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Iraqi terrorists caught along Mexico border

President Bush's top intelligence aide has confirmed that Iraqi terrorists have been captured coming into the United States from Mexico.

Source: WorldNetDaily, August 23, 2007

States Step Into Void on Immigration Law

Legislatures have passed bills dealing with a range of immigration issues, from employment and health care to driver's licenses and human trafficking—creating a sometimes uneven patchwork quilt of immigration law across the country.

Source: Breitbart, August 1, 2007

Obama calls Hazleton ruling 'a victory for all Americans'

On Thursday, U.S. District Judge James Munley overturned Hazleton, Pa.'s "Illegal Immigration Relief Act" in a 206-page opinion that declared states and municipalities have no authority to stem illegal immigration.

Source: WorldNetDaily, July 29, 2007

Hundreds apply for New Haven ID cards

The municipal I.D. card can be used at banks but it also gives residents, including illegal immigrants, access to city services like the library, the beach and the city golf course.

Source: WTNH News 8 (online), July 26, 2007

Chamber Challenges Employer Sanctions

The lawsuit, which seeks a court order blocking enforcement of the law, contends it is an unconstitutional attempt by the state to regulate immigration and that cracking down on such hirings is a responsibility of the federal government.

Source: [Phoenix] News 5 (online), July 25, 2007

New Haven Begins ID Era

Mayor John DeStefano Jr. said the Elm City Resident Card acknowledges the presence of all the city's residents and, by bringing illegal immigrants out from the shadows, encourages the pursuit of opportunity.

Source: Hartford Courant (online), July 25, 2007

28-Mile Virtual Fence Is Rising Along the Border

It comes in the form of nine nearly 100-foot-tall towers with radar, high-definition cameras and other equipment rising from the mesquite and lava fields around this tiny town.

Source: The New York Times, June 26, 2007

City OKs ID Cards for Illegal Immigrants

City officials approved a plan Monday to offer illegal immigrants identification cards that would let them open bank accounts and use other services that may be unavailable without driver's licenses or state-issued IDs.

Source: Breitbart, June 5, 2007

Texas Town OKs Anti-Immigration Measures

Leaders of this Dallas suburb [Farmers Branch] unanimously approved tough new anti- immigration measures Monday evening, including one that makes English the official language.

Source: Breitbart, November 13, 2006

No funds for illegal residents

Gaston County [North Carolina] commissioners have directed county officials to stop funding programs for undocumented immigrants in what marks the Charlotte region's most aggressive measure against illegal immigration.

Source: The Charlotte Observer (online), November 11, 2006

Pa. town that cracked down on immigrants sees changes

Rich O'Brien woke up one morning and his neighbors across the street were gone. For the first time in memory, William Sernak, who farms in a town nearby, could not find enough workers at harvest time. And Amilcar Arroyo has watched as the wire transfers sent from his store dropped from $700 a day to $200 to $50....

Source: The Baltimore Sun (online), November 10, 2006

Judge blocks Pa. town’s immigrant crackdown

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the city of Hazleton from enforcing a pair of ordinances targeting illegal immigrants, just hours before the measures were to go into effect.

Source: MSNBC, October 31, 2006

Arpaio requiring English classes for inmates

"These inmates happen to be incarcerated in the United States of America and in Maricopa County [Arizona] where I run the jails," Sheriff Joe Arpaio said in a statement. "And we speak English here, not foreign languages."

Source: Tucson Citizen, October 24, 2006

Bush to Sign Mexico Border Fence Bill

When President Bush signs a bill authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, he'll give GOP candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration. Yet the centerpiece of his immigration policy, a guest worker program, remains stalled in Congress.

Source: MyWay, October 26, 2006

Another town gets tough on illegals

Another American town has decided to take matters into its own hands to help stop the invasion of illegal aliens into the U.S.

This time it's Bridgeport, Pa., whose council has unanimously banned illegals from working or renting residences in the area.

Source: WorldNetDaily, October 26, 2006

Border-fence bill goes to President Bush

A plan directing the Secretary of Homeland Security "to achieve operational control over U.S. international land and maritime borders" by using many techniques, including "physical infrastructure enhancements to prevent unlawful border entry" has been forwarded to the president's desk.

