The Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement introduced H.R. 3808, the Scott Gardner Act, that would automatically deport illegal immigrants who are convicted of drunk driving.
Each year thousands of Americans are killed in alcohol-related accidents. In fact, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) estimates that drunk drivers get behind the wheel more than 80 times before they are arrested. They also contend someone dies every 50 minutes in drinking-related accidents.
As a result, H.R. 3808 was introduced by Rep. Sue Myrick (R- NC) that mandates illegal immigrants who drink and drive are detained and processed by ICE. The Democratic-led Senate also has a bill circulating, however, the Senate would only consider three-time DUI offenders eligible for felony charges. (A felony conviction usually means illegal immigrants are subject to deportation).
The proposed legislation contains the following measures:
• Requires the detention of illegal immigrants who are apprehended for drunken driving after they are released from custody by local law enforcement,
• Instructs the Department of Homeland Security to prioritize the deportation of an illegal immigrant who is convicted of drunken driving,
• Requires a state or local law enforcement officer to verify with federal databases the immigration status of a person who the officer has apprehended for drunken driving and has reasonable grounds to believe is an illegal immigrant,
• Gives local law enforcement the authority to issue a federal detainer to keep an illegal immigrant arrested for drunken driving in custody until he or she is convicted or transferred to a federal facility.
Each year high profile drunk driving cases make headlines. Recently, Carlos Martinelly-Montano proved he is a serial drunk driver. His first DUI crash cost one life and severely injuring two others. Authorities said, Montano has been arrested for drunk driving twice and reckless driving. Despite a conviction, Montano’s immigration status was never checked.
“Even when he was placed in ICE 'custody' after his second DUI arrest, he was released into the streets with a GPS device,” according to Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA). “However, GPS monitoring doesn’t prevent a released criminal from driving drunk. And we know that drunken drivers involved in fatal crashes are eight times more likely to have a prior drunken driving conviction than other drivers.”
Lax enforcement of immigration and drunk driving laws allowed Montano to continue his drinking and driving ways. Montano was finally put away after he killed a Catholic nun in 2010. “Montano got behind the wheel of his vehicle yet again after he had been drinking heavily. This time, tragically, he plowed into a car with three Catholic nuns inside, killing one and severely injuring the two others. Montano was subsequently convicted of felony murder, and involuntary manslaughter,” Gallegly said.
The Congressman said an anonymous conversation with an ICE official confirmed the federal agency doesn’t consider two drunken driving incidents are worthy of detention. “There is absolutely no reason for the administration’s outrageous policy,” Gallegly said.
Case after case clearly demonstrates drunk drivers habitually drive under the influence and increase their chances of causing a traffic accident.
“There are numerous documented cases of illegal immigrants who receive convictions for drunken driving and then are not deported. Although these illegal immigrants have no right to be in our country, they remain in the United States. They are simply released and often go on to drink and drive again. This problem can’t continue to be ignored,” Gallegly finished.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Border Patrol agents arrest wanted sex offender after brief chase Continue reading on Examiner.com Border Patrol agents arrest wanted sex offender af
Border Patrol agents apprehended a convicted sex offender after he fled from an Interstate 15 checkpoint just north of San Diego.
Agents said the suspect failed to stop at the checkpoint, and then lead Border Patrol on a high-speed chase. Once agents gained custody of the individual they found out he was wanted in Pinal County, Arizona for parole violations.
“Agents assigned to enforcement duties along the northbound Interstate 15 attempted to stop a 40-year-old male United States citizen driving a blue 1998 Ford F-150 near Highway 76,” according to Border Patrol agent Simon Scott. “The driver failed to yield and led agents on a high-speed chase with speeds reaching 90 miles per hour. Agents discontinued the pursuit after the suspect drove southbound on the shoulder of the northbound I-15 endangering the motoring public. Agents located the individual’s vehicle minutes later when his vehicle became stuck after he drove off-road.”
The assailant then fled his vehicle on foot but was captured by Border Patrol agents a short time later.
“Agents ran record checks and determined that the suspect was a registered sex offender in Pinal County, Ariz., wanted for parole violations,” Scott said. “The suspect was booked into San Diego County jail for high speed flight from an Executive Officer.”
To report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol, contact San Diego Sector at (619) 498-9900.
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Agents said the suspect failed to stop at the checkpoint, and then lead Border Patrol on a high-speed chase. Once agents gained custody of the individual they found out he was wanted in Pinal County, Arizona for parole violations.
