Anti Immigration & Illegal Immigration Info - Ongoing Thread

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Friends of ALIPAC,

We are very pleased to report that ALIPAC's rapidly assembled protest of Rick Perry and his current promotion of in-state tuition for illegal immigrants was a huge success!

With only 48 hours notice we were able to assemble around 15 protest attendees coming and going carrying some great signs.

We received a great response from citizens who saw our signs criticizing Rick Perry as many Charlotte motorists honked their horns in support.

We achieved a massive amount of media coverage and secured our objective to use Rick Perry's event to warn more voters about his unpopular stances supporting illegal immigrants.

Our message was broadcast on four North Carolina talk radio interviews, reported in both of the largest newspapers in the state and telecast on four different television news agencies out of Charlotte, NC.

One news report of our event, posted on the alipac.us homepage at this time, ran nationwide!

While Rick Perry was able to gather about 100 people at his Charlotte event donating $1,000 to $2,500 each all of his news coverage was about this scandal, our presence, and our message!

Please keep a lookout for Rick Perry events coming near your area and let us know what you see and hear.

Protesting Rick Perry appears to be a very popular thing to do which is well supported and very effective. More protests like ours in NC is what is needed for every Perry campaign event we can detect!

ALIPAC will release a list of future Rick Perry illegal immigration protests this coming Monday. Please be ready to assist if you can.

Thank you to everyone who helped make Thursday's Rick Perry protest a big success which generated a lot of local and national media for our positions and efforts.

Rick Perry should know now that we will not stop until enough people know about his true stances regarding illegal immigration. Only when enough people know, it will become impossible for him to win the GOP nomination or ever become president of the United States.

Sincerely,


William Gheen and The ALIPAC Team
www.alipac.us

 

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Hello Ohio FIRE members:

You may be aware that Wed Oct 5, the Dayton City Commissioners are going to vote on their Immigrant Freindly Dayton initiative. READ ARTICLE http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/dayton/plan-to-make-dayton-more-immigrant-friendly This is so misguided. . .

I called Mayor Gary Leitzell and spoke with his aide, Jason Webber, who said I should e mail my comments to him at jason.webber@daytonohio.gov and he would get them over to the commissioners who will vote on Monday. . .my comments follow:
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To the Dayton City Commissioners:

I have been following with great interest on TV and in the paper your proposal for an Immigrant Friendly Dayton initiative.

I wonder how you will provide the interpreters, English instruction, help setting up businesses and help accessing government services to new immigrants? Could it be that native born tax payer monies will be spent or taxes raised to set up these programs? I find the point about helping immigrants access government services particuarly startling. . . . ..we all know that government services are funded by we taxpyers!! Do we really need more people accessing those already near bankrupt programs?

If immigrants come to this country, they should come as in the past with help from private or religious charities or help/sponsorship of family members already here. They should not come expecting to access the social safety net put in place for native born citizens, especially in this economy!

With all due rerspect, I think this initiative is misguided and I would hope you do not pass it.

 

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Hello Ohio FIRE members,,

From Rick Oltman at Examiner.com comes this article about the havoc that unlimited immigration has caused in England.

Declining wages, declining standard of living, declining education and social services. The list goes on and on.

Is this the future of America?

We have very little time left to act.

Click here to read the article.

 

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http://www.illegalaliens.us/aztlan.htm
IllegalAliens.US-Aztlan (Mexicans favor annexation of US Southwest)
www.illegalaliens.us

 

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Hello Ohio FIRE members,

I have just been asked by The Grassroots Rally Team of Ohio to forward this info (read below the line) and urge you to act on it. Contact info is provided. Thanks, Claudia
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Action Alert

The city of Dayton plans on passing their Welcome To Dayton Plan (Resolution 5853-11) on Wednesday October 5, 2011 at 6:00 pm.

Dayton City Commission Meeting Agenda for October 5th
http://www.cityofdayton.org/cco/Commission%20Agendas/2011/10-05-11%20Agenda.pdf


These items in the Dayton plan, show it involves illegal immigrants

Recommendations Statement (pg. 9)

5. Implement a municipal identification card program for
community residents who are not eligible for any other
accepted identifying document.
a) ​

Develop a proposal statement outlining the reasons for

and benefits of implementing a municipal ID card program
in the areas of crime prevention, access to banking
and financial services, and access to local services and
businesses.​

b) ​

Provide research on how and why other municipalities

have implemented a municipal ID card program.​

c) ​

Submit to the City Commission a proposed Ordinance that would establish a municipal ID card program.