Source: WorldNetDaily, October 24, 2006

In border fence’s path, legislative roadblocks

No sooner did Congress authorize construction of a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border last week than lawmakers rushed to approve separate legislation that ensures it will never be built, at least not as advertised, according to Republican lawmakers and immigration experts.

Source: MSNBC, October 6, 2006

Fence could make border agents easy marks

Border Patrol agents, “trapped” between two layers of border fencing could be sitting ducks for Mexican drug smugglers and coyotes, warns T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council....

He [T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council] suggested other options as more effective deterrents to illegal immigration, including requiring employers to swipe a Social Security card embedded with biometric data for new hires.

Source: The Brownsville Herald, October 6, 2006

Mexico urges Bush to veto U.S. border fence bill

Mexico pleaded with President Bush on Monday to veto a Senate proposal to build a new fence to keep illegal immigrants out, saying it could backfire by making the border more dangerous.

Source: Reuters, October 2, 2006

Social Security alerts on hold

The government still won't tell you if someone else is using your Social Security number.

The sweeping immigration reform touted this spring appears near dead for now. Stalled with it is a Charlotte lawmaker's proposal to notify people when their Social Security numbers are used by others.

Source: The Charlotte Observer (online), September 30, 2006

Landlord penalties are spelled out

A proposed ordinance that would penalize landlords for renting to illegal immigrants was released by the city yesterday, and it is “entirely consistent with federal law,” City Attorney Jeffrey Epp said.

The controversial ordinance, which will come up for a City Council vote Wednesday, would allow the city to suspend the business licenses of landlords found to be housing illegal immigrants. It also would fine landlords who don't comply, and allow misdemeanor charges for subsequent violations.

Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune (online), September 30, 2006

Mexicans have better claim to U.S. than 'Euro-Americans'

One of the participants in this year's "model Parliament" in which university students pretended to run a new North American "union" took on a role as a lobbyist for Americans for Legal Immigration, then announced that Mexicans have a more legitimate claim to the land in the U.S. than those "Euro-Americans."

WorldNetDaily, September 29, 2006

Border-fence opponents worried about animals

The proposed 700-miles of fencing authorized in an immigration bill passed this month by the House already is under fire from environmentalists and some U.S. officials who say it could harm the migration routes of animals.

Source: WorldNetDaily, September 29, 2006

Altoona latest to approve illegal immigrant crackdown

City Council [Altoona, PA] members on Tuesday night approved a measure aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants by punishing companies that hire them and landlords who rent to them.

Penn Live, September 27, 2006

80,000 violent felons run free on U.S. streets

With America facing a surge of 80,000 violent criminals on its streets, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a plan that would enlist as many as 700,000 state and local law enforcement officers in the battle.

Source: WorldNetDaily, September 22, 2006

Boeing Wins Deal For Border Security

Aerospace and defense giant Boeing Co. has won a multibillion-dollar contract to revamp how the United States guards about 6,000 miles of border in an attempt to curb illegal immigration, congressional sources said yesterday.

Boeing's proposal relied heavily on a network of 1,800 towers, most of which would need to be erected along the borders with Mexico and Canada. Each tower would be equipped with a variety of sensors, including cameras and heat and motion detectors.

Source: The Washington Post (online), September 20, 2006

LA city 'sanctuary' plan subject of court hearing

The legal action seeks "to force the Los Angeles Police Department to drop its politically-correct 'sanctuary' policy and resume enforcing our nation's laws against illegal immigration," Judicial Watch said.

Source: WorldNetDaily, September 16, 2006

Local illegal immigration laws draw a diverse group of cities

When a City Council majority voted last month to draft an ordinance banning illegal immigrants from renting in the city, Escondido [North Carolina] joined a diverse bunch of 30 small towns and midsize cities around the country that have considered, and in some cases passed, similar local legislation.

