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House Members Urge President to Enforce Immigration Laws to Lower Unemployment

Monday, November 9, 2009, 11:02 AM EST

Rep. Lamar Smith
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) released a letter that he and 21 other House members sent to President Obama, urging him to increase immigration enforcement efforts to help reduce the 10.2% unemployment rate.

Court Delays Agriprocessors Trial

Monday, August 31, 2009, 11:42 AM EST

A federal judge has delayed the trial of four former managers of the Postville, Iowa Agriprocessors plant where ICE enforcement action resulted in 390 arrests.

American Workers Replacing Illegal Workers at Poultry Plant

Friday, August 14, 2009, 11:49 AM EST

American workers are getting jobs (jobs they supposedly didn't want) at a North Carolina poultry plant. The reason: the company is letting illegal workers go.

Poultry Plant Manager Indicted for Hiring Illegal Workers

Thursday, April 16, 2009, 3:06 PM EST

The manager of the Greenville, S.C. poultry plant is facing charges for knowingly hiring undocumented workers.

Likely Policy Change for Immigration Raids

Monday, March 30, 2009, 10:27 AM EST

DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has delayed a series of immigration raids, and the move may signal a policy change for the department.

Pelosi Video Goes Public

Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 10:18 PM EST

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was invited to speak during a San Francisco pro-immigration rally organized by Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez. But during her speech, she made a few controversial statements, including calling U.S.

28 Illegal Workers Arrested in Obama's First ICE Raid

Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 3:27 PM EST

Immigration officials arrested 28 illegal workers at Yamato Engine Specialists in Bellingham, Wa. on Tuesday. The workplace raid was the first during the Obama Administration.

Alabama Woman Charged with Hiring Illegal Workers

Thursday, January 29, 2009, 2:48 PM EST

The owner and operator of an Alabaster, Ala. construction company was charged on Wednesday for allegedly hiring and harboring illegal aliens. Beverly Linan who owns Rodriguez Construction Company could face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine if found guilty on all the counts.

IFCO Enters into Record Settlement for Hiring Illegal Aliens

Friday, December 19, 2008, 2:57 PM EST

Houston-based IFCO has agreed to pay $20.7 million in civil forfeitures and penalties over the next four years for employing an estimated 6,000 illegal aliens at IFCO plants. IFCO is the largest wooden pallet management services company in the United States.

Postville Managers Indicted

Sunday, November 23, 2008, 10:21 PM EST

A grand jury issued a 12-count indictment on Thursday alleging that managers at a Postville meat packing plant were intricately involved in efforts to hire undocumented workers. The indictment was unsealed on Friday.

ICE's Myers to step down

Updated Thursday, November 6, 2008, 4:27 PM EST

Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary Julie Myers has stepped down according to a statement released by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Her resignation is effective Nov. 15.

Manager of Agriprocessors Plant Arrested for Role in Postville Raid

Updated Friday, October 31, 2008, 1:48 PM EST

The former manager of a Postville Agriprocessors plant Sholom Rubashkin was arrested by federal immigration agents on Thursday morning.

ICE Arrests 384 Illegal Aliens in Multi-State Area

Updated Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 4:07 PM EST

ICE arrested 384 fugitive aliens and immigration violators in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware during an enforcement operation that ran from October 14-26.

After Raids, Company Execs in ICE’s Crosshairs

Thursday, October 16, 2008, 7:15 AM EST

One week has passed since ICE raided a Columbia Farms poultry plant in Greenville, S.C. and arrested 331 illegal aliens, but the agency’s investigations into illicit activity continue unabated.

99 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Texas

Sunday, October 12, 2008, 11:08 AM EST

ICE agents arrested 58 fugitive aliens and 41 immigration violators during a week-long operation in Dallas, Denton and Lewisville Texas, the Associated Press reports. 22 of the 99 had previous criminal convictions.

ICE Arrests 76 illegal aliens in N.J.

