Please read the entire article. . . 

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/
0315dnmetimmigcount.3d35b14.html

 Number of illegal immigrants getting in-state tuition for Texas colleges rises

The number of illegal immigrant college students paying in-state tuition and receiving financial aid at Texas' public colleges and universities continues to climb, according to state higher education records.

During the fall semester, 12,138 students – about 1 percent of all Texas college students – benefited from the state law granting in-state tuition, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Most of the immigrants among those students are illegal, and some others are not legal permanent residents or U.S. citizens.

Texas awarded about $33.6 million in state and institutional financial aid to those students between fall 2004 and summer 2008.   (Note: Every illegal college student receiving financial aid cheats a U.S. Citizen)

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 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/6913092.html

Clergy to Cornyn: We've got your back

Contact Sen. Cornyn: http://www.cornyn.senate.gov   Toll Free No. to the Capitol - 1-800-828-0498

Continue to let him know that we expect him to vote against Comprehensive Immigration Reform!

Story:

When U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and his aides walked into Cardinal Daniel DiNardo's conference room at the Catholic Chancery one afternoon three weeks ago to talk about immigration reform, they were greeted by the archbishop, Lutheran Bishop Michael Rinehart and a dozen rabbis and clergy members from a variety of denominations.

They were also greeted by about 6,000 postcards piled in stacks on the large conference table around which the group would sit.

The men of the cloth wanted to talk to him about what they see as the biblical and moral imperative of immigration reform. But they also wanted to send a practical political message.

At a time when anger is the currency of the political realm, much of it aimed at illegal immigrants, the religious leaders were saying to Cornyn that they will have his back if he risks becoming a target of that anger by helping craft and pass comprehensive immigration reform.

http://www.fairus.org/site/PageNavigator/washington_march_310

 Join FAIR In a Virtual March on Washington and Make Your Voice Heard!

The illegal aliens demanding amnesty plan to march on Washington March 21, 2010, to urge the president and Congress to enact mass amnesty for the 12 million illegal aliens in the U.S.  They plan to visit lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Monday, March 22 to urge lawmakers to take up “comprehensive” immigration reform.  This is not the kind of immigration reform that is in America’s best interest!!

 Muslim & Latino Alliance on Immigration Rights « The
 Crescent Report: Straight from the Source with Imam Mahdi Bray

Crescent Report: Straight from the Source with Imam Mahdi Bray March 11, 2010

Muslim & Latino Alliance on Immigration Rights

WASHINGTON, DC (MASNET) Mar. 11, 2010 – The failure of the United States to embrace a comprehensive immigration policy has caused multiple forms of displacement and even oppression for countless people in America. No community has been more greatly impacted by this issue than the Muslim and Hispanic community. Families have been separated as a result of deportation; profiling is rampant; documented and legal immigrants have been subjected to harassment, imprisonment and even violence; and undocumented workers contributing vital support to the US economy are unsure about their future in the United States or a certain path to permanent residency or citizenship.

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 . . . We encourage the American Muslim community to reach out, not only to the Latino community concerning immigration issues but also to other ethnic communities like the African American community and their civil rights experiences. History has shown that the success of minorities in America hinge upon their ability to move beyond isolation and build tactical alliances with other minority groups.

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03-25-2010

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1. "Who's creating US jobs? Mexicans"
2. John Cornyn applauds the work of Senator Schumer and Graham for their work on  Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
3. Gov. Perry Deploying Helicopters to Border
4. Maldef and ACLU Win Permanent Injunction of Third Farmers Branch Anti-Immigrant Ordinance
5. Birth tourism in US on the rise for Turkish parents - Instanbul  Hürriyet Daily

6.      Deportations drop through Cd. Juarez

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"Who's creating US jobs? Mexicans", web version:
http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2010/03/05/eb-5-provides-mexicans-with-another-refugee-visa/

The title of a new Christian Science Monitor article reads like a parody of words: "Who's creating US jobs? Mexicans", by Taylor Barnes, March 2,2010. Mexicans are using EB-5 visas to escape the violence of drug cartels not to create jobs for Americans. To get out of Mexico they will use whatever visas they can get, including L-1.    It's perfectly legal. Immigrants can bring in family on an EB-5 visa if they invest $500,000 to $1 million in a US business.  Mexicans have a cheaper deal via E-1 and E-2 visas, thanks to a  treaty with the US. Gama took a similar tack, buying Village   Gourmet and transferring himself to the US as its new executive  via an L-1 visa, designed for intercompany executive transfers.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_107/lobbying/44421-1.html
Groups Increase Pressure for Immigration Bill
Schumer, who chairs the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, had hoped to introduce a bipartisan bill by January. He and Graham have been working quietly to build a bipartisan coalition to support the bill.

