illegal immigrants

From Illegal Immigrant to Brain Surgeon

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Once an illegal immigrant, this brain surgeon is now hoping to find the cure for cancer.

Illegal immigrants depress wages, lift costs

One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Illegal immigrants depress wages, lift costs Catherine E. Mille In a recent Argus Leader, Sister Gabriella Crowley wrote a letter stating Americans have no compassion for immigrants. She said we will pay for that lack eventually. Crowley is passionate and caring but wrong in her assertions. We are neither anti-immigration nor anti-immigrant. We are against...

Judge bans rule against renting to illegal immigrants

Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

A federal judge has issued a final judgment banning enforcement of a Dallas suburb's rule prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants.

Pair Plead Guilty To Hostage-Taking In Transport Of Illegal Immigrants

Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago

Two undocumented immigrants from Mexico have pleaded guilty to hostage-taking for demanding money to secure the release of immigrants they had driven from Arizona to Florida.

Shipley Do-Nut president pleads guilty (hiring illegal aliens, light sentence)

Lonewacko (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

From this: The sudden guilty plea to charges of hiring illegal immigrants by the president of Shipley Do-Nuts — one of Houston's most well-known institutions — is likely to send a strong message to employers...

• Shipley president enters guilty plea - The Eagle Texas and Region
• The perils of employing undocumented workers - NewsWatch: Immigration
• See the 5 articles on the same subject

Duke union claims contractor is employing illegal immigrants

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday

A union representing 1,000 Duke Energy power plant workers said the utility is using an outside contractor that employed illegal immigrants. Duke says it has found no evidence of that.

Blunt gets third crack at applauding illegal immigrant laws

The Turner Report (Free subscription) | yesterday

It is a tried and true pattern in Missouri politics. The governor takes credit when a bill first passes, then again when he signs it into law, and once more when it takes effect. Gov. Matt Blunt issued yet another news release about the passing of laws designed to crack down on illegal immigrants in Missouri: Some of the toughest legislation in the nation to fight illegal immigration...

Kansas’ audit on illegal immigration hits snag

One Old Vet (Free subscription) | yesterday

Kansas’ audit on illegal immigration hits snag Kansas lawmakers struggled this year to come to grips with illegal immigration. Some wanted to penalize businesses that repeatedly hire them. Others wanted to do more to stop illegal immigrants from staying here, or from drawing on state services. Thanks to pushback from powerful industry lobbyists, those ideas went nowhere....

WND Repeats Bogus Illegal Immigrant Murder Statistic

ConWebBlog: The Weblog of ConWebWat (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

An Aug. 27 WorldNetDaily article claims: Twelve Americans are murdered every day by illegal aliens , according to 2006 statistics released by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. If those numbers are correct, it translates to 4,380 Americans murdered annually by illegal aliens – more than the U.S. death toll of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. That's more than 30,000 Americans killed by...

Illegal Immigrants Returning to Mexico in Record Numbers

Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Mexican consulate says that "it's almost 100 percent more this year than it was the previous two years". Excellent news. DALLAS ( FOX News ) — Illegal immigrants are returning home to Mexico in numbers not seen for decades — and the Mexican government may have to deal with a crush on its social services and lower wages once the immigrants arrive. The Mexican Consulate's office...

Farmers Branch to use ban on housing rentals to illegal immigrants in 2 weeks

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

Farmers Branch is moving forward with plans to ban housing rentals to illegal immigrants starting two weeks from today.Attorney Michael Jung disclosed the city's plans after U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay entered a final judgment Friday striking down an earlier version of the city's rental ban, Ordinance 2903. Judge Lindsay had issued an initial opinion in May permanently barring the...

Bob Barr: No Social Security benefits for illegal immigrants

Third Party Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bob Barr says illegal aliens should not receive Social Security benefits: “Much of Washington’s most important work is conducted behind closed doors,” says Libertarian Party presidential candidate Bob Barr. “As was the so-called Social Security ‘totalization agreement’ reached between the U.S. and Mexico, which would make hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens eligible for Social Security.”...

Student journalist is raped in French illegal migrants camp

Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

A woman studying at an English journalism school was raped in a makeshift camp in Calais housing illegal immigrants attempting to reach Britain.

Journalism student raped at immigrant camp

News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday

Police say a British journalism student was gang-raped by illegal immigrants living in a Calais, France, squatters camp.The unidentified student, in her 20s or early 30s, had said she wanted to talk with would-be asylum seekers trying to cross the English Channel, The Daily Mail reported Thursday.About 100 men have been arrested by French authorities for questioning about the crime committed...

Illegal Immigration Raids Leave Illegals Scared

PoliPundit.com (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

After netting almost 600 illegal immigrants in a workplace raid in Mississippi, left behind equally illegal family members are scared about what happens next: LAUREL, Miss. (AP) - A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and ...