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Mexico drug gangs up ante with high-tech tunnels
Reuters.com 12/11/2011
By Rachel Uranga and Mica Rosenberg
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In the past five years, a crackdown on drug smugglers in Mexico and tighter U.S. border security above ground has led to a dramatic increase in the use, and the sophistication, of tunnels under the border....
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Latest poll shows most Americans at odds with Obama on illegal immigration
Immigration Reform Examiner 11/22/2011
Dave Gibson
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Despite Americans' definite and overwhelming opposition to the presence of illegal aliens in this country, the Obama administration officially began their policy of ""prosecutorial discretion"" last week which will result in countless illegal aliens facing deportation being allowed to stay here. ...
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Bachmann and Romney rip Gingrich on immigration
Washington Times 11/22/2011
byCharlie Spiering
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Newt Gingrich carefully navigated the immigration minefield this evening, noting that he support a red card program for children of illegal immigrants to work in America, without giving them citizenship...
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GAO: Illegal immigrants caused nearly half of border fires
Washington Times 11/22/2011
By Stephen Dinan
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Illegal immigrants started nearly 40 percent of human-ignited wildfires along the border between Arizona and Mexico between 2006 and 2010, according to a government report....
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Unemployment [drop]s as Alabama’s immigration reform enacted
The daily Caller 11/22/2011
By Neil Munro
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Unemployment rates have fallen in Alabama amid new legal pressure on companies to comply with a popular immigration reform law. September was the first full month that the reform was in force, and the unemployment rate fell from 9.8 percent in September to 9.3 percent in October, according to a Nov. 18 report from the state government. ...
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Mexican drug war rages as U.S. focuses on Afghanistan
Washington Examiner 11/21/2011
Sara A. Carter
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While America's national security officials have been focused on Afghanistan and Iraq for the past decade, violence has exploded in Mexico, and the U.S. has failed to develop an effective strategy for helping stabilize that country, officials say. ...
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Suspect in three sex attacks is illegal alien
Boston Herald 11/21/2011
By Ira Kantor
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A 22-year-old man charged in three sexual assaults in Somerville and Medford is an illegal alien from El Salvador, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed yesterday....
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Holder ''Regrets'' Death Of Border Patrol Agent, Stands By Response In Aftermath
FOX NEWS 11/8/2011
By Mike Levine
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Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday that he has not spoken with the family of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, who was killed in December by a group of assailants using at least two weapons tied to ""Operation Fast and Furious,"" but he ""certainly regrets"" what happened. ...
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Union President Gives Congress Emails Backing Testimony: ICE Ordered Agents Not to Arrest Illegals
CNS NEWS 11/8/2011
By Edwin Mora
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“Orders and directives are given orally to prevent the activities of ICE's leadership from becoming public,” Crane, president of the National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council 118, testified. “Agents and officers in the field are frequently under orders not to arrest persons suspected of being in the United States illegally. ...
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House panel subpoenas names of arrested illegal immigrants
LA TIMES 11/5/2011
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The House Judiciary Committee is requiring the Department of Homeland Security to release the names of thousands of illegal immigrants who were arrested but not deported. ...
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'Amnesty by Any Means' Extended to Border Patrol
Center for Immigration Studies 11/4/2011
By Janice Kephart
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Border Patrol agents have now joined Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in openly criticizing their leadership for preventing them from doing the job necessary to secure the 6,000 miles of U.S. land border....
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Mexico cartels extend US reach
Global Post 11/3/2011
Ioan Grillo
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White supremacists, and black and Latino gangs have new roles in the drug trade.Prison gangs have taken on a bigger role in the US side of the trade. ...
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Families Plead to Stop Parole of Criminal Illegal Alien
Center for Immigration Studies 11/2/2011
By Jon Feere
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Over time, limited resources combined with open borders means that more and more Americans will have their lives threatened by an increasing number of foreigners who have no authority to be here. ...
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Illegal alien being deported tells reporter: “I’ll come back real soon”
Examiner.com 11/2/2011
Dave Gibson
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Until the federal government actually gets serious about defending our border with Mexico, rather than actually encouraging the current invasion, it will continue to be open-season on American citizens’ jobs, money and lives. ...
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Justice Department Sues South Carolina Over State's Strict Immigration Law
FOX NEWS 10/31/2011
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federal government filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to stop implementation of South Carolina's tough new immigration law, arguing that the legislation that requires law officers to check suspects' immigration status is unconstitutional. ...
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Woman stabbed to death in Albion parking lot
TheDaily News Online 10/31/2011
By Scott DeSmit
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An illegal alien from Honduras was charged with murder for the vicious stabbing death of a shopper in the Wal-Mart parking lot Sunday night, a murder that appeared to be a random act, Orleans County Sheriff Scott Hess said. ...
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70 tied to Mexico drug cartel busted in Arizona
msnbc.com 10/31/2011
Reuters staff
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Proceeds from smuggling over five years estimated at $2 billion.Narco culture permeates Mexico, leaks across border. ...
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Still no solution for illegal immigrants' long-term care costs
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 10/30/2011
By TODD ACKERMAN
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Practice of helping some go back home stirs debate...
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Union bemoans ‘tradition of bias’ in prosecution of Border Patrol agent
Washington Times 10/27/2011
By Jerry Seper
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Cites cost of trial of agent in Texas ...
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Construction of Unmanned Border Checkpoint Draws Critics
Fox news latino 10/24/2011
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Construction begins Monday on an unmanned border checkpoint between Texas and Mexico, which critics fear will make it easier for criminals to enter the United States from the south. ...
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Union President Testifies: ICE HQ Ordered Agents Not to Arrest Illegals--Including Fugitives
CNS NEWS 10/20/2011
By Edwin Mora
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ICE agents have been told by ICE headquarters not to arrest illegal aliens who do not have a prior criminal conviction even if they are fugitives who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge or are individuals who have illegally re-entered the United States after being deported and thus have perpetrated a felony....
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Immigration officer 'threw bricks of marijuana out of window on high speed chase after police sting'
Daily Mail 10/20/2011
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A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement led Arizona state police and federal agents on a high-speed desert chase in his government vehicle, throwing bundles of marijuana out of the window as he fled, the Department of Public Safety said on Wednesday....
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Napolitano: DHS Authorizing Illegal Aliens to Work in U.S.
CNS NEWS 10/19/2011
By Edwin Mora
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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that under the administration’s policy of exercising “prosecutorial discretion” in the enforcement of the immigration laws, her department is currently authorizing some illegal aliens to work in the United States. ...
Mexican Drug Cartels Make Texas Border a “War Zone”
Judicial watch-OneOldVet.com 10/18/2011
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While the Obama Administration downplays violence along the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities in Texas reveal that Mexican drug cartels have transformed parts of the state into a war zone where shootings, beheadings, kidnappings and murders are common....
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First Mexican Cargo Trucks Set To Reach U.S.
Fronteras 10/18/2011
By Hernán Rozemberg
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Guillermo Pérez knows all eyes will be on his trucks, but he says he’s up to the challenge. He’s a manager at Transportes Olympic, the first Mexican trucking company to receive U.S. approval for direct, long-haul trips north of the border....
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Mexican drug cartels recruiting Texas children as young as 11
10/17/2011
By Jim Forsyth
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Texas law enforcement officials say several Mexican drug cartels are luring youngsters as young as 11 to work in their smuggling operations. ...
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DPS Warns Parents that Cartels Recruiting High School Students
KRGV.COM 10/14/2011
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The Texas Department of Public Safety is warning parents about drug cartels recruiting Texas high school students. DPS officials say they caught a 12-year-old boy driving a stolen pickup truck containing more than 800 pounds of marijuana last week. ...
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Hail Delay of Mexican Truck Operating Permit
Market Watch 10/13/2011
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""The U.S. Transportation Department was right in heeding our safety concerns and delaying the first permit to operate trucks from Mexico freely throughout the United States....
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Illegal Mexican immigration more professional, dangerous
PRI-Public Radio International 10/13/2011
Ruxandra Guidi
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As the United States steps up border enforcement, illegal immigration is becoming a big, dangerous business. And that new reality has some old organizations trying to figure out how they fit....
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State law bans mandatory illegal worker checks in O.C.
OCRegister 10/13/2011
BY CINDY CARCAMO
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A new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown over the weekend will impact some Orange County cities that for years have forced businesses they contract with to use a federal system intended to weed out people working in the country illegally....
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Justice Department Sets Up Hotline for Foes of Alabama’s Immigration Law
FOX NEWS 10/13/2011
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Opponents of Alabama’s new immigration law can now call the Justice Department directly to make complaints about the state’s effort to crack down on illegal immigrants. ...
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Arizona deputy likens border to war zone at Washington hearing
Cronkite News 10/12/2011
By Uriel J. Garcia
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Pinal County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Steve Henry said Wednesday that when his deputies go to the border they face a situation similar to a warzone in Afghanistan or Iraq. ...
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New York rabbi on the lam for four years is finally nabbed in Canada
NY DAILY NEWS 10/12/2011
BY Scott Shifrel
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A New York rabbi who was on the lam for more than four years was pinched in Canada Tuesday and will soon answer to charges of running a massive immigration fraud mill....
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Arizona sheriffs unhappy with Perry position on border fence with Mexico
KTAR.com 10/10/2011
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It's a given that President Obama will not have the support of Arizona's Republican Sheriffs during next years Presidential race. And the same can be said for Texas Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry....
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Fast And Furious And Ugly
Investors Business Daily 10/10/2011
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The attorney general once again pleads ignorance as some 40 Fast and Furious weapons are found at a Mexican drug lord's home. If the AG doesn't read memos, maybe he can read a subpoena....
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Holder hits bottom - keeps digging
American Thinker 10/9/2011
M. Catharine Evans
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A smart lawyer would never put into writing what he can't defend, but Holder did exactly that. After a week of aggressive reporting by CBS' Sheryl Attkisson, the Attorney General tried defending himself in a letter to Congress. ...
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Changing face of migration on display at border
New York Times/Seattle Times 10/8/2011
By DAMIEN CAVE
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Migrants line up to wait for food in Tijuana, Mexico. Shelters along the border are filled with repeat crossers. Prosecutions for illegal re-entry to the U.S. have jumped by more than two-thirds since 2008. ...
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Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home
LA TIMES 10/8/2011
By Richard A. Serrano
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Guns illegally purchased under the ATF operation were found in April hidden in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, court records show. ...
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CBP to Study Multiple Options for Northern Border
HSTODAY.US 10/3/2011
By: Phil Leggiere
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In response to widespread reports in the Canadian press that the United States was actively considering constructing a fence along the Canadian border the agency last week clarified in a statement that “a border fence along the northern border is not being considered at this time.” ...
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Department of Justice Cuts, Reassigns 81 Immigration Prosecutors
FOX NEWS 10/2/2011
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Sixty-eight of the prosecutors will return to their old jobs and will still be able to work on Southwest Border Initiative cases, but not exclusively as they have for the past year, the Justice Department said. Justice officials have confirmed the reductions but have refused to elaborate on them. ...
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Bootheel Security
Alberquerque Journal South Reporteron 10/1/2011
By Rene Romo
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RODEO — Some are afraid, others just edgy, but the people who live in New Mexico’s bootheel talked of guns and the strangers who move secretly through the mountains and valleys on the way north. ...
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California Border Patrol Seizes Record Amount of Pot at Checkpoint
FOX NEWS 10/1/2011
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EL CENTRO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents have found 14 tons of marijuana valued at more than $22.6 million from a tractor-trailer Wednesday night during a routine search at a checkpoint. ...
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Fatal Accident Puts Focus on Deportation Program
New York Times 9/29/2011
By ABBY GOODNOUGH
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BOSTON — A fatal accident that the police say involved an illegal immigrant driving drunk has stirred outrage in Massachusetts and put Gov. Deval Patrick on the defensive for his resistance to a federal program intended to deport criminals. ...
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Obama Suggests Sheriff Joe Racially Profiles Illegals – Fired Up Arpaio Hits Back
Stand With Arizona Blog 9/29/2011
By John Hill
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Barack Obama, doing his typical race-baiting pandering to the “Hispanic media”, took a shot at Arizona’s SB1070, and Maricopa Sheriff Joe Arpaio in particular, suggesting he enforces the law against people based on their “surnames”....
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Small-town crash sparks calls for illegal immigration crackdown in Mass.
Yahoo News 9/29/2011
By Liz Goodwin
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An apparent drunk-driving fatality in the small Massachusetts town of Milford has ignited a state-wide campaign to crack down on illegal immigration. ...
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U.S. makes deported immigrants take the long way home
LATimes 9/29/2011
By Richard Marosi
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Officials expand a program to transfer detainees from one end of the U.S.-Mexico border to the other, saying it's a deterrent to further crossing attempts. Critics say it leaves immigrants vulnerable to crime....
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Alabama Law Largely Upheld
Center for Immigration Studies 9/29/2011
By James R. Edwards Jr
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A federal judge's ruling that much of Alabama's immigration-related law may stand marks progress in a number of ways. Here's a brief, first-cut take on the victory for Alabama's citizens and defeat for open-borders zealots. ...
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The Real Immigration Magnet: My Latest Column for The Daily
National Review - 9/27/2011
By Reihan Salam
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As promised, I wrote my latest column for The Daily on Ron Unz’s call for raising the minimum wage as the most effective strategy for curbing illegal immigration. I began with the last Republican presidential debate and the conversation around government benefits as a “magnet” for illegal immigrants:...
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ILLEGAL Murders American in Hit & Run
Oneoldvet.com- KTAR.COM 9/27/2011
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The man who struck and killed Daniel Pollack with his vehicle before fleeing the scene is an illegal immigrant, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release....
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Homeland Security Released Terror Operative Who Illegally Crossed Border (PJM Exclusive)
Pajamas Media 9/26/2011
Patrick Poole
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Two Bangladeshis who were caught by Customs and Border Protection illegally crossing the border in June 2010 admitted under questioning that they were members of a designated terrorist organization that signed on to a fatwa by Osama bin Laden pledging to wage war against Americans. ...
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Increase In 'Narco-Tunnels' Found On Arizona Border
Fox news latino 9/23/2011
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The number of ""narcotunnels"" discovered along the southern Arizona border has doubled during the 2011 fiscal year, something that authorities attribute to the desperation of the drug cartels to get their illegal products into the United States from Mexico. ...
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Immigrants 'take most new jobs in Texas as Americans fill only 20% of vacancies in the state'
Daily Mail 9/23/2011
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With the issue of immigration heating up last night's Republican debate in Florida, a new report says newly-arrived immigrants have filled the majority of new jobs created in frontrunner Governor Rick Perry's home state of Texas. ...
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Southwest Airlines, Feds Investigate Arabic Markings on Planes
FOX NEWS 9/21/2011
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Mysterious messages that appeared to be scrawled in Arabic writing on the underbellies of several Southwest Airlines jets were being investigated Wednesday by the airline and the FBI, Los Angeles radio station KNX-1070 reported. ...
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Accelerating Illegal Immigration
National Review - 9/21/2011
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With unemployment above 12 percent, you’d think California would be doing anything it could to provide employment opportunities for its citizens. You would be wrong. ...
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ACLU, others push to curb Border Patrol operations
Seattle Times 9/21/2011
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A coalition of 21 civil liberties, immigrant rights and labor groups have sent a letter to Washington state's congressional delegation urging them to look at U.S. Border Patrol operations, saying that agents routinely profile immigrants and use interpretation as a pre-text to make arrests. ...
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CASA de Maryland: The Illegals’ ACORN
Accuracy In Media 9/20/2011
James Simpson
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The illegal immigration debate has become an urgent focal point of American politics. Liberal politicians from the White House on down have vigorously advocated for illegal immigrant amnesty and lax border enforcement in a naked attempt to bolster prospective voter rolls.[1] ...
