Associated Press

Mexican official: Oregon man drowned in own blood

Cabo San Lucas, BCS, Mex. — A Mexican prosecutor says an Oregon tourist drowned in his own blood while in police custody. — Sam Botner of Yancalla, Oregon, was arrested on Aug. 27 in the resort of San Jose del Cabo and was later found dead in a jail cell. Prosecutors say a surveillance video shows officers beating Botner…

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Dalton (Georgia) Daily Citizen

Ruling could impact larger Mohawk lawsuit

A Mohawk Industries employee’s claim that the company fired him for reporting illegal aliens working at a Calhoun plant could affect a larger pending lawsuit. — Last week, a panel of judges with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld a ruling by U.S. District Judge Harold L. Murphy of Rome ordering Mohawk to release the details…

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KTAR — Phoenix

Illegal couple applied for home loan using stolen SSNs

Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives arrested a couple applying for a $159,000 home loan using stolen social security numbers and false immigration documents. — Jose Ozuna Alvarez and Ana Laura Balerrama are both believed to be illegal immigrants. Investigators said they got jobs, bought as many as three new vehicles..

The Pew Hispanic Center estimated that in 2004, 81 percent of undocumented immigrants in the United States were of Latino origin. HERE

Associated Press

Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent

The nation’s unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike…

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NumbersUSA

America’s Jobless

Some Americans and lawmakers make the common error to think that unemployment figures measure people without jobs. Rather, they measure only those people who are actively looking for jobs and have signed up with government unemployment agencies. The potential labor pool is far larger than the government reports because so many people are not in the labor market at all for the following reasons:

they were laid off and ran out of unemployment benefits;
they stopped work because of illness, injury, pregnancy and they didn’t have enough incentive to look for a job or the jobs weren’t attractive enough;
they failed to find a job for so long that they gave up; or
they are disabled (the vast majority of disabled American cannot get a job).

Lots more HERE

Or am I being “extreme” for advocating for sustainable immigration levels?

Enforcement News ( lots more HERE)
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ICE Agents Arrest 18 Illegal AliensSeptember 3, 2008 (Arcata, Calif.) – ICE special agents executed a federal search warrant at the local headquarters of one of the state’s major wholesale flower growers, The Sun Valley Group, arresting 18 illegal alien workers on administrative immigration violations. One worker, who had an extensive criminal record, was turned over to the sheriff’s department based on an outstanding warrant. More at ICE.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 25 Criminal Aliens and Gang Members
September 3, 2008 (Ft. Myers, Fla.) – ICE agents in Fort Myers and sheriff’s deputies arrested 25 criminal aliens and documented street gang members following a two-day enforcement operation targeting criminal aliens and street gang members in the Naples area. More at ICE.gov

ICE Team Arrests 130 in New York
August 26, 2008 (New York) – Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced its four New York Fugitive Operations Teams arrested a total of 120 fugitive aliens during a nearly two-week long operation. Of the 120 fugitives arrested, 35 had criminal records. During the operation, an additional 10 immigration violators were arrested, six of whom had criminal histories. Criminal histories of the aliens included convictions for drugs, assault, bank fraud, bribery, burglary, robbery and prostitution. More at ICE.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 595 in Mississippi Facility
August 26, 2008 (Laurel, Miss.) – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents arrested 595 illegal aliens from eight countries at a manufacturing facility for crimes including aggravated identity theft and fraudulent use of Social Security numbers. Eight criminal cases focused on charges of aggravated identity theft have been accepted for prosecution. The other cases are being handled by administrative law procedures. More at ICE.gov

46 Illegal Aliens Caught in Arizona
August 25, 2008 (Tucson, Ariz.) – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 46 illegal aliens near Naco, Ariz. The illegal aliens were taken into custody and processed for removal from the United States. More at CBP.gov

CBP Agents Arrest More than 60 Illegal Aliens in Arizona
August 18, 2008 (Tucson, Ariz.) – Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a group of 62 illegal aliens near Naco, Ariz. The illegal aliens were taken into custody and processed for removal from the United States. Fifty-five subjects were processed under the Mexican Interior Repatriation Program. More at CBP.gov

42 Arrested in ICE-led Operation in Salt Lake City
August 18, 2008 (Salt Lake City) – ICE agents arrested 42 male gang members or gang associates. Of those, 22 will face criminal charges before being processed for deportation. Ten are being prosecuted federally for re-entry after deportation, one is being charged federally with illegal possession of a firearm, and 11 will face state-related charges for drug offenses, including burglary, domestic violence, assault with a deadly weapon, and violation of a gang injunction. More at ICE.gov

50 Arrested in Minnesota During ICE-led Operation
August 14, 2008 (Bloomington, Minn.) – ICE agents, in partnership with local, state and federal law enforcement officers, arrested 50 gang members, gang associates and immigration violators in the greater Twin Cities area. Of the 50 arrested, 35 are gang members, seven are gang associates and 37 are illegal aliens. Twelve of those arrested had previous convictions. More at ICE.gov

