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Ariz. Dreamer incorrectly accused of being illegal immigrant

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Updated: Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 12:59 AM

An Arizona college student originally from Argentina was accused of committing "an act of war" after she posted a photo of herself holding her tax return and in the caption explained she's an undocumented immigrant protected by Obama-era immigration policies.

Despite not being a citizen or a visa holder, 23-year-old Beln Sisa is permitted to live, study and work in the U.S. thanks to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals act, which was implemented by Homeland Security in 2012 and allows undocumented people to remain in the country if they were brought here as children.

In a Sunday Facebook post skeptical of President Trump, Sisa lamented that she, as a DACA recipient, can't benefit from the hundreds of dollars she pays in taxes each year.

"I cannot receive financial aid from the state or federal government for school, I cannot benefit from unemployment, a reduced healthcare plan, or a retirement fund," the Arizona State University student captioned the selfie. "Oh and there are MILLIONS just like me who pay into a system they will never receive anything from. Wanna tell me again how I should be deported, contribute nothing and only leech off this country while the 1% wealthiest people in this country steal from you everyday?"

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Displaying her 1040 tax form in the photo, Sisa capped off her post, "How about you show me yours Donald J. Trump?"

The post quickly went viral, with numerous Facebook users applauding her sentiment.

But others reacted with anger and insults, with some pledging to report Sisa to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency after incorrectly assuming she could be subjected to deportation.

Sisa posted screengrabs of some direct messages she received amid the backlash.

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"Reported you to ICE and Homeland security. Crime doesn't pay lady," one Facebook user apparently said.

Others hurled expletives and incorrectly accused her of being "illegal." One user called Sisa a "foreign invader" and threatened to "see to it" that she be deported.

"You really should have thought twice before you committed an act of war by invasion and thinking you have a right to a voice in my country," the user said.

Sisa expressed sadness over the harsh responses in a follow-up post.

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"The hate is real," she wrote. "I am legally working in the United States through DACA, and I'm pretty sure the IRS isn't going to come after someone who PAYS their taxes. I feel truly bad for these people, may they find peace and happiness in their own dark hearts."

Contrary to Sisa, Trump has yet to release his tax returns becoming the first President since Richard Nixon to refuse to do so.

Trump has been ambiguous over whether he plans to restructure DACA, telling reporters last month that he plans to deal with children brought to the country illegally "with heart."

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Arizona 'Dreamer' incorrectly accused of being 'illegal' immigrant after posting tax returns online - New York Daily News

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Oscar Lopez-Yesca, the 22-year-old who was allegedly driving the vehicle, and Moliton Ramirez-Mati, a 23-year-old alleged passenger, were identified by eyewitnesses in the car crash, according to FOX 13 News.

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Lopez-Yesca and Ramirez-Mati are accused of crashing a 2004 GMC Yukon into a wooded, tree-lined area and then fleeing the vehicle, leaving their third passenger dead in his seat.

Eyewitnesses with FOX 13 said they saw the two shirtless men walking along the highway about two hours after the car crash.

We were parked along the side of the road and there was a construction crew that was working nearby, they drove up on us and said, We just saw two men walk out of the woods without shirts on. So right away that was a red flag for us, we called 911, one FOX 13 reporter said. We got in our truck and we started to follow these guys.

Florida State Troopers arrived and arrested both men, saying that neither had any forms of identification because of their illegal immigrant statuses.

Expert Jim Diamond told FOX 13 that illegal immigrant criminals are essentially invisible if they are freed or escape custody after a crime has been committed.

They may just fade away because theres no anchor and nothing in our research or investigative processes that would lead to an identity, Diamond said.

Both illegal immigrants are now facing criminal charges and immigration violations.

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

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The illegal immigrant Dreamer that ICE agents are trying to deport as a gang member was granted bond by an immigration judge late Tuesday, meaning hell soon be released while he awaits the rest of his deportation case.

Daniel Ramirez Medina has become a major test case for both immigrant-rights advocates and Homeland Security, which is trying to carry out President Trumps new deportation policies.