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35 Zetas executed in Boca del Rio, Veracruz
Borderland Beat 9/20/2011
Reporter Gerardo
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The bodies of 23 male and 12 female murder victims were abandoned in front of the Plaza Americas commercial area this afternoon in Boca del Rio, a suburb of Veracruz. The bodies were on board and scattered behind 2 flatbed pickups on Manuel Avila Camacho boulevard that were left at the scene during rush hour traffic at approximately 5:00pm...
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Cultural, Linguistically Appropriate Healthcare For Minorities
9/20/2011
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As if Obamacare wasn’t bad enough, a separate “complement” law that will focus on eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities is being pushed through Congress by a coalition of influential minority lawmakers. ...
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Mexico still waiting for answers on Fast and Furious gun program
Los Angeles Times 9/19/2011
By Ken Ellingwood, Richard A. Serrano and Tracy Wilkinson
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Top Mexican officials say the U.S. kept them in the dark. One official was stunned to learn that the cartel hit men who killed her brother had assault rifles from Fast and Furious in their arsenal. ...
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Tortured, disemboweled and hung from a bridge for tweeting: Couple killed by Mexican drug cartel
Daily Mail 9/16/2011
Jessica Satherley
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A couple have been found hanging from a bridge in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo after being disembowelled and mutilated by attackers. The motive for the gruesome attack was to warn social media users not to criticise Mexican drug cartels on the internet. ...
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OP-ED: Illegal Immigration Causing Strain
Hampton-North Hampton Patch 9/15/2011
Congressman Frank Guinta
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Between seven and 20 million people currently live and work in the United States illegally. They don’t pay local, state or federal taxes, yet they place an additional burden on government services and severely strain limited revenue sources. ...
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Obama's Illegal Immigration Amnesty and The Death of A Nation
www.alipac.us 9/15/2011
by William Gheen
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It is very painful and disturbing to watch America incrementally and systematically destroyed from the top down on a daily basis under the regime of Barack Obama....
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Mass Democrats Avoiding Immigration
VDare.com 9/15/2011
By Matthew Richer
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Scott Brown recently asked Gov. Deval Patrick to reconsider his opposition to Secure Communities, given the recent wave of immigrant crime committed in Massachusetts...
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Stopa: Insecure communities
metrowest daily news 9/13/2011
By Mike Stopa/Guest Columnist
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The alleged perpetrator in the death of Matthew Denice of Milford is Nicolas Guaman of Ecuador - a virtual ""poster child"" for Secure Communities....
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Border Patrol finds rocket launcher, grenade launcher, explosives near Rio Grande
the Monitor 9/13/2011
Ildefonso Ortiz
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U. S. Border Patrol agents seized six assault rifles, one rocket launcher, a grenade launcher, and three packages of what appeared to be C-4 explosives Tuesday near the Rio Grande. ...
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Republicans Push Back On Obama Deportation Policy
Huffington Post 9/13/2011
Elise Foley
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House Republicans plan to hold hearings, perhaps within the next three weeks, to fight back against a new Obama administration deportation policy that will allow some undocumented immigrants to remain in the United States. ...
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Report From Occupied America: Lawrence, Massachusetts—A Banana Republic in New England
VDARE.COM 9/13/2011
By Matthew Richer
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Beacon Hill is the perfect place for a token minority legislator. All you have to do is fall in line with the Democratic leadership and pose for pictures at public events. ...
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Report From Occupied America: Lawrence, Massachusetts—A Banana Republic in New England
VDare.com 9/13/2011
By Matthew Richer
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Beacon Hill is the perfect place for a token minority legislator. All you have to do is fall in line with the Democratic leadership and pose for pictures at public events. In 2009, however, William Lantigua decided to run for mayor of Lawrence. Being mayor is a demanding job with real responsibilities, especially in a city like Lawrence....
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Immigration Enforcement and Border Security Are the First Line Defense Against Terrorists
FOX NEWS 9/12/2011
By Rep. Lamar Smith
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Strong immigration enforcement and border security are the first line of defense against terrorists. Until we do that, Americans will remain vulnerable to attacks. ...
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Calif. bill would protect unlicensed drivers from arrest
San Francisco Chronicle 9/12/2011
Vivian Ho
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The legislation by Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, would change police procedures at drunken-driving checkpoints, prohibiting officers from arresting drivers and immediately impounding their cars if their only offense is not having a license....
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GOP Rep. Brooks Claims ‘Evicting All Illegal Aliens’ Would Create ‘Millions Of Jobs For Americans’
Think Progress 9/9/2011
By Travis Waldron
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Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks (R) took to the House floor to tell both Republicans and Democrats that they were overthinking the jobs issue. Brooks’ “surefire” plan to jumpstart the economy, he said, was to kick out all undocumented immigrants so Americans can have their jobs. ...
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Memo to Congress: Impeachment probe needed now!
World Net Daily 9/9/2011
Tom Tancredo
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Barack Obama is indeed succeeding in his plans to ""transform America,"" but not in the way voters expected on Election Day in 2008. The number of the president's actions that arguably qualify as impeachable offenses is staggering. ...
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Drug kingpin's son: U.S. gave me immunity to run drugs if I gave info on other cartels
Mailonline 9/9/2011
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Vicente Zambada's lawyers claim he and other cartel leaders were granted immunity by U.S. agents — and carte blanche to smuggle cocaine over the border — in exchange for intelligence about rival cartels engaged in bloody turf wars in Mexico. ...
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Residents Call For Crackdown On Illegal Immigration
WCVB TV channel 5 9/8/2011
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Milford Residents Stage Demonstration Over Motorcyclist's Death ...
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Obama Invites Amnesty Advocates as Guests to “Jobs” Speech
Stand with Arizona Blog 9/8/2011
By John Hill
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Obama’s choice of honored guests to sit in the First Lady’s Box (with wife Michelle) during his speech tonight speaks volumes about his comtempt for the rule of law on immigration – and for American workers....
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AFL-CIO Goes To Bat For Undocumented Workers
Huffington Post 9/8/2011
Dave Jamieson
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The country’s largest trade union came out in defense of undocumented workers on Thursday, criticizing a recent ruling by the federal labor board that makes it harder for such workers to recover backpay they’re owed by employers. ...
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Mexico's Gangs Use 'Narco-Tunnels' to Smuggle Migrants
Insight magazine 9/7/2011
by Geoffrey Ramsey
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Mexican police reported finding an underground tunnel used to smuggle migrants into the U.S., suggesting that criminal organizations are finding new uses for these ""narco-tunnels,"" which are normally used to transport drugs and weapons....
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Keller @ Large: Family Of Man Allegedly Killed By Illegal Immigrant Blasts Patrick
CBSNews 9/6/2011
Reporting Jon Keller
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Matthew Denice was killed in the crash in Milford. The case has quickly become a flash-point for an emotional debate over an aggressive federal push to deport criminals known as Secure Communities. ...
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Bills would tighten Pennsylvania's immigration enforcement
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 9/5/2011
By Brad Bumsted
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H. John Stahl, a former Pennsylvania legislator from Berks County and founding member of the Tea Party Immigration Coalition, is pushing for legislation in Pennsylvania and other states to ensure that illegal aliens don't get taxpayer-paid benefits such as welfare, take jobs from Pennsylvanians or have an opportunity to commit crimes. ...
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Deportation policy: Decree undermines law, harms jobless Americans
oregonlive.com 9/3/2011
Richard F. LaMountain
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Through their elected Congress, Americans have the right to determine their nation's immigration policies. But now, the Obama administration has given much of that right away -- to the very people, indeed, who broke our law to get here....
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Judge severs suits in illegal immigration case
Montgomery Advertiser 9/3/2011
by Brian Lyman
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A federal judge has severed three cases against Alabama's new immigration law, a month after consolidating them....
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Editorial: Uncle Omar and ICE.
The MetroWest Daily News 9/3/2011
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The Framingham arrest became a national story because, unbeknown even to those who worked with him, Onyango Obama is the half-uncle of the president of the United States. Thus the president's critics, along with critics of illegal immigration, have something else to crow about. ...
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Chinese Supporting Mexican Drug Cartels
The Examiner 9/3/2011
Dave Gibson
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Chinese companies supporting Mexican drug cartels ...
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Feds give protections for illegal immigrants to work in Georgia
CBSatlanta.com 9/2/2011
Mike Paluska
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On Monday, Secretary of the Labor Department, Hilda Solis, signed agreements with a number of foreign countries allowing migrant illegal workers the same workplace rights as legal citizens. That decision has created a firestorm for some groups in Georgia. ...
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Mitt Romney whacks at Rick Perry over immigration
The Miami Herald 9/2/2011
by Adam C. Smith
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With Rick Perry proving to be a serious threat to Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, the former Massachusetts governor swung through Tampa Friday to exploit what some Republican see as Perry’s Achilles heal: immigration. ...
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Border Incursions: Possible Security Threat To The Nation
Newschannel9 9/2/2011
By Anthony Garcia
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A national watchdog group says the Mexican Government incursion that happened just a few miles outside of El Paso could be a major security threat to the nation. ...
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(43) Illegal immigration: headache of US
Korea Times 9/2/2011
By Jay Kim
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The issue of illegal immigration is one of America’s biggest headaches. According to government estimates, there are about 5 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.; however, some reports estimate that the number has already exceeded 8 million....
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Romney rallies GOP Hispanics
San Francisco Chronicle 9/2/2011
By TAMARA LUSH
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""Our country must do a better job of securing its borders and as president, I will,"" the former Massachusetts governor told a meeting of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Florida. ...
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Victim in brutal sex beating cries at brute's sentencing, says 'I'm blessed'
NY Post 9/2/2011
By LAURA ITALIANO
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Lafrem will serve 16 years prison on his plea to assault and attempted sex abuse. His sentence will likely be followed by deportation back to his native Morocco, officials said. ...
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Parente: Aiding and abetting illegal aliens is a felony.
Milford Daily News 8/31/2011
By Marie Parente
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One of my closest friends passed some years ago. She was an avid reader and was genuinely interested in government affairs. During political discussions, she would mumble something I never quite caught. One day, I asked her to clarify her mumbles. ...
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E-Verify requirement must be part of larger immigration plan, Napolitano insists
Houston Chronicle 8/31/2011
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Napolitano said that E-Verify expansion should be part of a package that also includes the DREAM Act, which allows some children of illegal immigrants a pathway to U.S. citizenship, along with expanded H1B visas for high-tech workers and H2A visas. ...
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National Guard troops could leave border on Sept. 30 unless Congress acts, Napolitano says
Houston Chronicle 8/31/2011
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National Guard troops stationed on the U.S. Mexico-border from Texas to California may leave their current positions next month unless Congress agrees to pay for a longer deployment, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday...
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Judge blocks NM plan to verify immigrant licenses
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8/31/2011
By BARRY MASSEY
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A New Mexico judge blocked Republican Gov. Susana Martinez's administration Wednesday from requiring tens of thousands of immigrants to recertify their driver's licenses and verify whether they continue to live in the state. ...
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Bill would let illegal immigrant students get aid
Houston Chronicle 8/31/2011
JULIET WILLIAMS,
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The state Senate on Wednesday approved the second half of contentious legislation that would allow students who are illegal immigrants to apply for state-funded scholarships and financial aid....
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Handful of Deportations Halted as New Removal Criteria Worked Out; Read Dept of Homeland Security FAQ on New Guidleines
KQEDNEWS 8/31/2011
Posted by Jon Brooks
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Arturo Rengifo and his son, Arturo Rengifo, Jr., are two undocumented Concord residents who were ordered to leave the country by Aug 30. Yesterday, however, Immigration and Customs Enforcement granted them a 30-day reprieve so it could review their case....
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Intelligence Bulletin on Mexican Cartels' ‘Identifiers,’ Trends Reissued to Law Enforcement
Homeland Security Today 8/30/2011
By: Anthony Kimery
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The bulletin pointed out that the “National Drug Intelligence Center [NDIC] assessed that Mexican drug trafficking organizations [are] operating in the US in at least 1,286 cities spanning nine regions....
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Federal Judge Blocks Ala. Illegal Immigration Law
New York Times 8/29/2011
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement of Alabama's new law cracking down on illegal immigration, ruling Monday that she needed more time to decide whether the law opposed by the Obama administration, church leaders and immigrant-rights groups is constitutional. ...
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Mexicans Kill Mexicans, and They Blame America
National review -The Corner 8/29/2011
By Mark Krikorian
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A terrible attack on a casino in Monterrey, Mexico, killed at least 52 people last week. Mexican President Calderon naturally blamed the United States for the attack....
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Perry: Pay No Attention to That Amnesty Supporter Behind the Curtain!
National Review - 8/29/2011
By Mark Krikorian
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Rick Perry’s letter earlier this month to DHS Secretary Napolitano demanding $349 million in compensation for having to house illegal-alien criminals is, I’m afraid, a political stunt — basically, shooting a coyote to distract attention from his bad immigration track record....
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Inside Phoenix [[drop]] houses
The Arizona Republic 8/28/2011
by Richard Ruelas
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Since 2006, federal immigration authorities say they have investigated 815 [[drop]] houses in the Phoenix area. Such busts became routine stories on nightly news programs and in newspaper reports. ...
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Man wanted in consulate slayings extradited
El Paso Times 8/27/2011
by Alex Hinojosa
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A Juárez man wanted in the slayings last year of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate was extradited to the U.S., officials said Friday. Miguel Angel Nevarez, also known as ""Lentes"" and ""94,"" arrived in the United States on Thursday and made his initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate judge in El Paso on Friday. ...
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MOTORCYCLIST KILLED IN CRASH REMEMBERED;Thousands pay tribute
worcester telegram 8/26/2011
By Brian Lee and Lee Hammel
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Police estimated 2,000 to 2,500 people, not including those in a motorcycle procession, paid tribute to Matthew Denice with a vigil at Draper Park tonight. ...
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Every Single One: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder’s Compliance Section
Pajamas Media 8/26/2011
by J. Christian Adams
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All 5 new hires to the Justice Department's Coordination and Compliance Section have far-left resumes — which were only released following a PJMedia lawsuit....
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Bill would implement Secure Communities program.
Milford Daily News 8/26/2011
By Alison McCall
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Republican state lawmakers intend to file legislation today cracking down on illegal immigration, in light of the recent death of Milford resident Matthew Denice, said Rep. Ryan Fattman, R-Sutton....
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States must fight Obama amnesty decree
World Net Daily 8/26/2011
Tom Tancredo
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If anyone had any doubt about President Obama's lack of respect for the Constitution, the separation of powers or the rule of law, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano dispelled that doubt on Aug. 18. ...
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False hopes on immigration
Wsshington Post 8/25/2011
Esther Cepeda
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If there was ever any doubt that the only thing President Obama is truly gifted at is getting people to hope for change, we need look no further than his recent announcement to review the cases of up to 300,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation. Too bad it’s false hope. ...
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Mexico's Calderon berates U.S. after casino attack
Yahoo news 8/25/2011
By Miguel Angel Gutierrez
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President Felipe Calderon [declare]d three days of mourning on Friday and demanded a crackdown on drugs in the United States after armed men torched a casino in northern Mexico, killing at least 52 people. ...
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U.S. Widens Role in Mexican Fight
New York Times 8/25/2011
By MARK MAZZETTI and GINGER THOMPSON
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The Obama administration has expanded its role in Mexico’s fight against organized crime by allowing the Mexican police to stage cross-border drug raids from inside the United States, according to senior administration and military officials. ...
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Meant to Ease Fears of Deportation Program, Federal Hearings Draw Anger
New York Times 8/25/2011
By JULIA PRESTON and SARAH WHEATON
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A task force set up by the Obama administration to ease political tensions over a deportation program has held the last of four public hearings, which instead served largely to galvanize vocal protests against the policy. ...
