Associated Press

House votes to end highway access for Mexican trucks

Dismissing a White House veto threat, the House voted Tuesday to end a pilot program giving Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways. — The Bush administration stressed that the United States is obligated, under the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, to open up American roads to Mexican truckers…

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Chicago Sun-Times

Illegal alien in fatal DUI gets 13 1/2 years in prison

A drunken driver who slammed his van into a motorcycle, killing one rider and critically injuring another, was sentenced today to 13 1/2 years in prison — just 6 months short of the maximum term he faced. — Luis M. Alvarez earlier pleaded guilty to felony aggravated DUI for the Sept. 22, 2007, crash in West Chicago that killed 51-year-old Deborah Atkinson of Lisle…

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North Jersey Media Group

Schools told not to spurn illegals

Some local school districts are reevaluating their enrollment procedures after the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey found that many improperly asked parents for Social Security numbers or other citizenship documents to enroll their children…

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Associated Press

Foes try to block suburb’s illegal alien ban

Dallas — Opponents of a Dallas suburb’s latest effort to drive away illegal immigrants want a federal judge to restrain the city from banning rental housing to those who can’t prove they are in the country legally. — They asked Monday for a temporary restraining order to keep Farmers Branch from requiring prospective apartment and home renters to obtain a city license…

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In the last 6 weeks I have recieved more than 100 inquiries like: “D.A. – I am a business owner and I want to use E-Verify, what do I do?…”

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Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch

Law bars officials from cross-checking Social Security numbers

Buddy Birdwell has a wife and two kids — and more lives than a cat. — When he’s not a resident of northeastern Oregon who refurbishes furniture and belongs to the National Rifle Association, he is: Adrian, a Columbus fast-food worker with a history of domestic violence….

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KABC-TV — Los Angeles

Study on crime rate of deported illegals

A new study says illegal [aliens] released from local jails and deported are more likely than other [aliens] to commit a crime upon their return to the U.S. — According to a study by the Rand Corporation, 75 percent committed another crime within a year, and 28 percent were arrested multiple times in a one year period…

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Hispanics flood Capitol to protest immigration bill
Carlos Campos
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 03/08/06 HERE

Dozens of Hispanic immigrants flooded the halls of the state Capitol today to voice their concerns over a bill under debate in the Senate that seeks to crack down on undocumented workers in Georgia.

Organizers of a morning rally on the Capitol steps urged the crowd of about 100 mostly Hispanic men to go inside to urge legislators to vote against Senate Bill 529, known as the Georgia Security and Immigration Compliance Act.

About half of the crowd lingered outside, in part because a photo identification is required to enter the Capitol building.

Inside, many of the immigrants, some of them whom acknowledged they are undocumented crowded hallways outside of the Senate chamber. Many of them wore blue jeans, t-shirts, stained painter’s pants, cowboy hats and ball caps, standing out from the suit-and-tie Capitol crowd that usually gathers in the halls.

Jerry Gonzalez of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials guided several men through a legislative phone-and-photo directory, helping them pick out certain legislators with whom to speak. Many busily filled out message forms for legislators in hopes of getting them to come out of the Senate to hear them out.

Gonzalez said some of the men in the crowd who speak English were helping the Spanish-speakers to communicate with legislators.

“We want to put a face with immigrants” Gonzalez said. “Many of these immigrants live in their districts. Legislators should consider them their constituents.”

About 1 p.m., when debate over Sen. Chip Rogers’ (R-Woodstock) bill began, the majority of the immigrants moved up to the public gallery overlooking the floor of the Senate to watch the debate. Pablo Lopez, 28, of Gwinnett County, took a day off from his landscaping job to watch the debate in person.

Lopez, who acknowledged that he is an undocumented worker from Mexico, said he thought it was important to let legislators know immigrants are disturbed by the bill. Lopez noted that federal and state taxes are taken out of his paycheck every week. He wants to start his own landscaping business, but cannot do so because of his lack of legal status in the country.

“We work hard and I think it’s time they recognize the work we do, Lopez said

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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Gainesville Times
editorial page – letters the editor. In response to this from Monday

Illegal workers stealing jobs from our citizens

One can only pray that the recent enforcement action aimed at illegal employment, illegal immigration and the theft of Americans’ identity by illegal aliens will soon be repeated many times here in Georgia.

Local newspapers in Mississippi have been reporting that legal workers in the recently raided Laurel, Miss., transformer plant were cheering and applauding as ICE agents led the 595 black-market workers away.

Media reports from Mississippi tell of long lines of Americans and legal workers lining up to apply for the newly created job openings. Just one quote from a new job applicant in Laurel: “We have wanted these jobs for years, but the company would not hire us.”

Lashonda Dase, a local shopkeeper was quoted in Mississippi’s Clarion-Ledger newspaper on the company officials and the nearly 600 wage thieves being busted: “You’re basically keeping 600 people who are legal to work here from working. That could be 600 households, 600 children who’ve been suffering.”

While illegal-alien handlers howl about “family separation” if their constituents get caught committing crimes, Dase reflects the sentiment of the huge majority of Americans when she speaks up for our own well-being and that of children of lawful residents in America. Ms. Dase made her observation in English.

With each day’s headlines bringing more news of job shortages, layoffs and government budget cutbacks, these innocents in Laurel, Miss., apparently haven’t read the memo from the open borders lobby on quiet, politically correct surrender when illegal foreign workers steal their jobs and lower their wages.

While we should all applaud the arrest of the illegal workers, the real celebration will come when we see the defiant but well-connected campaign donating company officials who illegally hired the illegal workers do the perp-walk into court — in Georgia.

D.A. King
Marietta

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Upstate Today

Mayor says illegals sapping city’s resources

Walhalla, SC — Mayor Randy Chastain minced few words in saying that an increasing illegal immigration presence is sapping his city of resources and adding a heavy burden on the backs of Oconee County taxpayers. — At the same time, Chastain categorically denied that the city’s police department, headed by his brother, Tim Chastain, is engaged in racial profiling…

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