By Keith Eddings, The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass. Aug. 13– LAWRENCE — Mayor Daniel Rivera said Wednesday he will not veto a bill the City Council approved this week to block local police from cooperating with federal immigration authorities who are seeking illegal immigrants, unless they have criminal warrants for their arrests. Rivera said he […]
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2 plead guilty to smuggling heroin from Mexico by drone
August 13, 2015 By 3 Comments
EL CENTRO, Calif. (AP) — Two California men pleaded guilty to using drones to smuggle nearly 30 pounds of heroin from Mexico to the United States, authorities said Wednesday. It was the first drug seizure involving a drone along California’s border with Mexico, said Lauren Mack, spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San […]
Video: Ted Cruz supports rule of law, legal immigration
August 12, 2015 By 3 Comments
In a Sunday interview with the website Shark Tank, Sen. Ted Cruz stressed that while he condemns Obama’s desire to award the millions of immigrants who have entered the country illegally, he still supports legal immigration: “I actually think the amnesty issue is broader than just another policy issue on which people can disagree,” Cruz […]
Cruz, Sessions demand immigration information on terror suspects
August 12, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Sens. Ted Cruz and Jeff Sessions sent a letter on Wednesday to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and Secretary of State John Kerry asking for information, including immigration status, on 72 terror suspects residing within the United States: “We write regarding the alarming increase in the number of individuals in the […]
California Gov. bans word ‘alien’ from state labor law
August 12, 2015 By 10 Comments
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” is clearly an adage that California Gov. Jerry Brown does not believe in. On Monday, Brown signed into law a bill that bans the word “alien” from the state’s labor laws: SB 432, introduced by State Sen. Tony Mendoza (D-Artesia), removes the […]
Homeland Security boss excused from immigration suit hearing
August 12, 2015 By Leave a Comment
HOUSTON (AP) — Top immigration enforcement officials won’t have to attend a federal court hearing in Texas over problems that led to work permits being mistakenly awarded under President Barack Obama’s executive immigration action after the judge had put the plan on hold. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and four other officials previously were ordered […]
