Category: illegal immigration

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Some things you need to know

By: Diane Benjamin https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2026-04-15/isu-takes-part-in-campaign-to-recruit-teachers-from-other-career-fields . In other words, if you are WHITE – don’t apply. Teaching skills, including the ability to connect with students, won’t be considered. DEI discrimination is alive and well in Illinois. The lie that students can’t learn from someone with a different skin color is evil. https://www.wglt.org/illinois/2026-04-14/house-speaker-backs-millionaires-tax-but-democrats-split-over-how-much-to-devote-to-property-tax-relief . The ruling party […]

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Ever Heard Of the Illinois Migrant Council?

By: Diane Benjamin If you haven’t, you probably don’t know you are funding it. This tip came from a reader. Their website: https://illinoismigrant.org/history Even though they claim to have been around since 1966, Propublica states they became a non-profit in 2024: You can see numerous tax returns at this link: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/362597070 One thing to note: […]

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Weekend Exuberance

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Unit 5 employees list – Ask questions!

By: Diane Benjamin Before you see the analysis, see this link: https://ieanea.org/2026/02/23/illinoisans-strongly-support-public-education-are-against-ice-near-schools-and-federal-funding-cuts/ The questions were asked in a way to elicit the desired results. 69% believe funding for public schools should increase? Do the people in Carlock feel like that? Does anyone in the Unit 5 district think they need more money after passing the […]

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Illinois accused of handing out illegal CDLs

By: Diane Benjamin If your media didn’t report this, get better media. I’m sure you’ve heard about accidents and deaths caused by illegals with licenses to drive semis. Illinois has now been listed as one of the states handing out CDLs to unqualified drivers. https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/trumps-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffys-audit-illinois-non-domiciled-cdls-finds WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today exposed […]

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When State Taxes Increase Again . . .

By: Diane Benjamin The EIN number for The Immigration Project is 43-1700482 With that number you can look up how much the State of Illinois has paid them: https://illinoiscomptroller.gov/vendor-services/vendor-payments-new This organization not only provides provides legal services to “immigrants”, they send out ICE warnings to their rapid response people. Taxpayers are funding the obstruction of […]

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A Story from 2018! It now has more reads in 2026

I wrote the story in 2018: https://blnnews.com/2018/07/07/bloomington-is-at-war-thanks-to-tari/ It got a LOT of reads in 2018, but it has been read to varying degrees every year since. A month and a half into 2026 and it already has more reads than it had in 2018. Nothing in that article should be a surprise if you were […]

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Where INCCRRA spent a lot of their money

By: Diane Benjamin This story shows the HUGE increase in funding as shown on the nonprofit tax returns of INCCRRA: https://blnnews.com/2026/01/16/the-local-ngos-tax-return-inccrra/ . Those numbers are MILLIONS – a huge increase from 2019 to 2020. What did they do with that money? At least part was the establishment of Birth To Five. Illinois was divided into […]

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Logan County:

By: Diane Benjamin Do people in Logan County know who this is? . Now look at this picture: . See the top left corner? That’s Rachael Stechman. A concerned citizen of Atlanta thought citizens should know who in Logan County wants criminal illegal aliens protected and not the borders. Now you know. . It’s hilarious […]

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Matejka & Chamber of Commerce doing comedy now?

By: Diane Benjamin Mike Matejka posted this on his Not In Our Town Facebook page: . Of course Mike is implying there is no difference between the KKK and ICE. Since Wikipedia has a fake history of the KKK, see History.com instead: https://www.history.com/articles/ku-klux-klan Quote: Founded in 1865, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost […]

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Weekend Whatever

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Pick A Side

By: Diane Benjamin Victims-mom-slams-grammy-speeches-after-daughter-boyfriend-killed-alleged-dui-crash-illegal-immigrant One Bloomington victim, Corey Cottrell, made the list below of Americans killed by illegal immigrants: https://blnnews.com/2019/07/10/bikers-ride-for-corey-cottrell/ Since Illinois doesn’t allow asking immigration status, the list below may not include some victims here. If you don’t have a problem with this extensive list, you are probably out protesting ICE. Normal people want […]

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Tracking Local Arrests

By: Diane Benjamin I downloaded the McLean County Sheriff’s Office app awhile back. Just watching the jail population change is interesting. This morning inmates totaled 232, yesterday showed 228. I’ve seen it higher and it was around 20 less before Christmas. I have no idea why except I was interested, but I attempted to track […]

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The ISU Communist responds

By: Diane Benjamin Andrew Franson responded to this story on his Facebook page: https://blnnews.com/2026/02/02/5-things-you-need-to-know-11/ I hope ISU is proud of this student with no grasp of the English language. Maybe he’s aiming for a job in Illinois government: . Franson did send a pictures of people standing in front of the BCPA. They could have […]

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Remember INCCRRA? Child Care is Unaffordable?