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Hermanson: Dust or no dust, build the border fence
8/24/2011
By BRENDA HERMANSON-GARZA
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Some say, as does Henry Wade, that the border fence will just collect dust and that a fence does not work. Well, it does work. Since Yuma County built a fence, it has attained a 96 percent reduction of illegal border crossings in that sector. ...
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Gov. Deval Patrick’s stand on illegals is indefensible
Boston Herald 8/24/2011
By Howie Carr
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It’s going to take some politician’s kid getting killed by a drunken illegal alien before the hacks finally figure out that there’s a mighty big problem here. ...
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Illegal Deportation Policy Provokes Congressional, Former Border Patrol Agents' Opposition
8/23/2011
By: Anthony Kimery
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New focus on the deportation of only illegal immigrants who are criminals or pose a threat to national security or public safety has provoked outrage from everyone from US Border Patrol agents to members of congress and citizen activist organizations. ...
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Guns, drugs and illegal immigrants busted in Avondale
azfamily.com 8/23/2011
by Alicia E. Barrón
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Deputies conducting an investigation into a drug and human smuggling operation arrested Jose Antonio Lucio-Vega, Jesus Joel Rivera-Vizcarra, and Miguel Eduardo Leyva-Lopez for allegedly selling drugs to undercover MCSO deputies. ...
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Mexican Trucks Entering US Cited for 1 Million Violations
Fox news latino 8/23/2011
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Inspectors from the Texas Department of Public Safety have found a million violations in trucks coming from Mexico into El Paso, Texas between 2007 and 2011, according to a report by the El Paso Times....
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A Small Alabama Town Holds Its Breath As Date Nears for New Immigration Law
Fox news latino 8/23/2011
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The law -- passed by Alabama's Republican-controlled Legislature and signed by Gov. Robert Bentley in June -- includes many of the same provisions as similar laws passed in states including Arizona and Georgia...
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Santa Rosa man charged in hit-run death of boy, 4
San Francisco Chronicle 8/23/2011
Demian Bulwa
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Christopher ""Buddy"" Rowe,4 was struck by a suspected illegal alien in a crosswalk while on the way to soccer practice....
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MILLER: Obama’s immigration shake-up
The Washington Times 8/23/2011
By Emily Miller
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White House grants amnesty to anyone but convicted felons ...
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Obama Administration Decision to Defer Deportations Hurts Unemployed Americans
NUMBERSUSA.COM 8/23/2011
Roy Beck
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Three years into a jobs Depression the Obama Administration again turned its back on unemployed Americans. The Department of Homeland Security announced it will individually review the 300,000 cases of illegal aliens currently holding deportation orders in an effort to appease his pro-amnesty critics....
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Rep. Lamar Smith: Obama Deportation Order 'Overrules Courts'
Newsmax 8/22/2011
By Martin Gould
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New rules designed to prevent the deportation of illegal immigrants who keep to the law once they are here will supersede court orders, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith contends. ...
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U.S. Issues New Deportation Policy’s First Reprieves
New York Times 8/22/2011
By JULIA PRESTON
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Mr. Guerra became one of the first illegal immigrants in the country to see results from a policy the Obama administration unveiled in Washington that day. It could lead to the suspension in coming months of deportation proceedings against tens of thousands of immigrants. ...
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Border Sheriffs Seek Donations to Unblock Arizona Immigration Law
Fox news latino 8/22/2011
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A group of sheriffs representing an Arizona border county is seeking $60,000 in donations to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the state's controversial immigration law....
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Milford motorcyclist dragged, killed by truck
Boston Herald 8/22/2011
By Associated Press
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A Milford resident charged with being drunk when he struck a motorcyclist and dragged his body a quarter of a mile to his death is headed to court. ...
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Mexico's President, Felipe Calderon, Becomes a TV Adventure Guide
8/21/2011
Fox News Latino
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In a series of PBS programs set to broad[cast] starting in September, Mexico’s balding, 49-year-old president, Felipe Calderón, will go down a sinkhole, up a river (with a paddle) and over the top of a few pyramids in an attempt to boost Mexico's flagging tourism industry....
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Illegal immigrant repatriation cost, effectiveness questioned
The Arizona Republic 8/21/2011
by Daniel González
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The Department of Homeland Security continues to spend millions of dollars flying illegal immigrants caught along the Arizona border back to Mexico each summer even though government officials and humanitarian groups question whether the program is effective or worth the cost....
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Congressman Pushes For English Only Ballots
8/21/2011
Fox News Latino
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Colorado Representative Mike Coffman wants to pass a law that would undo what he calls an ""unfunded federal mandate"" that requires local governments to spend upwards of 350,000 on dual language ballots. ...
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Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer: At Last Obama Has a Jobs Plan - For Illegal Immigrants
© Newsmax 8/19/2011
y Martin Gould and Kathleen WalterB
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President Barack Obama has finally come up with a plan for jobs, Arizona governor Jan Brewer said on Friday. The only problem is that it will only benefit illegal immigrants! ...
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Editorial: Details only get worse from ATF’s Fast and Furious fiasco
Dallas News 8/19/2011
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Finding someone to stand up and take responsibility for the feds’ ill-advised gun-walk-to-Mexico program has been anything but fast. Only the denying, obfuscating and bus-throwing-under has been furious. ...
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ACT NOW: Stop Obama Amnesty for Millions of Illegal Aliens
Stand with Arizona Blog 8/19/2011
By John Hill
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PLEASE ACT NOW TO CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND ALL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES. DEMAND THEY STAND UP AGAINST THIS OUTRAGEOUS ACTION....
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Backdoor Amnesty – Abusing the Constitution and Presidential Authority
National Review - 8/19/2011
Hans von Spakovsky
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Unfortunately, in what has become an all too common occurrence in this administration, Obama is once again bending that oath to the breaking point by specifically not taking care that immigration laws passed by Congress are faithfully executed. ...
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Cartels lure S. Texas officers to dark side
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 8/19/2011
By DANE SCHILLER
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Nine charged or imprisoned over drugs or guns in the past 16 months ...
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Obama Administration to Review All Deportation Cases, Apply DREAM Act-Style Criteria
FoxNews.com 8/18/2011
By Judson Berger
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The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would launch a case-by-case review of illegal immigrants slated for deportation, in a move that could grant a reprieve to so-called DREAM Act beneficiaries and thousands of others....
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Enforce legal immigration, benefit Americans
Washington Times 8/16/2011
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Immigration enforcement contributes to our economic prosperity. Full enforcement of our immigration laws opens up job opportunities for unemployed American workers....
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CAPS to Super Congress: Immigration Enforcement Helps the Budget, Helps the Economy, and Should Not Be Cut
PRNewswire 8/16/2011
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The nonpartisan group, Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS), has noted that enforcement of laws against illegal immigration saves the federal government money and is one area that should not be cut by the new ""super committee"" in Congress. ...
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Mexican refugee exodus grows along border
Miami Herald 8/16/2011
Alfonso Chardy
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Beyond the daily kidnappings and killings in Ciudad Juárez, other elements of the Mexican drug war are evident in El Paso as well. ...
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Why the US Doesn't Have Mexico-Style Drug Cartels... Yet
Insight 8/16/2011
by Nathan Jones
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Why are there no large drug cartels in the U.S.? The short answer is because it has lots of small ones. A longer answer might be that there are large drug cartels: we call them prison gangs. ...
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Deportations prompt protest outside Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters
Chicago Tribune 8/16/2011
By Antonio Olivo
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Growing frustration with the nation’s immigration policies drew about 70 protestors to President Barack Obama’s Chicago campaign headquarters on Tuesday to call for an end to “Secure Communities,” a controversial program that has led to the deportation of minor criminal offenders along with the hardened felons it targets....
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Immigration fingerprint program stokes anger
CBSNews 8/16/2011
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About 200 people walked out of a meeting by a federal government task force Monday in protest over a program that gives immigration officials access to the fingerprints of arrestees. ...
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Woman Says Says She Used To Help Illegals But Now Is Afraid
krgv.com 8/15/2011
Reported by: Joe Augustine
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HIDALGO COUNTY - A woman in Hidalgo County says she is forced to barricade herself inside her home. She lives along a major route for illegal immigrants. These days, they say they're just too scared. ...
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Border Agents Now Being More Thorough in Checking Those Leaving the U.S., Not Just These Arriving
Hispanically Speaking News 8/15/2011
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Border Agents Now Being More Thorough in Checking Those Leaving the U.S., Not Just These Arriving ...
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Customs and Border Protection to hire 1,000 new agents
YumaSun.com 8/15/2011
BY JAMES GILBERT
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection is hiring additional Border Patrol agents to patrol the country's southwest border....
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Bowie High School: Juárez gunfire prompts review of campus security
El Paso Times 8/13/2011
By Daniel Borunda
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Campus security measures will likely be reviewed after the sound of gunfire in Juárez disrupted a football practice at Bowie High School a week ago today....
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Latino-indigenous Mexican divide stirs Calif. town
San Francisco Chronicle 8/13/2011
By GOSIA WOZNIACKA
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But there's tension in this part of John Steinbeck Country. Nearly all of Greenfield's 16,300 people are Latino — and yet an ugly conflict has been brewing between longer-time residents and newcomers from another part of Mexico....
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More officers arrive at San Luis border
YumaSun.com 8/12/2011
BY CESAR NEYOY
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Extra law enforcement officers have been assigned here as part of what is described as an ongoing operation along the border to stop illegal drugs from coming north and guns and cash from going south. ...
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San Antonians plan D.C. trip for immigration 'grito,' march
MY SA 8/12/2011
By Elaine Ayala
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Marchers will be at Lincoln Memorial next month to call for reforms.Instead of marking Mexican independence, however, they will call for immigrant human rights in the face of state-led initiatives they view as draconian and discriminatory...
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Arrests of Drug-Smuggling Minors Rise on Arizona-Mexico Border
Fox news latino 8/12/2011
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Between last Oct. 1 and June 30, law enforcement authorities arrested 135 minors who were trying to enter the United States over Arizona's southern border with packets of drugs taped to their bodies, a substantial increase over the 83 cases registered during the same period of the 2010 fiscal year. ...
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Crime-Ridden Mexican Border Fosters Human Trafficking
The Foundry 8/11/2011
Olivia Snow
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Drugged, raped, and sold for sex. This was the life of Maria (not her real name), a 16-year-old Mexican girl who was kidnapped by a local gang and lured into the sex trade. She was a lucky one, rescued from the criminal gang....
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In Bay State, Immigration Conflict Pushing Officials Apart
8/11/2011
By Ashby Jones
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The next time you find yourself yawning over another Isn’t “The Wire” Great! conversation, bring up U.S. immigration policy, and watch the sparks fly....
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Violence in Mexico Benefiting Valley’s Economy
8/11/2011
Reported by: Erica Proffer
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More manufacturing companies are choosing to build in the Rio Grande Valley to escape the violence in Mexico. That violence is actually helping the Valley’s economy. ...
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Guatemala Elections and Drug Cartels - Also a Risk for America
International Crisis Group/Christian Science Monitor 8/11/2011
Mark Schneider, Javier Ciurlizza, Christian Science Monitor
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Guatemalans go to the polls next month to elect a new government, but many fear the elections will be tainted by drug cartels and organized crime....
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Chandler police: Jamaican drug dealers operating in Valley
The Arizona Republic 8/11/2011
by Laurie Merrill
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Prominent Jamaican drug dealers have been traveling to Chandler and nearby cities to purchase large quantities of marijuana they often mail back to the Northeast, Chandler police say....
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Mexican Drug War Spreading to the Web
Fox news latino 8/11/2011
By Patrick Manning
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The Mexican drug war that has taken thousands of lives over the past four years isn’t just on the other side of the border. It’s now online. ...
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A Vote for Rick Perry is a Vote for Open Borders and Amnesty for ILLEGAL Aliens
Politico 8/11/2011
By: Tom Tancredo
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Perry not a true conservative...
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Herman Cain Wins the Immigration Question at the Republican Presidential Debate
, SF Immigration Examiner 8/11/2011
Rick Oltman
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Herman Cain gave the best answer to the immigration question at Thursday's Republican Presidential Debate. Mr. Cain said unequivocally that we must secure the border with ""whatever means necessary.""...
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O.C.'s Mexican Mafia: Battle for power
Orange County Register 8/11/2011
By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ and DENISSE SALAZAR
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Armando Moreno was new to the Mexican Mafia, but if he wanted to make his mark he'd have to go up against one of the gang's most established members. A war was about to erupt in Orange County's underworld. ...
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""Feds allegedly allowed Sinaloa cartel to move cocaine into US for information.""
Bprderviolenceanalysistypepad.com 8/10/2011
Diana Washington Valdez's
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""U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court....
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Border Patrol Weekly Blotter
OneOldVet.com 8/10/2011
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This overview is compiled from incidents reported to the Office of Border Patrol and is not intended to reflect all Border Patrol enforcement actions. Most arrests and seizures fail to meet the requirements for mandatory reporting to the Office of Border Patrol. ...
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Report: Mexican drug cartels adopting military tactics
El Paso Times 8/7/2011
Diana Washington Valdez
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Mexican drug cartels are using military weapons and tactics while also recruiting Texas teenagers to carry out their operations, which are evolving into full-blown criminal enterprises, experts said. ...
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US set to expand deportation program
Boston Globe 8/6/2011
By Maria Sacchetti
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US immigration officials eliminated a major hurdle yesterday to expanding Secure Communities in Massachusetts and nationwide, putting states on notice that the controversial law enforcement program will be fully deployed nationwide by 2013....
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New state policy makes registering a vehicle more difficult for immigrants
herald-leader.com 8/6/2011
By Valarie Honeycutt Spears
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A change in state policy is making it more difficult for immigrants to register and get titles for vehicles. ...
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Gun Battle In Juarez Affects Bowie High School Activities
KFOX14 8/6/2011
Ric Dupont-KFOX14
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American High School Students Duck To Avoid Bullets From Juarez
KFOX14 8/6/2011
Ric Dupont
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Gun Battle In Juarez Affects Bowie High School Activities One Man Killed Just Feet From The US/Mexico Border ...
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America's Third War: The U.S. Cut a Deal With the Sinaloa Cartel, Say Court Documents
Fox News 8/5/2011
By William Lajeunesse
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U.S. federal agents allegedly cut a deal with the Sinaloa drug cartel that allowed it to traffic tons of narcotics across the border, in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to documents filed in federal court. ...
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Washington Post Got It Wrong on Immigration
Newsmax 8/4/2011
By James Walsh
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The fallout from failing to enforce U.S. immigration and naturalization laws was demonstrated on the editorial page of The Washington Post on Monday, July 25, 2011. The headline that read, “Illegal immigration is way down and falling fast,” was misleading to say the least...
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Documents: Feds allegedly allowed Sinaloa cartel to move cocaine into U.S. for information
EL PASO TIMES 8/4/2011
Diana Washington Valdez
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U.S. federal agents allegedly allowed the Sinaloa drug cartel to traffic several tons of cocaine into the United States in exchange for information about rival cartels, according to court documents filed in a U.S. federal court. ...
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Appeals court vacates ruling that Hazleton's illegal immigrant ordinance is unconstitutional
republicanherald.com 8/3/2011
By SAM GALSKI
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The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a mandate that [declare]s Hazleton's immigration ordinance unconstitutional, the city's mayor confirmed Tuesday. ...
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Feds Sue Alabama to Make Sure No One Enforces U.S. Immigration Law, Charges FAIR
FAIR 8/2/2011
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Washington, DC - The federal government will not fight illegal immigration, but it will not hesitate to use taxpayer money to fight any effort to protect the interests of the American people against mass illegal immigration.”...
