Illegal Immigration and Deportation

The perfect victim: Exploitation and threat of deportation

A retail custodian sexually assaulted by her boss fights back despite her immigration status

Owner of Stillwater's Land of Pharaohs massage parlor deported for fondling female customers

Amir Abd El Malak, owner of Stillwater's Land of Pharaohs massage parlor, has been deported after he was sentenced to 10 years' probation for fondling female clients.SEE ALSO: Isabel Diaz-Castillo, alleged south Mpls baby snatcher, is in U.S. illegally, may be deportedIn January, a jury convicted Ma ... More >>

Controversial bill allowing illegal immigrants to get Minnesota driver's licenses advances

If DFLers on the House and Senate Transportation Policy Committees have their way, Minnesota will soon become the fifth state allowing illegal immigrants to obtain a driver's license.SEE ALSO: Albert Lea sign controversy: "Deport Illegals" message sparks protestYesterday, on a party-line 10-7 vote, ... More >>

Poll: Minnesotans favor path to citizenship for illegal immigrants

A majority of Minnesotans would favor an immigration proposal that creates a path to citizenship for those here illegally, according to a Star Tribune poll. SEE ALSO: SEIU protests Wells Fargo over political contributions, immigration

Carlos Orozco's abduction first time cell phone Amber Alert led directly to successful recovery

We've heard from many people who were surprised on Wednesday afternoon to unexpectedly receive an audio and text Amber Alert on their phones.SEE ALSO: Missing Minneapolis girl was simply crashing at a different friend's house Shortly after the Alert was pushed to Minnesota cell phones, 8-month-old C ... More >>

Albert Lea sign controversy: "Deport Illegals" message sparks protest

SEE ALSO:-- Mpls becomes first city to declare support for Obama's DREAM Act policy-- Chipotle faces fresh federal scrutiny more than year after mass firing of Latinos in Minnesota-- Ed Hansen, Confederate flag-flying West St. Paul City Council member, back in troubleLater today, people will gather ... More >>

Mpls becomes first city to declare support for Obama's DREAM Act policy

The Minneapolis City Council unanimously declared its support for President Barack Obama's recently announced policy suspending deportation for undocumented young folks. The Obama Administration announced the new policy June 15, which allows illegal immigrants who were brought here as children by ... More >>

The revolution won't be deported

If legal remedies are exhausted, it's time to take to the streets

Arizona Senate Bill 1070 criminalizes Mexicans

Cops will have to ask brown people for their papers

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Return to Sender

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

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

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.

Fair-y Tales

Operation Streamline: An immigration boondoggle

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

Pinalcchio

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

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

Part of the Amongst Us series

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

'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'

Ronnie's Kids

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

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 >>

What's a little marriage fraud between amigos?

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

An Immigrant's Heart

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

Cowboy Down

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

Badlands

From Ground Zero of the Immigration Crisis Along the Mexican Border

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 >>

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 >>

Immigration prankster can't get himself deported

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

Target, high school streakers, and swine offend everybody

Minnesota corporation mistakenly sells "Illegal Alien" costume

"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.

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.

Calexico

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

Return to Sender

The justice department fights to deport a Somali refugee

Living in America

Meet the neighbors

The Fast Track

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

Powers of Discretion

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

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.

Homeless

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

Seven-Year Itch

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

Big Brother