In April, Washington governor Chris Gregoire signed SSB 5168, a law that uses a cute trick to keep foreign criminals in her state rather than having them deported. Most honest politicians who support proper public policy would work to reduce the number of criminals in their state, but Gregoire and the five state legislators [1] who sponsored the bill - all of them Democrats - obviously have...
... Seattle to attend the University of Washington?
WorldNetDaily uncovered a college transcript from UW (emailed from UW and attached):
The transcript clearly documents that Dunham was enrolled at the University of Washington for two classes that began on Aug. 19, 1961: Anthropology 100, "Introduction to the Study of Man" and Political Science 201, "Modern Government." ...The transcript also shows...
... to deport criminal aliens.
* Washington DC: unspecified, but maybe a hundred; UPDATE 2: that was based on the photo from FIRM; as it turns out there were "more than 2000" per this. See also video here. The signs in that video say "Immigrant Roots Immigrant Rights".
* Charlotte, North Carolina: "dozens" per this
* Los Angeles: "thousands" per this; (UPDATE: "several thousands" per Amy Taxin of...
Debbie Schlussel has a scoop here.
According to her sources, the reason why illegal aliens were given work authorization and then released after being caught in a raid in Bellingham, WA is so that those aliens can now... sue the ICE agents who arrested them.
Bear in mind that hasn't been confirmed, ICE hasn't replied with a statement, and it might just be a case of the telephone game. However, it...
Welcome to the tough new immigration enforcement regime of Janet Napolitano (link):
Many if not all workers detained in the Feb. 24 immigration raid at Yamato Engine Specialists have been released from the federal detention center in Tacoma.
The unexpected move appears to be related to an ongoing federal investigation of Yamato.
"I can confirm that many of the individuals ... have indeed been...
... wish her and the taxpayers of Washington luck. For all the chance the state of Washington has of getting a check from the federal government, Gregoire might just as well have saved the postage.
There is also a strong case to be made that Washington does not deserve to have the taxpayers of the other 49 states defray the costs of incarcerating illegals who commit crimes in that state....
... politicians).
He'll also travel to Washington state to meet with no doubt illegal aliens at farms.
Then, it's off to Alta California where he'll have a closed-door meeting with Fabian Nunez, D-Los Angeles. He'll also meet with Arnold as well as Mayor Reconquista himself, Antonio Villaraigosa.
Here's an example of the "thanks for your help, Vicente":
"The Mexican government wants to do...