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Narcotic Busts Reach Alarming Number on Border
Borderland Beat 8/2/2011
Reporter Buggs
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Mexican drug cartels have stepped up the pressure and are attempting to smuggle narcotics into the United States in alarming numbers and in increasingly creative ways...
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Did The DEA Work With Mexico's Sinaloa Drug Cartel?
Fronteras 8/2/2011
By Michel Marizco
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An accused Mexican drug lord extradited to the United States has filed a motion in federal court alleging he worked with U.S. law enforcement. He claims federal agents had been working with a second cartel member and granted him immunity. ...
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Arizona’s State-Owned Mexico Border Fence Attracts Donors From Across U.S.
8/2/2011
By Amanda Crawford
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Arizona, whose immigration law sparked a lawsuit by the Obama administration and national boycotts, aims to collect tens of millions of dollars in private donations to build a border fence with inmate labor....
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Illegal immigrants rounded up four years ago fight deportation as future hangs in the balance
NY DAILY NEWS 8/1/2011
Erica Pearson
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More than a dozen immigrants await their fate as courts decide whether or not Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violated their rights...
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U.S. officials confirm arrest of Juárez cartel leader connected to U.S. Consulate deaths
El Paso Times 7/31/2011
By Daniel Borunda, Alex Hinojosa and Marty Schladen
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Mexican authorities captured the reputed leader of La Linea, a vicious group of thugs that carried out murders and terrorized Juárez for a drug cartel....
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Illegal Alien Amnesty Already Happening: Get used to it or HALT it
FOX NEWS 7/29/2011
By Bob Dane
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Amnesty is already underway. Its been occurring ever since the President realized the public had no appetite for illegal alien legislation, and he decided, instead, to launch a covert end-run around Congress using administrative actions to piecemeal what he can’t do all at once in a big amnesty bill. ...
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Mexican cartels move into human trafficking
washington post 7/29/2011
Anne-Marie O'Connor,
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The Salvadoran single mother was hoping to support her children in the United States. Instead, gunmen from the Zeta drug cartel kidnapped her in Mexico and forced her to cook, clean and endure the rapes of multiple men. ...
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MS-13 gang leader convicted of prostituting 12-year-old girl
washington post 7/28/2011
By Victor Zapana
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A member of the violent Mara Salvatrucha street gang was convicted in federal court Thursday of prostituting a 12-year-old girl who was a runaway, authorities said. ...
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Federal judge doubts she has power to force Obama to protect border
Arizona Daily Star 7/28/2011
By Howard Fischer
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A federal judge said today there appears to be no legal basis for a request that she order the Obama administration to do more to protect the border. ...
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Feds: Smugglers using teens to carry drugs across border
7/28/2011
Submitted by David Gonzalez
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Smugglers are using juveniles as young as 13 to strap drugs to their body and smuggle them across the border, according to Customs officials....
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Congressman proposes Bisbee Border Patrol station be named after fallen agent
KOLD News 13 7/28/2011
Submitted by Christina Thompson
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Under the bill by Congressman Darrell Issa, the Border Patrol facility on South Naco Highway in Bisbee would be renamed the Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station. ...
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Arizona sheriffs tell border panel they need more help
Arizona Republic 7/27/2011
by Alia Beard Rau
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Sheriff's officials from across central and southern Arizona say they're doing their best to fight illegal immigration in their counties, but they need more help....
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ATF: The White House Knew
Investors Business Daily 7/27/2011
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Scandal: A former ATF special agent tells Congress a National Security Council staffer was informed about Operation Fast and Furious before guns allowed into Mexico wound up at the murder scene of a U.S. agent. ...
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Analysts Expect Mexican Drug Violence to Continue
Texas Tribune 7/26/2011
by Julian Aguilar
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prediction that one of the most notorious cartels operating on the Texas-Mexico border could soon meet its demise was premature, according to a new report on Mexican cartels. Instead, its authors caution that daily bloodshed may continue unabated....
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ATF agents denounce rogue guns transfers
Washington Times 7/26/2011
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Not told of ‘insane’ operation of arms allowed to go south to Mexico cartels...
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Obama steps up rhetoric on immigration reform;Lamar Smith says president giving “a free pass” to illegal immigrants
chron.com 7/26/2011
Gary Martin
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President Barack Obama courted the vote-rich Latino community Monday and urged activists to build a national movement to pressure Republicans to overhaul the nation’s broken immigration laws....
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State to list documents immigrants need for benefit application;New Georgia law requires specific documentation
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 7/26/2011
By Jeremy Redmon
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The state attorney general’s office is preparing to publish a list of identification documents people may use to get public benefits under Georgia’s new illegal immigration law....
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Uniformed Mexican soldiers cross into South Texas
7/26/2011
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Almost three dozen uniformed Mexican soldiers in four military vehicles crossed the Rio Grande into South Texas without authorization Tuesday in an international incident U.S. officials were calling inadvertent. ...
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115 illegal immigrants found in Hidalgo County stash houses
Valley Central.Com 7/26/2011
by Katie Lopez
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A total of 115 illegal immigrants were discovered in alleged stash houses across the county. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents told Action 4 News they raided mobiles homes in Pharr, Mercedes, and Edinburg. ...
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Obama: 'I need a dance partner' on immigration reform
cnn 7/25/2011
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""Let's be honest, I need a dance partner here, and the floor is empty,"" he added, referring to the need for bipartisan congressional support to pass an immigration reform measure. ...
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President Obama says he won’t back down from the DREAM Act
chron.com 7/24/2011
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President Barack Obama says he has no intention of backing down on his plan to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who attend college or serve in the military. ...
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Parts of Alabama immigration law likely to stand up in court
al.com 7/24/2011
By Eric Velasco
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Federal judges have temporarily blocked most criminal provisions in states that recently passed laws like Alabama's targeting illegal immigrants, but have allowed state regulations on employing undocumented workers, an analysis of the litigation shows...
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KING: Immigration reality is not a media priority
GwinnetDailyPost 7/23/2011
D.A. King
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A major obstacle to average Americans’ ability to gain a real understanding of the immigration issue is the policy of many in the media to offer “news” that mostly promotes and encourages the anti-enforcement agenda. ...
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Illegal Aliens Drive Up National Debt
newsmax 7/22/2011
By James Walsh
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Back in September 2010, the Pew Hispanic Center placed the total number of undocumented foreign nationals residing in the United States at 11.1 million. The actual count today could be three times this estimate....
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US Report: Takedowns of Mexico Capos Don't Stop Drug Flow
Insight magazine 7/22/2011
Written by Patrick Corcoran
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A leaked internal report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that the arrests and deaths of Mexican kingpins have no bearing on the flow of drugs into the U.S., throwing the government's anti-drug strategy into question. ...
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Obama, Holder Busted in Gunwalker Cover-up
Human Events 7/22/2011
by Roger Hedgecock
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Melson, acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has turned whistle-blower and all hell is about to explode over the operation dubbed by Obama's Justice Department ""Fast and Furious"" but now known as the Gunwalker scandal....
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Workers for Contractors at Government Lab Used Dead People's SSNs
Townhall.com 7/20/2011
Terry Jeffrey
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Two employees of contractors working at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory used dead peoples' Social Security numbers, according to DOE's Office of Inspector General....
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Theatrics won't woo Latinos
Politico 7/19/2011
By ALFONSO AGUILAR
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The White House doesn’t understand that Latinos are upset with Obama for not advancing the immigration issue in Congress, after repeatedly promising during the 2008 campaign that he would press for reform in his first year in office....
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Rep. Barbara Lee Speaks Out Against Immigration Reform Legislation
The State Column 7/19/2011
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Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) joined Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and other Members of Congress to speak out against Representative Lamar Smith’s (R-TX) anti-immigrant legislation, the HALT Act. ...
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Bringing a 'HALT' to administration's 'abuse'
OneNewsNow 7/19/2011
Chad Groening
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An immigration reform organization is strongly endorsing legislation aimed at ending what it calls the Obama administration's ""abuse"" of prosecutorial discretion in immigration enforcement....
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Immigration Laws Compared To South African Apartheid
Judicial Watch 7/19/2011
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As the national movement to curb illegal immigration strengthens, prominent open-borders advocates are increasingly resorting to desperate measures by labeling laws “anti-human rights” and comparing them to South African “apartheid” and U.S. segregation measures against blacks decades ago....
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Security “Gaps” Allow Terrorists To Enter U.S. With Visas
Judicial Watch 7/18/2011
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It may seem inconceivable but nearly a decade after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history the government has yet to develop or implement an adequate security program to keep foreign extremists from carrying out a sequel....
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Police raise legitimate concerns on sharing immigration data
Boston Globe 7/13/2011
editorial
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SOME CITIES and states risk more by cooperating with the federal Secure Communities program than they gain. The US Department of Homeland Security needs to craft a better program if it hopes to recruit and retain local law enforcement in its effort to control illegal immigration. ...
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Republicans vote to block funding for new gun-sale requirements
The Hill 7/13/2011
By Jordy Yager
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House Republicans on Wednesday voted to strip funding for a new Obama administration policy that increases reporting requirements for some gun dealers who sell semiautomatic rifles....
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Another drone will patrol Mexico border
Houston Chronicle 7/13/2011
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Texas will receive a second unmanned drone by the end of the year to patrol its 1,254-mile border with Mexico for drug and human trafficking, two congressmen announced Wednesday. ...
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GOP lawmakers pressing for files on US operation that sent guns to Mexico
Arizona Daily Star 7/13/2011
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The request for a carte blanche access to ""emails, memoranda, briefing papers and handwritten notes"" could spark a political and legal fight over what, if anything, will be turned over....
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Factbox: State crackdowns on illegal immigration
Reuters 7/12/2011
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Several states have passed laws cracking down on illegal immigration since Arizona blazed a path last year with a measure defying the federal government's authority to set national policy...
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Mexican cartels using R.I. sites as outposts
projo.com 7/10/2011
By Katie Mulvaney
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A tip about cocaine being shipped by tractor-trailer into Rhode Island from the West Coast led state police and drug enforcement agents to 376 Dry Bridge Road, Unit A-3, in the 9-acre commerce park, court documents show....
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Humane Borders' new face
Arizona Daily Star 7/10/2011
BENJIE SANDERS
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Humane Borders is re[cast]ing itself as it enters its second decade of putting out water tanks for people crossing the desert in attempts to enter the U.S. illegally....
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Is the president soliciting contributions from the Mexican drug cartel ?
Phoenix Conservative | Examiner.com 7/10/2011
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What is there not to like about Obama if you are a Mexican drug cartel? Not only will you not be hassled when you come over the border illegally, but the Obama administration is more than happy to supply you with your own AK-47 rifle so you can come and kill police officers like Brian Terry....
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Drug wars kill at least 40 in Mexico in 24-hour period
Houston Chronicle 7/9/2011
By NACHA CATTAN
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Battles between the vicious Zetas gang and other drug cartels killed more than 40 people in a 24-hour span, a government official said Saturday. ...
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Border Patrol agents prosecuted to appease Mexico
Worldnetdaily 7/8/2011
Tom Tancredo
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Veteran agent Jesus Diaz faces a sentence of five to 25 years in federal prison for ""mistreating"" an illegal alien who was apprehended crossing the border near Eagle Pass, Texas, in 2008....
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War of words continues between Nogales Mayor and Pinal Sheriff
KGUN9.COM 7/8/2011
By Steve Nunez
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NOGALES, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) – The war of words continues between Nogales Mayor Arturo Garino and Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. Garino is once again calling on Babeu to tone down his rhetoric and leave the tough border talk to local law enforcement. ...
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Near-riot in Point causes concerns
Salem News 7/8/2011
Tom Dalton
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It was around 11 Monday night — the Fourth of July — when all available officers, including Salem State police, were called to the corner of Palmer and Park streets for what can only be described as chaos....
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Critics say bill to give Border Patrol a free hand would harm environment
CRONKITE NEWS 7/8/2011
By Matthew Trotter
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A bill that would grant the Department of Homeland Security unprecedented access to federal lands near the border was sharply criticized Friday for giving the department unchecked authority. ...
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Caltrops used by suspected drug smugglers to disable Border Patrol vehicles
the Monitor 7/8/2011
Naxiely Lopez
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Suspected smugglers disabled two U.S. Border Patrol vehicles with homemade spikes Thursday, according to a new release from the federal agency. ...
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Project Gunrunner Got Stimulus Money
Human Events 7/8/2011
by John Hayward
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Poster “Domandred” at Free Republic dug through the text of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, otherwise known as the “Obama stimulus,” and discovered that an earmark of ten million dollars for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives was rolled into the bill. ...
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Rights Groups Sue Alabama Over Immigration Law, Called Strictest in the Nation
Fox news latino 7/8/2011
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A coalition of civil rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block Alabama's immigration law, described as the toughest state-level measure on the issue in the nation. ...
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MLBPA issues statement about the Arizona immigration law and All-Star Game boycotts
7/8/2011
Craig Calcaterra
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SB 1070 is not in effect and key portions of the law have been judged unlawful by the federal courts. Under all the circumstances, we have not asked players to refrain from participating in any All-Star activities. ...
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New Obama border anti-drug strategy promises more cooperation with states, local cops
7/7/2011
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Obama administration officials unveiled an [update]d Southwest border counternarcotics strategy Thursday that calls for increased coordination between federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to combat smuggling....
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Truckers say benefits of NAFTA agreement a one-way street
KGUN9.COM 7/7/2011
Jessica Chapin
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Truckers in it for the long haul will be able to travel even farther. U.S and Mexican leaders agreed to a new North American Free Trade Agreement Wednesday which would allow drivers from both sides on any U.S or Mexican highway. But, some truck drivers say the benefits will make for a one-way street. ...
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Justice Department Obstructing 'Fast and Furious' Gun Probe, ATF Director Says
FOX NEWS 7/6/2011
By William Lajeunesse
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The Justice Department is obstructing the congressional investigation of a U.S. law enforcement operation intended to crack down on major weapons traffickers on the Southwest border, according to the embattled leader of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ...
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TSA warns airlines of 'human bombs'
Politico 7/6/2011
JENNIFER EPSTEIN
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Transportation security officials are warning airlines on Wednesday that “human bomb” terrorists may try to use surgically implanted explosives to blow up planes....
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Fast & Furious Was Much Broader, Issa Charges
usnews and world report 7/5/2011
By Paul Bedard
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Acting Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Director Kenneth Melson, in surprise July 4th testimony to chief House investigator Rep. Darrell Issa's panel, corroborated shocking suggestions that the Fast & Furious gun running scam on the U.S.-Mexico border included more federal agencies—and tax dollars—than previously revealed....
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Pre-med student, 18, and his college friend gunned down as they 'tried to negotiate drug deal'
Daily Mail 7/2/2011
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Pre-med student, 18, and his college friend gunned down as they 'tried to negotiate drug deal'Arizona State students shot dead in car Jesus Estopellan set up meeting as a 'trap for Oleg 19-year-old Wladysewski' He shot dead pre-med Tyler Webster 'to make sure there were no witnesses'...
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Message to US agents: 'We'll chop your heads off'
Yahoo News 7/1/2011
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A spray-painted sign threatening death for U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents was found Friday next to a school in a northern Mexico state capital, officials said. ...
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An Illegal Alien's Guide to the Top Five Best Places to Live In America
| FoxNews.com 6/29/2011
By Bob Dane
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When “relocating” to the United States, it’s best to avoid states that have selfishly put the interests of their legal residents ahead of yours with laws that hinder your access to jobs and benefits. But many attractive destinations remain, endorsed by millions of illegal aliens already living in each. ...
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Mexican president confronts Clinton over fatal border shooting
KFMB TV 6/24/2011
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In response to a deadly Border Patrol shooting by this week in the Tijuana River Valley, Mexico's president confronted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the incident, and later demanded punishment for whomever was responsible. ...
