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July 28, 2009 Illegal Immigration is Not a Victimless Crime Illegal immigration is far from being a victimless crime, and the latest case of a Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty shows that, says Carl Braun. The Border Counties Coalition found that compared to the rest of the country, the 24 counties at the Mexican border ranked #1 in drug crimes, federal crimes, immigration crimes and crimes against children.
25 Gang Members Found For Deportation in Chicago Nineteen gang members were arrested and another 6 found to be already in area jails as part of a Chicago-area anti-gang enforcement program. The effort is part of the Operation Community Shield program from DHS.
House Health Reform Bill Will Allow Illegal Aliens to Receive Taxpayer-Funded Health Care Critics of America's Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (AAHCA), the health care reform bill currently working its way through the House of Representatives, have suggested the bill will provide taxpayer-funded health care to illegal aliens. Supporters of the bill maintain that Section 246 will prevent illegal aliens from receiving benefits under the bill. Section 246 states that "[n]othing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States." Section 246 will not prevent illegal aliens from receiving taxpayer-funded health care benefits under the bill. Click here to download FAIR's latest analysis about the health care reform bill.
E-Verify: Successfully Protecting American Jobs From FAIR's Government Relations team Last week, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement in the House held a hearing entitled: "E-Verify: Challenges and Opportunities." E-Verify is the federal government program that lets employers voluntarily confirm that new hires are legally authorized to work in the United States. Gerri Ratliff, the Deputy Associate Director of the National Security and Records Verification of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), testified at the hearing and cited statistics that demonstrate the growth and success of E-Verify. As Homeland Security Today reported, Ratliff testified that: "Not only does the E-Verify Program continue to grow, but it also continues to improve." Ratliff cited the following statistics about E-Verify:
It is pretty hard to argue with the success of E-Verify.
Florida Hospital Wins Health Cost Case A jury ruled that a Florida hospital that repatriated an illegal immigrant to Guatemala did not act unreasonably. The man was injured in an accident and required millions of dollars of care. Dan Stein, President of FAIR, commented on this case during an interview with MSNBC on Friday.
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