California Importing Poverty? A Study of the Obvious.

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Congressional Budget Office Report dated December 2007
Fifteen years after we coined the phrase

IMPORTING POVERTY
Lou Dobbs Tonight -- CNN -- March 19

Schwarzenegger: It's terrible to take money away from education and it is terrible to take money away from law enforcement and it is terrible to take money away from prisons and from health care, all of those things. But you can't give people more money than you have.Wian: Another reason the Golden State doesn't have enough money is on the other side of the balance sheet, massive spending on social services for illegal aliens totaling tens of billions of dollars, according to a December Congressional Budget Office study. California has about a quarter of the nation's estimated 12-plus million illegal aliens. They account for 27 percent of the state's population without health insurance. Watch Transcript

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Judicial Watch

Mexican government organizing May Day marches in U.S.

Led by Mexico’s government, illegal [aliens] across the nation are planning disruptive May Day marches demanding that the U.S. government halt immigration raids and that Congress pass laws to legalize them. -- Hundreds of thousands of rowdy illegal aliens flooded the streets of major cities last year demanding amnesty and other rights... [More Mexican meddling]

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OneNewsNow.com

Congressional Hispanic Caucus wants to bring back amnesty this year

...Californians for Population Stabilization

says Caucus chairman Representative Joe Baca (D-Calif.) has been leading the effort to revive legislation that would grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants in the U.S. CAP spokesman Rick Oltman suggests that after successive defeats of similar legislation in years past...
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Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania) Citizens Voice

McCain rejects Barletta invite

Arizona Sen. John McCain, who blamed illegal immigration Monday for Republican losses in major congressional races, has rejected Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta’s invitation to discuss the issue. -- “Sen. McCain truly appreciates your invitation and the valuable opportunity it represents...”

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Ventura County (Calif.) Star

Church to be billed for costs of protest

By the end of the week, a Simi Valley church will be billed almost $40,000 for police presence during a weekend protest against the church's sheltering of an illegal [alien]. -- The city of Simi Valley is sending a $39,306 invoice to the United Church of Christ for costs incurred for police services at the protest...

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Cincinnati Enquirer

Suspected Mexican illegal indicted in double rape case

St. Clair Twp., Ohio -- A man suspected of being an illegal [alien] is accused of raping two teen girls in Butler County. -- Teodoro Martinez was indicted today on two counts of rape and two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He is being held in the Butler County Jail.

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Statesman Journal -- Salem, Oregon

In Portland, meddler Fox criticizes U.S. policy on Mexico

Much of the U.S. public and some of the country's leaders do not fully comprehend the importance of Mexican [illegal aliens] to the U.S. economy and are confusing those [illegal aliens] with terrorists, former Mexico President Vicente Fox said. [More Mexican meddling]

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Sierra Vista Herald / Review

16 illegals apprehended in Sierra Vista on Highway 92

U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended 16 illegal immigrants from a vehicle in Sierra Vista on Tuesday morning. -- The incident took place at about 6:20 a.m. when agents attempted to stop a Chevrolet Suburban, said Jesus Rodriguez, spokesman for Border Patrol’s Tucson sector... **
Imperial Valley (Calif.) News

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Border Patrol agents apprehend MS-13 gang member

Tecate, Calif. -- Yesterday afternoon, Border Patrol agents apprehended a Salvadoran national who was identified as a Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member. -- Agents arrested the man after he attempted to elude inspection at the Tecate, California port of entry by jumping the nearby border fence...

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Associated Press

Ruling: English-only sign at cheesesteak shop not discriminatory

Philadelphia -- The owner of a famous cheesesteak shop did not discriminate when he posted signs telling customers "This is America: WHEN ORDERING 'PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH,'" a three-member city panel ruled Wednesday. -- In a 2-1 vote, the Commission on Human Relations panel found that the two signs at Geno's Steaks do not violate the city's Fair Practices Ordinance.

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Naples (Florida) Daily News

Mexican gangster pleads to murder attempt for severely injuring deputy

A Golden Gate man who hit and severely injured a Collier County sheriff’s deputy as he tried to stop his speeding car in December 2006 pleaded no contest Monday to attempted premeditated murder. -- But Jesus A. Moreno Lucio, a documented gang member and habitual felony offender, won’t face life in a state prison.

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Imperial Valley (Calif.) News

Illegal aliens sentenced on immigration, fraud and identity-theft

Davenport, Iowa -- The last two of 20 former employees of a West Burlington, Iowa, concrete company were sentenced here today in U.S. District Court on immigration, identity-theft and document-fraud charges. These sentences resulted from an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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Joseph Farah -- WorldNetDaily.com

How bad is McCain?

A question on the minds of many conservatives, Republicans and independent voters these days is how they cast their vote in November. -- John McCain is going to be the nominee of the Republican Party and, as such, the only viable alternative to a Democratic Party president, they recognize...