ICE Arrests 42 Illegal Aliens at Airport
August 13, 2008 (Washington) – ICE agents arrested 42 men illegally present in the country at Dulles International Airport. ICE agents arrested the illegal aliens just inside the airport grounds at a checkpoint established to verify the identity and immigration status of workers entering a service gate. The arrests were part of a critical infrastructure protection operation. More at ICE.gov

ICE Teams Arrest 119 Fugitive Aliens
August 13, 2008 (Philadelphia) – ICE’s local fugitive operations teams arrested a total of 119 fugitive aliens during the 10-day operation in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Of the 75 fugitives arrested, 26 had criminal records. During the operation an additional 44 immigration violators were arrested, 12 of whom had criminal histories. More at ICE.gov

ICE Arrests 57 Illegal Aliens in Asheville, N.C.
August 13, 2008 (Washington) – Fifty-seven illegal aliens working at Mills Manufacturing Corporation, a Department of Defense contractor, were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents. The arrests were based on an ICE critical infrastructure investigation that revealed that the illegal aliens had used fraudulent social security numbers to obtain employment. More at ICE.gov

ICE-Led Operation Arrests 80 in Massachusetts
August 8, 2008 (Boston) – ICE agents, together with federal, state and local law enforcement partners across Massachusetts, have arrested 52 gang members and associates from 24 different gangs and 28 other criminals. The four-day operation yielded arrests of 55 U.S. permanent residents who may be removable from the U.S. based upon their criminal history, 14 who were illegally residing in the U.S., two who are wanted on warrants of deportation, and three others who have re-entered the U.S. illegally after having been deported. All of the individuals have criminal records. More at ICE.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 54 Miami Area Criminals
August 8, 2008 (Miami) – In the Miami area, 54 criminals were arrested following a targeted enforcement operation headed by ICE special agents. Approximately 29 of those arrested are lawful permanent residents, while the remainder are immigration violators. All will go before an immigration judge. More at ICE.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 321
August 7, 2008 (Miami) – ICE agents, with federal agencies and local law enforcement officers, arrested 321 people from 12 countries in an operation targeting trans-national and violent criminal street gangs in South Florida. The enforcement operation included the arrest of 59 transnational gang members and associates. More at ICE.gov

ICE Team Arrest More than 60 in 5-Day Florida Operation
August 4, 2008 (Ft. Myers, Fla.) – A five-day law enforcement operation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Florida Fugitive operations teams and local sheriffs’ offices resulted in arrests of 55 fugitives and 7 immigration violators. Fifteen of those arrested had criminal histories that spanned from aggravated assault, battery, DUI, DUI hit and run, resisting officer without violence, burglary, weapons offenses, cocaine possession and larceny. More at ICE.gov

Coast Guard, CBP Officers Interdict 20 Migrants Off San Diego
July 31, 2008 (San Diego, Calif.) – Coast Guard and CBP officers apprehended 20 Mexican migrants who attempted to enter the U.S. by boat. More at USCG.mil

ICE Agents Arrest 13 in Little Rock
July 28, 2008 (Little Rock, Ark.) – Thirteen illegal aliens working in North Little Rock were arrested by ICE special agents who executed federal arrest warrants at the site. The agents had identified document fraud and misuse of Social Security cards. Ten aliens were from Guatemala and three from Mexico. More at ICE.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 58 in Ohio
July 23, 2008 (Cleveland, Ohio) – Special agents with ICE administratively arrested 58 restaurant employees on immigration violations after executing federal search warrants at eight restaurants throughout northern Ohio. All arrested are citizens of Mexico. More at ICE.gov

Coast Guard Repatriates 107 Haitian Migrants
July 22, 2008 (Miami, Fla.) – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant repatriated 107 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti. More at USCG.mil

ICE Agents Arrest 81 in San Diego
July 22, 2008 (San Diego, Calif.) – ICE agents arrested 38 gang members or gang associates and 43 criminal aliens in the greater San Diego area. Of those, 6 were charged in federal court for felony re-entry after deportation. The five men and one woman, all Mexican nationals, were previously deported criminals with prior convictions for drug offenses and violent crimes. More at ICE.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 49 in Chicago
July 18, 2008 (Chicago, Ill.) – ICE agents in close partnership with local law enforcement officers made 49 arrests in a four-day operation targeting illegal aliens with ties to violent street gangs in Chicago’s northern and northwest suburbs. Of the 49 arrested, 48 are Mexican nationals and one is from Guatemala. All are illegal aliens with the exception of one U.S. permanent resident whose criminal convictions make him eligible for deportation. More at ICE.gov

