Mississippi Business Journal » citizenship http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Attorney asks for time in illegal immigrant-harboring case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:46:11 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=70857 ABERDEEN — An attorney wants to delay the trial of a man charged with money laundering and harboring illegal immigrants. James Massey Jr. and A-1 Homes, LLC are accused of trying to conceal payments to an illegal immigrant who worked for the company. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s office shows the company with a Horn [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/05/attorney-asks-for-time-in-illegal-immigrant-harboring-case/feed/ 0 Governor joins lawsuit against White House over immigration plan http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/12/governor-joins-lawsuit-against-white-house-over-immigration-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=governor-joins-lawsuit-against-white-house-over-immigration-plan http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/12/governor-joins-lawsuit-against-white-house-over-immigration-plan/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:43:09 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63800 JACKSON — Gov. Phi Bryant has joined in a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its plan to stop deporting many young illegal immigrants and grant them work permits. Bryant’s action drew swift criticism from the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi. The lawsuit was filed in August in federal court in Dallas on behalf [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/12/governor-joins-lawsuit-against-white-house-over-immigration-plan/feed/ 0 Man charged with transporting illegal Chinese immigrants http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/man-charged-with-transporting-illegal-chinese-immigrants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=man-charged-with-transporting-illegal-chinese-immigrants http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/man-charged-with-transporting-illegal-chinese-immigrants/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:59:50 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=63369 JACKSON — A naturalized U.S. citizen has been charged in Mississippi with transporting two illegal Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. through Mexico. A criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Jackson, said the illegal immigrants went from China to Hong Kong to Honduras. The complaint says they traveled through Mexico and crossed the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/02/man-charged-with-transporting-illegal-chinese-immigrants/feed/ 0 Protestors gather at Capitol; call immigration-enforcement bill ‘inhumane’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/23/protestors-gather-at-capitol-call-immigration-enforcement-bill-inhumane/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protestors-gather-at-capitol-call-immigration-enforcement-bill-inhumane http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/23/protestors-gather-at-capitol-call-immigration-enforcement-bill-inhumane/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:11:41 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52852 JACKSON — About 100 people, including immigrants with small children, yesterday gathered at the Mississippi Capitol to protest an immigration-enforcement bill that many called unfair and inhumane. The bill is similar to a law enacted in Alabama in 2011, including provisions that would require schools to check students’ immigration status. Alabama’s law is considered one [...]

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