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| 13 illegal immigrants arrested |
| LITTLE ROCK (AP) -- Federal immigration agents arrested 13 suspected illegal immigrants during a raid at North Little Rock boat manufacturer, authorities said Thursday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted the raid Wednesday at Waco Manufacturing, home of AlohaPontoons.com, said ICE spokeswoman Temple Black. Black said agents arrested 13 men from Guatemala and Mexico. U.S. Attorney Jane Duke said the investigation into the pontoon boat manufacturer began when ICE agents received a tip that the business employed illegal immigrants. Duke said Aloha Pontoons cooperated with the agent's investigation. |
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| Illegal immigrant charged in fatal motorcycle crash in Holland |
| HOLLAND -- An illegal immigrant who allegedly caused a fatal crash by turning in front of a motorcyclist was charged Thursday with trying to leave the scene of the deadly collision. Rodrigo Delacruz-Encarnacion, 25, is jailed on a $100,000 bond following his arraignment in Holland District Court on the felony, which is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. Police say Delacruz-Encarnacion is responsible for killing William O'Brien, 52, of Holland in an 8 p.m. Wednesday crash. O'Brien was driving his 1996 Harley-Davidson south on Butternut Drive when the suspect's minivan turned into the path of his motorcycle. |
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| Van carrying immigrants rolls, causes pileup |
| TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Parts of Interstate 10 in Tucson have been shut down as a van carrying suspected illegal immigrants rolled over and caused a pileup that injured at least 16 people. Authorities say the van rolled before noon. It caused other collisions as traffic slowed and caught other drivers unaware. Department of Public Safety Officer Quentin Mehr says nine people had life-threatening injuries and were taken to nearby hospitals. Another six or seven had minor injuries. |
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| Illegal immigrants found in Tucson home |
| TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Authorities investigating a Tucson home for possible drug activity found more than 20 illegal immigrants inside, including three children. Sgt. Mark Morlock says authorities knocked on the front door late Wednesday, at which time several people tried to jump out of windows and run out of a back door. Morlock says all were caught and turned over to Customs and Border Protection. The illegal immigrants were from Mexico. |
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| Chandra Levy killed by illegal alien? |
| Seven years after Chandra Levy's remains were found in a Washington, D.C., park, a year-long investigation by the Washington Post offers evidence the congressional intern was murdered by an illegal alien. As suspicion mounted that Levy's boss, Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., might be involved in her disappearance, the case became front-page news in the summer of 2001. But with the Sept. 11 attacks, law enforcement personnel in the capital quickly turned their attention to the the nation's security, and Levy's case became a distant memory for the public. But the Post says that as authorities searched for Levy in Rock Creek Park they overlooked the July 2 confession of an illegal alien who had attacked two other women in the park. |
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| Road rage slayings fuel immigration debate |
| SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The scene repeats itself daily on city streets: a driver gets stuck bumper to bumper, blocking an intersection and preventing another car from turning left. But authorities say that was enough to cause Edwin Ramos to unload an AK-47 assault weapon on a man and his two sons, killing them. The deaths immediately drew public outrage, which intensified when authorities revealed that Ramos, 21, is an illegal immigrant who managed to avoid deportation despite previous brushes with the law. |
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| Latino-vs.-black violence drives hate crimes in L.A. to 5-year high |
| Hate crimes in Los Angeles rose to their highest level in five years last year, led by attacks between Latinos and blacks, county officials reported today. The annual report by the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission showed hate crimes rose by 28% overall for a total of 763, with assault and vandalism leading the way. The largest number involved Latino suspects against black victims; the second largest involved black suspects against Latino victims. |
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| Former janitorial workers face ID theft charges |
| PROVIDENCE, R.I.--Two cleaning women who worked for one of the companies involved in an immigration sweep at courthouses last week are charged with stealing the Social Security numbers of University of Rhode Island employees. Eliza Lima and Christiane Billafon are charged with nine counts of identity fraud, three counts of larceny under $250 and three counts of larceny over $250. Police in Fall River, Massachusetts charged the women after raiding their apartment in March and seizing a computer, credit card applications and bills in the names of others, including employees at URI's alumni center. |
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| Poll: Latinos favor Obama by big margin |
