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An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.
The Remembrance Project is an anti-illegal immigration American non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas.The Project maintains a list of American citizens killed by illegal immigrants in the United States and works to draw attention to the victims of such crimes.
If enacted, the Laken Riley Act would mandate federal detention of illegal immigrants who are arrested for burglary or theft and would allow states to file suit against the federal government for failing to enforce immigration laws. [61] [16] The bill stalled amid opposition in the Democratic-controlled Senate in the 118th Congress. [14]
In 2001, approximately 73,000 illegal aliens with criminal convictions were deported from the United States, and in 2007 this figure was 91,000. [7] In 2011, the DHS deported 396,906 people. Of those deported, 54.6% were criminal offenders. [8]
Angel Families is a term used to describe families of victims killed by illegal immigrants in the United States. [1] Former President Donald Trump has invoked Angel Families to argue for his immigration policy, [2] [3] though some of the families have objected to the politicization of their loved one's death.
On November 16, 2010, eighteen-year-old Joshua Wilkerson was murdered by his classmate Hermilo Moralez, who was an illegal immigrant to the United States from Belize. [1] [2] Both boys were students at an alternative school for at-risk students in Pearland, Texas (a suburb of Houston). [2]
The number of deaths of illegal immigrants along the border has increased on a regular, yearly basis since the middle 1990s, particularly in the state of Arizona. [6] As of summer 2006, tighter enforcement in Arizona has likely led to fewer deaths there, but border wide fatalities were approaching the record pace of 2005. [20] [21]
People shopping for bootleg software, illegal pornographic images, bootleg music, drugs, firearms or other forbidden or controlled goods may be legally hindered from reporting swindles to the police. An example is the "big screen TV in the back of the truck": the TV is touted as "hot" (stolen), so it will be sold for a very low price.