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States, locals swamp immigration program
By Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Sudden demand by state and local police to join the federal 287(g) initiative, which lets local police start deportation proceedings for suspects and criminals who are illegal immigrants, is overwhelming the federal government. That means long waits and alternative programs offered to police departments that want to join.
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Oh say, is that banner made in the U.S.A.?
By Kim Mendelsohn, Special to Stateline.org
Lawmakers in 10 states have taken steps to require that American flags bought with state funds be manufactured in this country. While not all the legislation has passed, one state’s new law even bans the sale of foreign-made American flags in that state.
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CA: Immigration raids shake California schools
By Richard Gonzales, National Public Radio (Audio)
Raids by federal authorities on undocumented immigrants in Northern California panic parents and school officials as fears spread that students might be targeted. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and other big-city mayors are denouncing the raids.
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US: Study says foreigners in U.S. adapt quickly
By N.C. Aizenman, The Washington Post (registration)
Immigrants of the past quarter-century have been assimilating in the United States at a notably faster rate than did previous generations, according to a study released today.
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IA: Culver 'very troubled' by allegations
By Charlotte Eby, Sioux City Journal
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has formed a working group of top state officials to help the community of Postville after a raid on its meatpacking plant by federal immigration officials Monday.
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IA: Feds say more than 300 arrested in Postville immigration raid
By Darwin Danielson, Radio Iowa
Federal authorities say more than 300 workers at the Agriprocessors meat processing plant in Postville in northeast Iowa have been arrested for immigration violations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered the plant at ten this morning (Monday).
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IA: Immigration raid at Postville plant
By O. Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa
There's been an immigration raid at the meat packing plant in Postville and sources tell Radio Iowa as many as 700 people may be arrested. Postville Police Chief Michael Halse isn't participating in the action, but the plant on the west corner of town appears to be surrounded.
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IA: Immigration raid -- Union fears action hurts probe
By William Petroski, The Des Moines Register
A union trying to organize Postville meatpacking workers had asked federal immigration authorities earlier this month not to raid the Agriprocessors Inc. plant while a government investigation of possible labor law violations was under way.
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IA: ID fraud claims bring state's largest raid
By Nigel Duara, Grant Schulte and William Petroski, The Des Moines Register
POSTVILLE, Iowa -- The largest workplace raid in Iowa history Monday resulted in the arrest of more than 300 people and reignited the debate over immigration.
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IA: What Vilsack said -- Ex-governor was not surprised by the raid
By Jason Clayworth, The Des Moines Register
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack said Monday that the Postville investigations may be warranted, despite his concerns that federal officials violated the rights of people during past immigration raids. But a state senator who represents Postville expressed doubt about the motivation for Monday's raid.
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ME: King, Allen postpone fundraiser
By Staff Writer, Portland Press Herald
Democratic Rep. Tom Allen on Monday postponed a campaign fundraiser with bestselling horror writer Stephen King, who asked for the delay after being criticized for remarks he made about the U.S. Army.
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MO: Immigration bill loses steam
By The Post-Dispatch Staff, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
This just in from the Missouri legislature, which wraps up its 2008 session Friday: A Senate immigration bill was sent back to committee today, lessening the chances that legislators will enact measure to crackdown on those who employ illegal immigrants.
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NC: Law silent on illegals in colleges
By Kristin Collins, The Charlotte Observer (registration)
North Carolina is free to admit illegal immigrants to public colleges and universities, federal officials said. "It is left for the school to decide whether or not to enroll" illegal immigrants, said a statement released last week by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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NC: Cooper refuses to expand on admissions advice
By Kristin Collins, Ryan Teague Beckwith and Barbara Barrett, The News & Observer (Raleigh) (registration)
Attorney General Roy Cooper has steadfastly refused to discuss the advisory letter his office sent out last week, which recommended barring illegal immigrants from the state's 58 community colleges.
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NJ: Assembly committee advances death benefits for Guardsmen
By Wayne Woolley, The Star-Ledger (Newark)
With more than half of New Jersey's Army National Guard troops bound for Iraq this fall, a state Assembly committee approved two separate pieces of legislation yesterday that would pay a total of $500,000 to the families of troops killed while on active duty.
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NY: Negotiations under way to ease Ground Zero deal
By Charles V. Bagli, The New York Times
In 2005, state and city officials were so eager to keep Goldman Sachs downtown that they provided the investment bank with one of the biggest incentive packages in city history to build itself a new headquarters across West Street from ground zero.
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NY: N.Y. farmers fear a shortage of skilled workers
By Carolyn Thompson, The Associated Press, The Washington Post (registration)
BATAVIA, N.Y. - New York farmers say a shift in state policy is making it harder for them to hire experienced seasonal workers through federal guest-worker contracts.
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RI: R.I. National Guard chief makes frequent trips out of state
By Amanda Milkovits, The Providence Journal (registration)
In his first 22 months as Rhode Island's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Robert T. Bray spent at least 130 days out of state at conferences, ceremonies and on military trips, at times collecting two paychecks -- his state salary plus pay from the federal government.
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