The voices of Danbury residents speaking up about the Unjustice of city ordinance against Undocumented Immigrants.

See who's turning their back on you as Hispanic American. Before you vote take this list with you. Said not to Save Act.




Signers of Discharge Petition to Bring SAVE Act to House Floor - 185

House Democrats (10)

(Ga.) – Rep. Barrow
(Ind.) - Rep. Ellsworth
(Ind.) - Rep. Donnelly
(Kan.) – Rep. Boyda
(Miss.) - Rep. Taylor
(N.C.) – Rep. McIntyre
(N.C.) - Rep. Shuler
(Pa.) - Rep. Carney
(Pa.) - Rep. Kanjorski
(Texas) – Rep. Lampson

House Republicans (175)

(Ala.) - Rep. Aderholt
(Ala.) - Rep. Bachus
(Ala.) - Rep. Bonner
(Ala.) - Rep. Everett
(Alaska) - Rep. Young
(Ariz.) - Rep. Flake
(Ariz.) – Rep. Franks
(Ariz.) – Rep. Renzi
(Ariz.) – Rep. Shadegg
(Ark.) – Rep. Boozman
(Calif.) - Rep. Bilbray
(Calif.) – Rep. Bono-Mack
(Calif.) – Rep. Calvert
(Calif.) - Rep. Campbell
(Calif.) - Rep. Doolittle
(Calif.) – Rep. Dreier
(Calif.) - Rep. Gallegly
(Calif.) - Rep. Herger
(Calif.) – Rep. Hunter
(Calif.) - Rep. Issa
(Calif.) – Rep. Lewis
(Calif.) – Rep. Lungren
(Calif.) - Rep. McCarthy
(Calif.) - Rep. McKeon
(Calif.) - Rep. Miller
(Calif.) – Rep. Rohrabacher
(Calif.) - Rep. Royce
(Colo.) – Rep. Lamborn
(Colo.) - Rep. Musgrave
(Colo.) - Rep. Tancredo
(Conn.) – Rep. Shays
(Del.) – Rep. Castle
(Fla.) - Rep. Bilirakis
(Fla.) - Rep. Buchanan
(Fla.) – Rep. Brown-Waite
(Fla.) – Rep. Crenshaw
(Fla.) – Rep. Feeney
(Fla.) – Rep. Keller
(Fla.) - Rep. Mack
(Fla.) - Rep. Mica
(Fla.) - Rep. Miller
(Fla.) - Rep. Putnam
(Fla.) – Rep. Stearns
(Fla.) – Rep. Weldon
(Fla.) - Rep. Young
(Ga.) - Rep. Broun
(Ga.) – Rep. Deal
(Ga.) – Rep. Gingrey
(Ga.) – Rep. Kingston
(Ga.) – Rep. Linder
(Ga.) – Rep. Price
(Ga.) - Rep. Westmoreland
(Idaho) - Rep. Simpson
(Ill.) – Rep. Biggert
(Ill.) – Rep. Kirk
(Ill.) – Rep. LaHood
(Ill.) – Rep. Manzullo
(Ill.) - Rep. Roskam
(Ill.) - Rep. Shimkus
(Ill.) – Rep. Weller
(Ind.) – Rep. Burton
(Ind.) - Rep. Buyer
(Ind.) - Rep. Pence
(Iowa) - Rep. Latham
(Kan.) – Rep. Tiahrt
(Kan.) - Rep. Moran
(Ky.) – Rep. Davis
(Ky.) – Rep. Lewis
(Ky.) – Rep. Rogers
(Ky.) - Rep. Whitfield
(La.) - Rep. Alexander
(La.) - Rep. Boustany
(La.) – Rep. McCrery
(Md.) - Rep. Bartlett
(Md.) - Rep. Gilchrist
(Mich.) - Rep. Camp
(Mich.) - Rep. Hoekstra
(Mich.) - Rep. Knollenberg
(Mich.) - Rep. McCotter
(Mich.) - Rep. Miller
(Mich.) - Rep. Rogers
(Mich.) - Rep. Walberg
(Minn.) – Rep. Bachmann
(Minn.) - Rep. Kline
(Minn.) - Rep. Ramstad
(Mo.) – Rep. Akin
(Mo.) - Rep. Blunt
(Mo.) – Rep. Emerson
(Mo.) – Rep. Graves
(Mt.) - Rep. Rehberg
(Mo.) – Rep. Hulshof
(Neb.) – Rep. Fortenberry
(Neb.) – Rep. Smith
(Neb.) – Rep. Terry
(Nev.) - Rep. Heller
(Nev.) - Rep. Porter
(N.J.) - Rep. Ferguson
(N.J.) – Rep. Frelinghuysen
(N.J.) – Rep. Garrett
(N.J.) - Rep. Saxton
(N.J.) – Rep. Smith
(N.M.) - Rep. Pearce
(N.M.) – Rep. Wilson
(N.Y.) - Rep. King
(N.Y.) - Rep. Walsh
(N.C.) - Rep. Coble
(N.C.) - Rep. Foxx
(N.C.) – Rep. Hayes
(N.C.) – Rep. Jones
(N.C.) – Rep. McHenry
(N.C.) – Rep. Myrick
(Ohio) - Rep. Jordan
(Ohio) - Rep. Boehner
(Ohio) - Rep. Chabot
(Ohio) – Rep. LaTourette
(Ohio) – Rep. Latta
(Ohio) - Rep. Regula
(Ohio) - Rep. Schmidt
(Ohio) - Rep. Tiberi
(Ohio) - Rep. Turner
(Okla.) - Rep. Cole
(Okla.) - Rep. Fallin
(Okla.) - Rep. Lucas
(Okla.) – Rep. Sullivan
(Ore.) – Rep. Walden
(Pa.) - Rep. Dent
(Pa.) - Rep. English
(Pa.) - Rep. Gerlach
(Pa.) – Rep. Murphy
(Pa.) - Rep. Peterson
(Pa.) – Rep. Pitts
(Pa.) - Rep. Platts
(Pa.) - Rep. Shuster
(S.C.) – Rep. Barrett
(S.C.) – Rep. Brown, Jr.
(S.C.) - Rep. Ingliss
(S.C.) - Rep. Wilson
(Tenn.) – Rep. Blackburn
(Tenn.) - Rep. Davis
(Tenn.) – Rep. Duncan, Jr.
(Tenn.) – Rep. Wamp
(Texas) - Rep. Barton
(Texas) - Rep. Brady
(Texas) - Rep. Burgess
(Texas) – Rep. Carter
(Texas) – Rep. Conaway
(Texas) - Rep. Culberson
(Texas) - Rep. Gohmert
(Texas) – Rep. Granger
(Texas) - Rep. Hall
(Texas) - Rep. Hensarling
(Texas) - Rep. Johnson
(Texas) – Rep. Marchant
(Texas) – Rep. McCaul
(Texas) - Rep. Neugebauer
(Texas) - Rep. Poe
(Texas) – Rep. Sessions
(Texas) – Rep. Smith
(Texas) - Rep. Thornberry
(Utah) - Rep. Bishop
(Utah) - Rep. Cannon
(Va.) - Rep. Cantor
(Va.) – Rep. Davis
(Va.) - Rep. Drake
(Va.) - Rep. Forbes
(Va.) – Rep. Goode, Jr.
(Va.) – Rep. Goodlatte
(Va.) – Rep. Wittman
(Va.) - Rep. Wolf
(Wash.) – Rep. Reichert
(Wis.) - Rep. Petri
(Wis.) – Rep. Ryan
(Wis.) - Rep. Sensenbrenner
(Wyo.) – Rep. Cubin