Friday, October 3, 2008, 2:49 PM EST

A six-day operation by ICE’s N.J. regional office netted the arrests of 60 fugitive aliens and 16 other immigration violators. 24 of the fugitives had criminal records while seven of the other illegal aliens had criminal histories.

116 Arrested in Miami-area ICE Raids

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 2:26 PM EST

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the Miami-area have arrested 116 immigration fugitives and immigration violators in a five-day targeted enforcement operation.

63 Fugitive, Other Aliens Arrested in Oklahoma

Monday, September 29, 2008, 12:11 PM EST

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in cooperation with local police, arrested 63 fugitive aliens and other immigration violators in Oklahoma City and in six surrounding towns last week, an ICE news release announced.

ICE Raids in San Francisco and Chicago

Sunday, September 21, 2008, 1:15 PM EST

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made raids in the San Francisco area and in Chicago. Both raids resulted in the arrest of 21 suspected illegal aliens.

LAX Employee Arrested For Illegal-Alien Smuggling

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 10:50 AM EST

An ICE sting operation at LAX airport last week caught a long-term airport employee in the process of helping 15 illegal aliens, including two with criminal records who had previously been deported, skirt customs and immigration checks.

ICE Arrests 600 in Miss. Raid

Updated Wednesday, August 27, 2008, 6:10 PM EST

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement arrested nearly 600 suspected illegal workers in a raid on an electronics plant Monday in Laurel, Mississippi.

Companies Seek U.S. Workers Through Recruiters After Raids

Monday, August 18, 2008, 1:11 PM EST

In the wake of the Postville, Iowa enforcement action at Agriprocessors, Inc, where almost 400 illegal aliens were arrested, the company turned to labor recruiters to find legal workers in the U.S. to fill the void, the Associated Press reports.

ICE, Local Officers Arrest 119 Illegal Aliens in Penn. and Del.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 7:18 AM EST

A 10-day ICE operation in Pennsylvania and Delaware netted 75 fugitive aliens and 44 other immigration violators, according to an ICE press release.

ICE Arrests 80 Transnational Gang Members in Massachusetts

Saturday, August 9, 2008, 11:47 AM EST

ICE in partnership with state and local law enforcement across Massachusetts has arrested 55 permanent residents and 25 illegal aliens involved in gang activity in the state.

ICE Head Discusses “Domestic Off-Shoring”

Monday, August 4, 2008, 6:27 AM EST

In an ICE blog posted on July 29, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary Julie Myers discussed a recent enforcement case that is emblematic of the activities that unscrupulous businesses engage in

Pacific Northwest Deportations up 40 Percent

Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 7:45 AM EST

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week said illegal alien deportations from Washington, Oregon and Alaska have increased almost 40 percent over last year, according to the Associated Press.

First Supervisors Arrested After Meatpacking Raid

Friday, July 4, 2008, 12:48 PM EST

The May 12 enforcement action at the Postville, Iowa meatpacking plant yielded 389 rank-and-file arrests, but no managerial arrests until yesterday when the first supervisors were taken in custody.

Hundreds Arrested in Largest U.S. Immigration Raid

Updated Thursday, May 22, 2008, 11:52 AM EST

At least 100 immigration agents raided the Agriprocessing plant in Postville, Iowa, at around 10 am (cst) on Monday, May 12. Immigration officials have said that nearly 400 individuals have been arrested and hundreds more are being sought.

Postville Plant to Use E-Verify

Monday, October 19, 2009, 11:20 AM EST

Postville Slaughterhouse
A Postville, Iowa slaughterhouse was the site for the largest-ever immigration raid conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the new owners are now taking steps to ensure it doesn't happen again. The new owner told the Associated Press that they'll start using E-Verify.

Administration Stepping up Enforcement of Employers who Hire Illegal Aliens

Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 2:46 PM EST

Yesterday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief John Morton said the agency will intensify its investigations of companies that hire illegal aliens. Back in June the agency sent out letters to more than 650 companies, notifying them of an ICE audit of its employee paperwork.

