ...
New York Sun (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... month to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform bill that ... working on their own proposed legislation, charging that ... plan, and that any reform should be a ...

Solution to influx: Time
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... has an opinion about illegal immigration, especially in ... Social Security and resident alien cards when ... traffic stops - except that enforcing immigration laws is ...

Mayor Autry Holds Immigration Meeting

Support the Mayor Mayor.Mayor@ci.fresno.ca.us

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Center for Immigration Studies {a must read....}
Over the past 30 years or so, all kinds of new rights for illegal aliens have
... border patrol agents, or now DHS ICE agents, CBP agents, what have you, ...

How the United Nations influences our decisions
renewamerica.us - Washington,D.C.,USA
... how the United Nations is involved with this legislation. ... She believes that the immigration will offset the ... it be in the Social Security reform discussions of ...

Leader: Democrats Want Businesses Involved In Immigration Reform
Arizona Capitol Times - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... illegal immigration in this state," she said at a recent news briefing," she said. Mr. Pearce said of the vetoes, "With a friend of the illegal alien in ...

The Law and the Golden Rule
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... State courts should grant new trials and sentencing hearings in those cases where the assistance of the Mexican Consulate would have improved the quality of ...

US officials promote programs for Mexican immigrants
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
... to children in school, among other programs. "This partnership with the Mexican consulate is just another avenue for outreach.". ...

FBI Fails to Transform Itself, Panel Says: Former Sept. 11 Commission 'Taken Aback' by Personnel, Technology Problems

Company Loses 3.9 M Consumers' Personal Information
Boston Channel.com - Boston,MA,USA
... numbers, banking information and even consumer spending habits of nearly 4 million Americans on tapes being sent to a credit reporting agency disappeared en ...

Chinese whispers
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... The Immigration Department is assessing his application for a protection visa. ... a government, hints at a terrorist operation, a people-smuggling racket or a ...

New chief to head airport security
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
... Sydney, where police last month smashed a cocaine smuggling ring ... Quarantine and Inspection Service, Australian Customs Service and Immigration Department handle ...

Texan working with Bush team on immigration
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... Cornyn, chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on immigration, said a guest ... Mexico border and the influence of gangs that smuggling undocumented workers ...

I AM NOW A SMUGGLER - PART II
Nigeria World - Nigeria
... That's the reason why custom and immigration officers throw heavy parties whenever they're ... Smuggling into Nigeria through Idi-Iroko border is as easy as ABC. ...

Political, economic unrest to force border security as No. 1 ...
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
... criminal gangs, some just as deadly, run the people smuggling operations. ... Illegal immigration in the US far outpaces legal immigration, causing economic and ...

Refugees speeding to US shores
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... Robert Woods, the assistant special agent in charge of US Immigration and Customs ... that al-Qaida might attempt to use these established smuggling rings to ...

Records scan to tighten border security
Australian IT - Australia
... in the area of terrorism, drug trafficking and people smuggling," an ACS ... was currently provided to Customs and the Department of Immigration and Multicultural ...

OAS Summit
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... allow them to apply for US residency after ... The legislation makes sense if Washington enforces sanctions ... The immigration amnesty program of the 1980s promised ...

Indigenous in the borderzone
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... Recently introduced US immigration legislation would require O'odham to carry US passports to travel within their own territory. ...

Illegal aliens to get US visa power
Economic Times - India
... million undocumented illegal workers reside in the US. ... Immigration experts say illegal workers live and ... the proposed McCain-Kennedy legislation, illegals who ...

US relaxes work visas for Australia
Australian IT - Australia
... US, Michael Thawley, he would see what could be done to incorporate the Australian government request into separate legislation that dealt with immigration, he ...

Texan working with Bush team on immigration
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... reform bill that would beef up US security and ... President Bush did not list immigration as a legislative priority ... Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., on the reform legislation. ...

Garment worker challenges DeLay
Daily News - Galveston County - TX,USA
... wage or US immigration laws. DeLay carried that fight to Capitol Hill -- despite the fact that Republican Sen. Frank Murkowski was pushing reform legislation. ...

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ICE, FBI Shut Down Internet Peer-To-Peer Piracy Network

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ICE and FBI agents have conducted the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks using cutting edge file-sharing technology known as BitTorrent.  More

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ICE Arrests 26 Illegal Workers at Shipyard

PASCAGOULA, Miss. — ICE special agents arrested 26 illegal aliens working at the Northrop Grumman Shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., June 1.  More

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ICE Returns Antiquities to Afghanistan

The people of Afghanistan regained an important part of their culture and history May 23 when ICE Assistant Secretary Michael J. Garcia returned two 2,000-year-old coins that had been recovered by ICE to Afghan President Hamid Karzai.  More

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ICE Arrests California Man for Arranging Sex with Fla. Juvenile

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - A man pleaded not guilty in federal court in Florida May 31 to charges he traveled to that state to engage in sexual activity with a juvenile and used the Internet to entice a minor into engaging in sexual activity.  More

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Woman Who Enslaved Child Returned to U.S.

A woman who was the target of an ICE investigation and who fled after her conviction for enslaving an 11-year-old child has been expelled from Cameroon and returned to the United States to serve a lengthy prison sentence.  More

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ICE Deports Mexican Man Wanted for Cop Killing

DURANGO, Colo. — An illegal alien wanted for killing a Mexican police officer was repatriated back to Mexico May 26 by ICE agents.  More

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ICE Officers Deport Men With Terrorist Links to Pakistan

WASHINGTON, D.C. — ICE has deported to Pakistan two individuals with links to terrorist groups.  More

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Maui Man Gets Two Years for Smuggling, Money Laundering

HONOLULU, Hawaii – A Maui man who ran an elaborate multi-million dollar marijuana smuggling scheme was sentenced May 26 to two years in prison for money laundering and filing false income tax returns. In addition, Michael Keith Ritter, 56, forfeited $1 million in cash proceeds from his illegal ventures.  More

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ICE Senior Agent Francischelli Lauded for Arms Investigation

The International Organization of Asian Crime Investigators and Specialists has selected ICE Senior Special Agent Maryann Francischelli as the recipient of its 2005 Outstanding Advocate Award of Law Enforcement in Asian Organized Crime.  More

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Freedom and Heritage

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, left, proudly displays a 2,000-year-old coin presented to him by Assistant Secretary Michael Garcia, right, as Afghan Minister of Culture Sayed Raheen examines the second coin returned to the Afghan people by ICE during ceremonies at the Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., May 23.  More

FAIR Legislative Update

June 6, 2005

In this update:

• Breaking the Piggy Bank: How Illegal Immigration is Sending Schools Into the Red

• Schools Overburdened by Immigration

• Send Free Faxes about Key Legislation from FAIR's Web site

• Upcoming Events

Local Police, US Agents Differ on Raids
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... Security determined that the agents did not get required approval from headquarters and did not coordinate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency ...

Va. Police Back Off Immigration Enforcement
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... municipalities and states approach us all the time and inquire about it," said Manny Van Pelt, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is ...

New jail policy puts safety first
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
... the city reversed course, announcing a new policy that allows the sheriff's department to provide US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials with a list ...

Senator questions FBI probe
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... determine whether the FBI "mishandled" a criminal probe into a suspected terrorist because of ongoing turf battles with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...
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The Minute Man Project: Illegal Alien Employers Beware
OfficialWire - New York,NY,USA
... "I'm enlisting the Criminal Investigative Division of the Internal Revenue Service as well as the Bureau of Immigration Customs and Enforcement. ...

Suspected illegals are isolated to halt disease
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA
... the San Fernando Valley when employees of the motel noticed several people cramped into several rooms, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lori ...

Hispanic Federal Officers Want "Bully" Agents Investigated for ...
Narco News - Mexico
... to respectfully request an investigation of the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the ...

Hot line helps immigrants
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... immigration advocates have set up a hot line - (877) 4-LALDEF - that immigrants can call when agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau, or ICE ...

Hot line helps immigrants
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... "But immigration has more leeway because immigration is not ... They are against us identifying anyone else in the house as an illegal alien. They have an agenda. ...

We should know better
Concord Monitor - Concord,NH,USA
... Legislation recently introduced by Sens. ... President Bush, who should be commended for placing immigration reform on the national agenda, should work with the ...

Calling Clinton and Schumer
New York Sun (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
New Yorkers have a special interest in one piece of legislation awaiting the ... If there's anything wrong with this bill, it's that the immigration reform doesn't ...

The Minute Man Project: Illegal Alien Employers Beware
OfficialWire - New York,NY,USA
... will hit at the heart of the illegal alien migration crisis. ... heads of companies that hire illegal aliens from ... as well as the Bureau of Immigration Customs and ...

Mexico a hard sell on extraditing murder suspects
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... relatives were taken into custody in Los Angeles on immigration charges and ... a Los Angeles County deputy sheriff, was killed by an illegal alien now living in ...

