Dear Members Welcome to all the new Members - who signed up for MINNSIR emails at this weekends Conservative Fair - Thank You Due to the Fair - I am alittle behind on getting information out to all - therefore, I will be playing catch-up this evening Again - Welcome New Members Ruthie *************************************************** Sue Krenz - remains in citical condition *************************************************** Click Link for full article A news website in Santa Barbara posted the following list of demands by MEChA to a local community college. The website is here; but in case they have removed the offending page by the time you read this, I reproduce the content below. Note particularly the last paragraph. ************************************************** and then we have this on In-State Tuition- wonder how this and the above article are going to turn out? - Ruthie
************************************************** Thousands of illegal immigrants get free taxpayer-funded flights back to Mexico A record 23,384 illegal Mexican immigrants voluntarily accepted flights back to their homeland from Arizona this summer under a repatriation program created by the United States and Mexico. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported that the number of volunteers in 2010 was more than double the previous year and easily surpassed every annual total since the Mexican Interior Repatriation Program started in 2004. The program varies in duration each year, ICE spokesman Vincent Picard said. Repatriation flights were offered for nearly four months this summer compared with 36 days last year. A joint operation of ICE, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Mexican Ministry of the Interior, the program was created to reduce the number of deaths among illegal border crossers and to combat human smuggling. Captured immigrants in southern Arizona are returned to their homes deep in Mexico instead of being dropped at border towns where they might repeat efforts to unlawfully enter the United States. "MIRP reflects our mutual commitment to strong and effective enforcement of both nations' immigration laws, and this program is proof that we can do so in a humanitarian way," said Katrina S. Kane, field office director for ICE removal operations in Tucson. "This program prioritizes the humane treatment of detainees throughout the removal process." There is no correlation between the number of participants and border arrests, which have plummeted during the past five years. All told, more than 116,000 illegal immigrants have been removed from the United States in the repatriation program's six years of operation. The Mexican consular office in Phoenix said 84 percent of this year's volunteers were male, and the total included 963 juveniles. Program costs this year are estimated at nearly $15 million, Picard said. The final flight for 2010 departed for Mexico City on Tuesday with 130 passengers. From there, participants received bus tickets to their home states in southern or central Mexico. ************************************************* Feds fine Abercrombie & Fitch $1M for violating immigration law U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Detroit said today it had levied one of its largest fines -- $1 million -- against clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch The New Albany, Ohio-based retailer did not verify the employment eligibility of its workers and lacked documentation, said Khaalid Walls, spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement The law requires employers to verify with documents such as birth certificates that its workers are eligible to work. "This is probably the largest fine for ICE in Michigan to date," Walls said. "The message here really is we want employers to know that their employee documentation is just as important to the federal government as their financial records." A call to Abercrombie & Fitch for comment was not returned today. The retailer operates 10 Abercrombie & Fitch stores and 16 Hollister stores in Michigan, according to the retailer's websites. Walls said the government had a tip that there were "severe deficiencies with their documents." The audit uncovered numerous technology-related deficiencies in the retailer's electronic I-9 verification system. The company cooperated throughout the investigation and did not knowingly hire unauthorized aliens, the government said in a statement. The retailer is working to fix its system. "We are pleased to see Abercrombie working diligently to complete the implementation of an effective compliance system; however we know that there are other companies who are not doing so," said Brian M. Moskowitz, special agent in charge of ICE's Homeland Security Investigations for Ohio and Michigan, in a statement. "This settlement should serve as a warning to other companies that may not yet take the employment verification process seriously..." Moskowitz said. 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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