DHS Shifting Focus of Workplace Enforcement to Employers

Thursday, April 30, 2009, 3:08 PM EST

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that it is shifting the department's immigration enforcement efforts to the employers that hire undocumented workers. The announcement is a move away from the Bush Administration's policy of workplace raids.

Work Permits Granted to 28 Arrested in February ICE Raid

Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 2:54 PM EST

Many of the 28 workers arrested during February's ICE raid at Yamato Engine Specialists in Washington state have been released and granted temporary working papers. The move raises questions as to the future of worksite enforcement raids.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Says Immigration Enforcement is "Un-American"

Updated Friday, March 20, 2009, 12:38 PM EST

Nancy Pelosi was caught on tape calling U.S.

Rep. Lamar Smith Criticizes Pelosi for calling Enforcement Officers "Un-American"

Monday, March 16, 2009, 6:32 PM EST

Reps. Lamar Smith and Nancy Pelosi
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) today for her remarks at a San Francisco immigration rally last weekend. Pelosi said that enforcement actions by ICE officials were "un-American."

Rep. Lamar Smith Issues Statement Supporting ICE Fugitive Operations

Updated Thursday, February 5, 2009, 11:03 AM EST

The Fugitive Operations Team of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stepped up their enforcement of violators of immigration laws, and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith issued a statement on Wednesday supporting the department's efforts.

Nebraska Egg Plant Accused of Hiring Undocumented Workers

Monday, January 26, 2009, 8:52 AM EST

A former employee of Henningsen Foods in David City, Neb. has filed a suit against the company charging that they knowingly hired undocumented workers and gave them preferential treatment.

Arizona Woman Sentenced for Hiring Illegal Aliens

Friday, November 28, 2008, 9:50 AM EST

The office manager of a Sierra Vista drywall firm was sentenced to jail for her role in the hiring of undocumented workers in Arizona's first Immigration and Customs Enforcement workplace raid.

ICE Arrest 11 in Wisconsin

Thursday, November 20, 2008, 8:54 PM EST

Immigration and Customs Enforcement teamed up with local officials in Kenosha, Wis. to arrest 11 illegal alien gang members from Mexico. "Operation Community Shield" is a national initiative where ICE officials work with local authorities targeting the threat posed by transnational street gangs.

Company Ex-President Pleads Guilty to Hiring, Harboring Illegal Aliens

Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 11:50 AM EST

Francesco Insolia, the former owner of a New Bedford Mass. manufacturing company, yesterday pled guilty to helping harbor and conceal illegal aliens by allowing the company to submit false Social Security numbers for employees under Federal government contracts.

ICE arrests 19 in Minnesota after three-day operation

Updated Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 11:36 AM EST

Two Immigration and Customs Enforcement teams arrested 19 near Bloomington, Minn. after a three-day initiative. Those arrested were a combination of illegal aliens and illegals that absconded after being ordered to leave the country.

ICE Providing One-Way Tickets to Illegals

Monday, October 20, 2008, 12:11 PM EST

With an increase in deportations of more than 50 percent over the last two years, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement team is ramping up its airline service.

Former HR Worker Arrested on Identity Fraud Charges

Monday, October 13, 2008, 4:53 PM EST

ICE arrested a former worker in the Pilgrim’s Pride human resources department last week on charges of identification document fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to an ICE news release.

Over 300 Arrested in S.C. ICE Raid

Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 2:00 PM EST

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement launched a raid Tuesday morning at the Columbia Farms poultry processing plant in Greenville, S.C. More than 300 workers were arrested on immigration charges.

ICE Arrests 78 Illegal Aliens in Pennsylvania and Delaware

Friday, October 3, 2008, 7:17 AM EST

ICE officers arrested 43 fugitive aliens (13 with criminal records) and an additional 35 immigration violators (13 with criminal histories) during a week-long operation in Pennsylvania and Delaware, according to an ICE news release.

More than 1,100 arrested in Calif. ICE Raids

Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 11:37 AM EST

Immigrations and Customs Enforcement recently conducted a month-long California immigration sweep which resulted in more than 1,100 arrests. Most of those arrested were specifically targeted because of outstanding deportation orders or criminal convictions.

