Stephen Dinan at the Washington Times reports: The federal government’s system of tracking immigrants’ status is so broken that it gives a green light to one in eight aliens who have been ordered deported, according to an audit Tuesday that found the government has gone on to approve some of those who slip through for… Continue Reading »
The Federation for American Immigration Reform reports: Oregon has a fast growing illegal alien population and a related rapidly increasing fiscal burden on the state’s taxpayers. Major cuts had to be made in the state’s 2012-13 budget to pare back spending for schools and social safety net programs to overcome a revenue shortfall of $3.5… Continue Reading »
Jim Sanders at the Sacramento Bee reports: Legislation introduced Tuesday would give about 400,000 undocumented immigrants in California the same rights as citizens to unemployment benefits and various other government services. Assembly Bill 35 targets a select group of undocumented immigrants, participants in President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, who came to… Continue Reading »
Fox News reports: Sen. Robert Menendez had an unpaid intern working in his New Jersey office who was an illegal immigrant and a registered sex offender and now is under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after the Nov. 6… Continue Reading »
Sandy Mazza at the San Bernardino Sun reports: Federal authorities intercepted a panga carrying two dozen occupants Monday morning as the small boat approached the Rancho Palos Verdes coastline. U.S. Border Patrol agents began watching the boat carrying 19 men and six women about 5 a.m. after suspecting it was involved in a smuggling operation,… Continue Reading »
