Immigration News
December 2012 Archives
Border Patrol Nabs 2 for Illegal Re-Entry: MS-13 Gang Member, Sex Offender
December 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff
In two separate incidents, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico Station apprehended a registered sex offender, and a Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) gang member. continue reading »
Border Patrol Captures Mexican National Wanted for Murder in Phoenix
December 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A Mexican national wanted on an active felony warrant for murder was apprehended Saturday by Border Patrol agents from the Douglas Station. continue reading »
Guatemalan in ICE Custody Passes Away
December 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A Guatemalan man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away early Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for diabetes complications. continue reading »
American Convicted of Alien Smuggling by Border Patrol
December 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff
El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents’ recent arrests have led to the successful conviction and sentencing of 13 illegal aliens with prior convictions for other crime(s), and one individual for alien smuggling. continue reading »
ICE Deports Man Wanted for Killings in Mexico and U.S.
December 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A man from Mexico with a U.S. manslaughter conviction, who is also wanted in his home country for homicide, was deported and turned over to Mexican law e continue reading »
Immigration News: Help Coming to Hundreds of Deported Hispanic Veterans
December 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Brothers Valente and Jesus Manuel Valenzuela, war veterans with suspended deportation orders, announced Wednesday the launching of a campaign to help Hispanic former U.S. soldiers in their same situation or who have already been deported. continue reading »
Arizona Border: Deaths of Undocumented Mar 2012
December 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The violence in neighboring Mexico and the deaths of undocumented immigrants at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents once more marred the situation along the Arizona border in 2012. continue reading »
Countdown of the Top Five Immigration Stories of 2012
December 24, 2012 | by Immigration impact
In the beginning of 2012, the landscape of the immigration world looked much different. Pro-immigrant groups were coming off of a rough few years that saw the failure of the DREAM Act, a spike in deportations under President Obama, and the continue reading »
Statistics Show US-Mexico Border is Secure- NPR
December 24, 2012 | by Americas Voice Online
At NPR today is an analogy on why people find themselves forced to come to the US without papers: Imagine immigration, especially from Latin America, as a two-lane residential street with a 20-mile-an-hour speed limit. Over the decades, it’s grown to an eight-lane superhighway. But the speed limit is still 20 mph. That is, visas for needed workers haven’t risen along with the traffic. continue reading »
USCIS to Close Field Office in Panama City in February
December 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff
USCIS will permanently close its field office in Panama City, Panama, on Feb. 1, 2013. The Panama City Field Office had jurisdiction over Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname. continue reading »
ICE Settles Case on Controversial Home Raids
December 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Attorneys announced the settlement of a home raids case against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Seven men and women and one child brought the case in 2008 against more than thirty individual ICE officers for a series of predawn raids of their homes undertaken without consent or a warrant. continue reading »
Activist Group Helps Save North Carolina Immigrant from Deportation
December 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff
U.S. immigration authorities have suspended the deportation of a Mexican woman who entered the country illegally 12 years ago and is the mother of three U.S. citizen children, a move taken after activists launched a campaign and sought the help of Sen. Kay Hagan. continue reading »
Immigration Whore Arrested For Marrying Undocumented Migrants for Cash
December 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A 40-year-old Spanish woman has been arrested for being simultaneously married to three Nigerians who paid her 3,000 euros ($3,952) each to marry them so they would be eligible to be naturalized, police said Friday. continue reading »
Immigration News: California Jails May Limit Immigration Holds to Convicts Only
December 20, 2012 | by Ryan Gabrielson for California Watch
In the next year, many of California’s local jails might limit federal immigration “holds” to detainees with felony convictions, greatly reducing the number of people deported from the state solely for entering the country without permission. continue reading »
Hispanic Education: California Cuts Adult English Classes
December 19, 2012 | by Daniel C. Vock for Pew States
Just four years ago, Oakland public schools taught English as a second language to 14,000 adults. The students’ native tongues included Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic and more than 40 other languages. Then, the school district eliminated the program. continue reading »