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Mexican troops cross into the United States at Bridge Two
6/23/2011
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A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law. ...
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Issa staffer: Gunrunner investigation points much higher than ATF director
The daily Caller 6/22/2011
Matthew Boyle
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A spokesman for House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa told The Daily Caller the congressman expects his investigations into the Justice Department’s gun walking programs to point to a much higher political appointee than acting ATF director Kenneth Melson....
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Border Sheriffs Targeted for 30% Manpower Increase
Texas Insider 6/22/2011
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Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Americans would gain a powerful new line of defense against a spillover of border violence under legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. John Carter (R-TX), to dramatically increase the number of deputies in southern border counties....
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The gang that couldn't sting straight
NY Post 6/22/2011
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What did Attorney General Eric Holder know -- and when did he know it? ...
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Arizona Sheriff: Wildfires Likely Started by Mexican Drug Traffickers, Smugglers
FOX NEWS 6/22/2011
By Joshua Rhett Miller
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Massive wildfires in eastern Arizona that have scorched 250,000 acres were probably started by Mexican drug traffickers or human smugglers, an Arizona sheriff told Fox News on Wednesday....
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Border Patrol agent shoots, kills attacker during fight at border in San Diego
L A Times 6/22/2011
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A Border Patrol agent Tuesday night shot and killed a rock-throwing assailant during a melee that took place as agents attempted to arrest migrants crossing illegally into the United States, the San Diego Police Department said....
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South Carolina joins other states in immigration crackdown
Reuters 6/21/2011
By Harriet McLeod
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South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday sent Governor Nikki Haley a bill that requires police to check suspects' immigration status and penalizes businesses that hire workers in the country illegally...
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Thousands Poised to Enter Deportation Process After Mass ICE Arrest
FOX NEWS 6/21/2011
By Judson Berger
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The Obama administration announced Tuesday that federal agents swept up 2,400 illegal immigrants in a nationwide raid last month, starting what will likely be a months-long process of figuring out what to do with them. ...
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Immigrants viewed as a 'burden'
The Tennesean 6/21/2011
Becca Andrews
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Legal and illegal draw negative poll response ...
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AZ Sheriff: Why More Troops at Korean Border Than U.S. Border?
CNS NEWS 6/20/2011
By Penny Starr
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Arizona Sheriff Paul Babeu said the Obama administration’s decision to extend the deployment of 1,200 U.S. National Guard troops along the U.S. border with Mexico until Sept. 30 is “pandering” and that those numbers “fall far short” of what military power is needed to keep the country safe....
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Report Says La Raza's Federal Funding Doubled Since VP's Appointment to the White House
NUMBERSUSA.COM 6/20/2011
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According to Judicial Watch, federal funding for the National Council of La Raza has doubled in the years since Pres. Barack Obama appointed former NCLR Vice President Cecilia Munoz as White House Director of Intergovernmental Affairs....
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Transnational gangs form alliance with Mexican cartel, becoming more sophisticated in trafficking drugs, guns, people
Oakland Tribune 6/19/2011
By Scott Johnson
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Increased cooperation across borders and among organized crime syndicates threatens California in new ways, officials say. As evidence, they point to the beginnings of a spillover into this country of the sort of violence that has pitted cartels against the Mexican government and army....
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Illegal immigrant's death opens up Border Control debate in 'Twilight' town
Daily Mail 6/19/2011
By Daily Mail Reporter
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Illegal immigrant's death opens up Border Control debate in 'Twilight' town ...
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OUR VIEW EDITORIAL: Deadly federal gun scheme must be unraveled by Congress
The Morning Journal 6/19/2011
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A petty burglary and a presidential lie about a woman are nothing compared to the murders of two U.S. agents, and who knows how many Mexican citizens. No coverups can be tolerated in this catastrophic scheme run by the Obama Administration’s ATF...
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Mission PD: U.S. law enforcement exchanges fire with gunmen across border
The Monitor 6/19/2011
Dave Hendricks
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Drug smugglers opened fire on U.S. law enforcement officers Sunday morning near the Anzalduas International Bridge after Mission police intercepted a 500-pound load of marijuana, police Chief Leo Longoria said....
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VIDEOS: Illegal re-entry cases surge under Obama
the Monitor 6/19/2011
Julian Aguilar
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Texans are hammering away at Barack Obama for failing to secure our borders and for refusing to put forward a comprehensive immigration-reform plan, but the number of federal prosecutions for “illegal re-entry” has quietly skyrocketed under his administration....
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Feds crack down on illegal immigrants in Michigan
Detroit Free press 6/19/2011
BY DAVID ASHENFELTER
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This time, they took a different tack with the man who has illegally entered the U.S. five times: They prosecuted him in federal criminal court....
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Revealed: Teenage girls as young as 16 are being trained as hitwomen for Mexican drugs cartels
Daily Mail 6/19/2011
By Daily Mail Reporter
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Looking slightly terrified and bowing her head in shame, one slender, young girl hesitated before announcing to waiting media that she was a 'hit woman.'Sadly she is one of the growing ranks of young people working for the country's drug cartels....
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Arizona fire focus turns to cause, impact near Mexican border
CNN 6/18/2011
CNN's Greg Botelho and staff
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Sen. John McCain claims that illegal immigrants started fires near the Mexican border...
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Two AK-47s Used to Murder Mexican Lawyer Were 'Fast and Furious' Guns From U.S., Sources Say
FOX NEWS 6/17/2011
By William La Jeunesse
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U.S. law enforcement sources and officials in Washington told Fox News that two AK-47s were purchased in Arizona by a straw buyer — someone who legally buys guns, then illegal sells them to a third party – and were allowed to “walk” into Mexico....
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Detainees Beg to be Deported Anywhere but the Texas Border
6/16/2011
by Melissa del Bosque
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Nearly two-dozen detainees in the Torrance County Detention Facility in New Mexico are begging the United States government to deport them anywhere but the Texas-Mexico border where the brutal Zeta cartel is kidnapping and killing immigrants with impunity....
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Operation Fast and Furious should end Holder tenure
Washington Examiner 6/16/2011
By:Examiner
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What did Attorney General Eric Holder know and when did he know it concerning the underlying concept, operational protocols and legal status of the Operation Fast and Furious program in the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms bureau? ...
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Texas To Join Georgia, Alabama in Fight Against Illegals
6/16/2011
Written by R. Cort Kirkwood
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Texas has joined Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, and host of other states in the battle against illegal immigration, and illegal alien activists are just an angry in the Lone Star State as they are in the others. ...
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Georgia to replace illegal immigrants with ex-cons for labor
Atlanta Political Buzz Examiner 6/15/2011
Ewa Kochanska
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Georgia Governor Nathan Deal issued a statement on Tuesday suggesting that the agricultural jobs in the state can be filled with ex- criminals, at least partially....
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House Panel Slams 'Fast and Furious' Gun Operation Tied to Border Agent's Death
FOX NEWS 6/15/2011
William LaJeunesse
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A U.S. law enforcement operation intended to crack down on major weapons traffickers on the Southwest border spiraled out of control as federal agents were told by superiors to ""stand down"" and ignore weapons bought in Arizona headed for Mexico, a House panel heard Wednesday. ...
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Obama Administration May Be Held in Contempt of Congress
6/14/2011
Katie Pavlich
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Presidential administration officials have been held in contempt only 12 times since Watergate in the 1970s, but number 13 may be on its way....
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N.J. feds bust multistate immigrant smuggling ring
Northjersey.com : News 6/14/2011
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Federal authorities in New Jersey announced Tuesday the disruption of an international smuggling ring that prosecutors said brought hundreds of illegal immigrants to the United States, including many young women who worked as dancers at strip clubs to repay their passage...
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House Panel Releases Scathing Report on 'Fast and Furious' Gun Operation, Sure to Anger Mexico
FOX NEWS 6/14/2011
By William Lajeunesse
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""You've got people who are dead, you have weapons that are missing and you have an administration that doesn't seem to want to take any accountability for it,"" said Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah and a member of the House Government Oversight Committee....
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Mexico Drug War Spills Across US Border
Newsmax 6/14/2011
By Jim Meyers
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“The Collapse of Mexico — Its Civil War Comes to America” discloses that the battle between ruthless Mexican drug cartels threatens to turn America’s southern neighbor into a failed nation-state — and has spilled deeper into U.S. territory than anyone has imagined. ...
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Senate hears comments on cops asking immigration status
Houston Chronicle 6/13/2011
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Houston and Dallas law enforcement officials said Monday that they oppose legislation that would free up officers in so-called sanctuary cities to ask about the immigration status of anyone pulled over during a traffic stop, questioned as a witness or otherwise detained. ...
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Fire chief: Landowner says immigrants started 3,200-acre fire in northern Hidalgo County
The Monitor 6/13/2011
Elizabeth Findell
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LINN-SAN MANUEL — Some 3,200 acres burned here Sunday after a landowner said illegal immigrants started a campfire on his property. ...
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210 migrants found crammed inside truck
associated press 6/12/2011
By MANUEL DE LA CRUZ
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Mexican police on Sunday discovered 210 dehydrated mainly Central and South American migrants crammed into a truck near the country's southern border, an immigration official said. ...
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Many in S. Ariz. fire zone blame border crossers
Arizona Daily Star 6/12/2011
By Brady McCombs
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The two largest wildfires burning in Southern Arizona originated in rugged, mountainous corridors frequently used by cross-border people and drug smugglers. And the U.S. Forest Service has determined that both fires were human-caused. ...
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Pelosi says S-Comm is a waste of taxpayer dollars
San Francisco Bay Guardian 6/10/2011
Sarah Phelan
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House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi called the fed’s troubled “Secure Communities” program a waste of money, as members of Congress held a press conference in Los Angeles to call for a suspension of the program....
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Is Alabama's new illegal immigration law really the toughest
Christian Science Monitor 6/10/2011
By Aaron Couch
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States now appear to be vying for the title of toughest law against illegal immigration. Alabama's is probably the broadest, but not the toughest in every particular....
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Mexicans protest against Alabama's new anti-illegal immigration law
All Headline News 6/10/2011
Tom Ramstack
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Outrage continued Friday in Mexico a day after Alabama’s governor signed the toughest law in the United States against illegal immigration. ...
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Guns, Drugs, and Stonewalling
National Review Online-The Corner 6/10/2011
By Peter Kirsanow
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The House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee will begin hearings next week into Operation Fast and Furious. ...
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Issa Investigates Project Gunrunner
National Review Online-The Corner 6/10/2011
Frank Miniter
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President Obama is hiding behind big government in the hopes that a scandal will fade away. ...
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Quick verdict in stabbing death of mom
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 6/9/2011
By CAROL CHRISTIAN
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Mexican national gets life without parole ...
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Ranchers Suspect Immigrants In String Of Fires
KPHO CBS 5 News 6/9/2011
Morgan Loew,
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Firefighters Taking Extra Precautions Due To Smuggling Danger ...
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Cartels Have 14,000 Armed Men in Just 2 Mexico Cities, Official says
Fox news latino 6/9/2011
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April 2011: Officials say there are 14,000 armed criminals in two Mexican cities. ...
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DPS: Officers Fired Upon By Gangs in Mexico
Texas Tribune 6/9/2011
by Julian Aguilar
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U.S. law enforcement officers in Hidalgo County today received heavy weapons fire from Mexico, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety....
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Another Mexican brothel found in North Carolina
The Examiner 6/9/2011
Dave Gibson
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On Wednesday, Alamance County sheriff’s deputies arrested a group of illegal aliens in an alleged house of prostitution located in a residential community. ...
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CBP Chief: 127 CBP Personnel ‘Arrested, Charged, Or Convicted of Corruption’
CNSNews.com 6/9/2011
By Edwin Mora
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Largely because of the spreading influence of Mexican drug cartels and illegal alien smugglers, 127 agents of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been arrested, charged, or convicted of corruption, including drug smuggling, since 2004....
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Escondido checkpoint results, one year later
FOX 5 San Diego Reporter 6/9/2011
By Brian Flores
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One year after controversial checkpoints in Escondido were created, officials with the Escondido Police Department said the program is helping deter crime. ...
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Foreign countries line up to oppose Utah immigration law
The Salt Lake Tribune 6/8/2011
By david montero
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More than a dozen Latin American countries have filed legal briefs in federal court arguing Utah’s enforcement-only immigration law will damage international relationships and urging the judge to rule it unconstitutional....
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Cartel Threats, Attacks on US Law Enforcement and the Question of ‘Spill Over’ Violence
HSTODAY.US 6/8/2011
By: Anthony Kimery
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The bulletin said DEA’s source of information had stated that “the drug transporters are to ‘shoot it out with law enforcement’ or suffer similar consequences from Gulf Cartel leadership.’...
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No Exit: Why Mexico's Drug Gangs Target Rehab Clinics
Insight 6/8/2011
Written by Geoffrey Ramsey
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As Mexico’s drug war rages on, it is increasingly common for criminal groups to target rehabilitation centers in revenge attacks....
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High-powered ammo destined for Mexico found in San Juan
The Monitor 6/7/2011
Naxiely Lopez
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Police found more than 1,700 rounds of military-grade ammunition, commonly used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, during a Monday evening traffic stop. Investigators believe the load was headed to Mexico....
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Horne: Obama wants illegal immigrants to vote in Arizona
East Valley Tribune.com 6/7/2011
By Howard Fischer,
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Attorney General Tom Horne accused the Obama administration Tuesday of trying to thwart Arizona’s voter-ID laws in a bid to get more illegal immigrants to the polls — presumably to [cast] ballots for the president and Democrats....
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Mexican Gang Charged With Terrorizing Blacks.
by Judicial Watch 6/7/2011
by Judicial Watch
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Details of the decades-long genocide operation in the Los Angeles County city of Azusa are laid out in a huge federal indictment issued by the Department of Justice this week....
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Groups mull plans on Ala. immigration bill
UPI 6/6/2011
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Opponents to a tough immigration bill passed last week by the Alabama Legislature say they plan to take the matter to court. ...
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States balk at illegals program
The Washington Times 6/6/2011
By Stephen Dinan
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Massachusetts announced Monday that it will refuse to join the federal government’s Secure Communities initiative....
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Deport California's illegal immigrant prisoners
World Net Daily 6/6/2011
Chuck Norris
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Moreover, a 2004 report from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, concluded that the education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens cost Californians $10.5 billion per year (that's $1183 annually for every household)....
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Court tosses ruling against Hazleton's illegal immigration law
Times-Tribune 6/6/2011
KENT JACKSON, Staff Writer
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Hazleton won a second chance to defend its immigration law today, courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
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The immigration issue in Mexico has come to a boil as drug gangs prey on migrants.
Global Post 5/31/2011
Ioan Grillo
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Mexico has long been a trampoline for migrants from around the world trying to bounce over the Rio Grande into the United States. Now Mexico's drug gangs have become increasingly involved in the human trafficking business while the nation's prisons and police are under increased pressure from the crime wave....
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America's Third War: Is the U.S. Arming Mexican Cartels?
FOX NEWS 5/31/2011
By William La Jeunesse
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Tens of thousands of firearms and explosives are sold legally through the U.S. State Department to the Mexican government. These weapons are then funneled to the traffickers and cartels by corrupt officials within the Mexico Ministry of Defense and local and state police departments. ...
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Prostitution ring victimized Hispanics
tennessean.com 5/27/2011
Chris Echegaray
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Tennessee is part of regional and multistate sex trafficking rings, including one connected to a Somali gang out of Minnesota. Twenty-nine people were indicted in November in a case that federal investigators said involved girls as young as 13 here and in Minnesota. ...
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Conference committee on illegal immigration appointed
Times Daily.com 5/26/2011
By M.J. Ellington
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MONTGOMERY – A new House-Senate committee has been appointed to work out differences in House and Senate passed versions of an Arizona style illegal immigration bill. ...
