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At the time of going to press, the PSP had detained three people in the incident. Hugo Marado from the PSP said that there were indications that the detainees were part of a larger group, with officials suspecting a total of 16 people, allegedly from Morocco, although the authorities highlighted that this does not mean that they all arrived on the same vessel.

According to Hugo Marado, it was the three detainees who reported that the group was composed of 16 people, which led the police authorities to raise their alertness, especially in the eastern Algarve.

"Within our patrol we are being especially attentive, but we have no idea of the locations where they can be found," he acknowledged, adding that the case had been reported to the Castro Marim Police and Customs Cooperation Centre.

On 29 March, the authorities detained three people in Vila Real de Santo Antnio, in the district of Faro, who had allegedly landed illegally on a beach in the municipality, after the local Maritime Police detected an abandoned vessel on the beach of Santo Antnio.

The small vessel, detected early in the morning, contained cans for fuel and evidence of food, which led the Maritime Police to report the situation to GNR, PSP and the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF).

According to Hugo Marado, in the middle of the morning, a patrol of the PSP in Vila Real de Santo Antnio spotted three men in the city "with an air of fatigue, disorientation and with wet clothes", with only one of them having documents, but not authorisation to enter Portugal. The three were later detained for illegal entry and permanence in national territory.

We believe that they came on a larger vessel and were then placed on a smaller vessel. It does not seem to us that a vessel like that is capable of making the entire journey, said the authorities.

If confirmed to be illegal immigration from North Africa, this was the seventh landing on the Algarve coast since the end of 2019.

Between December 2019 and December 2020, 97 migrants landed in the Algarve on six vessels, all of them undocumented and allegedly from the same location, the city of El Jadida, in Morocco, located on the country's Atlantic coast, 700 kilometres from the Algarve.

Some of these migrants tried to apply for asylum, but were denied, some are still being processed, and most were ordered to be expelled from the country.

See the article here:
Suspected illegal immigrants missing in Algarve - The Portugal News

Editors note: We have a feeling were going to get more mail on the recent surge of migrants to the southern border than on most other topics. So lets dip into the mailbag at [emailprotected], sampling this and other concerns.Ken McIntyre

Dear Daily Signal: I appreciated Fred Lucas article on 6 Key Aspects of Bidens Amnesty Bill. I thought it quite fitting that the accompanying photograph showed the Stop the Deportations truck passing in front of President Joe Bidens White House.

Of course, we also have the massive safe buffer zone now around the U.S. Capitol with 12-foot reinforced fencing and razor wire on top, which extends for several miles and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi approved and had built within two weeks.

Pelosi, the one who decried fences on the southern border to stop illegal immigration, saying they are offensive. Our Capitol now resembles any authoritarian socialist dictatorship. Was this the plan?Rick MacDonald

Dear Daily Signal: Of course the Democrats want this amnesty bill for illegal immigrants to pass. They are doing everything in their power to cinch future votes for them.

Look at the migrants who are flooding our borders. Future votes. Its disgusting.

I am a conservative grandparent who is terrified for the future. Were turning into a socialist America before our eyes.Bonnie Osborn, San Antonio, Texas

Dear Daily Signal: You were kind enough to report our dilemma in 2019 (We Hear You: An Immigrant Couple Explains the Unfairness of Amnesty). Here we still are, almost 16 years in the United States, full-time, tax-paying employers of a small business that has survived the COVID-19 pandemicbut with no pathway to citizenship.

In fact, to comply with our e-2 investors visa, we need to leave the U.S. every two years for at least 48 hours. We are forced by the rules to leave and obtain a new I-94 exit/entry document.

We cant go to our native Canada, which is locked down, so were flying to the Dominican Republic for three days.

Good Lord willing, well be allowed back in without a big hassle. Its a catch-22. Anyway, its the price we pay to live in the greatest country ever.

Surely sanity will prevail and if the government is going to legalize 20 million people who essentially broke the law to be here, it would give those of us who have played by the rules at least a pathway to citizenship.

Im copying our Florida state representative, Bob Rommel, who is also a good friend, and we sent a copy of your original article to Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio. Im not sure, however, that anyone in power will do the right thing for those of us who love this country but feel forgotten.Gary and Shelley Cahill, Naples, Fla.

