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TODAY - TERRORISM IN THE UK!

 

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CONTROVERSY IN THE US, THE UK, GERMANY AND NOW CANADA!

 

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BREAKING: ABC News

 

Attack near UK Houses of Parliament being treated as terrorism: Police

 

By EMILY SHAPIRO JULIA JACOBO Mar 22, 2017, 10:02 PM ET

 

Four people were killed, including a police officer, and at least 40 other people were injured in an attack in London that authorities have declared a terrorist incident. A man believed to be the attacker was also killed, shot by police at the scene. Continue reading at http://abcnews.go.com/International/firearms-incident-reported-uk-houses-parliament/story?id=46300284

 

 

Electronics Flight Ban: New US and UK regulations explained

TrustedReviews 9 hours ago

 

 

NEWS FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE

The US government is ordering passengers on nonstop, US-bound flights from a handful of mostly Middle Eastern and North African countries to pack electronic devices other than cellphones in their checked baggage. Other electronics, including laptops and tablets, will be indefinitely banned from the passenger cabin.

 

Senior Trump administration officials said the airlines will have 96 hours to implement the security order or face being barred from flying to the United States.

 

To read the full story, visit: www.BostonGlobe.com

 

 

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

 

 

Immigration was very much a catalyst which brought voters in the U. S. and Europe to the polls in 2016. Today, Canadians are publicly driving the Immigration issue.

 

 

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March 22, 2017 

 

From:  The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Org
Contact:  Susan Kniep, President
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During the past several weeks, the American public has been inundated by the news media which has focused much of their attention on those supporting illegal immigration and sanctuary cities. Recently, the Hartford Courant carried a headlined article captioned Malloy Tells Local Leaders They Dont Have To Enforce Federal Immigration Laws.

 

Yet, Immigration was very much a catalyst which brought voters in the U. S. and Europe to the polls in 2016. The majority cast their votes for those candidates and/or issues supporting the enforcement of laws governing immigration.

 

In 2016, as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were battling it out on U.S. soil prior to the November 9, 2016 U. S. Presidential election, a similar battle was being fought on European soil which culminated in a June 22, 2016 election. The results of both elections were not as initially predicted. First, in the U.S., initially perceived underdog Donald Trump who had denounced illegal immigration was elected President on November 9, 2016.

 

This followed a June 23, 2016 vote in the UK to determine whether the electors wanted to stay or leave the European Union (EU), described as Brexit, British Exit. Like the U. S. months later in November, 2016, UK voter sentiment shocked the press and investors. On June 23, 2016 the New York Times reported Britain Votes to Leave E.U.; Cameron Plans to Step Down - The New York.

 

 

Following both elections, on November 11, 2016, headlines read

 

US election 2016: The Trump-Brexit voter revolt - BBC News - BBC.com.

 

Therein,

Both majored on concerns about immigration. Both questioned whether the existing global financial order necessarily benefitted the ordinary man in the street. And both portrayed themselves as the underdogs campaigning against an allegedly complacent and out of touch political establishment.Continue reading at US election 2016: The Trump-Brexit voter revolt - BBC News - BBC.com

 

Those in Germany were also dealing with the immigration issue. Within the headlined December 20, 2016 article captioned Anger over Merkel putting Germany in a state of war | World | News, the reporter wrote

Critics at home and abroad rounded on the Chancellor after 12 people died in Mondays Berlin Christmas market attack.

They accused her of putting her own people at risk by allowing in almost a million migrants during the Syrian refugee crisis. We owe it to the victims, to those affected and to the whole population to rethink our immigration and security policy and to change it. It was she who let migrants enter Germany and the whole of Europe in uncontrolled waves, without papers, therefore without knowing who they really are. Continue reading at http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/745794/Angela-Merkel-Germany-security-immigration

Today, it is being reported that Almost half of Canadians want illegal border crossers deported - Reuters. The following are excerpts from the article as reported by Rod Nickel and David Ljunggren of WINNIPEG, Manitoba/OTTAWA

 

Canadians appeared to be just as concerned about illegal immigration as their American neighbors, according to the poll, which was conducted between March 8-9. Some 48 percent of Canadians said they supported increasing the deportation of people living in Canada illegally. (For graphics on asylum process, immigration poll see tmsnrt.rs/2nyY8CJ)

When asked specifically about the recent border crossings from the United States, the same number- 48 percent-said Canada should send these migrants back to the U.S. Another 36 percent said Canada should accept these migrants and let them seek refugee status.

In the United States, where President Donald Trump was elected partly on his promise to boost deportations, 50 percent of adults supported increasing the deportation of illegal immigrants, according to a separate Reuters/Ipsos poll that was conducted during the same week in the United States. Read the entire article by REUTERS at http://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-immigration-poll-exclusive-idUSKBN16R0SK

 

 

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As it relates to the issue of crime, on February 7, 2017 reporter Alfonso Chardy achardy@elnuevoherald.com of the MIAMI HERALD reported the following:

 

Hundreds of immigrants convicted and not deported committed more crimes-even murder - Miami Herald

 

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article131227599.html

 

Picture depicts: Foreign nationals at the Krome detention center, where those with criminal records and deportation orders are often held. Jose A. Iglesias jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com


Alfonso Chardy of the Miami Herald writes:

At least 121 killings within a four-year span were carried out by convicted immigrants who were not deported, according to a 2015 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee document recently reviewed by el Nuevo Herald.

