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Re-entry numbers add up for illegal immigrants
U.S. district judges in Nevada most often impose sentences in cases involving a deported illegal immigrant who has illegally re-entered the country, statistics show.
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Only 4 percent of voters in swing states are Latino
There is no question the Hispanic population is the fastest voting bloc in the nation. However, U.S. Census Bureau numbers provide a slightly different picture of the Latino voter- the sought-after bloc only represents 4 percent of the vote in most swing states.
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), an immigration think tank, pooled all the Census Bureau data to formulate a composite of the Hispanic voter. CIS concluded that Latino voters represent 8.9 percent of the 2012 voting electorate, up 1.5 percent in 2008. Surprisingly, the Hispanic voters only represent about 4 percent of the vote in the important swing states.
“While Hispanic voters are a small share of the electorate, in a close election they could decide the outcome,” explained Steve Camarota, CIS director of research. “Of course, the same is true of many other voting blocs, such as veterans or senior citizens. It would a mistake to overemphasize race to the exclusion of other factors.”
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http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/realtor-pushes-create-new-retirement-visa-older-im/nRQks/
Realtor pushes to create new retirement visa for older immigrants
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida is already home to a healthy population of retired seniors, but local real estate agents said inviting retirees from other countries could salvage our housing market.
WFTV’s Vanessa Welch learned there’s now a push to create a new retirement visa just for older immigrants.
Jose Andre lives in Brazil. He’s ready to retire and looking for a place to spend his money. He wants to retire in Orlando to be with his son, Felipe, who just opened Amazon Forest, a Brazilian restaurant on International Drive.
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Border fence opponents up in arms over planned segments
The U.S. arm of the IBWC, the binational agency charged with applying boundary and water treaties concerning the shared Rio Grande, says hydraulic modeling shows the three segments can be built with minimal potential for exacerbating floods. Opponents, including environmentalists, city mayors and people who live and work along the river, fear the paced vertical posts will act as a strainer for flood debris, trapping and pooling water.
“There’s a long history of modeling by DHS and by us since 2008,”
Padinare Unnikrishna, the
U.S. IBWC‘s lead hydraulic engineer, said last week at a citizens’ forum on the additional fence lengths planned for western Hidalgo and Starr counties. “It is not affecting the normal flow.”
The segments are not currently funded, said
Abel Anderson, U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s division director for tactical infrastructure. Should they be, constructed contracts are in place to keep them clear of debris.
Residents took the tone of the forum as a sign the new segments were inevitable.
“I heard that the steel is already bought, so the fence is going to go through,” said
Aleida Garcia of Los Ebanos, a floodplain community where a 1.7-mile segment is proposed. “Actually, we’re wasting our time here.”
Mexico’s opposition
At issue is Mexico’s steadfast opposition to the blueprints, as well as Texas communities’ wariness of a barrier in a floodplain that just barely contained a 2010 deluge caused when remnants of Hurricane Alex, followed by a tropical depression, saturated the upper Rio Grande flood basin and sent record flows downriver.
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Immigration rights activists pull into Charlotte for DNC
By Lindsay Ruebens The Charlotte Observer
Posted: Saturday, Sep. 01, 2012
Modified: Tuesday, Sep. 04, 2012
CHARLOTTE, N.C. One is a stay-at-home mom of three. Another is a construction worker. One is a student who hopes to attend graduate school for math and economics.
All of them risked deportation to demand greater rights for undocumented immigrants.
They, along with 22 others, arrived in Charlotte Saturday evening on the “Undocubus.”
The bus riders are part of a group of some four dozen riders who will converge on uptown Sunday for the March on Wall Street South.