Dear Daily Signal: These are people who by U.S. law are in the United States illegally.Why should illegal immigrants be rewarded for breakingthe countrys laws?

Secondly, why should President Biden even be considered to have the right to do the things he has presented? No one person in this country should be allowed essentially to change or override any law. If people are allowed to break the law without paying the assigned penalty, then why have laws?

President Trump had the guts to start dealing with illegal immigration according to our laws, which past presidents havechosen to ignore. Trump was enforcing the laws; Biden is ignoring the fact that they exist. That is a big difference.

Bottom line, letting people flood into this country while ignoring our immigration laws shouldnt be up to any one individual.

History shows us that continuing to allow people to illegally enter this country and then ultimately giving them a free pass only encourages others to do this. That makes no sense whatsoever.R.L. Hand, Texas

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Sadly, Mr. Biden (after 47 years in D.C.) never learned a single thing about correct immigration policy. His six-step plan will act as a huge new magnet that will attract even more illegal entry into the U.S. It also rewards lawbreakers.

Eventually, because most illegal entrants will vote for Democrats, his plan will convert America to a single-party system, destroying our nation.

The correct solution is to assist people in their home nations by transferring safety and economic methods of self-reliance to other nations.

A policy that opens Americas doors fully to the world without limits or penalties, as the presidents does, will make the U.S. just another nation among many other (socialistic) nations, ruining America.R.C. Arrow

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Makes me wonder how many of these 20 million illegal immigrants voted for Joe Biden. We really dont know, do we? If we do, Ill take this comment back.Dave Peck, Kenai, Alaska

Dear Daily Signal: Thank you for Joseph Backholms article on Utahs Murray School District and the actions of parents to pause the equity committee and book bundle program (Utah Parents Push Back Against Transgender Agendaand Win).

This is the first article Ive seen that shows the parents in a good light. We are so grateful. We want to get the story out further and are looking for good publicity. Thank you for your honest reporting.Laurel Fetzer, Utah

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I am 63 and can remember having only a few sports offered to me in high school, while the boys had many. I was so glad Title IX offered girls more opportunities to play and grow together.

I think that allowing transgender athletes into girls sports steals away girls opportunity to fairly compete against one another. Self-esteem and scholarships are at stake here; these were the essence and the spirit of the law that we passed in the first place.

I remember the rhetoric about finally leveling the playing field by allowing women their own sports. I do not think that a few people in temporary leadership roles should make this decision for my granddaughters.

Lets vote, state by state, and see what the American population believes is fair.Kathy Palmer, Cleveland, Ohio

Dear Daily Signal: I am sorry to say that I didnt know who actress Gina Carano was until I started watching The Mandalorian on Disney+ (Its Time to Uncancel Americans). I was hesitant to watch the show since Ive not been impressed with the Star Wars franchise for some time, the exception being the movie Rogue One.

However, I was an instant Mandalorian fan and especially grew to love Ginas character. It was nice to see a strong woman kicking butt and helping to save the day. Plus, of all the female characters, she is the best.

I had read that some fans didnt appreciate Ginas political leanings. I never dreamed that Disney would be that stupid to fire her, especially since Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal essentially made the same comparison. He has even gone so far as to call Trump supporters Nazis.

And Disney forgave Guardians of the Galaxy director-screenwriter James Gunn. Sorry, but joking about pedophilia is never funny nor acceptable.

I have learned that the only way I have to support my beliefs is with my pocketbook. I have canceled Netflix, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and now I have canceled Disney+.

I moved to Utah from South Carolina. I was born in Denver, but liberals have ruined Colorado for me. I can see they are trying to ruin Utah, too.

Many people out here support Gina and loved her character on The Mandalorian. I am looking forward to watching her new movie made by Ben Shapiros company. She seems like a tough woman; please let her know she is supported by about 75 million folks out here.Laura Siple, Utah

Dear Daily Signal: I read your article about Justice Clarence Thomas and totally agree with those who protested in his defense (Smithsonians Clarence Thomas Exhibit Guilty of Irresponsible Bias, Black Conservatives Say). I am an 84-year-old white woman who read his memoir My Grandfathers Son years ago.

We lived in Cazenovia, N.Y., where we raised our family through high school years, and were members of a new church plant. I remember vividly being encouraged by our pastor to pray for God to intervene in the ugly Senate proceedings for Clarence Thomas through several prayer meetings and in our own prayer times.

