Tag: Illegal Immigration: Page 12

Patrol

Chinese National Started Fake Special Forces Unit to Defraud Immigrants

David Deng allegedly gave himself the title of "supreme commander" of the unauthorized military unit, which he named the U.S. Army/Military Special Forces Reserve unit ("MSFR").

April 13, 2011

Patrol

Ninth Circuit Blocks Arizona Immigration Law From Proceeding

In a 2-1 decision, the northern California panel blocked an appeal of the law that would have required officers to detain people they suspect are in the country illegally to verify their status.

April 11, 2011

Patrol

Illegals Posed as Marines In California

When Agent S. Smith stopped the van carrying the group, he observed their camouflage uniforms and military-style buzz cuts. The license plates on their van had even been switched from Mexican to U.S. government plates. And their cover story was that they were Marines traveling to March Air Reserve Base.

March 25, 2011

Patrol

Arizona LE, Nonprofits Bring Awareness To Human Slavery

As differentiated from human smuggling, these crimes involve forcing people against their will to work for others' profit. It could be a prostitute walking the streets for a pimp. It could be a cowering immigrant toiling in a sweatshop in a state of indentured servitude.

February 20, 2011

Patrol

Mexican National Chases, Opens Fire On Calif. Sheriff's Deputy

The deputy, who has not been identified, was not injured. He returned fire, wounding the suspect who has been identified as 25-year-old Armando Gonzalez.

February 11, 2011

Patrol

Arizona Countersues Feds Over Border 'Invasion'

Arizona's lawsuit claims the federal government has failed to gain "operational control of the border," enforce multiple federal immigration laws, and protect Arizona from the impact of illegal immigration.

February 9, 2011

Patrol

Mexican Nationals Used Dive Scooters To Illegally Enter U.S.

At about 8:45 p.m., the crew of an aircraft piloted by the Customs and Border Protection's Office of Air and Marine spotted two suspicious subjects in wetsuits who were carrying the self-propelled underwater devices. The males were walking north on the beach, south of Seacoast Drive.

February 3, 2011

Patrol

Number of Illegals Holds at 11 Million

The number of unauthorized immigrants in the nation's workforce, 8 million in March 2010, also did not differ from the Pew Hispanic Center estimate for 2009. As with the population total, the number of unauthorized immigrants in the labor force had decreased in 2009 from its peak of 8.4 million in 2007.

January 31, 2011

Special Units

FBI Arrests Border Patrol Agent for Harboring Illegals

Border Patrol Agent Marcos Gerardo Manzano, Jr., 26, was arrested at 11:45 p.m. Monday at the Imperial Beach Border Patrol Station as a result of an investigation by the Border Corruption Task Force.

January 11, 2011

Patrol

Mexican Teen Shot During Border Confrontation

The Sonora State Investigative Police told the news outlet that 17-year-old Ramses Barron Torres, who died shortly after 3 a.m. at a Nogales, Sonora, hospital, was shot in the back of the right arm, with the bullet continuing into his chest cavity, puncturing a lung, and lodging in the left side of his ribcage.

January 5, 2011

Patrol

White House Keeps Pushing for DREAM Act for Illegal Immigrants

Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday that Congress can't afford to wait to pass the DREAM Act, a proposal from President Obama that would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented aliens who serve in the U.S. military or attend college.

November 29, 2010

Patrol

Arizona Task Force Busts Massive Human Smuggling Ring

Six people were arrested and 62 vehicles seized during the Wednesday bust of an ring with ties to Guatamala that smuggled people from Central and South America, as well as Mexico.

November 10, 2010