A record number of illegal immigrants were deported in fiscal 2010, according to figures released Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Of the 392,862 deportations from October 2009 through September of this year, about half were illegal immigrants with criminal records. The total was about 3,000 more deportations than the record set in the previous year.
Their home countries have been fussing about getting them back -- it seems their crime rates go up, and in the crimes are nastier.
More than 195,000 criminals were deported in 2010, a 70 percent increase over 2008.
The report comes as the number of illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. is declining, according to a report released in September by the Pew Hispanic Center.
Based on census and labor statistics, the Pew report found that roughly 300,000 illegal immigrants crossed the border annually from 2007 to 2009, down from about 850,000 that entered annually from 2000 to 2005.
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Can't get away with just letting them out of jail in this country and don't want to keep them in jail, so deport them and problem is solved. They can come back in, but as long as no dumb local police arrest them it won't be a problem.
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..about half were illegal immigrants with criminal records.
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Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished. Ratified 12/6/1865.
1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
If they come back, there's a potential labor force for a 'shovel ready' sea level canal between San Diego and Port Isabel.
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The Obama administration said at the time that the figures were evidence that efforts to improve border security are working.
Ok, lets assume the PHC estimates are accurate. (And BTW, there is no way to verify their figures so its pretty much a WAG.) The US, at present and after millions of dollars, is deporting roughly the same number of illegals as are entering. The technical phrase here is its a Wash. Please explain to me again how this is a success.
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That saltwater/freshwater crossing at the Colorado River might be an issue. What crocs would you stock? Saltys? Or freshwater? Hmmmm
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It's call cross breeding. With the aid of modern genetics we probably can cut down the delay involved with gestation and reaching reproduction age on the critters for each generation.
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Too bad there wasn't an adult on hand here to stop the half-billion dollar half mile carbuncle called the North Shore Connector here in Pissburgh...
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[Daily Nation (Kenya)] A chimpanzee famous for smoking cigarettes died at a South African zoo, after puffing until age 52, despite zookeepers' efforts to help him kick the habit, an official said Wednesday.
Charlie the chimp started smoking after visitors to the zoo in central Bloemfontein tossed him a lit cigarette, which he picked up and stuck in his mouth, aping the human onlookers.
The trick earned laughs, encouraging more people to feed his habit. For years zookeepers tried in vain to convince people to stop abetting him.
In the end, Charlie lived 10 years longer than the average chimp, so his addiction did not end his life prematurely, zoo spokesman Qondile Khedama told AFP.
An autopsy would determine whether smoking had caused his death, said Khedama.
"He was on serious medications and in and out of the vet," Khedama told AFP.
"Charlie was very old for a chimp, and even though he has been receiving special care, and a special diet including protein shakes, vitamin and mineral supplements, he succumbed to old age."
The zoo is looking for a new companion for his widow Judy, "although we realize it will be almost impossible to replace a character like Charlie," he added.
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The zoo is looking for a new companion for his widow Judy....
Best not to re-engage for a year or so. Let the grieving process take it's natural course. Travel, play some golf, visit old friends up-country.
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"10 years longer than the average Chimpanzee" > SSSSSOOOOOO IIUC, "CHARLIE" is living proof that SMOKING PER SE IS GOOD FOR [Humans]LIVING LONGER???
Conversely, to NOT SMOKE = STOP SMOKING is what will truly kill ya???
Dat sound you hear is the AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY + ALIGNED panicking + scrambling to avoid the credibility issues of the MMGW Perts.
During a soccer match between teams of political rivals in Bolivia, the countrys president, Evo Morales, was caught on tape delivering a swift knee to an opponents groin in retaliation for a hard foul.
As Rory Carroll reported for The Guardian, the incident took place on Sunday in the Bolivian capital, La Paz, as the presidents men took on a team led by the citys mayor, Luis Revilla.
Mr. Revilla is a former ally of the president who defected from the governing Movement Toward Socialism, known by its Spanish acronym, MAS, to the opposition Movement Without Fear, or MSM.
The Bolivian newspaper La Razón reported that one of the presidents bodyguards then tried to reinforce his bosss message to Mr. Cartagena.
The president somehow escaped a red card and went on to score a goal, but his bodyguard and Mr. Cartagena were sent off for fighting.
At the end of the bad-tempered 4-4 draw, the mayor intervened and convinced police officers not to arrest Mr. Cartagena. It's a trivial vignette, yet it provides some insight into Morales and the nature of the regime.
