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Efrain Yanes-Vasquez, a 35-year-old El Salvadoran national living in the U.S. illegally, pleaded guilty to the RICO conspiracy charges, as well as conspiracy to distribute cocaine after a three-year investigation by federal authorities.

Yanes-Vasquez is a member of MS-13s Eastside Loco Salvatrucha clique in the metro area of Boston. With other members of the gangs Boston clique, Yanes-Vasquez plotted to traffic kilogram-sized quantities of cocaine in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, according to a news release.

Yanes-Vasquez was arrested in September 2016, when federal authorities took him into custody while also finding and seizing a loaded, illegal firearm from the home he was living in at the time.

The illegal immigrant gang member faces no more than 20 years, supervision for three years following his prison sentence and a $250,000 fine for the RICO conspiracy charged. For trafficking cocaine, Yanes-Vasquez could see another 20 years in prison, at the most, three years of supervision and a $1 million fine.

Upon his release from prison, Yanes-Vasquez will be deported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

The investigation into the MS-13 gangs activities in the Boston area saw an indictment of 62 gang members, including Yanes-Vasquez, and leaders of the crime syndicate.

MS-13 is a violent gang that originated in El Salvador and has since crossed into the U.S. Its members are mostly illegal immigrants who are directed to commit acts of violence, including murder, against rival gang members and associates.

Most recently, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and President Donald Trump have called out the MS-13 gang as an example of years of amassed illegal immigration into the U.S. with lax enforcement efforts.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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President Donald Trump has decided that America will remain within the NAFTA trade partnership with Canada and Mexico for now, but he wants to renegotiate the terms of the partnership so as to further benefit American trade interests. As we consider trade relations among the NAFTA trade partners, it is appropriate to explore the connection between our trade relations with Mexico and the raging debate about illegal Mexican immigration.

For many years, there has been extensive debate about illegal immigration from Mexico and how American authorities should deal with it. There has also been extensive debate about the economic value and costs that Mexican immigrants here illegally pose to American businesses, labor markets and social institutions.

Yet, there has been little to no public discussion about the economic factors that have led the people of Mexico to flee their homeland to illegally enter the United States in the first place. As the president of the richest nation in the world seeks further trade benefits from its poorest NAFTA trade partner, I would like to better understand why Mexico is in its current economic situation, and what American and Mexican leaders can do about it.

Many Americans have voiced strong opposition to the illegal migration of Mexicans into America, and I bet that many Mexicans, if given the choice, would probably prefer to live, work and prosper in their own country. In this regard, there would be a mutual benefit to both Mexicans and many Americans if we would expand the public discussion from curbing illegal immigration to enacting beneficial policies that allow Mexican citizens to thrive in their homeland and throughout the NAFTA trade region. I dont know the answer to this issue, but I do have the following questions:

1. What kind of trade agreement do we have with Mexico, where thousands of Mexican men, women and children are motivated to risk their lives to illegally enter the United States for low-skilled, low-paying jobs, only to be treated like second-class citizens when they arrive?

2. Why does Mexico, which is the biggest trade partner to the most powerful nation in the world, not have the industrial capacity to employ many of its citizens?

3. What are American and Mexican leaders doing to improve economic conditions in Mexico, so that Mexican people dont feel the need to come to the United States illegally?

4. As the United States continues to espouse the virtues of capitalism and free trade, why are skilled Mexican professionals not allowed to work in their fields in America and throughout the NAFTA trade zone? The public perception is that Mexican immigrants here illegally have little education and few skills. Yet, there are highly trained Mexican professionals doctors, educators, lawyers, etc. who are working in America as low-skilled laborers because there are limited work opportunities in Mexico for professionals to earn decent wages, and because the governing bodies of American and Canadian trade groups, such as the American Medical Association or the American Bar Association, do not have parity agreements with Mexico. As a result, Mexican professionals are unable to legally practice their professions in America or throughout the NAFTA trade zone without redundant training.

Rather than remaining in the doldrums of narrow-minded and protectionist rhetoric, expanding the public policy dialogue on Mexico could lead to trade policies that mutually benefit the United States, while helping Mexico to prosper. At the very least, for those Americans who deride Mexican illegal immigration, Ive heard that a strong Mexican economy and job market is a great way to curb such behavior.

James Harris, Oak Park

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The other side of the illegal immigration debate - Chicago Tribune

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During an interview with 89.3 KPCC, Chris Newman with the National Day Laborer Organizing Network blasted the mere creation of DHS Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office, which DHS Secretary John Kelly unveiled this week with American victims.

Victims are not more harmed or need greater healing when the perpetrator of those crimes are not citizens, Newman said. This is clearly not an earnest effort. So you do have to ask whats going on here. I think it seems pretty clear that this office is designed to gin up fear as part of President Trumps overall war on non-white immigrants in the United States. I think its about, unfortunately, the racist exploitation of grief and tragedy. I think that the office is despicable.

Newman also said the office was not about illegal immigrant crime victims, but had everything to do with politics.

Its not just for people here illegally. I think its for the entire foreign born population in the United States, Newman said. This is an office thats designed to its a propaganda office. Its politically motivated. It has nothing to do with public safety or restorative justice. It has less to do with providing services to victims it has more to do with spreading fear of the foreign born population in the United States.

Despite Newmans claims that VOICE will not offer much help to Americans who have suffered due to illegal immigration, Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) says the office will finally give voice to marginalized victims.