Every year, federal immigration authorities release foreign nationals convicted of crimes-including murder-both because the U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited indefinite detention or because their countries refuse to take them back even after immigration judges have ordered deportation.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article131227599.html#storylink=cpy

 

Follow Alfonso Chardy on Twitter: @AlfonsoChardy

 

He had a criminal record. He was deported 7 times - Miami Herald

 

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In Connecticut, on February 25, 2017, headlines read

 

TWO DAYS After Governor Declares CT Sanctuary State - Illegal Alien Murders Mother and Kidnaps 6 Yr-Old Girl.

 

Jim Hoft reported the following:

 

On Wednesday Connecticut Governor Daniel Malloy issued a memo to his states authorities, telling them to ignore federal law regarding illegal immigrants.

 

Malloy declared Connecticut a sanctuary state.

 

On Friday a previously deported illegal alien murdered his girlfriend and kidnapped her six year-old daughter. Continue reading at http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/02/two-days-governor-declares-ct-sanctuary-state-illegal-alien-murders-mother-kidnaps-6-yr-old-girl/

 

 

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The issues of

LEGALITY and COST

are addressed within the following

Bill Posey: Immigration reform begins with enforcing our existing laws

 

By Bill Posey Guest Columnist Orlando Sentinel

 

Immigration Drug Trafficking Crime September 11 Attacks

 

A cross in honor of fallen border patrol agents stands near the border fence on the US/Mexico border in Tecate, California, on February 14, 2017.

 

While we are a nation of immigrants we are also a nation of laws. Without laws we are not a nation at all. For too long some politicians on the local, state and federal levels have chosen to comply with immigration laws they like and ignore the laws they disagree with. This selective enforcement has left us vulnerable as our borders are unprotected and our communities are at risk for violent crime. Continue reading this article at Bill Posey: Immigration reform begins with enforcing our existing laws

 

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Although Donald Trump has been the subject of much criticism as it pertains to Deportation

IT WAS FORMER PRESIDENT BARRACK OBAMA

WHO WAS LABELED

DEPORTER IN CHIEF

 

In the June 7, 2013 Huffington Post article captioned Obama Faces Protests In California Over Deportations | The Huffington Post it was noted Its not the first time Obamas faced protests from immigrant advocates over his deportation record. If deportations continue at the current rate, Obama will top 2 million by 2014 more than all deportations prior to 1997 combined. Continue reading at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/07/obama-protestes-california_n_3405144.html

On Feb 8, 2014, The Economists, in their article captioned Immigration: Barack Obama, deporter-in-chief | The Economist noted America is expelling illegal immigrants at nine times the rate of 20 years ago; nearly 2 million so far under Barack Obama, easily outpacing any previous president. Border patrol agents no longer just patrol the border; they scour the country for illegals to eject. Continue reading at http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21595902-expelling-record-numbers-immigrants-costly-way-make-america-less-dynamic-barack-obama

 

Trumps Revised Immigration Plans, eliminates one significant Obama immigration policy, termed catch and release.

 

Under Catch and Release, many undocumented immigrants living in the US were allowed to remain if caught but had no criminal record. Now with the elimination of Catch and Release, and the enactment of the following policies by Trump which were signed by Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, a greater emphasis will be placed on enforcement while maintaining the countrys immigration laws.

 

According to the New York Post, on February 21, 2017, the following policies include

 

Immediately begin planning and building a border wall between the US and Mexico a key Trump campaign promise.

 

The hiring of 5,000 more Border Patrol agents and 10,000 extra Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

 

Local cops and sheriffs deputies would be recruited on a voluntary basis to help with deportations under a program that was scaled back under Obama.

 

Increasing jail space in anticipation of more captures.

 

The post also notes The message from this White House and the DHS is that those people who are in this country and pose a threat to our public safety or have committed a crime will be the first to go and we will be aggressively making sure that that occurs, Spicer said at a White House press briefing. Continue reading at

http://nypost.com/2017/02/21/trump-team-outlines-new-plan-to-crack-down-on-illegal-immigrants/

 

 

But some will not participate in Trumps deportation plan to include the NYPD according to their representative. And that philosophy has been adopted by others to include those in Connecticut as towns, colleges, churches define themselves as sanctuaries for the undocumented regardless of Trumps threat to withhold federal money from those who do not comply.

 

But today we have learned that many in the US do not support the sanctuary city concept as zerohedge reveals that a New Poll Finds That 80% Of Americans Oppose Sanctuary Cities. According to Tyler Durden A stunning new poll conducted by Harvard-Harris, exclusively for The Hill, found that the overwhelming majority of Americans, 80% in fact, believe that illegal immigrants arrested for crimes should be turned over to federal immigration authorities rather than being harbored in so-called sanctuary cities.  Imagine that, Americans believe that local, state and federal law enforcement officials should actually enforce the law...shocking. Meanwhile, 52% of those surveyed said they support Trumps executive order to build a border wall and revoke funding for sanctuary cities while 53% said they support his immigration ban that was recently overturned by the 9th Circuit court.

 

And US taxpayers are paying a significant amount of money to fund sanctuary cities as noted within a Forbes article captioned Mapping $27 Billion In Federal Funding Of Americas Sanctuary Cities. Continue reading at http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2017/02/02/mapping-27-billion-in-federal-funding-of-americas-sanctuary-cities/

 

 

 

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Immigration Problems - NumbersUSA

 

 

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News & Updates | Homeland Security

 

 

 

DHS Releases U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Declined Detainer Outcome Report

 

March 20, 2017