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I love how the NYT immediately qualifies it as retaliation, and thus justified. You know it wouldn't be reported that way, were Morales not a hardcore leftist and friend.
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Even if it was retaliation he should have been sent off with a red card (like here.)
Bolivian Helmet-Head Morales is a small petty thug, perhaps harboring cocaine induced delusions of grandeur and thus irrational and unstable. He's anything but a noble savage, and he seems to unable to play one on tv.
[Iran Press TV] The US economy will have a sluggish growth this year and in 2011 due to weak consumer spending rate and soaring debts, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
"The most likely prospect for the US economy is for a continued but slow recovery, with growth far weaker than in previous recoveries, considering the depth of the recession," Rooters quoted the IMF World Economic Outlook as saying.
The report published on Wednesday shows that the growth rate in the American economy has slowed from 3.7 percent in the first quarter of the year to 1.7 percent, adding that key indicators suggest that the US economy will face a weak recovery in the coming months.
The slower-than-predicted US economic growth dims any hopes for bringing down the very high unemployment rate anytime soon, the report noted.
"The unemployment rate is therefore expected to remain stubbornly high," the Washington-based lender said.
Latest figures show that the US unemployment rate currently stands at 9.6 percent.
The 187 nation financial institution blamed the weakness of the financial recovery on high debt, high unemployment rate but mainly on low consumer spending rate.
"Much of the weakness of this recovery is due to sluggish personal consumption -- by far the biggest component of US GDP," the report said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the ranch... the IMF predicts the world economy to expand by 4.8 percent this year and 4.2 percent next year. That would far surpass last year's 0.6 percent decline, the worst since World War II.
The IMF's forecast for this year's worldwide growth is 0.2 percentage point more than its previous estimate in July.
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France's top legal authority Thursday approved a law banning full-face veils in public, the last hurdle for the ban, which aims to protect women's rights but has been criticized as stigmatizing Mohammedans.
The Constitutional Council, which had previously warned that banning the veil may be unconstitutional, said it approved the version of the bill which has been passed by both houses of parliament, after a final review.
It judged however that the ban, due to enter force early next year, would be unenforceable in public places of worship, where it may violate religious freedoms.
"The ban on covering the face in public places cannot constrain the practice of religious freedom in places of worship that are open to the public," the council said in its judgment.
Apart from this, the council "judged that the law conforms to the constitution," it wrote.
The text makes no mention of Islam, but President Nicolas Sarkozy's government promoted the law as a means to protect women from being forced to wear Mohammedan full-face veils such as the burqa or the niqab.
Prime Minister Francois Fillon immediately hailed the judgment as "an important decision to affirm the values of the Republic with respect for freedom of conscience and religion," in a statement.
The ban prohibits anyone from covering their face in public, defined broadly to include not just government buildings and public transport, but all streets, markets and thoroughfares, private businesses and entertainment venues.
Opponents say it breaches French and European human rights legislation.
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I Recommend scrutinizing their financs VERY CLOSELY.
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Can women wear a Naughty Niqab outfit in public on Halloween?
Kiddie-porn charges have been dropped against a Muslim preacher, with a judge ruling that "threats and intimidation" by CSIS agents railroaded the man into handing over evidence.
In 2007, Brampton's Ayad Mejid had had enough of a long-standing Canadian Security Intelligence Service investigation. Targeted as a suspected supporter of terrorism, he lent his laptop to authorities to try to prove his innocence. CSIS agents who searched the laptop without a warrant passed it to Toronto Police detectives, who in turn arrested Mr. Mejid. Police alleged that they found child-pornography images inside.
On Wednesday, on the eve of a long-delayed trial, a court ruled that any Crown evidence against Mr. Mejid was moot. Faulting CSIS for being beyond aggressive, Superior Court Justice Jane Kelly tossed the case.
"The intrusion into Mr. Mejid's computer on the basis of consent obtained by threats and coercion was not merely technical in nature or the result of an understandable mistake," Judge Kelly found. "Simply put, it was produced under
In a new twist in the fight over Arizonas immigration law, Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday asked a federal court to disallow foreign governments from joining the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit to overturn the law.
The move comes in response to a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling issued Monday, allowing nearly a dozen Latin American countries Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Chile to submit friend-of-the-court briefs in Justices challenge to SB 1070, which Brewer signed into law in April.