How undocumented Immigrants has been scapegoating, dimished, demonized by some political, Media and anchor news.

In Times of economy stress is always an Enemy. Know the Enemy at this time are Latinos, Hispanics. Why Scapegoating Latinos and Hispanics?

Still, news from the US Census Bureau fans angry flames: From 2000 to 2005, the foreign-born population of the United States increased by 4.9 million people to a total of 35.7 million, or 12.4 percent of the population.



By some accounts, the country is drowning in immigrants -- including the estimated 12 million who are undocumented-- taking jobs and driving down wages. Mix anti-immigrant sentiment and overinflated rhetoric about terrorists, and false images emerge of white America being overrun by brown-skinned criminals.



Contractors and carpenters do make a legitimate argument that they are undercut by competitors who can make low bids because they underpay undocumented workers. The solution is not to demonize the workers but to aggressively enforce wage and hours laws.



It's a factual and tactical mistake to lump terrorism with unrelated issues of undocumented immigrants seeking work. Nonetheless, towns in Massachusetts and other states are piling on. Sandwich officials want to sanction businesses that hire undocumented workers. Milford officials support a proposal to limit the number of unrelated adults who can share an apartment. Hazleton, Pa., officials called for fining landlords who rent to undocumented immigrants, prompting a federal lawsuit by the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund.



Anti-immigrant stances are shortsighted, but they suggest that many Americans themselves feel pinched, unfairly treated, and cut off from opportunities to get ahead. It's legitimate outrage -- with causes that often have little to do with immigration.
In Massachusetts, for example, the notion of young couples moving into affordable starter homes seems increasingly quaint. They might afford a starter condo -- if they have the money for a down payment.