CBP Agents Arrest 31 After Vehicle Stop in Tucson
July 18, 2008 (Tucson, Ariz.) – Border Patrol agents conducted a vehicle stop that led to the arrest of 31 illegal aliens being held in various rooms at a motel. All five passengers in the vehicle were illegal aliens. The resulting investigation stop revealed more illegal aliens being staged for transportation at a motel. More at CBP.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 45 in Tulsa Area
July 17, 2008 (Tulsa, Okla.) – ICE agents and local law enforcement officers arrested 45 gang members, gang associates and immigration violators during a six-day local effort. Fifteen of those arrested are transnational gang members who are aliens and will be processed for deportation following any pending criminal charges against them. Thirteen of those arrested have no known gang affiliation but are deportable due to their criminal convictions or because they are in the U.S. illegally. Another 17 U.S. citizen gang members were also arrested on state warrants or criminal charges during the operation. More at ICE.gov

CBP Agents Process 235 Immigration Violations
July 17, 2008 (San Ysidro, Calif.) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the San Ysidro and adjacent Otay Mesa passenger ports of entry detained eight people with outstanding felony arrest warrants and processed 235 immigration violations. More at CBP.gov

ICE Agents Arrest 18 Illegal Aliens in Colorado
July 16, 2008 (Loveland, Colo.) – ICE agents arrested 18 illegal aliens at a concrete plant. The 18 men were administratively arrested for being in the United States illegally. One man is from El Salvador, while the rest are from Mexico. More at ICE.gov

Coast Guard, CBP Intercept Smuggling Boat
July 14, 2008 (San Diego, Calif.) – Coast Guard Sector San Diego notified U.S. Customs and Border Protection marine interdiction and border patrol agents so they could intercept Mexican motor-powered vessel and detained nine undocumented Mexican nationals upon landing at Imperial Beach. More at CBP.gov

ICE Teams Arrest 24 Illegal Aliens in Nashville
July 9, 2008 (Nashville, Tenn.) – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested 24 immigration fugitives and violators during a five-day operation carried out by deportation officers assigned to the ICE New Orleans and Memphis Fugitive Operations Teams. Of those arrested, 22 were immigration fugitives. ICE officers also arrested one individual who illegally re-entered the U.S. after having been previously removed and one non-fugitive criminal alien who allegedly is a member of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). More at ICE.gov

Arizona Border Patrol Agents Apprehend 27 Aliens
July 3, 2008 (Laredo, Tex.) – Border Patrol agents from the Laredo North station detained 27 undocumented aliens after interdicting a smuggling attempt. After a service canine indicated the presence of people or contraband, agents opened a sealed tractor trailer to discover 27 people standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a narrow aisle between the cargo boxes. All of the people were undocumented aliens. More at CBP.gov

ICE Arrests 32 in Puget Sound Area
June 26, 2008 (Arlington, Wash.) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents executed a federal civil search warrant at an aircraft manufacturing plant, arresting 32 of the company’s workers on administrative immigration violations. More at ICE.gov

ICE Fugitive Operations Team Arrests 48
June 26, 2008 (Garden City, Kan.) – A local team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 48 criminal, fugitive aliens and immigration violators in western Kansas as part of a five-day operation. Thirty-six of those arrested had previous criminal convictions, and are from El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Vietnam. More at ICE.gov

ICE Arrests More than 160 Employees in Houston
June 25, 2008 (Houston, Tex.) – ICE arrested more than 160 Action Rags USA employees for administrative immigration violations as part of a more than year-long ongoing investigation. More at ICE.gov

ICE Fugitive Operations Team Arrests 38
June 25, 2008 (Milwaukee, Wis.) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Fugitive Operations Team arrested 38 fugitive aliens and immigration violators in southeast Wisconsin area. Sixteen of those arrested were fugitives; 22 were immigration violators encountered by ICE officers during their targeted arrests. More at ICE.gov

ICE Fugitive Operations Team Arrests 44 Absconders
June 25, 2008 (Omaha, Neb.) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Fugitive Operations Team arrested 44 fugitive aliens and immigration violators in central Nebraska. Twenty-eight of those arrested were fugitives; 16 were immigration violators encountered by ICE officers during their targeted arrests. Of the 44 apprehended, 10 have previous criminal convictions in addition to their administrative immigration violations. More at ICE.gov

ICE Fugitive Operations Team Arrests 43
June 25, 2008 (Chicago, Ill.) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Fugitive Operations Teams arrested 43 fugitive aliens and immigration violators in the Chicago metropolitan area. Twenty-five of those arrested were fugitives; 18 were immigration violators encountered by ICE officers during their targeted arrests. Of the 43 apprehended, 20 have previous criminal convictions in addition to their administrative immigration violations. More at ICE.gov