Federal Contractors That Knowingly Hired Illegal Aliens May Be Debarred

Friday, September 26, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

Seven companies previously found to have knowingly hired illegal aliens are being considered for debarment from federal contracting, according  to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement news release.

Americans Queue for Jobs at Raided Plant

Monday, September 8, 2008, 8:00 AM EST

Hundreds of local residents are queuing up to work at the Howard Industries plant that was raided two weeks ago in Laurel, Mississippi. Additionally, the plant may be forced to close for one year if it is found to have knowingly hired illegal aliens.

Company Execs Face Criminal Immigration Charges

Sunday, August 31, 2008, 6:08 PM EST

The president and three managers of the Shipley Do-Nut Flour and Supply Company were charged last week with various immigration violations, including knowingly hiring illegal aliens and felonious conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens.

ICE’s Operation Scheduled Departure Ends

Monday, August 25, 2008, 8:22 PM EST

ICE ended its self-deportation pilot program for non-criminal fugitive aliens last week, noting that it learned a lot from the three-week initiative. The main lesson was that the only method that works is enforcement.

ICE Arrests 42 Illegal Aliens at Dulles Airport

Thursday, August 14, 2008, 1:05 PM EST

ICE has conducted its second raid of the week at a critical infrastructure facility, this time at Dulles International Airport in Virginia where agents arrested 42 illegal aliens yesterday.

59 Illegal Aliens Arrested at N.C. Military Parachute Company

Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 4:39 PM EST

In what is billed as the largest bust in western North Carolina, ICE took into custody 59 illegal aliens who making parachutes for the U.S. armed forces at the Mills Manufacturing Corp. in Woodfin, North Carolina.

ICE, Local Officers Arrest 62 Illegal Aliens in Florida

Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 3:49 PM EST

A five-day Federal and local law enforcement operation netted the arrests of 55 fugitive aliens and seven other illegal aliens in Lee and Collier Counties, Florida last week.

58 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Ohio Enforcement Actions

Thursday, July 24, 2008, 10:42 AM EST

Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 58 illegal aliens during eight enforcement actions in the Ohio towns of Ashland, Fremont, Norwalk, Oberlin, Oregon, Sandusky, Vermilion and Youngstown. All were employed in the Norwalk-based Casa Fiesta restaurant chain.

19 Pilgrim's Pride workers plead guilty to Social Security fraud

Friday, July 11, 2008, 11:06 AM EST

Nineteen former Pilgrim's Pride workers have pleaded guilty to misusing Social Security numbers in order to gain employment at a Texas plant. These convictions stem from the April ICE raids of Pilgrim's Pride facilities in five states.

270 Illegal Workers Jailed After Recent Iowa Raid

Saturday, May 24, 2008, 7:47 PM EST

Last week, 270 illegal aliens who had been working at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, Iowa, were convicted of working with false documentation. This is a marked change from previous immigration raids, where illegal workers were simply deported.

Virginia Firm Convicted of Hiring Illegal Aliens

Updated Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 4:58 PM EST

trawler
The Peabody Corporation of Newport News, Va., along with the company's president and vice president, was convicted of hiring at least 126 illegal aliens between 2003 and 2007. Peabody operates a fishing fleet out of Newport News and used illegal aliens on 322 trips.

In the News

New immigration charges filed against Rubashkin

In the News - Friday, May 15, 2009

Federal prosecutors today filed a 142-count criminal indictment against former managers at Agriprocessors Inc., the struggling Postville slaughterhouse, and increased the number of immigration charges against former plant executive Sholom Rubashkin.

By Grant Schulte -- Des Moines Register

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090515/NEWS/90515015/-1/NEWS04

Immigration raid leaves damaging mark on Postville, Iowa

In the News Quoted - Tuesday, May 12, 2009

"Since the landmark raid, an economic squeeze has destroyed several businesses. Postville's population has shrunk by nearly half, to about 1,800 residents, and townsfolk say the resulting anxiety -- felt from the deli to the schoolyard -- has been relentless.

