Immigration Debate

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Viewers Riled up Over NOW on PBS Show on Illegal Immigration

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Latinos, Sheriff Arpaio, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Illegal Immigrants, Illegal Immigration, Joe Arpaio, Mexico, Immigration, Hispanics, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Joe-Arpaio, Sheriff-Arpaio, Immigration Debate, Media News

This week's special NOW on PBS investigation of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a hard-line sheriff from Maricopa County, Arizona, received an unprecedented avalanche of responses from NOW viewers.

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Sheriff Joe Arpaio Will Not Be Prosecuted For Racial Profiling Or Discrimination

Dawn Teo | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sheriff Arpaio, 287g, Illegal Immigration, Joe Arpaio, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Joe-Arpaio, 287(G), Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News

Critics of Sheriff Joe "Tent City" Arpaio have been celebrating but the revelry is premature: Neither Arpaio nor his officers will be prosecuted, punished, or sanctioned.

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Immigrants Returning Home In Greater Numbers

BusinessWeek | Vivek Wadhwa | Posted 04.03.2009 | World

Read More: India, Immigrants Leave u.s., Economy, Work Visas, Land of Opportunity, Immigrants Return Home, Student Visas, Immigration, Immigrants, China, Immigration Debate, World News

As the debate over H-1B workers and skilled immigrants intensifies, we are losing sight of one important fact: The U.S. is no longer the only land of ...

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Hispanic Lawmakers Pleased With Napolitano On Workplace Raids Issue

The Hill | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Luis Gutierrez, Lamar Smith, Workplace Raids, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Ice, Politics News

Hispanic lawmakers are more hopeful than ever that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will end workplace raids by immigration enforcement of...

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Asian Immigration: A Family Affair, A Chicago Perspective

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 03.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Immigration Reform, Asian American Immigration, Asian American Voters, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Asian Americans, Barack Obama Asians, Asian-American Vote, Obama Immigration Reform, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Chicago News

To look at the news coverage, the 'broken immigration system' is about Latinos and their extended families, as if every single one of the "12 million" illegal immigrants in the U.S. came from Tijuana.

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21st Century Bull Connor Closer to Feeling Fire Hose Turned on Him

Bertha Lewis | Posted 03.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jim Crow, John Conyers, Acorn, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Bobby Scott, Janet Napolitano, Jerrold Nadler, Joe Arpaio, Bertha Lewis, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Eric Holder, Immigration Debate, Politics News

The Arpaio spectacle shows that a police-state solution does not work.

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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

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

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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Immigration Reform is a Promise Waiting to be Filled

Marisa Treviño | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress, US Soldiers, Children, Department of Labor, Guantanamo, Immigration, Stimulus, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Obama Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Iraq War, Immigration Reform, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economic Stimulus, Medicare, US Soldiers Iraq, Iraq, Children's Health, Immigration Debate, Schip, U.S. Department of Labor, Republicans, Politics News

Some analysts are guessing that Obama, while he won't utter the words "immigration reform" in the same breath, might be more willing to tackle the issue one piece at a time.

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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

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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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

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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Health Care or Hate Speech? SCHIP Early Test for GOP

Frank Sharry | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Schip, Politics News

This week the House is will vote on reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and the Senate Finance Committee will take up...

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Another Murdered: Pass the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act

Kety Esquivel | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Latinos, Law, Law Enforcement, Hate Crimes, Jose Sucuzhanay, Brooklyn, Obama Administration, Obama Administration Challenges, Congress, Hispanics, Race, Romel Sucuzhanay, New York, Death, Racial Epithet, Ecuador, Immigration Reform, Latino Politics, Nclr, Online, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Marcelo Lucero, National Council of La Raza, Hate Speech, Long Island, Immigration Debate, Immigration Policy, Politics News

NCLR has joined other civil rights and Latino leaders to urge Congress and the new administration to make passage of the "Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act" a priority.

