Arizona's anti-imigration law...

[KingofBrown]

http://www.indystar.com/article/201...pporters-of-diversity-protest-sheriff-s-visit

"It appalls me that someone would trade on hatred to get ahead politically," said Mary Kenny, 74. "I thank God our own family has been enriched, and I think the city and state have been enriched by diversity."

 

[KingofBrown]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0810/41260.html

“People need to know what’s unfair here in Arizona,” said Parraz spokeswoman Teresa Guillen, referring to the new immigration law and Arpaio’s handling of the sheriff’s office. Parraz filed the lawsuit, she said, because “people know this is a continuing saga with the sheriff’s office.”​

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

We seem to have the opposite problem here on the Northern border. Canada is plannng on shutting down their side of 2 border crossings along the NY/Canada border due to low traffic. Here is the link to the article:

http://pressrepublican.com/new_toda...nd-upgrade-work-at-Churubusco-border-crossing

 

[KingofBrown]

 

[KingofBrown]

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/28/20100528judges-claim-against-arpaio-thomas.html

 

[KingofBrown]

Loved the song, nice lyrics and rhythm. And, the facts presented are as equal as interesting, too. Specially at 0:44 and 1:08.

 

[Babagounj]

Border agents target cash and guns headed to Mexico

by ANGELA KOCHERGA
EL PASO — The U.S. has stepped up searches at the border to catch drug money and weapons bound for Mexico. It’s part of the effort to cripple violent drug cartels.
U.S. Customs officers have been checking vehicles headed to Mexico looking for drug money, weapons and ammunition.

 

[Babagounj]

Ajo students must prove Arizona residency

by Craig Harris
The Arizona Republic
For years, students living in Mexico crossed the border at Lukeville, boarded a bus and attended the tiny Ajo Unified School District.
But that will change Monday, when classes begin there in southwestern Arizona.
Following a crackdown by Arizona schools chief Tom Horne, students won’t be allowed to board the bus unless their parents or guardians prove the children live in the district’s boundaries and not in Mexico.

 

[Babagounj]

Jackson Health System struggles to balance its budget

A myriad of challenges faces the financially beleaguered Jackson Health System, whose governing board will vote on a plan to balance its budget.
BY JOHN DORSCHNER
As Jackson’s governing board prepares to vote Monday on a proposed budget for 2011, its two money-losing nursing homes stand as a symbol for the challenges the system faces as it attempts to cut losses.
Almost 100 of the 289 nursing home patients in the Jackson Health System are uninsured. Half of those are undocumented immigrants under age 50. Many are quadriplegic, on ventilators — hugely expensive patients who can cost up to three times as much as regular nursing home residents.

 

[Babagounj]

Police: San Juan teen randomly kidnapped, found in Reynosa,Mexico


Once the abductors realized their victim’s family would not be able to pay a ransom, they dumped her in a random field. She had her cell phone, but police still had no idea where she was.
Customs officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents were put on alert to look for the teen and a helicopter surveyed Mexico from this side of the border, but found nothing.
U.S. authorities did not contact their Mexican counterparts because they did not know whether they were corrupted or connected to the girl’s captors, Gonzalez said.
The girl had no idea where she was, Gonzalez said, and because she was in another country, officers could not go there directly to pick her up.
Gonzalez would not specify exactly who went to pick up the girl — only that a “courageous person” crossed and found her covered in dirt, but unharmed.

 

[Babagounj]

Orem is landing a center for foreigners’ investments

OREM — Utah’s recession-hobbled economy may soon get millions of dollars for job creation from an unlikely source: wealthy foreigners who seek U.S. citizenship in exchange for a $500,000 investment.
Federal officials earlier this month approved the first Utah enterprise, the Orem-based Mountain States Center for Foreign Investment, authorized to act as a regional center to receive such investments through the “EB-5 visa” program.
In that program, foreigners who invest $1 million and create at least 10 full-time jobs are awarded permanent legal status “green cards” (along with members of their immediate families). But such people need to invest only half as much — $500,000 — if they put their money into projects run by “regional centers” approved by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Orem is landing a center for foreigners’ investments

OREM — Utah’s recession-hobbled economy may soon get millions of dollars for job creation from an unlikely source: wealthy foreigners who seek U.S. citizenship in exchange for a $500,000 investment.
Federal officials earlier this month approved the first Utah enterprise, the Orem-based Mountain States Center for Foreign Investment, authorized to act as a regional center to receive such investments through the “EB-5 visa” program.
In that program, foreigners who invest $1 million and create at least 10 full-time jobs are awarded permanent legal status “green cards” (along with members of their immediate families). But such people need to invest only half as much — $500,000 — if they put their money into projects run by “regional centers” approved by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Our (Plattsburgh, NY) local Chamber of Commerce just applied for the EB-5 Visa program. I'll be curious to see how this works out.

