Immigration News Daily
Mo. ordered to pay $152,000 to janitorial company
11/25/2009

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri officials must pay $152,000 to a janitorial company the state blocked from contracts over allegations that the firm employed illegal immigrants. Two years ago, the Blunt administration canceled contracts with Sam's Janitorial Services and barred the firm from...

Feds probe how immigrant smugglers get paid
11/25/2009

Federal authorities are looking at new ways to keep millions of dollars out of the hands of immigrant smugglers. For years, authorities have documented how criminals exploit Western Union, MoneyGram and other wire transfer services. The services have extensive networks used to send bill payments or...

Illegal alien charged with rape in Endicott
11/25/2009

Endicott police arrested and charged an illegal alien Tuesday with several felonies related to the rape of a 21-year old female. Arnoldo Monroy-Gonzalez, 18, who lived in an apartment at 606 Broad St. in Endicott, was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree criminal sex act and first degree...

GOP blasts league of cities for suit vs. immigrant law
11/25/2009

PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer and top Republican leaders lashed out Tuesday at the League of Arizona Cities and Towns for its lawsuit challenging a new law designed to crack down on illegal immigrants getting public benefits. "At a time when Arizona is suffering from budget deficits of unprecedented...

9 arrested in fake-document investigation
11/23/2009

FORT WORTH -- Nine men, all thought to be illegal immigrants, were arrested last week after a six-month investigation into an operation that made fake government documents, a police spokesman said Monday. Investigators found that the men were making the documents -- mainly resident alien cards,...

57 Suspected Illegal Immigrants Arrested
11/23/2009

PIRTLEVILLE - U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested 57 people discovered packed into a house in southern Arizona they believe was used by smugglers to hide undocumented immigrants. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday that the stash house was discovered Friday in Pirtleville. The...

States Want To Keep Illegal Immigrants Off The Road
11/23/2009

Only three states -- Illinois, New Mexico and Washington -- allow undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and other states have recently implemented practices aimed at banning immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally from operating motor vehicles. As part of the NPR series, "On The...

Border Patrol Chase Ends in One Fatality
11/23/2009

One person was killed and another was critically injured when a vehicle being chased by U.S. Border Patrol agents crashed and ended up in an irrigation canal in Blythe early Monday, authorities said. Shortly before the 3:21am crash near Neighbors Boulevard and 22nd Avenue, agents had tried to stop...

10 Charged In Marriage Fraud Immigration Scheme
11/23/2009

CHICAGO (AP) ? Ten people including at least five current or former traffic court employees have been charged with taking part in a marriage-for-money scheme aimed at getting around immigration laws, prosecutors announced Monday. At least fifteen foreign nationals paid thousands of dollars to marry...

Illegal workers quietly let go
11/23/2009

A janitorial company owned by a local conservative talk-radio host is among the early targets of a new strategy by the Obama administration to thin the ranks of illegal immigrants by going after the companies that hire them. Seattle Building Maintenance, owned by KVI talk-radio host Peter Weissbach...

Poll: Arpaio crushes Goddard (D) in gov’s race
11/23/2009

A new Rasmussen Reports survey finds that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio would crush Attorney General Terry Goddard in a head-to-head race for governor. That's good news for Republicans. The even BETTER news for Democrats is that Arpaio is not running for governor. And will not run. (Though...

Feds: Woman smuggled husband in car's trunk
11/23/2009

A woman faced a federal judge in Brownsville after she allegedly tried to smuggle her common law husband in the trunk of her car. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested Lashonda Dawn Martinez on human smuggling charges on Monday. Court records released Wednesday show that...