Tag: Illegal Immigration: Page 13

Patrol

Appeals Panel Likely To Support Sections of Arizona's Immigration Law

However, the panel may also reject the law's sections that make it a state crime for a person to not carry immigration papers, as well as allowing criminal punishment of illegal immigrants who seek work in Arizona.

November 1, 2010

Patrol

Combating Human Smuggling

A storm-water channel connecting the higher-elevation Nogales, Sonora, brings runoff into Nogales, Ariz., and can also deliver illegal immigrants willing to risk drowning when the waters rise.

October 30, 2010

Patrol

Judge Won't Dismiss Challenge to Arizona's Immigration Law

In her ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Bolton found that "race, alienage, or national origin discrimination was a motivating factor in the enactment of S.B. 1070."

October 12, 2010

Patrol

Record Number of Criminal Aliens Deported, ICE Reports

In fiscal year 2010, ICE set a record for overall removals of illegal aliens, with more than 392,000 removals nationwide. Half of those removed — more than 195,000 — were convicted criminals.

October 6, 2010

Patrol

California Smuggler Stuffed Illegal Immigrant In Duffel Bag

The woman, a U.S. citizen, has been arrested for attempting to smuggle the 39-year-old Mexican national across the border.

October 4, 2010

Technology

Iris Scans Arrive at Texas Border Checkpoint

In October, the Department of Homeland Security will begin testing iris-scanning technology at a border checkpoint in McAllen, Texas, as a way to stem illegal immigration and identify fraud.

September 13, 2010

Special Units

Mexican Man Guilty of Assaulting Two Border Patrol Agents

Jaime Martinez-Garcia, 26, of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, was found guilty of two counts of assault on a federal officer and one count of illegal re-entry after deportation by a federal jury in Tucson on Tuesday.

September 2, 2010

Patrol

Illegal Immigration Declines, Except In Texas

Texas didn't show a decline in the most recent period of study, 2007 to 2009. Instead it showed an increase of 200,000, which the reports' authors said was not statistically significant.

August 31, 2010

Patrol

Feds Dropping Illegal Immigration Cases

The Homeland Security Department is systematically reviewing thousands of pending immigration cases and moving to dismiss those filed against illegal-immigration suspects who have no serious criminal records, according to several sources familiar with the efforts.

August 25, 2010

Patrol

Illegal Immigration: America's Broken Window

More serious crime breeds and multiplies something like bacteria in an untreated wound when petty offenses are ignored.

July 29, 2010

Technology

Nevada County Adopts Federal Fingerprint Database to ID Criminal Illegals

The resource is provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help local authorities identify high-risk illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes such as homicide, rape, kidnapping or drug trafficking, among other violent offenses.

July 16, 2010

Patrol

Mexican Cartels Threaten Arizona Sheriff

Babeu has been outspoken about the need to secure his state's border with Mexico, and has called for federal troops in southern Arizona because his department is "outgunned" in a war against drug and human smugglers.

July 5, 2010