“Agents assigned to enforcement duties along the northbound Interstate 15 attempted to stop a 40-year-old male United States citizen driving a blue 1998 Ford F-150 near Highway 76,” according to Border Patrol agent Simon Scott. “The driver failed to yield and led agents on a high-speed chase with speeds reaching 90 miles per hour. Agents discontinued the pursuit after the suspect drove southbound on the shoulder of the northbound I-15 endangering the motoring public. Agents located the individual’s vehicle minutes later when his vehicle became stuck after he drove off-road.”
The assailant then fled his vehicle on foot but was captured by Border Patrol agents a short time later.
“Agents ran record checks and determined that the suspect was a registered sex offender in Pinal County, Ariz., wanted for parole violations,” Scott said. “The suspect was booked into San Diego County jail for high speed flight from an Executive Officer.”
To report suspicious activity to the U.S. Border Patrol, contact San Diego Sector at (619) 498-9900.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
DHS promises US-VISIT biometric data program will slow illegal entry
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the implementation of US-VISIT, a biometric program that will monitor entry/exit patterns for international travelers. The program will keep tabs on foreign visitors and curtail visa over-stayers.
US-VISIT's use of biometrics streamlines the U.S. entry process and DHS officials say it virtually eliminates fraud. The biometrics program collects unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, that provide port-of-entry agents with automated recognition. This tamper-proof identification service is reliable, convenient and virtually impossible to forge.
“US-VISIT supports the Department of Homeland Security's mission to protect our nation by providing biometric identification services to federal, state and local government decision makers to help them accurately identify the people they encounter and determine whether those people pose a risk to the United States,” a DHS statement said. “US-VISIT's most visible service is the collection of biometrics—digital fingerprints and a photograph—from international travelers at U.S. visa-issuing posts and ports of entry. Collecting this information helps immigration officers determine whether a person is eligible to receive a visa or enter the United States. The biometric collection process is simple, convenient and secure.”
The new program provides port-of-entry decision makers with the reliable information they need to prevent identity fraud. The innovative use of biometrics also deprives criminals and immigration violators’ access to the United States. DHS also claims they will be able to track international travelers who remain in the country beyond their period of admission using this biometric data.
“Since 911 we’ve gotten better at the check-in counter, but have not had a reliable method of knowing who is checking-out,” said Bob Dane, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).“The new plan for a biometric system of tracking exits is long overdue and will reduce the incidence of people overstaying their visas, the risk of terrorism and illegal immigration overall.”
However, secure border activists’ groups argue that ports of entry may provide a higher level of scrutiny, but much of the U.S./Mexico border remains unfenced. Border Patrol agents are charged with protecting the nation’s rural border, however, slower response times due to rugged terrain, limit the number of illegal immigrants, terrorists and drug smuggler apprehensions. Also this new program will do nothing to the country's porious border. Even when Border Patrol responds to an incursion, agents face danger. Last year an illegal drug smuggler inside American borders murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
How Biometrics Assure Identity
Biometrics collected by US-VISIT and linked to specific biographic information enable a person's identity to be established, then verified, by the U.S. government. With each encounter, from applying for a visa to seeking immigration benefits to entering the United States, US-VISIT:
Checks a person’s biometrics against a watch list of known or suspected terrorists, criminals and immigration violators
Checks against the entire database of all of the fingerprints the Department of Homeland Security has collected since US-VISIT began to determine if a person is using an alias and attempting to use fraudulent identification.
Checks a person’s biometrics against those associated with the identification document presented to ensure that the document belongs to the person presenting it and not someone else.
These services help prevent identity fraud and deprive criminals and immigration violators of the ability to cross U.S. borders. Based on biometrics alone, US-VISIT has helped stop thousands of people who were ineligible to enter the United States.
To view the step-by-step video that explains the process click here; http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/editorial_0525.shtm
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US-VISIT's use of biometrics streamlines the U.S. entry process and DHS officials say it virtually eliminates fraud. The biometrics program collects unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, that provide port-of-entry agents with automated recognition. This tamper-proof identification service is reliable, convenient and virtually impossible to forge.
“US-VISIT supports the Department of Homeland Security's mission to protect our nation by providing biometric identification services to federal, state and local government decision makers to help them accurately identify the people they encounter and determine whether those people pose a risk to the United States,” a DHS statement said. “US-VISIT's most visible service is the collection of biometrics—digital fingerprints and a photograph—from international travelers at U.S. visa-issuing posts and ports of entry. Collecting this information helps immigration officers determine whether a person is eligible to receive a visa or enter the United States. The biometric collection process is simple, convenient and secure.”
