Illegal Immigration

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Immigration Bill Could Be Introduced By December

Wall Street Journal | MELANIE TROTTMAN | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Immigration Reform, Luis Gutierrez, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Immigrant Bill, House, Schumer, Senate, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Luis Guttierez, Border, Border Security, Politics News

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano called Friday for Congress to consider an overhaul of immigration law early next year, a move that could ...

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Car Impoundment Measure Aimed At Illegal Immigrants Flops In Denver

The Denver Post | John Ingold and Jessica Fender | Posted 11.04.2009 | Denver

Read More: Impoundment, Colorado Ballot Initiative, Colorado Impound Initiative, Illegal Immigration, Denver News

A ballot initiative requiring police to impound the vehicles of drivers without valid licenses failed tonight after more than two-thirds of voters opp...

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GOP Health Care Bill WON'T Prevent Insurance Companies From Denying Sick People

Wall Street Journal | JANET ADAMY | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing to unveil their own health bill in the next few days. Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Monday that the plan woul...

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The Strange Bedfellows of the Census Boycott

Daniel Cubias | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Census, Latinos, Immigration Reform, Boycott, Michele Bachmann, Halloween Costumes, Illegal Immigration, Crazy Census Conspiracies, Immigration, Hispanics, Miguel Rivera, Politics News

I expected the neocons to get upset over the census. What surprised me is that some Latino groups have joined people like noted nutjob Congresswoman Michele Bachmann in calling for a boycott.

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We Can't Reform Health Care without Reforming Food

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Without any real changes in how our food is produced, the health care system will continue to bloat and fall apart. Not unlike the insides of an average American body.

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Flor Crisostomo, Undocumented Immigrant, Leaving Church Sanctuary After Nearly Two Years

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 10.19.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Adalberto United Methodist Church, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Elvira Arellano, Flor Crisostomo, Illegal Immigration, Chicago News

A Mexican has moved out of a church on Chicago's West Side where she lived almost two years in defiance of a deportation order....

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Immigration Rally: Immigration Reform Advocates Gather At Capitol Hill

The New York Times | Ian Urbina | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

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Thousands of immigrants came to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a day of lobbying and an afternoon rally calling for comprehensive immigration reform. Th...

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Thanks to Operation Gatekeeper, Death Toll Increases to Over 5,000

Mary Ann West | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Immigration Reform, Nafta, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Border Fence, Border Wall, Minutemen, Politics News

Fifteen years of failed immigration policy has not lessened the number of undocumented aliens entering the country and has cost millions in dollars.

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Dobbs Takes Aim At HuffPost Critic

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Drop Dobbs, Roberto Lovato, Media Criticism, Lou Dobbs, Illegal Immigration, Media Feuds, Media News

Scroll down for audio CNN birther-monger Lou Dobbs apparently reads the internets and had many nerves touched by one of our own bloggers, Roberto Lov...

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Bill Owens, Former Governor, Has Been Sponsoring Education For An Undocumented Immigrant

The Denver Post | Karen E. Crummy | Posted 11.23.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Colorado, Tom Tancredo, College Education, Colorado Governor, Bill Owens, Illegal Immigration, Denver News

A new book written by Helen Thorpe adds a footnote to the story of an Aurora honor student, brought to the U.S. illegally by his parents, who found hi...

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Illegal Immigration Crackdown Amendment: Coloradans Express Outrage

The Denver Daily News | Peter Marcus | Posted 11.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Coloradans for a Safe Community, Colorado, Daniel Hayes, Colorado Ballor Initiative, Illegal Immigration, Denver News

Opponents of a ballot initiative that would require the mandatory impoundment of cars driven by unlicensed drivers are hopeful that voters have become...

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Recession Hits Immigrants Hard: Survey Finds Decline In Foreign-Born Residents For First Time In 40 Years

Wall Street Journal | CONOR DOUGHERTY and MIRIAM JORDAN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Naturalization, Brookings Intstitute, Census, Illegal Immigration, Recession, Immigration, Immigrants, Census Bureau, Economy, Business News

The number of foreign-born residents of the U.S. declined for the first time since at least 1970, as a recession and tight labor market dented America...

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Immigration Battle Heats Up During Health Care Debate

washingtonpost.com | Spencer S. Hsu | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Obama, Immigration, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Immigration Debate, Healthcare, World News

As Congress's debate over health-care legislation lumbers toward a defining test for the Obama presidency, partisans on both sides of another issue --...

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Throwing Women Overboard -- Again

Martha Burk | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Women's Issues, Speech, Death Panels, Illegal Immigration, Obama, Health Care, Politics News

As the debate heats up in the coming days, we must paraphrase the question from our foremothers -- Mr. President, how long must women wait for equality?

