5 killed, 15 hurt after SUV rolls over near Tucson

<div class="tr_bq">Five people were killed - including a young boy - and 15 injured late Saturday when an SUV rolled over southeast of Tucson, authorities said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngYNjxJpwv2_cV6yCPnVF4FNJx1Q54It4KluHMVoznD9RolmmmZ3UiRR5kb_8l_1xuwMG6-AU-VEEtCtsHSm7LNl7B-h5XJ1jl-UtgSWN3_agzgWkK9ULoNOrvCMztvroIM3KmcMfbe-I/s1600/ArizonaSUV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgngYNjxJpwv2_cV6yCPnVF4FNJx1Q54It4KluHMVoznD9RolmmmZ3UiRR5kb_8l_1xuwMG6-AU-VEEtCtsHSm7LNl7B-h5XJ1jl-UtgSWN3_agzgWkK9ULoNOrvCMztvroIM3KmcMfbe-I/s1600/ArizonaSUV.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said preliminary investigations suggested 20 people were traveling inside the Chevrolet Tahoe at the time of the accident at Interstate 10 and Arizona State Route 83.</div><div><br /></div><div>The fatalities included a young boy.</div><div><br /></div><div>"You could see vehicle parts all over," Rincon Valley Fire District Assistant Chief Lee Bucklin. "There were people thrown all over the place."</div><div><br /></div><div>Citing a statement from Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol agents had tried to stop the vehicle on westbound Interstate 10 around 11 p.m. local time on Saturday but the vehicle had kept going.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">Border Patrol releases statement following deadly car accident<br />TUCSON - Five people died in a vehicle rollover Saturday night near Interstate 10 and State Route 83.<br />According to a statement released Sunday evening, Border Patrol agents from the Willcox station tried to stop a Chevrolet Tahoe traveling west on Highway 10.<br />The vehicle kept going west to exit 281 to Highway 83.<br />CBP says preliminary reports indicate the driver of Tahoe lost control on the exit ramp and rolled. 18 passengers were in the vehicle at the time. Five people were killed.</span></blockquote><div><br /></div>

5 killed, 15 hurt after SUV rolls over near Tucson

Five people were killed - including a young boy - and 15 injured late Saturday when an SUV rolled over southeast of Tucson, authorities said...

Immigrants decry 'scarlet letter' drivers licenses in NC

<div class="abs">A plan to distinguish drivers licenses of undocumented immigrants' from citizens' in North Carolina has some worried it could mark them for discrimination.</div><div class="abs"> </div><section><div class="first" data-class="float1"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgMBEP641TWpg2kRmjZPkd4_qlppCuCmAde3RGuIlqUGTrnBFmY6pvQs6tLa88ts__SNCNhKaxFsu4pSKkR3ZklmXFUlzu0GtcWG-VRtQCTDFx8ECthDLMjpp5cu05DmYhqsYgqnt1N3_/s1600/drny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRgMBEP641TWpg2kRmjZPkd4_qlppCuCmAde3RGuIlqUGTrnBFmY6pvQs6tLa88ts__SNCNhKaxFsu4pSKkR3ZklmXFUlzu0GtcWG-VRtQCTDFx8ECthDLMjpp5cu05DmYhqsYgqnt1N3_/s1600/drny.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div>WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — North Carolina will begin issuing driver's licenses to some young undocumented immigrants who have temporary permission to stay in the United States, but critics have complained that the look of the licenses amounts to a "scarlet letter" that could invite discrimination.<br />Alabama is also poised to start granting licenses to immigrants, putting the two southern states in line with most of the country. But North Carolina's plan has drawn fire for a dark pink stripe at the top of its licenses and the words "No Lawful Status" in red.<br />"Branding somebody with a pink stripe that is distinguishing them from everyone else... It just sets them up for differential treatment," said Tanya Broder, a senior attorney at the National Immigration Law Center. "It's gratuitous."<br />No such complaints have emerged in Alabama, where officials said the licenses will be marked "FN" for Foreign National.<br />Broder said about 40 states and the District of Columbia have confirmed that they are granting driver's licenses or plan to do so for undocumented youth who receive short-term reprieve from deportation under a program announced last June by President Barack Obama, a Democrat who has sought to create more opportunities for children of immigrant families.<br />Republicans in some states have opposed drivers licenses for illegal immigrants, but only Arizona and Nebraska have said outright that young immigrants are not eligible.<br />Immigrants who came to the United States as children and meet certain other criteria can apply for a work permit for a renewable period of two years through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. They also can obtain Social Security numbers.<br />As of mid-February, 199,460 of the estimated 1.7 million people who are potentially eligible for the program had been granted deferred action, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. They are considered to be lawfully present during that period but do not have full legal status.<br />North Carolina was among a handful of states that initially said they would not give driver's licenses to young recipients of deferred action. But after the state attorney general's office said state law required the licenses to be issued, officials said they would begin doing so on March 25.<br />State law requires that temporary licenses have a distinctive marking and an explanation of their limited term to distinguish them from regular licenses, said Mike Charbonneau, a spokesman for the state transportation department.<br />A spokeswoman for Republican Governor Pat McCrory said he supported the decision to issue the licenses as designed.<br />Immigrant advocates are considering ways, including possible legal action, to challenge the look of the licenses, what some refer to as "scarlet letters," said Jeff Shaw, spokesman for the North Carolina Justice Center, a research and advocacy group.<br />"It will make a lot of people feel discriminated (against)," said Yazmin Garcia Rico, 23, a Mexican immigrant and deferred action recipient in North Carolina. She said she worried immigrants with the distinctive licenses would have trouble getting services.<br /><br /> ALABAMA POLICY TO TAKE EFFECT FRIDAY<br />In Alabama, which passed one of the toughest state measures on illegal immigration, young immigrants who have been approved for deferred action will be allowed to begin applying for driver's licenses on Friday, officials said this week.<br />Approximately 1,500 people in Alabama are eligible for deferred action under the federal program, said Sergeant Steve Jarrett of the state's public safety department.<br />Their licenses will be marked with "FN" for Foreign National, which is standard for licenses given to anyone who is not a U.S. citizen, he said.<br />Guadalupe Rosaliano, 18, of Decatur, Alabama, said getting a license will mark another step toward her ultimate goal of becoming a lawyer and one day running for Congress.<br />The high school graduate, who has lived in Alabama since her parents left Mexico when she was 2, said she is looking for a job and hoping to apply to colleges now that she is armed with a work permit and Social Security number.<br />"This will make it easier for most of us to get to work," Rosaliano said of the licenses. "I plan to get mine as soon as I can practice my driving better."<br />Young immigrants in Arizona and Nebraska don't have that option. The two states have remained firm in their refusals to grant licenses to those given deferred action under the federal plan, Broder said.<br />A coalition of civil rights organizations sued Arizona over its stance, and a judge will hear arguments on March 22 from opponents seeking to have the decision blocked and state officials who want the suit dismissed.<br />A spokesman for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, a Republican, said state law requires individuals to have "federally authorized presence" to qualify for a license, and Obama's action did not amount to that.<br />"Governor Brewer is intent on defending Arizona law, and is confident the court will uphold the state's action," said spokesman Matthew Benson.</section>