Recommendation Statement (pg. 8)

2. Adopt law enforcement policies that are “immigrant friendly”
throughout the greater Dayton area.
a) ​

Emphasize immigration status checks limited to people

suspected of serious crime only, and promote reporting
of crime and prevent further victimization of victims of
crime by not questioning victims/witnesses about their
immigration status.​

b) ​

Focus enforcement efforts on serious/violent crime and

not federal immigration law.​

c)
Training officers in cross-cultural competency.
Recommendation Statement 4 (pg. 20)
Ensure access to the justice system for immigrants, regardless of language barriers or status.

http://www.cityofdayton.org/departments/hrc/Pages/WelcomeDaytonReport.pdf


The following link is from January 2010

Ohio Cops Told Not To Ask For Immigration Status
http://www.homeland1.com/domestic-international-terrorism/articles/739938-Ohio-cops-told-n ot-to-ask-for-immigration-status/



Members of the Grassroots Rally Team Of Ohio attended the Dayton Commission Meeting on September 28th, requesting they not pass Resolution 5853-11.

http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/local/dayton/welcome-dayton-gets-unwelcome-attack

http://abc.daytonsnewssource.com/shared/newsroom/top_stories/videos/wkef_vid_3045.shtml

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/commissioners-hear-critics-of-immigrant-we lcome-plan-1261175.html?cxtype=rss_local-news


Please attend this meeting and/or contact the mayor and commissioners to ask they vote NO on Resolution 5853-11.

Directions to Dayton City Hall... http://cityofdayton.org/cco/Documents/DirectionstoCityHall.pdf

Contact info for Dayton City Hall...

Mayor Gary Leitzell - Phone: 937-333-3636 Fax:937-333-4297 Email: gary.leitzell@daytonohio.gov

Commissioner Dean Lovelace - Phone: 937-333-3644 Fax: 937-333-4297
Email: erica.bruton@daytonohio.gov

Commissioner Joey D. Williams - Phone: 937-333-3644 Fax: 937-333-4297
Email: joey.williams@daytonohio.gov

Commissioner Matt Joseph - Phone: 937-333-3644 Fax: 937-333-4297
Email: matt.joseph@daytonohio.gov

Commissioner Nan Whaley - Phone: 937-333-3644 Fax: 937-333-4297
Email: nan.whaley@daytonohio.gov


With the recent ruling on the immigration legislation in Alabama, there are reports that illegal immigrants are leaving Alabama. We have read numerous articles stating that illegal immigrants are moving from states that which are enforcing their immigration laws and choosing to move to Ohio; we do not need more illegal immigrants coming to Ohio.


Grassroots Rally Team Of Ohio
www.grassrootsrallyteam.org












--

Claudia Leonard
Ohio Director FIRE Coalition

 

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http://capwiz.com/caps/issues/alert/?alertid=54229661
Alert! Tell your Representative to push for a floor vote on HR 2885, mandatory E-Verify!
www.capwiz.com Alert! Tell your Representative to push for a floor vote on HR 2885, mandatory E-Verify! FREE PREWRITTEN E-MAIL

 

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http://standwitharizona.com/blog/2011/10/03/first-illegal-alien-arrested-under-alabama-immigration-law-is-from-yemen/
First Illegal Alien Arrested Under Alabama Immigration Law is From YEMEN
standwitharizona.com For months, America has been told by left-wing non-profits like the Alien Criminal Liberation Union (ACLU) and LULAC, that Alabama’s new immigration law H.B. 56, “targets Hispanics” and is “anti-Latino“. Judge Sharon Lovelace Blackburn wisely ignored that rhetoric when she let stand (pending trial)...

