Another Illegal alien murder in Arkansas!

A 41-hour manhunt ended Friday with the arrest of a man suspected of gunning down his cousin’s wife in her east Rogers home. Sergio Morales-Carrera, 23, was arrested in a vehicle in Fayetteville about 2: 10 p. m. by members of the Rogers Police Department’s criminal investigation division, said Lt. Mike Johnson, department spokesman. Morales-Carrera was arrested “without incident,” Johnson said. He was taken to the Rogers jail and later to the Benton County jail, Johnson said. A bond hearing is scheduled for 9 a. m. Monday, he said.
Two other men also were arrested on charges of hindering apprehension: Ramiro Ortiz-Hinojo, 27, and Miguel Ortiz-Hinojo, 25.
All three are suspected of being illegal aliens and will be processed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to a news release. Veronica Robles, a 37-yearold mother of five, was shot about 9 p. m. Wednesday. Robles’ husband, Jose Carrera, is Morales-Carrera’s cousin. Investigators followed leads to find Morales-Carrera and another person in a vehicle at 3110 Ika Lane in Fayetteville, Johnson said. He didn’t say if that person was one of the men arrested for hindering apprehension. A handgun was found, but Johnson didn’t have information on the weapon. It will be sent to the state Crime Laboratory in Little Rock, he said. Police had warned the public Thursday that Morales-Carrera was considered armed and dangerous because he was believed to have fled the scene of the shooting with a. 45-caliber handgun. Police responded to a 911 call from Robles’ 15-year-old daughter from 2606 Graham Drive. “The daughter collapsed in the front yard, and the children were screaming, ‘ He killed our mother ! Stop him !’” according to a neighbor. The neighbor said Thursday that she saw Morales-Carrera arrive at the home in a pickup and heard an argument inside. She watched as Morales-Carrera retrieved a gun from the pickup. She heard three shots and saw Morales-Carrera leave the house and drive away. The truck was found Thursday morning at Tesoro Beach restaurant at 701 S. Thompson St. in Springdale.
Rogers police Capt. Ron Largent said Friday that investigators are working to determine where Morales-Carrera went between the restaurant and his arrest. Largent said that within hours of the 911 call, agencies in nine states had been notified to keep an eye out for Morales-Carrera. Rogers detectives also teamed with other agencies including Fayetteville police, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U. S. Marshals Service. Largent, speaking before Morales-Carrera’s arrest, said making an arrest is difficult if the suspect isn’t caught in the first 48 hours after a crime. “But we might have the guy caught in an hour,” he said. About two hours after Largent spoke, Morales-Carrera was in custody, about 41 hours after the shooting. The Marshals Service became involved Friday, said Dick O’Connell, marshal for the Western District of Arkansas. O’Connell said enforcement agencies at the U. S.-Mexico and U. S.-Canada borders were on alert. Last year, the Marshals Service helped track a fugitive from Washington County to Honduras, said Sgt. Oscar Henson of the Washington County sheriff’s office. Jerry D. Sykes was arrested in September in Honduras after six months on the lam. Sykes awaits trial in the March 2007 suffocation death of his girlfriend, Sandra Stokes. “If it wasn’t for [the U. S. marshals ], we probably wouldn’t have got him back,” Henson said.
To contact this reporter: awallworth@arkansasonline. com

http://www.nwarktimes.com/adg/News/231710

The Morning News story which only mentions only Carrera's status but has a comment section.

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/

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An update about the Ramos and Compean Case:

http://www.alipac.us/modules

BigMac fine for a big company!

A company that owns 11 McDonald's restaurants in Nevada was fined one million dollars Wednesday after pleading guilty to employing 58 illegal immigrants. The company, Mack Associates Inc., knew the employees were illegal immigrants and had offered them names and social security numbers belonging to other people, the US Justice Department said. The company pleaded guilty in federal court in Las Vegas to conspiracy to encourage and induce an alien's unlawful residence in the United States and aiding and abetting an alien to remain in the country, the department said. The company's director of operations also pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting an alien to remain in the country. And the former vice president of Mack Associates pleaded guilty to inducing an illegal alien to remain in the United States and faces a possible sentence of up to five years in prison and a 250,000 dollar fine. About 30 of the illegal workers have returned to their native countries while the rest were allowed to stay in the United States until the case closes.

http://www.breitbart.com/article

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The fine should be bigger for a mega giant like McDonald's, but it's still nice to see a huge fine for a company hiring illegals! At least they didn't get away like Tyson Foods! A breaking story from NW Arkansas that may involve illegal immigration:

http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/

Some good news from around the country

Owners arrested after ICE raid at Houston company 2 leaders and 3 managers face charges after operation snares 166 workers By James Pinkerton The Houston Chronicle, July 2, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5868590.html

2 Supervisors Are Arrested After Sweep at Meat Plant By Julia Preston The New York Times, July 4, 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/04/us/04immig.html?ref=business
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This is part of an email I got from Debbie Pelley. I thought it would be nice to hear some good news from around the country about the effort to stop illegal immigration.

