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A 29-year-old Oceanside woman suspected of driving drunk and fatally striking a pedestrian, then driving nearly a mile away with his body wedged in her car, doesn’t have a driver’s license, according to the complaint filed against her. Esteysi “Stacy” Sanchez, 29, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Vista Superior Court to charges of felony driving under the influence, felony hit-and-run and gross vehicular manslaughter. ********* and now the LAST sentence of the news article ********* She also has an immigration hold, which means that if she were to be released she would be turned over to immigration authorities to determine...

When the Minutemen set up shop at the Arizona border last year to call attention to the illegal alien loophole in US Homeland Security, President Bush foolishly chided these brave patriots by calling them vigilantes. Although chagrined at being deserted by the man who has the constitutional responsibility and authority to defend our borders, the Minutemen dug in their heels and persisted. And persisted. Their Yankee determination to do the right thing was rewarded when President Bush finally sent additional border patrol agents to Arizona. Even the Mexican government was motivated to pay greater attention, at least temporarily, because of...

The sponsors of six state bills that would bar illegal immigrants from receiving certain social services and holding certain jobs say they're sending a message to Georgia business owners."It is not OK for you to break the law because you want to offer a lower wage," said state Sen. Chip Rogers of Woodstock, who authored four of the bills.Rogers and Reps. John Lunsford of McDonough and Roger Williams, all Republicans, presented their views Feb. 19 at the annual meeting of the Christian Coalition of Georgia."For any employer out there who is mad at me for introducing this bill, I want...

LITTLE ROCK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. acknowledged Friday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it is discussing a possible civil settlement with federal prosecutors that would resolve allegations that it used illegal workers to clean its stores. A federal grand jury has been meeting in Pennsylvania since December of 2003 to investigate charges that the world's largest retailer, based at Springdale, knew that some of the janitorial companies it used to clean its floors employed illegal immigrants. Federal agents arrested about 250 alleged illegal workers last October during a sweep of Wal-Mart stores in 21 states....

It's hard to believe, but an actual report on the costs of undocumented immigration has finally been released. For those who have railed against previous columns about undocumented immigrants and cited their drain on taxpayers, your ammunition has arrived via a study conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies. Released last month, "The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget" shows that undocumented immigrants used $26.3 billion in government services in 2002 but paid only $16 billion in taxes. That, concludes the study, resulted in a $10 billion cost to taxpayers. This study is about as...