Subcommittee ranking member John Cornyn (R-Texas) said through spokesman Kevin McLaughlin that he “applauds the work of his colleagues in putting together these principles.”

But McLaughlin added, “Until there’s legislative text and active presidential leadership, comprehensive immigration reform is unfortunately going nowhere this year."

Gov. Perry deploying helicopters to border
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=12166149  Posted: March 18, 2010

Texas Gov. Rick Perry today announced the deployment of Texas Military Forces OH-58 Kiowa and UH-72 Lakota helicopters to the area between El Paso and Brownsville as part of the first phase of the state's spillover violence contingency plan.

Perry activated the plan on Tuesday. He did not reveal how many helicopters would be deployed, nor their exact locations for operational security purposes.

The helicopters will help local law enforcement deter and detect crime along the border.

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Perry has a standing request with the federal government for 1,000 Title 32 National Guardsmen to support civilian law enforcement efforts to enhance border security in Texas, as well as a more recent request for predator drones to be based in and operate over the Texas-Mexico border to provide essential information to law enforcement on the ground.Roll Call

Maldef and ACLU Win Permanent Injunction of Third Farmers Branch Anti-Immigrant Ordinance

Today, MALDEF, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas (ACLU) and the National ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project succeeded in invalidating Ordinance 2952, the latest in a series of anti-immigrant ordinances enacted by Farmers Branch, Texas. The ordinance was adopted by the Farmers Branch City Council in January of 2008. The federal court decision forbids the City from ever enforcing the Ordinance. In a careful opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Jane J. Boyle determined that Ordinance 2952 was preempted by federal law." MALDEF, Mar. 24, 2010.

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=birth-tourism-to-
the-usa-explodes-2010-03-12

Birth tourism in US on the rise for Turkish parents - Instanbul  Hürriyet Daily News

With more Turkish parents wanting their child to be born in the US, tourism companies are starting to offer ‘birth tourism’ packages to US cities. Many women say giving birth in the US has benefits including cheaper education and fewer visa worries. Some Americans, however, want to restrict the practice, citing fears of illegal migration

El Diario de Ciudad Juarez (Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua) 3/19/10

Deportations drop through Cd. Juarez

Since this past March 10, the US has stopped using Cd. Juarez to deport undocumenteds arrested in that country, resulting in a drastic drop in migrants arriving in this city.  The coordinator of the municipal migrant program said that since last week, they have noted the drop in deportees.  Before, they received up to 100 repatriates per day and now only about that in a week.  The Mexican immigration department (IMN) advised that because of the high rate of violence in the city, they have suspended receiving deportations of any kind.

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03-28-2010

Border Rancher Rob Krentz And Dog Found Shot To Death After Aiding Illegal Alien

Posted by Sonoran Alliance under Border , Crime and Punishment , Illegal Aliens , Illegal Immigration
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This is a reprint from the DiggersRealm.com.

Our prayers and thoughts go out to Bob’s family.

The body of Rancher Rob Krentz and his dog were found shot to death on his ranch. Krentz, who always was good-natured and willing to help people, had called in that he had found an illegal alien at one of his watering holes and was assisting him. That was the last that was heard from him before his body was discovered.

Rob Krentz was a lifelong rancher in Southeastern Arizona, 12 miles north of the U.S./Mexico border and 25 miles northeast of the city of Douglas. He was the father of three children. The ranch has been in his family for three generations, more than 100 years – since 1907, and sits on about 35,000 acres with 1,000 head of cattle. Running a ranch is hard work and with the influx of illegal aliens increasing, Rob was at ground zero of the stampede that is destroying the fragile desert landscape.

The Krentz family has received numerous threats in the past by illegal aliens trespassing on their property. In 2002, the family was physically threatened when one of them stumbled upon a group of 39 illegal aliens. They were told to get off the land and they made threats. The Border Patrol did catch the illegal aliens after they were called, but we all know that illegal aliens, if deported, come right back across.

