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| 03/17/10 | Secure Border Initiative to undergo overhaul Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday she will take $50 million in federal stimulus money away from the Secure Border Initiative, also known as SBInet, and spend it on proven, off-the-shelf technology to protect U.S. borders. |
| 03/15/10 | With Money on the Line, Local Governments Urge Illegal Immigrants to Fill Out Census Cities, counties and states that haven't been very kind to illegal immigrants over the years are suddenly dusting off their welcome mats. With the 2010 census about to get under way, those undocumented residents will be worth a lot of money for the next few weeks. |
| 03/12/10 | Obama Says He Backs New Push to Overhaul U.S. Immigration Laws Obama said his “commitment to comprehensive immigration reform is unwavering.” Wants to resolve the status of the estimated 12 million immigrants in the country illegally. |
| 02/05/10 | Judge mulls sanctions against Ariz. sheriff office A federal judge will decide whether to impose sanctions against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for its acknowledged destruction of police records in a lawsuit that accuses deputies of racially profiling countless Hispanics in immigration sweeps. |
| 02/05/10 | Illegal Immigrant Census Count Stirs Debate Even as the controversial immigration debate boils over to this year's census, one congressman said today that 2010 will be the year for comprehensive immigration reform. |
| 02/05/10 | Immigrant smuggling raids hit Texas bus companies Federal agents have raided more than a dozen bus companies in Houston they say dispersed illegal immigrants across the U.S. in wide-reaching smuggling networks. |
| 01/26/10 | Illegal immigration is costing taxpayers billions New Jersey elected a new governor and some state legislators; yet, there is little discussion concerning ways to reduce the stress of overburdened taxpayers. Illegal immigrant services cost New Jersey more than $2 billion/year. |
| 01/20/10 | One California county spent millions on welfare for illegal immigrants' American children Illegal immigrants aren't entitled to welfare. But their citizen children are. San Bernardino County spent nearly $64 million in state and federal money last year to provide welfare benefits to the American-born children of illegal immigrants. |
| 01/20/10 | Brown Wins: Victory May Stop Comprehensive Amnesty Legislation Martha Coakley gave voters a clear contrast on the issue as she indicated her support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Amnesty, which most people in the nation consider a sneaky form of Amnesty dubbed Shamnesty. Coakley also admitted that she created a sanctuary state in Massachusetts by turning a blind eye to the immigration status of those charged with crimes in her state, while she served as attorney general. |
| 01/04/10 | Feds charge record number of immigration crimes More than ever, federal prosecutors are using felony charges and the threat of serious federal prison time to make lawbreakers think twice before making another trip across the border. |
| 12/30/09 | Taxpayers funding phone service for illegals Some university faculty members are using taxpayers' dollars to fund a GPS telephone project aimed at helping people who are crossing the border illegally. |
| 12/17/09 | Immigration overhaul bill unveiled in House "This is a big day for us," said Jorge-Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. The illegal immigrant community has been awaiting this bill for a long time. |
| 08/27/09 | Despite What Advocates of Illegal Immigration Say, There are No Jobs ‘Americans Won’t Do,’ A study released by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows that native-born Americans fill the majority of jobs in almost every field. According to the CIS, this debunks the idea that immigrants are required to do jobs that Americans would refuse. |
| 08/27/09 | Illegal Immigration: San Francisco at odds with Itself over Sanctuary City Policies Caught between a rock and a crack pipe, San Francisco finds itself in a perilous position over it’s sanctuary city policies and illegal alien youth’s charged with drug crimes. |
| 08/27/09 | Suspected Illegal Immigrant Indicted in Reno A 44-year-old suspected illegal immigrant from Costa Rica was indicted Wednesday on federal charges accusing him of recruiting other illegal immigrants to work for a longtime Reno electronics manufacturing and assembly corporation. |
| 08/25/09 | Illegal Alien Health Care Loophole a Topic of Debate at Townhall Meetings As Members of Congress and their constituents continue to engage in the health care debate, the issue of immigration — both legal and illegal — will play an important role. |
