Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep

In Phoenix, hundreds of the law's opponents massed at a downtown jail, beating on the metal door and forcing sheriff's deputies to call for backup.

Obama:Legalize illegals for healthcare - Republicans say: backdoor move toward 'amnesty'

He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should be covered - a major break with the 1996 welfare reform bill..

Illegal Immigrates Costs California Over Ten Billion Annually

NOTE: This report is from 2004'. 2009' California state records show illegal immigrates cost the state more than $15 billion per year:

In hosting America's largest population of illegal immigrants, California bears a huge cost to provide basic human services for this fast growing, low-income segment of its population.

A new study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examines the costs of education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens, and concludes that the costs to Californians is $10.5 billion per year...

California contemplates - no more welfare

2004' - Cost of illegal immigration in California estimated at nearly $9 billion 2009' figures over $12 billion per year.

June 2009' - Could California become the first state in the nation to do away with welfare?

That doomsday scenario is on the table as lawmakers wrestle with a staggering $24.3 billion budget deficit.

Conservative lawmakers, many centrist Democrats, say that workplace enforcement is needed to reduce the supply of jobs that attract illegal immigrants

Obama and Illegals: Conservative lawmakers, many centrist Democrats, say that workplace enforcement is needed to reduce the supply of jobs that attract illegal immigrants, and that any retreat in defending American jobs in a recession could ignite a populist backlash...Busting the Employer: Changes Ahead for Immigration Raids




Source: www.washingtonpost.com

For An Illegal Immigrant, Getting Into UCLA Was The Easy Part

She's an illegal immigrant, so she isn't eligible for most forms of state and federal financial aid. The University of California system, by policy, does not require applicants to disclose their citizenship status: Officials say their goal is to find the best students, not to enforce immigration law.

UCLA officials say they aren't even sure how many undocumented students are on their campus.....

Read more For an illegal immigrant,UCLA was the easy part

Source: la times

Mexico Drug Wars and Death Spill into the U.S.

Oscar Reynoso was found by police in a home in suburban Atlanta. Authorities say cartel members had chained and tortured Reynoso over a $300,000 drug debt.

Last month federal authorities in Atlanta announced indictments against 41 people they said were trafficking drugs and laundering money for Mexican cartels. Among those netted in Operation Pay Cut were a former deputy sheriff from Texas who was stopped on a Georgia highway with nearly $1 million in cash in his pickup.

PBS Discussion: Drug Cartels

Read more Mexican Cartels Hit The Streets of The U.S.


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