Illegal Immigration

LAUREL, Miss. (AP) — Federal immigration agents arrested some 350 suspected undocumented workers in a raid on a Mississippi electrical equipment plant Monday. Barbara Gonzalez, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, confirmed the arrests in the raid that she said targeted Howard Industries Inc. of Laurel. Authorities said more people could be arrested.

NEWSMAX: Law officers in a D.C. suburb have found one way to cut crime drastically. Crack down on illegal immigration. Virginia’s Prince William County has turned over 875 illegal aliens for deportation since 2006, and the crime rate has dropped nearly 20%. Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes local police to enforce immigration laws. Another jurisdiction using Section 287(g) is Maricopa County, Arizona. Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has 160 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-trained officers, the most of any municipality in the country.

Fox News is reporting that streams of illegal immigrants are heading home to Mexico. In fact, the report said the exodus numbers are the highest they’ve been in decades. So far this year 1.3 million have decided the grass is greener in their homeland. And since last August, the illegal immigrant population has dropped 11 percent. So why are they leaving? As this report suggests, if the Federal government enforces existing immigration laws by taking away jobs, housing, and social benefits, illegal aliens will leave on their own.