Ireland may come to regret joining the EU
@ November 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet
For the past decade Ireland has experienced huge economic growth, 7.5% per year, as evidenced by huge jumps in immigration and building. Major American companies, such as Dell, have flocked to the Emerald Isle to take advantage of Ireland’s new found prosperity. Many credited inclusion in the European Union and adoption of the euro for the growth. Unfortunately, that which giveth may very well taketh away. Ireland is in trouble and the EU may be adding to the problems.
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Agriprocessors former manager arrested, company fined $10 million
@ October 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The son of Agriprocessors’s owner, who was a former manager at the kosher meat processing facility, was arrested for identity theft and allegedly helping many of Agriprocessors’s illegal employees obtain fake documents. He is also accused of sheltering the undocumented workers for financial gain. Authorities say a witness reported that Sholom Rubashkin gave him money [...]
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Brilliant: LAPD refuses to ask immigration status
@ October 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates helped create Special Order 40 in 1979; this order limits when LAPD officers can ask a victim or suspect about his or her immigration status.
Some Los Angeles City Council members are seeking to amend the order claiming that it prevents police from dealing with illegal immigrant gang members. The shooting [...]
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Georgia spends $1.6B a year on illegal immigration
@ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Why is Georgia leading the way in immigration reform? Because illegal immigration costs the state $1.6B a year for education, health care and incarceration of criminals. There are an estimated 500,000 illegals living and working in Georgia.
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Massachusetts factory managers plead guilty to immigration violations
@ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Michael Bianco, Inc., a New Bedford , Massachusetts leather-goods factory that makes backpacks for the military, saw first-hand what happens when you hire illegal labor. Two managers from the factory pleaded guilty to federal charges; the plea deals do not include jail time.
ICE radied the factory in early 2007 and detained 361 allegedly illegal workers.
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Southern Minnesota Immigration Sweep
@ October 25, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Immigration authorities arrested 19 illegal immigrants in Southern Minnesota this week. ICE says six were fugitive aliens, who had either failed to appear for a hearing or fled after being ordered deported. Four had been previously deported and five had criminal convictions.
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Immigration raid at Agriprocessors brings downturn to Postville, Iowa
@ October 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In May 2008, immigration officers from ICE raided Agriprocessors, a kosher meat processing facility in Postville, Iowa. ICE rounded up 400 illegal immigrant workers in the raid. Another 300 families left on their own for fear of being caught in the net.
Now, the town officials and citizens are angry at ICE. The raid turned the [...]
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Protect Citizens and Residents from Unlawful Raids and Detention Act
@ October 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Senators Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) have introduced a bill aimed at adding extra protections for legal and illegal workers in the face of increased enforcement raids by ICE. ICE has arrested more than 2000 people in raids in NJ this year alone. Introduced on 9/25/08, and drafted with help from the ACLU, [...]
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