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Whats Clogging the Courts? Ask America''s Busiest Judge
Judge Robert Brack is the busiest federal judge in the United States. From his bench in the bordertown of Las Cruces, N.M., Brack expects to hear between 1,000 and 1,200 cases this year, more than twice the average number tried by district court judges.
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Dozens arrested in immigration sweep face deportation or criminal charges
More than 80 foreign nationals arrested in a recent multi-agency operation in San Diego County face federal and state criminal charges or deportation, federal officials said Tuesday.
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Hire Illegal Aliens for Roofing Companies
The Kansas City, Mo., man pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to hire illegal aliens to work for several area roofing companies.
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Woman arrested with close to 200 pounds of marijuana at port of entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers apprehended a Kansas City woman who was trying to smuggle in 194 pounds of marijuana at the Ysleta border crossing on Saturday, CBP officials said.
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Anti-Immigration Robot Secures Britains Borders
Much like the United States, Britain has a bit of an illegal immigration problem.
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McDonald’s Franchisee Fined $1M for Hiring Illegal Aliens
RENO, Nev. — Two executives and the corporate owner of 11 northern Nevada McDonald’s restaurants pleaded guilty to felony immigration charges and agreed to pay $1 million in fines.
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The Obama Immigration Mess: Pandering Stance Criticized
When Barack Obama addressed the National Council of La Raza on Sunday, he pandered when he said America’s immigration system "isn’t working ... when companies hire undocumented immigrants instead of legal citizens to avoid paying overtime or to avoid a union; when communities are terrorized by (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency) raids -- when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel."
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Number of LA Immigration Court cases on the rise
LOS ANGELES—The number of immigration judges in Los Angeles has not kept up with the increasing number of cases, resulting in delays and huge caseloads.
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Barletta continues immigration fight with a gimmick
Two years after his ordinance targeting illegal immigrants and almost a year after a federal court struck down that measure, Mayor Lou Barletta continues the fight.
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Border volunteer: Illegal immigration at crisis level
America faces an illegal immigration crisis, a Longview member of the Texas Border Volunteers said Thursday.
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Immigrant workers sue employment agency over unpaid wages
Ten immigrant workers filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming they are owed thousands of hours of back wages from a temporary employment agency that hired them to work at several airlines at O’Hare International Airport and other companies.
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Obama’s Glaring Contradictions on Immigration
Barack Obama, speaking Powder Springs, Georgia, Tuesday:
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Obama: Immigration enforcement = terror
Barack Obama spoke to the National Council of La Raza and in one sentence managed to do what most Hot Air readers would consider the impossible — he put distance between himself and John McCain on immigration. Calling the ICE terrorists, Obama made his position on border security and immigration enforcement plain. He thinks they’re fascist:
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Mexican Asylum Applicants: Early Sign of a Failed State?
Mexican law enforcement officials are walking into U.S. ports of entry in increasing numbers to seek political asylum, and the flow may soon become a flood as Mexico’s battle with the drug cartels intensifies. Our first instinct is to welcome them, but there is more at stake than humanitarian sentiments.
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Who Does He Think He Is?
Recently Senator Obama told an audience that they needed to see to it that their children learned Spanish. He then implied that those who learned and spoke a second languge would get better jobs. I do not believe that to be the case.
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Penn. mayor fights to keep immigration issue alive
Mayor Lou Barletta, whose bid to unseat a 12-term congressman is based largely on his reputation as an anti-illegal immigration crusader, is trying to keep his signature issue alive even as voters turn their attention to the troubled economy and sky-high gas prices.
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San Francisco: Sanctuary City Gone Awry
San Francisco’s political establishment has long prided itself on providing a haven for illegal immigrants. Mayor Gavin Newsom even launched a taxpayer-funded $83,000 " public awareness campaign" earlier this year assuring illegal immigrants that the "sanctuary city" by the bay was in their court.
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REGION: Obama appeals for Latino vote
Sen. Barack Obama told a crowd of more than 2,000 Latinos on Sunday that comprehensive immigration reform would be a top priority if he wins the presidency in November.
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City of Del Rio sees border wall as a boon, not a burden
This city on the Rio Grande stands virtually alone, and not just because it’s in desolate West Texas.
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Border traffic down at El Paso sector
Illegal immigrant apprehensions in the U.S. Border Patrol''s El Paso sector have fallen sharply this fiscal year, down 58 percent from the same point last fiscal year.
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More than $1 million seized at border crossing
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized more than $1 million in U.S. currency from a Canadian man who was arrested after attempting to enter the U.S. at the Pacific Highway border crossing.
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Border Patrol looking for 2500 good men and women
The United States government needs thousands of good men and women and they’re fanning out all over the country to get them.
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Obama Embarrassed by English Language
Barack Obama wants us to order our Big Mac’s, in Los Angeles, in Spanish. That is right, he wants us to be able to communicate with illegal aliens better.