The creation of this office is aimed at supporting people who in the past have been marginalized and also faced real practical difficulties in getting information out of our immigration bureaucracy about the offenders who victimized them or their families, Vaughn said. Every law enforcement agency practically has an office for victim advocacy.

And I know many of the people who pushed for this office and the struggles they went through trying to get information about what was going to happen to the person who was responsible for their loved ones death or other crimes that occurred, Vaughn continued.

Vaughn says that unlike all other law enforcement agencies, before VOICE, there was no route for illegal immigrant crime victims to take.

ICE had no mechanism to do that. They couldnt get notifications if people were released, which would be customary from a law enforcement agency, Vaughn said. They couldnt find out what the process was for peoples immigration hearings and things that they were entitled to attend, but couldnt get information on. Thats the main purpose of this new office is to help them navigate the immigration bureaucracy and get information that they should be able to get about people who caused harm to their family.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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The Left is determined to make the whole of the United States into a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a statement (Gail Heriot and Kirsanow dissenting) remonstrating ICE for arresting illegal immigrants at courthouses. The Commissions ostensible rationale is that [c]ourthouses are often the first place individuals interact with local governments...for resolution of civil matters, including family custody issues, housing, public benefits, and numerous other aspects integral to an individuals life. By that standard no illegal immigrant should be arrested at the DMV, health clinic, local housing authority, or police station either.

The Commissions approach would convert illegal immigrants into a protected class treated more favorably than others who are in violation of the law. Police often arrest U.S. citizens at courthouses for violations of laws other than those related to immigration. Mere presence in a courthouse does not confer immunity from arrest to anyone in violation of the law.

The Commission also argues that courthouse arrests of illegal immigrants will cause illegal immigrants to be more reluctant to be witnesses or report crimes. Once again, the same calculus pertains to U.S. citizens who may be in current violation of the law, yet no exemption is available to them.

The law is the law is the law. Except for the Left and their favored groups.

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For the first time, the number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. was lower in 2015 than it was at the end of the Great Recession in 2009. The origin countries of unauthorized immigrants also shifted during that time, with the number from Mexico declining and the number from other regions rising, according to the latest Pew Research Center estimates.

Here are five facts about the unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S.

1There were 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. in 2015, a small but statistically significant decline from the Centers estimate of 11.3 million for 2009.

The Centers preliminary estimate of the unauthorized immigrant population in 2016 is 11.3 million, which is statistically no different from the 2009 or 2015 estimates because it is based on a data source with a smaller sample size and larger margin of error. Unauthorized immigrants represented 3.4% of the total U.S. population in 2015. The number of unauthorized immigrants peaked in 2007 at 12.2 million, when this group was 4% of the U.S. population.

2Mexicans may no longer be the majority of U.S. unauthorized immigrants. They made up half of all unauthorized immigrants in 2016, according to the Centers preliminary estimate, marking the first time in at least a decade that they did not account for a clear majority of this population. Their numbers (and share of the total) have been declining in recent years: There were 5.6 million Mexican unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. in 2015 and 2016, down from 6.4 million in 2009.

Meanwhile, the number of unauthorized immigrants from nations other than Mexico has grown since 2009, from 5 million that year to 5.4 million in 2015. Non-Mexicans numbered 5.7 million in the preliminary 2016 estimate, a total that was not statistically different from 2015.

From 2009 to 2015, the number of unauthorized immigrants from Asia and Central America rose. Increases in the number from other countries have mostly offset the decline in the number from Mexico (and a relatively small decrease in the number from South America).

3The U.S. civilian workforce includes 8 million unauthorized immigrants, accounting for 5% of those who were working or were unemployed and looking for work, according to separate Pew Research Center estimates. The 2014 number was unchanged from 2009 and down slightly from 8.2 million in 2007. The share of unauthorized immigrants in the civilian labor force was also down slightly from 2009 (5.2%) and 2007 (5.4%). Compared with their 5% share of the civilian workforce overall, unauthorized immigrants are overrepresented in farming and construction occupations (26% and 15%, respectively). In all industries and occupations, though, they are outnumbered by U.S.-born workers.

4Six states account for 59% of unauthorized immigrants: California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Illinois. But individual states have experienced different trends. From 2009 to 2014, the unauthorized immigrant population decreased in seven states: Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Nevada and South Carolina. In all of them, the decline was due to a decrease in unauthorized immigrants from Mexico. In six states, the unauthorized immigrant population rose over the same time period: Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington. In all of these but Louisiana, the increases were due to growth in unauthorized immigrant populations from nations other than Mexico. (In Louisiana, the overall increase was driven by an increase in Mexican unauthorized immigrants.)

5A rising share of unauthorized immigrants have lived in the U.S. for at least a decade. About two-thirds (66%) of adults in 2014 had been in the U.S. at least that long, compared with 41% in 2005. A declining share of unauthorized immigrants have lived in the U.S. for less than five years 14% of adults in 2014, compared with 31% in 2005. In 2014, unauthorized immigrant adults had lived in the U.S. for a median of 13.6 years, meaning that half had been in the country at least that long. Only 7% of Mexican unauthorized immigrants had been in the U.S. for less than five years in 2014, compared with 22% of those from all other countries.

To learn more: Explore unauthorized immigrant population trends for states, birth countries and regions, and see an interactive map and detailed table showing our latest estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population by state.

Note: This post was originally published on Nov. 18, 2014, and has been updated to include more recent data.

Topics: Hispanic/Latino Demographics, Immigration, Immigration Trends, Migration, Unauthorized Immigration

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