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Bush Pardons Exclude Ramos and Compean

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President Bush granted clemency to 20 people Tuesday, including a man who was convicted of delivering planes used by Israel in its 1948 war of independence and a real estate developer whose father has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates and the party.http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/dec/24/bush-issues-19-pardons-commutes-1-prison-term/

By Ben Conery , Washington Times

U.S. Workers Crowding Out Immigrant Laborers

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For the first time in a decade, unskilled immigrants are competing with Americans for work. And evidence is emerging that tens of thousands of Hispanic immigrants are withdrawing from the labor market as U.S. workers crowd them out of potential jobs. At least some of the foreigners are returning home.http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122973612592523337.html

By Miriam Jordan, Wall Street Journal

Fact Sheet: DHS End-of-Year Accomplishments

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Under President George W. Bush’s leadership, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has achieved considerable success in protecting the nation from dangerous people and goods, securing the nation’s critical infrastructure, strengthening emergency preparedness and response and unifying department operations. More than seven years without an attack on U.S. soil is a testament to this department’s 218,000 employees, the intelligence community and the nation’s first responders and law enforcement officers.

Rep. Lamar Smith: Napolitano Poor on Immigration and Border Security

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President-Elect Obama’s pick to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Arizona Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano, has received media praise for being a “centrist,” while the facts about her record as a policymaker continue to be overlooked. But don’t be fooled by the hype. Gov. Napolitano talks tough, but her record of immigration enforcement is weak. While she may sound pro-enforcement, her policies reflect a pro-amnesty agenda. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29922

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ICE, Utah Prison work together

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"We're not going out into the community and looking for illegal aliens - when they get here they've already committed local crimes," he said. ...With 287(g) there isn't racial profiling going on.

"They're (suspects of immigration violation) coming to our facility on criminal charges," he said. "Crime doesn't have a face or a color, so when they come in we take it from there."http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20081212/NEWS01/812120347

By Tiffany De Masters, The (Utah) Spectrum

Sting targets Eastern European illegal immigration ring

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Federal authorities Wednesday arrested six people, including two with Pittsburgh ties, on charges that they operated a network of staffing services with more than 100 illegal workers from Eastern Europe.

The suspects hired workers from Russia, Ukraine, Estonia and Lithuania -- knowing their temporary visas had expired and assigned the workers to businesses in Pittsburgh, Monroeville and Ohio, prosecutors say. The defendants are accused of trying to hide the illegal workers' immigration status by providing housing, as well as transportation to and from work.

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