Read more Immigration and Customs Enforcement stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/14056/immigration-and-customs-enforcement.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:19:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71916/ariz-sheriff-defies-feds-with-immigration-sweep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe "toughest sheriff in America" isn't going to let anything stop him enforcing the law—not even the law. Joe Arpaio launched crime and immigration sweeps in Phoenix yesterday in defiance of a federal order stripping his deputies of the right to make immigration arrests in the field. "it doesn't...http://www.newser.com/story/71916/ariz-sheriff-defies-feds-with-immigration-sweep.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 21:00:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68288/3-busted-in-cambodian-kid-sex-face-us-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree Americans arrested in Cambodia for sexually exploiting boys and girls as young as 10 are being returned to the US for trial, CNN reports. They were snagged by a joint program by the Justice Department and immigration authorities, known as Operation Twister Traveler, designed to combat sex tourism. The...http://www.newser.com/story/68288/3-busted-in-cambodian-kid-sex-face-us-trial.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 01 Sep 2009 8:19:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63365/obama-targets-employers-in-immigration-crackdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is cracking down on illegal immigration using a new approach: pursuing employers rather than the immigrants themselves, the Wall Street Journal reports. Immigration officials announced yesterday they’d begun auditing 652 companies; hiring breaches could mean fines or civil and criminal charges. The new method runs counter to...http://www.newser.com/story/63365/obama-targets-employers-in-immigration-crackdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 11:34:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59458/feds-to-check-jails-for-illegal-immigrants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US government is ramping up a program to identify illegal immigrants being held in local jails for non-immigration crimes, and flag them for deportation, reports the Washington Post . Currently operating in 48 counties, the program will be screening every local jail by 2012. The program was started under President...http://www.newser.com/story/59458/feds-to-check-jails-for-illegal-immigrants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 10:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55752/immigration-dragnets-catch-us-citizens-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWorkplace raids and jail sweeps have become popular ways to enforce US immigration law, but they often result in the detention of legal residents, the Los Angeles Times reports. It can take months, sometimes years, to clear up, because many citizens don’t have proof of their legal status, few carry...http://www.newser.com/story/55752/immigration-dragnets-catch-us-citizens-too.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:24:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/46406/jail-biz-backfires-for-rhode-island-towns-immigrants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLocking up accused criminals is big business in America, but an attempt to cash in came with a high cost for one Rhode Island town, a New York Times investigation finds. The Donald D. Wyatt Detention Center, a maximum security jail, promised to bring jobs to the largely Hispanic town...http://www.newser.com/story/46406/jail-biz-backfires-for-rhode-island-towns-immigrants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Dec 2008 10:04:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45045/chertoffs-cleaner-hired-illegals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA cleaning service whose illegal workers got past Secret Service checks to scrub Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s home is facing fines for hiring undocumented laborers, the Washington Post reports. The owner calls the enforcement uneven, saying his small business may go under while customers and large companies enjoy cheap...http://www.newser.com/story/45045/chertoffs-cleaner-hired-illegals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Dec 2008 9:41:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43772/feds-recover-bookmark-from-hitlers-mistress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA gold bookmark given Adolf Hitler by lover Eva Braun, stolen from a Madrid museum in 2002, has been recovered in a sting operation, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Undercover federal agents pounced on a Romanian businessman in a Seattle parking lot, where he had arranged to sell the bookmark for...http://www.newser.com/story/43772/feds-recover-bookmark-from-hitlers-mistress.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Nov 2008 6:45:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41597/obama-no-exception-for-illegal-aunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf his aunt is violating immigration laws by living in the US illegally, "those laws have to be obeyed," Barack Obama declared yesterday. Obama made the remark during an interview last night with Katie Couric, during which he also expressed concern for his aunt Zeituni Onyango of Kenya, but said...http://www.newser.com/story/41597/obama-no-exception-for-illegal-aunt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Nov 2008 4:23:00 CST