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Following political attacks, Gwinnett Sheriff, others speak out in support of D.A. King
Isabel Hughes
Gwinnett Daily Post
2019-08-11
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, illegal immigration, illegal aliens

After a week of being attacked by several of Gwinnett’s elected officials, Dustin Inman Society President D.A. King is speaking out, alongside others who have defended the 67-year-old.

King, who founded the Dustin Inman Society in 2005, became the subject of local political attacks after the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office invited him to speak about the benefits of the jail’s 287(g) immigration program at a July 31 community meeting hosted by District 4 Commissioner Marlene Fosque.

While the meeting was intended as a forum to share information and differing...

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Gov. Brown betrays voters’ mandate, signs HB 2015
Oregonians for Immigration Reform
2019-08-10
Tags:
election, illegal immigration, driver's license, illegal aliens, ballot measure 88

Today, Oregonians for Immigration Reform expressed anger and disappointment at Gov. Kate Brown's signing, on August 9, 2019, of House Bill 2015, which will provide Oregon driver licenses to illegal aliens.

"In 2014, our group spearheaded the ballot measure via which Oregonians, by a two-to-one margin, rejected the 2013  Legislature's approval of 'driver cards' for foreigners here illegally," said OFIR president Cynthia Kendoll.  "Yesterday, when she signed House Bill 2015, Gov. Brown told those Oregonians what their vote meant to her and to her accomplices in the Legislature:...

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To Increase Wages, Mandate E-Verify, Shrink Labor Market
Joe Guzzardi
Progressives for Immigration Reform
2019-08-05
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border, economy, jobs, enforcement, E-Verify, illegal aliens

Democratic presidential candidates have unanimously embraced the $15 federal minimum wage. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threw her support behind the wage hike that would more than double the current $7.25 rate. Pelosi claims that not only would the wage increase give Americans more money in their paycheck, but would also boost the gross domestic product. When people have more purchasing power, they’ll spend more, and, predicted Pelosi, the GDP will therefore rise.

But a far more credible economic source than Pelosi made the opposite calculation. The Congressional Budget Office...

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Congressman to Supreme Court: Unblock the Wall
IRLI, Rep. Barr urge Court to let Trump’s wall be built
Immigration Reform Law Insititute
2019-07-22
Tags:
border, Border Patrol, Mexico, crime, drugs, environment, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, President

IRLI Press Release

WASHINGTON � Among the many lawsuits anti-borders activists have launched to try to stop the Trump administration from building a wall on our southern border using military and emergency funds, one has hit pay dirt � at least for the tiime being. A federal district court judge in the Northern District of California has enjoined the administration’s transfer of military funds for that purpose. Late last week, the Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI), on behalf of Congressman Andy Barr of Kentucky, filed an emergency brief in the Supreme Court in support of...

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ICE detains man at Astoria courthouse
Nicole Bales
The Astorian Nicole Bales Nicole Bales
2019-07-18
Tags:
crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, illegal aliens, Oregon, ORS 181A.820, Oregon legislation

Federal immigration agents detained a man at the Clatsop County Courthouse in Astoria on Thursday after spraying people who were trying to escort him away.

Fabian Alberto Zamora-Rodriguez appeared in Circuit Court for a hearing related to felony charges that he encouraged child sexual abuse. Aware U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were outside the second-floor courtroom, immigrant rights’ advocates and the man’s mother and partner tightly surrounded him as he tried to leave.Federal immigration agents detained a man at the Clatsop County Courthouse in Astoria on...

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U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons: Criminal Alien Report June 2019
By David Olen Cross
2019-07-05
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens

The United States having a significant foreign national population residing within the nations boundaries, be they legally or illegally present in the country, unfortunately includes those who commit crimes.

The extent and impact of foreign national crime on the U.S. citizens and residents of this country is clearly revealed by a simple search on the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmates statistics website under the heading of inmate citizenship.

Here are the countries of origin, moreover, the number and percentage of those countries citizens recently incarcerated in...

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Can we accommodate the poor of the whole world?
2019-07-02
Tags:
border, enforcement, immigration, Congress, national security

We hear so much angst from the media about compassion, welcoming the stranger, the Statue of Liberty, immigrants made this country, etc. – below is a sober, up-to-date, realistic account showing the fast-approaching consequences of open borders policies being forced on citizens by current politicians.

We need to elect sensible, honest people to Congress and state legislatures who put the interests of U.S. citizens first, respect our history and laws, and will actually enforce necessary limits on immigration.  “Throw the bums out!”   See here to learn who the Oregon bums in...

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Oregon’s Marion County First in Foreign National Crime in May 2019
By David Olen Cross
2019-07-02
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, ORS 181A.820

On May 1, 2019 Oregon’s Marion County had 215 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was first in foreign national crime in the state with 23.63 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Marion County residents were harmed or victimized by the 215 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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Oregon’s Washington County Second in Foreign National Crime in May 2019
By David Olen Cross
2019-07-02
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, ICE, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, ORS 181A.820

On May 1, 2019 Oregon’s Washington County had 189 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was second in foreign national crime in the state with 20.77 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Washington County residents were harmed or victimized by the 189 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS...

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Oregon’s Clackamas County Fourth in Foreign National Crime in May 2019
By David Olen Cross
2019-07-01
Tags:
border, crime, enforcement, sanctuary cities, illegal immigration, cost, illegal aliens, ORS 181A.820

On May 1, 2019 Oregon’s Clackamas County had 75 of the 910 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) prison system; the county was fourth in foreign national crime in the state with 8.24 percent of the criminal aliens in DOC prisons.

The following table reveals how Clackamas County residents were harmed or victimized by the 75 criminal aliens incarcerated on May 1st in the DOC prison system with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ICE detainers.
 

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

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