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Illegal Immigration and Deportation

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Chris LaRiche, "Lothario Notario," deported to Mexico

    The "Lothario Notario," Chris LaRiche, is Mexico's problem now. LaRiche, a con man whose story we chronicled in a January feature, was deported to Mexico yesterday after he was sentenced in Hennepin County for stealing thousands of dollars from undocumented immigrants who trusted him with their liv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Chris LaRiche, "Lothario Notario," sentenced for scamming immigrants

    Chris LaRiche, the "Lothario Notario" whose crimes we detailed in a January cover story, was sentenced for theft-by-swindle this morning. Assistant Hennepin County Attorney Paul Scoggin opened the hearing with an overview of the case: Mario Alberto Martinez-Alanis used a stolen identity, "Chris LaR ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    Chris LaRiche, "Lothario Notario" who scammed almost 900 immigrants, pleads guilty

    ​This January, we brought you "The Lothario Notario," a feature exposing a local con artist who scammed hundreds of immigrants out of thousands of dollars.Chris LaRiche set up an office downtown at the Fifth Street Towers and claimed he could help undocumented immigrants fix their legal status. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Chris LaRiche, the "Lothario Notario," scammed almost 900 immigrants, prosecutors allege

    ​This week's cover story, "The Lothario Notario," reveals how a local man allegedly scammed undocumented immigrants with false promises of citizenship.Mario Alberto Martinez-Alanis used the fake name "Chris LaRiche" and promised to get jobs and legal status for undocumented immigrants who came to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Chipotle wants immigration reform after losing half its Minnesota employees

    Chipotle boss says immigration system "is really messed up."​Chipotle boss Monty Moran wants comprehensive immigration reform after immigration raids cost the company hundreds of jobs in Minnesota. Chipotle began a mass-firing of Minnesota employees last December after immigration authorities ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2011

    SEIU protests Wells Fargo over political contributions, immigration [PHOTOS]

    SEIU protested political contributions, anti-immigrant politics at Wells Fargo.​SEIU Local 26 led a protest at Wells Fargo Saturday afternoon demanding an end to Wells Fargo's support of private prison and anti-immigrant politicians. The event's organizers argue that Wells Fargo invites immigrant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2011

    Jonathan Rubio-Segura guilty of murder, manslaughter in drunken fight

    Jonathan Rubio-Segura is a murderer, at least according to Hennepin County jurors.​Jurors deliberated for five hours before deciding Jonathan Rubio-Segura's fate in his murder trial this afternoon. The verdict: guilty. Rubio-Segura was hanging out in downtown Minneapolis last spring, drunk, when ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Harvard Maintenance fires 240 Minnesota janitors in immigration crackdown

    The ICE-men cometh to bust more undocumented workers.​It's a bad time to be an undocumented worker in Minnesota. Fresh off this winter's mass firings at Minnesota Chipotle restaurants, and a year after 1,200 local janitors were fired from ABM janitorial services, Immigration and Customs Enfor ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • News

    December 15, 2010

    The Feds Bury Border Patrol Abuses of Immigrants, But What's Been Unearthed Reveals a Culture of Cruelty

    What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Chipotle's Latino firing binge: Comment of the day

    Do illegal immigrants depress American wages?​We're not going to solve the illegal immigration debate here and now, but the story we broke yesterday about Chipotle going on a mass-firing binge of Latino workers prompted some smart comments from some of our readers. We want to highlight one.

  • News

    December 1, 2010

    Fair-y Tales

    Do illegal immigrants depress American wages?​We're not going to solve the illegal immigration debate here and now, but the story we broke yesterday about Chipotle going on a mass-firing binge of Latino workers prompted some smart comments from some of our readers. We want to highlight one.

  • News

    October 20, 2010

    Operation Streamline: An immigration boondoggle

    Project Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesn't Work

  • News

    September 22, 2010

    Pinalcchio

    Phoenix deputy's tale of being shot by drug smugglers doesn't add up

  • News

    August 11, 2010

    Seized: Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

    Part of the Amongst Us series

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

    A penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Green Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

  • Feature

    July 28, 2010

    'ILLEGAL' from Terry Greene Sterling

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: 'ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone'

  • News

    July 14, 2010

    Ronnie's Kids

    Today, “amnesty” is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    ICE busts Sureno-13 and Vatos Locos gang members

    Photo: ICESureno members were among those arrested​Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents said today they've arrested 18 members from notorious gangs including Sureno-13 and Vatos Locos working the drug trade in Minneapolis, Bloomington and Richfield. The arrests came after a weeklong op ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    What's a little marriage fraud between amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • News

    June 9, 2010

    Cowboy Down

    Murdered Southern Arizona rancher Rob Krentz's family talk about his life and death

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands

    From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Steve Drazkowski introduces Arizona-style anti-immigrant bill

    No Mexicans need apply, as far as Steve Drazkowski's concerned​He threatened he'd do it, and now he has: Republican state Rep. Steve Drazkowski has introduced a bill in the Minnesota House he says is modeled after the hardline anti-immigration law just passed in Arizona. "The Democrats won't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2010

    Pat Bertroche, Iowa GOP candidate, wants microchips in illegal immigrants

    American Kennel Club​If there's one thing Republicans are good at, it's the good old-fashioned shock-and-awe approach. This one has our jaws dropping. Pat Bertroche, a GOP congressional candidate in Iowa's Third District, has a unique approach to the nation's illegal immigration policy. It's ki ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2009

    Immigration prankster can't get himself deported

    Activists want Americans to remember the "real" illegal immigrants at Thanksgiving.

  • News

    October 21, 2009

    Target, high school streakers, and swine offend everybody

    Minnesota corporation mistakenly sells "Illegal Alien" costume

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    "Illegal Alien" costume likely made in Mexico or Central America

    The costume banned by Target and embraced by anti-immigration activists probably wasn't Made in the USA.

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2009

    ALIPAC prez to conduct interviews in "Illegal Alien" costume

    Anti-immigrant groups are urging followers to buy the costume and wear it this Halloween to protest Target's decision.

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Calexico

    Anti-immigrant groups are urging followers to buy the costume and wear it this Halloween to protest Target's decision.

  • News

    March 17, 2004

    Wal-Mart Wants Your Job

    As the Retailing Behemoth Prepares to Open Its First Store in the Twin Cities Metro, Neighborhoods and Workers Brace Themselves for the Wal-Mart Treatment: Low Wages, Union Busting, and a Big, Friendly Smile

  • News

    November 5, 2003

    Return to Sender

    The justice department fights to deport a Somali refugee

  • News

    October 1, 2003

    Living in America

    Meet the neighbors

  • Books

    March 28, 2001

    The Fast Track

    A last-minute maneuver by President Clinton provides a loophole for immigrants seeking citizenship

  • Books

    December 20, 2000

    Powers of Discretion

    A new INS policy might make all the difference in the world for a child with a birth defect

  • News

    August 2, 2000

    No Place Like Home

    Thousands of Somalis fled when their country committed suicide a decade ago. Now the local INS office has found a way to send them back.

  • Books

    April 5, 2000

    Homeless

    A felon, his father, and U.S. immigration law

  • News

    February 11, 1998

    Seven-Year Itch

    Critics say Minnesota's vaunted effort to make courts fairer is all talk and no action.

  • Feature

    April 2, 1997

    Big Brother

    Critics say Minnesota's vaunted effort to make courts fairer is all talk and no action.

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