 

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Defendant in Pennsylvania CDL fraud case found guilty at trial

By Charlie Morasch, Land Line staff writer
A Pennsylvania trucking school employee has been found guilty for her role in a major conspiracy that helped more than 400 people illegally obtain commercial drivers licenses.
On Sept. 20, a federal jury ruled that Irina Rakhman was guilty of conspiracy to produce identification documents without lawful authority. The verdict came after a five-day trial.
Rakhman worked at the International Training Academy, a trucking school that offered to train potential truck drivers and rent them tractor-trailers to take the FMCSA CDL Skills Tests.
The trucking school even provided interpreters for drivers to help them take the CDL Knowledge portion of the exam in their native language.
As it turns out, the trucking school also provided customers with fake residency documents to satisfy PennDOT requirements and even helped them open illicit bank accounts. The interpreters also gave CDL candidates answers to the exam as they were tested.
Seven others have been charged in the case, which allegedly included CDLs being issued to more than 400 “unqualified individuals.”
Vitaliy Kroshnev, Tatyana Kroshnev and Tair Rustamov each pleaded guilty Sept. 8 to one count of conspiracy to produce, and aiding and abetting the production of identification documents. Vitaliy Kroshnev also pleaded guilty to an additional count of false statement.
The case was investigated by the FBI, with assistance from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Pennsylvania State Police.
In July, Land Line reported about a state bill in Pennsylvania that would require English-only CDL testing.
That bill remains in committee.
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2011/Oct11/100311/100511-04.shtml

 

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Political Strategists Serving Immigration Kool-Aid
Bad Advice for 2012.
Full Story

FAIR Testifies Before Senate Committee Regarding Farm Labor
Guest Worker Debate Returns.
Full Story

McCain, Huntsman Adviser Says Romney Wrong to Be Tough on Immigration
Ana Navarro Strikes Again.
Full Story

More About Jobs Americans Will Do
Worker Verification is Needed.
Full Story

Illegal Alien Arrested for Violating Alabama Law
Caught in Drug Arrest.
Full Story

 

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Friends of ALIPAC,

By now, many of you reading our homepage at www.alipac.us are aware of our victory in Alabama where a judge has upheld most of the strongest state level illegal immigration fighting legislation in America. This decision is a big defeat for the Obama administration and will have far reaching positive influence for the American Defender team in the future. ALIPAC worked hard to pass that law in AL and soon we will deploy our network to circulate it to other states as we successfully did with AZ's SB 1070!

Yesterday's protest in Providence, Rhode Island, was a great success! Over 500 Americans like you turned out. Talk radio shows really got on board and those shows combined with brave state lawmakers proved to be a successful combination. Governor Chafee in RI is in deep trouble now for his support for in-state tuition for illegal aliens. This time, the Americans showed up and the illegals did not! More info and action items on RI and AL soon. Special thanks to each ALIPAC supporter who attended, spread the word, or called to ring the phones off the hooks in the RI legislature yesterday! More details on our homepage.

Today we need all ALIPAC volunteers from all states to play deep defense in California.

Our main objective in CA has been to relay the horrible state of affairs illegal immigration has caused in our most populous state to the rest of the nation while bringing resources from all other states to bear in California where ALIPAC's largest financial and volunteer base resides.

We would really like to do more on the level of state legislation and state campaigns in California, but we have been unable to fill our position for a state coordinator in California yet. Hopefully, someone with the drive and dedication will step forward soon.

For now, we must play deep defense.

Please take the following steps.

The illegal alien supporting Governor of California, Jerry Brown, has four days (till Sunday) to veto 4 bills that support illegal immigration or they become law.

The chances Jerry Brown will veto these destructive bills are low, but we must try our very best!

Please take 2 minutes of your time today, Friday, and Saturday to...

1. Call Jerry Brown's main office (916-322-7152) to say "I am calling to ask Governor Brown to veto the illegal immigration supporting bills AB 131, 353, 1236! These bills give a form of amnesty to illegal aliens and help illegals take American jobs and classroom seats at taxpayer expense at a time when California is desperate for funds. Jerry Brown should represent Americans instead of illegal immigrants and should VETO 131, 353, and 1236!"

Remember to change your message around a bit before you call it in.

2. Once you have made your call, send a written copy of your distinct message by email or Fax. Fax # 916-558-3160
Email access via
http://govnews.ca.gov/gov39mail/mail.php

3. Please feel free to post any responses you get from Jerry Brown's offices in California, or any suggestions, or a copy of your distinct message at ALIPAC's online activism tracking link here. If you do not have an existing account you may request one at accounts@alipac.us .

ALIPAC activist tracking link....
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1273246.html#1273246

For your info, AB 131 gives illegal aliens 40 million dollars in grant money to replace American kids in California colleges. AB 353 stops police from impounding the cars of illegal aliens at highway checkpoints. AB 1236 stops local governments from mandating e-verify to stop hiring illegal aliens.