In 1999, Krentz and his wife Susan did an interview with PBS when they came around asking about the issue of illegal immigration and its impacts on the local ranchers.

“We’ve been broken into,” Susan Krentz told PBS.

Rob and Susan Krentz

“One time,” Rob said “You know, we’ve personally been broke in once. And they took about $700 worth of stuff. And you know, if they come in and ask for water, I’ll still give them water. I – you know, that’s just my nature.”

In 2003, Congressman Tom Tancredo mentioned the challenges of the border ranchers, and in particular highlighted the the Krentz family’s plight.

“In the month of November, 2002, in the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol … where the Krentz ranch is located, the Border Patrol apprehended 23,000 border crossers,” Tancredo wrote. “many people would suggest that the [apprehension] ratio is just about maybe one in five, and that is a very conservative estimate. … I think it is closer to one in ten”.

That means in that sector alone for one month, 8 years ago, the most conservative estimate is that 115,000 illegal aliens crossed the border in that one chunk of land in the Tucson sector. All of the illegals are unknown.

Tancredo notes that the Krentz’s did mention to him that they called the Border Patrol. In one instance illegal aliens had butchered one of his calves.

In February [2002] … a calf was butchered by illegal alien trespassers. Two men responsible were caught. They were tried. They were found guilty. They served a total of 51 days in jail. They were also ordered to pay $200 in restitution to the Krentz ranch. The Krentz ranch has not seen a cent of that money; and, of course, our best guess is they will not because these people have been released. They either came back into the population up here in the U.S.A. or returned to Mexico.

Tancredo goes into the cases of deliberate sabotage of the Krentz ranch’s water supply and the other impacts on the Krentz’s by illegal aliens. You can read more, where Tancredo dubs the Krentzs American Homeland Heroes

6 years after the PBS interview, in 2005, Krentz did an interview with KOLD as the number of illegal aliens exploded.

“We’re being over-run, and it’s costing us lots and lots of money,” Krentz said.

“We figured it up over the last five years and it’s cost us over $8 million,” Krentz said. “Cattle don’t like people walking through, so they move. So, cattle weight loss, destruction of fences, breaking our pipelines, they break them in two and (the pipes) run for two or three days before we find it.”

Krentz went on to say that when he was a boy he actually knew the few illegal aliens that came through looking for work, he said it’s nothing like that now as hundreds of unknown illegals stream across his land.

Rob Krentz is just one of the many people who live and work along our southern border. A tough, hard working man who was trying to make a living and doing what he loved. Those who support illegal aliens will talk about “human rights”, but where were the “human rights” when it came to Rob Krentz? Where was the government to protect our border and prevent this from happening, though they’ve been told time and time again? They didn’t protect his property rights, nor his civil rights.

This country failed Robert Krentz, his family and all who work for him. As they have failed countless families all across this country. The number of deaths is estimated to be from 15-25 deaths caused by illegal aliens each day in this country.

It is not known yet whether Krentz was specifically targeted or whether it was just one of the hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens who come across our border every year who have actual criminal records, but in the end does it matter? A hard working man was killed on his own land. And all for just trying to help out someone in need.

And that is simply outrageous.

Rest in peace Robert Krentz, the country will surely miss a great and kind man like you.

03-31-2010

Violence Along Our Border -

Senator Cornyn, Tom Tancredo & finally John McCain(?)

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/31/texas-town-high-alert-
mexican-town-border-braces-cartel-gun-battle/

Texas Town on High Alert as Mexican Town Across Border Braces for Cartel Gun Battle

By Ed Barnes  - FOXNews.com

At least 30 residents of El Porvenir, located about four miles from the Texas border town of Fort Hancock, have crossed into the U.S. and asked for political asylum, telling authorities that they fear for their lives.

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While the problem has been seething for some time, it has finally gotten attention from both Washington and Austin. Last week Texas Gov. Rick Perry ordered a multiagency task force to the area. Rep. Kay Granger, the area congresswoman, pushed through the sale of three helicopters to the Mexican government to monitor the area. And the local sheriff has shifted patrols to the area in the hopes of stemming any violence that might spread across the border.
 

