Posts Tagged ‘Illegal Aliens’

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 8:46pm

Day-Laborer Center in Centreville is a Bad Idea

Posted by Tom Skypek in American Politics

From The Washington Post:

A Northern Virginia developer is proceeding carefully with a controversial plan to create a day-laborer site behind his Centreville shopping center. But the proposal faces a long road ahead, its supporters say, after a heated meeting Tuesday night that included hundreds of residents and shopkeepers who oppose the idea.

Albert J. Dwoskin, owner of the McLean-based firm A.J. Dwoskin and Associates, needs to file applications for a building permit and minor site plan, said Brian Worthy, a Fairfax County spokesman. The proposal does not require approval by the county’s Planning Commission or Board of Supervisors and mirrors the requirements imposed on a similarly contentious plan for a town-funded day-laborer center in 2006 in Herndon. The site…

Thursday, March 12th, 2009 at 9:02pm

Arizona Sheriff Investigated for Enforcing Immigration Law

Posted by Tom Skypek in American Politics

No, I’m not kidding.  This isn’t a joke.  Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is under investigation by the Department of Justice for simply doing his job and enforcing U.S. immigration law.  This is only the latest reminder to us all that elections have consequences and that the Obama administration sees nothing wrong with illegal immigration.   

From CNSNews.com:

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona following requests by congressional Democrats and allegations by liberal activists that the department has violated the civil rights of illegal aliens.

Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.), Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), and Robert Scott (D-Va.) requested the investigation, and activists groups such as National Day Laborer Organizer Network and ACORN launched…

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