Dear Members 4 post Click links for full articles 1. Officials say Calif. wildfire sparked by signal blaze set by illegal immigrants Authorities say a wildfire burning in rural San Diego County was sparked by two illegal immigrants who set a signal fire after they got lost. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Battalion Chief Nick Schuler says the migrants made a cell phone call to Mexico's emergency dispatch system Thursday afternoon saying they'd been lost for two days, were dehydrated and were going to set a signal fire so rescuers could spot them. Schuler says remnants of a campfire were found, but there was no sign of the migrants. The fire, between Campo and Potrero, has grown to 822 acres and is 42 percent contained. Full containment is expected Sunday. No structures are threatened, no roads are closed and there have been no injuries. ************************************************* 2.
********************************************* 3. LAPD chief defends deadly shootingThe shooting of the Guatemalan immigrant prompted violent protestsLOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck is defending the deadly police shooting of a knife-wielding man that sparked a violent protest. Beck told the Police Commission on Tuesday that the officer who shot Manuel Jamines, 37, acted in defense of life on Sunday. The Los Angeles Times reports that Beck also says officers had warned Jamines in both Spanish and English to drop the knife before the father of three was shot. The shooting of the Guatemalan immigrant prompted some violent protests late Monday near MacArthur Park, an area with a large population of Spanish-speaking immigrants. Four were arrested and three officers received slight injuries after some demonstrators began throwing rocks and bottles. On Monday night, some protesters began hurling rocks, bottles and debris at officers and set some trash on fire. By the time the confrontation ended at about 2 a.m. Tuesday, four people had been arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor inciting a riot, Officer Bruce Borihanh said. ********************************************* 4. L.A. County welfare to children of illegal immigrants grows > > http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/05/local/la-me-illegal-welfare-20100906 > > > Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County > increased in July to $52 million, prompting renewed calls from one > county supervisor to rein in public benefits to such families. > > The payments, made to illegal immigrants for their U.S. citizen > children, included $30 million in food stamps and $22 million from the > CalWorks welfare program, according to county figures released Friday by > Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. > > The new figure represents an increase of $3.7 million from July 2009 and > makes up 23% of all county welfare and food stamp assistance, according > to county records. > > Amid continued economic gloom, debate has intensified over the public > cost of providing benefits to illegal immigrants and their U.S. citizen > children. In recent months, calls have grown for a constitutional > amendment that would effectively deny citizenship to the children of > illegal immigrants, whose numbers increased from 2.7 million in 2003 to > 4 million in 2008, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Ruthie Minnesotans Seeking Immigration Reform State Chapter for FIRE Coalition "Restore Order - Secure Our Border" "The Ruthie Report" 8 pm CST every Thursday via Conservative Alliance Media Network at |
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