Senator John Cornyn's newsletter  newsletter@cornyn.enews.senate.gov

Meanwhile, the situation along our southern border remains grim. In light of the recent murders of two U.S. citizens with ties to the American consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Senator Hutchison and I sent a letter to President Obama demanding swift action to help quell the drug-related crime that has begun to spill over into our towns and cities. In our letter, we asked for more federal resources to be deployed to the border, as well as for a comprehensive plan to address the rise in violence. We also invited the President to visit the border region, so that he can hear the stories and see the impact on our border communities. I’ve also requested that Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, schedule a committee hearing as soon as possible to help identify the security needs and priorities for our border communities.Finally, on April 21 I have organized a hearing before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control that will focus exclusively on the ongoing law enforcement efforts along our southern border to curb drug-related activity.

Tancredo calls upon Napolitano to send National Guard to border

March 28, 5:36 PMDenver Conservative ExaminerKathleen Baker

After the brutal murder of Arizona rancher Rob Krentz by an alleged illegal immigrant this weekend, former Congressman Tom Tancredo made a public statement to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano that she should “reject politics and do the right thing – send the National Guard to the border.”

AND FINALLY:

http://senatus.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/mccain-wants-national-guard-troops-sent-to-arizona-border/

McCain Wants National Guard Troops Sent to Arizona Border

March 30, 2010 by senatus

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) “wants to call in the cavalry to defend Arizona from illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico—and to shore up his own right flank,” POLITICO reports.

(Evidently McCain is" feeling the heat and now he is seeing the light" with J.D. Hayworth nipping at his feet.)

http://www.numbersusa.com /content/news/march-24-2010/top-dhs-official-
says-it-cant-handle-mass-amnesty.html?jid=419889&lid=9&rid=3232&tid=383158

Top DHS Official Says It Can't Handle a Mass Amnesty

Homeland Security Assistant Inspector General Frank Deffer told the House's Immigration Subcommittee on Tuesday that the agency is not prepared for a mass amnesty, and Congress should consider this if and when they take up comprehensive immigration reform. Deffer called a mass amnesty "the mother of all backlogs."

Deffer further told Congress that Immigration and Customs Services is in the process of converting from a paper-based system to an electronic-based system and offering citizenship to 11 million illegal aliens is a bad idea.

http://www.bibdaily.com (Immigration Lawyer's Newsletter)

Immigration Reform Can Break the Political Deadlock
"While Latinos are just as concerned as other voters about the economy, a candidate’s stance on immigration helps them separate the “good” guys from the “bad” guys in an election. In other words, a lawmaker who votes for this bill can win the support of the fastest-growing part of the electorate that has wide independent streaks." Angela Maria Kelley and Gebe Martinez, Mar. 29, 2010.

FAIR Blames Immigrants for Unemployment and Low Wages

"FAIR ignores the fact that there is no correlation between immigration and unemployment in the United States—that immigration has provided a small wage boost to most native-born workers and helped “grow” the economy—and that newly legalized immigrants would earn higher wages and therefore spend more in U.S. businesses and pay more in all kinds of taxes. The FAIR report neglects to mention that the highest unemployment rates are found in locales with relatively few immigrants. The reason for this is simple: immigrants tend to go where the jobs are. Nor does the FAIR report mention that, because immigrant and native-born workers “complement” each other in education and skills, thereby increasing the productivity of native-born workers, immigration has generally increased wages for the native-born." Immigration Impact, Mar. 24, 2010.

3/27/10

 El Financiero (Mexico City) 3/26/10

 Latinos celebrate amendments to US health reform

The Mexican news agency Notimex, reporting from Washington, DC, writes that Hispanic organizations celebrated the approval of amendments to the new health law by the US Congress that will benefit nine million Latinos who are without medical insurance, although it excludes 11 million of those who are undocumented.  ”This is a victory for Latinos, many of whom presently have no insurance and soon will get coverage,” said the president of the National Council of La Raza, Janet Murguia.  ”It was a hard battle and we Latino leaders are proud to say that we did everything we could to assure that the concerns and needs of Latinos were answered in this historic health insurance reform,” she emphasized.  Legal immigrants, nevertheless, will have to continue waiting five years to receive public health benefits, except women who are pregnant and children who are legal permanent residents.  

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