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January 31, 2007
Bounty Hunted
A man who pursued illegal immigrants for deportation found himself handcuffed by the feds and accused of impersonating a federal agent
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May 10, 2006
Immigrant Song
It's not just the national anthem being sung in Spanish that's got anti-immigration folks riled up. Which side of the fence are you on?
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May 10, 2006
The Asylum Trap
Unscrupulous attorneys prey on immigrants seeking green cards with an expensive and fruitless legal scheme. Now 29 Mexicans have joined the disbarment case against one such lawyer.
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July 20, 2005
The Identity Makers
In the age of terror, are the people who make fake identification documents for the Hispanic community noble public servants -- or national security risks?
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June 22, 2005
The Minuteman's 15 Minutes of Fame (Minute 14.5)
At the Arizona border, Infiltrator checks in with Americans who help the government look for illegal aliens
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November 24, 2004
Wake Up, America!
Infiltrator works his way into an anti-immigration petition drive -- at a gun show
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April 24, 2002
Intended Consequences
Our supervisors tilt at a lot of silly windmills. But the city's recognition of Mexican consular IDs may help change national immigration policy for the better.
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April 1, 1998
Safe Haven?
Gay-bashing survivor applies for political asylum
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October 22, 1997
Immigration Hide 'n' Seek
INS on offensive; Hispanic activists play defense
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November 15, 1995
Rounding Up the Usual Sospechosos
Alleged misconduct by INS agents has activists in the Latino community angry
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June 12, 2009
Does Pleading Guilty to a Drug Charge Injure Immigrant's 'Good Moral Character'? Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Says No.
The San Francisco-based Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the government cannot use an illegal immigrant's expunged guilty plea to a simple drug offense as evidence of bad moral character in deportation proceedings. Jesus Romero came to the United States from Mexico when he was 10 ... More >>
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July 2, 2009
San Francisco Federal Appeals Court: Companies Can't Be Forced To Hire Back Illegally Terminated Illegal Aliens
'Jetson, you're fired! And since you're an illegal alien, I can't be forced to rehire you by the NLRB!'Employers were seemingly given broader license to fire illegal immigrants at will by a San Francisco federal appeals court, which ruled this week that a company cannot be forced to hire back f ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
ICE Confirms That Amuse Bouche Street-Food Vendor is Detained, Will Be Deported
A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) told SFoodie she could confirm that street-food vendor Murat Celebi-Ariner is currently in detention, and will be deported. Citing security concerns, spokeswoman Lori Haley would not say where C ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Sanctuary Sellout
Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).
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February 3, 2010
Poll: Harris Is AG Front-Runner -- Until Pollster Starts Talking Dirty
With how much salt shall we take Ted Lieu's new poll?It's not every day that a political candidate eagerly publicizes a survey revealing he's polling in the single-digits and trails the leader by double-digits. And yet, this has turned out to not be a typical Attorney General's race. Would-be AG ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Would U.S. Attorney's Departure Be Magic Bullet For Sanctuary City?
U.S. Attorney Joe Russoniello has worn out his welcome with sanctuary city proponentsBy Evan HillNo matter how many aggrieved citizens and legal experts immigrant advocates trot before the public in support of Supervisor David Campos' new amendment to the city's sanctuary law, Mayor Gavin Newsom ... More >>
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June 2, 2010
Badlands: From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border
U.S. Attorney Joe Russoniello has worn out his welcome with sanctuary city proponentsBy Evan HillNo matter how many aggrieved citizens and legal experts immigrant advocates trot before the public in support of Supervisor David Campos' new amendment to the city's sanctuary law, Mayor Gavin Newsom ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Cowboy Down: Rob Krentz's Family Talks About the Life and Death of the Murdered Arizona Rancher
U.S. Attorney Joe Russoniello has worn out his welcome with sanctuary city proponentsBy Evan HillNo matter how many aggrieved citizens and legal experts immigrant advocates trot before the public in support of Supervisor David Campos' new amendment to the city's sanctuary law, Mayor Gavin Newsom ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
'Secure Communities' Program Nails 29 Illegal Immigrants In S.F. Jail
After all, now we have finger prints...ICE touts success stories of new program -- but San Francisco sheriff's department would have reported "criminal aliens" anyways under old sanctuary city policyIn the first nine days after the San Francisco Sheriff's Department begrudgingly implemented the f ... More >>
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June 30, 2010
An Immigrant's Heart
To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.
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July 14, 2010
Welcome to Mi Pueblito, Washington
The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved — thanks to Mexican immigrants.
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July 21, 2010
The Education Trap
In California, many undocumented immigrants are offered cheap college tuition, only to find they can’t get jobs after they graduate.
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August 10, 2010
'Secure Communities' Deporting Low-Level Criminals and Innocents, Opponents Say
Jaywalking? That'll get you deported, hombreThe majority of illegal immigrants deported by a controversial federal program known as Secure Communities are not the "high threat" criminal immigrants the Feds claimed the program would ensnare, according to statistics released today by civil rights o ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
Held Captive
Coyotes who smuggle immigrants torture and extort their victims, helped by out government's failure to enact immigration reform.
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September 22, 2010
Pinalcchio: Renowned Forensics Experts Say a Pinal County Deputy's High-Profile Tale About Getting Shot After Encountering Drug Smugglers Doesn't Add Up
Coyotes who smuggle immigrants torture and extort their victims, helped by out government's failure to enact immigration reform.
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October 20, 2010
Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesnít Work
Coyotes who smuggle immigrants torture and extort their victims, helped by out government's failure to enact immigration reform.
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November 16, 2010
Court Rules Undocumented Students Can Pay In-State Tuition. Great, But a Job?
