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1. Sen. Schimer holds hearing
2. NM Gov. to push for license repeal
3. Memorial service for BP agents
4. Groups decry linking E-Verify
5. Group gives GPS to 'coyotes'

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NY Sen. Schumer chairing hearing focusing on northern border security and commerce issues
The Associated Press, May 17, 2011

Sen. Charles Schumer is convening a Senate committee hearing to press for updates on security initiatives along the northern border.

The New York Democrat is on the subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security. Tuesday’s hearing in Washington will include testimony from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton, as well as Customs and Border Patrol Commissioner Alan Bersin.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/ny-sen-schumer-chairing-hearing-f...

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Gov. Martinez to push for immigrant driver's license repeal in special legislative session
The Associated Press, May 16, 2011

Gov. Susana Martinez plans to ask a special session of the Legislature to stop New Mexico from issuing driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

The Republican governor said Monday she will put the politically charged issue on the agenda of a special session this fall when lawmakers are to consider redistricting plans.

The governor pushed unsuccessfully to end the immigrant licensing policy during the Legislature's 60-day session, which ended in March. The House approved her proposal but it failed in the Senate.
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http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/b687b8146ed34eab865382d078757545/...

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Memorial Services Set for Border Patrol Agents
The Associated Press, May 17, 2011

Memorial services are scheduled this week in Yuma for two U.S. Border Patrol agents killed last week when a train hit their sport utility vehicle in western Arizona.

A public viewing for Agent Hector Clark is Wednesday with a public viewing Thursday for Agent Eduardo Rojas.

The public is invited to a memorial service for both agents this Friday at 1 p.m. at the Yuma Civic Center.
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/17/memorial-service-set-border-patrol-...

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Democrats' Linkage of E-Verify and DREAM Act Called 'Cynical'
Sunshine State News, May 17, 2011

Reintroducing the twice-failed DREAM Act for illegal aliens, congressional Democrats are hoping that a mandatory E-Verify employment-screening law will make their third attempt a charm.

Immigration-control groups call it a losing proposition.

DREAM, which would award in-state tuition and federal financial aid to students here illegally, remains highly controversial with the American public.

Although supporters of the bill, including U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., claim the DREAM Act is “not an open-door or free-ride,” the eligibility criteria set forth in the legislation are minimal and can be waived by the Department of Homeland Security, says the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

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http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/blog/democrats-linkage-e-verify-and-dre...

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Humanitarians give GPS rescue beacons to ‘coyotes’
Houston Chronicle, May 17, 2011

Immigrant advocates in Arizona are buying and distributing locator beacons with GPS to guides leading groups of illegal immigrants across the deadly Arizona-Sonora border.
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Here’s how the group plans to use them (courtesy of a Censored News article by Hoover):

“Older women in the community who are active in their congregation, who volunteer in the migrant shelter in Altar, and who know the young men who guide groups in the desert are distributing the devices with the moral instructions to use them only in an emergency but to definitely use them in an emergency. When a guide returns, he turns in the device, and it is re-issued to the next person/group going. In an emergency, the guide can activate the device which finds out where it is by using GPS. The PLB then transmits a signal to a NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite. That satellite beams the rescue signal and the location of the migrants to a national office where someone initiates a search and rescue mission. In most cases, it is the nearest county sheriff’s office that is the responding authority. This works, then, like a satellite-based 911 system that can be used anywhere in the desert regardless of whether or not there is cell phone coverage.”

Hoover said he sat down with U.S. Border Patrol officials in the fall and briefed them on his plans. Border Patrol spokeswoman Kerry Rogers did not comment directly on Hoover’s efforts, but said the Border Patrol has taken steps to reduce deaths along the border, blaming smugglers for leading illegal immigrants into increasingly remote areas.

Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for stricter immigration controls, said he has no problem with the idea.

“If anything it helps the Border Patrol find illegal aliens — obviously, only if they’re in trouble, but it doesn’t strike me as particularly problematic,” he said.
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http://blog.chron.com/immigration/2011/05/humanitarians-give-gps-rescue-...