License is proof of driving skills, not citizenship
Salem Statesman Journal - Salem,OR,USA
... whether that car coming the other way is driven by an alien, illegal or not. ... Now, it seems the immigration service (a federal institution) intends to use the ...

frosty wooldridge

The Minute Man Project: Illegal Alien Employers Beware
OfficialWire - New York,NY,USA
by Frosty Wooldridge. LOUISVILLE, COLORADO -- (OfficialWire) -- 06/06/05 -- If you think the Minute Man Project kicked Congress and ...

"UNITE TO FIGHT against ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION"

"Immigration reformists are NOT RACISTS, THEY ARE REALISTS!  If the "pro-illegal alien", "open-border" advocates should or would ever PUT their RHETORIC aside and investigate the FACTS, the matter of this issue would immediately, unequivocally, and unanimously be decided"

Minuteman Project

Hawthorne mom and son answered the minuteman call
Daily Breeze - Torrance,CA,USA
... They are part of the controversial group called the Minuteman Project. ... "We're not law enforcement," she said of the Minuteman Project. ...

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NC students' undocumented status a barrier to higher education
WVEC.com (subscription) - Norfolk,VA,USA
... For every illegal alien in college ... t get to go will be paying for the illegal that replaced ... said William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC ...

Latest 'reform' plan won't halt flow of illegal immigrants
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
... should not be fooled by the immigration "reform" proposals being ... telling Americans that they will pass legislation to curb illegal immigration, but we ...

Border Patrol's horses fed eco-friendly food
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
TUCSON - Horses have long been a vital part of the Border Patrol's enforcement efforts, especially in remote and rugged terrain in Arizona where motorized ...

States should mobilize to help understaffed Border Patrol
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... Minutemen preferred from the outset to forge a close working relationship with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Border Patrol. ...

Government spurns first migrant workers' labor union


Put these futures within reach

Human smugglers trying new tactics to evade US authorities
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... Robert Woods, assistant special agent in charge of US Immigration and Customs ... concerned that al-Qaida might attempt to use these established smuggling rings to ...

Border Patrol: Can we give you a ride to the bus station?
Questions and Observations - USA
You look for a US Border Patrol agent and surrender yourself. ... Once on the US side, the Brazilians scrambled ashore and started looking for the Border Patrol. ...

Slave labour
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... 2004 immigration legislation there are increased fines for illegally employing workers; using slave labour carries a 14-year sentence. This presents us with ...

Editorial roundup 6-5
North Lake Tahoe Bonanza - Incline Village,NV,USA
... a-generation chance to fix US immigration policy, which ... there are nearly a dozen immigration-related bills ... blended into a single, massive piece of legislation. ...

Immigration appeals bog down western federal courts
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
... Recently appointed US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ... under the weight of an immigration litigation system ... urged Congress to propose legislation to address ...

CHINESE DIPLOMAT IN HIDING
Special Broadcasting Service - Australia
... Immigration lawyer David Manne said Foreign Minister Alexander ... rare visa under the migration legislation called a ... of media coverage and being with us, he feels ...

Lungren airs his views on issues
Sacramento Bee (subscription) - Sacramento,CA,USA
... meeting Tuesday evening in Citrus Heights, US Rep. ... he termed more sensible policies on immigration and Social ... Instead of trying to stop bad legislation, we are ...

Nearly 50 immigrants detained by authorities in Sylmar motel
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
... 6 in Sylmar noticed a large number of people staying in a few of the motel's rooms for several days, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lori ...

Federal agencies at odds in terrorist probe
KVUE (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... Joe Webber is special agent in charge of the US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Houston office. He says efforts ...

Illegal alien should have been deported
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials told the Washington Times that Oscar Garcia-Orellana, awaiting a deportation hearing in Virginia, will be ...

States should mobilize to help understaffed Border Patrol
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... these self-proclaimed Minutemen preferred from the outset to forge a close working relationship with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the ...

Illegal Aliens Arrested While Working at 'Hard Target' Facilities
National Ledger - Apache Junction,AZ,USA
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 60 illegal aliens who performed contract work at 12 critical infrastructure sites, including seven ...

No trespassing
Milford Daily News - Milford,MA,USA
... The Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, is the federal agency charged with enforcing immigration laws ...

Two police chiefs take on "it's not my job' cop-outs
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
... That popularity is resented by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. Although ICE eats taxpayer money to do this ...

Re: Mr. Bowers' Response to "Sanctuary Lost"
Magic City Morning Star - Millinocket,ME,USA
... Ia xenophobe because I think American citizens should set immigration policy according ... sexually molested by a classmate, the child of an illegal alien who has ...

checkmate to inmate: chess champion held
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
... Sheremetyevo airport in April after immigration records revealed ... Lawyers at the plant, which has an annual ... of the Russian criminal code - the same law used to ...

Our Nation Depends On It
PHXNews - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... damaged by this "illegal alien" invasion. There is a battle raging in this country that will determine whether our nation enforces its immigration laws and ...

"Unite to Fight" against illegal immigration

Minuteman Project

Alliance without borders
OCRegister (subscription) - Orange County,CA,USA
... And she believes that efforts such as the Minuteman Project spur hatred and racism. ... Then in April, Lopez traveled to Arizona to observe the Minuteman Project. ...

Civilian border patrol group not welcome in Texas
KWWL - Waterloo,IA,USA
HARLINGEN, Texas Members of a self-styled border-patrol group called the Minuteman Project are being told don't mess with Texas. ...

Texas officials shun border patrol group
WFAA (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
Minuteman Project organizer Chris Simcox warned that if Congress didn't buttress the US Border Patrol with National Guard or other military troops this summer ...

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Don't Cry for the European Union -- Nor Emulate Its Mistakes
AmericanEconomicAlert.org - Washington,DC,USA
... already weary of too much immigration, didn't ... not surrender sovereignty to alien institutions and ... keep the southern border wide open to illegal immigration. ...

"Vigilante Man"
Infoshop News - USA
... press attention, galvanizing opposition to immigration, and shifting ... then was drivers' licenses for illegal immigrants. ... justice themselves to the alien invaders ...

Illegal Aliens and Immigration
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
By Thomas Dawson. We do not have an immigration problem with Mexico. We ... They never use the correct term "illegal alien". They ...

Border Patrol finds drowning victim in canal
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
EL PASO -- A man drowned in a canal in an apparent attempt to cross illegally into the United States, the US Border Patrol said today. ...

Border Patrol agent shot
KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA
CAMPO, Calif. US Border Patrol officials say one of their agents was shot in the leg this morning. It happened around 7:45 am in the Campo area. ...

Agents looking into SD human smuggling ring
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... The phenomenon of minors involved in smuggling goes back at least to the early 1990s, immigration officials say, when drug smuggling rings began tapping teens ...

Feds Investigate Smuggling Ring Involving Minors
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA
... According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the San Diego ring has preyed ... port inspectors, who have caught more than 1,200 minors smuggling people or ...

State sees increase in human smuggling
Orlando Sentinel (subscription) - Orlando,FL,USA
... said Robert Woods, assistant special agent in charge of US Immigration and Customs ... that al-Qaeda might attempt to use these established smuggling rings to ...

Cult's nuptials not questioned
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... who obtain fraudulent visas and travel documents through human smuggling operations. ... Frenzen said that when a person is arrested by immigration authorities in ...

Illegal immigrants arrested for 'lewdness', 'voodoo acts'
Monsters and Critics.com - Glasgow,UK
... 1,860 illegal immigrants were interrogated and sent to Jedda immigration office to ... was the leader of an organization that specialized in smuggling in African ...

Dominican baseball prospects caught in marriage-for-visa scheme
San Jose Mercury News - San Jose,CA,USA
... no way to comment (specifically), but it definitely sounds like an organized smuggling ring," says ... Brian Jordan, a priest and immigration counselor at the St. ...

Former US Sens. will speak at final Leon Panetta lecture event
Santa Cruz Sentinel - Santa Cruz,CA,USA
... Simpson was elected to three terms in the US Senate, serving as ... Reform and Control Act, the first major immigration reform legislation passed in more ...

US targets human trafficking
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... it is a major transportation route for illegal immigration. ... hub for sexual slavery into the US," state Rep. ... was a main sponsor of that legislation, said Friday ...

Cardinal urges mercy for immigrants
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... "All legislation must take into ... was one of the papal advisers who helped the late Pope John Paul II draft major statements on immigration. ... "For us we have our ...

Costa Rica
Money Plans - Mumbai,India
... Costa Rican Embassy or Consulate in the US about entry ... org/, as does the Costa Rican immigration agency: http ... of Costa Rica has passed legislation to regulate ...

Border Patrol Agent Shot
San Diego Headline News - San Diego,CA,USA
TIERRA DEL SOL, CA - (6-3-05) A US Border Patrol agent is recovering from a gunshot wound he suffered during a pursuit Friday in the Tierra Del Sol area. ...

50 Burmese held in illegal alien sweep {I Guess they work....?}
The Nation, Thailand - Bangkok,Thailand
Nearly 50 illegal immigrants from Burma and one trafficker were arrested yesterday in ... held entry passes issued by Mae Hong Son immigration that restricted ...