Our ALIPACers on the ground in the California illegal immigration disaster areas need your help today. They have paid the bills and called your states when needed. Today it is time to reciprocate!

Let's roll!

William Gheen and The ALIPAC Team
www.alipac.us

 

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Immigration:
What's At Stake?
October 20-21​

The first major interdisciplinary conference of the Immigration COMPAS, organized with the support of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, will focus on core ethical, political, social, and economic issues related to immigration. The conference will bring together a distinguished set of researchers addressing the main challenges and opportunities immigration poses in the modern world.

Keynote Speaker:​

• Jorge Castañeda (NYU)

Panelists:

• Jack Citrin (Political Science, UC Berkeley)
• Jeffrey Cohen (Anthropology, OSU)
• Reanne Frank (Sociology, OSU)
• Jennifer Hochschild (Government, Harvard)
• David Miller (Politics, Oxford)
• Zhenchao Qian (Sociology, OSU)
• Mark Rosenzweig (Economics, Yale)
• Jacqueline Stevens (Political Science, Northwestern)
• Alex Wendt (Political Science, OSU)

For more information, visit the web page for conference. www.immigration.osu.edu​

 

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http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty581.htm
Frosty Wooldridge -- Common Sense on Mass Immigration
www.newswithviews.com Frosty Wooldridge's column on NewsWithViews.com

 

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News

California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Three Bills Supporting Illegal Aliens
Monday, October 10, 2011, 1:05 PM EDT
California Governor Jerry Brown had until midnight Sunday, October 9th, 2011 to act on measures that had made their way through the California Legislature and onto his desk. Brown certainly did not disappoint illegal aliens in his state and across the country, as he signed three bills into law that strongly reiterated California’s stance as a sanctuary state.
Read Full Story
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/...gns-three-bills-supporting-illegal-aliens.htm

 

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Obama Administration Seeks to Block Alabama Immigration Law
Friday, October 7, 2011, 1:16 PM EDT
The federal government asked the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Friday to halt the Alabama immigration law. A federal judge earlier upheld two key provisions in the law that allow authorities to question people suspected of being in the country illegally and hold them without bond, and let officials check the immigration status of students in public schools.
Read Full Story
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/...tion-seeks-block-alabama-immigration-law.html
Alabama Official Says Tough Immigration Law Resulting in 'Self-Deportation'
Thursday, October 6, 2011, 5:40 PM EDT
Employers in Alabama's Marshall County are hiring new workers following the stepped-up federal and state enforcement of immigration laws. "It is amazing to see the effects" as illegal workers leave town, said Chuck Ellis, a member of Albertville’s city council.
Read Full Story
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/...migration-law-resulting-self-deportation.html

 

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Friends of ALIPAC,

Do you want the illegal aliens to leave your state in a peaceful mass exodus like we saw in Arizona when they passed SB 1070? We are seeing this exodus again today in Alabama thanks to the new law HB 56! A federal judge has just upheld this new law that many of our own ALIPAC activists worked hard to pass in the AL legislature. This now clears the way for this type of legislation to be adopted by all states in the nation!

Please spring into action today. We have done this before and our efforts were very successful for the Arizona law before the courts stalled us.

Please take the following simple steps.

Step 1:
Please read and circulate ALIPAC's national press release. You can email it to others, share it with lawmakers and campaigns, post it on Facebook and Twitter, or send extra copies to your favorite local and national media. We release these to the nation using ALIPAC's resources and then you can reinforce our efforts by circulating extra copies! Be the Paul Reveres of our movement!

ALIPAC's National Release
ALIPAC Moves To Circulate New Alabama Immigration Enforcement Law
http://www.alipac.us/article-6667-thread-1-0.html

Step 2:

Either access your notes on your local state lawmakers from previous activism efforts with ALIPAC, or go to Google or Yahoo and search on "__(insert your state name here)___ state legislature. This should provide you with a website with easy access to phone numbers, fax numbers, mailing addresses, and emails for your state's legislative members.

Example: Google search "North Carolina state legislature" results ='s ncleg.net

If you need help finding this info, our ALIPAC activists stand ready to assist you 24/7 at the tracking link below.

