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Immigrant Groups Fighting Stimulus Provision

Washington Independent | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, E-Verify, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigrants, Immigrants, Economic Stimulus, Immigration, Stimulus, Immigration Policy, Politics News

Among the many provisions of the $800-plus billion stimulus bill hotly debated and horse-traded behind closed doors, one that remained largely under t...

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The Government Mindgame Over Undocumented Immigrants

Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Ice, Politics News
Marisa Treviño

A new examination of government immigration enforcement strategies uncovers a deliberate attempt to confuse real criminals with those who only lack the proper paperwork.

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The Freedom of Migration Act Challenge

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Immigrants, Border Fence, Immigration Crisis, ICE Raids, Illegal Immigration, Obama Immigration Reform, Labor Visas, Immigration Debate, Freedom of Migration, Congress, Immigration, Immigration Law, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Immigration and Customs, Ice, Immigration Reform, Visa Lottery, Family Sponsored Immigration, Illegal Aliens, Border Patrol, Immigration Bill, Border Security, Employment Agencies, Guest Workers, Department of Labor, Politics News
Henryk A. Kowalczyk

The present recession overshadows our unresolved immigration mess. Whether we want it or not, we have to address this issue again.

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The Unconscionable Idiot of the Week Award Goes To...

Sally Kohn | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Prison, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News
Sally Kohn

What better way to welcome immigrants to America, where everyone is supposedly innocent until proven guilty, than march them in chains to a temporary concentration camp encircled with a high-voltage fence.

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Gillibrand May Change Position On Immigration

AP | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Kristen Gillibrand, Immigration Reform, Gillibrand Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Seat, Hispanics, Kirsten Gillibrand, Gillibrand, Politics News

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York's new senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, who has drawn fire from Hispanics over her views on immigration and gun control, says she...

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Local Pride and Supermax

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prison, Immigration Debate, Illegal Immigrants, Closing Guantanamo, Guantanamo Detainees, Supermax, Unabomber, Criminal Justice System, Crime, Criminal Justice, Prisons, Ted Kaczynski, Richard Reid, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

The list of prisoners who have been or are presently at Supermax is quite distinguished as prison rosters go; it includes Ted Kaczynski, the "Unabomber," and Richard Reid, the "shoe bomber."

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Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano Wants "Criminal Aliens" Out Of US

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Illegal Aliens, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigrants, Aliens, Immigrants, Politics News

WASHINGTON — If you're a criminal and you're not entitled to be in the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wants you out...

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Yearly Mexican Remittances Drop Significantly

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Remittances, Unemployment, Job Loss, Mexico, Illegal Immigrants, Remittances Drop, Immigrants, Mexican Migrants, Global Economic Crisis, World News

MEXICO CITY — The money sent home by Mexican migrants fell in 2008 for the first time on record, Mexico's central bank said Tuesday _ part of a ...

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Thai Prime Minister Vows To Push Illegal Immigrants Out

Bangkokpost.com | AFP | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: Unhcr, Thai Prime Minister, Migration, Rohingya People, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand, Illegal Immigrants, Crackdown on Illegal Immigrants in Thailand, World News

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Thursday announced a crackdown on illegal immigration as he defended Thailand against allegations the military left a...

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Day After Inauguration, Obama on the Spot for Immediate Immigration Reform

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 02.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Immigration Marches, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Obama Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Immigrants, Immigration Debate, President Obama, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

Three events will collide to put President Obama in the crosshairs of those pushing the anti-"anti-illegal" immigration agenda in this country.

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Separates Mother from Children, Immigrant Crack Down

Matt Palevsky | Posted 02.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ciria Lopez, Salvador Reza, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Illegal Immigrants, Jim Webb, Sheriff Arpaio, Arpaio Arrest 2009, Joe Arpaio, Politics News

Two young children were separated from their mother, Ciria Lopez, in Maricopa County, Arizona earlier this week when she was arrested for an unpaid tr...

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Financial Crisis Causes Fewer Illegal Immigrants To Come To United States

Christian Science Monitor | Brian Whitley | Posted 01.29.2009 | World

Read More: Economy Immigrants, Undocumented Immigrants, Economic Crisis, Economic Crisis Fewer Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Financial Crisis, Economy, Jobs Immigrants, World News

The economic downturn -- along with more aggressive enforcement -- is reducing the flow of illegal immigrants to the United States. Not only are fe...

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Top Homeland Security Official Accused Of Hiring Illegal Immigrants To Clean Her House

AP | DENISE LAVOIE | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics

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BOSTON — A top Homeland Security official in Boston was accused Friday of repeatedly hiring illegal immigrants to clean her home, even warning o...

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Deportations Rise In The Midwest

AP | Posted 12.08.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Illegal Immigrant Deportation, Midwest Immigration Deportation, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Immigration Deportation, Immigration, Immigration and Naturalization, Chicago Immigration, Ilinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, Chicago News

Just after dawn, shackled illegal immigrants lined up on an isolated tarmac at O'Hare International Airport before boarding a federal jet bound for th...

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Battle For The West: Latino Voters Remake the Electoral Map

Ryan Rivera | Posted 11.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Citizenship, Nevada, Pat Buchanan, John McCain, Battle for the West, Naturalization, New Mexico, Battleground States, Latino Voters, Illegal Immigrants, Amnesty, Immigration, Colorado, Arizona, Barack Obama, California, Home News
Ryan Rivera

A study published earlier this month by the William C. Velasquez Institute looked at statewide polling data and determined that, if the election were...