Have 'turf battles' impeded US war on terror?
MSNBC - USA
... Webber runs the Houston office of the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, "ICE" for short. ...

Agents looking into SD human smuggling ring
San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA,USA
... According to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which investigates smuggling, the San Diego ring has preyed on all of the above. ...

Officials failed to deport alien
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials told The Washington Times that Oscar Garcia-Orellana, who is in jail awaiting a deportation hearing in ...

The twist and turns of Homeland Security justice
Narco News - Mexico
The TV "news" show Dateline NBC featured an interview tonight with a "respected" supervisory agent with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ...

Laborer deported after charges dropped
Bradenton Herald - Bradenton,FL,USA
... Paulino-Perez was flown back to Mexico with 18 other people, according to a news release from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Miami office. ...

Homeland Security report details waste
Seattle Times - Seattle,WA,USA
... A contract worker with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement sexually abused two male transgender detainees at a correctional facility in San Pedro, Calif. ...

$6.8 million worth of coke seized from Bexar warehouse
San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA
... Arabit touted the joint efforts of the SAPD, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, DEA, Texas Department of Public Safety, the Texas Attorney General's Office ...

Operation Meth Merchant Just Heating Up
WTVC - Chattanooga,TN,USA
... The investigation now includes law enforcement from more than 25 agencies including the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

Investigators can't find owner of meth property
Albany Democrat Herald - Albany,OR,USA
... The investigation involved the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Salem Police Department, Oregon State Police, Marion County Sheriff's Office, Linn ...

Trial may be delayed again
Burlington Hawk Eye - Burlington,IA,USA
... Luna, through a translator, claimed during a March 28 hearing that he was prevented from making a long--distance telephone call to the Mexican consulate and a ...

Top Nashville Radio Talk Show Host Organizes Anti-Illegal Alien ...
nashville.about.com - Nashville,TN,USA
Nashville radio talk show host, Phil Valentine, is spearheading a rally to call attention to the problem of illegal immigration. ...

Border Patrol horses get special feed
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
Border Patrol officer Marco Mercado, right, adjusts his saddle, while officer Chris Hart, left, waits before they start their patrol near Naco, Ariz. ...

Search Continues For Man Who Shot Border Patrol Agent
NBC Sandiego.com - San Diego,CA,USA
SAN DIEGO -- Authorities are continuing to search for a gunman who loaded hundreds of pounds of marijuana into a truck before shooting a Border Patrol agent in ...

Shrinking illegal population is key
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... in the illegal-alien population, rather than allowing it to continually increase. The point, in other words, is not merely to curtail illegal immigration, but ...

California 'Illegal Alien Driver's Licenses' Bill Demonstrates ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... has resorted to a watered down version of his perennial legislation to grant ... said Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR ...

Aliens could be deported
Scranton Times - Scranton,PA,USA
... Although state police indicated initially the case may involve human smuggling, federal immigration officials have ruled it out. ...

Throwing in the Towel
Magic City Morning Star - Millinocket,ME,USA
... who lives in the thick of the "illegal alien" situation in Arizona, sent me a web site by this gomer named, are you ready for this, "Frosty Wooldridge". ...

California 'Illegal Alien Driver's Licenses' Bill Demonstrates ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... resorted to a watered down version of his perennial legislation to grant ... they take, these documents will reward people who violate US immigration laws." CONTACT ...

Legislation admits realities, offers answers on immigration
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... Despite increased efforts by both the Mexican and US governments; it is ... proposed in years to realistically address the nation's immigration quandaries. ...

Congressman King says military should block illegals on US borders
Radio Iowa - Des Moines,IA,USA
... there." King is also drafting legislation that would ... increase the financial penalties for US businesses that ... will be difficult to get immigration reform past ...

Immigrants: Them, Us, and We
New York Sun (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
... Legislation recently introduced by Senators McCain of Arizona and Kennedy of ... President Bush, who should be commended for placing immigration reform on the ...

Union criticizes punishment of Border Patrol agents
GovExec.com - USA
The union representing Border Patrol employees lashed out against the agency's leadership, the Homeland Security Department, a member of Congress and the ...

Manhunt For Border Patrol Shooting Suspect
KFMB - San Diego,CA,USA
A manhunt is underway Friday for an armed man who shot a border patrol agent in the leg during a confrontation in southeastern San Diego County, according to ...

Proposed revision to in-state tuition policy
Windsor Journal - Windsor,CT,USA
... The federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant ... in opposition to this legislation, including the ... serve an incentive for illegal immigration to Connecticut ...

Phil's Findings: Mexican Consul speaks to North Tamarind parents
Fontana Herald-News - Fontana,CA,USA
... the arrangements. The Mexican Consulate is located at 293 North "D" Street in San Bernardino. For more information, call 889-9896.

Police team up to fight gang crime
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... Customs Enforcement. Officials with the Mexican Consulate in Seattle also will participate, said Consul Jorge Madrazo. Since March ...

Learning the wrong things at school
Wizbang - Washington,DC,USA
... yourself in as an illegal alien, you've perpetuated their initial crime. The United States has some of the most liberal policies about immigration in the world ...

Legislation admits realities, offers answers on immigration
Fort Wayne News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... been missed for years; honestly admitting realities about immigration and offering ... The dramatic economic reform that North Americans wish for Mexico is ...

Debate rages over lower tuition for state's illegal immigrants
Daily News Transcript - Needham,MA,USA
... New federal legislation is in the works to clear up the contradictions. ... Iris Gomez, an immigration lawyer with the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, said ...

Getting Real About Illegal Undocumented Immigrant Aliens
Blogcritics.org - USA
... our overall population is increasing is because of immigration. ... the most wild-eyed anti-illegle-alien ranters know ... per year through legal and illegal entrees. ...

Protesting those who Protest
The Conservative Voice - USA
... But this was a "two day summit titled Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration" and it was held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The ...

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Minuteman Project

Minuteman Project leader calls illegal immigration 'declaration of ...
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... Miguel Barrientos, president of the Las Vegas Mexican-American Political Association, said people sopping up the rhetoric of Minuteman Project founder Jim ...

"Unite to Fight" against illegal immigration

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Kyl's border crackdown plan reflects political, security ...
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
... period. And the introduction of comprehensive immigration reform legislation earlier this month cosponsored by US Sens. John McCain ...

Corrupt public workers a thorn in side of S. Ariz.
Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA
... Then there are the individual cases charging Homeland Security immigration agents and soldiers with smuggling people across the border. ...

There's No Point in Flailing at This Pinata
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... the conventional wisdom in Washington and in the anti-immigration lobby, which ... Mexican authorities for not dismantling the people-smuggling operations that ...

Border watch project raises concerns
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... the help of citizen volunteers in the fight against illegal immigration, a Border ... With more and more money to be made by smuggling illegal immigrants ---- the ...

Smugglers now launching missions from SW Florida
Bonita Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
... The Southwest Florida Alien Smuggling Task Force is made up of local law enforcement and federal agencies, from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the ...

The McKennedy Clan: Bipartisan Betrayers
VDARE.com - Warrenton,Virginia,USA
... (7) Illegal immigration fosters other illegal activity, including human smuggling, trafficking, and document fraud, all of which undermine the national ...

Arkansas clamps down on issuing IDs, licenses
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... and the state police are now forming a task force to combat illegal immigration, with a specific focus on production of fake documents and smuggling of aliens. ...

Field of broken dreams
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
... no way to comment (specifically), but it definitely sounds like an organized smuggling ring," says ... Brian Jordan, a priest and immigration counselor at the St. ...

Employers of Illegal Immigrants Face Little Risk of Penalty
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... is levied, it often is settled for "cents on the dollar," said Kevin Jeffery, a deputy special agent in charge with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los ...

Sex arrest in Indian River County highlights illegal immigrant's ...
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) - Vero Beach,FL,USA
... "If they are known to the system, we can tell if they are illegal and we call (the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)," he said. ...

Official forces lack the staff and equipment
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... these self-proclaimed Minutemen preferred from the outset to forge a close working relationship with the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the ...

US Jacks Torrent Site
P2PReactor.com - Poland
... FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, agents executed 10 search warrants in nine states in a strike on Elitetorrents.org, a free, members-only ...

Two Pakistanis deported from US
Pakistan Dawn - Karachi,Pakistan
... in San Francisco when he was arrested in January 2004 for overstaying his visa by eight months, according to the immigration and customs enforcement, an arm of ...

Arkansas clamps down on issuing IDs, licenses
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... Her arrival led office workers to notify police. Special Agent Terry Balentine, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Texarkana, responded. ...

Children who do not feel safe
On Line opinion - Australia
... too can be detailed indefinitely under legislation passed by ... men currently at Christmas Island Immigration Reception and ... make a sincere effort to reform the law ...

Bush finds Congress is no pushover
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
... divided over how to address immigration matters, with ... Long-stalled bankruptcy legislation was approved with bipartisan ... was class-action legal reform, which was ...