Step 3:

Craft your own distinct message using our press release, this email, or many of the articles about HB 56 found at alipac.us

Sample Message "I'm calling/writing to ask you to support, file, and pass a version of Alabama's new immigration enforcement bill HB 56 which has been upheld by the courts. Much to the relief of American taxpayers, workers, and voters, there is a peaceful mass exodus of illegal aliens leaving Alabama in response to this bill. HB 56 encourages illegal aliens to leave thus freeing up jobs, classroom space, hospital resources, and taxpayer resources needed by Americans and legal immigrants during these tough times. I look forward to seeing a version of Alabama's HB 56 in our state soon! Here is a copy of the bill for you to review and utilize."

Please remember to call, call, call in this message before sending in a written copy. E-mails have the lowest probability of gaining your desired result.

Call in your message, then send a written copy via mail, fax, email, or all three!

Here is your online copy of the bill to circulate the link or print copies.

Text of Alabama's HB 56
http://media.al.com/bn/other/Alabama%20Immigration%20Law%202011.pdf


Step 4

Provide us with feedback. If you need help or have questions or suggestions, or if you would like to let us know you are responding to this request, then please make a comment at this activism tracking link below.

Here are some examples "Hey everyone I just called and emailed HB 56 to every state lawmaker in Texas" or "Can someone help me find a link to lawmaker contact info for Maine?" or "Representative _____ in Utah was very rude to me and hung up the phone on me" or "I just spoke with state Senator ______'s assistant and she said that Senator ______ supports HB 56 for Nebraska!"

If you do not have an account to post comments and feedback please write to Accounts@alipac.us to apply for one.

ACTIVISM TRACKING THREAD FOR THIS EFFORT
http://www.alipac.us/ftopicp-1274920.html#1274920


Hearing from you helps us to do our job better!


Let's all come to the defense of Alabama today and let's put in the legwork needed to spread HB 56 to as many states as possible as quickly as possible.


Let's Roll!


William Gheen and The ALIPAC Team
www.alipac.us


PS: Our funds are still very low, we may have to go into emergency mode soon. Please help with donations via our secure online donations page at http://www.alipac.us/content-9.html

 

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ACTION NEEDED: Sign the Petition to Keep Workplace Enforcement Amendments in Homeland Security Spending Bill

News

ACLU Sues to Stop South Carolina's New Immigration Law

Thursday, October 13, 2011, 3:54 PM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday, charging that South Carolina's new immigration law is unconstitutional. The law requires law enforcement to check the immigration status of all people that they detain, including those that are stopped for traffic violations. The ACLU and its allies are hoping to get a federal injunction to prevent it from taking effect. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson stood behind the law, saying, "We have a strong opinion this law is constitutional and we’re prepared to Read Full Story

 

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• California Gov. Signs DREAM Act for Illegal Aliens

• Obama Getting No Love on Immigration

• Obama's Jobs Council Wants More Foreign Workers

• E-Verify is Good for All Industries (Including Farming)

• Alabama Law – Fact vs. Fiction

• The Ear – Newsbytes on Immigration

Must See!!
FAIR’s Director of Research Eric Ruark testified in front of a Senate Subcommittee concerning the effects of illegal immigration on the farming industry.
Click here to see his testimony.

Legislation in the States
Listing of states with good or bad immigration policies, including in-state tuition. click here to read more

State and Local Cooperation on Immigration Enforcement: ICE Access
There are several programs that currently facilitate cooperation between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and state and local law enforcement agencies.
Read more

Produced by the Federation for American Immigration Reform
25 Massachusetts Avenue, NW · Washington, DC 20001 · (202) 328-7004 · www.fairus.org​

 

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Newsletter​

October 7, 2011​

Help Us Help the Sheriffs in Their Plea for More Federal Support for States & Localities to CLEAR Out Illegal Aliens

