By Eric Kurhi and Matthew Artz, San Jose Mercury News July 07–As Mexican national and five-time deportee Francisco Sanchez somberly stammered an apology to the family of the woman he admitted shooting to death as she walked along a scenic San Francisco pier, factions on Monday squared off on the city’s policy of noncooperation with […]
As S.F. shooting suspect apologizes, factions square off over noncompliance policy
July 7, 2015 By 4 Comments
Senators: Feds should have deported SFC man before killing
July 7, 2015 By 4 Comments
By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators are criticizing the release of an immigrant with a criminal record who allegedly went on to murder a woman in San Francisco last week. They said he should have been deported before the crime. Republican Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, who chairs the Senate’s homeland security committee, […]
Barletta cites shootings in argument against amnesty
July 7, 2015 By 6 Comments
By Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pa. July 07–Congressman Lou Barletta cited a 2006 shooting involving an illegal immigrant in his hometown of Hazleton when railing on proponents of amnesty after a man who was deported five times shot and killed a 32-year-old woman on a pier in San Francisco last week. Barletta referenced the death of Derek […]
Jeb Bush’s immigration stance not in sync with Americans: Donald Trump
July 6, 2015 By 2 Comments
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump says former Florida Governor Jeb Bush does not understand the issue of border security, adding that he is out of touch with Americans. “Today, Jeb Bush once again proves that he is out of touch with the American people,” Trump said in a statement issued on Saturday night. “Just […]
Bush says he takes Trump’s immigration remarks personally
July 6, 2015 By 33 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush says he is personally offended by rival Donald Trump’s recent remarks about Mexico and immigrants and calls the remarks far outside the mainstream of Republican thought. “I don’t think he represents the Republican Party, and his views are way out of the mainstream of what Republicans think,” […]
11 Illegal immigrants found hiding among onion sacks in Texas
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Austin, United States, Jul 3 (EFE).- U.S. border patrol officers Thursday arrested 11 illegal immigrants, hiding among sacks of onions in the trailer of a truck, traveling through southern Texas, near the Mexican border. “Upon further inspection, agents found 11 undocumented immigrants concealed between pallets of onions with no means of escape in the event […]