Immigrants decry 'scarlet letter' drivers licenses in NC

A plan to distinguish drivers licenses of undocumented immigrants' from citizens' in North Carolina has some worried it could mark t...

Family of slain Border Patrol agent sues officials

Brian Terry died after a firefight near the Arizona-Mexico border in the gun operation known as 'Fast and Furious.' <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFacODcK0H9TWBF8QaIIlfJj-gL0PqbA5Zw4IN6rFzxkDfJofn-z29PrCZ5uR-1_XWUUhsxkjj8Y-X1uovXD_sjJT3Uy3NmPDBMvUcPqiBrlZwOIWaqBGOro_1E2RTwOFX1oTj4VHQb4Tg/s1600/%2540Publimetro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFacODcK0H9TWBF8QaIIlfJj-gL0PqbA5Zw4IN6rFzxkDfJofn-z29PrCZ5uR-1_XWUUhsxkjj8Y-X1uovXD_sjJT3Uy3NmPDBMvUcPqiBrlZwOIWaqBGOro_1E2RTwOFX1oTj4VHQb4Tg/s1600/%2540Publimetro.jpg" /></a></div><br />PHOENIX(12/14/12) — The family of a slain Border Patrol agent has sued federal officials over the botched "Fast and Furious" gun operation.<br />Agent Brian Terry was mortally wounded on Dec. 14, 2010, in a firefight north of the Arizona-Mexico border between U.S. agents and five men who had sneaked into the country to rob marijuana smugglers.<br />Federal authorities conducting "Fast and Furious" have faced tough criticism for allowing suspected straw gun buyers for a smuggling ring to walk away from gun shops in Arizona with weapons, rather than arrest them and seize weapons.<br />The lawsuit filed Thursday and made publicly available on Friday came from Terry's parents against six managers and investigators for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<br />The family also sued a federal prosecutor who had previously handled the case but is no longer on it, and the owner of the gun store where two rifles found in the firefight's aftermath were bought.<br />The family alleges that the ATF officials and federal prosecutor created a risk to law enforcement officers such as Terry and that the firearms agents should have known their actions would lead to injuries and deaths to civilians and police officers in America and Mexico.<br />The family also alleged that firearms agents and the prosecutor sought to cover up the link between Terry's death and the botched gun smuggling investigation.<br />The "Fast and Furious" operation was launched in 2009 to catch trafficking kingpins, but agents lost track of about 1,400 of the more than 2,000 weapons involved.<br />Authorities say the ring was believed to have supplied the Sinaloa cartel with guns. Mexico's drug cartels often seek out guns in the U.S. because gun laws in Mexico are more restrictive than in the U.S.<br />Some guns purchased by the ring were later found at crime scenes in Mexico and the United States.<br />The probe's failures were revealed — and later examined in congressional inquiries.<br />So far, 15 of the 20 people charged in the gun smuggling case have pleaded guilty to charges.<br />Authorities have a separate case pending in federal court in Tucson against five men charged with murder in Terry's death.<br />So far, one man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. Of the five men accused in Terry's killing, two are in custody, and three others remain fugitives.