The new program provides port-of-entry decision makers with the reliable information they need to prevent identity fraud. The innovative use of biometrics also deprives criminals and immigration violators’ access to the United States. DHS also claims they will be able to track international travelers who remain in the country beyond their period of admission using this biometric data.
“Since 911 we’ve gotten better at the check-in counter, but have not had a reliable method of knowing who is checking-out,” said Bob Dane, Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR).“The new plan for a biometric system of tracking exits is long overdue and will reduce the incidence of people overstaying their visas, the risk of terrorism and illegal immigration overall.”
However, secure border activists’ groups argue that ports of entry may provide a higher level of scrutiny, but much of the U.S./Mexico border remains unfenced. Border Patrol agents are charged with protecting the nation’s rural border, however, slower response times due to rugged terrain, limit the number of illegal immigrants, terrorists and drug smuggler apprehensions. Also this new program will do nothing to the country's porious border. Even when Border Patrol responds to an incursion, agents face danger. Last year an illegal drug smuggler inside American borders murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
How Biometrics Assure Identity
Biometrics collected by US-VISIT and linked to specific biographic information enable a person's identity to be established, then verified, by the U.S. government. With each encounter, from applying for a visa to seeking immigration benefits to entering the United States, US-VISIT:
Checks a person’s biometrics against a watch list of known or suspected terrorists, criminals and immigration violators
Checks against the entire database of all of the fingerprints the Department of Homeland Security has collected since US-VISIT began to determine if a person is using an alias and attempting to use fraudulent identification.
Checks a person’s biometrics against those associated with the identification document presented to ensure that the document belongs to the person presenting it and not someone else.
These services help prevent identity fraud and deprive criminals and immigration violators of the ability to cross U.S. borders. Based on biometrics alone, US-VISIT has helped stop thousands of people who were ineligible to enter the United States.
To view the step-by-step video that explains the process click here; http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/editorial_0525.shtm
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Hollywood-based “Operation Snow Bird” shuts down cocaine smuggling ring
The “Snow Bird” Brascom brothers who pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine using chartered planes were sentenced to six-10 years in a federal prison.
U.S. District Judge Manual Real sentenced the brothers, Jerome Brascom, 31, and Ricky Brascom, 29, in a Los Angeles courtroom today. The brothers were arrested, with 14 other defendants, during a federal investigation dubbed “Operation Snow Bird.”
The seven-month investigation focused on a Hollywood-based drug operation with ties to “Behind da Scenes Entertainment,” a group affiliated with the hip-hop music world.
Federal agents said the organization trafficked cocaine and laundered money on both coasts.
Prosecutors outlined in court that the convicted drug smugglers purchased large quantities of cocaine and hired charter planes to fly the drugs to Baltimore, distributed the drugs and flew suitcases stuffed with cash back to Hollywood.
The Brascom brothers were charged with multiple counts including, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to launder money, procession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
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Federal agencies also seized drugs, firearms and cash as a part of the indictment.
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U.S. District Judge Manual Real sentenced the brothers, Jerome Brascom, 31, and Ricky Brascom, 29, in a Los Angeles courtroom today. The brothers were arrested, with 14 other defendants, during a federal investigation dubbed “Operation Snow Bird.”
The seven-month investigation focused on a Hollywood-based drug operation with ties to “Behind da Scenes Entertainment,” a group affiliated with the hip-hop music world.
Federal agents said the organization trafficked cocaine and laundered money on both coasts.
Prosecutors outlined in court that the convicted drug smugglers purchased large quantities of cocaine and hired charter planes to fly the drugs to Baltimore, distributed the drugs and flew suitcases stuffed with cash back to Hollywood.
The Brascom brothers were charged with multiple counts including, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to launder money, procession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession with intent to distribute cocaine and a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office.
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Federal agencies also seized drugs, firearms and cash as a part of the indictment.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
ICE Detention facilities provide luxuries for those awaiting deportation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is charged with implementing the nation’s immigration laws and part of that responsibility includes detaining and deporting those who break the law. However, the Obama Administration, ICE Director, John Morton, and DHS Secretary, Janet Napolitano made changes to the process and will provide a litany of “special perks” for those who break the law.
The 355-page detainee manual includes benefits like special meals, female hormone treatment for transgender detainees, abortions, undisclosed medical treatment, “ethnically appropriate” meals, unfettered access to interpreters and legal services, access to preferred-religious materials, and mental health services. The extensive manual provides many perks that American citizen prisoners do not receive, according to Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX).