| Democrat Barack Obama has opened a big lead among Hispanic voters, winning support from the vast majority of those who had voted for rival Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, according to a poll released Thursday. The national survey, conducted by the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center, showed that 66 percent of Hispanic registered voters supported Obama, compared to 23 percent for Republican John McCain. The other 11 percent were undecided. More than three-quarters of Latinos who had voted for Clinton now say they are for Obama. Clinton carried the Hispanic vote, an important Democratic constituency, by about a 2-1 margin in the primaries. |
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| Citizens Set to Demonstrate in Postville in Favor of Immigration Enforcement |
| American citizens and legal immigrants will be in Postville, Iowa, this Sunday, July 27, to demonstrate their support for recent efforts to crackdown on employers who hire illegal aliens. Postville was the site of the largest enforcement action to date by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) at a meat processing plant that employed hundreds of illegal aliens and was engaging in other criminal activities, including document fraud. The rally, in support of ICE's stepped-up enforcement activities, will counter demonstrations planned by supporters of illegal immigration. In addition to Iowans, supporters of immigration enforcement will travel to Postville from Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin and New Jersey. |
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| Sheriff suggests 'tent' jail to ease crowding |
| A compound on county-owned property complete with razor wire, chain-link fencing, canvas tents and portable showers and toilets dubbed "Camp Beaufort" may be Beaufort County's best chance to quickly alleviate crowding in the Beaufort County Detention Center, said Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner. New immigration-related legislation from the state and Beaufort County, coupled with the promise of additional immigration enforcement from the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office, stands to put more pressure on a jail already exceeding its capacity by more than 150 inmates. With countywide audits underway to verify federally required employee records, a state law cracking down on businesses that willingly hire illegal immigrants,and five new Sheriff's Office Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents expected to generate "hundreds" of immigration cases weekly, the number of inmates is expected to soar. |
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| Smugglers try to use Dolly for cover, officials say |
| WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Smugglers tried to use Hurricane Dolly as a cover in at least three attempts to move drugs or illegal aliens through Texas, border officials said Wednesday. About 9,600 pounds of marijuana was found buried under cotton seeds on a truck on U.S. 77 at the Border Patrol's Sarita checkpoint south of Kingsville, Texas, said Lloyd Easterling, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection. Officials said the marijuana, with a street value of $8 million, may have been smuggled into the United States before the storm hit land and then moved inland Wednesday to take advantage of the bad weather. |
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| Smith: Illegal immigrants ‘create problem’ |
| A lifelong resident of Albertville says he wants to see the city reclaim its place as the "Heart of Sand Mountain." "Albertville's my home. This is where I've always lived," said Doug Smith, a candidate for the Place 4 City Council seat. Smith, 65, thinks he knows why Albertville has lost its luster... "A lot of people don't want to mention it, but I'm going to come back to the illegal (immigrants)," he said. "I think this is creating a big problem for the city of Albertville right now. |
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| Sophisticated NYC Gang Run by Illegal Alien Posed as Police and Tortured Criminals |
| CADMAN PLAZA EAST -- They bound their victims with duct tape, beat them and held guns to their heads. When that didn't work, the bandits applied pliers to their genitals and pressed hot irons to the soles of their feet. Sometimes they held victims' heads under water in a bathtub. Prosecutors say the torture was inflicted by a brazen New York gang that impersonated police officers and preyed on rival drug dealers along the East Coast, stealing their money and cocaine. The crime spree netted more than 1,650 pounds of cocaine worth $20 million and $4 million in cash. At least 100 people were injured. The gang "was breathtaking in the scope of its crimes and in the danger it posed to our communities," said Benton Campbell, the U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn, when he announced charges against Franklin Acosta de Vargas and others earlier this year. |
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| Border Patrol NOT Checking Documentation of Valley Evacuees |
| The U.S. Border Patrol said today it is not checking the documents of individuals who are fleeing Hurricane Dolly, and it has no intention of using natural disasters as a pretext for rounding up and deporting illegal immigrants, 1200 WOAI news reports. Officials in the Rio Grande Valley have been worried about Border Patrol actions ever since a reporter spotted a Border Patrol official conducting a document check during a hurricane evacuation drill in McAllen in May. Some officials had expressed concern that Rio Grande Valley residents, many of whom have relatives who are undocumented, would decline to evacuate if they knew a relative could be deported. |
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