Freedom Fries Part Deux
Red State - USA
... has not been involved in legislation to curb immigration. ... his advocacy of campaign finance and lobbying reform. ... He has introduced legislation twice to allow ...

Morton Kondracke: As Senate returns to angry 'normal,' what will ...
Naples Daily News (subscription) - Naples,FL,USA
... and Republicans can cooperate on such issues as energy, immigration, Social Security and ... numbers to pass class action and bankruptcy reform legislation and a ...

Laws fail to target employers
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... a fine is issued, it often is settled for "cents on the dollar," said Kevin Jeffery, a deputy special agent with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los ...

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Illegal Alien Arrested for Unlawfully Transferring Fake United ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... Robin M. Avers, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs ... two hundred and twelve counterfeit documents, namely counterfeit Alien Registration Cards ...

Georgiou to go ahead with detention law
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... colleagues for the need for further reform," Mr Georgiou ... Mr Howard and Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone will ... standing orders to force the legislation to a ...

Critics say rules set bar for asylum higher
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
... Marshall Fitz, associate director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association ... Fitz said the law was intended not only to reduce perceived fraud in the ...

Marchers put focus on migrants

Founder of Minuteman Project speaks to anti-illegal immigration ...
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
... Las Vegas convention center. He made his remarks on the final day of a summit titled "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration.". ...

Anti-illegal immigration conference opens in Nevada amid protests
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... He said claims on the Web site of Wake Up America Foundation that illegal immigrants are to blame for rising unemployment, hospital closures and troubles in ...

New coalition sought against illegal immigrants
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... Organizers said they have so far sold more than 400 tickets for the three-day event called the "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration Summit," although ...

"UNITE TO FIGHT" Against Illegal Immigration

Are ANTI- ILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONISTS REALISTs or Racists? Put the rhetoric aside and LET the facts decide! New coalition sought against illegal immigrants Houston Chronicle, TX - 10 hours ago ... Organizers said they have so far sold more than 400 tickets for the three-day event called the "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration Summit," although ... Immigration Activists Gather Los Angeles Times Immigration showdown seen Press-Enterprise (subscription)

Tuition break bill set to falter News & Observer, NC - May 28, 2005 ... how quickly it has fallen apart," said Gheen, who is in Las Vegas this weekend to speak at an event called the Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration Summit ...

Anti-immigration conference in Vegas spurs plan for protest AZ Central.com, AZ - May 25, 2005 ... The event, called "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration," is being organized at the city's Cashman Center by Mark Edwards, a radio talk show host and ...

Historic National ‘Unite to Fight’ summit in Vegas May 27-29 PHXNews, AZ - May 22, 2005 ... Vegas next weekend for a historic summit ‘Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration’. ... when the tide turned against rampant illegal immigration in America ...

Anti-immigration conference in Las Vegas spurs plan for protest KESQ, CA - May 25, 2005 ... event's about stirring racial bias. The conference is called "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration.". It's being organized at the ...

Anti-immigration conference in Las Vegas spurs plan for protest KRNV, NV - May 26, 2005 The conference is called "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration." It's being organized at the city's Cashman Center by radio talk show host Mark Edwards ...

Web site messes with Minutemen Press-Enterprise (subscription), CA - May 17, 2005 ... Together, we can conduct information warfare against these modern ... Wake Up America Foundation has called a "Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration Summit" featuring ...

Remembering a Hero (the brutal murder of Kris Eggle) Magic City Morning Star, ME - Apr 30, 2005 ... She and I will both be on the speakers' dais for the Wake Up America Foundation Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration in Las Vegas over the coming ... Anti-immigration conference in Vegas spurs plan for protest AZ Central.com, AZ - May 25, 2005 ... Illegal Immigration," is being organized at the city's Cashman Center by Mark Edwards, a radio talk show host and founder of the Wake Up America Foundation. ... Anti-immigration conference in Las Vegas spurs plan for protest KRNV, NV - May 26, 2005 ... It's being organized at the city's Cashman Center by radio talk show host Mark Edwards, who's also the founder of a group called the Wake Up America Foundation ... Historic National ‘Unite to Fight’ summit in Vegas May 27-29 PHXNews, AZ - May 22, 2005 The summit is being hosted by the Wake Up America Foundation and radio program host Mark Edwards. Edwards was a driving force behind ... America’s Death By A Thousand Cuts OfficialWire, NY - May 15, 2005 ... For you West Coast night owls, every Monday - Thursday you can catch yours truly in Las Vegas, Nevada on Mark Edwards’ "Wake Up America" talk show on 50,000watt KDWN ...

Minuteman Project

Minutemen want to assist at Latino event
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
Alex Segura spent eight days as a Minuteman Project volunteer on the Arizona-Mexico border to make sure Latinos and others didn't run across the desert into ...

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Miller's Crossing:

Part 12: The The Kennedy-McCain Amnesty Scam

Over 12 million cheerfully served under McCaineddy's Golden Arches!

Border Patrol honors 97 fallen agents
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
On Friday, the agency honored them during a memorial ceremony at the Border Patrol Museum on Trans Mountain Road. Connie Duran attended ...

Fourth alleged illegal alien charged with trespassing
Laconia Citizen - Laconia,NH,USA
HUDSON, NH (AP) -- Calling the arrest part of protecting national security, local police have charged a third suspected illegal alien with criminal trespassing ...

Arkansas clamps down on issuing IDs, licenses
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... wrote that "it is an established practice for illegal aliens to ... Immigration plays a major role in both state and ... system meant to confirm if an alien has legal ...

Immigration showdown seen
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
... That's why we fight so much for this illegal alien issue ... Vegas, Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox described the problems of illegal immigration to about ...

The McKennedy Clan: Bipartisan Betrayers
VDARE.com - Warrenton,Virginia,USA
... An illegal alien has lived here, worked here and benefited from myriad federally-funded ... You just wrote an Orderly Immigration Act that has nothing to do with ...

Sex arrest in Indian River County highlights illegal immigrant's ...
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription) - Vero Beach,FL,USA
... While law enforcement may not have known Alvarez was an illegal alien and Immigration didn't launch a detainer from his first arrest, he was issued a public ...

Banking on illegals
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... situated inside the United States -- isn't encouraging the illegal alien to reside illegally in America, he added. The Friends of Immigration Law Enforcement ...

CNN's Lou Dobbs Is Obsessed With Illegal Aliens
Useless-Knowledge.com - USA
... once. Lou is obsessed with them. The thing is, I have been looking into the sky every night and have yet to see an illegal alien. Now ...

Mexican Smuggler Sentenced For Dragging Man To Death
MichNews.com - Troy,MI,USA
... of undocumented aliens on July 6, 2004, and for being a felon and illegal alien in possession ... An immigration judge ordered him removed from the country on Dec. ...

The United States acknowledges it did not support freedom and ...
Arabic News - USA
... twice extended the life of this legislation with strong ... friends, we expect to engage in reform and it ... are a number of questions about immigration issues with ...

Police ID body found in river
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... Once the investigators realized the body might be that of Chacon-Lazaro, they contacted a Mexican consulate in Indianapolis, which helped get the description ...

Hudson cites immigrant with trespassing
Nashua Telegraph - Nashua,NH,USA
... The first man charged in New Ipswich, Jorge Ramirez, retracted his initial guilty plea after he retained a lawyer at the request of the Mexican consulate. ...

Hudson cops cite 3rd alien
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
... They did not have valid drivers' licenses or documentation to prove they ... Chamberlain has also used the trespassing law to cite illegal immigrants, garnering ...

State targets wire transfers
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... We've stopped some organizations in human smuggling. So we feel we've at least made a dent into it.". But some immigration attorneys have said that the ...

Lawmakers unveil enforcement provisions of immigration plan
GovExec.com - USA
... Cornyn and Kyl's legislation also faces competition with ... lawmakers that an overhaul of immigration laws is ... their employers and communities," said US Chamber of ...
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Legislators' attempts to quell prostitution stall
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... for the maintenance of these facilities, then the proposed legislation is a ... The police have brought in the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which has ...

Latino Group Champions New Civil Rights Push
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
... said Lemus, LULAC's director of policy and legislation. ... History has shown us that this happens. ... Opponents of immigration said advocates are wrong for using the ...

AMNESTY -- AGAIN
New York Post - New York,NY,USA
... The legislation stipulates that it doesn't grant state and ... any more authority to enforce immigration laws, but ... North American family, and the US-Mexico border ...

Skilled workers needed, says US business body:-
Webindia123 - India
... The Chamber has emphasised that any immigration reform legislation must include three ... worker system - after employers have attempted to find US workers. ...

Border Patrol to fix discrepancies in illegal immigrant death ...
Arizona Daily Sun - Flagstaff,AZ,USA
TUCSON (AP) -- The US Border Patrol, reacting to claims that it is undercounting illegal immigrant deaths, says it plans to rectify any discrepancy with ...

Fourth Alleged Illegal Alien Charged With Trespassing
WMUR Channel.com - Manchester,NH,USA
HUDSON, NH -- Calling the arrest part of protecting national security, local police have charged a third suspected illegal alien with criminal trespassing. ...

