ICE self-deportation program gets ‘icey’ response
From August 6, 2008 For a limited time, Immigration and Customs Enforcement will allow unlawfully present immigrants to self-deport who have squeaky clean records. One commentator points out that Americans should want the dregs of illegal aliens given incentives to leave before anyone else. One of the leaders of an anti-immigrant group was on TV […]
Hospitals deporting foreign national patients
Severe injuries to a foreign national can lead to private deportations by hospitals in the United States.
Oklahoma legislator who fronted controversial immigration law faces bankruptcy scrutiny
From July 21, 2008 A controversial lawmaker who fronted the anti-immigrant House Bill 1804 is facing scrutiny over his 2005 bankruptcy.
Los Angeles Immigration Court faces backlog
From July 21, 2008 The Los Angeles Times reports the LA Immigration Court is overwhelmed. In Oklahoma, Immigration and Customs Enforcement removes approximately 180-300 aliens per month. And, not surprisingly, our local Immigration Court faces the same issues as the one in Los Angeles. These issues include a soaring case load and long waits for […]
Are TV talking heads spreading myths about unlawful immigration?
From June 29, 2008
Pastors being deported
From June 23, 2008 The United States government wants to remove a couple of clergy for immigration reasons. In the instance of the minister from the United Kingdom, the story illustrates that the the seemingly minor mistakes of youth can create lifetime problems.
What are the origins of the Minutemen?
From June 23, 2008 Have you ever wondered about the Minutemen’s origins?
Anti-immigration groups left without a presidential candidate
From June 23, 2008 The Los Angeles Times says that anti-immigrant groups don’t have a presidential candidate. EXACTLY. The anti-immigrant groups have had more than a few elections to prove their point with the voters. The overwhelming pattern that’s come out for them is a pattern of losses whether one considers presidential primaries and caucuses […]
NY Times opinion says we are in an immigration panic
From June 2, 2008 Are we in an immigration panic? “Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one!” — Charles Mackay
Even in Texas, questionable state and local immigration laws found unconstitutional
From May 28, 2008 A federal judge found a rental ordinance in Farmers Branch, Texas, aimed at undocumented aliens to be unconstitutional. Yet, here in Oklahoma, the legal community and the various immigrant communities have not had a single success in court thus far against House Bill 1804. I think those opposed to House Bill […]