Mr. Ramirez, who was apprehended in a raid that also netted his father, has twice been approved for President Obamas 2012 deportation amnesty for young adult illegal immigrants, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

Even as hes allowed agents to target other illegal immigrants, Mr. Trump has said Dreamers those who qualify for DACA are still off limits, unless they have a criminal record that would make then ineligible.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) says that when it went to arrest Mr. Ramirezs father, it encountered the young man, and he admitted to gang ties, which would disqualify him. Mr. Ramirezs lawyers say ICE fabricated the case and doesnt have gang ties.

Mr. Ramirez had filed a case in federal district court asking to be released, saying agents were violating the terms of DACA. At the same time, he had asked for a bond hearing before an immigration judge.

On Tuesday, the judge agreed to release him.

The judge affirmed that Daniel does not pose any risk to public safety, said Luis Cortes, one of Mr. Ramirezs lawyers.

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'Dreamer' accused of gang activity avoids deportation in major test of Trump's policy - Washington Times

Voters Measure Illegal Immigration in Major Crime, More Tax Dollars

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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Voters tend to view illegal immigrants as the source of more major crime and a big drain on taxpayers wallets.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 44% of Likely U.S. Voters think illegal immigration increases the level of serious crime in America. Nearly as many (41%) say it has no impact. Just seven percent (7%) feel illegal immigrants actually decrease the amount of serious crime. (To see survey question wording,click here.)

Forty-nine percent (49%) still believe illegal immigrants are a significant strain on the U.S. budget, although that is down from 67% when Rasmussen Reports first asked this question in March 2010. Thirty-seven percent (37%) say illegals are not a big strain on the budget, up from 23% seven years ago, while 14% are undecided.

As on nearly all issues related to illegal immigration, there is a sizable difference of opinion between Republicans and Democrats. Seventy-four percent (74%) of GOP voters and a plurality (44%) of voters not affiliated with either major political party say illegal immigration increases the level of serious crime, but only 16% of Democrats agree. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Democrats think it has no impact.

Similarly, while 78% of Republicans and 51% of unaffiliated voters believe illegal immigrants are a significant strain on the U.S. budget, just 21% of Democrats share that view. Most Democrats (62%) disagree. Interestingly, a plurality (48%) of Democrats considered illegal immigrants a major budget strain in 2010, along with 73% of unaffiliateds.

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While support for deportation of illegal immigrants in general is down, 81% of voters favor a plan that calls for mandatory deportation of illegal immigrants who have been convicted of a felony in this country. Sixty-five percent (65%) support a five-year mandatory prison sentence for illegal immigrants convicted of major felonies who return to America after being deported.

Forty-six percent (46%) of whites think illegal immigrants add to the level of major crime in America, a view shared by 32% of blacks and 39% of other minority voters. Only 28% of black voters feel that illegals are a significant strain on the U.S. budget, compared to 52% of whites and 48% of other minorities.

Those under 40 are less likely than older voters to see illegal immigrants as a source of more serious crime or as a major strain on the budget.

Seventy-nine percent (79%) of voters who view illegal immigrants as a major budget drain also believe they increase the level of serious crime. Seventy-five percent (75%) of those who dont see illegals as a budget problem say they have no impact on the level of major crime.

Among voters who Strongly Approve of the job President Trump is doing, 91% say illegal immigration increases the level of serious crime, and 92% say it is a significant strain on the budget. Among those who Strongly Disapprove of the presidents job performance, 72% say illegal immigrants have no impact on the level of serious crime, and 69% feel they are not a major drain on the budget.

Voters are closely divided over whether the United States should build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, but most think its likely that Trump will dramatically cut the number of illegal immigrants entering the United States.

Stopping illegal immigration has long been voters number one immigration priority.

Fifty percent (50%) of voters said in November that the U.S. Justice Department should take legal action against cities that provide sanctuary for illegal immigrants. That was down from 62% in July 2015 just after the highly-publicized murder of a young woman in San Francisco by an illegal immigrant from Mexico. Fifty-two percent (52%) still want to cut off federal funding to sanctuary cities.

The Justice Department has officially announced that sanctuary cities are violating federal laws and could lose billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded grants if they continue to thwart efforts to deport illegal immigrants. Most voters have favored punishing sanctuary citiesin surveys since 2007.

