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Ugandan army kills 34 tribesmen on cattle raids

Ugandan officials say the army has killed 34 tribesmen who were stealing cattle in Uganda's volatile northeastern region.

Melaleuca sues Utah company for raiding staff

Idaho health and home products company Melaleuca Inc. accuses a Utah company of raiding some of its top sales staff, infringing on company trade secrets and competing unfairly.

Men linked to slain Detroit mosque leader indicted

Eleven people have been indicted in the FBI's investigation of a Detroit mosque leader who was fatally shot nearly three weeks ago.

Happy tales for some former fighting dogs

Dozens of American pit bull terriers netted in the largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history are finding homes despite some who predicted aggression or trauma would make them unsuitable as pets.

Authorities: Huge jump in Calif. pot plants seized

Authorities reported a staggering jump in the number of marijuana plants seized in California's eradication effort, claiming a more than 50 percent jump over the previous year.

2 Canadians linked to Detroit imam granted bail

A judge on Friday granted bail for two Canadian men who face extradition to the U.S. on charges linked to the slain leader of a radical Detroit-area Islamic group.

Funeral for Detroit mosque leader draws hundreds

Hundreds of people offered hushed prayers Saturday at the funeral for a slain Detroit mosque leader while authorities across the border in Canada made the final two arrests in a criminal case that is stirring some anger in the Muslim community.

Last 2 arrests made in case linked to Detroit imam

The FBI says two men linked to the slain leader of a Detroit mosque have been arrested in Ontario, Canada.

Feds: Leader of radical Islam group killed in raid

Federal authorities on Wednesday arrested several members of a radical Sunni Islam group in the U.S., killing one of its leaders at a shootout in a Michigan warehouse, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Fighting scars linger for dogs seized in raids

Fay looks menacing as her teeth jut out from a mouth without lips, which have been ripped from her face along with part of her nose during vicious dogfights.

4 Mo. men plead guilty in dogfighting case

Four Missouri men arrested in a federal dogfighting crackdown in seven states have pleaded guilty in St. Louis to conspiracy and other crimes.

Homes tough to find for dogs seized in raids

As teams begin evaluating hundreds of pit bulls seized in the largest U.S. raid on dogfighters, the Humane Society of Missouri has issued an urgent call to rescue groups to help find homes for the dogs deemed eligible for adoption.

Report: NY, NJ immigration raids violated rights

Immigration agents raiding homes for suspected illegal immigrants violated the U.S. Constitution by entering without proper consent and may have used racial profiling, a report analyzing arrest records found.

Informants helped agents infiltrate dogfights

Undercover agents tipped off by informants infiltrated the illegal world of dogfighting by attending underground fights, leading to the arrest of at least a dozen people in several states, court documents show.

Italian police arrest 6 in anti-terror raids

Italian police arrested six people Thursday in raids on a group of suspected radical leftists who were allegedly planning a terror attack, authorities said.

Judge: Immigrants' rights violated in Conn. raids

Federal agents violated the constitutional rights of four illegal immigrants in raids that critics say were retaliation for a New Haven program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally, a federal judge has ruled.

Appeals court says raid on Muslims' Va. home OK

Government agents searching for evidence of terrorist funding acted reasonably when they broke down a Muslim family's front door, entered with guns drawn and handcuffed a frantic woman and her teenage daughter, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

2 Iowa towns, 2 perspectives on immigration raids

For immigrant advocates, the raid on a meatpacking plant in Postville last May was evidence of all that is wrong with large-scale arrests of illegal workers.

Britain frees 12 terror suspects detained in raids

British police released the last of 12 suspects rounded up in a series of dramatic anti-terror raids earlier this month, failing to charge any of the men, authorities said Wednesday.

UK police release 1 man arrested in terror raids

One of 12 people arrested on suspicion of planning a major terror attack in Britain has been released without charge and was being questioned by immigration authorities, authorities said Saturday.

Official: Work site raids reviewed, not delayed

A shift by the federal government to make employers the primary target of immigration raids is not an effort to provide unofficial amnesty, a top immigration official said Thursday

Report: ICE agents pressured to meet arrest quotas

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 24 Hispanics at a convenience store in Baltimore two years ago after their supervisor told them to "bring more bodies" because they were behind their annual quota of 1,000 arrests per team, according to an ICE report released Wednesday.

Immigrant raids often mark start of years of limbo

Ernesto Garcia counted himself lucky after he was swept up in a 2006 immigration raid on a northern Colorado meatpacking plant: Unlike hundreds of co-workers here illegally, he was allowed to stay in the U.S.

EU raids smart card chip makers

Infineon, STMicro and NXP said Wednesday they were among several chip makers raided by EU antitrust investigators seeking evidence of a cartel that fixed the prices of chips for bank and identity smart cards.

Recycling company to pay $21M in immigration case

A wood pallet recycling company caught in a national crackdown on hiring illegal immigrants has agreed to pay a record sum of almost $21 million to settle charges lodged by federal prosecutors in upstate New York.

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Mexican marijuana growers boldly operate in California
Source: The Sacramento Bee

Amid dense scrub oak and manzanita high above the Coloma Valley in El Dorado County, the marijuana growers were stocked to subsist in the steep, unforgiving terrain.

Police say feds should enforce immigration laws
Source: MiamiHerald.com

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Three leaders from police departments in national immigration hot spots said Wednesday the federal government should remove the burden of enforcement from local agencies if it wants to fix the immigration system.