Another problem: The rich are getting richer faster. In a January report, the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center said that for the last 20 years, incomes of the state's richest families ``have grown almost five times as fast as those for low-income families and nearly twice as fast as those for middle-income families." The income gap has grown more in Massachusetts than in 47 other states.



College and professional degrees boost incomes, and the Census ranks Massachusetts second in the nation, behind Washington D.C., in the proportion of people with bachelor's degrees. But that's still only 36.9 percent of this state's population.
Scapegoating immigrants is easy. But much of what ails ordinary Americans is a skewed economic playing field that makes it difficult to get ahead.

Conflicting and poisoned data on crime and Immigration has been presented to Texas legistators from Anti Immigrants groups (C.I.S). It's time to look for real solutions to a real problems not to skewed numbers to fit their political and Anti Immigrant Agenda.

A public hearing Friday on immigrants in Texas jails and prisons shed light on holes in the criminal justice pipelines, state and local, and the lack of information on the legal status of those behind bars.

The Texas House on corrections and the Committee on County Affairs held the all-day hearing at the University of Texas at Dallas to attempt to determine:
• Whether the state has a problem in the prison system.
• What the dividing line is between state and federal authorities.
• The cost for people who are arrested and charged with felonies and convicted of felonies.
• Whether state agencies are coordinating with one another.

More than 200 people turned out Friday. And as expected, emotions ran high on illegal immigration and alleged racial profiling of Hispanics, amid readings of statistics and contradictory reports.

Some even questioned why the hearing – the first of several around the state – was held.
Others urged legislators not to be soft on crime committed by those in the U.S. illegally.

"Texas legislators must step up and become more accountable," said Jean Towell, president and co-founder of Dallas-based Citizens for Immigration Reform. Those in the U.S. illegally who have committed nonviolent crimes should not be given early release and they should be deported as well, Ms. Towell said.

Legislators were presented with two contradictory studies on crime and immigration. One study, co-authored by Ruben Rumbaut of the University of California at Irvine, looked at incarceration rates among young men and showed those rates to be the lowest for immigrants, even those who are the least educated.

Another, authored by Carl Horowitz, of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington, D.C., research center, said that criminal gangs with ties to immigrant communities are a problem "understated" in crime statistics and that immigrants are less likely to report crime, according to a presentation by one speaker.
Taking a break after six hours of testimony, Rep. Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said that there are problems in the notification of federal immigration officials and problems in getting documentation on the foreign-born.
"So that is clearly one of the areas we will look at," said Mr. Madden, chairman of the Texas House Corrections Committee.
The Texas Legislature meets in regular session every other year; its next regular session will begin in January 2009.

At least one state lawmaker was troubled by the hearing altogether.
State Rep. Garnet Coleman, D-Houston and a member of the House County Affairs Committee, questioned whether his colleagues were using the issue to gain political leverage.
"I would rather that you arrest a guy who is a murderer ... than a person over here who is trying to find work," he told his fellow legislators.
Mr. Coleman said that he believed the hearing wouldn't have been held if the discussion focused on Irish immigrants.

Outside the university chamber hall, Mr. Coleman said there was a distinction between criminal law and immigration law, and that arresting people on immigration violations wasted resources.
Illegal immigrants are being deported when caught for Class C misdemeanors, such as traffic violations, Mr. Coleman said.
"It's not about black people anymore," he said. "It's about gays, Mexican-Americans and Latin Americans."

Speaker after speaker addressed procedures by local police and county probation officers.
Repeatedly, they raised the role of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency within the Department of Homeland Security. ICE is the prime agency authorized to place a hold on those held at a jail or state prison or on probation, speakers noted.
"Why aren't they here?" asked state Rep. Jim McReynolds, D-Lufkin.
A spokesman for ICE, Carl Rusnok, said Homeland Security policy prohibits ICE from testifying at state hearings. But he added that ICE "makes every effort to ensure that state legislators have information about ICE and our operations."
Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said that of the 155,000 prisoners in the Texas Prison System, about 6 percent to 7 percent are foreign-born. But it is ICE's job to determine the citizenship status of those foreign-born inmates and whether they are in the U.S. legally, he said.