Source: NC Times (online), September 2, 2006

Billions at stake in border contract

Although Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael Jackson told industry officials the project is "not about simply buying gizmos," much of the attention has focused on the potential mix of technology. Most of the proposals include state-of-the-art sensors, mounted cameras, unmanned aerial vehicles, radar and other surveillance hardware.

The Seattle Times (online), August 27, 2006

Texas Immigration Proposal Draws Protest

Clutching American flags and signs that read "America was formed by immigrants," more than 300 protesters on Saturday denounced a [Farmers Branch] city proposal that would prohibit landlords from leasing to illegal immigrants.

Source: Breitbart, August 26, 2006

Officials say locals swamped by illegals

Pendergraph's department last winter signed a memorandum of understanding with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agreement allowed 12 deputies to be trained to screen the immigration status of people arrested in Mecklenburg, home to North Carolina's largest city, Charlotte.

The 287(g) program, as it is known, gives local officers access to ICE's database of fingerprints and photographs, which Pendergraph and others say is the only reliable way to identify the immigration status of an arrested person....

Pendergraph's department is one of only seven departments in five states with such agreements and access to ICE's database.

Source: Star News Online, August 26, 2006

Hundreds line up at mobile Mexican consulate

Hundreds of Mexican immigrants lined the sidewalk at Bardwell Elementary School Thursday, awaiting a chance to get identification cards from their native country.

The vast majority of people waiting in line were seeking to get a matricula consular, a photo ID card designed by the Mexican government primarily for its millions of citizens living in the United States without American documentation.

The Beacon News (online), August 25, 2006

Cities across nation crack down in illegals

Frustrated by the federal government's immigration policy, small cities across the nation are taking enforcement into their own hands, passing laws that make it harder for illegals to live and work in their communities.

Source: WorldNetDaily, August 26, 2006

ICE official says government won't enter Chicago church where illegal immigrant sought refuge

Immigration enforcement officers do not plan to enter a church where a single mother sought sanctuary rather than submit to deportation to Mexico, a government official said Friday.

Source: SignOnSanDiego, August 18, 2006

Immigrant Takes Refuge in Chicago Church

Federal officials said there is no right to sanctuary in a church under U.S. law and nothing to prevent them from arresting her. But they would not say exactly what they planned to do, or when.

Source: Breitbart, August 16, 2006

Immigrant crackdown is challenged in Pa.

Hispanic activists and the ACLU sued Hazleton on Tuesday over one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants by a U.S. city.

Hazleton, a city of about 31,000 people 80 miles from Philadelphia, voted last month to fine landlords $1,000 for renting to illegal immigrants, deny business permits to companies that give them jobs, and make English the city's official language.

Source: chron.com, August 15, 2006

Pennsylvania city poised for crackdown on illegal immigrants

With tensions rising and its police department and municipal budget stretched thin, this small northeastern Pennsylvania city [Hazleton, Pa.] is about to begin what the mayor [Lou Barletta]calls one of the toughest crackdowns on illegal immigrants anywhere in the United States.

Last week Barletta introduced, and the City Council tentatively approved, a measure that would revoke the business licenses of companies that employ illegal immigrants; impose $1,000 fines on landlords who rent to illegal immigrants; and make English the official language of the city.

Source: Centre Daily (online), June 19, 2006

Colorado high court kills ballot measure to deny services to illegal immigrants

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that a proposal to deny most state services to illegal immigrants cannot appear on the November ballot.

Source: The Coloradoan (online), June 12, 2006

Possible use of radar, cameras to thwart illegal immigration advances

Legislators pressing for the expanded use of integrated radar and camera systems are calling the technology a gentle way of enforcing immigration laws and a necessary tool to stop drug and human smuggling into Arizona.

Source: Arizona Capitol Times (online), February 23, 2006

Licenses for illegal immigrants vetoed

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger [California] has once again vetoed legislation that would have allowed California to issue special "driving only" licenses to illegal immigrants, unswayed by a new federal law that left him an opening to reverse course.

"The bill is premature and could undermine national security efforts to identify individuals who pose enormous risk to the safety of Californians," Schwarzenegger said in his veto message issued yesterday.

Source: SignOnSanDiego, October 8, 2005