By: Diane Benjamin Two of the previous stories in case you forgot: Is There Fraud In Illinois Child Care Spending? You Are Paying Child Care Costs For Illegal Aliens The INCCRRA website has a data request form and a list of what information can be requested. See this link: https://www.inccrra.org/images/datareports/04-07-16_Data_Request_Form.pdf I requested data for McLean […]

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5 Things You Need To Know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) Remember the communist organizer from ISU – Andrew Franson? https://blnnews.com/2025/10/16/email-from-an-isu-communist/ He calls himself a communist, I didn’t label him. I received an email from him saying the picture in this story is wrong: https://blnnews.com/2026/01/30/tiny-anti-ice-crowd/ Andrew claims people had left by the time the picture in the story was taken. He claims […]

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Tiny Anti-ICE crowd

I bet grocery stores were as crowded as usual. This flopped:

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Opportunities to Oppose Law Enforcement

By: Diane Benjamin Plenty of opportunities to prove who you voted for last year: . Does 50501 know Barack Obama sued Arizona and won because the Constitution gives the Feds authority over immigration – not states? Do attendees know Illinois coddles illegals with your tax dollars while raising your taxes? 50501 isn’t non-partisan. Only one […]

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You are paying child care costs for illegal aliens

By: Diane Benjamin This won’t be the last story. I can prove illegal aliens get Illinois child care subsidies, maybe even more than citizens get. Keep reading. Illinois’ ruling class hides information by letting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) administer the programs they create. The state shovels your money to them—and the trail ends there. Connecting the […]

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Rapid Response to ICE is Paid By You

By: Diane Benjamin The local Immigration Project is part of the Rapid Response when ICE is spotted. In other words they are warning illegal aliens. Yesterday: . The are paid with your tax dollars! According to OpenTheBooks.com: . You work hard for a paycheck so the State of Illinois can spend your money to obstruct […]

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The Local Clueless: Part 2

By: Diane Benjamin Follow-up to this story: https://blnnews.com/2026/01/12/the-local-clueless/ Every President before Biden knew illegal immigration wasn’t good for a sovereign country. If you want proof, ask me! The comments to Krystle Able’s post prove where mental illness comes from. Did Krystle mean to incite violence? See if you think she did. I added notes to […]

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Facts For Krystle

By: Diane Benjamin Why are Illinois Democrats going to tax tips, Krystle? Is affordability only a talking point for people who work tipped jobs? Funny—I haven’t heard Illinois Democrats rushing to tax federally exempt overtime. Is that because overtime is more associated with union and blue-collar jobs? Illinois will lose a lot more revenue from […]

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Housing price: 2018 vrs 2025

By: Diane Benjamin With all the local taxing bodies raising property taxes, the cost of rent and homes will continue to rise. You are being taxed on unrealized gains. Your home is worth more but you will never see the profit unless you borrow against it or sell your home. Home Equity loans won’t be […]

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Another reason to leave Illinois

By: Diane Benjamin The ruling party in Illinois wants citizens to bleed. No one is allowed to keep money they earned. Basic economics is a course they all skipped. https://www.rrstar.com/story/business/economy/2025/11/17/illinois-fails-to-adopt-no-tax-on-tips-or-overtime-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-act/87315915007 People spend the money they don’t pay in taxes – that generates even more taxes than government swallows. Illinois doesn’t like free people who keep […]

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Yea Socialism 🤔

This is a statewide event: http://www.allianceforcommunityservices.org/home.html The National Debt is now over $38 Trillion: https://usdebtclock.org/ Alliance for Community Service claims the country isn’t broke, see link above. SNAP cuts included people here illegally, dead people, and those who never qualified. Food is a Right? Is it okay to steal food since it’s a Right? Healthcare […]

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Bloomington employees need FOIA training

By: Diane Benjamin At the 8/25/2025 Council meeting a LONG list of email public commenters was read. I FOIA’d the City for those emails in September. I received a response with EVERY NAME redacted. Of course that isn’t legal. Nobody at Council meetings makes an anonymous public comment. No one who emails the Council can […]

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Sen Chapin Rose Statement

Read the story from the Edgar County Watchdogs: Illegal-Aliens-Tied-to-Vehicle-Collision-in-Westfield-that-Killed-2-US-Citizens-Injured-2-Others

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Normal Community Report Card

By: Diane Benjamin Last night I had a comment from a person I didn’t post. The writer claimed Matt Chapman was a great teacher who helped a son a lot. This person also stated Chapman wears shirts with political messages to spur classroom discussions. That person failed to notice not every student at NCHS is […]

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Teachers Don’t Have Freedom of Speech in Classrooms!