The detention facilities must also provide illegal immigrants with a wide variety of recreation and exercise options. Lawbreakers can choose from soccer, basketball, volleyball and an exercise gym. If they want to relax they can choose to read a book in their native language, watch television, play games or entertain visitors.
Rep. Smith likened the new requirements to a “hospitality guideline for illegal immigrants.” He also laments the new detainment standards as unnecessary and “far and beyond” U.S. law requirements.
“The administration goes beyond common sense to accommodate illegal immigrants and treats them better than citizens in federal custody,” Rep. Smith said in a February 2012 statement. “The new detention manual contains extensive and customized details for each illegal immigrant’s stay, regulating everything from the salad bar to recreational activities to medical care. This new manual is not a surprise – it’s just part of a broader pattern made by the Obama administration to reward lawbreakers. This administration has already granted backdoor amnesty to potentially millions of illegal immigrants and has appointed a taxpayer-funded advocate to lobby for them.”
Rep. Smith contends the Obama administration “puts illegal immigrants ahead of the interests of American citizens and taxpayers.”
There is an Immigration Subcommittee oversight hearing scheduled for later this month.
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The 355-page detainee manual includes benefits like special meals, female hormone treatment for transgender detainees, abortions, undisclosed medical treatment, “ethnically appropriate” meals, unfettered access to interpreters and legal services, access to preferred-religious materials, and mental health services. The extensive manual provides many perks that American citizen prisoners do not receive, according to Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX).
The detention facilities must also provide illegal immigrants with a wide variety of recreation and exercise options. Lawbreakers can choose from soccer, basketball, volleyball and an exercise gym. If they want to relax they can choose to read a book in their native language, watch television, play games or entertain visitors.
Rep. Smith likened the new requirements to a “hospitality guideline for illegal immigrants.” He also laments the new detainment standards as unnecessary and “far and beyond” U.S. law requirements.
“The administration goes beyond common sense to accommodate illegal immigrants and treats them better than citizens in federal custody,” Rep. Smith said in a February 2012 statement. “The new detention manual contains extensive and customized details for each illegal immigrant’s stay, regulating everything from the salad bar to recreational activities to medical care. This new manual is not a surprise – it’s just part of a broader pattern made by the Obama administration to reward lawbreakers. This administration has already granted backdoor amnesty to potentially millions of illegal immigrants and has appointed a taxpayer-funded advocate to lobby for them.”
Rep. Smith contends the Obama administration “puts illegal immigrants ahead of the interests of American citizens and taxpayers.”
There is an Immigration Subcommittee oversight hearing scheduled for later this month.
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Georgetown birth control fiasco reaches White House- taxpayer should pay for sex
Folks are losing their homes, jobs and lives in the recent spate of Midwest tornados. A nagging recession continues to frustrate the “middle class” and yet the White House chooses to wade into the “right” to birth control discussion kicked off a few weeks ago by the Catholic Church.
Really?
American’s used to work hard for their slice of “good ole” apple pie, but the increasing entitlement generation now wants the taxpayer to cover their extracurricular bedroom activities.
I do not care if college students have sex five-times-a day, and I do not care if the “girls” at the Bunny Ranch sell sex to men in a controlled environment. Heck, most women in America, rightly or wrongly, could not work at a “Bunny Ranch.” And these “bedroom” activities are not going to put America back to work or pay down the $16 trillion deficit.
What offends struggling taxpayers is college students’ entitlement mentality to their tax dollars to pay for birth control. However, if doctors determine there is a legitimate need for birth control tablets to cure a women’s health issue, like ovarian cysts, then insurance should pay for the treatment just like antibiotics; but “free” condoms and pills are not a part of the Constitution. In fact, large swaths of American cities have Planned Parenthood clinics for students to obtain discounted or free birth control.
Do these students, who willingly testified before Congress, believe that their bedroom activities are more important than children obtaining a quality primary education? Are their “needs” more important than kids that can’t afford Georgetown law school? Or perhaps that grandma should step aside from her high-blood pressure medicine, so college kids can have sex? America is broke and can no longer afford to pick up the entitlement tab.Democrats and Republicans need to stay away from the “poor” college student plea for free birth control pills/condoms. Georgetown Law school tuition of $60,000 per year is not cheap, but if students cannot afford birth control, perhaps they cannot afford Georgetown.
