http://lframerica.com/blog Lady Liberty has awoke! Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:47:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en www.wtopnews.com April 17, 2008 - 10:08am ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - The U.S. attorney for the Western District of Virginia, John Brownlee, has announced his resignation. The 43-year-old Brownlee said in a statement Thursday that he will resign effective May 16. He has held the post since August of 2001. Brownlee's cases ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/17/us-attorney-in-roanoke-announces-resignation/ http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20080414-1525-vista-tb.html SAN DIEGO – A Vista High School student was diagnosed with tuberculosis, prompting county health officials Monday to notify classmates, faculty and staff who may have been exposed.School officials have notified about 120 students, teachers and staff that were potentially exposed to the disease between March 1-28, according to the ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/16/vista-high-student-diagnosed-with-tb/ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/28/america/LA-GEN-Mexico-Child-Marriage.php MEXICO CITY: Federal lawmakers want to raise the minimum age for marriage to 18 for both sexes to keep children from dropping out of school, according to a bill introduced in Mexico's Senate on Thursday. The current minimum age of 14 for women and 16 for men encourages children "to leave ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/07/mexican-senators-propose-raising-minimum-marriage-age-to-prevent-child-abuse/ While this is a touching story and one can not help but feel sorry for the hardship faced by these individuals, one also has to realize that they themselves entered into another country illegally, and as such had not taken the proper steps (in 18 years in this case) to ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/06/life-after-an-illegal-immigrant-is-sent-home/ http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/rights_85433___article.html/civil_border.html The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas will hold a community meeting Thursday in Brownsville to discuss human rights and civil rights issues on the border. The event is co-sponsored by the Coalition of Amigos in Solidarity and Action (CASA).  Border residents are urged to attend the meeting to voice their ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/06/aclu-community-forum-to-focus-on-human-civil-rights-on-the-border/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/05/AR2008040501135.html Prince William County Police Chief Charlie T. Deane said most of the people arrested during the first month of the country's illegal-immigration crackdown would have gone to jail anyway. Of the 89 people questioned about their citizenship status, 41 were taken to the county's adult detention center. Although officers have reason ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/06/crackdown-in-prince-william-va-yields-charges/ http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/brothers_85658___article.html/bernardo_indicted.html A federal grand jury has returned a 19-count indictment against twin brothers Alberto and Bernardo Peña, and three others on charges of obtaining fraudulent work visas for more than 80 Indian nationals. The Peña brothers, both 38, face charges of obtaining fraudulent H-2B visas, which are used to procure foreign manual ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/05/brothers-indicted-in-alleged-immigration-scheme/ http://www.ocregister.com/articles/day-laborers-city-2011287-deberry-ordinance New ordinances cracking down on businesses allowing day workers to congregate add to declining numbers in Orange.  ORANGE – The number of day laborers in town has dropped 80 percent this year, in the wake of two municipal laws meant to stopping the laborers from congregating and soliciting work, city officials ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/04/day-labor-numbers-dropping-in-orange/ http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/woodard_85614___article.html/county_fsa.html April 3, 2008 SAN BENITO - Private landowners throughout the Rio Grande Valley are getting a chance to restore more than a dozen different species of wildlife on the state's conservation list, including the endangered ocelot. After decades of conservation projects, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency wants to enroll ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/04/usda-begins-conservation-program-in-cameron-county/ April 3, 2008 Environmental advocates said Wednesday that they weren't surprised by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's decision this week to waive several environmental laws to expedite construction of border fencing in four states. Still, they haven't given up on efforts to stop the project. "I thought eventually, they would do ... http://lframerica.com/blog/2008/04/04/environmental-waivers-could-doom-parks-future/