Within the more than 200 jails in Texas, statistical record-keeping is not as precise.
Adan Muñoz, executive director of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, said there were no definitive numbers on the foreign-born or the percentage of illegal immigrants in local jails.
State Rep. Roberto Alonzo, D-Dallas, repeatedly questioned whether lines are blurred even further during arrests and even during ICE holds. Mr. Alonzo said he knew of a case in which a U.S. citizen was placed on an ICE hold.
Some in the audience were pleased by stepped-up law enforcement by local authorities.
Sue Richardson, a leader of a Republican club in Irving, praised the collaboration of Irving police with ICE in a program known as the Criminal Alien Program, or CAP.
"Never lose sight of the fact that you're to protect citizens of state, not illegal aliens," she said.
Authorities have to do something about the drug traffickers and terrorists living illegally in the country, she said, prompting a member of the committee to ask how many of the illegal immigrants in Irving are drug dealers or terrorists.
"I don't know what they are," she said. "You'd have to ask our police

How many times we heard the Anti Immigrants saying that Undocumented immigrants are the burden for Medicare cost!!!!! Almost everyday and they assured that is no way around it. Since when Ignorance became point of discussion? Well, let show them some numbers of Medicare fraud......

Nine Miami Defendants in strike force cases sentenced for $56.5 MILLION in Medicare Fraud.

Washington - Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today that owners of nine separate Miami-based health care corporations have been sentenced to prison terms within the past two weeks. Collectively, the nine defendants filed fraudulent claims with Medicare for $56,599,832 worth of unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) and infusion therapy.

The nine defendants sentenced in Miami are: (1) Luis Soto, 41, sentenced to 87 months in prison; (2) Noel Rodriguez, 50, sentenced to 51 months in prison; (3) Rosabel Gonzalez, 32, sentenced to 30 months in prison; (4) Christian Vasquez, 22, sentenced to 41 months in prison; (5) Maria De La Serna, 55, sentenced to 19 months in prison; (6) Ariel Betancourt, 35, sentenced to 24 months in prison; (7) Jose Prieto, 58, sentenced to 41 months in prison; (8) Armando Jorge Herrera, 27, sentenced to 36 months in prison; and (9) Reinaldo Lopez, 40, sentenced to 46 months in prison.

Soto was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke on January 23, 2008. Soto owned and operated Ocean Medical Equipment, Adriana Medical Supply, Advance Medical Equipment, Family Health Medical Equipment, First AA Medical, KB Medical Services, Rossmary Medical Supplies, R&R Medical Equipment, Sagua Medical Supplies, Telimay Medical Service, West Side Medical, Future Medical Center, Siboney Medical Center, and Tampa Trauma that billed for items such as oxygen concentrators, nebulizers and wheelchairs that were never provided. Soto submitted claims to Medicare for unnecessary medical equipment and he caused the submission of false claims for pharmaceuticals. In total, Soto, through his companies, was responsible for over $47 million in false claims to Medicare. Soto pleaded guilty on October 16, 2007.

Rodriguez was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King on January 16, 2008. Rodriguez owned and operated OxyCare of Miami, a fraudulent DME company that had nothing to do with providing health care or necessary medical equipment. Between September of 2001 and June of 2003, OxyCare submitted claims to Medicare for medical equipment largely consisting of unnecessary oxygen concentrators, hospital beds and pressure reducing mattresses. Further, Rodriguez caused the submission of false claims for pharmaceuticals. In total, Rodriguez, through his companies, was responsible for over $1.2 million in false claims to Medicare. Rodriguez pleaded guilty on October 10, 2007.

Gonzalez, the owner and operator of Genesis Associates Group, Inc., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald L. Graham on January 10, 2008. Genesis was a fraudulent DME company that had nothing to do with providing health care or necessary medical equipment. Gonzalez submitted over $1.5 million in false claims to Medicare largely consisting of unnecessary power pressure reducing mattresses and orthotics. Gonzalez pleaded guilty on November 2, 2007.

Vasquez, the named owner of Tamiami Medical Supply, Inc., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joan A. Lenard on January 16, 2008. Tamiami was a fraudulent DME company that had nothing to do with providing health care or necessary medical equipment. Tamiami submitted over $1.2 million in false claims to Medicare. The previous named owner of Tamiami, Justo Padron, 36, died in November of 2007 after an alligator attack at the Miccosukee Tribe Indian Reservation. Vasquez pleaded guilty on October 22, 2007.

De La Serna was sentenced by U.S. District Marcia G. Cooke on January 23, 2008. De La Serna owned and operated Respiratory One Equipment, Inc., a fraudulent DME company that had nothing to do with providing health care or necessary medical equipment. Between September of 2001 and June of 2003, Respiratory One submitted claims to Medicare for medical equipment largely consisting of unnecessary oxygen concentrators and nebulizers. Further, De La Serna caused the submission of false claims for pharmaceuticals. In total, De La Serna was responsible for over $345,000 in false claim to Medicare. De La Serna pleaded guilty on November 15, 2007.