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Texas Gov. Perry: Security at Border a 'National Disgrace' That's Only Going to Get Worse
FOX NEWS 5/25/2011
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TEXAS GOV. RICK PERRY: I was very disheartened when the president came into El Paso a couple of weeks ago, had a photo-op out at the city of El Paso and proclaimed that the border was as safe as it's ever been. And that's just nonsense....
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Illegal immigration bill gets key vote
postandcourier.com 5/25/2011
By Yvonne Wenger
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COLUMBIA -- South Carolina has decided not to wait for the federal government to get around to an illegal immigration solution. ...
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Grassley vows to block nominees until he gets answers on gun sales
The Hill 5/25/2011
By Jordy Yager
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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is vowing to block President Obama’s nominations until he gets detailed answers on a controversial program that resulted in drug cartels acquiring more than 1,300 firearms from the U.S. ...
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Congressional hearing after FOX Undercover report on illegal immigrants
BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) 5/24/2011
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Congress Trying To Close Immigration Loophole...
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Quick hearings for arrested entrants OK'd
Arizona Daily Star 5/24/2011
By Howard Fischer
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Group processing can be used; pleas must be given individually...
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Mexican Troops Find Tunnel Being Constructed Under Border
Latin American Herald Tribune 5/24/2011
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Army troops found a tunnel in San Luis Rio Colorado, a city in Mexico’s Sonora state, that was being constructed to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, but no arrests were made, the Defense Secretariat said. ...
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AP Enterprise: States' immigration efforts fizzle
AP 5/23/2011
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Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any congressional movement on the matter, and more than half considered Arizona-style enforcement measures, up from just six in 2010. ...
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SC Legislature Prepares Ariz.-Style Immigration Law
Newsmax 5/23/2011
By Luis F. Perez
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South Carolina’s Republican-controlled Legislature is expected to send Gov. Nikki Haley an Arizona-style anti-illegal immigration bill in the coming weeks....
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Altmire patrols border
Pittsburgh Post Gazette 5/23/2011
by Daniel Malloy
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Rep. Jason Altmire spent the weekend about 2,000 miles from his district, inspecting the Arizona-Mexico border and learning more about a topic he says he hears about constantly from his constituents...
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After 5 deportations, illegal immigrant sentenced to 7 years in prison
WVEC.com 5/23/2011
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NORFOLK – An illegal immigrant found stowed away on a train in Norfolk will spend more than seven years in prison. ...
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The Border''s Revolving Door
Tucson Weekly 5/23/2011
by Leo W. Banks
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The indictment issued involving the murder of Agent Brian Terry raises as many questions as it answers ...
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Migrants worry remote West Texas area's residents
The Houston Chronicle 5/22/2011
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FORT HANCOCK, Texas — Some residents of remote and sparsely settled areas of southern Hudspeth and El Paso counties in West Texas call their area ""almost America.""...
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Huntsman says border fence ‘repulses’ him, but may be necessary
The Salt Lake Tribune 5/21/2011
By Robert Gehrke
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Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. said the concept of a border fence “repulses” him, but he believes that it is a necessity for the United States to get a handle on its illegal immigration problem. ...
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Ultralight aircraft now ferrying drugs across U.S.-Mexico border
Los Angeles Times 5/19/2011
By Richard Marosi,
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Mexican organized crime groups are using ultralight aircraft to [drop] marijuana bundles in agricultural fields and desert scrub across the U.S. border. The incursions are hard to detect and are on the upswing...
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Guard has yet to get orders for longer border deployment
East Valley Tribune.com 5/18/2011
By Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services
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The chief of Homeland Security may be promising to keep the guard on the border beyond June 30. But officials from the National Guard said Wednesday they have no such notice. And unless they hear otherwise, they plan to start removing soldiers within days...
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Texas border security situation is not a joking matter
HOUSTON CHRONICLE 5/18/2011
By GREG ABBOTT
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Perhaps the president's glib remarks can be blamed on the fact that the El Paso trip marked the first border visit of his presidency. For those of us who live and work in border states, the situation is neither funny nor solved. In reality, border violence is escalating and vast sectors of the border remain unsecure. ...
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Senate backs immigrant screen bill
The Advocate 5/18/2011
Posted by Marsha Shuler
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Firms that want state contracts would have to screen their employees for illegal immigrants under a bill that cleared the Louisiana Senate on Wednesday. ...
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Obama's immigration deception: El Paso speech was the pinnacle of dishonesty
NY DAILY NEWS 5/13/2011
Charles Krauthammer
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I'm going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues."" - Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, Tex., May 10 Constructive and civil debate - like the one Obama initiated just four weeks ago on deficit reduction?...
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Gov. Brewer to Obama: Stop the Jokes, Secure the Border
FoxNews.com 5/13/2011
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""I don't think his comic attitude and laughing at a serious issue is being very well received, certainly not here in Arizona, I would imagine not across America,"" she said....
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Mexico sends troops sent to Tamaulipas
Brownsville Herald 5/13/2011
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The Mexican government sent 500 soldiers to Tamaulipas Thursday to help confront ongoing violence caused by the Zetas criminal organization and the Gulf cartel. ...
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Two border patrol agents die after SUV collides with freight train while chasing illegal immigrants
Daily Mail 5/13/2011
By Daily Mail Reporter
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Yuma Border Patrol sector spokesman Agent Kenneth Quillen said the agents were assisting in the pursuit of a group of suspected illegal immigrants when the crash occurred...
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EXCLUSIVE: Border Community Organizing Petition to Protest Obama's Immigration Speech
FOX NEWS 5/13/2011
By Jana Winter
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The residents of the Chiricahua-Peloncillo drug and human smuggling corridor that runs from the Mexican border north through eastern Arizona and western New Mexico are circulating a petition to send to the White House in response to President Obama's recent immigration speech....
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18 Facts Prove Illegal Immigration Is Absolute Nightmare For U.S. Economy
The Economic Collapse Blog 5/11/2011
Economic Collpase staff
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But will “legalizing” all of the illegal immigration that has taken place over the last several decades improve the struggling U.S. economy or will it actually make our economic problems worse?...
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Obama Gives Dishonest And Divisive Speech On The Border
Nice Deb blog 5/10/2011
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Five years ago, legislation was passed to build a 700-mile double-layer border fence along the southwest border. This is a promise that has not been kept. ...
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Obama Claims He’s Done All GOP Wanted on Border Security, Now They Must Pass Amnesty
CNS NEWS 5/10/2011
By Fred Lucas
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President Barack Obama told a border crowd in Texas today that he had addressed the border security concerns of Republicans, and now was calling on GOP lawmakers to support his push to grant legal status to the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal aliens....
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Obama Already Has Bipartisan Support for Arresting, Prosecuting Illegal Border Crossers, Texas Congressman Says
CNS NEWS 5/10/2011
By Edwin Mora
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Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) said that Obama already has bipartisan support for arresting, prosecuting, and jailing for up to six months every illegal border crosser who is apprehended by federal authorities. ...
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Utah immigration law gets hearing on day of debut
Boston Herald 5/10/2011
By Associated Press
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Police in Utah have been given the authority to check the citizenship status of anyone they arrest — even if only for a few hours. ...
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Indictment in Border Agent Murder Turns up the Heat on Holder
Pajamas Media 5/9/2011
by Patrick Richardson
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The attorney general must answer two simple questions truthfully — what did you know, and when did you know it? (Also read ""Holder holds on to closing Gitmo"" at the Tatler.) ...
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America’s Southwest Border Is A ‘Threat’
Big Peace 5/8/2011
Posted by Peter C. Maffitt/Congressman Michael T. McCaul of Texas
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There is growing concern regarding the security of our US-Mexican border. In 2006 our Homeland Security Committee did a report on the issue. It is available on the web site of Congressman Michael T. McCaul of Texas, who is Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Investigations....
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Napolitano urges federal immigration overhaul
STAR.COM 5/7/2011
by Associated Press
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The nation's domestic security chief stressed Saturday that a comprehensive immigration overhaul should be left up to Congress, rebuking Georgia politicians who recently adopted a crackdown on illegal immigration that's considered among the nation's toughest. ...
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Man calls 911 after being shortchanged in crack deal
WCSC TV Charleston,NC 5/4/2011
By Ray Rivera -
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Police arrested a 41-year-old man after he called 911 and told officers that he was not given the correct change after buying crack cocaine from a drug dealer....
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Illegal immigrants plead guilty to selling heroin to Reno High students
RGJ.COM 5/3/2011
Jaclyn O'Malley
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Soon after a jury had been seated in their trial, a pair of illegal immigrants pleaded guilty Tuesday to trafficking heroin to Reno High School students...
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Feds Allow Illegal Aliens to Cross Border 14 Times Before Charging Them With Felony, Sheriff Tells Congress
CNS NEWS 5/3/2011
By Penny Starr
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Cochise County Arizona Sheriff Larry Dever testified at a May 3, 2011 House hearing on border security that lax policies in Texas on prosecuting federal crimes such as drug and human smuggling make it more difficult to thwart criminal activities on the U.S./Mexico border. ...
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CA Spends $1 Billion a Year to Jail Undocumented Immigrants
New America Media 5/3/2011
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At a cost of almost $45,000 a year to house an inmate, that’s a cost of nearly $1 billion to house the undocumented immigrants...
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Los Zetas Employ Terror Tactics Near US Border
HSTODAY.US 5/1/2011
By: Sylvia Longmire
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Just when people thought the drug war in Mexico couldn’t get any more horrendous, mass graves have begun to be uncovered near the border. ...
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Free Jesus Diaz
Human Events 4/29/2011
by Roger Hedgecock
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Veteran Border Patrol Officer Jesus Diaz faces a sentence of 10 to 35 years in federal prison for doing his job—nabbing drug smugglers sneaking across the Mexican border....
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Billions Spent by Feds and States to House Illegal Alien Criminals
New American 4/29/2011
by Joe Wolverton, II
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The government of the United States spends in excess of $1.5 billion annually to incarcerate hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens. ...
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America’s Third War: Is the U.S. Arming Mexican Cartels?
Fox News 4/28/2011
By William La Jeunesse
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By William La Jeunesse...
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Reporting on the Mexican Cartel Drug War
Blog-Borderlamd Beat 4/28/2011
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Where The borderland is a place in the corridor of the international border between Mexico and the U.S. This blog is a reflection of the issues affected by crime and drugs along the border between Mexico and the U.S ...
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More drones needed to patrol Mexican border, South Texas congressmen say
Caller.com 4/27/2011
Rick Spruill
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Three members of the Texas congressional delegation, including U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Corpus Christi, on Wednesday met with state and federal officials at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi to push for additional unmanned flight operations in South Texas....
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Is Miguel Alemán the Next to Fall to Drug Violence?
The TEXAS TRIBUNE 4/26/2011
Julian Aguilar
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MIGUEL ALEMÁN — The bullet holes on the truck tell the story, the man in this border town said on Easter Sunday. The shootouts are no longer relegated to the outskirts of town. ...
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Rising Tension: Farmers fear border violence
Country World News 4/25/2011
By CLAY COPPEDGE
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April 14, 2011 - When Richard Garza-Ray, a rancher and Vietnam veteran, started ranching in Starr County near the Texas-Mexico border, he envisioned a quiet and peaceful life of hard work and simple rewards. Instead, he found himself in a situation more reminiscent of Vietnam than any home on the range....
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Congress Threatens ATF With Contempt In Border Weapons Probe
NPR 4/21/2011
by Eyder Peralta
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House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA.) sent a letter to the ATF in which he threatened the federal agency with contempt proceedings if it did not produce documents pertaining to """"Operation Gunrunner."""" ...
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Arizona Beheading Raises Fears of Drug Violence
Associated Press 10/29/2010
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CHANDLER, Ariz. -- The gruesome case of a man who was stabbed and beheaded in a suburban Phoenix apartment has police investigating whether the killing is potentially the most extreme example of Mexican drug cartel violence spilling over the border....
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U.S. Border Patrol Agents in 'Firefight' With Mexican Gang
Associated Press 9/14/2010
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SAN ANTONIO -- U.S. Border Patrol agents fired gunshots into Mexico after coming under attack during a half-ton drug bust and giving chase to a truck along the Rio Grande, U.S. authorities said Monday....
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Governors Criticize Obama's Border Security Plan
Associated Press 6/28/2010
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PHOENIX -- The Texas and Arizona governors criticized the Obama administration's border security plans Monday, saying not enough National Guard troops are being deployed to their states....
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FBI: Mexican soldiers used rifles to chase off U.S. Border Patrol
Associated Press 6/9/2010
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the Rio Grande, the FBI and witnesses told The Associated Press on Wednesday....
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Mexican Teen Killed on Border Was 'Known Juvenile Smuggler,' Sources Say
FoxNews.com 6/9/2010
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The 15-year-old Mexican boy who was shot dead by a Border Patrol agent as U.S. authorities came under attack along the border Tuesday was known to authorities as a juvenile smuggler, sources close to the investigation told Fox News....
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US-Mexico tensions heightened after US Border Patrol agent kills Mexican teen near El Paso
Associated Press 6/8/2010
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexicans are seething over the second death of a countryman at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents in two weeks, an incident near downtown El Paso that is threatening to escalate tensions over migrant issues....
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Mexico opens California office to provide ID for illegals
Washington Examiner 6/3/2010
Sara A. Carter
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The Mexican government is opening a satellite consular office on Catalina Island -- a small resort off the California coast with a history of drug smuggling and human trafficking -- to provide the island's illegal Mexican immigrants with identification cards, The Washington Examiner has learned....
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Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border
Foxnews.com 5/26/2010
Jana Winter
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The Department of Homeland Security is alerting Texas authorities to be on the lookout for a suspected member of the Somalia-based Al Shabaab terrorist group who might be attempting to travel to the U.S. through Mexico, a security expert who has seen the memo tells FOXNews.com....
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Deputies seize 15 pounds of meth
The Arizona Republic 8/17/2009
Nicole Ethier
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Maricopa County Sheriff's Office deputies seized 15 pounds of methamphetamine during a traffic stop Tuesday afternoon according to the sheriff....
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[UPDATE] 1-Mexican drug smugglers tied to California fire
Reuters 8/17/2009
Steve Gorman
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* Fire believed linked to Mexican drug traffickers...
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Mexican Kidnapping Diversity Arrives in San Diego
national policy institute 8/15/2009
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Another devolutionary marker is the current kidnapping case in San Diego. Five Hispanic non-citizens snatched a man for cash in the Mexican style. Kidnapping for ransom was practically unheard of in the United States until now when treasonous Washington has dissolved national borders and sovereignty for money and influence....
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Head of the latin kng drug ring in Cleveland is illegal
U.S. Department of Justice 8/13/2009
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A federal grand jury sitting in Cleveland Ohio returned a 106-count 34 defendant indictment charging many and Including (Sanchez and Morales)with violations of the federal narcotics and wire fraud laws...
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Head of the latin kng drug ring in Cleveland is illegal
U.S. Department of Justice 8/13/2009
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The investigation revealed that Benitez an illegal Dominican national residing in Cleveland and his common-law wife Adriana Ventura would arrange for large quantities of heroin cocaine and crack cocaine to be brought to Cleveland Ohio....
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Behind the scenes with the gang strike force
Minnesota Public Radio 8/5/2009
Tim Nelson
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(Tab to listen at source) St. Paul Minn. ? The now-defunct Metro Gang Strike Force was battling a growing threat from a Latino street gang according to the unit's latest internal report....
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California Ordered to Cut Prison Population
cbsnews.com 8/5/2009
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a panel of federal judges has ordered California to reduce its prison population by 40 000 over the next two years....
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Salt Lake law firm indicted in visa fraud case
Associated Press 7/28/2009
Paul Foy
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Tuesday alleging a law firm arranged thousands of fraudulent visas for foreign workers at Utah companies....