As do many citizens, I find it incredibly offensive that these foreign governments are using our court system to meddle in a domestic legal dispute and to oppose the rule of law, the Republican governor said in a statement shortly after the states motion was filed Tuesday evening.
Whats even more offensive is that this effort has been supported by the U.S. Department of Justice. American sovereignty begins in the U.S. Constitution and at the border, she added. I am confident the 9th Circuit will do the right thing and recognize foreign interference in U.S. legal proceedings and allow the State of Arizona to respond to their brief.
Cities from San Francisco and Seattle to Baltimore have joined a friend of the court brief opposing the Arizona law, while 11 states filed an amicus brief backing the law.
In July, more than 80 Republican members of Congress signed their names to an amicus brief filed by the conservative Immigration Reform Caucus. There are 218 Republicans in the US House and Senate.
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O will not say anything about the persecution of people in Afghanistan, thinking it an internal affair, but will use the UN as a club against one of our own states if it suits his whims. Pure hypocrisy for anyone with the eyes to see.
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OMG. Only in America. In the countries mentioned only the rich are considered worthy so any effort to curtail flight of their extra poor, sick and hungry and criminals will not be tolerated.
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The judges that voted for this have officially violated their oaths to uphold the laws and the constitution. They are now officially fall under the oath I gave in service to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign AND domestic.
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Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Chile vs "We the People of the United States of America"
Just remember the 'ruling caste' that chose to side with them.
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It would have been nice if the 9th Circus told these folks to step off. But there is no law that broadly prohibits foreign entities from entering an amicus breif in US courts. (Friend of the Court) However, the Court must conclude that the matter is relevant, not already brought to its attention by the parties, and may be of considerable help to the Court. At least one section of SB1070 is being challenged citing the Commerce Clause. The foreign goverments contention appears to be that there is a likelyhood that immigrants with legal status could be affected and therefore could disrupt Interstate commerce. In this case its doubtful the information provided will sway the courts decision one way or the other.
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Disgusting, but also largely meaningless. Two things to keep in mind:
1. Amicus briefs do not make these countries parties to the case. More like public comment. The case will still be decided on the facts and the law (both of which strongly favor AZ).
2. The 9th Circus is the most reversed appeals court in the country. IIRC, something like 75%. Laughable. It's just the usual libtard thing - taking a "principled stand" in the face of almost certain futility.
3. This will likely remain so because the balance of power on the S.Ct. hasn't changed, and by now, the Trifecta's (BO, Pelosi, Reid) chance to pack the Court is effectively gone.
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Been to Arizona lately? History repeats itself, but not in detail. As a Jewish Tucsonan who taught bilingual special education here for many years I make these observations: we have an idiot governor (one of many) who, nevertheless, is correctly backing SB170; a substantial crowd of La Raza and MeCha proposing AZTLAN; and a genuine demographic surge in the Hispanic population (regardless of ongoing recession, depression, or whatnot). To wit: examining the future do I apply for a Mexican or Israeli dual-citizenship? Alternatively, should I stock up on shotguns and inexpensive Makarovs and remain here hunkered down?
p.s. A great number of Latinos in these parts believe that Jews read and observe the Koran! Additionally the AZATLAN internet news sites are virulently antisemitic. What to do? The world's oldest hatred is alive and well in these parts.
Article 33. Foreigners are those who do not possess the qualifications set forth in Article 30. They are entitled to the guarantees granted by Chapter I, Title I, of the present Constitution; but the Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action.
Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country.
One set of rules for me, another set of rules for thee.
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p.s. A great number of Latinos in these parts believe that Jews read and observe the Koran! Additionally the AZATLAN internet news sites are virulently antisemitic. What to do? The world's oldest hatred is alive and well in these parts.
The "Heil Hitler" salute is in widespread use amongst Mexican politicians and police:
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The "Heil Hitler" salute is in widespread use amongst Mexican politicians and police:
actually looks like a DUI stop - physical impairment test, which is equally plausible
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Until 1942, that was how American civilians saluted the flag during the Pledge of Allegiance! It is known as the Bellamy salute , after Francis Bellamy, who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Per your references, the picture from El Diario shows a stiff armed fascist salute, not an upraised arm "bellamy salute". Stop making excuses for bad behavior!
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
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During a soccer match between teams of political rivals in Bolivia, the countrys president, Evo Morales, was caught on tape delivering a swift knee to an opponents groin in retaliation for a hard foul.
