NYTIMES — The Obama administration said Friday that it was starting a program to provide lawyers for children facing deportation as it scrambles to deal with the soaring number of unaccompanied minors illegally crossing the border from Mexico. Under the plan, the federal government will issue $2 million in grants to enroll about 100 lawyers […]
Planes carrying 130 undocumented immigrants land in El Paso
ELPASOTIMES — Two planes carrying undocumented families apprehended in South Texas arrived in El Paso Saturday, officials said. Ramiro Cordero, spokesman for the Border Patrol El Paso sector, said two flights carrying 130 people landed in El Paso. He said the immigrants would be processed at different locations in the El Paso sector. Monsignor Arturo […]
Child Migrants Strain Makeshift Arizona Shelter
NYTIMES — PHOENIX — Immigration officials overwhelmed by a flood of women and children from Central America who illegally crossed the border from Mexico are moving hundreds of unaccompanied boys and girls this weekend to a makeshift detention center in Nogales, Ariz. The move is the latest effort by the Obama administration to cope with […]
CALIFORNIA COUNTIES IGNORE ICE DETAINER REQUESTS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
BREITBART — Officials in over a dozen counties in Southern California recently declared that detainer requests from federal immigration agents will be ignored–specifically, illegal immigrants eligible for deportation will no longer be held past the length of their jail times. The announcement comes amid the revelation that more than 36,000 criminal illegal immigrants were released […]
Obama Administration Providing Illegal Immigrants Taxpayer-Funded Lawyers
BREITBART — President Barack Obama’s administration will spend $2 million dollars of taxpayer funds to provide illegal immigrant children with legal representation. On Friday, the Justice Department announced a “justice AmeriCorps” program that will fund nearly 100 lawyers across 29 cities with one-year grants and stipends so they can represent illegal immigrants who have been […]
Obama Renews Work Permits For 520,000 Illegals
DAILYCALLER — President Barack Obama is renewing his two-year amnesty for at least 550,000 younger illegal immigrants, and is rolling back education requirements and anti-fraud measures. “Obama’s extension of his unilaterally-created immigration program not only violates his constitutional duty to enforce the law, but the changes he made to it proactively invite fraud and abuse,” […]