Well-placed Sacramento sources tell us the state’s politically powerful and well-financed prison guards union has lawyers drawing up language for a recall initiative.

2:55 p.m. — After a long walk, I reach the huge white tents where we have to go through the scanning and search routine. There are dumpsters filling up with stuff people can’t take into the stadium. I notice umbrellas and even American flags thrown in the trash cans. (Ironically, everyone inside was handed an American flag.)

What began as a slow Jones County Monday morning on Aug. 25 quickly turned into an national event. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement shut down Howard Industries’ Pendorff transformer plant and the company’s headquarters in Ellisville for a day,

A friend and I have a running debate. We both agree that politicians, though certainly not all of them, lie through their BrightSmile teeth. They lie about about war - usually about rationale for waging them. They lie about the economy, promising to save and create more jobs than they could reasonably expect to deliver - not in this global economy. They lie about energy solutions, such as the “No More Excuses Energy Act,” unveiled in June by Rep. Michele Bachman, R-Minn., to get motorists back to paying $2 a gallon for gas. (I was at the dentist’s office and watching on CNN when Bachman discussed the $2 pledge.

A man held for suspicion of vehicular homicide in the deaths of a 3-year-old child and two women is now being detained by federal immigration officials.  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement sent a faxed a detainer on Francis Hernandez, 23, at 12:04 a.m. Saturday, indicating his U.S. citizenship is under question, according to Arapahoe county jail officials and federal authorities.

  For years, Gerardo Salazar played the Romeo in dusty Mexican villages, trolling town squares and schoolyards for women and girls he could seduce with declarations of love and, ultimately, sell in seedy Houston cantinas.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Tens of thousands of frustrated Mexicans, many carrying pictures of kidnapped loved ones, marched across the country Saturday to demand authorities act to stop a relentless tide of killings, abductions and shootouts.

Police said they found an altar to the skeletal figure of the “Santa Muerte,” an unofficial patron saint of death, in the home of two men arrested in connection with the slayings, while several scorched spots were discovered in a nearby clearing.

Mexican and Colombian drug cartels may be moving operations to ArgentinaThere is evidence that drug cartels are moving their operations to Argentina. Because of tougher enforcement measures in Mexico and Colombia, the “capos” are forced to seek countries with laws and enforcement more lax.  Argentina has been considered only a “port of transit” for drugs until recently.  The first indication of change was the discovery by Argentine police on July 18 of a narco lab and the subsequent arrest of nine Mexicans from Guanajuato, presumably members of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Even as EU border patrols search for some 70 migrants who went missing near Malta on Aug. 27, the people of the smallest EU state are becoming fed up with rising illegal immigration. The 70 disappeared when they were swept off a flimsy craft which capsized after it left Liby

Juveniles picked up by police in Dakota County will continue to be sent to Woodbury County, at least for the time being. Officials are still mulling over a proposed contract with Northeast Nebraska Juvenile Services out of Madison. The jail board hopes to clarify the contract in a way to save

Francis Hernandez, the man being held for suspicion of vehicular homicide in the deaths, is now being detained by federal immigration officials. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials sent a faxed detainer on Hernandez, 23, at 12:04 a.m. Saturday, indicating his U.S. citizenship is under question,

Illegal immigration has become an increasing problem in the U.S. as our population has increased over the years. Washington is trying to solve this problem by granting amnesty to current illegal aliens living in the U.S. Amnesty, however, will not solve the underlying problem of illegal immigration. On one hand, amnesty acknowledges our simple economic reality. The U.S. needs cheap workers and Mexico provides half the illegal

NEELY’S CROSSING — Federal contractors and sub-contractors are holding meeting with local property ranchers and scouting border levees in rural Hudspeth County in advance of construction of the border fence there which could start as soon as next week. Thursday morning’s meeting was held at the U.S. Border Patrol Station in Sierra Blanca

“Foreign influence to America, is like the Grecian Horse to Troy; it conceals an enemy in the heart. We cannot be too careful to exclude its entrance.” — Madison