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Irene Fernandez: The Best or Worst of Malaysia?

Suzette Standring | Posted 11.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Poverty, Rape, Abuse, Detention Camps, Migrant Workers, Kuala Lumpur, Criminal Justice, Immigration, Death, Irene Fernandez, Nobel Prize, Human Rights, Freedom of Expression, Malaysia, Illegal Immigrants, Right Livelihood Award, Poor, Suzette Standring, Torture, Politics News
Suzette Standring

It is a textbook case of laws being used to crush critics of governmental operations. Malaysia may be 9,296 miles from the US, but authorities seeking to silence protest is universal.

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What's Another $154 Billion?

Frank Sharry | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Undocumented Immigrants, Iowa Raid Immigration, Wall Street, Bailout, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Economy, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News
Frank Sharry

The Des Moines Register comes to this conclusion: We need to do more than just seal our borders and arrest everyone here illegally. We need comprehensive reform.

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Presidential Pardon Time

Diane Dimond | Posted 11.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pardon Petition With 413 Thouand Names, Diane Dimond Column, Jose Compean, Sentenced to 11 and 12 Years for Wounding an Illegal Alien Drug Smuggler, Presidential Pardons, U.S. Border Patrol Agents, Ignacio Ramos, George Bush, Bill Clinton, Executive Pardon, Ramos/Compean Trial, George Bush Clemency, Border Patrol, Drug Smuggling, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, Illegal Immigrants, FALN Pardon, Politics News
Diane Dimond

So far George W. Bush has granted just about 160 executive pardons. If I may, I'd like to put in my two cents worth for at least two more.

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Non-Citizen Immigrant Households Experience Sharp Decline in Income

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 11.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Pew Research Center, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigrants, Immigrant Households, Immigrant Incomes, Pew Hispanic Center, Immigrant Families, Home News
Naazish YarKhan

The decline in the economic fortunes of non-citizen households represents a sharp turnaround from the preceding year.

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Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Billionaires, Congress, Wall Street Bailout, Children's Health Fund, Working Parents, Barack Obama Polls, Universal Healthcare, Katrina Victims, Regulation, Immigration, Health Insurance, Barack Obama Race, Mccain Immigration, Katrina Relief, Offthebus, Uninsured, Devante Johnson, Marian Wright Edelman, Illegal Immigrants, Teen Pregnancy, Deamonte Diver, Hurricane Katrina, Vision Insurance, Health Care, Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Mccain Katrina, Democratic Congress, John McCain, Dental Insurance, Iraq War Funding, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War, John McCain 2008, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Health, 2008 Presidential Race, Schip, Deregulation, Hospitals, Prescription Drugs, Hillary Clinton, Working Families, Medicaid, Healthcare, Huffingtonpost OffTheBus, Working Moms, Children's Defense Fund, Home News
Diane Tucker

"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."

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Illegal Aliens Are Criminals -- Period

Diane Dimond | Posted 10.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Postville Iowa Raid, Illegal Aliens, Diane Dimond, 12 Million Illegal Aliens, Laurel Mississippi, Identity Theft, I.C.E. Raids, Arizona Law on Hiring Illegal, Greedy Companies, Illegal Immigrants, Swift Meat Packing, Living News
Diane Dimond

This is the sound of me opening a Pandora's Box. But crimes are being committed so I must. Look, I'm a sympathetic person. I openly weep at comple...

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What You Don't Know About the U.S./Mexico Border Fence

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Border Wall, Border Fence, Wall on Mexico Border, BORDER ISSUES, Immigration Debate, Undocumented Immigrants, Alien, Politics News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

Turns out the fence inexplicably cuts through the middle of some properties, while leaving others untouched. Many question if it can keep people from sneaking in at all.

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The Irony of Immigrant Olympians

Sally Kohn | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Lopez Lamong, Olympics, Olympic Opening Ceremony, Opening Ceremony, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration Debate, 2008 Beijing Olympics, Politics News
Sally Kohn

Factory workers and maids and farmworkers are easy targets. Let's see the anti-immigrant folks really test their theories and tirades by attacking people Americans really care about: doctors, nurses, engineers -- and one governor.

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Irish and Mexicans Need Not Apply

Robert Mackey | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration, Iraq, Afghanistan, Civil Rights, Veterans, Illegal Immigrants, Politics News
Robert Mackey

The real insult to America is when politicians and pundits, many of whom have never served a day in uniform, cannot recognize the fact that immigrants are more than willing to serve this nation.

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Frozen River: Breaking Through the Summer Pack

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sony Pictures Classics, Sundance Film Festival, Breaking Entertainment News, Women's Issues, Box Office, Women Film Journalists, Native Americans, Misty Upham, The Oscars, Tom Bernard, Movies, Single Mothers, Women Filmmakers, Illegal Immigrants, Frozen River, Mohawk Nation, Melissa Leo, Courtney Hunt, Women Directors, Sony Pictures Classics, Sundance Film Festival, Women's Issues, Breaking Entertainment News, Box Office, Women Film Journalists, Native Americans, Misty Upham, Tom Bernard, The Oscars, Movies, Single Mothers, Women Filmmakers, Illegal Immigrants, Frozen River, Mohawk Nation, Melissa Leo, Courtney Hunt, Women Directors, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

"Smart movies like Frozen River are an alternative" says Sony Pictures co-president Tom Bernard. "We never try to win the weekend... we try to win the war."

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