Oklahoma: August 22, 07 Hispanics Moving Out Of Oklahoma before New Law Takes Effect Jerry Giordano, Tulsa News Channel 8: "Tens of thousands of Hispanics have left the Tulsa area. And, a law designed to crack down on illegal immigration hasn't even taken effect yet. And, it's all because of one word -- deportation. . . . 'Two months ago I heard 25-thousand Hispanics have left Oklahoma,' Navarro says. That is about 30-percent of Oklahoma's Hispanic population." tp://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2007/08/hispanics-moving-out-of-oklahoma-before.html The Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizen Protection Act signed by Gov. Brad Henry (D) restricts illegal immigrants' access to all forms of official identification, bars them from receiving public assistance and metes out stiff fines to employers who hire them.

Arizona: August 29, 07. "New Arizona law chases illegals out, I would say we are losing at least 100 people a day." WND reported earlier how a new Oklahoma law requiring the deportation of arrested illegal aliens was prompting an exodus from that state..
"The new report comes from the Arizona Republic, 'I would say we are losing at least 100 people a day,' Elias Bermudez, founder of Immigrants Without Borders and host of a daily talk-radio program aimed at undocumented immigrants, told the newspaper. .. 'Some are moving to other states, where they think they will have an easier time getting jobs,' the report said. 'The report said the number is expected to mushroom as the deadline approaches." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57361

Tennessee: June 24, 07 "State of immigration" "Legislature has enacted five new laws affecting illegal immigrants that are arguably significant, though not comprehensive. …Employers of illegal immigrants can lose their business license in Tennessee. On first violation, the company's license would be suspended until the illegal worker or workers are terminated. On second and subsequent violations, the suspension is for one year. .. 'The public is outraged,' said Sen. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, who teamed with Turner in successfully sponsoring a bill that imposes penalties on those who transport illegal immigrants in Tennessee. Violators will face a fine of $1,000 for each person transported."
http://www3.knoxnews.com/kns/local_news/

Missouri: JEFFERSON CITY, MO (2008-07-07) Governor Matt Blunt is traveling across Missouri Monday and Tuesday to hold ceremonial bill signings for the state's new wide-ranging illegal immigration law. It includes provisions that require immigrants applying for public assistance to prove they're in the country legally and penalizes cities that enact sanctuary policies. Also, employers who receive state tax breaks and those who've hired undocumented workers in the past are now required to use the E-Verify federal database for future hires. http://www.nbcactionnews.com/news/local/story.

Mississippi: Nearly all Mississippi businesses will have to use e-verification by 2011. A couple of non-profit groups that work with immigrants told WLOX News that some families have been leaving the area because they can't find jobs or are afraid of the new penalties... A new state law designed to curb illegal immigration took effect on Tuesday. The first phase of the Mississippi Employment Protection Act requires all state agencies, companies with state contracts and companies with 250 or more employees to verify that new hires are able to work in the United States legally...As of July 1st, if one of them accepts a job, he or she takes a chance of facing felony charges http://foro.univision.com/univision/board/message?board.

It is interesting how often we have heard the statement that there is no way to deport all these illegal immigrants. It is obvious now, as many have maintained - they won't have to be deported if our officials will just make and enforce the right laws. They will leave on their own accord! First they will go to states like ours who have no laws. Arkansas is already number one in the increase of Hispanics. It is way past time for Arkansas legislators to act.

Changing Gears

Supporters of immigration ballot issue fall short; adoption ban signatures submitted
Tuesday, Jul 8, 2008
By Rob Moritz
Arkansas News Bureau

LITTLE ROCK - Supporters of a proposed initiated act to largely ban illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits acknowledged Monday they were thousands of signatures short of qualifying the measure for the November ballot. Monday was the deadline for submitting signatures on behalf of ballot initiatives to the secretary of state's office, and the leader of the group Secure Arkansas said supporters were about 5,000 signatures short of the 61,974-signature threshold for making the Nov. 4 general election ballot. Secure Arkansas chairman Jeannie Burlsworth said she was disappointed but that the canvassing effort had strengthen her group. It's goal now, she said, is to push for passage of legislation similar to the proposed initiated act during the 2009 regular legislative session. "We knew it was a long shot," Burlsworth said. "We're not going away." Also Monday, the Family Council Action Committee submitted 65,899 signatures in support of a proposed initiated act that would ban unmarried couples from adopting children or serving as foster parents in the state. Supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment to lengthen county sheriffs' terms from two years to four years notified the secretary of state's office they did not have enough signatures to turn in. If the petitions that were submitted by Monday's 4:30 p.m. deadline fall short of the required number of valid signatures, supporters will have another 30 days to gather signatures.