NumbersUSA helped host a dozen county sheriffs this week in Washington to make their pleas to Congress and ICE for all sheriffs to get more federal support in battling illegal immigration in their counties. Their stories of being over-run with transnational drug trafficking, smuggling operations, Mexican cartels and other immigration-related crime were gripping -- and also enraging that our own federal government is so concerned about helping illegal aliens while showing so little willingness to help the sheriffs.
HERE IS HOW YOU CAN HELP THE SHERIFFS TODAY: Pressure your U.S. Representative to act to get a committee and floor vote on the CLEAR Act (H.R. 100). This act provides a lot of assistance to local, county and state law enforcement when they want to drive the illegal alien population out of their jurisdictions. Go to your customized NumbersUSA Action Board where you will find a free fax to send to your U.S. Representative. Most of you will find a fax that urges co-sponsorship of the bill. Others will see faxes to the 41 Representatives for already co-sponsoring and asking for pressure on House leadership to bring the bill to the House floor.
NumbersUSA was involved in writing the original CLEAR Act nearly a decade ago. It has always been one of our 5 top legislative priorities -- enabling much more aggressive local and state immigration enforcement.
The beauty of the CLEAR Act is that it basically would require the feds to cooperate whenever a local law enforcement brings illegal aliens to their attention. While it wouldn't stop localities from being sanctuaries or offering other enticements for illegal aliens, it also would stop the current Administration's practice of trying to stop localities from pushing illegal aliens out of their communities and would require the feds to help.
I can't think of any single action that would be a more effective protest against the Obama Administration's anti-local-enforcement efforts or a more effective single action to help our nation's besieged sheriffs who have tended to be our best allies among the nation's law enforcement officials.
If you want to do more than a fax, please call 202-224-3121 and ask for your U.S. Representative's office to urge action this fall on the CLEAR Act.
Thanks,

 

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State by state break down of the cost of illegal immigration. Very interesting. Check out the cost to California!
http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/USCostStudy_2010.pdf?docID=4921
www.fairus.org

 

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FOR THE WEEK OF October 17, 2011

• Federal Appeals Ct. Lets Most of Alabama Law Stand
• ACLU Sues South Carolina in Attempt to Strike Down Immigration Enforcement Law
• ICE Director Faces Questions about Administration's Backdoor Amnesty
• Over 40 Illegal Alien Felons Set Free in Chicago area; New York City to Follow Suit
• Terrorists Sought Mexican Drug Cartel to Carry Out Operations in the U.S.
• Chaffetz Bill Seeks to Eliminate Per-Country Caps

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Federal Appeals Ct. Lets Most of Alabama Law Stand

On Friday, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Alabama may continue to enforce most of its anti-illegal immigration law, H.B. 56. The Department of Justice (DOJ) had asked the 11th Circuit to enjoin much of H.B. 56 while it appeals the September 28 district court decision that allowed the law to take effect September 29 as planned.
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ACLU Sues South Carolina in Attempt to Strike Down Immigration Enforcement Law

On October 12, 2011, the ACLU, representing a slew of groups and individuals, filed a lawsuit against the State of South Carolina seeking to enjoin South Carolina Senate Bill 20 ("SB 20"). Like lawsuits brought by the ACLU in Arizona, Utah, Georgia, Alabama and Indiana, this lawsuit seeks to prevent the State from enforcing its immigration law.
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ICE Director Faces Questions about Administration's Backdoor Amnesty

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton faced serious questioning about the Obama Administration's backdoor amnesty as he testified before the House Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee last Wednesday. Similar to last week's hearing before the House Border and Maritime Subcommittee, at issue were a string of policy memos issued by Director Morton, as well as the Administration's recent announcement it would review and release those in deportation proceedings that do not meet the agency's "priorities."
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Over 40 Illegal Alien Felons Set Free in Chicago area; New York City to Follow Suit

Over 40 suspected illegal aliens arrested on felony charges have been released from Cook County jails since the implementation last month of a county ordinance directing local law enforcement officials to ignore U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainers. The detainers, sent to local jails, request officials detain illegal aliens for an additional 48-hour statutory period after local jurisdiction ceases so that an ICE officer may place the alien into federal custody.
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Terrorists Sought Mexican Drug Cartel to Carry Out Operations in the U.S.

The Department of Justice announced early last week that it had arrested an Iranian-American man attempting to bribe a Mexican drug cartel to murder the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the U.S. Federal officials charged that the defendant, Mansour J. Arbabsiar, offered to pay a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant, who he thought was a member of the Los Zetas drug cartel, $1.5 million to carry out the assassination by bombing at a Washington, D.C. area restaurant. The meetings between the suspect and the undercover DEA informant reportedly took place just south of the Rio Grande Valley in Reynosa.
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Chaffetz Bill Seeks to Eliminate Per-Country Caps

Members of the House Judiciary Committee will be reviewing “Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act� (H.R. 3012) during a mark-up session scheduled for next week. The bill, which was introduced by Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) in September, would not increase the over-all number of green cards issued, but rather reduce restrictions on per-country quotas in an attempt to reduce the backlog of applications from certain countries.
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