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 2/02/10 |
President's Focus on Putting Americans Back to Work Missing Key Element |
| Enforcing laws against illegal aliens in the workplace will not entirely solve the unemployment crisis in America, but freeing up millions of jobs would help many Americans find jobs and increase wages... |
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| arizona news |
2/02/10 |
Sheriff Halts Identity Forgery Ring |
| The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has arrested five illegal immigrants and disrupted an identity forgery ring following a 6-month investigation.
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| Read More MyFoxPhoenix |
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2/02/10 |
Idaho lawmakers pursue illegal immigrant employers |
| Idaho lawmakers could debate as many as three bills this session that would punish employers who hire illegal immigrants.
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| Read More The Salt Lake Tribune by Simmi Aujla |
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2/02/10 |
Previously deported illegal alien charged with slashing girlfriend’s throat |
| On Sunday morning, Aaron Noe Camey Valenzuela, 23, walked into the United Solutions plastics factory in Leominster, Massachusetts, grabbed his girlfriend from behind, and slashed her throat.
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| Read More Examiner by David Gibson |
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2/02/10 |
Feds conduct immigrant raids around Houston |
| Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents this morning raided a southeast Houston transportation business that was a front for a stash house for illegal immigrants,... |
| Read More Houston Chronicle by Susan Carroll |
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2/02/10 |
What Obama's budget plan may mean for California |
| California stands to receive more than $1 billion from President Obama's budget plan to help cover healthcare for the poor and the cost of jailing illegal immigrants.
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| Read More LA Times by Richard Simon |
| commentary |
 1/29/10 |
Lou Dobbs' America |
| Nobody suspected that the next chapter might entail a bigger departure than leaving CNN—a possible break with the immigration hawks who had fueled the latest stage of Dobbs's career. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States, Dobbs took a... |
| Read More American Spectator by W. James Antle, III |
| news |
1/29/10 |
Social Security rarely uses E-Verify |
| Despite helping run the government's electronic database designed to weed out illegal-immigrant workers, Social Security failed to run E-Verify checks on its own employees nearly 20 percent of the time.... |
| Read More Washington Times by Stephen Dinan |
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1/29/10 |
Convicted border agent trying to start over |
| Five years ago, Ignacio Ramos was pulling long shifts as a senior U.S. Border Patrol agent, chasing smugglers and immigrants along the Rio Grande. He'd coached Little League long enough that dozens of teenagers called him "Coach Nacho."... |
| Read More Houston Chronicle by Susan Carroll |
| news |
1/29/10 |
$40 million tab for illegal immigrant prisoners in Monterey County |
| It costs California taxpayers $40 million annually to house inmates in Monterey County prisons who are in the country illegally or whose immigration status is in question. It costs $53,000 annually to incarcerate each one — $40 million altogether ... |
| Read More The Californian by Mike Hornick |
| arizona news |
 1/29/10 |
Arizona Law Would Criminalize Illegal Immigrants |
| Arizona could become the first state in the country to criminalize illegal immigrants. A bill moving fast through the Arizona Senate would allow local police to arrest and incarcerate someone for "trespassing" into the territory of the state.
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| Read More New America Media by Valeria Fernande |
| commentary |
1/29/10 |
Catholic Church should lose tax-exempt status over pro-illegal immigrant lobbying efforts |
| The Catholic Church has also helped to organize the massive illegal immigrant rallies seen in recent years around the nation. If the Catholic Church is going to use the pulpit to lobby for political change, they must be treated as any other lobbyist ... |
| Read More Examiner by Dave Gibson |
| commentary |
1/29/10 |
Failure to Uphold Immigration Laws Leads to the Death of a Deputy Sheriff |
| This is a tragedy that did not have to happen. Had the accused killer served his first prison term of 15 years rather than being released and deported after just 14 months, or had he been given the maximum sentence for reentry into the United States... |
| Read More Center for Immigration Studies by Ronald W. Mortensen |
| legislation |
 1/29/10 |
Rep. Chaffetz Files Bipartisan Resolution in Support of True Immigration Reform |
| The resolution states that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) E-Verify should be mandatory, and that worksite enforcement policies should hold both employers and illegal employees responsible for violations of immigration... |
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| commentary |
1/29/10 |
Scott Brown’s Victory in MA Demonstrates the American People Support Immigration Enforcement |
| Although most consider health care to be the issue that nationalized this election, immigration was another reason 52% of voters in the Bay State supported Brown. ... |
| Read More FAIR |
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1/29/10 |
Changes to immigrant-detention system coming, official says |
| The moves described by John T. Morton, assistant secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, address oversight, medical care and tracking of detainees at facilities in Arizona and across the country.... |
| Read More Arizona Republic by Erin Kelly |
| commentary |
1/29/10 |
Illegal immigration is costing NJ taxpayers billions |
| We have elected a new governor and some state legislators; yet, we have heard little discussion concerning ways to reduce the stress of overburdened taxpayers. Our local news organizations and others have addressed many issues facing our state, but ... |
| Read More Daily Journal |
| legislation |
1/29/10 |
Congress takes aim at blocking illegal immigrants from accessing in-state college tuition |
| A new development has taken place in the ongoing battle to stop illegal immigrants from receiving taxpayer-subsidized college tuition. This week a bill was introduced by U.S. Congressman Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) and U.S.Congressman Brian Bilbray ... |
| Read More Morning Sun by Matthew Clark |
| legislation |
1/29/10 |
Canyon lawmakers sponsor illegal immigration crackdown |
| Canyon County's four state senators have introduced legislation meant to crack down on illegal immigration. Senate Bill 1271 would make it illegal to produce false identification when applying for employment and also for employers to knowingly ... |
| Read More Idaho Press by Mike Butts |
| news |
1/29/10 |
McCain-Hayworth Slugfest in Arizona? |
| Hayworth spokesman Jason Rose said the Hayworth campaign expects illegal immigration to continue to be a hot-button issue in the campaign, in addition to the economy and spending.... |
| Read More CQ Politics by Emily Cadei |
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By Andrew P. Thomas
MARICOPA coUNTY aTTORNEY |
Tough-on-Crime Policies Drive Down Auto Theft Rate
January 22, 2010
Valley auto thefts down by nearly 40%
I am pleased to announce that the Valley’s auto theft rate fell by 38.5% for the first half of 2009. According to preliminary numbers just released from the FBI, during the first six months of 2009 there were 7492 reported vehicle thefts. Between January and June of 2008, 12,190 vehicle thefts were reported in the Valley. The decrease is also reflected in the number of cases submitted to our office last year by Valley law enforcement. In 2008, 2690 cases were submitted. That number was 1561 in 2009, a 42% drop.
The decrease, while impressive, is not surprising. For several years prosecutors at the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and Valley police agencies have made it a priority to reduce what was an escalating auto theft rate.more..
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