ICE Fugitive Operation Team Arrests 42 in Rhode Island
June 12, 2008 (Providence, R.I.) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 42 immigration fugitives and immigration violators during a law enforcement operation carried out by deportation officers assigned to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Rhode Island Fugitive Operations Team. Of those arrested, 21 are immigration fugitives. ICE officers also arrested 12 individuals who illegally re-entered the U.S. after having been previously removed and 9 other illegal aliens. More at ICE.gov

More than 900 Arrested in ICE California Surge
May 23, 2008 (Los Angeles, Calif.) – More than 900 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation following a three-week enforcement surge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Teams in California. ICE officers located and arrested a total of 905 immigration violators throughout the state, including 327 in the greater Los Angeles area. Of those arrested locally, 244 were immigration fugitives. More at ICE.gov

ICE Operation Nets More Than 39 Arrests in Phoenix Area
May 16, 2008 (Phoenix, Ariz.) – More than 35 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives, and immigration violators have been removed from the United States or are facing deportation. Of those taken into custody, 21 were immigration fugitives, aliens who have ignored final orders of deportation or who returned to the United States illegally after being removed. Seven of those arrested had criminal histories in addition to being in the country illegally. The majority of the immigration violators arrested during the special operation were from Mexico, but the group also included foreign nationals from Honduras and El Salvador. Since many of these individuals have already been through immigration proceedings, they are subject to immediate removal from the country. More at ICE.gov

Coast Guard Repatriates More than 70 Cuban Migrants
May 16, 2008 (Miami, Fla.) – The Coast Guard Cutter Key Biscayne repatriated more than 70 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba who were interdicted in two separate events as a result of CBP Air and Marine efforts. More at CBP.gov

ICE’s Iowa Operation Largest Criminal Worksite Enforcement Operation
May 15, 2008 (Waterloo, Iowa) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted the investigation and made the arrests of 306 people at Agriprocessors Inc., in Postville, Iowa. Charges in complaints vary by individual and include allegations of aggravated identity theft, falsely using a Social Security number, illegally reentering the United States after being deported, and fraudulently using an alien registration card. More at ICE.gov

My letter to the editor published in today’s Chattanooga Times Free Press. The Times Free Press also ran a correction on the same story Wednesday, which I paste below the LTE.

Original news report HERE

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( Dustin Inman) Society supports legal immigration
http://epaper.timesfreepress.com/Daily/skins/Chattanooga/

While American workers watch as wages go down and our job market shrinks along with our state and local government’s budgets, the topic of your recent report — use of the no-cost and dependable E-Verify system to ensure that American jobs are not going to illegal aliens — seems like a no-brainer.

In the (Monday) report, the Times Free Press described the Dustin Inman Society as being “anti-immigration” and those who defend illegal immigration and oppose use of the E-Verify system as “immigrant advocates.”

Let’s be clear: Real “immigrants” join the American family lawfully. Illegal aliens — and their handlers — laugh at our borders and the American laws they deem unproductive to their search for “better life.”

Associating one with the other is the real immigrant bashing.

The Dustin Inman Society supports reduced levels of reasonable and sustainable levels of lawful and controlled immigration that benefits our nation. We proudly demand secure American borders and actively oppose the organized crime of illegal immigration and illegal employment.

We are proud to enjoy the support of countless real, legal immigrants of all backgrounds and ethnicities.

A foolproof method of understanding an important difference: Immigrants don’t require a repeat of the failed 1986 amnesty. Only illegal aliens have that self-inflicted problem.

D.A. KING
President and founder
Dustin Inman Society
Marietta, Ga.

Wednesday’s Times Free Press correction:
http://epaper.timesfreepress.com/Daily/skins/Chattanooga/

CORRECTIONS

D.A. King of the Dustin Inman Society in Marietta, Ga., said his group is against illegal immigration but is not anti-immigration as the Times Free Press reported Monday in a Page A1 story about the federal E-Verify program.

We thank the Times Free Press for the adherence to accurate and balanced journalism.

Dallas Morning News

Expect little, if any, immigration talk from McCain to Republicans

It’s safe to say that if John McCain wants to get booed Thursday night at the Republican convention, he’ll promise to make comprehensive immigration reform a top priority as president. — To survive the primaries, Mr. McCain abandoned his long-held push to create a new guest worker program and a path to citizenship for many of the 12 million illegal [aliens] in this country…

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Associated Press

GOP: Only legal residents should be counted

The 2008 Republican platform, in language that is hostile to illegal immigrants, says the makeup of Congress should be determined by counting only those legally residing in the United States in the next census. — “The integrity of the 2010 census, proportioning congressional representation among the states…

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Steven A. Camarota — Washington Post

How many Americans?

When the Census Bureau released its new population projections last month, most of the media focused on the country’s changing racial composition. But this was almost certainly not the most important finding. The projections show that the U.S. population will grow by 135 million in just 42 years — a 44 percent increase…

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