| 08/24/09 | Homeland Security Secretary Going Nowhere on Immigration Reform Many of the 130 immigration reform advocates and leaders who attended a White House meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano last Thursday thought it was productive. Or so they said. |
| 08/21/09 | Dialysis care for poor, illegal immigrants costly for many area hospitals Last weekend, the Review-Journal reported that cash-strapped UMC is providing more than $20 million a year in emergency dialysis care for uninsured, illegal immigrants. |
| 08/20/09 | Sanctuary policy at risk, city attorney warns San Francisco would violate federal law and could doom its entire sanctuary city policy if new legislation by Supervisor David Campos is passed, the city attorney's office and other top officials have warned. |
| 08/18/09 | Immigration ‘Reform’ Would Be Disastrous for America Last week, national security news began on Monday at the North American Summit, where President Obama badly stumbled when he took on the issue of immigration reform. |
| 08/18/09 | Illegal aliens trump veterans at U.S. medical offices An immigration reform activist predicts illegal aliens and Somali refugees will be at the front of the healthcare line if President Obama has his way. |
| 08/18/09 | ICE drops arrest quotas for illegal immigrants The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that he has ended quotas on a controversial program designed to target illegal immigrants who have ignored deportation orders. |
| 08/17/09 | Center for Immigration Studies: Border walls will protect environment The Center for Immigration Studies says environmentalist and political opposition to border walls is misguided because human smugglers, drug traffickers and illegal immigrants trash desert areas negatively impacting wildlife. |
| 08/17/09 | Illegal Immigration Enters the Health-Care Debate In California, Funding Is at Stake for a Clinic That Treats Patients No Matter Their Status; An Issue 'No One Wants to Touch' |
| 08/14/09 | Arizona sheriff raids firm seeking illegal workers Deputies sought 102 people in the raid. Of the only 44 who were arrested, 35 were jailed on suspicion of felony identity theft and nine were turned over to federal immigration agents. Arpaio's office has conducted numerous workplace raids in the past two years. |
| 08/11/09 | 29 arrested in immigration operation A total of 29 gang members and gang associates, including many with serious criminal histories, are in custody following a three-day multi-agency gang enforcement operation in Las Vegas and Mesquite last week, spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). |
| 08/10/09 | Gallup finds Americans don't favor increasing immigration As the recession drags on and jobs continue to be shed at an alarming rate, a number of Gallup and Rasmussen polls find Americans want immigration to slow. |
| 08/07/09 | PASS ID Clears Senate Committee on Homeland Security Last week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs approved an amended version of PASS ID (S.1261) by voice vote. The amendments reflect mostly cosmetic changes to a bill that would repeal and weaken many of the security standards established by the REAL ID Act of 2005.In addition, with the passage of this bill, the date of nationwide compliance would be pushed back to 2016 at the earliest, putting Americans at risk. |
| 08/07/09 | Audio Tape Reveals ICE Dismantling 287(g) Enforcement, Instructed Sheriff to Release Illegal Aliens Last week, Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio released tape-recorded conversations indicating that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials had instructed his department to release thirteen illegal aliens apprehended during a law enforcement operation. Arpaio's department participates in 287(g) — a federal program that trains state and local law enforcement agencies in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The taped conversations directly contradict a previous statement from a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson claiming that "the determination to release these [illegal aliens] lies solely within the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office." |
| 08/07/09 | Another House Committee Rejects Closing Health Coverage Loophole for Illegal Aliens Last week, another committee in the House of Representatives had a chance to close one of the many loopholes in the House health care bill that would open up taxpayer-funded health care benefits for illegal aliens. Unfortunately, by a vote of 28 to 29, the Energy and Commerce Committee narrowly defeated an amendment offered by Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) that would close one of those loopholes. |
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