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10 troopers complete immigration enforcement training
Ten troopers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol were deputized as federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in a ceremony today.
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Citizenship numbers surge in state
Long a port of entry for immigrants, California has bolstered its position as a portal to citizenship, and as the center of a national surge in citizenship among Mexican immigrants.
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Please Think About What You’re Doing When You Push Amnesty tor Illegal Immigrants
To those of you who are hot to trot to give amnesty to illegal immigrants, please think about this:
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Among Toughest In Nation: Missouri Immigration Laws To Begin
Penned into law by Missouri’s governor, a host of rules governing illegal immigration will go into effect in August.
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Man caught on video tossing puppy across border fence, beating it
A puppy that was savagely beaten and left for dead by a man at the U.S.-Mexico border last week is recovering after being rescued by Border Patrol agents.
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How Thomas, Arpaio changed migrant debate
No politicians hold more news conferences or stage more publicity stunts than Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
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At What Price, Freedom?
Many people think of Independence Day as a day off from work.
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DRUG DEALERS GOING FREE UNDER SAN FRANCISCO SANCTUARY LAW
A sanctuary ordinance in San Francisco is protecting young drug dealers from federal deportation in what a U.S. prosecutor is calling a "gaming of the system" for illegal immigrants.
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Judge stalls border fence at UT Brownsville
A federal judge ordered a Texas university and the government Monday to continue meeting in search of alternatives to building a border fence across campus.
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Minutemen invited to march in Fourth of July parade
Organizers of this year’s Fourth of July parade have reversed themselves and invited a local Minutemen group to march.
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Obama Tackles Faith, While McCain Talks Border Security
Barack Obama wants to win over Evangelical voters, a group traditionally loyal to Republican candidates.
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Mexican Cartel Zetas Attack and kill an American in Phoenix
Our elected representatives in Washington are still failing to secure our border and control the violence that is now spilling over into our country more than ever.
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Civilian Victims in Mexico’s Drug War
This past March, Brenda Maldonado was locking up her store in this ramshackle mountain community when machine gun fire rattled out from a nearby military checkpoint, forcing her to dive for cover.
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Illegal entrants being given special treatment?
Juan Casarubia-Rendon, an illegal entrant, was stopped for DWI with a blood alcohol level of .32%, no license, no insurance, released on an appearance ticket and driven home by deputies
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John McCain: Bold Faced Liar or Loco?
After his ill-begotten conspiracy with Ted Kennedy to ram amnesty down the throats of the American people failed miserably last summer, John McCain claims to have had a spiritual awakening.
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Obama Religious Affairs Adviser: ‘Jesus Was an Illegal Alien’
Michelle Boorstein, writing in the Washington Post''s The Trail, sounded more like she was presenting a glowing Barack Obama campaign press release than a political story when she announced the hiring of Obama''s new religious affairs adviser:
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Mexican set free after border patrol agent struck, killed
Judge releases drug dealer accused of murdering U.S. officer with vehicle
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If You Build It, They Won’t Come
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to take up the appeal lodged by environmental groups that focused on a two-mile stretch of border fence in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Naco, Ariz.
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RED HORSE Squadron runs for the border
Compared with Afghanistan and Iraq, Nogales, Ariz., is almost a vacation for members of the 200th RED HORSE Squadron.
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No Habla Ingles? The DNC says ‘No Problema’
This year’s Democratic National Convention in Denver will have an international flavor, but not everyone is happy about that. Party officials say they''re simulcasting the entire convention in Spanish. Al Garza is the Executive Director of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.
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Climate change likely to trigger more illegal immigration, report says
Illegal immigration, ethnic violence, humanitarian crises and national security issues will worsen during the next two decades because of global warming, according to U.S. intelligence agencies.
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The Border Fence Isn’t Walling Us Off, It’s Protecting Us Against an Invasion
The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Bush Administration to proceed with a 670-mile fence along our Southwestern border is a welcome step that should have been taken years ago.
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Labor probing work of major immigration law firm
The nation’s largest immigration law firm is under federal scrutiny over whether it helped major U.S. corporations disqualify American job applicants and give thousands of high-paying positions to immigrants.
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Tancredo Questions McCain
He may be the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, but John McCain has yet to heal all the wounds on his right flank.
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Violent illegal alien sentenced to 7 years for re-entering the United States
Miguel Montez-Flores, 36, a Mexican national residing in Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. to seven years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for illegally re-entering the country after being deported.
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Minutemen, others march in L.A. to protest illegal immigration
In May, it was immigrants marching for immigration reform. This weekend, about 50 protesters marched in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to decry violence by illegal immigrants and to demand that the Los Angeles Police Department change its controversial policy, Special Order 40, limiting when someone can be questioned about their immigration status, writes the L.A. Times'' Anna Gorman.
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Anti-illegal immigration groups confront upcoming presidential realities
Both John McCain and Barack Obama hold positions on immigration that are abhorrent to anti-immigration groups,
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