"It's like you're in an oven and there's no place to go and there's no timer to get you out," said former Mayor Robert Penrod, who, overwhelmed, resigned earlier this year....

Roy Beck, head of the Washington-based NumbersUSA group that advocates for reducing immigration, argued that Postville invited its problems by relying so heavily on a plant many suspected was violating labor and immigration laws.

"The situation should have never gotten to that point," he said. "If you don't enforce the laws steadily, then when you suddenly enforce them, there is more collateral damage....""

Antonio Olivo, LA Times, 12 May 2009

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-postville-iowa12-2009may12,0,6761812.story

Criminal aliens getting more ICE attention

In the News - Tuesday, May 12, 2009

"Calls for U.S. immigration officials to concentrate on deporting more illegal aliens who have serious criminal records are showing results, police say.

A new program at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency -- called Secure Communities -- is netting aliens for deportation when they are arrested for crimes by police in 48 communities, USA Today reported Tuesday.

The program was established in response to criticism of ICE during the Bush administration. Observers said the agency concentrated too much on mass deportations of immigrant workers picked up during raids on work places instead of targeting violent illegal aliens who commit crimes, the newspaper said...."

UPI, 12 May 2009

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/12/Criminal-aliens-getting-more-ICE-attention/UPI-58211242144472/

Dismissal of Guilty Pleas Is Sought for Immigrants

In the News - Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The immigration lawyers’ national bar association called on the Justice Department on Tuesday to consider dismissing the guilty pleas of nearly 300 illegal immigrant workers arrested in a meatpacking plant raid in Iowa last year, one day after the Supreme Court rejected a statute that prosecutors used to pressure them.

In its decision Monday, the court ruled that to win convictions for identity theft, prosecutors had to show that illegal immigrants knew that false identification documents they presented to employers actually belonged to another real person.

By Julia Preston -- New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/us/06immig.html

Backlash grows over screenings for ICE at jail

In the News - Friday, May 1, 2009

Mayor Bill White is facing increasing hostility over his decision to have the city participate in a federal program that trains local jailers to act as immigration agents.

Some activists have suggested the move toward stronger immigration enforcement could jeopardize the accuracy of the 2010 census count for people of Hispanic origin, who are estimated to make up the city’s largest ethnic group at more than 40 percent of the population.

By Bradley Olson and Susan Carroll -- Houston Chronicle

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6403870.html

Missionary's arrest sparks discussion, fear

In the News - Monday, April 27, 2009

The arrest of an undocumented immigrant returning last week from his LDS mission has sparked discussion at the highest levels of the church about how to limit such exposure in the future.

"With the known realization that those risks exist, then we want to do better, or at least learn more," LDS apostle Jeffrey R. Holland, said Friday during an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune . "We want to be more precise, if we can, about how to help, how to make [a mission] the calmest, most spiritually rewarding experience for everybody...."

Sheena Mcfarland, Salt Lake Tribune, 27 April 2009

The arrest of an undocumented immigrant returning last week from his LDS mission has sparked discussion at the highest levels of the church about how to limit such exposure in the future.

"With the known realization that those risks exist, then we want to do better, or at least learn more," LDS apostle Jeffrey R. Holland, said Friday during an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune . "We want to be more precise, if we can, about how to help, how to make [a mission] the calmest, most spiritually rewarding experience for everybody...."

Sending undocumented immigrants on a mission, though, sends a mixed message, with the potential for "tragic" results for missionaries and their families, said Ron Mortensen of the Utah Coalition on Illegal Immigration.

