“Unsanctioned entry into the United States is a crime, 8 U.S.C. § 1325”
U.S. Supreme Court, 1982 HERE

Enclosed:

*Text: 8 USC 1325 HERE

*Table of contents: 8 USC 18 HERE

*Text: 8 USC 1357 – 287(g) codified into federal law – 1996 HERE

*Cover page, 457 U.S. 202 – Plyler v Doe Supreme Court Opinion – 1982

“Since the late 19th century, the United States has restricted immigration into this country. Unsanctioned entry into the United States is a crime, 8 U.S.C. § 1325 and those who have entered unlawfully are subject to deportation, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1251 1252 (1976 ed. and Supp. IV). But despite the existence of these legal restrictions, a substantial number of persons have succeeded in unlawfully entering the United States, and now live within various States, including the State of Texas

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*Text: Washington Post Op-Ed July 27, 2010
“What section 287(g) of immigration act really says”
by Congressman Lamar Smith. Smith was a co-author of 287(g). HERE

*Text: Letter to the editor, The Wall Street Journal from Congressman Lamar Smith
“As the co-author of the legislation enacting the 287g program, I can attest that it was created to let state and local law-enforcement officials help enforce all immigration laws, not a select few. It only makes sense to remove illegal immigrants from the streets before they commit more serious crimes.”
Smith was a co-author of 287(g). HERE

*Recommended reading:

Congressional Research Service“Authority of State and Local Police to Enforce Federal Immigration Law” September 17, 2010 HERE

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ACLU HOW TO publication on killing 287 (g) HERE Page 11

Associated Press

Insanity: States weigh letting noncitizens vote

Portland, Me. — Like his neighbors, Claude Rwaganje pays taxes on his income and taxes on his cars. His children have gone to Portland’s public schools. He’s interested in the workings of Maine’s largest city, which he has called home for 13 years…

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La Cronica de Hoy (Mexico City)
10/22/10

42 undocumented Central Americans detained in Michoacán

A total of 42 undocumented Guatemalans were detained by Mexican Federal Police in a routine traffic stop near Zinapecuaro, Michoacán. The Guatemalans were hidden in a compartment in the trailer of a truck. The driver and his partner were arrested. The undocumenteds said they paid up to 2,000 dollars to be smuggled into the US.

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The students said in a media release they want “the freedom of deciding what we want to learn in a public institution

KGUN-TV — Tucson

Tucson students to march Sunday in favor of raza studies

Students and others plan to make a 10-mile march here on Sunday to bolster support for ethnic studies in public schools. — HB2281, a new state law that takes effect later this year, bans certain ethnic studies in taxpayer-supported schools. Courses that are designed “for a particular ethnic group” and that “promote resentment toward a race or class of people” will not be permitted…

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BONUS INFO: Plan de Aztlan

National League of Cities — Washington
Secure Communities Program Aims To Be Nationwide by 2013

by Mitchel Herckis

In an effort to help local law enforcement identify immigration status of those arrested and booked for crimes, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is rapidly expanding its Secure Communities Initiative. The ultimate goal is for the program to be standard for all local law enforcement, and for the federal government to be able to respond to all matches generated by the program, by 2013.
The Secure Communities Initiative is a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) program that aims to remove undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions from the United States by allowing local law enforcement to ascertain arrested individuals’ legal immigration status through accessing federal databases.

As local governments identify undocumented immigrants with criminal convictions, ICE prioritizes enforcement action to apprehend and remove those individuals who pose the greatest threat to public safety.

According to recent statements by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and other officials, Secure Communities is not viewed as an “opt-in/opt-out” program for local governments. If a state has agreed to participate, it is unlikely communities will find a way to avoid implementation.

Already active in 685 localities across 33 states, DHS credits the program with much of the success in removing a record 195,000 immigrants with criminal convictions during fiscal year (FY) 2010, which ended September 30.

ICE has been focusing on strategic deployment of the biometric identification systems to jurisdictions that are most impacted by violent crime at the hands of those without legal resident status in this country, and will prioritize the processing of those who pose the greatest threat.

In implementing the program, ICE enters into an agreement with each state government, which includes a timeline for deployment across localities. If a local jurisdiction cannot — or will not — meet its deployment timeline, it must formally notify ICE in writing. This will lead to meetings with both the state and federal government entities to attempt to resolve any issues in the implementation.

Secure Communities began in 2008 when Congress approved the funding to “improve and modernize efforts to identify aliens convicted of a crime, sentenced to imprisonment, and who may be deportable, and remove them from the United States once they are judged deportable.”

Visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities to read more about the Secure Communities program, and see a complete list of jurisdictions that participate in the program.

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Illegal alien student’s trial set for Nov. 11

Jessica Colotl, the Kennesaw State University student who ignited a controversy over illegal [aliens] attending Georgia colleges, will stand trial in Cobb County on traffic charges Nov. 11. — Colotl, 22, has pleaded not guilty to driving without a license and impeding the flow of traffic. Both charges are misdemeanors. Her case will be heard by Cobb County State Court Judge Kathryn J. Tanksley…

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Texas Tribune – Austin VIDEO

Hispanic Harris County Sheriff on illegals, jail

Adrian Garcia became the first Hispanic sheriff in Harris County history in 2008. The son of Mexican immigrants, he spent 23 years on the Houston police force and six years on the City Council and now runs one of the largest 287(g) and Secure Communities programs in the nation. Under those programs, the sheriff allows federal immigration officials inside the jail…

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Houston Chronicle

Immigration dismissals draw Senate scrutiny

The seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday called for an investigation into the dismissal of hundreds of immigration cases in Houston, accusing Homeland Security officials of selectively enforcing the law. — Texas Sen. John Cornyn and six GOP colleagues on the powerful panel wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano demanding a full report on the dismissals by Nov. 15…

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Foreign News Report

Mexico: nearly 45,000 illegal aliens caught in nine months
Thursday, 10/21/10

El Universo (Guayaquil, Ecuador) & La Prensa Grafica (San Salvador, El Salvador)
10/19/10

Mexico’s Department of Government reported that some 44,978 “undocumented migrants” were held between January and September of this year in the government’s detention facility in Tapachula, state of Chiapas, on the border with Guatemala. Of the total, 19,783 came from Honduras, 14,148 from Guatemala, and 6.648 from El Salvador.

(Ed. Note: The recently published report about the drop in apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol during the fiscal year just ended is quite likely due in part to Mexico’s newly increased effort at detecting and detaining illegal aliens as they attempt to make their way north within its territory. The tally of apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol in the last fiscal year still averages at over 1,260 illegal border crossers per day. The article did not mention the total number of illegal aliens detained who came from countries other than those specified. )

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