Betancourt, the named owner of Lincoln Medical Supply, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King on January 16, 2008. Lincoln Medical was a fraudulent DME company that had nothing to do with providing health care or necessary medical equipment. Lincoln Medical submitted over $480,000 in false claims to Medicare for largely unnecessary equipment such as wound therapy pumps and expensive wound care items. Betancourt pleaded guilty on November 15, 2007.

Prieto and Herrera were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jose A. Gonzalez for their involvement on January 18, 2008. Prieto and Herrera were owners and operators of Coral Way Medical, a fraudulent HIV infusion clinic that also billed for unnecessary procedures such as paravertebral joint injections. Prieto and Herrera used these two companies to submit over $900,000 in fraudulent Medicare claims. Prieto pleaded guilty on November 15, 2007. Herrera pleaded guilty on November 1, 2007.

Lopez, the owner and operator of Reny Medical Equipment, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke on January 23, 2008. Reny Medical was a fraudulent DME company that had nothing to do with providing health care or necessary medical equipment. Lopez submitted over $450,000 in false claims to Medicare for unnecessary items such as prosthetics and ostomy supplies. Lopez pleaded guilty on November 7, 2007.

“The Department of Justice places a high priority on investigating and prosecuting those who steal tax payer money intended to provide health care for the elderly and disabled,” said Assistant Attorney General Fisher. “We have dedicated a team of experienced prosecutors to focus on Medicare and other healthcare fraud around the country.”

“The fight against Health Care fraud in Miami is a top priority,” said U.S. Attorney Acosta. “With the help of the newly formed HHS-OIG Florida Region which will add federal agents to our efforts we expect to see a significant impact on reducing fraud.”

According to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Miami-Dade County alone accounted for more paid DME claims than 44 other states. Only some of the most populous states in the country including California, Texas, New York, Michigan, and Ohio billed Medicare for more than Miami-Dade County. According to that same data, an average Medicare patient in Miami-Dade County allegedly receives $6,200 worth of DME every year based on paid amounts; whereas patients throughout the rest of the United States average approximately $1,200 per year.

The Soto and De La Serna cases were prosecuted by Deputy Chief Kirk Ogrosky from the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section in Washington, D.C., and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Stumphauser of the Southern District of Florida. The Vasquez and Betancourt cases were prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stumphauser. The Rodriguez case was prosecuted by Deputy Chief Ogrosky, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Katz. The Gonzalez case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney John S. Darden of the Fraud Section, the Prieto and Herrera cases were prosecuted by Trial Attorney Jerrob Duffy and Deputy Chief Ogrosky of the Fraud Section; and the Lopez case was prosecuted by Trial Attorney John Cunningham of the Fraud Section

If you are still skeptical that America is on fear and ignorance. Just wait when the see the 140,000 Iraqis applications for Residency in U.S.

They are using anything as scapegoats against others for their constant fear..

DAMASCUS, Syria—Thousands of Iraqi refugees in Syria have applied for resettlement in the United States, a U.N. refugee agency official in the Syrian capital said Wednesday.
Laurens Jolles, head of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office in Damascus, said the office has registered some 140,000 Iraqi refugees in Syria, where the bulk of Iraqis fled to escape the violence in their war-ravaged homeland.

Jolles told The Associated Press that 6,700 of them applied this year for resettlement, including 4,662 seeking to resettle in the U.S.

A U.S. State Department spokesman in Washington declined immediate comment.

Syria is home to 1.5 million Iraqi refugees and says the influx has strained its education, health and housing systems, pushing the government to tighten visa requirements and to call for international assistance.

Despite frosty relations with Washington, Damascus recently agreed to allow American interviewers into the country to screen the Iraqis for admission to the United States. The move followed a visit here last month by senior U.S. envoys James Foley and Lori Scialabba, a top immigration official with Homeland Security.

Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and other countries in the region are sheltering more than 2 million Iraqis who have fled since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Already, several hundred refugees from Syria have been given permission to resettle in Finland, the Netherlands, Canada and Australia this year.

The U.S. plans to admit 12,000 Iraqi refugees in a year's time. But only 450 were let in last month—less than half the monthly average needed to reach the target.

The Bush administration has conceded a moral obligation to assist Iraqi refugees, but the slow pace of admissions has sparked criticism from refugee advocates and lawmakers.

The blame has been placed on bureaucratic slowdowns—including bickering between the State Department, which is in charge of refugee resettlement, and Homeland Security, which must screen all refugees for admission. Those from Iraq are subjected to additional security checks because of fears of terrorism.