Culture Connoisseur Badge Culture Connoisseurs consistently offer thought-provoking, timely comments on the arts, lifestyle and entertainment. More about badges | Request a badge Washingtologist Badge Washingtologists consistently post thought-provoking, timely comments on events, communities, and trends in the Washington area. More about badges | Request a badge Post Writer Badge This commenter is a Washington Post editor, reporter or producer. Post Contributor Badge This commenter is a Washington Post contributor. Post contributors aren’t staff, but may write articles or columns. In some cases, contributors are sources or experts quoted in a story. More about badges | Request a badge Post Recommended Washington Post reporters or editors recommend this comment or reader post. You must be logged in to report a comment. You must be logged ... Continue reading →

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. — Garfield County Sheriff Lou Vallario is defending his policy of reporting suspected illegal immigrants to federal authorities when they're booked into jail despite allegations that some possible domestic violence victims may end up facing deportation. He says state law does not require that authorities withhold reporting suspected illegal immigrants accused of domestic violence .The Colorado American Civil Liberties Union says it has documented three cases in the Western Slope county where women were arrested and reported to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials after calling police for help. A 2006 Colorado law requires authorities to report suspected illegal immigrants to ICE, but excludes domestic violence until after conviction. Such cases are sometimes difficult to investigate and both parties end up arrested. ... Continue reading →

HOUSTON -- The mother of a teenage Dallas runaway who gave authorities a false name and wound up deported to South America has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against officials with the Justice Department and Homeland Security contending her daughter was illegally detained and deported.The suit, filed Tuesday by Johnisa Turner on behalf of her daughter Jakadrien Turner, is asking for $15 million in damages. It also discloses publicly for the first time that while in Colombia, Jakadrien Turner became pregnant by a 29-year-old man.Jakadrien Turner was 14 when she was picked up for shoplifting last year at a Houston mall and identified herself to authorities as a 21-year-old Colombian national. She subsequently was deported and spent seven months in Colombia, where she turned ... Continue reading →

By Jeremy Redmon, Mario Guevara and Curtis Compton The Atlanta Journal-Constitution The United States and Mexico are negotiating plans to start deporting criminal illegal immigrants deep into Mexico rather than releasing them at the border, hoping to stop adding to the criminal chaos south of the border. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com Illegal immigrants sit on board a deportation flight out of Atlanta on their way to Mexico. “I’m scared to death,” said Salvador Alejandro Hernandez, one of the passengers. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com ICE officers search illegal immigrants before a deportation flight out of Atlanta to Texas and on to Mexico. Roughly 100 illegal immigrants were on board the plane. Curtis Compton, ccompton@ajc.com A deportee boards an ICE deportation flight out of Atlanta. Some possible outcomes are ... Continue reading →

DENVER (AP) - Immigrant advocates in Colorado want public support for allowing illegal immigrants to seek licenses to drive. The activists say they will seek a ballot measure to change a law that requires proof of legal residency to be issued a Colorado driver's license. They say illegal immigrants are driving anyway, and that the public would be safer if those drivers could seek licenses and auto insurance. Critics say granting driving privileges to illegal immigrants creates an incentive to violate immigration laws. New Mexico and Washington are the only states that allow illegal immigrants to obtain the same driver's license as a U.S. citizen. Utah grants immigrants a driving permit that can't be used for identification, unlike a driver's license that helps people open ... Continue reading →

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Sheriff: Gangs started Miss. prison riot By HOLBROOK MOHR, Associated Press – 1 hour ago JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A sheriff says gang activity caused a riot that killed a guard and injured 19 people at a privately-run prison in Mississippi that holds illegal immigrants.Adams County Sheriff Chuck Mayfield said Monday the slain guard was beaten to death by inmates on the roof of one of the buildings Sunday.Mayfield says as many as 300 inmates were involved and some were armed with makeshift weapons, such as broom handles.The prison in southwest Mississippi remained on lockdown Monday. Officials were assessing damage to the facility, owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corp. of America.The 2,500-bed prison near Natchez houses illegal immigrants, most of whom re-entered the U.S. after ... Continue reading →

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