Family of slain Border Patrol agent sues officials

Brian Terry died after a firefight near the Arizona-Mexico border in the gun operation known as 'Fast and Furious.' PHOENIX(12/14/12...

ACLU sues over photo restrictions at US border

The lawsuit calls the policy of not being able to take photos at border crossings a violation of constitutional rights to free speech and against illegal search and seizure.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnkXbY9qAKdnbzJnzPw0aSkHKdulIIV_EwPGVFeQ-Qmwf9ezMBNgSwSRZ5qLkU2hG0ZWakAc2QRHr_gvK-yiNl_Md6y9Qrqp854TMM4yjmi3zCPrbOjwUFoJvmXWCsdsLv9xKQr30HBJh/s1600/seopublimetro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhnkXbY9qAKdnbzJnzPw0aSkHKdulIIV_EwPGVFeQ-Qmwf9ezMBNgSwSRZ5qLkU2hG0ZWakAc2QRHr_gvK-yiNl_Md6y9Qrqp854TMM4yjmi3zCPrbOjwUFoJvmXWCsdsLv9xKQr30HBJh/s1600/seopublimetro.jpg" /></a></div><br />SAN DIEGO (10/26/12 )— The American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over restrictions on taking photos and recording video at ports of entry, saying the policy prohibits the public from documenting possible misconduct by authorities.<br />The federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of two activists who say authorities deleted their photos at California border crossings with Mexico.<br />The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday in San Diego, says the Customs and Border Protection agency prohibits the public from taking photos at or near ports of entry without permission. It calls the policy a violation of constitutional rights to free speech and against illegal search and seizure.<br />Customs and Border Protection officials had no immediate comment when asked Thursday about the lawsuit and its policy on taking photographs.<br />The lawsuit said plaintiff Ray Askins took photos of an inspection area at a Calexico border crossing in April from a city street. After being handcuffed and searched, authorities returned his digital camera with photos erased.<br />The Calexico port director, Billy Whitford, told Askins in an email the next day that permission is needed to take photos and video at Customs and Border Protection facilities. The email makes no mention of restrictions on taking photos from a nearby street.<br />Christian Ramirez, human rights director at Equality Alliance San Diego, had about 10 cellphone photos deleted by authorities in June 2010 at San Diego's San Ysidro port of entry, according to the lawsuit. The lawsuit says he was on a pedestrian bridge, capturing images of male officers patting down women.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzrIWgr5vxax-jI8j-igs3HEtsfshuv2owRk6L4XCepA2qjs5F270GfibmVbYKczCGr9bMJG0etTMWHEFd7-SL_10-9OQ3W7Aml6ePf9oyqlpDy_jwt20-jXm0CJ06iMiPdQO3PMJh5fB/s1600/@publimetro.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwzrIWgr5vxax-jI8j-igs3HEtsfshuv2owRk6L4XCepA2qjs5F270GfibmVbYKczCGr9bMJG0etTMWHEFd7-SL_10-9OQ3W7Aml6ePf9oyqlpDy_jwt20-jXm0CJ06iMiPdQO3PMJh5fB/s1600/@publimetro.png" width="320" /></a></div>

ACLU sues over photo restrictions at US border

The lawsuit calls the policy of not being able to take photos at border crossings a violation of constitutional rights to free speech and ag...

Immigrant groups sue Border Protection for discrimination, mistreatment

Immigrant advocacy groups are suing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, saying agents discriminated against immigrants and U.S. citizens.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ7-__tL37AggPobkuyoa2K80vwg27C1QS-t8WBn2Si4ahbdVPeZpzGMel6gM70cM8UTMOMOXIQqunfxaib-VMsHqj-OfgPeJ4o9qqZ-JDCYP-3E4pPrNZliC-ujhzaMOrSouOtOFKfYG/s1600/Border.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJ7-__tL37AggPobkuyoa2K80vwg27C1QS-t8WBn2Si4ahbdVPeZpzGMel6gM70cM8UTMOMOXIQqunfxaib-VMsHqj-OfgPeJ4o9qqZ-JDCYP-3E4pPrNZliC-ujhzaMOrSouOtOFKfYG/s1600/Border.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />SEATTLE — Immigrant advocacy groups have filed nearly a dozen complaints and lawsuits against U.S. Customs and Border Protection across the country, claiming federal agents and officers mistreated and discriminated illegal immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.<br />Washington, New York, Texas and Ohio are among the states where cases were filed. They allege officers were complicit in sending a 4-year-old American girl to Guatemala without giving her parents a chance to get her, detained a naturalized citizen helping farmworkers, kept women in cold detention cells and lied on an arrest report that led to a man's detention.<br />The cases involve complaints against the agency and lawsuits filed in federal court. Some seek monetary damages.<br />A U.S. Customs and Border Protection statement says it does not tolerate misconduct and can't comment on pending

Immigrant groups sue Border Protection for discrimination, mistreatment

Immigrant advocacy groups are suing U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, saying agents discriminated against immigrants and U.S. citizens. SEATTL...