By: Diane Benjamin If you don’t understand that concept you didn’t read yesterday’s story word-for-word: https://blnnews.com/2025/10/07/proof-political-propaganda-is-allowed-at-unit-5/ This isn’t a tough thing to understand if you start with the fact kids are classroom captives. They can’t get up and walk out. They are forced to endure whatever propaganda a teacher wants them exposed to. If communication […]

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3 hours of torture: Bloomington last night

By: Diane Benjamin The Bloomington Council meeting was ridiculously long – over 3 hours. I left after about 1 1/2 hours and watched the rest on YouTube. Public Comment was still happening when I got home. My comment is at 26:13. The room started off packed. Many people were there to witness the introduction of […]

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Obviously Citizens Aren’t a Priority!

By: Diane Benjamin . Illegal aliens will get student financial aid: https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/gov-pritzker-signs-illinois-law-granting-financial-aid-access-to-undocumented-students/ Total spent on illegals: $2.5 billion! https://www.illinoispolicy.org/think-illinois-spends-millions-on-migrants-wrong-it-spends-billions/ Enjoy your tax increases – Illinois has illegals to take care of.

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Illinois Mom Killed by Illegal Alien

By: Diane Benjamin This one only made headlines because the victims daughter used to play in the WNBA. How many other Illinois citizens are killed by illegal immigrants and we never hear about them? https://www.wkrn.com/news/national/former-wnba-players-mother-killed-in-crash-illinois-officials . The story I wrote yesterday is very applicable: https://blnnews.com/2025/08/13/why-does-illinois-love-criminals/ When Corey Cottrell was hit and killed on his motorcycle […]

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Why does Illinois love criminals?

By: Diane Benjamin Law enforcement is forced by the Illinois government to release criminal illegal aliens, what does that tell you? It should shout citizens and their safety are immaterial. Illinois loves criminals, especially if they are in the country illegally. They will obstruct ICE efforts to deport them. https://cis.org/Vaughan/Which-Sanctuary-Jurisdictions-Have-Released-Most-Criminals That story recaps the top […]

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Birthright Citizenship Facts

By: Diane Benjamin Someday when I have time I’m going to look for my ISU graduation certificate so I can burn it. It has to do with stories like this: https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2025-07-14/isu-scholar-expects-birthright-citizenship-will-be-upheld-after-confusion-and-harm?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook Missing from the story is the background of why the 14th Amendment was passed. It’s not easy to add an amendment, so why it […]

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Want less housing? Lift the rent control ban!

By: Diane Benjamin See an event tomorrow at the bottom. Rent/stabilized controls in New York City has led to 61,000 vacant apartment (2021). The number doubled in one year because landlords aren’t allowed to raise the rent for new tenants. https://www.thecity.nyc/2022/10/19/60000-rent-stabilized-apartments-vacant-warehousing-nyc-landlords-housing/ That story has lots of reason for why apartments are vacant. This excerpt describes […]

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Sounds like a threat to me

By: Diane Benjamin Attacks on ICE agents, including shooting them, is up 700%. Is this guy instigating the same attacks on law enforcement personnel here? The job of ICE is to enforce federal law. Looks like Sonny needs investigated. . His girlfriend “liked” his post and then posted this: . Laws are immaterial to these […]

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Medicaid facts

C. Steven Tucker has worked in the health insurance industry for many years. The entire story has to be read to understand Medicaid. Excerpts: Firstly, the OBBBA reduces Medicaid spending by about $1 Trillion over the next ten years. That seems like a lot but not when compared to the $1.9. Trillion the federal government spent on health care […]

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5 Things You Need to Know

By: Diane Benjamin 1) See all Boards and Commission here along with a link to apply: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/government/boards-commissions Some diversity and new blood on Boards and Commission is badly needed. 2) I recently looked up a house that just went under contract. This was on Redfin, progressives want you to be too afraid of the weather […]

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Want to pay someone else’s rent?

By: Diane Benjamin Many citizens are complaining about local rent increases. Many say they can’t afford those increases. Just so you know, this self-identified socialist believes people who disrespect borders are entitled to your money. The Immigration Project is funded with tax dollars. From Facebook: . Does the far left in Illinois prefers illegals to […]

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Illinois job losses mount

By: Diane Benjamin Illinois layoffs: https://www.illinoisworknet.com/LayoffRecovery/Pages/IllinoisWARNData.aspx What’s the explanation for this one? Click on the blue – “plant closure”. . Medicaid cuts, if passed, only apply to illegals and able-bodied people capable of working but chose not to. Medicare isn’t being cut unless the recipient is here illegally. Maybe Pritzker’s budget that doesn’t provide free […]