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The birthplace of the American Revolution joined the so-called sanctuary city movement last night as Concord Town Meeting approved a warrant making the town a welcoming community for illegal immigrants.

The overwhelming show of hands in favor by the crowd of more than 500 people followed a contentious debate by town residents pro and con.

The warrant states that no police officer can detain a person on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant, and calls on police to ignore ICE detainers without a judges order, or evidence of a violent felony conviction. It bars police officers and other town employees from responding to any ICE requests for information on peoples incarceration status, hearings, length of detention, home address or personal information.

The town where American militia faced British soldiers in the Revolutionary Wars first day of battle in 1775 now joins Boston, Somerville, Cambridge, Northampton and Amherst as towns that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency says limits cooperation with the federal government on immigration.

Resident Phil Villers said the measure has the support of the state attorney general and he claimed it is in line with the U.S. Constitution.

Weve all seen the pictures of babies gassed to death in Syria and the 500,000 dead there by bombings and killings from their own government, Villers said. At the same time the Trump administration has slammed closed the door on the 50,000 refugees from there. Undocumented immigrants are being expelled at record numbers. Theyre breaking up families. Some 42,000 immigrants are languishing in our prisons, euphemistically called detention centers. As you heard, many cities are resisting this outrageous turning of our traditional values. Concord needs to uphold its traditional values and say loudly and clearly against these abuses, Not in my name.

Nancy Barrett spoke out for legal immigration, opposing the measure, though she drew applause from the largely pro-sanctuary crowd when she told her story about coming here as a 4-year-old immigrant from the Middle East.

Both of my parents endured a lifetime of religious persecution and war. They dreamed of coming to America. It was a long process to get to America. We had to wait until we had an aunt and uncle who came before us who could sponsor us to come to this country, she said. Im personally offended by language in this article that equates my story with the story of people who have broken the laws of this country. No matter what my parents were fleeing from, they loved and respected this country too much to break the law to come here. They taught us to love and respect this country as well.

Dozens of angry residents stormed out of the meeting after the town moderator cut off comment and moved for a vote while several people were still queued up, awaiting their chance to speak.

This is an example of the corruption in Concord, fumed David Stevens, who had written remarks opposing the measure which he said he planned to deliver before Town Moderator Carmen C. Reiss ended comment after 30 minutes.

David Marsh called the actions to end debate on the issue embarrassing. He said the job of keeping the town and the nation safe is too big for police to do on their own, and they need citizens to support giving them the tools they need to do their job.

It was disgusting. It was embarrassing, Marsh said. Referring to Concords ban on plastic bottles, he added, I thought I was embarrassed over the plastic bottles, or the fact that they try to get cats on a leash, but this is really a serious, serious situation.

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April 25, 2017 Del Rio, TexasOne by one, the Mexican men stood in the jury box, shackles rattling as they fidgeted slightly and pleaded guilty to crossing the US border illegally.

They had come for better jobs, many to earn more money to help raise their children, their defense lawyer told a federal magistrate in a quiet west Texas courtroom about 3 miles (5 kilometers) north of the Mexican border. The magistrate, Collis White, warned that a guilty plea would mean jail time and they couldn't return to the United States legally for years. Speaking in Spanish, each of the 15 men said they understood. They faced up to six months in jail, but most were sentenced to just a few days.

They had the misfortune of landing in America's toughest courthouse for people who cross the border illegally. In other jurisdictions, authorities routinely skip the criminal charges and order quick deportations. But for the past decade, just about everyone arrested near Del Rio gets prosecuted.

That tough approach is a model President Trump hopes to replicate as part of his sweeping plans to stop illegal immigration, the cornerstone of his campaign. He wants to prosecute many more people caught crossing the border illegally as a warning to others that crossing the border illegally has serious consequences.

Supporters of aggressive prosecutions point to a drop in arrests for illegal border crossings in the Del Rio area as evidence that the tough approach works. Fewer arrests are seen as an indication that fewer people are trying to cross illegally.

Stepping up prosecutions wouldn't be cheap. Immigration cases already account for more than half of federal prosecutions. Mr. Trump is seeking hundreds of million dollars more for more jail cells, prosecutors and marshals to transport prisoners. It's unclear if Congress will give him the money.

Civil libertarians object to the prosecutions, saying those arrested are rushed through the legal system without having a chance to exercise their rights.

And a previous attempt to expand the Del Rio approach had mixed results. Prosecutions spiked at the end of the Bush administration and during the first years of the Obama administration, but later declined. Limited resources, including jail space and not enough prosecutors, contributed to that drop.

Still, Trump administration officials plan to press ahead. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly made the point as they've toured the border in recent weeks, saying that those who enter the US illegally will be prosecuted and deported. The Justice Department this month called on prosecutors to appoint border security coordinators in every judicial district.

"This is a new era. This is the Trump era," Mr. Sessions said while visiting the border in Nogales, Ariz.

In Mr. White's Del Rio courtroom, cases of illegal border crossings were handled in under a minute. Only one man was sentenced to more than a few days.

"If you can find a legal way to come back, you're more than welcome," White told the men, his words translated by an interpreter. "But it has to be just that."

The new push for prosecutions comes as the number of people crossing the border illegally has plummeted. Under former President Barack Obama, there was a steady decline in arrests. And in March, the second full month of the Trump administration, border agents reported the fewest border crossers in a single month in at least 17 years.