Kyl readies get-tough migrant proposals
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
... senior Justice Department position to oversee all immigration enforcement litigation are among several get-tough reform ideas contained in legislation that two ...

State Of It: Fear And Loathing In Orewa - NZ
Scoop.co.nz (press release) - New Zealand
... 5. Industry Clean-up: New Zealand First will clean up the immigration consultants industry and related fields. Police and the Immigration ...

IDENTITY THEFT

Help on way for those with low credit scores?
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... convinced of the merits of reporting" customer histories. ... hurt low-income consumers' credit profiles ... Massachusetts' statewide housing finance agency began using ...

Oh, No! My Identity's Gone! Call the Insurer.
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... on his credit reports, and he found that the Chase account had been transferred to another collection agency. Mr. Coretto again contacted the three reporting ...

Suspect in country illegally
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... container last weekend, no one inquired about his immigration status until after the girl's abduction, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said ...

Pakistani Linked to Al Qaeda Is Deported
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... San Francisco area when he was arrested in January 2004 for overstaying his visa by eight months, according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an arm ...

Illegal Aliens Discovered Working at Hard Target Facilities
Men's News Daily - Guerneville,CA,USA
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested 60 illegal aliens who performed contract work at 12 critical infrastructure sites, including seven ...

Fourth Alleged Illegal Alien Charged With Trespassing
WMUR Channel.com - Manchester,NH,USA
... t ignore that," Gendron said. "It's just not the FBI and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), everybody needs to do this.".

Saturday essay: Illegals on the job
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... Over the past two years US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has collared more than 1,000 unauthorized alien workers at US commercial airports. ...

"Unite to Fight" against illegal immigration

Tuition break bill set to falter
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... how quickly it has fallen apart," said Gheen, who is in Las Vegas this weekend to speak at an event called the Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration Summit ...

Anti-immigration conference in Vegas spurs plan for protest
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... The event, called "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration," is being organized at the city's Cashman Center by Mark Edwards, a radio talk show host and ...

Historic National ‘Unite to Fight' summit in Vegas May 27-29
PHXNews - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... Vegas next weekend for a historic summit ‘Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration'. ... when the tide turned against rampant illegal immigration in America ...

Web site messes with Minutemen
Press-Enterprise (subscription) - Riverside,CA,USA
... Together, we can conduct information warfare against these modern ... Wake Up America Foundation has called a "Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration Summit" featuring ...

Remembering a Hero (the brutal murder of Kris Eggle)
Magic City Morning Star - Millinocket,ME,USA
... She and I will both be on the speakers' dais for the Wake Up America Foundation Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration in Las Vegas over the coming ...

Minuteman Project

Lawmakers oppose Minuteman Project

... urging Gov. Rick Perry to oppose any plans that the Minuteman Pr

Motorist Drives Into Crowd Prostesting Minuteman Project
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... others arrested Wednesday after a motorist drove into a crowd of 300 demonstrators protesting a speech by the founder of the Minuteman Project, a conservative ...

Minuteman Project founder irked by use of group's name
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
What's in a name? Just ask Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. ... At least one group is using the Minuteman Project name to solicit money. ...

Minuteman protest turns violent
Kentucky Lake Times - KY,USA
A protest against the founder of the border-watching Minuteman Project became violent last night when uninformed demonstrators tried to disrupt his speech to ...

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Illegal aliens cost money
Potomac News (subscription) - Woodbridge,VA,USA
... The illegal alien population was estimated at about 10 million in November 2004. ... believed to live in Virginia, according to government and immigration officials ...

Jim Hann letter: Stop flood of illegal aliens into country
In-Forum (subscription) - Fargo,ND,USA
... Some illegal aliens bring in drugs and some have ... Many violent alien gangs have become a big problem ... It's time to enforce our immigration laws and stop the ...

Bill boosts border muscle
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
... program "to have an open mind" about immigration reform. ... agents and 1,000 new immigration inspectors over ... Kennedy, D-Mass., unveiled legislation that includes ...

Border Patrol to fix discrepancies in immigrant death count
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
... The US Border Patrol, reacting to ... Last year, the Border Patrol counted 172 illegal immigrant deaths in Arizona, while medical examiners recorded 221 deaths. ...

Border Patrol should consider outsourcing its training, lawmaker ...
Federal Times - USA
The Homeland Security Department may need to contract out the training for new Border Patrol agents to save money, a leading House Republican said. Rep. ...

Hudson arrests 3rd man said to be illegal alien
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
... Making it the fourth instance in the state and the third case in Hudson, police charged a Brazilian man, alleged to be an illegal alien, with criminal ...

Sanctuary Policies Mean Justice Is Political
American Daily - Stow,OH,USA
... According to figures for 2002 from the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), more than ...
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Slaying suspect deported to Mexico
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents got an anonymous tip in January that the fugitive from Mexico was in Alamosa. Since ...
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Lake Worth Rape Suspect Illegally In US
WPBF Channel.com - West Palm Beach,FL,USA
... Immigration and Customs Enforcement tracks the identities of everyone booked into the Palm Beach County jail to seek matches against a database of illegal ...
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Former Worcester Man Pleads Guilty to Illegal Re-Entry to US After ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... J. Sullivan; Robin M. Avers, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New England; and Colonel Thomas G. Robbins, Superintendent of ...

Feds Perched to Empower Local Cops to Enforce Immigration Laws
The NewStandard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... officers currently have access to immigration data through the Law Enforcement Support Center, a division of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but police ...

FRUITLESS SMUGGLING
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... The search for the smugglers of the sham plantains, said Mann, will be handed off to officials with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

60 Undocumented Aliens Arrested While Working at Critical ...
Homeland Response - Cleveland,OH,USA
Agents from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have arrested 60 undocumented aliens in six states who performed contract work at 12 critical ...

Easier way to check on identity theft due
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... report a year from each of the reporting companies, consumers ... Even so, he still has trouble applying for credit. ... The agency did not report how much money was ...

Violence against border agents at record pace
Increase in assaults comes amid government security crackdown

By Brock N. Meeks

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Feds Perched to Empower Local Cops to Enforce Immigration Laws
The NewStandard - Syracuse,NY,USA
... approach to community policing, predict that the proposed legislation would greatly ... Law Enforcement Support Center, a division of US Immigration and Customs ...

GOP senators promise new immigrant worker bill
San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco,CA,USA
... the Southwest promised to produce new immigration legislation by July, reflecting rising congressional interest in a major overhaul of US immigration policy. ...

Others say proposed immigration act i
Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
... Cooke said before he supports any new legislation, he would like to see the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement enforce the current laws. ...

Social Security card plan aims to curb fraud
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
... Allowing immigration officials to register many of those people ... it is a security threat to us to have ... Some lawmakers view the legislation as a possible way to ...

Immigration act could give workers a chance
Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA
... the illegal immigrant workers, he thinks the legislation sounds great. ... We (us and the US government) might ... IS THE SECURE AMERICA AND ORDERLY IMMIGRATION ACT OF ...

Illegal Immigration Viewed as Public Safety Issue
TheRealityCheck.Org - Shelton,CT,USA
... criminal offenses, averaging about 13 offenses per illegal alien. ... more than half of the 55,322 illegal aliens had ... all offenses were drug or immigration offenses ...

Smuggling chip shop owner jailed
BBC News - UK
... He admitted breaching immigration law at an earlier hearing ... at Shrewsbury Crown Court, Robin Onions, said he had clearly got involved in the smuggling ring out ...

Law Enforcement Agents Team Up Against Smugglers
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... the patrol is to curb criminal activities like human trafficking, smuggling and similar ... and men drawn from the police, customs and immigration services would ...

FRUITLESS SMUGGLING
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... The search for the smugglers of the sham plantains, said Mann, will be handed off to officials with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ITALY: POLICE BREAK UP CHINESE MIGRANT RING
AKI - Rome,Italy
... up an international Chinese crime ring involved in people smuggling and kidnappings ... in human beings, kidnapping for ransom and abetting illegal immigration. ...

˜Guest worker' bill aims to regularize superexploitation of ...
The Militant - New York,NY,USA
... illegal immigration flow with regulated and legal immigration," stated Democratic ... Central American nations to "dismantle human smuggling organizations and ...

Australian Corby sentenced to 20 years in jail for smuggling ...
EITB - Euskadi,Spain
... young Australian beauty therapist to 20 years in jail for smuggling marijuana into ... been branded xenophobic when she has called for a cut in Asian immigration. ...

Bad Senate Deal
National Review Online - New York,NY,USA
... Mark Krikorian of the Washington-based Center for Immigration Studies calls the fine, in effect, "a retroactive smuggling fee paid to the US government ...

Hospitals and doctors can get paid for illegal-immigrant care, but ...
Memphis Flyer - Memphis,TN,USA
... the highest number of undocumented alien arrests, including ... that they are treating illegal immigrants by ... the federal Division of Immigration and Naturalization ...

Last defendant sentenced in 1998 slaying of Border Patrol agent
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
The final defendant in the 1998 slaying of a US Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison and three years of supervised release. ...

