Guatemala to Lobby US Congress on Immigration

A Tragic Loss
Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas, a 30-year-old, married father of two young children, was murdered shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday while responding alone to a suspected border incursion near Campo, a town in rugged, arid terrain in southeastern San Diego County.

La Prensa Libre (Guatemala City, Guatemala)  7/28/09
Guatemalans to lobby U.S. Congress for immigration […

Amnesty makes no sense

Unemployment hit 15.5% last month for American workers without high school diplomas. It makes no sense to give amnesty or a “path to citizenship” to millions of illegal immigrants who would compete with unemployed Americans for scarce jobs and drive down their wages.
Amnesty would hurt American taxpayers. After illegal immigrants are legalized, they’d become eligible […]

More Companies use Immigration Database

What do Continental Airlines, the Houston Ballet, the city of Dallas and Sen. John Cornyn all have in common?
They all use the federal government’s E-Verify program to check if their employees are authorized to work in the U.S. legally.
A Department of Homeland Security database of the more than 118,000 public, private and government employers enrolled […]

Arpaio takes steps to curb Mexican flu

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has ordered extra precautions for dealing with illegal aliens in the wake of the swine flu scare, centered in Mexico City. Arpaio’s office said Tuesday that Arpaio has ordered protective gear for his deputies and urged them to wear masks and gloves during the arrests of suspected illegal aliens. Many […]

Database targets jailed immigrants Napolitano urges deportation; E-Verify program hits a snag

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano pledged Thursday to create a database network aimed at deporting criminals aliens after their jail time rather then releasing them onto U.S. streets, though the administration also put off implementing a Bush-era effort to crack down on illegal-immigrant workers. An estimated 450,000 U.S. jail inmates were in the country illegally […]