http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/ Your One Stop For The Latest News On Illegal Immigration en Copyright 2009 Wed, 20 May 2009 23:59:31 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss President Barack Obama has asked Congress for a 30 percent increase in funding for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) 'Secure Communities' program - a program launched in March 2008 by the Bush administration to help local jails identify inmates... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/administration_expanding_secure_communities.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/administration_expanding_secure_communities.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:59:31 -0500 Washington, DC (AP) -- President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next census director moved closer to Senate confirmation on Wednesday, with approval all but assured after he ruled out the controversial use of statistical sampling in the 2010 head... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/census_nomination_moving_forward.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/census_nomination_moving_forward.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:58:31 -0500 A mayor from the U.S.-Mexico border wants federal lawmakers to provide more money for border agents and dogs to help curb cross-border trafficking of drugs, guns and humans. Chad Foster, mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, says President Barack Obama's budget... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/senate_hears_testimony_from_border_officials.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/senate_hears_testimony_from_border_officials.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:57:31 -0500 Washington, DC -- Rep. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) has refiled a bill seeking to expedite the processing of immigrant visas of children of aging Filipino World War II veterans. The Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act, or House Resolution 2412, aims to... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/house_bill_seeks_to_expedite_filipino_applications.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/house_bill_seeks_to_expedite_filipino_applications.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:56:31 -0500 The workplace is turning far less favorable for immigrants -- legal and illegal -- in the United States, a new study of U.S. labor statistics shows. Unemployment in the first quarter of 2009 for immigrants -- defined as those who... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/cis_study_immigrants_hit_hardest_by_recession.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/cis_study_immigrants_hit_hardest_by_recession.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:55:31 -0500 Contrary to conventional wisdom -- and anti-illegal immigration rhetoric -- immigration rates have no direct effect on unemployment rates, according to a study released Tuesday. The Center for Immigration Policy, the research arm of the pro-immigration American Immigration Law Foundation,... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/study_disputes_tie_between_immigration_and_unemployment.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/study_disputes_tie_between_immigration_and_unemployment.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:54:31 -0500 Seattle (AP) -- Gov. Chris Gregoire is moving forward with clearing Washington prisons of illegal immigrants to save money, but at what may be a slower rate than originally planned after lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/wa_governor_seeks_removal_of_foreign_prisoners.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/wa_governor_seeks_removal_of_foreign_prisoners.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:53:31 -0500 Houston (AP) -- Officials say Texas' prison system is the first in the country to start checking an inmate's immigration history by running fingerprints through a new federal program. As of Tuesday, all prisoners booked into the Texas Department of... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/tx_prisons_now_checking_status.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/tx_prisons_now_checking_status.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:52:31 -0500 Thousands more Iowa children will be eligible for public health insurance under a bill signed into law Tuesday by Iowa Gov. Chet Culver. The bill, Senate File 389, broadens eligibility for Hawk-I, the joint federal and state insurance program for... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/ia_health_bill_excludes_child_illegals.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/ia_health_bill_excludes_child_illegals.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:51:31 -0500 Undocumented immigrants are going to drive whether the state allows them to or not. And if they are going to drive, they should be regulated like any other driver - tested for proficiency, their cars inspected and forced to carry... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/nj_panel_recommends_licenses_for_illegals.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/nj_panel_recommends_licenses_for_illegals.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:50:31 -0500 Albany (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of Russian immigrants in New York City may soon get help in voting, under a bill passed in the Senate on Tuesday. Republicans accused Democratic sponsors of the bill of trying to drum up... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/bill_would_require_nyc_ballots_in_russian.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/bill_would_require_nyc_ballots_in_russian.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:49:31 -0500 The 287-G program has been very successful in Henderson County according to Sheriff Rick Davis. He told WHKP News that the department could not imagine not having the program in place. One example Davis gave of the success of the... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/nc_sheriff_praises_287g_program.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/nc_sheriff_praises_287g_program.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:48:31 -0500 Sergio Merida and his relatives built taco trucks into a family business. To sell their fresh-cooked tacos, carnitas and tortas, each day they spread out across Palos Verdes Estates -- Merida to the east, his wife, Maggie Avila, to the... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/los_angeles_cracks_down_on_taco_trucks.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/los_angeles_cracks_down_on_taco_trucks.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:47:31 -0500 An Oakland high school focused on newly arrived immigrant students - they hail from 25 countries and speak 29 languages - is part of a school network receiving a national award today for success in integrating immigrants into the fabric... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/ca_school_lauded_for_integration_efforts.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/ca_school_lauded_for_integration_efforts.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:46:31 -0500 Latinos in Charlotte are divided over a nationwide call for illegal immigrants to boycott the 2010 Census unless immigration laws are changed. The debate is gaining steam on local Spanish-language radio. Some popular hosts back the boycott effort being led... http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/census_participation_divides_latinos.html http://www.usillegalimmigrants.com/immigration/2009/05/20/census_participation_divides_latinos.html US Wed, 20 May 2009 23:45:31 -0500