Last defendant sentenced in 1998 slaying of Border Patrol agent
KOLD-TV - Tucson,AZ,USA
TUCSON, Ariz. A 27-year-old man has been sentenced in Tucson to 15 years in prison in connection with the slaying seven years ago of a Border Patrol agent. ...

Sanctuary Policies Mean Justice Is Political
American Daily - Stow,OH,USA
... The Illinois state troopers I talked to take the public position that illegal immigration is a federal problem and the federal government should enforce ...

Senators offer migrant plan
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... Department position to oversee all immigration enforcement litigation are among several get-tough immigration-reform ideas contained in legislation that two ...

Lawmakers Unsure How to Tackle Illegal Workers
Lakeland Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
... River Republican representing a large agriculture sector and who is also a member of the congressional Immigration Reform Caucus. The legislation that Kyle and ...

Our Opinion: DC dawdles as immigrants die in desert
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
... The only solution is comprehensive immigration reform such as that proposed in bipartisan legislation introduced by Sens. John McCain ...

Shadows Obscure Illegal Aliens' Hopes
The Jewish Journal - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... "You can't stay," an immigration officer told my ... When it came time to return, US officials in Naples said nothing doing, she was an illegal alien. ...

Strict enforcement sought in immigration reform plan
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... back the McCain-Kennedy bill said the Kyl-Cornyn proposal shows growing momentum for comprehensive immigration legislation. ... "Serious immigration reform must be ...

Border Patrol arrests Oakland man accused of murder
Brownsville Herald - Brownsville,TX,USA
May 27, 2005 -- Border Patrol agents on Wednesday arrested an Oakland, Calif., man wanted for the murder of a college football player after he fled an ...

Bush Caves To Mexican Murder Lobby, Orders Retrial For Jose ...
VDARE.com - Warrenton,Virginia,USA
... notify the appropriate Consulate when a criminal alien is arrested. Nowadays in the US, that mostly means the Mexican Consulate. ...

Border Patrol finds bodies of two illegal aliens in Yuma sector
Yuma Sun - Yuma,AZ,USA
... pending notification of next of kin. The sheriff's office has contacted the Mexican Consulate for assistance in finding relatives. ...

Mexican consulate representative joins in ordinance debate
Richfield Sun Current - Richfield,MN,USA
... Consulate representative Joyce Graciela Stellick took part in a community forum sponsored by ... and Wisconsin, she has seen many cases in which Mexican victims of ...

County to cremate remains of unidentified border crossers
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... of forensic anthropologists who use everything from the person's teeth patterns and tattoos to extensive assistance from the Mexican Consulate to identify the ...

Chandler commission wants day laborers off Arizona Ave.
AZ Central.com - AZ,USA
... for volunteer translators, English classes, worker identification cards, better promotion of the center and involvement by the Mexican Consulate could boost ...

An Alleged Wife: One Immigrant In The Chinese Exclusion Era
ILW.com - New York,NY,USA
... We can't know for certain, but these are not unreasonable suspicions, especially in light of the concurrent Densmore investigation into immigration smuggling.*. ...

Shops' boss in smuggling plot
Shropshire Star - Telford,England,UK
... Chatha, 44, has previously admitted conspiring with Ranjit Jeeta and others to facilitate the unlawful entry of people into the UK in breach of immigration laws ...

Sanctuary starts at home for Tancredo
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
... for serious felonies, businesses that hire illegal immigrants, smuggling groups, document ... Immigration activists are watching to see if that approach is valid or ...

Australia says sorry for immigration scandals
Telegraph.co.uk - London,England,UK
... who are running people-smuggling operations," one of the MPs, Judy Moylan, said. Australia has one of the world's strictest immigration policies, detaining ...
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Smuggler convicted of assaulting federal officer
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription) - Denton,TX,USA
Prosecutors said Jose Ramos-Flores, 22, was part of a smuggling attempt that held an ... Ramos-Flores met in Houston with a US Bureau of Immigration and Customs ...

Illegal Alien Gang Nailed for Hostage Taking and Weapons ...
MichNews.com - Troy,MI,USA
... gunplay, and hostage taking are common practice in the human smuggling trade," said Loraine Brown, special agent-in-charge for US Immigration and Customs ...

Teen left on I-75 sparked patrols
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... ring involved in the most recent smuggling case. That person has not been identified, but the incident has been turned over to the US Immigration and Customs ...

Mexican Consulate

Gwinnett projects seem safe in road reauthorization bill
Gwinnett Daily Post - Griffin,GA,USA
... Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., has introduced legislation that would give the Department ... the Diversity Visa lottery and legally complied with US immigration laws and ...

An Alleged Wife: One Immigrant In The Chinese Exclusion Era
ILW.com - New York,NY,USA
... the United States for special treatment through immigration legislation. ... Judge Dooling of the US District Court ... for the commissioner of immigration to appear ...

US bill re-introduced to restore Asian immigration site:-
Webindia123 - India
Washington, May 26 : US lawmakers have re-introduced a bill in Congress to restore Angel Island Immigration Station - the site that was the point of landing of ...

US threatens legal action on European Airbus aid
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
... shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Immigration and Customs ... WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House panel on Wednesday approved legislation that would ...

Real ID Act: Congress takes another step toward a police state
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
... it was a second piece of legislation known as ... daily comings and goings of every US resident, citizen ... not only arrest records, but also immigration status, and ...

Kennedy, McCain introduce immigration bill
People's Weekly World - USA
... by the ultra-right, a bipartisan group in Congress has submitted legislation to restructure ... and the prior advertisement of the jobs in question for US workers ...

Illegal Alien Residing In Colorado Wanted For Killing Cop
TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA
An illegal immigrant wanted for killing a Mexican police officer was deported ... Alamosa area, according to special agents from the US Immigration and Customs ...

EliteTorrents shut down by US customs and FBI
Afterdawn.com - USA
... known and one of the most used BitTorrent sites has been shut down today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

US raiding BitTorrent: Criminal enforcement action underway
National Business Review - New Zealand
... Assistant Attorney General John C Richter of the Criminal Division, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement Michael J ...

Fugitive wanted in death of Mexican cop deported from Colorado
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
Jose Luis Ventura-Molina was arrested after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials received a tip that he was living in the Alamosa area. ...

Immigration says it will arrest defendant if judge releases him
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
... as he is released. Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities want to deport Omar Abdi Mohamed. Mohamed, 43, was acquitted ...

PTC: Hilton's burger ad doesn't cut the mustard
Media Life Magazine - USA
... Now the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement have shut down the offending web site. Elite ...

Smuggler convicted of assaulting federal officer
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription) - Denton,TX,USA
... In February, Ramos-Flores met in Houston with a US Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who posed as a relative of the immigrant. ...

Brave US terrorist hunters end stand off against web site
Register - London,England,UK
... would see the message "This Site Has been Permanently Shut Down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement." That message ...

Illegal Alien Gang Nailed for Hostage Taking and Weapons ...
MichNews.com - Troy,MI,USA
... the aliens for ransom have been convicted of federal hostage-taking and weapons charges following an investigation by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...

Minuteman Project plans another patrol
Marshalltown Times Republican - Marshalltown,IA,USA
... and Mexico. Their purpose was to spot people trying to sneak across the border, then alert US Border Patrol agents. During the time ...

State senators object to Minuteman Project in Texas
KRGV - Westlaco,TX,USA
AUSTIN (AP) - Some state senators have filed a resolution objecting to Minuteman Project plans to patrol the Texas-Mexico border in October. ...

Minuteman Project worked
Daily Mining Gazette - Houghton,MI,USA
Did the "Minuteman Project" succeed in demonstrating that simply increasing Border Patrol staff would do much to slow the flood of illegal immigration from ...

Police chiefs stand by decisions as immigration protesters ...
The Union Leader - Manchester,NH,USA
... plans to introduce a package of legislation in September, including a resolution calling upon the US Congress "to get the (illegal immigration) situation under ...

Better for the borders [From the left who feel the heat...]
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
... The legislation's common-sense approach to immigration reform is bearing impressive fruit. Included in its wide base of support ...

Airmen discover illegal aliens aboard aircraft
I-Newswire.com (press release) - USA
... "The passports looked sketchy, so we called both ( Immigration Customs Enforcement ... the Border Patrol concluded everyone on the plane was an illegal alien. ...

Era of good feeling shows signs of fading in Senate
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
... of issues, ranging from Social Security and immigration reform to asbestos litigation and tax reform. ... They moved quickly to pass legislation to help ...

Compromise may spread beyond filibuster agreement
USA Today - USA
... Security, tax reform, energy policy, immigration and stem ... issues from taxes to welfare reform before he ... But on controversial legislation, opponents can prevent ...

Alien Abduction
Investor's Business Daily (subscription) - USA
Immigration Policy: An 8-year-old Florida girl is sexually assaulted and left for dead in a trash bin by an illegal alien who shouldn't have been on the streets ...