Illegal immigration straddles a line in federal courthouses. Being in the United States illegally whether after crossing a border or overstaying a visa is a civil offense. But those caught crossing the border illegally, can face criminal charges, though that generally doesn't happen. Those who return illegally after being convicted can face years imprisonment.

The Del Rio prosecution strategy was the result of an earlier push to secure the border. Before it started, agents in the Border Patrol's Del Rio Sector arrested more than 68,000 people in a 12-month period. Now arrests in the area have dropped to an average of about 20,000 a year.

The acting chief patrol agent in Del Rio, Matthew Hudak, said the effort has succeeded for several reasons.

"Policy matters, enforcement matters, the work of agents matters," Mr. Hudak said.

It helps that the Border Patrol's sector there only covers one judicial district. In other areas, agents often work across state and judicial district lines, making it more difficult to coordinate prosecution, jail space and transportation.

The often-brief court proceedings alarm civil libertarians.

Cecillia Wang, deputy legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union, said border crossers facing prosecution are urged to plead guilty and don't fully know the implications of that. Immigrants convicted of a crime often lose their chance to make claims to stay in the United States, including asylum.

"People have no idea what is happening," Ms. Wang said. "It's completely lost on (them),"

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Immigrant-rights groups released a new video Monday coaching illegal immigrants on their constitutional rights and how to avoid run-ins with federal deportation agents, as advocates gear up to try to thwart as many deportations as possible.

The video is part of a growing infrastructure designed to protect illegal immigrants from legal consequences under President Trump, and gives instructions on handling everything from encounters on the streets to when agents show up at a home with a deportation warrant.

If they come here, to the house, dont open the doors. No abran las puertas, the advocates say in a 7-minute training video, released by a coalition thats dubbed itself Informed Immigrant.

The video is aimed at children, who are encouraged to get their families to plan for potential encounters with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and agents.

Already, officers say theyre seeing far fewer people willing to open doors to them in recent months as warnings take hold.

The new video does warn illegal immigrants against driving if they dont have a license, urges them not to carry false papers and repeatedly cautions against attempting to flee authorities.

But it does offer strategies for encounters. If illegal immigrant parents have children that are U.S. citizens, they are encouraged to mention them in the hope that it would sway agents to leave the family alone.

If they have children that are in the country illegally, they are advised not to mention them. Otherwise, the video says, the children could become targets for deportation themselves.

Dont carry papers from another country with you, such as a foreign passport. Such papers could be used against you in the deportation process, the video says.

ICE officers usually carry administrative warrants authorizing arrest for deportation purposes, but they are not criminal warrants signed by a judge, and the video says they do not carry the same force of law so illegal immigrants do not have to let officers in, or even open the door for them.

Some immigrant-rights advocates are going even further to try to protect illegal immigrants.

Colleges are encouraging illegal immigrant students who have taken advantage of President Obamas 2012 deportation amnesty for Dreamers, known as the DACA program, to take school-sponsored trips outside the U.S. Because of the way the law works, that gives the DACA recipients a chance to apply for advance parole, a program that can put them on a pathway to citizenship.

And defense lawyers have distributed a document coaching other lawyers on charges they should try to plead down in order to avoid running afoul of Obama administration deportation priorities.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions said last week that a California prosecutor even lowered the charges against someone a repeat offender accused of domestic violence so that the abuser wouldnt be deported.

Think about the message that sends: If you are an alien and you commit domestic violence, prosecutors will charge you with a lesser crime so you can stay in the country, Mr. Sessions said, calling for an end to the practice. Enough is enough.

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by John Binder24 Apr 2017Wake County, NC0

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Ramiro Ramirez, a 44-year-old illegal immigrant, hit Lorine Jones and her husband George Milton Jones while driving past a red light at an exit ramp, according to the News Observer. Initially, Ramirez was charged with a traffic violation and driving without a license.

Both Lorine Jones and her husband George were taken to the hospital immediately following the accident, where Jones later died due to his injuries. Jones was 88-years-old. Lorine Jones is still recovering from the accident.

Ramirez turned himself into Wake County officials and is now being held at the local lockup. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has placed a detainer on the illegal immigrant, requesting that he be handed over to federal officials should he be released.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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by John Binder24 Apr 2017Johnston County, NC0

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Genaro Muniz-Padilla, an 18-year-old illegal immigrant, allegedly struck 42-year-old Jamica Williams with his vehicle after the two were involved in a previous altercation, according to the Johnston County Report.

According to eyewitness reports, Muniz-Padilla was upset with Williams after he allegedly made a comment to a woman living nearby. Williams took off on his bike shortly thereafter.

Muniz-Padilla was allegedly angered by the comment and followed Williams and confronted him. Eventually, police say, Muniz-Padilla got into his car and intentionally struck Williams.

First responders came to the scene and took Williams to a nearby hospital where he later died of his injuries.

Williams had just recently moved back to the small town of Kenly to be closer with his family and was recently hired for a new job.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed to Breitbart Texas that Muniz-Padilla was in the U.S. illegally and the agency currently has a detainer on him, where he may be deported if released from prison for any reason.

Muniz-Padilla is being charged with second-degree murder.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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