I remember it as an agonizing time as my heart was wrenched for him. We were so thankful when a breakthrough finally came and he was confirmed as a Supreme Court justice.

Since that time I have read various reports and articles highlighting Thomas, saw his wifes interview about him, and also the latest video testimony of his life. With each one, my respect for him grew.

His sound judgment on the bench or toward life itself seems worth emulating for my generation and for those who follow. Good humor, kindness, virtue, faith in God and in humanity are what I remember most about Clarence Thomas.

To the curators of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, please correctly reassess and report this mans life so that future generations will know the truth of his legacy.Marriet H. Bowser, Brackney, Pa.

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Sebastian Gorkas article nails it (Chinas War With the World). Chinese President Xi Jinping has stated two simple words concerning his military: Fight! Win!

I am certain of absolutely one thing with regards to China: Its resolve for global dominance and conquest are horribly and disastrously underestimated.Todd Hilliard

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Kudos to Neil Banerji, author of the well-written piece on Ronald Reagans continuing relevance (Remembering the Gipper: Why the Memory of Ronald Reagan Is Still Relevant to Young People Today). Its possibly a timely exhortation in todays political climate.

The article itself did what the author described Reagan as having achievedraised optimism.Steve Wyzga, Gaithersburg, Md.

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We Hear You: Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants and Other Hot Buttons - Daily Signal

This sponsored column is by James Montana, Esq., Doran Shemin, Esq. and Laura Lorenzo, Esq., practicing attorneys atSteelyard LLC, an immigration-focused law firm located in Arlington, Virginia. The legal information given here is general in nature. If you want legal advice,contact Jamesfor an appointment.

Tax Law and the Undocumented was one of the less-popular choices on our glorious Readerpalooza poll, but its tax time, and we want to make sure this information is out there, because someone really needs it. (Our motto here at Statutes of Liberty is Decreasing Needless Suffering: Its Taking Longer Than We Thought.)

So, its time for a Q&A between our imaginary interviewer, Cosell, and our non-imaginary founding partner.

Cosell: Lets cut to the chase. Do illegal immigrants undocumented people, what-have-you do they have to pay taxes?

Montana: Yes. Paying taxes on U.S. income is required under federal law whether you are here legally or illegally.

Cosell: But they dont have Social Security numbers, do they?

Montana: Some of them do. Immigration is complicated. (Until 1974, you didnt have to submit any evidence at all to get an SSN you just asked for one. See here.)

Cosell: OK, wise guy, but how do you pay your taxes without a Social Security number?

Montana: The IRS will issue you something called an Individual Taxpayer ID Number (ITIN), which serves as a substitute for an SSN. An Individual Taxpayer ID Number allows the IRS to keep track of you from year to year.

Cosell: But come on. It would be stupid to tell the federal government your address and name if youre living illegally in this country. Why on earth would anyone do that?

Montana: Many of our clients genuinely want to pay taxes. They see it as part of being responsible residents in this country. Also again, immigration is complicated! there are lots of families with mixed status. For example, Dad has TPS, Mom is undocumented, one kid is undocumented and the two younger kids were born here. In that family, there are three legitimate Social Security numbers and two ITINs. Dads employer will withhold his income, and hell want to file a tax return.

Cosell: But wont the IRS report you to ICE?

Montana: There are plenty of people who fear that, but federal law generally forbids the disclosure of tax information for immigration purposes. This is a contested area of law, but our view is that people should pay their taxes. First of all, its the right thing to do. Second, paying your taxes is useful evidence of physical presence and compliance with U.S. law, which your immigration lawyer will love to see.

Cosell: So, lets say Im undocumented. Should I have my cousins friend prepare my taxes? I hear hes super good at it always gets the best refund!

Montana: God, we get this all the time. NO NO NO NO.

Cosell: Why not?

Montana: Because your cousins friend is an idiot. He will, without fail, (1) claim incorrect numbers of dependents, (2) write down that you are head of household when you arent, (3) put down his address rather than yours just to keep things simple and generally make a dogs breakfast of the whole thing.

Please go to a licensed tax preparer or a CPA. Free tax preparation is available right here in Arlington from Enterprise Development Group (EDG). If you live in D.C. or suburban Maryland, check out the Catholic Charities Financial Stability Network. If neither of those works for you, go to a physical H&R Block office. H&R Block takes more of your refund than a free preparer would, but theyre still better than the alternative.

