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Are Your Papers in Order
The series reveals how the Sheriff of Maricopa County rounded up illegal aliens for deportation in an effort to remove illegal immigrants. The way this was done was arresting many people without probable cause and simple issues, such as traffic stops. Further, he was stopping darker colored people with alleged infractions and later checking on their residency to determine if they had to be deported or not.
Tags: Arizona; immigration; law enforcement; Hispanic; residents; motorists; citizens; police
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9/11 Redux: Thousands of Aliens' in U.S. Flight School Illegally
This investigation exposed the fact that thousands of foreign national were still obtaining U.S. pilot training and U.S pilot licenses illegally without the required security background checks implemented after the 9-11 terrorists attacks. The story exposed serious flaws in the TSA and FAA system of insuring pilots had successfully done in obtaining piloting skills in the USA prior to the September 11 attacks of 2001.
Tags: September 11, 2001; terrorism; flight schools; Department of Homeland Security; DHS; Transportation Security Administration; TSA; Federal Aviation Administration; FAA; pilot licenses
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The Buck Stops Nowhere
KTRK investigates the number of crimes committed by illegal aliens, finding that the crime rate has grown largely because of lenient methods of dealing with immigrants accused of breaking the law. More than 12,000 non-citizens were charged with crimes in 18 months, including "murders tied to illegal immigrants who had been deported and returned, or had been jailed repeatedly and released without deportation." Also, the station found there were "dozens of sexual offenses committed by illegal immigrants that had been released from jail instead of" being deported. The station also found that Harris County kept the arrest of criminal aliens secret from the federal government.
Tags: Illegal immigrants; deportation; criminal offenses; lenient jail sentences; Harris COunty
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Siege on the border: costly fortifications fail to deter immigrant flow
For 12 years, the United States has pumped billions of dollars into fortifying the Southwest border. Annual spending on border enforcement has nearly tripled, the Border Patrol has almost tripled its ranks, and the Southwestern border has become heavily militarized with fences, aircraft, sensors and cameras. It hasn't work. But Congress reamins committed to the same failed strategy.
Tags: border enforcement; Congress; immigrants; immigration; INS; Mexico; illegal aliens; Border Patrol
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America's border: Who left the door open?
This investigation found that the borders of the United States, rather than becoming more secure since 9/11, have become more porous. Time estimates that the number of illegal aliens coming into the US in 2004 will total 3 million, the largest wave since 2001 and about triple the number of legal immigrants. Politicians are dodging the issue of fixing it because the supply of cheap labor helps keep down the cost of goods and services. Many big companies rally against the enforcement of laws that would shut down their supply of illegal workers.
Tags: immigration; illegal immigration; Mexican border; illegal immigrants; cheap labor
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Hotel Workers Held in IRS Sweep
This story exposes new ways that employers and big business use to get around laws to recruit and retain illegal immigrant labor. Specifically, the story focuses on the practices of National Sales and Service LLC. What sets this story apart is how it takes a thoughtful look at the lives of the workers and their family members in Mexico, and the hardships they suffer.
Tags: immigration; illegal alien; federal racketeering law; RICO; FOIA
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Twin City Terror Connection
A KMSP-TV investigation uncovered evidence of "a possible 'terror cell' in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. (KMSP-TV traced) the steps of a convicted felon, an illegal alien from Pakistan who swindled thousands of dollars from Minnesota banks in a very short period of time in early 2001. ... (KMSP-TV) found evidence of possible connections to Al Qaida."
Tags: terrorism; September 11; Al Qaida; Al Qaeda; Osama bin Laden; Minneapolis; St. Paul; Minnesota; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT
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DSHS fraud
A KREM-TV investigation of the state of Washington's licensing practices for day care operations revealed huge loopholes. "Those loopholes allowed known child molesters, convicted felons and illegal aliens to receive a state license to care for numerous children and receive tax dollar subsidies in the process."
Tags: state licensed day care providers; Washington; child molesters; felons; illegal aliens; tax dollars; loopholes; TAPE; TRANSCRIPT
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Lost In America
CBS News 60 Minutes explores "how the politics of immigration policy made it remarkably easy for members of terror cells to enter the United States on temporary visas as tourists or students and simply disappear into American society." The report reveals that nearly half of the seven million illegal immigrants in the United States entered the country on temporary visas and never left. Although in 1996 the Congress passed a bill that mandated that the INS set up a computerized entry-exit system to track aliens entering and leaving the country, its implementation failed as a result of "business concerns" voiced by border cities' chambers of commerce.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; terrorism; Sept. 11; INS; border patrols; World Trade Center; Pentagon; temporary visas; international students; aliens; Muslims
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Admitting Terror
In a five-part investigative series New Times discovers that Mohamed Atta, one of the key players in the September 11 terrorist attacks, was improperly admitted into the country. Norman reveals that immigration inspectors are often leery to enforce federal law against illegal aliens, and exposes "a culture that values facilitation of air travel over law enforcement." INS failed to monitor the departure of U.S. visitors, to maintain a database with names of suspected terrorists, and to enforce laws against visitors' overstays. At INS customer service has become a top priority, even though inspectors have warned of the terrorist threat, New Times reports. The stories shed light on several cases in 1990s when terrorist were admitted into the U.S. without any scrutiny. "The disturbing result is that the INS has become a laughingstock among even moderately sophisticated terrorists."
Tags: Whistleblower Act; illegal aliens; Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); Miami International Airport; Federal Aviation Administration; classified; visas; ID; airlines