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August 01, 2012 Illegal Alien Bus Tour to Visit Democratic Convention "A busload of undocumented immigrants has departed for Charlotte, on its way to protest during the Democratic National Convention. The occupants will risk deportation to demonstrate in Mecklenburg County, where sheriff's deputies check the immigration status of people who are arrested. The group will join hundreds of other illegal immigrants who could march during the convention, protest organizers said," the Charlotte Observer reports. "But the bus tour prompted harsh criticism from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, which advocates for stricter enforcement. 'This is militant in-your-face defiance of the rule of law,' said Bob Dane, spokesman for the group. 'This is the chaos of nonenforcement of immigration from the top down.'"
Work Permits for Illegal Aliens Come Despite High Unemployment "Immigration lawyers and agencies that work with immigrants are gearing up for what they expect will be a flood of applications next month. Program guidelines will be announced Wednesday, although immigrants can't apply for deferred action until Aug. 15. "The program, expected to last two years, removes the threat of deportation for young people between 15 and 30 who have no criminal record and can prove they've been in the U.S. at least five years. Those who qualify and can show a need to work will also be granted a work permit and Social Security number," the Seattle Times reports. "Ira Mehlman, Seattle-based spokesman with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, said these young illegal immigrants will be competing directly for jobs with young Americans and legal residents, a group, he points out, that is already disproportionately unemployed and burdened by debt. 'Until now, the range of jobs available to (illegal immigrants) was limited to those employers willing to violate the law,' Mehlman said. 'Once this takes effect, you could have potentially up to 1 million people competing for any job.'"
Expert Witness Says Arpaio Profiling Charge Lacks Proof "Data the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office collects about the racial and ethnic makeup of drivers its deputies stop is insufficient to draw a conclusion about whether or not the agency discriminates against Latino residents, an expert retained by the Sheriff's Office testified in a civil-rights case involving Sheriff Joe Arpaio's agency," the Arizona Republic notes.
Farmers' Branch Gets Full Re-Hearing at 5th Circuit "The city of Farmers Branch was granted a rehearing today by the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on its controversial ordinance barring illegal immigrants from rental housing. The court requested that all parties focus on the impact of the recent landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision on the Arizona state law known as S.B. 1070. Shortly after the June 25th ruling, teams of lawyers for both sides in the Farmers Branch case sent filings to the New Orleans-based court, arguing how the Arizona ruling aided their separate positions," the Dallas Morning News reports.
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