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DC or Bust: Lou Dobbs and His Hate Groupies

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

If Dobbs won't end his association with FAIR, which the Southern Policy Law Center has designated as a hate group, CNN should do the right thing and end its association with Dobbs.

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Illegal Immigrants As Less Than Dogs

Yuna Shin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Portsmouth-Town-Hall, Daphne Eviatar, Health Care Reform, Illegal Immigration, Obama Town Hall, Health Care Town Hall, Hillary Roll Call, The Washington Independent, Obama-Health-Care-Town-Hall, Politics News

"Last week outside President Obama's town hall meeting in New Hampshire, one protester shouted," Eviatar tells us, "'We don't need illegals,' adding, 'Send 'em back with a bullet in the head.'"

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Deporting American Citizens: ICE's Mexican-izing of Mark Lyttle

Jacqueline Stevens, Ph.D. | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jacqueline Stevens, Immigration Customs Enforcement, Mark Lyttle, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Mexico, Immigration, Deportation, Ice, Mexican Immigrants, Politics News

ICE has been deporting over a million people each year. Most are Mexican citizens residing here without legal status. But thousands of those being detained and even deported are US citizens.

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Is Now the Right Time for Immigration Reform? Chuck Schumer, the Sensenbrenner in Liberal's Clothes

Anis Shivani | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Detention, Biometric Identification, 2006 Immigration Bill, Illegal Immigration, Numbersusa, Jeff Sessions, Immigrants, Immigration, James Sensenbrenner, Jim Webb, Deportation, 2007 Immigration Bill, Obama Administration, Peter Schey, DREAM Act, Illegal Immigrants, Tom Daschle, McCain-Kennedy Immigration Bill, Racism, Visas, Earned Legalization, Undocumented-Immigrants, Legalization, Immigration Debate, 1986 Immigration Reform, John McCain, Alberto Gonzalez, Rush Limbaugh, Homeland Security, La Raza, Xenophobia, Amnesty, Lou Dobbs, E-Verify, Chuck Hagel, Jon Kyl, Ted Kennedy, John Cornyn, Immigration Reform, John Ashcroft, Rahm Emanuel, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, 2005 Sensenbrenner Bill, Lulac, Organized Labor, Broken Borders, Chuck Schumer, Mexican Immigration, Torture, National Identification Card, Politics News

The Schumer mandate for the undocumented to register within a short period of time, or else be permanently barred from becoming U.S. residents, is a prime example of the law run amok.

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U.S. War on Drugs Is Killing Mexico

Diane Francis | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Drug Trafficking, Tourism, Passport Requirements, Visa, Crime, Marijuana, Mexico, Illegal Immigration, Immigration, Canada, Drugs, War on Drugs, Protectionism, Legalize Marijuana, World News

The Three Amigos Summit which just ended -- U.S., Canada and Mexico -- is the private gathering of North America's dysfunctional family.

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Jury Sides With Hospital That Deported Brain Injured Immigrant

AP | LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Luis Jimenez, Martin Memorial Medical Center, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Illegal Immigration, Guatemala, Florida, Immigration, Immigrants, Miami, Health Care, Deportation, Politics News

MIAMI — A hospital that sent a seriously brain injured illegal immigrant back to Guatemala – over the objections of his family and legal g...

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It Would Behoove the Republican Party to Immediately Stop Pissing Off Latinos

Pablo Manriquez | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Immigration Reform, Latina, Undocumented Immigrants, East Chicago, Latinos, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Illegal Immigration, Sonia Sotomayor, Mike Murphy, Republican Party, Hispanic, Republicans, Politics News

However it's fed to the media, what Democrats see in comprehensive immigration reform is 12 million potential votes. Unless Republicans prefer losing elections, they should stand with Obama on immigration reform.

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Illegal People: An Island of Rationality

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: International Trade, Migration, Mexico Immigration, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Human Rights, David Bacon, Nafta, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Globalization, Guest Workers, Labor Unions, Politics News

The hostility of globalization forces corporate management to compete for the cheapest possible products at the expense of exploited workers.

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Italy Illegal Immigration Crackdown Draws Fire

Huffington Post | Posted 08.15.2009 | World

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A new law in Italy seeks to impose harsh penalties on illegal immigrants in a country that has been considered a bastion for safe, illegal refuge in E...

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WATCH: What Ever Happened to the Horrible Scary Illegal Immigrants??

Lee Camp | Posted 07.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Immigration, Border Fence, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Comedy News

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Haitian Boat Capsizing Kills 9; 16 Rescued

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 06.14.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Haiti, Haiti Poverty, Haitian Immigrants, Haitians, Haitian Boat Capsize, Florida, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, World News