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Arpaio the Only One Smiling in Maricopa County

Angela Kelley | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Reality TV, Undocumented Immigrants, Police, Crime, Janet Napolitano, Illegal Immigration, Joe Arpaio, Immigration, Arizona, Civil Rights, Immigration Debate, Politics News

"Smile, You're Under Arrest"--that's the name of a new reality TV show starring none other than Sheriff Joe Arpaio of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Of...

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The Immigration Debate Is Not About Immigration

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration, Economy, Immigration Debate, Illegal Immigration, Politics News

Voices for the meticulous enforcement of the current immigration laws ask to repeat what has failed so far, but to do so with greater determination.

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Welcome to My World, Janet... Now, Please Restore Some Dignity to It

Frank Sharry | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff, Immigration, Immigration Debate, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Ice, Politics News

First things first, kudos to the President-elect on his likely pick for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Arizona Governor Jan...

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Victim of Racist Attack Awarded $2.5 Million

Kety Esquivel | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Gruver was attacked by Klansmen at a Kentucky fair in 2006. He was in line at a concession stand at the Meade County Fair when two Klansmen... threw whiskey in his face.

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A Canadian's Appeal To American Voters

Irshad Manji | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Values, Progressive Politics, Common Good, Immigration Debate, Voting, 2008 Presidential Election, The Giving Life, Politics News

Relax - I'm not telling you who to vote for. That's your business. Rather, this blog is about what it means to be connected to the common good.

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Presidential Debates Ignore 12 Million Elephants in the Room, Bypass Immigration

Angela Kelley | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Raids, John McCain, Battleground States, Latino Voters, Hispanic Voters, Immigration, Presidential Debates, 2008 Election, Mccain Immigration, Barack Obama, Immigration Debate, Politics News

What do the economy, health care, and foreign policy have in common? They are all topics that are related to a critical issue that was not discusse...

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Pro-Immigrant Media Campaigns

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 10.31.2008 | Media

Read More: Polictics, The Truth About Immigrants, Hate Crime, Mexico, Hate Speech, Immigrants, Policy, Pro-Immigrant Media Campaigns, Immigration Debate, Foreign Policy, Media News

Courtesy DuPage Immigrant Solidarity The majority of Americans do not hold extreme anti-immigrant views, but it is difficult for those of us who don'...

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Memo to the Candidates: Immigration, Seriously?

Frank Sharry | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Immigration, Mccain Immigration, Barack Obama, Immigration Debate, Election 2008, Politics News

Note: Cross-posted at www.immigration08.com. Seriously, it's about time the candidates started talking about immigration again. But now, can we talk...

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Racism at Root of Nativist Movement

Mark Potok | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Federaton for American Immigration Reform, Racism, Nativism, Southern Poverty Law Center, John Tanton, Immigration Debate, Politics News

John Tanton, the architect of the movement and founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), has a more than 30-year history of racial extremism.

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Bienvenidos a Election 2008: The Truth on McCain's Immigration Ad

Frank Sharry | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Immigration Reform, John McCain, John McCain Attack Ads, Immigration, America's Voice, Mccain Immigration, Immigration Debate, Politics News

First, Sen. John McCain was for reform - championing a bipartisan, comprehensive immigration bill with courage and leadership until it collapsed in th...

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McCain, Obama on International Diplomacy and Immigration

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Immigration Reform, Mccain Immigration Reform, John McCain, Homeland Security, Immigration, Election 2008, Border Fence, Border Security, Lou Dobbs Immigration, Tom Tancredo, Immigration Debate, United Nations Obama, Foreign Affairs Obama, Obama Immigration Reform, Barack Obama, United Nations Mccain, League of Democracies, Security Council Mccain, League of Nations, Bush Unilateralism, UN Human Rights, Obama Diplomacy, Fareed Zakaria Democracies, McCain Diplomacy, Un Secretariat, Zimbabwe Elections, Security Council Obama, Home News

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus will be running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on international diplomacy and immigration.

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38.4 Million Obama Fans Can't Be Wrong

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, John McCain, Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Gun Control, Gail Collins, Immigration Debate, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News

Apparently John McCain doesn't take this presidency business seriously. First he injected Paris Hilton and Britney Spears into the race, now's he's in...

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