Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office agreed that there was a detainer request submitted for undocumented immigrant Francisco Chavez after he was arrested for child abuse. However, there seems to be confusion when it comes to what was supposed to happen before his release. The detainer request says […]
After alleged child abuser is released on bond, agencies point fingers
August 10, 2015 By 2 Comments
GOP Debate: Bay Area residents weigh in on candidates’ stance on sanctuary cities
August 7, 2015 By 6 Comments
By Katie Nelson, San Jose Mercury News Aug. 07–A significant spotlight shined on the Bay Area during Thursday night’s first GOP debate after moderators raised questions surrounding sanctuary cities and the shooting death of former Pleasanton resident Kate Steinle by an undocumented immigrant. The question, in a Facebook submission by a man identified as Doug […]
The Trump effect: immigration remarks push GOP contenders sharply right
August 6, 2015 By 13 Comments
Before Donald Trump walks on stage at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland for the first Republican presidential debate on Thursday night, he will have already succeeded in wielding a dramatic – and some believe potentially fatal – impact on his party and the nine other candidates standing beside him vying to be its nominated […]
ICE losing track of released illegals
August 6, 2015 By 5 Comments
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is losing track of the illegal immigrants being released from family detention centers, and does not know how many immigrant families have been released: ICE built huge family detention centers in Texas and other locations in response to last summer’s surge of unaccompanied minors and “incomplete family units” as previously reported […]
Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Stop “Sanctuary Cities” from Harboring Criminal Illegal Aliens
August 5, 2015 By Leave a Comment
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) News Release WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rand Paul today introduced his Protecting American Citizens Together Act (PACT Act) as an amendment to S.754, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act. The amendment would prevent “sanctuary cities” from harboring dangerous criminal aliens by requiring state and local law enforcement to notify U.S. Immigration […]
Marco Rubio: Immigration can’t be fixed with ‘one massive comprehensive’ bill
August 4, 2015 By 9 Comments
At the Voters First Presidential Forum in New Hampshire on Monday, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio argued that the United States’ broken immigration system “cannot be fixed in one massive comprehensive piece of legislation”: “There is only one way forward, and it will require three steps, and they have to happen in the following sequence. […]