 

[klein]

Our (Plattsburgh, NY) local Chamber of Commerce just applied for the EB-5 Visa program. I'll be curious to see how this works out.

Miss Universe, Jimena Navarrete, dodges Arizona immigration query

Miss Universe pageant winner Jimena Navarrete, says she will be an ambassador for Mexico. Asked about the Arizona immigration law, Navarrete replied: "Every country has the right to impose and enact their laws ... But I tell you that all the Mexicans and the Latins that are living here in the United States are hardworking people."




Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete is crowned Miss Universe 2010 by Stefania Fernandez during the Miss Universe pageant, Monday, in Las Vegas.


PS: If the US doesn't want her, I'll gladly take her

 

[trplnkl]

Miss Universe, Jimena Navarrete, dodges Arizona immigration query

Miss Universe pageant winner Jimena Navarrete, says she will be an ambassador for Mexico. Asked about the Arizona immigration law, Navarrete replied: "Every country has the right to impose and enact their laws ... But I tell you that all the Mexicans and the Latins that are living here in the United States are hardworking people."




Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete is crowned Miss Universe 2010 by Stefania Fernandez during the Miss Universe pageant, Monday, in Las Vegas.


PS: If the US doesn't want her, I'll gladly take her

Well, she needs to come here, I'll be more than happy to introduce her to a few that DO NOT work period, much less hard.

 

[CustomerConcern]

Well, she needs to come here, I'll be more than happy to introduce her to a few that DO NOT work period, much less hard.

So freakin true.

 

[diesel96]

Well, she needs to come here, I'll be more than happy to introduce her to a few that DO NOT work period, much less hard.

So freakin true.

Are you properly representing the Latin Community, or you two just being Glen Beck jobbers......

In the last decade, the Hispanic/Latino population in the United States grew by 58% to more than 35 million, or 12.5% of the population. Latino workers comprise the largest labor force of any minority group...source HR.com/labor relations

 

[Lue C Fur]

Are you properly representing the Latin Community, or you two just being Glen Beck jobbers......

In the last decade, the Hispanic/Latino population in the United States grew by 58% to more than 35 million, or 12.5% of the population. Latino workers comprise the largest labor force of any minority group...source HR.com/labor relations

Who cares if they work hard or not...if they are here Illegally...get the hell out!!!

 

[moreluck]

From Conservative Sportsman....

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:

We believe that..
Illegal immigration must be stopped and that all individuals who have ignored our immigration laws while entering the United States must be returned to their country of origin and encouraged to re-enter the U.S. legally through the proper channels.

Children who are born in America of illegal alien parents should not be granted American citizenship and should return with their parents to their parents' country of origin.

English should be chosen as the official language of the United States and that all signage, telephone prompts, etc. from the U.S. government should be in English only

 

[Babagounj]

U.S. visa violators unlikely to be fingered

Biometric exit loses appeal
By Shaun Waterman
The Department of Homeland Security is not expected to implement a congressionally mandated program that would confirm the departure of foreign visitors from the United States through electronic fingerprint scans — a so-called biometric exit system.
Two department officials, who asked not to be named because the matter involves internal deliberations, told The Washington Times that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will discuss options about the system at a special meeting Wednesday. But the officials said Ms. Napolitano is strongly leaning toward an exit-control system based on gathering the names of departing foreigners, rather than their fingerprints — an option known as a biographical solution.
Abandoning plans for biometric exit would require Congress to reverse repeated legislative mandates for such a system, designed by lawmakers to solve one of the thorniest problems in immigration control and enforcement: knowing whether foreign visitors are leaving the country when they should.
Those who remain after their visas expire represent as much as 40 percent of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States

 

[Babagounj]

Mass grave of victims of Mexico drug war unearthed containing 72 bodies



By Mail Foreign Service


The mass grave of 72 victims in Mexico's increasingly violent drug war has been unearthed by government troops.

Marines found the bodies a rural location near San Fernando, northern Mexico, following a battle with suspected drug cartel gunmen.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...rthed-containing-72-bodies.html#ixzz0xdATt8Zq
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