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Category Archives: Immigration
Demonizing Those Against Illegal Immigration
Stephen Steinlight emails: Hi, Friends, I’ve written to several of you over the last months about the rampant McCarthyism employed by my opponents in the immigration debate (NCLR, SPLC, HIAS, LCCR, etc) who have turned the act of disagreeing with … Continue reading
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Tagged anti defamation league, armenian genocide, false witness, holocaust survivors, illegal immigration, immigration debate
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A Case Study In Immigration Fraud
From CIS.org: WASHINGTON (November 2009) – The Center for Immigration Studies is releasing the third video in its series Border Basics by Janice Kephart, Three Years of Fraud in the U.S.: The Case of Manoj Kargudri. Following closely on the … Continue reading
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Tagged application fraud, citizenship and immigration services, immigration fraud, janice kephart, transportation security administration, u s citizenship and immigration services
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U.S. Attorney Nominee for Northern Iowa Criticized Over Agriprocessors Immigration Raid
The New York Times reports: Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama’s nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Immigration, New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged associated press, civil rights, criminal charges, Democrat, eleventh-hour, felony identity-theft charges, Iowa, kosher, meatpacking plant, nominee, northern Iowa, postville, President Obama, prosecutor, Senator Tom Harkin, Sioux Falls, South Dakota State Penitentiary, Stephanie Rose, Supreme Court, United States attorney, victims of exploitation, Woodbury County Jail
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Sholom Rubashkin Convicted of 86 Federal Charges in Fraud Scheme Involving Postville, Iowa, Kosher Meat Plant
The Des Moines Register reports: Sioux Falls, S.D. A jury has convicted Sholom Rubashkin of 86 federal charges for his part in a massive fraud scheme at his former meat plant, Agriprocessors Inc., in Postville. Jurors declared Rubashkin guilty … Continue reading
Posted in Agriprocessors, Chabad, Immigration, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged bank fraud, des moines register, federal, guilty, mail fraud, meat plant, money laundering, postville, Rabbi Shea Hecht, Sholom Rubashkin, Sioux Falls, wire fraud
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Controlling Illegal Immigration
CIS.org writes: WASHINGTON (October 27, 2009) – The 287(g) program was created by Congress in 1996 to enhance cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities. The Obama administration has imposed new rules for the 287(g) program that unduly … Continue reading
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Tagged criminal aliens, federal immigration authorities, immigration law enforcement, immigration studies, james r edwards, james r edwards jr
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Immigration News
From CIS.org: Siren Songs and the New York Times By Stephen Steinlight CIS Blog, July 1, 2009 http://cis.org/steinlight/nyt Excerpt: Though “indulging in the illusions of hope . . . against a painful truth” is “natural to man,” in one of … Continue reading
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Tagged greatest speeches, illegal aliens, immigration court, janet napolitano, many still regard, siren songs
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Identity Theft & Illegal Employment
From CIS.org: WASHINGTON (JUNE 25, 2009) – In May of this year, a Supreme Court decision severely impeded the use of identity theft charges as an immigration enforcement tool. In June, several people were arrested after a fraud scheme was … Continue reading
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Tagged document fraud, foreign service officer, human resource management, social security cards, social security number, society for human resource management
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Should Judges Set Immigration Policy?
From CIS.org: WASHINGTON (June 2009) – On June 8, President Obama will meet with congressional leaders to start discussions on an immigration bill. If such legislation were ever to pass, a central element would be an amnesty for current illegal … Continue reading
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Tagged immigration matters, immigration studies, justice felix frankfurter, murrow room, peter nunez, unrestricted immigration
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Immigration Debate
David Deutsch emails: Did you see this piece in National Review Online that makes mention of Cathy Seipp? http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MzkwYzY3ZTc4NTkwZjRiMjM3OGVlMzlmNTZjYmY2ZDI= This Krikorian guy has enraged me. Is this really an issue? Isn’t it normally a matter of basic manners that … Continue reading
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Tagged basic manners, cathy seipp, David Deutsch, immigration debate, national review online, pronouncing names
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Muslim Immigrants Sentenced For Plotting To Kill American Soldiers At Fort Dix
From CIS.org: 1. Man-Averted Disaster By Mark Krikorian CIS Blog, April 29, 2009 http://cis.org/krikorian/fortdix The five Muslim immigrants who’d plotted to kill American soldiers at Ft. Dix in New Jersey have been sentenced, four to life and one to 33 … Continue reading
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Tagged department of homeland security, immigration system, janice kephart, muslim immigrants, native employment, steven camarota
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