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Coast Guard: 1,600 pounds of cocaine seized
The York Dispatch 7/22/2009
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MIAMI (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard says an estimated 1,600 pounds of cocaine were seized from a motorboat off the coast of Venezuela last week. ...
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$320K Cocaine Cache Intercepted by Border Patrol
CBP 7/20/2009
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Pine Valley, Calif. — In the recent surge of drug seizures made by U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego Sector, the latest incident took place Friday afternoon at the Border Patrol Checkpoint on Interstate 8 near Pine Valley, where agents came across 32 pounds of cocaine, worth about $320,000, concealed inside a modified gas tank of an SUV. ...
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More illegal immigrants in Cape being detained at ICE's request
Southeast Missourian 7/19/2009
Alexander Stephens
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Before recent changes in the relationship between federal immigration authorities and community police departments, Fatima Tanoreo-Orocio might have been let go. Instead, the 21-year-old native of Mexico spent three nights in the Cape Girardeau County Jail while officials investigated her status as an undocumented immigrant....
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20 Mexican Nationals Arriving on Smuggling Boat Nabbed at South Ponto Beach
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Carlsbad, Calif. — Early this morning, U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 20 Mexican nationals who illegally entered the country aboard a boat that traveled by sea and landed ashore at South Ponto Beach in Carlsbad. ...
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Border Patrol Agents Rescue 33 Undocumented Migrants, Seize 800 Pounds of Marijuana in 3 Separate Cases
CBP 7/17/2009
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Laredo, Texas – On July 16, Border Patrol agents had a busy day with rescue efforts and narcotic seizures as the driving forces...
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East County Border Patrol Checkpoint Active with More than $4 Million in Cocaine Seizures
CBP 7/17/2009
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Pine Valley, Calif. — In a two-week span, more than 370 pounds of cocaine were seized at the U.S. Border Patrol Checkpoint on Interstate 8 near Pine Valley. Two more seizures totaling more than 145 pounds took place in the past two days. ...
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SUV Rollover Involves Illegal Immigrants
myfoxphoenix.com/ 7/16/2009
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Driver, an illegal immigrant smuggler, sought...
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ICE investigation results in 30 year sentence for two drug smugglers
borderfirereport.net 7/16/2009
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NEWARK, N.J. - A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) narcotics investigation that began in 2007 concluded on July 10, 2009, when two Newark drug smugglers were ordered to serve 30 years in federal prison. Keith Stewart and Shedrick Crafton were also ordered to serve 10 years of supervised release following their prison terms....
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I-19 checkpoint near Tubac angers locals
The Arizona Republic 7/16/2009
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TUBAC - U.S. Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona face surging criticism from Santa Cruz Valley residents who say a checkpoint on Interstate 19 wrecks business and endangers their neighborhoods....
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ICE denies partnership agreement to LCSO
dailycommercial.com 7/12/2009
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TAVARES -- More than a year after the Lake County Sheriff's Office applied for a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to better address issues concerning illegal aliens in house, that request has been denied approval....
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Few options for veterans who await deportation Some say their military service merits special consideration
www3.signonsandiego.com posted by (ge) 7/12/2009
Steve Liewer
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Thirty-two years after his honorable discharge, Cervantes is wearing the bright-orange shirt of a detainee at the El Centro Service Processing Center, where he has been held since the end of a three-year prison term last year for possession of methamphetamine for sale....
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DHS adjusts priorities for identifying illegal immigrants
Washington Post Via tennessean.com 7/11/2009
By Spencer S. Hsu (posted by ge)
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WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security will rein in a controversial program that deputizes state and local police agencies to enforce federal immigration laws by targeting illegal immigrants who commit major drug or violent crimes, Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday....
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CBP seizes nearly 400 lbs. of marijauana in two Naco busts
Phoenix Local News 7/9/2009
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers stopped a drug-smuggling attempt when they seized more than 70 pounds of marijuana concealed in a false floor of a Chevy Tahoe. ...
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Obama Plan Would Seek 1,500 National Guard Volunteers to Protect Border
Associated Press 6/29/2009
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is developing plans to seek up to 1,500 National Guard volunteers to step up the military's counter-drug efforts along the Mexican border, senior administration officials said Monday....
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Police: Man sought to sell woman, 4 kids
The Associated Press 6/29/2009
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MEXICO CITY — A Mexican man has been detained for allegedly plotting to sell a young woman, two girls and two boys for $2,000 apiece in the United States, police said Sunday. ...
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Death of Ohioan shows how cartels extending reach of heroin sales
Ohio , com 5/30/2009
Randal C. Archibold New York Times
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Death of Ohioan shows how cartels extending reach of heroin sales Drug now infiltrating America''''s suburban and rural byways. Ohio of particular concern as hub because of freeway network...
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Immigrant Crackdown Joins Failed Crime and Drug Wars
CIP Americas Program 5/15/2009
Tom Barry
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President Bush's ""war on terror"" established the ideological rationale for the immigrant crackdown. But the campaign to detain and deport immigrants got its policy legs from two previous (and continuing) wars... ...
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Combs, Jones to propose immigration bill
Cincy .com 5/14/2009
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State Rep. Courtney Combs and Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones plan to announce a proposed change in Ohio immigration law at a press conference set for 10 a.m. Thursday....
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Immigration bill about protecting American jobs, proponents say
www.oxfordpress.com 5/14/2009
By Lauren Pack Staff Writer
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HAMILTON — A bill that would require employers to check the Social Security numbers of new employees to assure they are in the country legally is all about giving jobs to Americans and taking away a paycheck from illegal immigrants during tough economic times, said state Rep. Courtney Combs, R-Hamilton....
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Bill Introduced To Combat Illegal Immigration
wcpo.com 5/14/2009
Bill Price
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Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones and Hamilton State Representative Courtney Combs announced new legislation Thursday to combat what they say are high rates of illegal immigration in Ohio....
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Two Boone County men arrested in immigration bust
4/21/2009
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Federal immigration agents in Chicago arrest 17 immigrants with alleged ties to violent street gangs. The two-day operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents targeted Chicago's northern and northwest suburbs....
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Obama’s Dog and Pony Show in Mexico
Canada Free Press 4/17/2009
Jim Kouri
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During his first visit to Mexico,President Barack Obama is not expected to address the burning issue of illegal aliens and immigration, but he will push the US Senate to ratify a Latin American arms trafficking treaty....
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In Mexico, Obama to Offer Solidarity in Drug War
FoxNews.com 4/16/2009
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WASHINGTON -- Confronting a security threat on America's doorstep, President Barack Obama is venturing into the heart of Mexico. His swift diplomatic mission is meant to show solidarity with a neighbor -- and to prove that the U.S. is serious about halting the deadly flow of drugs and weapons....
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U.S. Names 'Border Czar' to Watch Mexican Border
The Washington Post 4/15/2009
Alicia A. Caldwell
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El Paso, TX (AP) -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano named a former federal prosecutor Wednesday to the new post of 'border czar' to oversee efforts to end drug-cartel violence along the U.S.-Mexico border and slow the tide of people crossing illegally into the United States. ...
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President to steer clear of hot-button issues on tour
The Hill 4/14/2009
Sam Youngman
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President Obama will punt on hot-button issues like illegal immigration and trade agreements and will instead focus on the global economic crisis and climate change when he travels to Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago this week, the White House acknowledged Tuesday....
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More drugs moving through the Valley, authorities say
The Brownsville Herald 4/5/2009
Jeremy Roebuck
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HIDALGO - The 23-year-old woman's baggy clothes and nervous twitch immediately caught the eyes of customs inspectors at the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge. ...
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Dog turns up nose at art, leads Customs agents to pot framed around paintings
Los Angeles Times 4/5/2009
Associated Press
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DOUGLAS, Ariz. (AP) — It wasn't the beauty of the paintings that caught of the eye of Customs agents. It was their drug-sniffing dog turning up his nose at the art that stopped the show....
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Police: Largest Drug Bust In Butler Co. History
wcpo.com 4/2/2009
Tom McKeeMegan Wasmund Michael Benedic
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Jose Martinez, 39, and Jose Angel Macias-Montes, 23, both charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Carlos [[[Cast]]]ro-Arredondo, 28, is charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine. While [[[Cast]]]ro-Arredonodo was in the Justice Center, police found he is wanted in Lake County, Indiana on a murder charge...
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Mexico at War: On the Front Lines
WAPO 4/1/2009
William Booth, Steve Fainaru and Travis Fox
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Mexican President Felipe Calderone has deployed nearly 50,000 troops along the U.S.-Mexico border and throughout the country to fight drug traffickers, dramatically expanding the military's role. One quarter of Mexico's army is now committed to the drug war, while more than 10,100 people have been killed in the strife since December 2006. ...
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Human Smuggler Dismisses U.S. Efforts On Border
The NPR News 3/31/2009
John Burnett
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Washington is addressing the problem of coyotes — human smugglers who are largely responsible for illegal immigration across the Southwest border — with a huge buildup of manpower and equipment to make the border less permeable......
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Will U.S. legalize drugs to end bloodshed?
World Net Daily 3/30/2009
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Obama appears to have no coherent foreign policy toward Mexico, unless the administration plans to legalize drugs to end bloodshed across the border and accept millions of Mexican refugees as part of a stealth plan pushing the nation toward a North American Union, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports....
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Drug Violence in Mexico
CNN.com 3/28/2009
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LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, kidnapping, mayhem, murder in Mexico -- 5,300 deaths and counting. Drugs are fueling brutality that now threatens the U.S. Secretary of State Clinton is there, as two countries crack down on the cartels....
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Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S.
Washington Times 3/27/2009
Sara A. Carter
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Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins do to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, reaping money to finance its operations and threatening U.S. national security, current and former U.S. law enforcement, defense and counterterrorism officials say...
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Townhall.com Arizona in the Cross Hairs
Townhall.com 3/19/2009
George Will
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PHOENIX -- X-Caliber, a gun store in a nondescript neighborhood in this city's northern section, has become embroiled in Mexico's turmoil....
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Mexico's Half-Reported Drug War
The American Spectator 3/18/2009
Peter Hannaford
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Mexico's ""drug war"" is serious. Drug war stories of kidnappings, murders, decapitations keep coming. Last year, 6,290 were killed and nearly 1,000 this year. Several hundred law enforcement officials have been killed, but some 85 percent of the total were drug gang members....
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Eyes Shut at Homeland Security
The American Spectator 3/13/2009
George H. Wittman
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In an interview on PBS's ""NewsHour"" recently, the newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security said with a straight face that there was no need for a security fence along the Mexican-United States border....
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All Talk, No Action on Mexican Border
TownHall.com 3/12/2009
Jillian Bandes
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Mexican drug violence is decentralized, discombobulated and dangerous. Unfortunately, the recent U.S. response to Mexican drug violence can be characterized in exactly the same way....
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Paton taking message on border woes to Congress
The Arizona Daily Star 3/12/2009
Daniel Scarpinato
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Phoenix -- State Sen. Jonathan Paton, R-Tucson, will testify this morning before Congress about human trafficking and border violence in Arizona. ...
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Forty-One Members and Associates of 'Trinitarios' Criminal Organization Indicted For Drug Trafficking
news.prnewswire.com 3/11/2009
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The unsealing of an indictment charging 41 members or associates of the ""Trinitarios"" criminal organization with drug trafficking....
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Coast Guard finds raft filled with marijuana
The Brownsville Herald 3/11/2009
Ildefonso Ortiz,
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The U.S. Coast Guard arrested two undocumented men as they tried to smuggle 240 pounds of marijuana on a raft across the Brownsville ship channel, said a Coast Guard press release. ...
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Mexican cartels plague Atlanta
USA TODAY 3/9/2009
By Larry Copeland and Kevin Johnson,
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ATLANTA — In a city where Coca-Cola, United Parcel Service and Home Depot are the titans of industry, there are new powerful forces on the block: Mexican drug cartels....
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In Mexico's drug wars, fears of a U.S. front
MSNBC 3/9/2009
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Texas pleads for U.S. troops...
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100,000 foot soldiers in cartels
Washington Times 3/3/2009
Sara Carter
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico | The U.S. Defense Department thinks Mexico's two most deadly drug cartels together have fielded more than 100,000 foot soldiers - an army that rivals Mexico's armed forces and threatens to turn the country into a narco-state. ...
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With Force, Mexican Drug Cartels Get Their Way
NYTimes.com 2/28/2009
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Mayor José Reyes Ferriz is supposed to be the one to hire and fire the police chief in this gritty border city that is at the center of Mexico’s drug war. It turns out, though, that real life in Ciudad Juárez does not follow the municipal code....
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Mexican town fed up with violence turns to army
LA Times 2/25/2009
Tracy Wilkinson
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In the state of Zacatecas, residents of Villanueva demanded that the military take over. The soldiers came, but drug war violence got worse....
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Ala. Senate committee targets illegal immigrants
WTMV>COM 2/24/2009
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama legislators are trying again to pass several bills on illegal immigration that died last year....
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Drug raids net 8 suspected illegal immigrants : Beaufort/Jasper Multi Agency Drug Task
Islandpacket .com 2/24/2009
JOSH LANIER
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Eight people suspected of being illegal immigrants were arrested during drug raids by the Beaufort/Jasper Multi Agency Drug Task Force early Monday on Hilton Head Island, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office said....
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Neb. city to again consider illegal immigration
Associated Press 2/24/2009
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FREMONT, Neb. (AP) - The Fremont City Council is expected to consider a measure supporting legal immigrants while calling for action to curb illegal immigration....
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Mexico´s violent war deaths are piling up
American Chronicale 2/24/2009
Michael Webster, Investigative Reporter
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Mexico´s unbelievable record breaking level of violent war deaths are piling up as casualties of Mexico´s on going so called civil war continues. According to the largest Mexican newspaper El Universal the death count so far this year is 1,003 violent murders related to the war on narcotrafficing ...
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Forfeiture of plane sought in pot-smuggling case
World Staff Writer 2/20/2009
DEON HAMPTON,
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The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office has filed a request for the forfeiture of an aircraft that was seized last week after 28 pounds of marijuana was seized from the plane, authorities announced Friday afternoon....
DPS leading the charge against gang violence
EVT 2/20/2009
Tim Chung, Commentary
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In response to Bill Richardson’s Feb. 6 column, “Gangs growing in power,” I would like to set the record straight and assure our citizens that Arizona is well prepared in its law enforcement efforts to target organized crime — gangs, drugs, illegal immigrants, firearms trafficking and smuggling and other associated crimes....
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Surge in Asylum Seeking Mexicans Taxing Already Overworked Immigration System
FOX news 2/19/2009
Nora Zimmett
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The surge creates a huge workload for immigration officials, since American law prevents sending asylum-seekers home before they have gone through a monthslong legal process, which almost always proves fruitless. Most of the asylum-seekers wind up being found ineligible and sent back over the border....
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Violence from Mexico spilling into U.S. far from border
2/13/2009
ALICIA A. CALDWELLThe
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Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States. U.S. authorities are reporting a spike in killings, kidnappings and home invasions connected to Mexico’s murderous cartels. ...
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Drug donkeys, puppies and bears, oh my!
LA Times 2/6/2009
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By the standards of drug smuggling, the discovery of 1,800 pounds of marijuana baked into hollow, ornamental concrete donkey statues was an unusual find, authorities said Thursday....
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Open Letter to President Barack Obama: Comprehensive Immigration Enforcement
Family Security Matters Foundation 2/4/2009
Jeff Lewis
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FIRE Coalition National Director Jeff Lewis writes an open letter to President Barack Obama. According to the official White House web site, President Obama's immigration plans have everybody's special interest in mind, except that of the American citizenry, to whom he is sworn to protect....
