A press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office: FORMER MIDWAY AIRPORT CUSTOMS OFFICER SENTENCED TO 46 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR RECEIVING BRIBES FROM RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES CHICAGO — A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) supervisor at Midway International Airport … Continue reading
With the help of MoveOn.org, Nunda Township resident Nancy Peterson organized a demonstration in front of 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo’s Route 14 and Woodstock Street office Wednesday at noon. As of Sunday, when I wrote this story, thirty-five people … Continue reading
A press release from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office: ATTORNEY GENERAL MADIGAN FILES IMMIGRATION FRAUD CASES Madigan Joins FTC Initiative in Combating Immigration Services Scams Chicago – Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed two lawsuits against Chicago area immigration servicers … Continue reading
A press release from Congressman Joe Walsh: Congressman Walsh Sends Letter to President Obama in Reaction to Yesterday’s Immigration Speech in El Paso “Border security is national security. It’s not a joking matter.” Washington, D.C. – Congressman Joe Walsh (R-IL) … Continue reading
The Palatine Tea Party has taken offense at the votes for the Illinois Dream Act by eleven Republican State Senators. The eleven are Althoff, Bomke, Brady, Dillard, Duffy, Tom Johnson, Murphy, Radogno, Sandack, Schmidt, Syverson. Pam Althoff and Dan Duffy … Continue reading
525,000 is the number of illegal immigrants that something called the Pew Hispanic Center has come up with. 4.1% of the state’s population. That’s up from 500,000 in 2007 and up from 200,000 in 1990. The size of the average … Continue reading
The “news” at Congressman-Elect Joe Walsh’s first post-election Town Hall meeting in McHenry County was that he would not vote for the compromise tax bill being considered in Congress. But the take-away message was that constituents should expect a lot … Continue reading
Here’s what Republican County Board candidate Diane Evertsen mailed out just before the election. It’s a yellow post card, almost goldenrod, it appears to me. Evertsen provides her web site address and says, Commonsence, conservative solutions… for a better future … Continue reading
My Crystal Lake State Representative Mike Tryon is doing exactly what I would do. He is filling out all sorts of questionnaires and publishing them on his campaign web site. Here it is the latest one, a comprehensive one from … Continue reading
Thinking about immigration locally, McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren has a win-win potential. He somehow convinced the Northwest Herald to allow him to make a front page pitch to Latino voters the Sunday before last. But, as reported only in … Continue reading
People will now be able to search for people incarcerated on at least one floor of the McHenry County Jail. It won’t be people arrested for most crimes, however. If a friend or acquaintance gets arrested, you’ll still have to … Continue reading
I’m not much into writing about national politics. I’ve only touched upon immigration enforcement by local officials when McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren joined other suburban sheriffs in agreeing to do so. (See April 14, 2010 article entitled, “Nygren to … Continue reading
Probably all campaigns have rumors against the opposing candidate or candidates. One Zane Seipler has been getting feedback about is that he favors illegal immigration. So, he has issued the following press release to make his position clear. “Recently a … Continue reading
Another plank in the Illinois Republican Platform adopted at the Decatur convention dealt with immigration. It follows: INSTITUTING A ‘FRONT DOOR’ POLICY ON IMMIGRATION We call on the Federal Government to streamline the task of citizenship for legal immigrants to … Continue reading
Another plank in the Illinois Republican Platform adopted at the Decatur convention dealt with immigration. It follows: INSTITUTING A ‘FRONT DOOR’ POLICY ON IMMIGRATION We call on the Federal Government to streamline the task of citizenship for legal immigrants to … Continue reading
There’s a new political organization in McHenry County dedicated to immigration reform. It’s called McHenry County Citizens for Immigration Enforcement. The person keeping me in touch is Tom Roti. He sent me, among others, the following email yesterday: Hi Good … Continue reading
There’s a new political organization in McHenry County dedicated to immigration reform. It’s called McHenry County Citizens for Immigration Enforcement. The person keeping me in touch is Tom Roti. He sent me, among others, the following email yesterday: Hi Good … Continue reading
At least that’s what the Washington Times is saying in an editorial. No, I’m wrong. The headline says, “Two-faced on illegals” Anyway, she’s not alone. I don’t dip much into Washington politics…unless it has a local angle. Apparently, two congressmen … Continue reading
At least that’s what the Washington Times is saying in an editorial. No, I’m wrong. The headline says, “Two-faced on illegals” Anyway, she’s not alone. I don’t dip much into Washington politics…unless it has a local angle. Apparently, two congressmen … Continue reading
The cartoon I saw this past weekend by Etta Hulme shows a health clinic called the “Good Samaritan Public Health Clinic.” People are lined up to get in. In the lower left hand corner is a crudely written“No Illegals!” When … Continue reading