Army base plagued by illegals' intrusions
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... But a report written for the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus as part of an assessment ... It's estimated that for every illegal alien apprehended, between ...

GAO: FEDERAL AGENCIES LACK BASIC WIRELESS SECURITY
More than two years after the NIST warned of security risks posed by
wireless networks, many government agencies have done little to improve
wireless security.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35827-1.html


CHERTOFF: PRIVATE SECTOR CAN HELP WITH WITH TRAVELER SCREENING
Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff said the private IT sector
could help develop and operate traveler screening databases for the
federal government.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35863-1.html



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INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES ASK FOR NEW NOTIFICATION LAW
An industry group is asking Congress to pass a law requiring companies
to notify consumers of security breaches involving personal data.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35840-1.html


GOT A MATCH? U.S. VISIT SYSTEM MAY NOT
Published research claims the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status
Indicator Technology program's method for matching travelers'
fingerprints with images may have a detection probability of only 53
percent.
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35822-1.html


CYBER EYE: CYBERSECURITY REPORT CARDS DON'T MAKE THE GRADE
Congressional report cards on the government's computer security have
succeeded in focusing attention on the challenge of securing the
nation's information infrastructure.
http://www.gcn.com/24_11/tech-report/35774-1.html

Crapo, Craig support new funding for illegal entry issues
Ruralnorthwest.com - Bonners Ferry,ID,USA
... than double funding authority for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program ... states and municipalities as we deal with illegal immigration activity," Crapo ...

Panel OKs bill to ban licenses for illegal aliens
The Register-Guard - Eugene,Oregon,USA
... for Immigration Reform, said he strongly opposed the drive-only version - and made that clear to Republicans. "You would make it legal for an illegal alien to ...

Minimal security aided illegals' flight
Daily News Tribune - Waltham,MA,USA
... Mexico on alien smuggling charges after allegedly trying to fly a group of illegal immigrants across the country in his small, single-engine plane. Immigration ...

Border Patrol: 2,000 New Agents the Limit
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
WASHINGTON -- Hiring 2,000 new agents next year could push the US Border Patrol to its limits in training and managing its ranks, Bush administration officials ...

Border Patrol: 2,000 new agents the limit
Kansas.com - KS,USA
WASHINGTON - Hiring 2,000 new agents next year could push the US Border Patrol to its limits in training and managing its ranks, Bush administration officials ...

Adjustment of Status/Family Unification

H.R. 1684

The Student Adjustment Act of 2003:

Introduced on April 9 by Representatives Chris Cannon (R-UT), Howard Berman (D-CA), and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), H.R. 1684 would amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit states to determine state residency for in-state tuition purposes and would also provide for the adjustment of status of certain undocumented college-bound students.
 
H.R. 832

The Permanent Partners Immigration Act of 2003:

Introduced on February 13 by Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 107 cosponsors, H.R. 832 would provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for residence in the U.S. The bill defines the term “permanent partner” to mean an individual 18 years of age or older who: (a) is in a committed, intimate relationship with another individual 18 years of age or older in which both parties intend a lifelong commitment; (b) is financially interdependent with that other individual; (c) is not married to or in a permanent partnership with anyone other than that other individual; (d) is unable to contract with that other individual a marriage cognizable under the INA; and (e) is not a first, second, or third degree blood relation of that other individual.
 
H.R. 539

Admission of Spouses of LPRs:

Introduced by Representative Robert Andrews (D-NJ) on February 5, H.R. 539 would provide for the admission to the U.S. for permanent residence without numerical limitation of spouses of permanent resident aliens.
 
H.R. 440

The Unity, Security, Accountability, and Family (USA Family) Act:

Introduced by Representative Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) on January 29, H.R. 440 would: provide legal permanent residence to immigrants who have been living in the U.S. for 5 years or more; grant conditional legal status and work authorization to all law-abiding immigrants living in the U.S. for less than 5 years; repeal the 3- and 10-year bars to admissibility and the provisions that render aliens removable from the U.S. for having committed certain minor nonviolent offenses; and create an improved system of accountability that allows critical resources and manpower to be redirected to fight the war on terror.
 
H.R. 152

The Immigration Adjustment Act of 2003:

Introduced on January 7 by Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ), H.R. 152 would provide for the adjustment of status of certain aliens with longstanding ties to the U.S. To be eligible, aliens would have to establish that they entered the U.S. before January 1, 2001, and have resided continuously here immediately preceding the five-year period ending on the date on which they become eligible for adjustment under the bill.

                         Asylum/Special Immigrants
 

S.1129

The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2003:

Introduced on May 22 by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), S. 1129 would build upon the Homeland Security Act, which transferred the care and custody of unaccompanied alien children from the former INS to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Among other things, the bill would: ensure that unaccompanied alien children have access to counsel; give ORR with the authority to provide guardians ad litem to such children; establish minimum standards for the care and custody of unaccompanied alien minors; and strengthen policies for permanent protection of unaccompanied alien children.
 
H.R. 82

The Increase in Numerical Limitation for Asylees Adjustment Act of 2003:

Introduced on January 7 by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), H.R. 82 would amend INA § 209(b) to increase from 10,000 to 25,000 the number of asylees who may adjust their status to that of a lawful permanent resident in any given year.
 
Due Process and Civil Liberties
 
H.R. 836

Restoration of Pre-IIRAIRA Avenues of Relief:

Introduced on February 13 by Representative Ed Pastor (D-AZ), H.R. 836 would amend the INA to restore the avenues for relief from removal that existed for aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence prior to the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
 
H.R. 47

The Restoration of Fairness in Immigration Act:

Introduced on January 7 by Representative John Conyers (D-MI), H.R. 47 would restore due process by repealing the retroactivity of the IIRIRA, restore judicial review and discretion, eliminate mandatory detention, and otherwise restore fairness and proportionality.
 
                      Driver's Licenses/ ID Documents
 
H.R. 1121
The Driver’s License Integrity Act of 2003:

Introduced on March 6 by Representative Eric I. Cantor (R-VA), H.R. 1121 would limit the period of validity of driver’s licenses and state identification cards issued to nonimmigrants to the period of validity of the applicant’s nonimmigrant visa.


H.R. 655
Restriction on States’ Acceptance of Certain Identification Documents:

Introduced by Representative Jeff Flake (R-AZ) on January 29, H.R. 655 would bar federal agencies from accepting for any identification-related purpose a state-issued driver’s license, or other comparable identification document, unless the state requires such license or comparable document issued to a nonimmigrant alien to expire upon the expiration of the alien’s authorized period of stay in the U.S.
 
                                 Miscellaneous
 
H.R. 931

The National Language Act of 2003:

Introduced on February 26 by Representative Peter King (R-NY), H.R. 931 would amend Title 4 of the U.S. Code to declare English the official language of the U.S. The bill would also repeal the Bilingual Education Act and § 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (pertaining to bilingual voting requirements), and would require all naturalization ceremonies and administration of the oath of allegiance to be conducted in English.

 
                  Naturalization for Noncitizen Soldiers
 
S. 922
The Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003:

Introduced on April 11 by Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), S. 922 would facilitate the naturalization of immigrants serving in the U.S. Armed Forces and would also establish important immigration protections for the families of immigrants who are killed in the line of duty.
 
H.R. 1954
The Armed Forces Naturalization Act of 2003:

Introduced on May 6 by House Judiciary Committee Chair James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), H.R. 1954 would amend the INA to change the requirements for naturalization through service in the U.S. Armed Forces by: reducing from three years to one the required minimum period of service; prohibiting the imposition of fees relating to naturalization for these individuals; and facilitating naturalization proceedings overseas. Finally, H.R. 1954 would extend some nominal posthumous benefits to surviving immediate family members of immigrants in the armed forces who die while serving their country.


H.R. 1814

The Naturalization and Family Protection for Military Members Act of 2003:

Introduced on April 11 by Representative Hilda Solis (D-CA), H.R. 1814 would: reduce the number of years required for immigrants serving in the military to become naturalized; extend immediate naturalization eligibility to immigrants serving during a period of military hostility in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of the Armed Forces (active military are already eligible for immediate naturalization under the law); and extend posthumous benefits to surviving immediate family members of immigrants in the armed forces who die while serving their country.
 
H.R. 1275

Naturalization for Noncitizen Service Members:

Introduced on March 13 by Representative Martin Frost (D-TX), H.R. 1275 would amend the INA to change the requirements for naturalization through service in the U.S. Armed Forces by: eliminating the required minimum period of service; prohibiting the imposition of fees relating to naturalization for these individuals; and facilitating naturalization proceedings overseas.

                                         Nonimmigrants
 
H.R. 2154
Restrictions on L-1 Intracompany Transferees:

Introduced by Representative John Mica (R-FL), H.R. 2154 would amend INA § 214(c)(2) to prevent employers from placing a nonimmigrant intracompany transferee with another employer. Specifically, prospective L-1 employers would be required to file an application with the Secretary of Labor stating that the employer will not place the nonimmigrant with another employer where: (1) the nonimmigrant performs duties at a worksite owned, operated, or controlled by such other employer; and (2) there are indicia of an employment relationship between the nonimmigrant and such other employer. The bill would also require employers to make these “applications” available for public inspection, and the Secretary of Labor would compile and make available for public inspection a list of all such applications, classified by employer and occupation.
 