Last month, Lt. Gov. Bill Halter submitted 138,000 signatures - well above the 77,468 necessary - in support of his proposed constitutional amendment to create a state lottery to fund college scholarships. The process of verifying those signatures began Monday morning, said Natasha Naragon, spokeswoman for Secretary of State Charlie Daniels. At an afternoon news conference, Burlsworth said Secure Arkansas was buoyed by having gathered 56,122 signatures in less than two months and that registered voters in each of the state's 75 counties signed the petition. Despite falling short, Burlsworth said she was pleased with the effort because more than 4 percent of the registered voters in 26 counties signed the petition. State law requires 4 percent of signatures in at least 15 counties across the state. She said public forums with lawmakers and citizens will be held over the next six months in each of the state's 75 counties in advance of the regular session, which convenes in January. "We're excited about the future," Burlsworth said. "We're going to look at how each county has been affected by the illegal alien crisis." Espi Porter of Hot Springs Village, who immigrated to the United States from Cuba 50 years ago and became a U.S. citizen in 1963, said he supported Secure Arkansas' proposal. "It is not racist," Porter said. "I, along with my family, did the legal route and it's not fair to us that people just jump in here and get everything without working for it." Gov. Mike Beebe came out against the proposal, saying it would duplicate provisions already covered by federal and state law. The proposal would create a larger bureaucracy and cost the state additional money, the governor said.

Earlier Monday, the Family Council Action Committee announced it had turned in 65,899 signatures in support of its measure to bar unmarried couples from adopting children or serving as foster parents in Arkansas. Family Council director Jerry Cox said he expects about 25 percent of the signatures to be determined invalid and that the group would take advantage of the 30-day extension to gather enough signatures to make up the difference, which he expected to be as much as 15,000. When the petition drive began last year, Cox said he hoped the effort would produce 100,000 signatures, a number the group secured four years ago for a measure to ban gay marriage in Arkansas. Voters in 2004 overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman.The 65,000 signatures for the adoption measure fell well short of the goal. "People simply have not been paying attention to this issue and that's been the greatest difficulty," Cox said at a news conference. "It's not a lack of support as much as it is a lack of attention to the issue." Jennifer Ferguson, a spokesman for Arkansas Families First, a group formed earlier this year to oppose the measure, said the proposal goes too far. She said the state already has a policy banning couples living together from serving as foster parents, but there is no such policy for adoptions. "We think the current policy that is in place, where you've got qualified people like juvenile judges making decisions about what is best for children and where they should be placed is the best way to go," Ferguson said.
www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2008/07/08/
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As the story above states, the petition to stop illegals from stealing state benefits will not be on the ballot for November. I want to thank everyone who took part in gathering signatures for the petition. We did very well under the circumstances and we are actually just getting started. This is an election year where we will decide leaders on all levels. The network we have created will help us choose people who will stop illegal immigration!

Reasons to stop illegal immigration.

Yet another reason to stop illegal immigration.

www.cnn.com/2008/salmonella.outbreak/

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A letter sent to the nwatimes

Support ballot initiative
I am all for legal immigrants being afforded the same privileges that all us natural-born folks get. However, I strongly resist giving them to every person who sneaks over here and drains the resources our tax dollars pay for our own legal folks who are poor and need care. I saw firsthand as a teacher in Dallas, Texas, for over 30 years the financial havoc the illegal community caused the county and the huge burden it put on the school systems in the area. The illegal children in my school would disappear for days and weeks because their parents would take them back to Mexico to visit relatives. Most of these non-English-speaking parents had no clue about the responsibility they owed their children to see that they were in class to learn. Many rented apartments, never paid the rent, then sneaked out before they were evicted, just to turn up at another unsuspecting apartment manager's complex to continue that same cycle of nonpayment.
One of my students was gang-raped by the four illegal men living next door to her apartment. That precious 11-yearold contracted venereal disease as a result. Another was sexually abused by her Mexican uncle. My brother-in-law was hit by an illegal driving an uninsured car. He lost his leg. The federal government does not seem interested in these issues. Please support the Secure Arkansas ballot initiative. The citizens of Arkansas must remain committed to combating illegal immigration. MADELEINE MIDDLETON / Peel

www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/229720

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July 7th is the deadline for gathering signatures for the ballot initative. The forms must be signed, notarized and turned in by then. Do NOT send them by mail. Contact Secure Arkansas at http://securearkansas.blogspot.com/ or call 501-765-3325.

Deadline to stop illegals in Arkansas

Illegals are doing the robberies Americans won't do in the Diamond State:
http://www.nwaonline.net/articles/2008/06/27/news/

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Thursday July 3rd-5:30pm- Jacksonville High School- According to Secure Arkansas, there is going to be a huge Independence Day celebration at the high school that will have around 10,000 people. This will most likely be the last day to get signatures for the ballot initiative. Banks will be closed by then and for the 4th, so if there are any public notaries in the area, we could use your help! JHS address: 2400 Linda Lane Jacksonville AR. 72076 501-982-2128
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A video that shows what will happen in Arkansas if we don't stop illegal immigration. This is a powerful reminder that at least 25 U.S Citizens are killed by illegal immigration, far more than the terrorism in Iraq:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?