Deportation policies steer illegal immigrants to shadows
Source: The Nashville Tennessean

When the Martinez family drives the half-hour from home into Nashville, wife Deanna is behind the wheel every time. Advertisement

Activists demand US border patrol end immigration raids
Source: kpcc SoCal public radio

For the third time this year, immigration activists today staged a protest outside the US Border Patrol headquarters in Riverside. KPCC'S Steven Cuevas says the activists claim agents are unfairly targeting suspected illegal immigrants.

Italy wages war against mob
Source: The Jacksonville Times-Union

Italy has launched a full-throttled assault on the Naples mob, carrying out a flurry of raids and making dozens of arrests over the past month. But like an octopus regrowing its arms, the Camorra has shown a knack for replacing lost leaders and soldiering on.

San Francisco: Voter-Approved Medical Cannabis Providers Busted by Federal Agents
Source: Oakland Cannabis

Asa Hutchinson of San Francisco's Drug Enforcement Administration had turned her attention to busting medical marijuana providers in Northern California at the same time that President Bush released the 2002 national drug control strategy.

Mexico Blames US for their gun problems

2nd Amendment gives us the right to keep and bear arms and shall not be infringed yet Mexico blames the US for their problems with the Cartels and the Cartels having Illegal guns that have been supposedly supplied to them through the US border being purchased here in the US.

Counterfeit DVDs found in Oklahoma City market raid
Source: tulsaworld.com

Before a federal raid, bargain hunters at the Old Paris Flea Market in Oklahoma City could buy counterfeit DVDs of movies still in theaters if they went to the right booth, court records show. "Everybody knew it," said one seller, Tim Hearns.

Medical Marijuana: An American Policy?
Source: Medical Marijuana Clinic

After a statement from Attorney General Eric Holder associated with medical marijuana get in the view, many people on the Central Coast speaks out.

Uninformed opinons on Immigration: I agree with this commenter at Seattle Examiner.com
Source: Examiner

Article written by Examiner Chad Shue. Commenter is Ray A. Then there's your reference to the Heritage Foundation.

Al Jazeera English - Africa - Jets 'bombed convoy in Sudan'
Source: AL JAZEERA

A Sudanese minister has told Al Jazeera that the US launched two air raids in the country earlier this year.

Excessive police force kills pets and harms innocent familes

Many of you may recall the news story last summer about the SWAT team raid on a Maryland mayors house. In this raid officers indiscriminately shot and killed his two family dogs inside their home, even as one dog was attempting to flee the attacking officers.

Drug denial letter covered in drugs
Source: metro.co.uk

Excerpt: A nightclub boss who wrote a letter to police denying that drug use was rife in her club has lost her license, after cops found that the letter itself was covered in cocaine.

Medical pot supporters cheer end of DEA raids
Source:

California medical-marijuana advocates are celebrating a verbal promise that federal raids on the state-law-abiding dispensaries have ended.

FBI Raids UF Facility
Source: firstcoastnews.com

A nuclear space power institute at the University of Florida has been raided by the FBI. Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney Karen Rhew in Tallahassee says search warrants were served at the university's Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute.

Medical pot backers say LA raids betray Obama vow
Source: Reuters

Several recent federal raids on medical marijuana dispensaries in California have betrayed President Barack Obama's campaign pledge to halt such busts if elected, medicinal cannabis advocates said on Wednesday.

Aftermath of a SWAT Team Raid Gone Wrong
Source: The Washington Post

When a SWAT team raided the Prince George's County home of Cheye Calvo and Trinity Tomsic on a mistaken drug trafficking suspicion, the couple's two dogs weren't the only ones whose lives were shattered.

Police bust child porn ring using mobile phones
Source: thelocal.de

Investigators in Germany have for the first time uncovered a paedophilia network distributing images via mobile phones as police this week raided more than 400 homes across the country.

ICE Immigration Raids Waste Time and Money
Source: New America Media

Editor's Note: ICE workplace raids might round up hundreds of people working illegally in poultry plants but do they justify the money spent? Robert Hildreth writes that DHS Secretary nominee Janet Napolitano will have to consider what she's getting for spending $1.6 billion  …

THE GOP AND THE HISPANIC VOTER Full throttle on wrong track
Source: Chicago Tribune

As the Republican Party surveys its post-election train wreck, the pain must be even greater knowing that, with Hispanic voters, the GOP drove itself off the track.

Workers ran for doors when federal agents arrived at chicken plant, witnesses say
Source: AlterNet.org

Run for your life, if you can; hide your head in the sand; catch you with another man & it's the end! I'm sure Johno's glad he's dead & doesn't have to watch how we're treating the new generation of immigrants!

150 illegal immigrants arrested in Chicago area, officials announce
Source:

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Executive Director Joshua Hoyt says, "The United States needs to rediscover that the center of democracy is citizenship, a democracy where the people have a stake....We need to create a stake for the undocumented so they're no l …

Immigration raids snag nine suspects in Vallejo - Vallejo Times Herald
Source: timesheraldonline.com

How do we expect people are going to live when we criminalize their very existence?

Undocumented workers released on electronic monitoring
Source: The Desert Sun

I know what you're thinking: this really deflates my outrage because they're treating hnearly half of those arrested somewhat humanely! But no! Finish reading the article & you'll find that of the almost 4900 people arrested this fiscal year as part of ICE workplace enforcement,  …

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