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Capitol demonstration supports reinstatement of drivers' licenses for undocumented immigrants
Peter Wong
StatesmanJournal.com
October 30, 2012
Tags:
jobs, driver's license, Oregon legislation, Oregon Legislature

Walkers from Portland joined others at the Capitol this afternoon to urge reinstatement of driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants in Oregon.

The group wants Gov. John Kitzhaber to take steps to reverse a 2007 executive order by then-Gov. Ted Kulongoski, and then written into law by the Legislature in 2008.

Jayme Limon, who led the rally outside the Capitol, said Kitzhaber has talked a lot about education, health care and jobs as his top priorities.

“Unfortunately for undocumented immigrants, not having a driver’s license affects all three – the education of...

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State gov race brings attention to immigrant driver's licenses
Manuel Valdes
Associated Press - KOMO News
October 28, 2012
Tags:
jobs, election, driver's license, illegal aliens, state legislation

SEATTLE (AP) - The races for governor and attorney general have brought renewed attention to a proposal that would create a two-tiered driver's license system in Washington to address the issue of driving by immigrants who can't provide proof of legal U.S. residency.

Washington and New Mexico remain the only two states in the country not to require proof of legal U.S. residency when applying for a driver's license.

Under the proposal known as the Utah model, a person who can't prove U.S. residency can get a permit that allows them to drive, but that document is not a valid...

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Trooper Fired From Chopper To Stop Truck, Kills Two
Christopher Sherman and Juan Carlos Llorca
Associated Press
October 27, 2012
Tags:
border, Border Patrol, Mexico, crime, drugs

LA JOYA, Texas (AP) -- A Texas state trooper who fired on a pickup truck from a helicopter and killed two illegal immigrants during a chase through the desert was trying to disable the vehicle and suspected it was being used to smuggle drugs, authorities said Friday.

The disclosure came a day after the incident that left two Guatemalan nationals dead on an isolated gravel road near the town of La Joya, just north of the Mexico border.

State game wardens were the first to encounter the truck Thursday. After the driver refused to stop, they radioed for help and state police...

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Walkers aim to get driver's licenses back for undocumented immigrants
Peter Wong
Statesman.com
October 26, 2012
Tags:
enforcement, illegal immigration, driver's license, Oregon legislation, Oregon Legislature

A small group began a four-day walk Friday from Portland to Salem to seek reinstatement of driver licenses for undocumented immigrants.

The walkers were scheduled to reach Salem for an event Tuesday afternoon at the Capitol. Eight started out on the walk, which will be in four stages. Friday’s stage ended in Oregon City. Canby, Woodburn and Salem will be the other stops.

They will urge Gov. John Kitzhaber to take steps to restore access by undocumented immigrants to licenses, which have been more restrictive since a 2007 executive order by then-Gov. Ted Kulongoski.

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With 60,000 dead, Mexicans wonder why drug war doesn't rate in presidential debate
Much of Latin America was dismayed that they got only a glancing mention in Romney and Obama's final presidential debate.
Sara Miller Llana
The Christian Science Monitor
October 23, 2012
Tags:
border, Mexico, drugs, enforcement

Mexico City

Mitt Romney’s single mention of Latin America last night, calling it a “huge opportunity" for the United States, generated immediate glee from Latin Americanists across Twitter – but the hemisphere got no nod from President Obama, and then both went silent on the topic.

Given that the final presidential debate Monday evening was dominated by the Middle East and terrorism, most of the world was left out by President Obama and Mr. Romney. That includes the whole of Europe and its debt crisis. India. South Africa. And not a single mention of any country in Latin...

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Kansas case puts face on 'total identity theft'
Kansas case puts face on growing problem of 'total identity theft' by illegal immigrants
Roxana Hegeman
Associated Press
October 23, 2012
Tags:
crime, fraud, jobs, enforcement, illegal aliens, national legislation

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- When Candida L. Gutierrez's identity was stolen, the thief didn't limit herself to opening fraudulent credit and bank accounts. She assumed Gutierrez's persona completely, using it to get a job, a driver's license, a mortgage and even medical care for the birth of two children.

All the while, the crook claimed the real Gutierrez was the one who had stolen her identity. The women's unusual tug-of-war puts a face on "total identity theft," a brazen form of the crime in which con artists go beyond financial fraud to assume many other aspects of another person's...

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Krastev shipped to Bulgaria
Former Bend OLCC agent 'Jason Evers' served time for identity theft
Scott Hammers
The Bend Bulletin
October 23, 2012
Tags:
crime, fraud, jobs, illegal immigration

The former Oregon Liquor Control Commission agent who spent nearly 20 years residing illegally in the United States under a false identity has been deported.

Doitchin Krastev, known as Jason Evers during his time in Bend with the OLCC, was sent back to his native Bulgaria on July 31, according to Andrew Munoz of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Munoz said Krastev traveled on a commercial flight, and was escorted by Enforcement and Removal Operations officers.

According to federal court records, Krastev began using the name Jason Evers in 1996, when he applied for...

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Everything they said in the 2nd debate about immigration -- and what it might mean
Roy Beck
NumbersUSA
October 21, 2012
Tags:
border, jobs, election, amnesty, deferred action, Dream act, national legislation

Here is the transcript of all comments on immigration in the debates thus far and my explanation of what I think each comment meant.

The topic of immigration did not come up once in the first presidential debate or in the only debate between vice presidential candidates. Of course, the candidates have said a number of things on the campaign trail, and those are reflected in our Presidential Grid. But the transcript below is especially important because this is what the candidates wanted to say in front of 60+ million voters.

This is my second bite at the apple....

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Federal Authorities Arrest Maverick County Commissioner Rodolfo Heredia and Two Others in Connection with a Money Laundering and Bulk Cash Smuggling Scheme
The FBI
October 18, 2012
Tags:
border, crime, drugs, fraud

Scheme involved the sale of vehicle to a known associate of the Los Zetas Drug Trafficking Organization In Eagle Pass this morning, federal agents arrested Maverick County Commissioner Rodolfo Bainet Heredia and two accomplices charged in connection with a money laundering and bulk cash smuggling scheme announced United States Attorney Robert Pitman and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Armando Fernandez.

A four–count federal grand jurry indictment, returned yesterday and unsealed today, charges Heredia, age 54; 62-year-old Jose Luis Aguilar of Eagle Pass; and...

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The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Aliens on Washingtonians
Federation of American Immigration Reform (FAIR)
October 17, 2012
Tags:
border, crime, economy, jobs, Dream act, taxes
Executive Summary

Washington's accommodating policy towards illegal aliens has resulted in a fast growing illegal alien population and a rapidly increasing fiscal burden on the state's taxpayers. With the state budget adding an additional $2.7 billion of debt this year, the need to reduce the costs to the taxpayer from illegal immigration should be obvious to lawmakers.


This study, examining what illegal immigration costs Washington taxpayers, includes the following findings:
 

The state's taxpayers bear an annual burden of more than $2.7 billion as a result...
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