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August 28, 2009 FAIR Leads The Way in Exposing Health Insurance Loophole for Illegal Immigrants FAIR's Ira Melhman explains in his latest op-ed for Townhall that defenders of the health insurance proposal in Congress are ignoring the loophole for illegal immigrants. "The complete omission of language barring illegal aliens from coverage under a government-run insurance program, and the Mack Truck-size loophole in the affordability credit provision, are not mere oversights. Section 245 contains three pages of text directing the government to verify income eligibility for this new health insurance program. The authors of the bill, however, did not seem to think similar verification requirements for immigration status was important enough to also include in the bill."
LA Times Spills the Truth About Illegal Immigration and Crime An interesting statistic appeared in the LA Times concerning the incidence of illegal aliens being found in jails in the new Secure Communities program of ICE. "Nationwide, about 12% of all inmates checked were here illegally and had prior criminal convictions. Of those, about 6,700 had been convicted of violent crimes. Another roughly 60,000 had other criminal convictions." The significance of that statistic is that it demonstrates the disproportionate involvement of illegal and deportable aliens in crime. Of course, the share of inmates that are checked is not specified, or for that matter the story is unclear if only inmates fitting a certain profile are checked, but because illegal aliens constitute at most 4% of the population and represent 12% of inmates, they appear to be jailed about three times their share of the population. By Jack Martin, Research Director.
Immigrant Groups Want the Whole Enchilada Again, Demand End to 287(g) More than 500 immigrant groups demanded the DHS cease the 287(g) program that provides assistance to local governments in getting illegal alien criminals deported. This is despite the essential gutting of the 287(g) program by DHS - a recent move by the Obama administration means every illegal alien gets one free "serious" crime before they can be deported.
Napolitano Says "Comprehensive" Amnesty Bill A Priority In a meeting with the Dallas Morning News editors, DHS secretary Napolitano said a "comprehensive" immigration bill (read: amnesty) remains a priority for the administration. Napolitano said that the bill should contain more penalties for employers who hire illegal aliens, along with a new guest-worker program and expanded green cards for foreign students.
Gang Assassin in Jamiel Shaw Case Faces Death Penalty LA County prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty against the killer of Jamiel Shaw, who was a star high school football player in Los Angeles. Shaw was killed by Pedro Espinoza, an illegal immigrant who had been released from jail the day before he killed Shaw.
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