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 8/07/08 |
With Jobs Disappearing, Congress Determined to Admit More Foreign Workers |
| Aside from the fact that our slumping labor market does not require lots of new workers right now, Rep. Lofgrens bill treats the issuance of green cards as an entitlement, rather than a privilege.... |
| Read More Townhall by Ira Mehlman |
| news |
 8/07/08 |
Border patrol agent held at gunpoint by Mexican military |
| A U.S. Border Patrol agent was held at gunpoint Sunday night by members of the Mexican military who had crossed the border into Arizona, but the soldiers returned to Mexico without incident when backup agents responded to assist.... |
| Read More Washington Times by Jerry Seper |
| arizona news |
 8/07/08 |
Illegal immigrant arrests in Maricopa hit 1051 |
| Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Human Smuggling Unit has arrested 1051 illegal immigrants under the Arizona felony human smuggling law as of Wednesday, according to a new report.... |
| Read More KNXV-TV ABC 15 by Katrina Wessman |
| arizona news |
8/07/08 |
Deportation threats after boy takes gun to school |
| A 12-year-old boy in custody for bringing a loaded gun to his school Wednesday now has his family facing deportation after it was determined his parents are in the country illegally, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said tonight.... |
| Read More Arizona Republic by Astrid Galvan and Ali Pfauser |
| arizona news |
8/06/08 |
Arpaio Plans Another Illegal Immigration, Crime Sweep |
| News/Talk 92.3 KTAR has learned 100 posse members and sheriff's deputies will hit the street within the next seven days for another major illegal immigration and crime sweep.... |
| Read More KTAR by Jon Zimney |
| news |
8/06/08 |
The Threat of Non-citizen Voting |
| In 2005, the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that up to 3 percent of the 30,000 individuals called for jury duty from voter registration rolls over a two-year period in just one U.S. district court were not U.S. citizens. While that may n... |
| Read More The Heritage Foundation by Hans A. von Spakovsky |
| arizona news |
8/06/08 |
Andrew Thomas is Tackling Drophouse Problem |
| The county attorney's recent Drop House Awareness Initiative, which asks the public to identify and report potential drophouses to law enforcement, is the first of its kind in the nation. The expenditure of RICO funds to fight this phenomenon and the... |
| Read More Arizona Republic by Barnett S. Lotstein |
| news |
8/06/08 |
Latinos' mass exodus from Manassas puts city at forefront of illegal immigrant shift |
| One recent report says 10 per cent of America's 12 million illegal Latino immigrants have fled the country in the past 12 months. Large numbers of Hispanic immigrants are moving from areas hostile to illegal immigrants to places where the laws are la... |
| Read More Globe and Mail by John Ibbitson |
| legislation |
 8/06/08 |
SC Illegal Immigration law fuzzy on enforcement details, impacts |
| The license is vague; it's more like an implied privilege the state can withdraw if abused. There's no clear understanding of how the penalties will be enforced. Beaufort County's local employment verification requirements (which includes independent... |
| Read More Charleston City Paper by Greg Hambrick |
| arizona news |
8/06/08 |
Pima County public defender slammed, defended over beheading Arpaio pinata |
| During a July 10 protest she organized, Isabel Garcia, who is a defense attorney, was seen holding the paper head - which had been beaten off of a pinata by youths wielding sticks - while the crowd cheered. The episode sparked calls for Garcia's dis... |
| Read More Tucson Citizen by B. Poole |
| news |
8/06/08 |
Mexican police linked to rising kidnappings |
| Many are afraid to contact authorities about abductions, fearing officers could be involved. The problem is an awkward one for President Felipe Calderon's drug war.... |
| Read More Los Angeles Times by Marla Dickerson and Cecilia Sanchez |
| news |
8/06/08 |
San Francisco violates 'Dumping' law |
| An investigation is being sought into San Francisco's dumping of criminal illegal immigrants in such counties as San Bernardino.... |
| Read More Inland News Today |
| news |
8/06/08 |
ICE crackdown nets 62 illegal immigrants in Lee |
| The arrests of 55 immigration fugitives and seven other immigration violators came after a five-day law enforcement operation by ICE Florida Fugitive operations teams, along with the Lee and Collier county sheriff's offices.... |
| Read More Naples Daily News |
| news |
8/06/08 |
Golf worker data is denied |
| The company that manages two Anne Arundel County-owned golf courses did not provide police yesterday with personnel records sought after the county government began looking into the possibility that the firm might be employing illegal immigrants, off... |
| Read More Baltimore Sun by Nicole Fuller |
| commentary |
8/06/08 |
Fixes may make E-Verify more usable for businesses |
| Congress imposed requirements that should make this now-shaky program more effective and - most important - more accurate.
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| Read More Tucson Citizen |
| news |
8/06/08 |
Texas executes illegal immigrant after reprieve denied |
| A condemned prisoner, who had illegally entered the country from Mexico, was executed Tuesday night for the rape and murder of two teenage girls 15 years ago after a divided U.S. Supreme Court rejected his request for a reprieve.... |
| Read More Arizona Republic by Michael Graczyk |
| arizona news |
8/06/08 |
No takers for illegal immigrant self-deportation program |
| Wanted: Illegal immigrants with clean records who have ignored court orders to leave the country. Of the nation's estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, about 572,000 are fugitives, although about 20 percent of them are ineligible to participate be... |
| Read More East Valley Tribune |
| news |
8/06/08 |
Plan Would Keep More Illegal Immigrants From Jobs |
| An agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement could take advantage of the increasing capabilities of a widely used but flawed computer system used to pinpoint illegal immigrants when they apply for jobs, said Jock Scharfen, acting director of... |
| Read More Fremont Tribune by Nate Jenkins |
| commentary |
8/05/08 |
Reducing Illegal Immigration: How Congress Can Support Federal Initiatives |
| As part of this superior approach, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has recently initiated a pilot program to encourage those unlawfully present to leave voluntarily.... |
| Read More Heritage Foundation by James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. |
| news |
8/05/08 |
Bahamas Department of Immigration to "Aggressively" Tackle Illegal Immigration Issues |
| As part of this strategy, a hot line would be set up shortly to receive calls from the public on any suspected illegal activities or other concerns regarding immigrants.... |
| Read More Bahamas Weekly by Lindsay Thompson |
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By Andrew P. Thomas
MARICOPA coUNTY aTTORNEY |
Court of Appeals Once Again Upholds Human-Smuggling Prosecution
August 05, 2008
Another Unanimous Ruling Supports My Interpretation of Law
For the second time in the same month, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of our prosecution of illegal immigrants under Arizona's human-smuggling statute.
On July 31, 2008, the Court of Appeals ruled that Maricopa County courts have jurisdiction for prosecutions of people committing solicitation to commit human smuggling, even when the solicitation took place in Mexico. We argued that because solicitation is a continuing offense and the illegal immigrant defendant was transported into Maricopa County, the Maricopa County Attorney was authorized to prosecute him under the state's human-smuggling law.
Andres Cox Flores, 39, a Mexican national, was arrested in a remote part of Maricopa County on March 2, 2006. He was one of 54 illegal aliens caught in the act of being transported from Mexico into Maricopa County in two vans. When he was removed from the van and questioned, Flores stated that he was from Mexico City and that he contacted an unknown person in San Luis, Mexico to illegally transport him to Los Angeles for $1,500.00. Flores was indicted on March 13, 2006. He pleaded guilty on June 6, 2006, to soliciting to commit human smuggling, a class six felony.more..
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