Any way taxpayers slice this issue, all politicians, including President Obama, should be focusing on the real threat to the economy. Rising gas prices are giving way to higher food costs; inflation is literally taking food from the “middle class” table. And the current national discussion is about condoms? Please, all Americans deserve better.
It is way past time for lawmakers to address the debt-ridden budgets, out-of-control spending and time to curb the entitlement mentality.
It is time for lawmakers to roll up their sleeves and do their job!
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Really?
American’s used to work hard for their slice of “good ole” apple pie, but the increasing entitlement generation now wants the taxpayer to cover their extracurricular bedroom activities.
I do not care if college students have sex five-times-a day, and I do not care if the “girls” at the Bunny Ranch sell sex to men in a controlled environment. Heck, most women in America, rightly or wrongly, could not work at a “Bunny Ranch.” And these “bedroom” activities are not going to put America back to work or pay down the $16 trillion deficit.
What offends struggling taxpayers is college students’ entitlement mentality to their tax dollars to pay for birth control. However, if doctors determine there is a legitimate need for birth control tablets to cure a women’s health issue, like ovarian cysts, then insurance should pay for the treatment just like antibiotics; but “free” condoms and pills are not a part of the Constitution. In fact, large swaths of American cities have Planned Parenthood clinics for students to obtain discounted or free birth control.
Do these students, who willingly testified before Congress, believe that their bedroom activities are more important than children obtaining a quality primary education? Are their “needs” more important than kids that can’t afford Georgetown law school? Or perhaps that grandma should step aside from her high-blood pressure medicine, so college kids can have sex? America is broke and can no longer afford to pick up the entitlement tab.Democrats and Republicans need to stay away from the “poor” college student plea for free birth control pills/condoms. Georgetown Law school tuition of $60,000 per year is not cheap, but if students cannot afford birth control, perhaps they cannot afford Georgetown.
Any way taxpayers slice this issue, all politicians, including President Obama, should be focusing on the real threat to the economy. Rising gas prices are giving way to higher food costs; inflation is literally taking food from the “middle class” table. And the current national discussion is about condoms? Please, all Americans deserve better.
It is way past time for lawmakers to address the debt-ridden budgets, out-of-control spending and time to curb the entitlement mentality.
It is time for lawmakers to roll up their sleeves and do their job!
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Rep. Hunter pushes to have REAL unemployment numbers released
A group of House lawmakers signed on to the Real Unemployment Calculation Act in an effort to keep both political parties honest when it comes to the nation’s unemployed.
The lingering recession prompted Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to introduce new legislation that would require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report the nation’s true unemployment number. Currently the government’s reported monthly unemployment numbers do not include those who have given up looking for a job. Hunter says the Bureau of Labor Statistics currently calculates those Americans that have given up looking for work in the U-5 calculation.
Hunter points out that using the real unemployment numbers brings America’s out of work folks up to 9.9 percent, not the 8.3 percent the Obama Administration currently touts.
“In order to effectively address the economic challenges we face, and confront the national unemployment situation, we must know the full extent of the problem,” said Congressman Hunter. “As some pundits and politicians cite a near 8 percent unemployment rate, they are purposely avoiding a subset of Americans who are not counted. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does, in fact, provide alternative measurements of unemployment, but they are consistently overshadowed by the U-3 rate, which ignores a large group of people. We need to be realistic and focus our attention on the figure that provides the most accurate representation of national unemployment—not the figure that under-represents the challenge we face.”
For more information on the national unemployment rate numbers, click here.
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The lingering recession prompted Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) to introduce new legislation that would require the Bureau of Labor Statistics to report the nation’s true unemployment number. Currently the government’s reported monthly unemployment numbers do not include those who have given up looking for a job. Hunter says the Bureau of Labor Statistics currently calculates those Americans that have given up looking for work in the U-5 calculation.
Hunter points out that using the real unemployment numbers brings America’s out of work folks up to 9.9 percent, not the 8.3 percent the Obama Administration currently touts.
“In order to effectively address the economic challenges we face, and confront the national unemployment situation, we must know the full extent of the problem,” said Congressman Hunter. “As some pundits and politicians cite a near 8 percent unemployment rate, they are purposely avoiding a subset of Americans who are not counted. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does, in fact, provide alternative measurements of unemployment, but they are consistently overshadowed by the U-3 rate, which ignores a large group of people. We need to be realistic and focus our attention on the figure that provides the most accurate representation of national unemployment—not the figure that under-represents the challenge we face.”
For more information on the national unemployment rate numbers, click here.
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