Cosell: Whats your favorite unlicensed tax preparer story?

Montana: There are so many. My personal fave is Kenneth Mwase, whose unlicensed tax business not only fleeced clients out of their refunds but also (allegedly) drove them to ATMs to demand more money. After his conviction, he fled to South Africa using a bogus Zimbabwean passport. It took an international manhunt to find him. Why would you pay for that kind of service when you can get actual, sane tax advice for free from a kindly retired accountant?

The rest is here:
Statutes of Liberty: Tax Law and the Undocumented -- You Don't Get What You Pay For - ARLnow

Vice President Kamala Harris is apparently the new border czar sort of. As Politico explains: Harris exact role hasnt been fully laid out publicly. But she is ostensibly spearheading efforts to deal with what some experts describe as the root causes of migration usually described as poverty, high levels of violence, and corruption in Mexico El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. I wish her the best, but she will likely be no more successful than her predecessors.

It should be noted at the outset that migration actually exacerbates those root causes.

Corruption: My colleague Todd Bensman explained on March 29 how the recent migrant surge is enriching Mexican officials who are demanding bribes from and shaking down Central American migrants. Dont think for a minute that bribes and graft are not built into smugglers pricing structure elsewhere, at every step along the migrant journey.

High levels of violence: Violent drug cartels make money by demanding a tax or piso from smugglers who are moving migrants across what those cartels deem their territory. That money gets plowed back into their other criminal enterprises. And, of course, smugglers themselves are violent criminals, as a recent Wall Street Journal article makes vividly clear.

Then, there are the gangs, and in particular MS-13. Most Central American asylum claims are premised on some sort of harm by the gangs: extortion, recruitment, or threats to scare off witnesses and informants.

As the Obama-era Treasury Department made clear, however, MS-13 operates in the United States, too (with 8,000 members in 40 states and D.C.), and is involved in multiple crimes including murder, racketeering, drug trafficking, sex trafficking and human trafficking including prostitution. Profits from those enterprises get funneled back to the gangs leadership in El Salvador, enabling them to engage in more violent crime in Central America.

MS-13 recruits new members in the United States to commit those offenses, in part, by targeting recent immigrants, including unaccompanied alien minors, as Timothy D. Sini, the police commissioner of Suffolk County, N.Y., explained to a Senate committee in May 2017. Thus, the circle of crime and illegal immigration both in Central America and the United States is regrettably completed.

Poverty: As Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in mid-March, mass immigration is not profitable for either country involved. Bukele explained:

If you send hardworking people and talented people and people who want to risk it just to go to work, you want to keep them here because those will be the drivers of your economy. You don't want them there so that they can send a remittance, which would be a small portion of what they would earn and produce; you want them to produce here.

Bukele would know: At least 20 percent of El Salvadors population lives abroad (most almost 1.3 million Salvadoran immigrants in the United States), and their remittances account for around 20 percent of the countrys GDP.

In any event, however, this is not the United States first foray into ending those root causes of illegal migration. Here is then-DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, in a statement from 2016:

Border security alone cannot overcome the powerful push factors of poverty and violence that exist in Central America. ... Ultimately, the solution is long-term investment in Central America to address the underlying push factors in the region. We continue to work closely with our federal partners and the governments in the region, and are pleased with the $750 million Congress approved in FY 2016 for support and aid to Central America. We urge Congress to provide additional resources in FY 2017.

Given the fact that poverty, violence, and corruption are still cited as factors in Central American migration, that funding either wasnt enough, or simply made little or no difference in addressing these factors.

President Biden has, nonetheless, proposed a:

$4 billion four-year inter-agency plan to address the underlying causes of migration in the region, including by increasing assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, conditioned on their ability to reduce the endemic corruption, violence, and poverty that causes people to flee their home countries.

That is an increase of $250 million per year over the funding plan Johnson discussed in 2016, but will it do any good? Respectfully, there is no reason to suggest that it will.

The average annual income in El Salvador is $4,000, in Guatemala it is $4,610, in Honduras it is $2,310, and in Mexico it is $9,480. By comparison, it is $65,850 in the United States.