Most dont want to live in a sanctuary community, and many question the safety of such communities.

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Two newstudies, onefrom The Sentencing Project and one from the libertarian Cato Institute,reported that the percentage of immigrants committing crimes is lower than that of United States citizens. However, the underlyingmethodology used in each was critically flawed.

It is possible that legal immigrants commit crimes at a rate lower than U.S. citizens and that they are incarcerated at a lower rate than U.S. citizens. After all, legal immigrants are well vetted, and if they have criminal records in their countries of origin they are generallyineligible for admissionto American.

The vast majority of illegal aliens use fraudulently obtained Social Security numbers. They possess fake drivers licenses, phony green cards, fraudulent birth certificates and any other documents that U.S. citizens and legal residents have. In addition, they falsify I-9 forms under penalty of perjury. Thus, the average illegal alien routinely commits multiple felonies forgery, Social Security fraud, identity theft, and perjury.

This criminal activity is routinely swept under the rug in order to protect the myth of the law abiding illegal alien. However, when pushed, even the strongest supporters of illegal aliens are forced to acknowledge that the vast majority of illegal aliens commit multiple felonies. In fact, theSocial Security Administration and New York Timesreport that approximately 75 percent of illegal aliens have fraudulently obtained Social Security numbers which is a felony. TheACLUaccepts this figure and uses it to show that illegal aliens pay payroll taxes.

Furthermore, theLos Angeles Timesreports that up to 8 million of 11.1 million (72 percent) illegal aliens commit job-related felonies.La Razasays that illegal alienscontribute $15 billionannually in Social Security payments through payroll taxes [by using illegally obtained Social Security numbers - felony].

Mexican-born American journalistJorge Ramos admitsthat many illegal aliens use fake documents (a felony).

Even thepresident of the California State Senateadmitted this month that "half" of his family"would be eligible for deportation under [President Trumps] executive order, because if they got a false Social Security card, if they got a false identification, if they got a false drivers license prior to us passing AB60, if they got a false green card, and anyone who has family members, you know, who are undocumented knows that almost entirely everybody has secured some sort of false identification (felonies).

Neither the study from Cato or The Sentencing Project acknowledged these realities. And as a result, they tremendously understated the incidence of illegal alien criminal activity. Even the strongest supporters of illegal aliens acknowledge that 75 percent of illegal aliens routinely commit felonies of the aforementioned variety.

The Cato Institute further limited itsstudyto the incarceration rate for legal immigrants, illegal aliens and U.S. citizens. But it was forced to acknowledge that the numbers of incarcerated illegal aliens are not readily available because local and state governments do not record whether the prisoner is an illegal immigrant. Cato was therefore forced to use common statistical methods to identify illegal immigrant prisoners by excluding incarcerated respondents who have characteristics that they are unlikely to have. In other words, we can identify likely illegal immigrants by looking at prisoners with individual characteristics that are highly correlated with being an illegal immigrant.

The Cato study consequently excluded felonies routinely committed by the vast majority of adult, illegal aliens as long as they were not incarcerated, resulting in a significant understatement of the overall incidence of crimes committed by illegal aliens.

The study conducted byThe Sentencing Projectsimilarly focused on the incidence of crimes committed by foreign born individuals. According to the study, Major national datasets lack information on respondents immigration legal status, and this information has not been systematically collected by law enforcement agencies or state departments of corrections.

That studys data was just as questionable as that used in the Cato study. And its conclusion, A century of research has shown immigrants [including illegal aliens] do not threaten public safety and ... are less likely to commit crime than native-born citizens, was patently false.

Democrats often assert as fact that immigrants are less likely to commit crime than U.S. citizens. That argument is totally wrong, because the vast majority of adult illegal aliens are committing felonies by virtue of being active in America.

The myth of the law abiding illegal alien is just that: a myth.

Ronald Mortensen, Ph.D. is a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, a nonprofit group that advocates for legal immigration. He previously worked as a Foreign Service Officer.

The views expressed by contributors are their own and are not the views of The Hill.

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