"What the church has done is taken care of themselves and left the individual in a terrible position," Mortensen said. "They say 'We'll give you these benefits, but, oh by the way, if something happens to you, sorry.' ""
 

Sheena Mcfarland, Salt Lake Tribune, 27 April 2009

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Iowa: Personnel Manager at Meat Plant Pleads Guilty

In the News - Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A former personnel manager arrested after a large immigration raid at a slaughterhouse pleaded guilty to federal immigration charges. The ex-manager, Elizabeth Billmeyer, 48, of Postville, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented immigrants for profit and one count of knowingly accepting counterfeit resident alien cards. She faces up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine. Ms. Billmeyer was working at the Agriprocessors plant in Postville, once the nation’s largest kosher slaughterhouse, when federal agents arrested 389 people in an immigration raid in May.

Associated Press

Court Nixes Constitutional Claims By Legal Aliens After Workplace Raid by ICE

In the News - Monday, April 13, 2009

The conduct of immigration agents during a raid at a meat processing plant in Minnesota did not violate the constitutional rights of 10 Latino plaintiffs who were working there legally, a federal district court ruled March 27 (Barrera v. DHS, D. Minn., No. 07-3879, 3/27/09).

By Gayle Cinquegrani -- Daily Labor Report

Raid on illegals dismays Obama backers

In the News - Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The Obama administration itself seemed taken aback by the raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano vowing to Congress that she would "get to the bottom of this."

"The secretary is not happy and this is not her policy," a Homeland Security official said Wednesday evening, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the secretary's review is ongoing.

By Stephen Dinan -- Washington Times

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/26/raid-on-immigrants-alarms-obama-backers/

Officials, Advocates Question Immigration Raid

In the News - Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The secretary of Homeland Security has ordered of a review of an immigration raid in Bellingham in which a third of the employees of an engine manufacturing shop were arrested.

Janet Napolitano said she wants to know why Tuesday's raid took place and said immigration enforcement should be focused on employers who hire illegal immigrants.

KIRO-TV

http://www.kirotv.com/news/18797142/detail.html

Polls

Rasmussen Poll Shows 66% of Likely Voters Believe it is Important to Reduce Illegal Immigration

Oppose Amnesty Support Tougher Enforcement Oppose Rewards for Illegal Migration Opinion Elites vs. Public - Tuesday, April 14, 2009

A new Rasmussen poll shows that 66% of likely voters believe that the government should improve border enforcement and reduce illegal immigration.  However, only 32% of America's "Political Class" agree.

The poll also shows that 77% of likely voters believe that illegal aliens should not be able to receive driver's licenses and 73% of Americans believe that police officers should automatically check to see if someone is in this country legally when that person is pulled over for a traffic violation. 

Rasmussen Reports, 14 April 2009

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/on_immigration_large_gap_remains_between_mainstream_america_and_political_class

No Post-election Mandate for Amnesty

Oppose Amnesty - Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Only 32% of Obama voters considered his support for amnesty as a factor in their decisions to vote for him. 67% said it was either not a factor at all, or they voted for Obama in spite of his stance on amnesty.

60% of voters said reducing illegal immigration and cracking down on employers who hire them is important to them, while only 21% supported "legalizing or creating a pathway to citizenship" for illegal aliens.

57% of voters stated that amnesty would harm American workers and further strain public resources, while only 26% believe amnesty would aid economic recovery and ease public burdens.

http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/zogby_2008_tabresults.pdf.pdf?docID=2262

Rasmussen Poll reveals Americans Angry over Immigration

Oppose Amnesty Support Tougher Enforcement - Friday, November 7, 2008

Twenty-six of respondents are angry over immigration policy in the United States.

Sixty-two percent say gaining control of the borders is more important than legalizing the status of undocumented workers.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/26_angry_about_immigration_the_issue_candidates_ignore

Quotes

Rep. Menendez (D-N.J.) -- Stop the Raids

Quotes - Friday, June 13, 2008

'I told Myers and Chertoff about the problems, and they said they have everything (under control), that everything was OK,' Menendez said. 'They're obviously in total denial.' …

'We have the equivalent of a shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later policy,' he said. 'That can't possibly be the law.'

By Elizabeth Llorente -- The Herald News (Passaic County, NJ)

http://www.northjersey.com/news/nationalpolitics/19880064.html