“It is time that we should become a little more Americanized, and instead of feeding the paupers and laborers of England, feed our own; or else, in a short time, by our present policy, we should be paupers ourselves.” — Jackson

“The people of the United States, may they remember, that to preserve their liberties, they must do their own voting and their own fighting.” — Harrison

BROWNSVILLE - Proposed changes in the state’s voting laws would require everyone to prove their citizenship in order to vote in local, state and national elections. During the coming legislative session, Texas Republicans plan to introduce a measure that would target perpetrators of voter fraud, especially non-citizens. The stringent voting regulations - deemed the “voter suppression bill” by opponents - are

The recent immigration and customs enforcement raid on Howard Industries in Laurel brought many issues to light. Investigators with the Attorney General’s office are looking into whether the company violated a new state law last month when nearly 600 illegal immigrants were taken into custody. The law, which went into effect in July, requires

When President Bush and his CANAMEX counterparts assemble in New Orleans April 21 for the 4th Annual Summit of the Americas, they will undoubtedly discuss a growing problem: How to continue denying that they are building a North American Union.

The program, known as 287(g), enables officers to determine the immigration status of defendants processed through county jails using federal databases. It also enables them to initiate removal proceedings for people found to be in the country illegally.  Nine Henderson County sheriff’s deputies have completed training in immigration enforcement.

WALHALLA —Mayor Randy Chastain minced few words in saying that an increasing illegal immigration presence is sapping his city of resources and adding a heavy burden on the backs of Oconee County taxpayers.  At the same time, Chastain categorically denied that the city’s police department, headed by his brother, Tim Chastain, is engaged in racial profiling.

A Democratic congressman, who spent years imprisoned in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, unleashed on Utah Republican Jason Chaffetz’s plan to detain undocumented immigrants in tent cities, calling it an “odious reminder” of a shameful period of the past.   “Jason Chaffetz’s comments are more than just offensive and embarrassing to all Americans; they demonstrate

A lawsuit filed Friday in federal court accuses the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Department of unlawful detentions and racial profiling of Latinos suspected of being undocumented immigrants.

HOUSTON - Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company Inc. pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to harbor illegal aliens.  This plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle, Southern District of Texas, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent in Charge Robert Rutt.  Three former and current managers also pleaded guilty to hiring or continuing to hire illegal aliens.

The best quote from either the Republican or Democratic convention came when New York Governor David Paterson said: “If he’s the answer, then the question must be ridiculous.”  Paterson’s observation referred to Republican presidential nominee John McCain. But it applies with equal accuracy to McCain’s opponent Barack Obama and their vice-presidential choices, Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.

California schools, required by the federal No Child Left Behind Act to lift more students over a higher academic hurdle this year, instead stumbled and slipped back, as nearly 1,400 fewer schools met test-score targets.

Washington DC, Sep 4, 2008 / 11:58 am (CNA).- At the 2008 Conference on Immigration in Washington D.C., bishops from Mexico and the United States called for immigration reform that respects human rights and the dignity of those affected by violence against undocumented immigrants

A Nevada DMV worker is facing federal charges of taking money in exchange for providing fake IDs to illegal aliens. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 52-year-old Marilyn Millender of North Las Vegas was arrested Friday, after a grand jury indicted her on charges of bribery and making false statements. Millender was

BAKERSFIELD (AP) ? Bakersfield is the nation’s leader in the number of new naturalized citizens per capita. Federal immigration officials say the Central Valley city reported a 90 percent increase between 2006 and 2007 to be top in the country. That’s 2,576 people taking the citizenship

Arizona Department of Public Safety detectives arrested a couple applying for a $159,000 home loan using stolen social security numbers and false immigration documents. Jose Ozuna Alvarez and Ana Laura Balerrama are both believed to be illegal immigrants. Investigators said they got jobs, bought as many as three new vehicles and obtained multiple

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Attorney General Jim Hood’s office is determining whether a new Mississippi law was violated by Howard Industries in Laurel, the site of the largest workplace immigration raid in U.S. history. “We’ll look at what they’ve done and determine if it’s a violation of state law, as well as determine if we need to enforce it,” Hood told