H.R. 87

The Rural and Urban Health Care Act of 2003:

Introduced on January 7 by Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), H.R. 87 would modify the requirements applicable to the admission into the U.S. of H-1C nonimmigrant registered nurses.
 
                                           Restrictionist Bills
 
H.R. 2235

The Emergency Immigration Workload Reduction and Homeland Security Enhancement Act of 2003:

Introduced on May 22 by Representative Sam Graves (R-MO), H.R. 2235 would suspend: the Visa Waiver Program; adjustment of status; extensions of temporary protected status designations; the allocation of immigrant visas to brothers and sisters of citizens; the allocation of immigrant visas to sons and daughters of citizens; the allocation of immigrant visas to unmarried sons and daughters of permanent residents; the allocation of immigrant visas to diversity immigrants; and the issuance of all nonimmigrant visas.
 
H.R. 1631

The No Social Security for Illegal Immigrants Act of 2003:

Introduced on April 2 by Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), H.R. 1631 would amend Title II of the Social Security Act to exclude from creditable wages and self-employment income wages earned for services by aliens performed without work authorization in the United States and self-employment income derived from a trade or business conducted in the United States during any period for which the alien is not authorized to perform such function or service.
 
H.R. 1567

The Citizenship Reform Act of 2003:

Introduced on April 2 by Representative Nathan Deal (R-GA), H.R. 1567 would attempt, via an amendment to the INA, to deny citizenship at birth to children born in the United States of parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens.
 
H.R. 997
The English Language Unity Act of 2003:

Introduced on February 27 by Representative Steve King (R-IA), H.R. 997 would: declare English the official language of the U.S.; establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization; and require the official functions of government to be conducted in English.
 
H.R. 946

The Mass Immigration Reduction Act of 2003:

Introduced on February 26 by Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO), H.R. 946 would establish a moratorium on immigration beginning on October 1, 2003, and ending on September 30 of the first fiscal year after fiscal year 2008 during which the President submits a report to Congress, which is approved by a joint resolution of Congress, that the flow of illegal immigration has been reduced to less than 10,000 aliens per year and that any increase in legal immigration resulting from termination of the moratorium would have no adverse impact on the wages and working conditions of U.S., citizens, federal environmental quality standards, or the capacity of various public institutions to serve their resident population.
 
H.R. 908
Enhanced Penalties for Reentry After Removal:

Introduced on February 25 by Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), H.R. 908 would amend INA § 276(b) to specify that imprisonment for reentering the United States after removal subsequent to a conviction for a felony shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and sparse living conditions, if the alien is convicted of another felony after reentry.
 
H.R. 775
The Security and Fairness Enhancement (SAFE) for America Act of 2003:

Introduced on February 13 by Representative Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), H.R. 775 would amend the INA to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.
 
H.R. 687

The Identification Integrity Act of 2003:

Introduced on February 11 by Representative Elton Gallegly (R-CA), H.R. 687 would prohibit the federal government from accepting any form of identification issued by a foreign government with the exception of a passport.
 
H.R. 502
Prohibition on Acceptance of Foreign Identification Documents:

Introduced by Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO) on January 29, H.R. 502 would prohibit the federal government from accepting any foreign identification document, including passports, for use in connection with the provision of federal benefits or services.
 
H.J. Res. 58
Joint Resolution Disapproving Treasury Department Rules on Acceptable Forms of Identification for Noncitizens:

Introduced on May 22 by Representative Tom Tancredo (R-CO), H.J. Res. 58 would provide that Congress disapproves of final rules promulgated by the Treasury Department on April 30 permitting financial institutions to accept certain forms of identification from noncitizens.

Framingham pilot held in alien smuggling
Boston Herald - Boston,MA,USA
... May 16 on alien smuggling charges. Bueno is registered as the owner of the single-engine 1979 Cessna P210N. Letty Zamarripa, a US Immigration and Customs ...

Second man pleads guilty to human smuggling
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... of the Canadian border to avoid a chance encounter with US immigration officials. ... is on an upswing in the state following other reports of border smuggling.

Libs defy PM over detainees
Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Immigration officials would need Federal Court approval to extend detention. ... for the policies had changed since 2001, with the people smuggling trade curtailed ...

Drug boss sentenced to 30 years
KRQE - Albuquerque,NM,USA
... The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said he oversaw the distribution of ... found that Gomez led a New Mexico-based drug smuggling network, which ...

Nearly 2 tons of pot seized in Calexico
Yuma Sun - Yuma,AZ,USA
... role between CBP officers who make the seizures and Immigration and Customs ... to await arraignment in federal district court on drug smuggling charges, according ...

Cocaine seizures set record
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... a joint investigative effort by the DEA, FBI, US Immigration and Customs ... ago, it has produced many informants leading to the increased smuggling intelligence. ...

Immigration and Customs begins recruitment effort
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is recruiting entry-level agents nationwide for the first time since its inception, thanks to congressional funding ...

Pilot caught ferrying illegals
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
... According to Letty Zamarripa, spokeswoman with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in El Paso, Texas, Bueno, whose visitor's visa expired in 1998, also ...

Suspicious package found at federal facility

US crack-down on unlicenced ‘hawalas'
GG2.net - UK
THE US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authority has announced that a nationwide campaign against unlicenced money transmittal businesses and ...

Illegal alien pleads guilty to sex abuse
Capital News 9 - Albany,NY,USA
One of three illegal aliens arrested last November in connection with the rape of a college student has admitted his guilt. Ausel ...

Panel OKs bill to ban licenses for illegal aliens
The Register-Guard - Eugene,Oregon,USA
... of the 19 hijackers used state-issued drivers licenses to ... if they can't get a driver's license, they can ... "You would make it legal for an illegal alien to drive ...

Immigration bill that deals with reality
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... Kennedy introduced a comprehensive immigration-reform bill that ... This legislation offers an alternative that is ... will surely cut back illegal immigration in the ...

Illegal immigrant death wave following desert's heat wave
Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA
... The only solution is comprehensive immigration reform, Hoover said. He's a strong supporter of bipartisan legislation recently introduced by US Sens. ...

Filipina-Australian rejects return home without compensation

IDENTITY THEFT

How Identity Thieves Work, and How You Can Fight Back
WZZM - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... your info in a safe and never use it, but what you can do is check your credit report three times a year, once with each credit reporting agency - that's free. ...

Wachovia, Bank of America Report Records Theft
CIO Today - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
... may have been illegally sold to a person posing as a collection agency. ... institutions are providing affected customers with free credit reporting services, such ...

NC House unanimously approves identity theft bill

Mexican Consulate

Mexican consulate opens in June
Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul,MN,USA
... Although Wolf has been in the Mexican foreign service for 13 years -- he started when he was only 23 -- this is the first consulate he will build from the ...

Former Braceros: Mexico's New Law Excludes Many Workers
New California Media - San Francisco,CA,USA
... approved a trusteeship to compensate the braceros, many former braceros in the San Joaquin Valley protested in front of the Mexican Consulate against the ...

Supreme Court says state must review conviction of Mexican killer
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
... the Supreme Court in March, he said Medellin failed to show that the outcome of his case would have been different had the Mexican consulate been notified of ...

Twelve Die on the US Border

... Just last week the Mexican Consulate undertook a public education campaign warning crossers that at this time of year they will face lethal conditions.

Vehicular homicide trial set for June
Burlington Hawk Eye - Burlington,IA,USA
... Through a translator, Luna claimed during a March 28 pretrial hearing he was prevented from making a long--distance telephone call to the Mexican consulate. ...

Record heat is responsible for 12 desert deaths
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... the dangers. The Mexican Consulate just last week launched an extensive campaign warning people about the dangers. Authorities say ...

Del Rio Border Patrol surveillance captures immigrants drowning
KRGV - Westlaco,TX,USA
DEL RIO (AP) - A US Border Patrol surveillance video broadcast Wednesday captured the drownings of four Mexican immigrants in shallow but rushing water and ...

Feds Scale Back Hartford Border Patrol Station
WNNE-TV - White River Junction,VT,USA
HARTFORD, Vt. -- The much-criticized US Border Patrol checkpoint nearly 100 miles from the Canadian border in Hartford has been dramatically scaled back. ...

Border Patrol videotape captures drownings
Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA
DEL RIO -- A US Border Patrol surveillance video broadcast today captured the drownings of four Mexican immigrants in shallow but rushing water and border ...

Hudson chief in the middle of immigration fight
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
... Fahlberg said she supports new reform legislation what would allow undocumented immigrants ... David L. Buhlman from the House Immigration Caucus presented Gendron ...

Illegal Aliens Nabbed
Wheeling News Register - Wheeling,WV,USA
... Torres, an illegal alien, had been picked up before and voluntarily returned to ... National Crime Information Center, Pond contacted US Immigration and Customs ...