Dee Finney's blog September 9, 2012 Page 292 WHAT IS ICE?

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8-5-12 DREAM - I was living in a small town somewhere. I had a couple young women living with me who were active in politics.

We found out that it was decided that we all had to get Federal picture ID cards and in order to do this, one had to turn in their old picture ID cards.

A young blonde woman friend of my roommates volunteered to do the job and they were going to go house to house to get re-identified.

For some reason, I was chosen to be the number one customer/victim or whatever one calls that, so I had to go out to her car to do this. It wasn't being done in the house.

So, I went outside and they told me to get into the car with the woman which was open like a convertible. I had to get into the front of the vehicle and practically lay flat on my face to exchange the ID cards with the woman.

When I did this, I saw the woman was crying, so I asked her why she was crying. She responded, "I'm losing all my friends."

she said, "Well then, will you call me?" and I said, "Certainly." I had written down her name and address when she gave it to my roommates so I would know whose was.

I grabbed my wallet and discovered it was stapled shut about 8 times, and I couldn't rip the staples apart to open my wallet.

I pretty much sat there unmoving because I didn't knew what to do, and suddenly my wallet opened and inside was a photo of a white grotto where one goes to pray. It looked really beautiful of all white marble with running fountains in it, and as I watched the picture of the grotto, it got larger and larger until it filled the entire scene, and I knew we were going to be doing a lot of praying in the future.

8-6-12 I was talking for a woman I knew fairly well. She had a daughter, and when the woman went out, I baby sat the daughter who was about seven years old.

Before the woman left, she and I had a short discussion about a dance movement she did that I hadn't understood that last time she and I were together. I told her I hadn't understood that the dance movement brought in certain energies the body needed. She was happy that I now understood that and she left to do something for the evening.

After she left, there was really nothing to do, so I set about deciding where the furniture should be and to get rid of the little baby stuff no longer needed - it was like a protective wall that was short to protect the child from going too farm like one would use a baby crib for.

I was looking in a file cabinet, rather snooping to see what kind of work the woman did and there was nothing but blank paper inside of paper bags.

Then a large man appeared at the door and insisted he needed to get into the file cabinet and I told him I didn't have the key. While he was there, another man came who I knew and he also wanted to get into the filing cabinet, and I told him too that I didn't have the key. The two men knew each other so I decided they could do some of the furniture moving I needed done and they said they could.

Then the little girl and I got into an argument, and I decided she needed tough talk and I told her she either did what I said or she could go home. She didn't want to go home for some reason, so that ended the argument.

The men were hanging around a lot instead of working, and I was getting hungry, so I went to the refrigerator to see what was to eat.

The refrigerator was facing the wrong way and it was a small one so I turned it around to face me.

There was no freezer door on the front, but right in front of my face was the makings of something I knew I had dreamed last month - it was a series of hot dogs lined up in rows with ice between so that when you put it into the oven the ice melted and the meat was laid in a special pattern it was in.

8-23-12 - DREAM - I don't know who I was, nor where exactly I was. I had just arrived at this hotel or complex and was in charge of it.
I woke up in the morning with a female roommate and evidently our husband's had flown in during the night because when we woke up, both men were in
bed on top of the original bedding with light brown bedding, even the sheets were pressed and ironed with creases in them. I thought everything was
supposed to be light blue, so I don't know where their bedding came from.

Neither of the men was taller than I and they were extremely fit and muscular, very smart too because they had been doing calculations with military
equipment which was stashed in a corner of the bedroom - whole cases of newly bought pens and pencils, paper - they brought in with them from a
military office.

I was extremely intimidated by them as I thought they had come in drunk, but that didn't seem to be the case once they woke up - but they were tired
and not sure of their surroundings any more than I was.

On my desk, someone had delivered a huge packet of mail, office receipts that included receipts from a hardware store, which I noticed one item was
ice pellets, so it evidently got cold where we were and ice pellets were used on the sidewalks. However, also in the hardware store packet was seeds and bulbs that had to be planted that day out in a garden.

While the men were getting up and taking a shower, the other woman, a blonde, and an Asian woman who just appeared and helped out looked out the
window where the men were having their photographs taken in a garden, by a man, perhaps the Asian woman's husband and I saw that we were in a canyon with cactus everywhere, short brown grass that hadn't greened up yet and it looked like Arizona to me.

Both men had short cropped military hairdos, but one was blonde with straight hair and the other one had curly hair but very short cropped. Whether
the curls were natural or not I can't say.