Of course, those are averages, not actual income. The minimum yearly wage in El Salvador is between $2,433.84 and $3,650.04, depending on the sector of the economy.

In Guatemala, the yearly minimum wage is $2,734.00, again, with some differentiation among sectors.

The approximate official yearly minimum wage in Honduras is $7,915.00, suggesting that a large portion of the economy is working off the books, and/or that taxes are really high.

By contrast, the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour, or about $15,080.00 per year. In California, however, it is $13.00 per hour ($27,040.00 per year); in Washington State it is $13.69 per hour ($28,475.20 per year); and in D.C. the minimum wage is $15.00 per hour (or $31,200 per year).

And the population of El Salvador is about 6.5 million; of Guatemala just over 18 million; and of Honduras, around 10 million, for a total of around 34.5 million. The $4 billion in aid that the president is proposing would total about $116 per person over four years, or about $29 per year. That is nowhere near enough to make up the difference in the wage gap between those countries and the United States.

And, while I have no doubt about the vice presidents negotiating skills, or her ability to combat crime (she is the former attorney general of California and San Francisco district attorney), I question whether she will be able to make any appreciable impact on the endemic crime and corruption in the Northern Triangle.

The United States does not have a great track record of addressing such structural issues abroad. We have been attempting to improve the lives of the Afghan people, for example, for the better part of two decades, and have little to show for the $500 million in civilian aid we provide there annually.

An evergreen hearing that we would regularly have when I was on the House Oversight Committee was with John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction. In one instance, when he was asked whether he was familiar with $6 million that had been spent on a plan to import nine blond goats from Italy, Sopko responded:

Yes, unfortunately, I am. And it was a program by the Task Force for Business Stabilization. It was basically an attempt to rebuild or build a cashmere market, and as far as we know, it was a failure. They did import goats.

I will cut off the testimony there before it veers into animal husbandry, but you can read about that and other wasteful Afghanistan rebuilding efforts in a Washington Post article from August 2017 captioned Here are six costly failures from Americas longest war. No. 1: Cashmere goats.

Rather than traveling to address the so-called (and intractable, at least in the short run) root causes of illegal migration, the vice president would be better served by staying in Washington and cleaning up the pull factors, that is the loopholes in U.S. law that are drawing migrants to enter illegally. She can do that much more cheaply and likely exponentially more successfully from her office in the Capitol.

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Kamala Harris Is the New Border Czar Sort Of - Immigration Blog

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith believes T&T is at risk for a resurgence in COVID-19 cases due to the continued issue of illegal immigration.

He said harsher penalties and increased restrictions must be enacted to serve as a real deterrent to those entering the country illegally.

Griffith said the current $1,000 fine or three months imprisonment if in default are a get out of jail free pass.

He warned that urgent steps must be taken to stem the spread of the virus and allow the country to return to some semblance of normalcy.

If these numbers continue to increase, because it is perceived by people on the mainland that it is easy to enter the country and pay a thousand dollars we will be in serious trouble.

It will be difficult to contain the virus unless further restrictions are put in place and a vast majority of our citizens will be affected. This will prolong the time that it will take to revert to some degree of normalcy in the future.

The Police Commissioner noted that 26 people were arrested on Los Iros Beach by officers of the South Western Division last Saturday, and charged with failing to report to an immigration officer for examination on entry in Trinidad and Tobago.

The three drivers a Trinidadian, Nigerian and Venezuelan, pled not guilty and were granted bail. Orders of Supervision - not detention orders by the Immigration Division will be issued to the 23 illegal immigrants upon completion of their 14-day quarantine.

He said a recent court ruling ensures that these individuals will be free to stay in the country once their fine is paid.

Griffith said: although the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has enforced the law by conducting operations based on intelligence gathering and due diligence, as a result of the actions of the judiciary, it seems that the perpetrators are being allowed "a get out of jail free pass".

Immigrants can come here illegally, hope that they dont get caught, and if they do, beat the system by walking with $1,000 cash, and they will be allowed to stay in the country. This is another glaring indication of the gap between law enforcement and the criminal justice system, he continued.

Griffith said the courts decision sends the message that there is virtually no deterrent and no consequences of entering the country illegally.

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CoP worried: Illegal immigration could cause surge in COVID-19 cases - Loop News Trinidad and Tobago