Archives for 2015

California senator proposes immigration holds on illegal alien felons

California state Sen. Jeff Stone has gone against the vast majority of his colleagues and proposed legislation that would require law enforcement officials to notify immigration officials of the pending release of any convicted felon illegal aliens: Sen. Jeff Stone (R-Murrieta) said Thursday he would introduce the bill in response to the recent slayings of Marilyn […]

Correction: Drug-Smuggling Drones story

EL CENTRO, California (AP) — EL CENTRO, California (AP) — In a story Aug. 12 about drug-smuggling drones, The Associated Press reported erroneously, citing information from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, that defendant Jonathan Elias controlled a drone carrying heroin. Prosecutor Sherri Hobson said defendant Brayan Valle controlled the drone. According to a […]

Southern Poverty Law Center Protects Corrupt System While Defending Policies that Undermine Immigration Enforcement, Says FAIR

“SPLC and others engage in ad hominem attacks against groups that try to reform a corrupt system, while taking credit for winning a settlement in a single case of abuse.” – Dan Stein, president of FAIR WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — America’s massive and largely unpoliced guest worker system has resulted in millions of […]

ANNOUNCING THE MINUTEMAN OF THE YEAR: ANN COULTER

Each year the Minuteman Project chooses a person whose historical contributions to our nation’s heralded stature as a nation of laws is so profound that he or she merits our organization’s designation as “Minuteman of The Year.” It is our sincere honor to announce the Minuteman Project’s Minuteman of the Year for 2015:  Ms. Ann Coulter, one […]

Lawrence Mayor Rivera will not veto immigration bill

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 […]

2 plead guilty to smuggling heroin from Mexico by drone

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 […]