"The Miami Herald's investigation found that the state has licensed over a thousand convicted felons as mortgage brokers and has allowed two thousand felons to work as unlicensed loan originators.State regulators...
"On Feb. 28, the alliance will take about 800 felons and others by bus to Frankfort in support of House Bill 70. The bill would restore the voting rights of most felons, once they've served their sentences and are no longer on probation or parole. "
The Republican governor has proposed a compromise plan that would
eliminate the need for nonviolent offenders -- who make up about eight
in 10 felons -- to go on a lengthy waiting list for a hearing before
the Board of Executive Clemency on whether they should have...
"State officials say a preliminary investigation has found that more than 1,000 convicted drug felons in Marion County may be illegally receiving state welfare benefits.
Convicted drug felons are not allowed to receive welfare benefits. The recent investigation by the state...
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"HOUSTON - Crime victim advocates are upset that at least 30 Texas death row inmates have had pages on the popular Internet site MySpace created for them.
"I think you ought to draw the line somewhere," said Andy Kahan, director of the crime victims office for Houston Mayor...
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"What Terror Threat? Congress Lets Mob-Tied Felons Work U.S. Ports
by Deroy Murdock
Humanevents.com
Before Congress passed a port-security bill on September 30, a House-Senate panel deleted Senator Jim DeMintâs (R.-S.C.) proposed ban on current or future dockworkers...
Iowa's United States Congressman Steve King told a crowd in Des Moines in June, "Illegal aliens cause the death of 25 American citizens every day...13 by drunken driving and 12 by stabbings or gun fire."
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"A community in Carbon County is looking to take a page out of Mayor Lou Barletta's book in Hazleton. Nesquehoning is considering a measure to crack down on illegal immigrants, as Hazleton has done."
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"politicians will not count how many of us are in the streets, but they will count how many vote" <--- Legal point: Does any nationality have the right to vote in U.S. elections, providing they pay U.S. taxes?
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Day laborer Fredy Calleja, told the Associated Press that his uncle was arrested while watering plants outside his home. <--- I think this misses the point. ANYBODY who is in the United States illegally, is liable to find themselves swept-up by ICE (Immigration...
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