Archive for February, 2009
Napolitano calls for review of illegal immigration raid
By admin at 27 February, 2009, 4:59 pm
Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano has order a review of a federal raid on a workplace in Washington state which resulted in the arrest of 28 suspected illegal immigrants.
On Tuesday, authorities from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided a manufacturing plant in Bellingham, Washington - the first such work-site raid since President Barack Obama took [...]
Illegal Immigration Numbers Drop
By admin at 26 February, 2009, 4:38 pm
For the first time in four years, the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. has dropped, which the Homeland Security Department is chalking up to the poor economic figures.
According to federal officials, the amount of undocumented workers in the country fell to 11.6 million in January 2008 - a drop from the 11.8 million [...]
Nebraska Bishops Take on Immigration Issue
By admin at 17 February, 2009, 4:22 pm
Fearing that illegal immigration legislation by the state could lead to profiling and intimidation, three Catholic bishops in Nebraska are discouraging from broadening immigration laws and calling on the state’s Catholics to pray for a way for all immigrants to receive legal status.
In a statement signed by the bishops of Omaha, Lincoln and Grand Island [...]
Bill would give illegal immigrants financial aid
By admin at 12 February, 2009, 6:16 pm
A proposed bill in Washington state would allow students who entered the country though illegal immigration to be eligible for financial aid for college.
The new bill would allow the students, who already receive reduced rates at Washington colleges for in-state tuition, to become eligible for the $182 million in financial aid that was distributed to [...]
Government Head Says Immigration Slowdown Caused by Economy
By admin at 12 February, 2009, 11:27 am
New Department of Homeland Security Chief Janet Napolitano says the ongoing decline of the nation’s economy has caused a decrease in the amount of illegal immigration coming from Mexico.
Although the former Arizona governor says there has been a “pretty significant decrease” in illegal immigrants because of a lack of jobs in the U.S. she warns [...]
Arizona to create ‘tent city’ for illegal immigrants
By admin at 6 February, 2009, 3:17 pm
Sheriff Joe Arpaio, best known for creating a “tent city” for Arizona inmates and forcing hardened criminals to wear pink underwear, announced yesterday that he would be creating a segregated area of tent city for illegal immigrants.
Arpaio’s plan would move 200 inmates from the Durango Jail in Maricopa County, Arizona to the nearby tent city. [...]
Fence doing little to deter border crossing
By admin at 2 February, 2009, 4:11 pm
According to a piece in today’s New York Times, the more than 600 miles of fence placed along the Mexico border is doing little to deter imaginative drug smugglers and illegal immigrants from crossing into the U.S.
Today’s Times reports that pickup trucks used by Mexican drug cartels have been retrofitted with ramps, allowing other trucks [...]