I knew the men expected to be taken care of, but there was no time for hanky panky, we had to get right to work, and I'm sure the men understood that
as well. They acted perfectly at ease with their surroundings even though they hadn't been there before either. It was expected of them. I had to do
the same.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested a Guatemalan who transported and prostituted a teen girl from Maryland. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. Full Story

Sept. 6, 2012 — Mexican national pleads guilty to illegally re-entering the US

A Mexican national, who had been deported from the United States three times, pleaded guilty to one count of illegally re-entering the United States after deportation. ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is investigating this case. Full Story

Multiple indictments charging 21 individuals with conspiracy and/or immigration benefit fraud (marriage fraud) were unsealed Wednesday. If convicted the maximum penalty for each violation is five years in federal prison. Full Story

Sept. 5, 2012 — ICE's national search for 'Jane Doe' child pornographer nets 2 in Oregon

HSI's nationwide search for a "Jane Doe" suspected child pornographer ended Tuesday with the arrest of two Salem, Ore., residents. The pair is accused of producing child pornography videos featuring them engaging in sexual contact with two child victims. Full Story

Sept. 5, 2012 — Los Angeles manufacturing company, its owner criminally charged for hiring violations

Following an HSI probe, federal criminal charges were filed against a Van Nuys manufacturing company and one of its owners for hiring unauthorized alien workers and repeatedly taking steps to cover up the illegal activity. Full Story

In the final days of its session, the California Legislature enacted several bills that, if signed by the governor, will add to the nation's current immigration chaos caused by politicians pandering for votes by pummeling the rule of law.

The same officeholders who lambasted Arizona for enacting a law to curtail illegal immigration – citing federal authority over the nation's immigration policy – are perfectly willing to enact their own laws that defy federal rules.

The Secure Communities program was established by the Department of Homeland Security to partner federal and local law enforcement agencies to deport illegal immigrants and protect the country's borders from criminal or possible terrorists seeking illegal entry into the United States. The program allows police departments to send arrestee fingerprint data to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which then uses the information to prioritize deportations.

Under federal regulation, once ICE issues a detention request for an illegal immigrant who has been arrested for a crime and is in state or local custody, jail officials must hold the individual for up to 48 hours to allow ICE agents to pick them up. But Assembly Bill 1081 by Tom Ammiano, D- San Francisco, dubbed California's "anti-Arizona" bill, or the TRUST Act, prohibits state and local law enforcement agents from complying with these ICE detention requests unless the illegal immigrant has committed a serious or violent felony.

While Arizona's law authorized local law enforcement to help carry out federal immigration policy, California's forbids them to.

AB 1081 is vigorously opposed by the California State Sheriffs' Association, which says the bill would force law enforcement to ignore law.

"It would make me break either federal or state law," said Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and other sheriffs are also threatening to ignore the law. "Federal law trumps state law," Baca's spokesman said.

Just "alpha-male posturing," was Ammiano's response to the sheriffs, a bit of flippancy fitting the flipping off of federal law.

Under AB 1081, local governments also risk losing federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program reimbursements. Last year, counties received $30.5 million to help offset the costs of incarcerating illegal immigrants, according to the California State Association of Counties, but ICE Director John Morton has warned that jurisdictions that thwart its efforts risk losing these funds.

Adding further to the blur between the legal and the illegal, the Legislature enacted Assembly Bill 2189 by Assemblyman Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, which would authorize California driver's licenses for an estimated 450,000 illegal immigrants in California allowed to stay in the country under a temporary de facto amnesty recently granted by the Obama administration.

Just as California is usurping the federal role on immigration policy, President Barack Obama bypassed Congress' role by authorizing the Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals program, which allows illegal immigrants under 30 who meet other conditions to temporarily remain in the country and work.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has called the program "a slap in the face to the rule of law and … separated powers." A group of ICE agents has sued, charging that the action violates federal law and would force them to disobey immigration statutes.

Yet while Texas, Nebraska, Arizona and other states are forbidding the issuance of driver's licenses or public benefits to the recipients of Obama's back-door plan, the California Legislature rushed to authorize driver's licenses for illegal immigrants eligible for this program.

This is precisely why our founders created a nation "of laws and not of men," as John Adams put it. Our founders knew that man is subject to inordinate self-interest. When laws are passed that break other laws, for political aggrandizement, the country descends into chaos.

