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...British Nationalist Party (bnp), indicated that even as an electoral strategy, a crackdown on immigrants can be risky. What's remarkable about the recent posturing is that it implies the already strict measures may not be enough for an anxious public. Two years ago, Verdonk announced she would deport 26,000 asylum seekers who had been in the Netherlands for years. Earlier this year she picked a personal fight with an 18-year-old illegal (and won it on Friday when the girl left the country) who thought she should at least be allowed to finish high school before being...
When federal prosecutors earlier this week announced a plea deal that will ultimately deport the controversial former University of South Florida computer science professor Sami al-Arian, they hailed it as a major achievement in the war on terror. As U.S. Attorney Paul Perez put it in a statement, "Because of the painstaking work of the prosecutors and agents who pursued this case, al-Arian has now confessed to helping terrorists do their work from his base here in the United States - a base he is no longer able to maintain." But given all the buildup, the resolution...
...have not differentiated between someone caught on the U.S.-Mexican border this morning and someone who has been raising a family, working, and (in many cases) paying taxes for the past 10 years. Under current law, there is no statute of limitations (although in practice, immigration courts only rarely deport individuals who have lived in the U.S. for a long time...
...another motel, where they began questioning him. He gave his name as Jesus Franco Flores, which turned out to be one of many names he used. In the end, he confessed to beating and raping both nuns. He was not supposed to be in the U.S.; he had been deported at least three times. By his account, his unlawful entries into the U.S. began in 1986 at the age of 17. Under the name Victor Manuel Batres-Martinez, which may have been his legal name, he found his way to Oregon, where he was arrested for unauthorized...
Jurors indicated that most of them favored acquittal on the deadlocked counts against al-Arian. After the verdict, he told the St. Petersburg Times that he was "very confident the worst is over." But the government may simply deport him on pending immigration charges. For now, his wife Nahla says the verdict is vindication "not only for Sami but for our children, who are Americans. It matters to me that they have faith in this country...