Waiting tables, Ben. Waiting tables. Wave of the future. The California Supreme Court upheld a law yesterday that allows illegal immigrants who've attended California high schools for at least three years to pay in-state tuition at the state's public universities. Well, that's great news for the ... More >>
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November 19, 2010
Conservative Immigration Think Tank Wants To Kill San Francisco's Federal Dollars
Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
FAIR-y Tales
Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Mexican Macroeconomics
Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>
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December 1, 2010
Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?
Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty
Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
Return to Sender
Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
How Would Immigration Reform Look if the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?
Sorry, Buster. No more money to keep you here...San Francisco jails should lose roughly $750,000 in Department of Justice dollars. That's the gist of a memo released this month by the Washington, D.C.-based conservative think tank Center for Immigration Studies, which accuses San Francisco ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Gavin Newsom: Friend or Foe of Illegal Immigrant Youth?
Friend of students, foe of alleged felons.Update: Newsom's spokesman responds. Read below. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has come out today supporting a group he threw the book at during his time as San Francisco mayor: illegal immigrant youth. Newsom has sent a letter to Assemblyman Gil ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
U-Visa: Illegal Immigrants Become Legal Residents Via Crime Victimization
Friend of students, foe of alleged felons.Update: Newsom's spokesman responds. Read below. Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom has come out today supporting a group he threw the book at during his time as San Francisco mayor: illegal immigrant youth. Newsom has sent a letter to Assemblyman Gil ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Illegal Immigrants: More Hate Crime Victims Could Get Visas
Last November, three white males attacked two Mexicans in the Tenderloin neighborhood. Those men are now facing felony assault and hate crime charges -- a relatively unreported case that District Attorney George Gascón will detail today. If there is a silver lining to this alleged hate crime, it ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
California Leads The Nation in Imprisoning Criminal Immigrants
10 percent of California's inmates are non-citizens.It's not a winning spot to brag about, but the Golden State is No.1 when it comes to incarcerating criminal immigrants. In fact, California is the only state to break the 100,000 mark. What's worse -- the state is shouldering the majority of the ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco
Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Sheriff Michael Hennessey to Give Illegal Immigrants a Break
Talk to the hand, ICE.Today we woke up to the news that Sheriff Michael Hennessey has found a loophole in the federal fingerprinting program that identifies illegal immigrants in the county jail. And as of June 1, Hennessey will no longer hold illegal immigrants booked into county jail on minor m ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
Mayor Ed Lee: City Will Shield Some Illegal Immigrant Youth from Deportation
Supervisor Campos after his law policy passed two years ago. Now it will be enforced - for some. Mayor Ed Lee announced Tuesday that he will begin implementing the city's controversial Sanctuary City law, only reporting illegal immigrant youth to federal immigration authorities if they have been ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Federal Fingerprinting Program May Still ID Illegal Immigrant Teens Shielded By City
Looking for the right fingerprintsThis week Mayor Ed Lee announced the city would stop alerting federal immigration officials about illegal immigrant youth they book into juvenile hall on felony charges -- if the teens have family in the Bay Area.Even with this new policy, immigration authorities ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
Isabel Castillo, Undocumented DREAM Act Advocate, To Be Honored at USF Graduation
Isabel Castillo would like a job in her field already. Tomorrow, another class of University of San Francisco graduates will head into the working world. And while they are understandably worried about landing a job, the university will award an honorary doctorate to a young woman who has even le ... More >>
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June 23, 2011
Phil Bronstein, Chron Editor, Was "Duped" by Illegal Immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas
Bronstein's debate: Am I a dupe, felon, or friend? Phil Bronstein has many names for Jose Antonio Vargas, the former Chronicle editorial assistant who came out as an illegal immigrant yesterday in the New York Times. Among them are "lawbreaker," "hustler," and finally "friend." The Chron's editor ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
"A Better Life": Illegal Immigrant Melodrama Too Sudsy By Half
Bronstein's debate: Am I a dupe, felon, or friend? Phil Bronstein has many names for Jose Antonio Vargas, the former Chronicle editorial assistant who came out as an illegal immigrant yesterday in the New York Times. Among them are "lawbreaker," "hustler," and finally "friend." The Chron's editor ... More >>
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July 21, 2011
Majority of San Francisco's Illegal Immigrants Live in the Mission District
Missionites: up to 15 percent of your neighbors are undocumented.San Francisco's highest concentration of illegal immigrants lives in the city's Mission District -- a zip code of day laborers, black-market hot dog vendors, and fake document peddlers.The Public Policy Institute of California relea ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
Illegal Immigrant Student Interned At California State Capitol
The new "coming out." Coming out of the closet as gay is so circa 1999. Now it's all about coming out as an illegal immigrant. Everyone is doing it: Fresno State University student body president Pedro Ramirez came out as illegal last year. Last month, former Washington Post reporter Jose Antonio ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
Taqueria El Balazo Owners Face Prison Time After Immigration Guilty Plea
menuism.comCan we see your papers, please?The owners of Taqueria El Balazo pleaded guilty last week in federal court to immigration and tax violations, and face up to 20 years in prison. Marino Sandoval, 58, and his wife Nicole Sandoval, 50, were charged last year with harboring and employin ... More >>
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November 11, 2011
Danielle Bologna Enters Witness Protection as Edwin Ramos Trial Nears
Edwin RamosImmigrant rights activists remember 2008 as the year that San Francisco turned its back on its sanctuary city status. Then-Mayor Gavin Newsom reversed the city's long-standing policy of shielding juvenile undocumented immigrants from deportation as the city became the target of anti-im ... More >>
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