Whether one supports current immigration policy or wants reform, every citizen should ask, what kind of a country do we want? A banana republic of turmoil and anarchy where every group is out for itself – the kind that many immigrants are so desperately trying to escape? Or one that abides by the orderly processes of our constitutional republic?

Sept. 13, 2012 — ICE teams throughout Texas arrest 50 convicted sex offenders, other criminal aliens

During a five-day operation, dubbed Operation "SOAR" and aimed at removing sex offenders from the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Texas Department of Public Safety officers arrested 50 convicted alien sex offenders and other criminal aliens. Twenty four of these arrests occurred in north Texas. Full Story

Sept. 12, 2012 — ICE deports fugitive wanted for aggravated homicide in El Salvador

Earlier this week, officers with ICE's ERO returned an El Salvadoran man, wanted by the National Civil Police in his home country, for a 2011 homicide. Full Story

Sept 12, 2012 — ICE arrests 37 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives in Chicago area during 3-day operation

Following a three-day operation by ICE's ERO Fugitive Operations Teams, officers arrested 37 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators. Of the 37 arrested, 31 had convictions for crimes, including homicide, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of cocaine and battery. Full Story

This week, ICE joined the nation in remembering the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Through its 9/11 exhibit, unveiled earlier this year, the agency pays tribute to those who lost their lives that day, their families, the first responders, as well as the role its legacy agencies played in the recovery effort. Full Story

Sept. 10, 2012 — Guatemalan woman arrested for allegedly smuggling heroin in powdered juice mix

A Guatemalan woman was arrested as she arrived at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport from Guatemala and was charged with importing approximately three kilograms of heroin into the United States. This investigation is being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Full Story

Sept. 27, 2012 — HSI shares more than $800,000 with Webb County Sheriff's Office for critical assistance in drug smuggling investigation

Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) presented an $843,048 check to the Webb County Sheriff's Office. The funds constitute a portion of assets that were seized during a drug smuggling and money laundering investigation. Full Story

Sept. 27, 2012 — Operation Overtime nets 16 arrests for drug trafficking and money laundering

In an effort to combat drug trafficking in the Caribbean, HSI teamed with local Puerto Rican police departments to arrest 16 alleged members of a drug trafficking and money laundering organization who were responsible for importing multi-kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Full Story

Sept 26, 2012 — Former employee of New Jersey defense contractor convicted of exporting sensitive military technology to China

A Chinese national was convicted of exporting sensitive U.S. military technology to China, stealing trade secrets and lying to federal agents. HSI, the FBI and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection investigated this case. Full Story

Sept. 25, 2012 — 4 charged in Houston human smuggling case involving 82 illegal aliens

Earlier this week, four Mexican nationals were charged in a massive human smuggling case in which 82 illegal aliens were rescued from a Houston residence. The investigation is being conducted by HSI, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Houston Police Department. Full Story

Sept. 24, 2012 — Woman who impersonated ICE officer sentenced to 30 months in prison

Following an HSI and ICE Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigation, a Mount Vernon, N.Y., woman was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for false impersonation, aggravated identity theft and bank fraud. Full Story

Oct. 11, 2012 — Treasury/HSI sanctions Latin American criminal organization

The U.S. Department of the Treasury with the assistance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) designated the Latin American gang MS-13 as a transnational criminal organization. Full Story

Oct. 10, 2012 — NHTSA, ICE alert consumers to dangers of counterfeit air bags

Earlier this week, HSI and the U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a consumer safety advisory that alerted vehicle owners and repair professionals about the dangers of counterfeit air bags. Full Story

Oct. 10, 2012 — ICE deports Macedonian man wanted for armed robbery conviction

ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers turned over a Macedonian man wanted in his native country for a 2004 armed robbery and aggravated theft conviction to Macedonian law enforcement officials. Full Story

Oct. 9, 2012 — Boston-bound man arrested at LAX for transporting hazardous materials

A body-armor-clad Boston man, who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport on a flight from Japan, was arrested on transporting hazardous materials charges. HSI opened an investigation after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found a smoke grenade, hatchet, knives and other weapons in his checked luggage. Full Story

Oct. 9, 2012 — 2 British nationals extradited from the United Kingdom, face terrorism-related charges

Two British men, extradited from the United Kingdom to the United States, face terrorism-related offenses stemming from their involvement in an operation that allegedly provided material support to the Taliban. This investigation is being led by HSI. Full Story

Viewpoints: Legislature adds to U.S. immigration chaos