Archive for January, 2009
Border Patrol Uses Music to Deter Illegal Immigration
By admin at 29 January, 2009, 4:09 pm
Border Patrol Uses Music to Deter Illegal Immigration
In an effort to cut down on the number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S./Mexican border, the U.S. Border Patrol is playing music that warns potential illegal immigrants that their journey could end in death.
According to the Associated Press, the Border Patrol has created a five-song CD that [...]
North Carolina County To Implement Immigration Tool
By admin at 27 January, 2009, 5:36 pm
An Orange County, North Carolina sheriff says his police force will be using federal fingerprinting database to weed out illegal immigrants, but says in doing so they are not acting as immigration agents.
The program, called Secure Communities, allows law enforcement to obtain a detainee’s identity by taking information from the FBI and Homeland Security [...]
Obama Overturns Abortion Funding Ban
By admin at 27 January, 2009, 5:36 pm
In an executive order, President Barack Obama has ended the ban on federal funds going to international groups that perform or provide information on abortions.
The so called “Mexico City policy,” which was established during the Reagan administration cut U.S. funding to any foreign group that performed abortions or lobbied to have abortion laws relaxed in [...]
Almost 2,000 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in California in 2008
By admin at 27 January, 2009, 5:35 pm
In the Los Angeles area, federal officials arrested almost 2,000 illegal immigrants with gang ties in 2008, prosecuting more than 850 on state or federal charges.
The arrests were part of an anti-gang operation by U.S. Immigration and Customization Enforcement (ICE) known as Operation Community Shield.
“Using criminal prosecutions and deportations, we’re taking dangerous gang members off [...]
