White House releases new assist package for Ukraine

Sevastopol, Ukraine (NASA, International Space Station Science, 08/05/09) (Photo credit: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center)

Today the White House announced its new assistance package to the #Ukraine totaling $50 million.  There will be $11.4 million to support the integrity of the May elections, to be used for voter education, transparency and oversight of the election process, and security.  Along with the already signed $1 billion loan guarantee, to help Ukraine fulfill its financial obligations and Ukraine citizens that have been impacted by the economic adjustments, we will provide technical experts from the U.S. Treasury Department to help in the allocation of loans and funds so that all regions of Ukraine will benefit.

Attorney General Holder will co-host an international conference in London April 29-30 to help identify, trace, and recover proceeds of corruption stolen by the former regime.  The United States will provide advice and assistance in the creation of a vetted anti-corruption unit and other U.S. government agencies will help Ukraine meet immediate and longer term energy needs.

U.S. will also provide an additional $8 million of non-lethal military assistance that include supplies of Explosive Ordinance Disposal equipment and hand held radios for Ukraine’s Armed Forces, as well as engineering equipment, communications equipment, vehicles, and non-lethal individual tactical gear for Ukraine’s Border Guard Service.  This is in addition to the $3 million of Meals Ready to Eat and nearly $7 million of health and welfare assistance the United States is already providing to Ukraine.

The White House also announced its intent to set-up a new bilateral visa that will extend the standard validity of visas for businesspeople and tourists from 5 years to 10 years on a negotiated reciprocal basis.

Illegal aliens invokes illegal behavior

English: This is the image that the US DHS ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) put on the homepage of the websites it seized in Nov 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Authorities have identified several dozen aliens who improperly received immigrations benefits, but that number is growing as the investigation continues.

An 18-count superseding indictment was returned Tuesday afternoon, it outlined a wide-ranging bribery and long-running immigration fraud scheme that included a former immigration officer, a Department of Homeland Security agent and in officer with the U. S. Citizen and Immigration Services.

The conspiracy was allegedly orchestrated by attorney Kwang Man "John" Lee , who paid bribes to his Hyannis $10,000 to several immigration officials to help secure immigration benefits for aliens he represented. 

Those indicted in the case are:

• USCIS Supervisory Officer Jesus Figueroa, 66, of Tujunga;
• former USCIS Officer Paul Lovingood, 71, of Newhall, who surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday morning;
• James Dominguez, a special agent with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), 46, of Ventura, who surrendered to federal authorities Wednesday morning;
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer Michael Anders, 53, of Torrance; and
• Mirei Hofmann, 38, of Los Angeles, a native of Japan, who allegedly paid Lee tens of thousands of dollars to secure a permanent resident card.

English: The headquarters of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The four current and former government officials named in Tuesday's indictment allegedly conducted a number of official acts to help Lee's clients obtain immigration benefits.  For example, the indictment specifically alleges that Figueroa, Dominguez and Lovingood added documents to, and removed documents from, immigration files (A-files) related to Lee's clients. In exchange for their official acts, Lee allegedly paid the officials with cash and expensive gifts – including at least three Thailand vacations for Dominguez, computers and television sets for Lovingood, and thousands of dollars in cash for Figueroa.

Lee allegedly paid bribes to public officials to secure admission stamps and lawful permanent residency status for aliens who paid fees ranging from a few hundred dollars to more than $50,000.  Lee paid bribes to government officials, with payments ranging from $50 to as much as $10,000 given to an officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

 Press Release

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Illegal aliens from Mexico charged with killing seven smuggled aliens

English: Michoacán (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Today, a previously deported illegal aliens from Mexico was charged with smuggling a group of 14 illegal aliens that resulted in 7 being killed and one injured in critical condition.

Idelfonso Garcia-Benitez, 20, of Michoacan, Mexico, was indicted on April 18 charging him with one count of conspiracy to transport aliens, 14 counts of transporting an alien, and one count of illegally reentering the United States after previously being deported.

According to documents filed on March 20, 2013, at about 11 p.m., a Kingsville Police Department officer observed a pickup truck violating state traffic law by disregarding a stop sign.  As the officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop the vehicle fled leading to a brief pursuit. The driver crashed into a vehicle barrier on General Cavazos Avenue in Kleberg County that was deployed by the Kingsville Naval Air Station.  Fifteen illegal aliens were discovered at the scene.  Garcia-Benitez was identified as the driver.  Seven of his passengers were killed and one remains in critical condition.  Garcia-Benitez was arrested at the scene of the accident.

Garcia-Benitez is expected to appear for an arraignment hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Owsley early next week.  If convicted, Garcia-Benitez faces up to 20 years in prison and a possible $250,000 fine.

Press Release

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3 a.m. call

Embassy of Libya - Budapest Deutsch: Libysche Botschaft - Budapest (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Guess neither Obama or Clinton could answer that 3 a.m. call!   Not only can they not secure our borders but they can not secure our foreign embassies borders.   9/11 and our embassies were left with little to no protection. 

An out and out attack and they insist it was because of some movie – they can not see the light of day.  Are they lying to us or to them?  When people are hunted down and killed – that is an attack - a planned attack.

There was other attacks in Libya - one just last month - duh!  Why was the embassy - unprotected - on the 9/11 date?

Rioting in 21 countries now - chanting they HATE America. 

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