Darron Wint, the sole suspect arrested in connection with a quadruple D.C. homicide, has hired a defense attorney specializing in immigration issues after the federal government flagged him for potential deportation: Darron Wint appeared in D.C. Superior Court Tuesday for a hearing on the appointment of his new attorney, Sean R. Hanover, whom his family […]
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REPORT: ICE Records Reveal Steep Drop in Worksite Enforcement
June 17, 2015 By 1 Comment
The Obama administration has largely abandoned efforts to enforce the laws against hiring illegal workers, according to internal ICE statistics. In the first five months of this fiscal year, ICE conducted just 181 workplace audits and brought charges against just 27 employers. This is a small fraction of the worksite activity ICE completed in 2013, […]
Minutemen prevail – Disney backing down on immigrant labor
June 17, 2015 By 4 Comments
It looks like our lobbying is working! Public opinion is forcing Disney to back down on its plans to replace Americans with immigrant labor from Asia. BACK STORY: H-1B visas are the ones that outsourcing firms use to bring immigrants, mainly from India, for technology work. The visas are meant for foreigners with specialized skills […]
Go Ahead, Hire Illegals: Obama Doesn’t Care.
June 17, 2015 By 9 Comments
According to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, worksite immigration enforcement has dropped under the Obama Administration. The CIS said that workplace audits have dropped from over 3,000 in 2013 to a fraction, or 181 this fiscal year. Along with audits, fines have dropped by half. This gives employers almost no incentive to look for […]
Blackhawk helicopters to patrol Rio Grande Valley
June 16, 2015 By 9 Comments
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has made the decision to deploy two Blackhawk helicopters to patrol the Rio Grande Valley along the Texas-Mexico border: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, said the Blackhawk helicopters […] will be charged with patrolling the Rio Grande from Laredo to the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Although the helicopters will not […]
Indicted immigration lawyer taken back into federal custody
June 16, 2015 By 7 Comments
Sherin Thawer, an immigration lawyer who was indicted on federal charges of fraud for forging visa applications, was taken back into federal custody Monday after she violated the terms of her pre-trial release by continuing to practice law: U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Stickney found that Thawer helped someone file an application for the renewal of […]
