Immigration News
- 2 charged in Seattle with gay immigration fraud Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:27PMA federal grand jury in Seattle has charged two people in an alleged immigration fraud conspiracy, saying they advised straight immigrants to claim homosexuality in applying for political asylum.
- 5 challenge RNC chair to lead GOP back from defeat Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:21PMRepublicans must decide whether to give party chairman Mike Duncan a chance to reverse the losing streak or select one of his five challengers to chart a new path.
- 2 charged in Seattle with gay immigration fraud Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:19PM Associated Press - January 6, 2009 5:15 PM ET SEATTLE (AP) - A federal grand jury in Seattle has charged two people in an alleged immigration fraud conspiracy, saying they advised straight...
- Assault rifles seized in smuggling investigation Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:10PMEleven assault rifles and over 5,600 rounds of ammunition were seized during an investigation of a suspected network to smuggle weapons into Mexico, ICE spokeswoman Leticia Zamarripa said in a news release. (Photo courtesy ICE)
- Six compete to lead GOP back from defeats Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 5:06PMWASHINGTON (AP)—Republicans, who lost control of the White House and Congress in the past two elections, must decide whether to give party chairman Mike Duncan a chance to reverse the losing streak or select one of his five challengers to chart a new path….
- Burma Sends 19 North Koreans to Thailand Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 3:01PMBurmese authorities have sent 19 North Koreans, arrested while trying to defect to South Korea across the Thai border, to Thai’s Chiang Rai province, where Thai authorities have now re-arrested thre...
- U.S. Congress faces historic challenges Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 2:18PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats will pack greater clout when the new Congress convenes on Tuesday but they face enormous expectations from voters as they grapple with two wars, a financial crisis and record budget deficits.
- Obamas View on Power Over Detainees Will Be Tested Early Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 2:13PMThe new president must tell the Supreme Court by Feb. 20 where he stands on a Bush administration claim of a right to indefinitely detain legal U.S. residents.
- McCall challenged as House speaker Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 2:00PMHARRISBURG — Saying he doesn’t want a coronation, a maverick Republican lawmaker mounted an 11th-hour challenge Friday to the election of Rep. Keith McCall, D-122, of Carbon County, as House speaker.
- President asks navy to upgrade crisis response mechanism Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:55PMPresident Pratibha Patil Saturday asked the Indian Navy to step up operational cooperation and coordination with other security agencies of the country and upgrade its crisis response mechanism.
- Becerra leaning against trade job Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:27PMWASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., is leaning against taking the job of U.S. trade representative after emerging as the leading candidate for the post and interviewing with President-elect Barack Obama earlier this month.
- Fugitives flee South Florida with Medicare millions Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:06AMAlcides Garcia, former president of a Hialeah medical equipment company, escaped to Cuba in September just before he was to face trial in a $10.7 million Medicare fraud case, according to the FBI.
- LAKE ELSINORE: Border Patrol raid targets undocumented workers Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 3:02AMLAKE ELSINORE ---- A Border Patrol raid this week on a downtown street scattered immigrant workers and apparently resulted in the detention of at least a couple of suspected illegal immigrants, witnesses said.
- U.S. immigration bill gets major blow Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 2:52AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House-backed bill to revamp U.S. immigration laws stalled in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, handing President George W. Bush a major legislative setback.
- Latest issue Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 2:45AMSo far, the opposition have held out little hope for migrant workers and refugees, observes Angeline Loh. theSun daily , in a report on 4 July, announced a swell in the number of volunteers joining Rela. Rela number of members now stand at 520,000 Malaysian volunteers.
- Many illegal immigrants live in US public housing Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 2:34AMUntold thousands of illegal immigrants live in public housing at a time when hundreds of thousands of citizens and legal residents are stuck waiting years for a spot.
- Frisco: Police arrest suspect for 2006 sexual assault of elderly woman Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 2:28AMFrisco police arrested a Honduran man this morning who is accused of sexually assaulting an elderly woman in her home here more than two years ago. Manuel Guerra, 24, was arrested at a relative’s home in Dallas at 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
- Belo-Kho row: Rufa Mae gets it all off her chest Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 11:02PMKinumpirma ni Rufa Mae Quinto na nagkabalikan na sina Vicki Belo at Hayden Kho kaya mas lalo siyang nainis sa nakarating sa kanyang balitang iyon.
- Rufa Mae cries foul on being dragged to Belo-Hayden breakup Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 11:02PMNoong December 28 ay maghaharap sana ang Central Jury ng Showbiz Central na sina Rufa Mae Quinto at Mo Twister. Ito ay may kinalaman sa pagkakadawit ni Rufa Mae sa breakup nina Dra. Vicki Belo at Hayden Kho.
- Popular business directory searches Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:42PMEDMOND — “I have seen the future and it works,” American journalist Lincoln Steffens wrote from Moscow several years after the Russian Revolution of 1917. But Steffens was wrong, and the system that was imposed on Russia by that upheaval collapsed ignominiously in 1989.
- Fewer deportees being sedated for removal Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:26PMData obtained by The Dallas Morning News show U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sedated only 10 people in the past fiscal year. They used the anti-psychotic drug Haldol in only three cases.
- Fewer deportees being sedated for removal Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:21PMDALLAS — Fewer deportees reportedly have been sedated with powerful medications during their removal from the country by federal immigration officials.
- Illegal baby boom hits Big Easy Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:19PMAfter the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, illegal aliens flocked to New Orleans from other U.S. cities to find work – but three years after the storm, the most violent city in America is festering with crime while schools are overcrowded and immigrant births are ballooning.