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Recent busts worth more than $3 million
Nogales International 2/3/2009
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Last week, Border Patrol Agents from the Tucson Sector successfully foiled several attempts to smuggle marijuana with a street value of more than $3 million...
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Bob Filner Reintroduces the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act H.R. 673
Imperial Valley News 2/2/2009
Imperial Valley News
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Congressman Bob Filner has reintroduced the Law Enforcement Officers Equity Act, H.R. 673. The purpose of this bill is simply to give law enforcement status to all federal law enforcement officers...
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Illegal immigrants' role in drug trade shouldn't be ignored
Today's News NF 1/29/2009
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Illegal immigrants' role in drug trade shouldn't be ignored Here's something the so-called ""immigration advocates"" don't want you to know: Illegal immigrants are deeply involved in the drug trade in Northern Nevada, and elsewhere on the West Coast and around the country....
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A Local TV Journalist''s Tips for Covering Mexican Border Stories
Poynter Online 1/29/2009
Al Tompkins
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As Belo's Mexico border bureau chief based in El Paso, Texas, Angela Kocherga travels frequently to Mexico, a place where border cities like Juarez have witnessed an explosion of murders and drug crimes....
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The MexiChurian Candidate—Billions For Africa, But Not One Cent For Border Security
VDARE 1/29/2009
Brenda Walker
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For a man who sought to define himself as the national security President and protector of America, George W. Bush often put foreign interests—mainly those of Mexico—over the well being of the United States......
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Hialeah man accused of migrant smuggling
Miami Herald 1/28/2009
ALFONSO CHARDY
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Federal immigration and customs officials on Tuesday charged a Cuban resident of Hialeah with human smuggling after he told investigators he brought by boat to Boynton Beach from the Bahamas eight undocumented migrants in exchange for $3,000....
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Chinese Human Pipeline Goes Through Ecuador
Digger's Realm 1/27/2009
Mike Pechar
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(Lima, Peru) Fourteen Chinese nationals with phony Japanese passports were arrested during raids by Peruvian Police last week at two Lima-area locations. According to police, the Chinese intended to travel to the U.S. on Japanese passports....
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Mexico violence has many feeling the fear in Fabens
KVIA.com 1/21/2009
Martin Bartlett
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FABENS, Texas - Nerves are clearly frayed in the small El Paso County farming town of Fabens after a long string of brutal and bloody executions and beheadings across the border in the nearby communities of Guadalupe and Caseta....
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Mexican cartels run U.S. drug trade, report says
El Paso Times 1/20/2009
Diane Washington Valdez
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Mexican cartels have taken over most of the drug trade in the United States, and are working with 20 gangs, including the Barrio Aztecas, according to a report by the National Drug Intelligence Center titled ""National Drug Threat Assessment 2009.""...
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Alleged Abduction Turns Into Human Trafficking Case
foxreno.com 1/20/2009
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CONCORD, Calif. -- What was reported as a kidnapping in Concord early Tuesday has turned out to be a case of human trafficking and illegal immigration gone awry, according to CHP officials....
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Avenues gang bastion is demolished
LA Times 1/5/2009
Sam Quinones
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The two-bedroom stucco house at 3304 Drew St. in Glassell Park was once the center of one of the most menacing drug marketplaces in Los Angeles....
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Panel approves Fla. human smuggling bill
Miami Herald 1/4/2009
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Tallahassee, FL -- A Florida Senate committee has approved a measure that would allow state and local law enforcement officers arrest human smugglers who now sometimes get away before federal agents arrive. ...
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Leader of Tijuana-Based Drug Cartel Arrested
Associated Press 10/26/2008
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TIJUANA, Mexico — Soldiers and federal police arrested a reputed leader of the Tijuana-based Arellano Felix cartel after a shootout in the border city across from San Diego, authorities announced Sunday. ...
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Illegals shock, suffocate, slit throats in U.S.
WorldNetDaily 9/27/2008
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A showdown over drug money between suspected Mexican illegal aliens in Alabama ended with four men in prison and four shipped back to Mexico in body bags....
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22 seized in boat, believed to be illegal immigrants
SignOnSanDiego.com 9/24/2008
Angelica Martinez, Matthew Rodriguez and Debbi Baker
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Nearly two dozen Mexicans in a fishing boat were intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents early yesterday off the coast of Torrey Pines, officials said. ...
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Foreclosed houses used to hide illegal immigrants in Phoenix, Ariz.
Chicago Sun-Times 9/21/2008
Sean Holstege
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PHOENIX - That empty foreclosed home down the street today could be a haven for immigrant smugglers tomorrow....
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Prosecutors try new approach in smuggling case
The Arizona Republic 9/20/2008
Sean Holstege
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Federal prosecutors in Phoenix are applying a law written to curb armed bank robbers to seek a stiffer sentence for a man accused of using a gun to steal a group of illegal immigrants from a coyote....
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Fallbrook family arrested for smuggling illegal aliens
Village News 9/18/2008
Andrea Verdin
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Four members of a Fallbrook family were arraigned in federal court on September 8 on charges they were involved in an illegal alien smuggling ring that had been bringing illegal immigrants in to the United States from Mexico since 1996. ...
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175 Alleged Gulf Cartel Members and Associates Arrested in Massive International Law Enforcement Operation
PR Newswire 9/17/2008
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'Project Reckoning' Leads to the Seizure of $60 Million and More Than 40 Tons of Illegal Drugs From One of Mexico's Largest Drug Trafficking Cartels ...
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Congressman's son caught smuggling immigrants
KVOA.com 9/17/2008
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TUCSON, AZ - The son of a U.S. Congressman from was arrested in Willcox Sunday, charged with human smuggling. According to court documents John F. Boyd son of Florida Congressman Allen Boyd, attempted to drive through a Border Patrol checkpoint in Willcox on Sunday with five illegal immigrants, including a 6-year-old girl. ...
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Mexican Police Uncover Secret Border Tunnel to U.S.
Fox News 9/2/2008
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Police investigating suspicious activity at a home just south of the U.S.-Mexican border found a group of men digging a secret tunnel to the United States — complete with lights, an elevator and air-conditioning. ...
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Boat carrying 16 Mexican nationals intercepted
The Associated Press 8/16/2008
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IMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. - Authorities say 16 Mexican nationals are in custody and face deportation after their small boat was intercepted at sea off Imperial Beach....
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10 Immigrants Found In Truck Toolbox
NBC San Diego 8/15/2008
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SAN DIEGO -- A driver attempted to smuggle illegal immigrants into the U.S. inside a pickup truck toolbox, according to the Border Patrol....
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Mexican police linked to rising kidnappings
L.A. Times 8/5/2008
Marla Dickerson and Cecilia Sanchez
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MEXICO CITY -- When their 14-year-old son was snatched off the street by armed men in early June, the Marti family reportedly did what many wealthy Mexicans do in such a crisis. ...
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Human trafficking may be on the rise in North Carolina
Charlotte Observer 7/22/2008
Greg Lacour
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Human trafficking, which a Union County woman was charged with over the weekend, appears to be a growing problem in North Carolina, say experts who track such cases....
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Nearly 30 Cubans held after 1-mile boat chase
Palm Beach Post 7/19/2008
Daphne Duret
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More than two dozen illegal Cuban immigrants were taken into custody and their suspected smuggler jailed Saturday after authorities caught them trying to come ashore near Rocky Point....
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Sheriff vows press on smuggled guns, drugs
News-Sun 7/19/2008
Kendrick Marshall
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Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran said Friday that he is determined to eliminate drugs and firearms smuggled into the area by illegal immigrants. ...
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AZ court: Immigrants subject to smuggling law
Fox11AZ.com 7/18/2008
Amanda Lee Myers
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PHOENIX (AP) Arizona's appeals court on Thursday upheld the conviction of an illegal immigrant prosecuted as a conspirator under the state's human-smuggling law. ...
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Smugglers caught off Imperial Bch.
SignOnSanDiego.com 7/14/2008
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Border Patrol agents seized a 19-foot motor boat Monday morning that landed on Imperial Beach with nine illegal immigrants from Mexico, authorities announced....
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Border peril prompts Amado school meeting
Arizona Daily Star 6/5/2008
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The U.S. Border Patrol will host a meeting tonight at an Amado elementary school that was forced into lockdowns on two occasions recently due to dangerous border-related activity nearby....
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ICE launches task force to combat cross-border crime in Southern California
6/4/2008
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El Centro, CA.- As part of its ongoing effort to combat cross-border crime and violence, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is launching a Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) in the Imperial Valley to target the criminal organizations and illegal activity that threaten the safety of residents on both sides of the border. ...
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Toll mounts in Mexico's drug war
L.A. Times 6/3/2008
Ken Ellingwood
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TIJUANA Mexico is at war. Helmeted army troops steer Humvees past strip malls in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, some of the 40,000 soldiers and 5,000 federal police officers President Felipe Calderon has deployed to secure large swaths of the country against entrenched drug traffickers. ...
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South Carolina man gets 1-year sentence in immigration case
Dallas Morning News 6/2/2008
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A South Carolina man has been sentenced to a year in prison on charges of flying illegal immigrants between Texas and South Carolina. ...
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Suspected people-smuggler on loose
Arizona Daily Star 6/2/2008
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Summary: Border Patrol agents working in Nogales responded to a report of a suspected group of illegal immigrants walking through the desert, according to Tom Twohey, spokesman for the U.S. Marshal's Service....
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http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/may/27/2-men-face-human-smuggling-charges-after-capture-m/
TCPalm 5/27/2008
Derek Simmonsen
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MARTIN COUNTY — Two men face federal charges after being accused of helping illegally smuggle Brazilian citizens into the United States last week. ...
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Exclusive: Mexican Collapse Feeds Illegal Alien Problem in U.S.
FSM 2/24/2008
Michael Cutler
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This ,article on Fox News was brought to my attention by Bruce DeCell, a good friend who, given the circumstances under which we met, I would prefer that we had never met....
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Mexican Government Corruption Hampers Anti-Drug Operations
Border Fire Report 1/25/2008
Jim Kouri, CPP
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Mexico continues to be the source or entry point for the vast majority of the narcotics that are consumed Jim Kouriin the US. Mexico is the leading transit country for cocaine and heroin consumed in the US....
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Suspect in slaying claims 2 car thefts, 10 burglaries
Houston Chronical 3/29/2007
ANITA HASSAN
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A man who has been charged with capital murder has told police he had also committed five aggravated robberies, two auto thefts and 10 burglaries between February and March....
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Border Patrol Agent Attacked
KGBT4 3/9/2007
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A Border Patrol agent assigned to the McAllen Border Patrol station was transported to a local hospital Thursday night to be treated for injuries. ...
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Immigration raid nets 67 suspects
Houston Chronicle 3/2/2007
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Immigration authorities apprehended at least 67 people suspected of being illegal immigrants in a Thursday afternoon raid in southeast Houston. ...
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Feds Allege Fraud in Samoan Adoptions
AP 3/2/2007
DEBBIE HUMMEL
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SALT LAKE CITY -- An adoption agency is accused of tricking poor Samoan families into giving up their children so they could be placed with families in the United States, a U.S. attorney said Thursday....
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Colo. Police: Infant Traded for Used Car
AP 2/28/2007
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PUEBLO, Colo. -- A woman was a accused of giving a 5-month-old boy to a couple in exchange for a down payment on a used car, police said Tuesday....
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21 migrants found in camping trailer
El Paso Times 2/22/2007
Louie Gilot
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers found 21 undocumented immigrants today inside a small camping trailer at a mobile home on Yarbrough and Alameda, agency officials said. ...
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9 men charged with harboring illegal immigrants
Houston Chronicle 2/16/2007
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A raid of an east Houston house led to the arrest of nine men accused of holding 46 illegal immigrants pending payment of smuggling fees, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle said today....
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Mishawaka business pays the price for hiring illegal immigrants
1/1/1900
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Janco Composites and its owner, Douglas Jaques, were sentenced Thursday in federal court after reaching a plea agreement...
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Cartels using Ariz. mountaintops to spy on cops
NBC News 1/1/1900
Mark Potter /
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Spartan, military-style observation posts facilitate smuggling across desert ...
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Holder Lied: DOJ News Release Shows Obama Admin Approved ATF Mexico Weapons Smuggling
Salem-News.com 1/1/1900
Tim King
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Eric Holder gave false info. to a Congressional Committee last May about ATF operations tied to the deaths of two U.S. Agents; we have the proof. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and Special Agent Jaime Zapata from ICE both died from weapons that were sent to Mexico from the United States....
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America's red-blue divide widens on illegal immigrants
1/1/1900
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The recent actions of Alabama and New York highlight how red states and blue states are heading in exactly opposite directions on laws about illegal immigrants. In this atmosphere, is federal immigration reform possible? ...
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10 SWEEPING VICTORIES IN THE HOUSE!
NUMBERSUSA.COM 1/1/1900
Chris Chmielenski
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In fact, every immigration amendment vote to the 2012 Homeland Security spending bill the past two days went our way...
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Judicial Watch Probes Obama Backdoor Amnesty Plan
Judicial Watch 1/1/1900
by Tom Fitton
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Judicial Watch continues its aggressive probe of the Obama administration’s scheme to bypass Congress and enact stealth amnesty by hook or by crook....
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Border Boletín: Five of 31 ‘solved’ Coronado fires started by illegal immigrants since 2002
Arizona Daily Star 1/1/1900
By Brady McCombs
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Illegal border crossers have been responsible for five of 31 fires that investigators have solved from 2002-2011 in the Southwest Border area of the Coronado National Forest. I found this intriguing statistic during research for my story in last Sunday’s Arizona Daily Star — Bill exempts Border Patrol from enviro laws in wide area....
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Judge Orders Feds to Cough Up More Info on 'Secure Communities' Program
courthousenews.com 1/1/1900
ADAM KLASFELD
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A federal judge ordered the federal government to hand over ""embarrassing"" information about its ""Secure Communities"" program. ""There is ample evidence that ICE and DHS have gone out of their way to mislead the public about Secure Communities,"" U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin wrote. ...
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Arizona anti-illegal immigration lawmaker faces recall
rEUTERS 1/1/1900
By David Schwartz
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A citizens' group that opposes the Arizona senate president because of his stance on illegal immigration and other issues has collected enough signatures to force a recall election for him, officials said on Friday. ...
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US Citizen Caught With Drugs Avoids Prison by Posing as Illegal Immigrant
Christian Post Reporter 1/1/1900
By Ray Downs
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An American citizen who thought deportation would be preferable to incarceration told police that he was an illegal immigrant in order to be sent to Mexico instead of prison – and it worked. ...
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No License? Don’t Speak English? No Problem!
1/1/1900
By Kristen Williamson
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Arizona/Massachusetts Driving Tests Cause Confusion and Safety Concerns...
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Opponents of Georgia's illegal immigration law seek White House support
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 1/1/1900
By Jeremy Redmon
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For months, civil and immigrant rights groups have urged the Obama administration to join their court fight against Georgia’s tough new law targeting illegal immigration...
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Schumer to Re-introduce Amnesty for ILLEGALS
1/1/1900
By: Carrie Budoff Brown
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Sen. Chuck Schumer is attempting to revive moribund efforts to pass a comprehensive immigration bill, telling POLITICO Monday that he will hold a hearing next week focused on the economic argument for an immigration overhaul....
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Illegal immigrant charged with sexually assaulting two minors, deputies say
1/1/1900
By: Kristal Roberts
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A 37-year-old illegal alien already under investigation was arrested for allegedly molesting 5-year-old and 10-year-old girls, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said. ...
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Fla. man sentenced to prison for human smuggling
Floirda Wires 1/1/1900
The Associated Press
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MIAMI -- A Miami man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami says 45-year-old Hector Pena pled guilty to multiple human smuggling charges....
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