- The Labor Agenda Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:14PMThere is no doubt that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a labor secretary who could be a transformative force in a long-neglected arena. The question is whether he will let her.
- University Wants To Make Public Pedro Pan Records Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:07PMMIAMI -- When Eloisa Echazabal looked through the Operation Pedro Pan archives housed at Barry University a few months ago, her eyes filled with tears.
- Indicted sexual assailant had already been deported Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:03PMMORRISTOWN – A Honduran man who was indicted on child molestation charges last Wednesday, Dec. 17 had already been deported back to his native land sometime in August, according to records of the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE).
- Critics: U.S. must up aid to Iraq refugees Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:01PM BALTIMORE, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Critics say the United States is not doing enough to help more than 2 million Iraqis who have fled the violence in their country and have become refugees.
- Less deportees being sedated for removal Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:59PM Associated Press - December 29, 2008 12:45 PM ET DALLAS (AP) - Fewer deportees reportedly have been sedated with powerful medications during their removal from the country by federal...
- Help name names in Siemens scandal Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:59PMThe German engineering giant is accused of a global bribery binge and is under investigation in 16 countries. But who got the money? We ask you to help find out.
- Road to freedom is paved with dead donkeys Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 12:50PMThis miserable road to freedom is lined with the carcases of dead donkeys. For about 100km before the Beitbridge border post, there are scores of them, smashed by the roaring 40-ton juggernauts that thunder up and down the road from South Africa in the night. Donkeys never move out the way.
- Leaning on Jail, City of Immigrants Fills Cells With Its Own Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 6:13AMIn Central Falls, R.I., a mostly Latino city, few realized that a jail held hundreds of people caught in the nations crackdown on illegal immigration.
- Witness to crash that killed Christine Brickheimer to face questioning Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:35AMProsecutors plan to seek information from a witness of a fatal crash earlier this month before he is deported.
- Man enters plea in child-abuse case Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:26AMKINGMAN - A Fort Mojave man charged with the alleged abuse of his stepdaughter pleaded guilty Wednesday in Superior Court. Rodrigo Cadena-Ramirez, 33, had been charged with child abuse, sexual abuse, molestation of a child and two counts of sexual conduct with a minor.
- Homeland Security forecasts 5-year terror threats Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 3:13AMFri, Dec 26, 2008 (12:06 a.m.) The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.
- Middle East, Africa, border security, Net called major terrorism threats Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 3:08AMWASHINGTON -- The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.
- Goodlatte Gets GOP Judiciary Assignment Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 3:06AMHARRISONBURG - Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke, is taking the second ranking Republican post on the House Judiciary Committee in January.
- It’s one pardon too many for George W Bush Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 5:22PMSome ill-chosen Christmas presents get put aside and forgotten. Others will be returned to the shops. Only a few are swiftly snatched back by those who have given them.
- Homeland Security forecasts 5-year threat picture Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 5:21PMWASHINGTON — The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.
- Families at heart of immigration case Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 1:51AMHAMMOND | With her mother in federal custody, Kathy Quezada, 17, of Hammond, has to help her father supervise her three younger siblings.
- As local Indian population grows, calendars fill with cultural events Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 1:48AMRavi Raj Kishore wants Americans to know that India is about more than Taj Mahal and spicy food. “We are proud of our heritage and want to share it,” said the Bloomington resident, one of an estimated 5,500 Indians in McLean County.
- Briefs: A dozen potential buyers look at Agriprocessors Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 1:34AMWATERLOO, Iowa — The court-appointed trustee overseeing Agriprocessors’ bankruptcy case said at least a dozen parties are looking at buying whole or a part of the meatpacking company.
- Frisco: Police arrest suspect for 2006 sexual assault of elderly woman Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 1:26AMFrisco police arrested a Honduran man this morning who is accused of sexually assaulting an elderly woman in her home here more than two years ago. Manuel Guerra, 24, was arrested at a relative’s home in Dallas at 6:30 a.m. Thursday.
- Area Hispanic population grows Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:47AMIn the past decade, the number of Hispanic residents has increased to nearly a quarter of the populations of Stamford and Norwalk.
- Acosta claims to go to trial Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:42AMA federal civil lawsuit filed against Costa Mesa by a Latino activist who allegedly disturbed a 2006 City Council meeting has been whittled down to two main claims out of nearly a dozen and will go to trial in February, attorneys said Thursday.
- Indian doctor hopes Australian terror probe will vindicate him Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:40AM An Indian-born doctor arrested in Australia over failed bomb attacks in Britain last year hopes an inquiry will prove there was never any basis to charge him, his lawyers said Monday.
- Chief stands by his police Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:37AMAs a pair of good Irish Catholics, Raleigh Police Chief Harry Dolan and I should have had an immediate kinship.
- News Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:35AMThirteen players from the Homeless World Cup have overstayed their visas, the Department of Immigration says. A spokesman on Monday said more than 390 international players and officials who travelled to Melbourne for the soccer tournament had now returned to their home countries.
- Homeless soccer players overstay visas Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:34AMThirteen players from the Homeless World Cup have overstayed their visas, the Department of Immigration says.
- 13 homeless soccer players overstay visas Monday, December 22, 2008 @ 2:34AMThirteen players from the Homeless World Cup have overstayed their visas, the Department of Immigration says. A spokesman on Monday said more than 390 international players and officials who travelle
- Australian prefers Thai jail to home Sunday, December 21, 2008 @ 9:55AMA MELBOURNE man who has been living in shocking conditions in a crowded Bangkok immigration jail cell for more than four years is refusing to accept Australian Government help to return home.
