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Students’ Take-Home Assignment : Census Kits

Students' take-home assignment: Census kits Part of the biggest Census outreach effort is targeting grade-school classrooms with kits, coloring books and other teaching aids that children can take home to Mom and Dad. By Haya El Nasser USA Today, August … Continue reading

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Obama Shelving Amnesty For Now

Obama 'shelving' amnesty for now? By Chad Groening One News Now, August 28, 2009 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=661706 Illegal aliens waiting for workA former Congressman who now heads a Colorado-based think tank is encouraged by the recent town hall meetings on healthcare reform … Continue reading

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L.A. County Jails To Begin Checking Immigration Status Of Inmates

L.A. County jails to begin checking immigration status of inmates Fingerprints will be run through federal databases during the booking process, and those with prior convictions for violent crimes will be prioritized for possible deportation. By Anna Gorman The Los … Continue reading

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Court Upholds Rule Requiring Contractors To Use E-Verify

Court upholds rule requiring contractors to use E-Verify By Elise Castelli The Federal Times (Washington, DC), August 27, 2009 http://www.federaltimes.com/index.php?S=4253885 A federal court upheld an impending regulation that will require government contractors to certify the employment eligibility of their workers … Continue reading

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Napolitano: Politics Didn’t Push Stimulus Projects

Napolitano: Politics Didn't Push Stimulus Projects The Associated Press, August 27, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/27/us/politics/AP-US-Stimulus-Border-Crossings.html Dallas (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that politics did not influence the decision to spend millions of dollars in stimulus money on little-used … Continue reading

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Despite What Advocates Of Illegal Immigration Say, There Are No Jobs "Americans Won’t Do", Says Study

Despite What Advocates of Illegal Immigration Say, There are No Jobs Americans Wont Do, Says Study By Adam Brickley CNSNews.com http://www.cnsnews.com/news/print/53058 Wednesday, August 26, 2009 A study released by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows that native-born Americans fill … Continue reading

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Immigrant Detainees Granted Class Status

Immigrant detainees granted class status 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel overturns a lower court ruling in a case brought for immigrants held more than six months without a bond hearing. By Carol J. Williams The Los Angeles Times, August … Continue reading

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Obama Addresses Immigration Reform

Obama addresses immigration reform By Josh Gerstein The Politico (Washington, DC), August 20, 2009 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0809/26308.html President Barack Obama on Thursday managed to undo some of the damage he did recently with immigrants rights advocates who were angered when Obama said … Continue reading

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Study : Illegal Immigrants Complicate Health Fight

Study: Illegal Immigrants Complicate Health Fight By Kasie Hunt Congress Daily, August 19, 2009 http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressdaily/ [Subscription] Illegal immigration will make lowering healthcare costs harder, according to a study released today, although a Latino advocacy group called it disingenuous. 'It is … Continue reading

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North Carolina Community Colleges Reviewing Immigrant Policy

NC community colleges reviewing immigrant policy The Associated Press, August 19, 2009 http://www2.wnct.com/nct/news/state_regional/article/nc_community_colleges_reviewing_immigrant_policy/47668/ Raleigh (AP) — North Carolina community colleges leaders will consider reversing a ban keeping illegal immigrants out of the statewide system of two-year colleges. A committee of … Continue reading

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Whitman Wants Bigger State Voice On Immigration Policy

Whitman wants bigger state voice on immigration policy By Jack Chang The Sacramento Bee, August 18, 2009 http://www.sacbee.com/latest/story/2119971.html Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman said Tuesday she supports toughening federal enforcement of employers who hire illegal immigrants and also expanding guest … Continue reading

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Yale’s Surrender

Yale's Surrender By: Winfield Myers Campus Watch Monday, August 17, 2009 Why is Yale hiding behind the decision of anonymous “experts” to defend its decision to pull all illustrations of Muhammad from Jytte Klausen's forthcoming book, The Cartoons that Shook … Continue reading

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Immigration, Population Growth And Environmental Hypocrisy

Commentary: Immigration, Population Growth and Environmentalist Hypocrisy Border fence outcry misses the bigger threat to ecologically fragile territory By Leon Kolankiewicz Noozhawk Santa Barbara and Galeta Published on 08.16.2009 The Sierra Club, Defenders of Wildlife and other environmental groups have … Continue reading

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Jobs Americans Won’t Do ? + Worse Than It Seems

Immigration and the U.S. Labor Force Two New Studies Examine Economics of Immigration By Center For Imigration Studies Washington, D.C. Contact: Steven Camarota, (202) 466-8185, sac@cis.org WASHINGTON (August 17, 2009) The two reports released today by the Center for Immigration … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigration Enters The Health-Care Debate

Illegal Immigration Enters the Health-Care Debate In California, Funding Is at Stake for a Clinic That Treats Patients No Matter Their Status; An Issue 'No One Wants to Touch' By MIRIAM JORDAN The Wall Street Journal August 15, 2009 Comments … Continue reading

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New Report Puts World Population At 7 Billion By 2011

New report puts world population at 7 billion by 2011 Eitan Gavish DAILY NEWS WRITER Thursday, August 13th 2009, 2:48 PM Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/08/13/2009-08-13_new_report_puts_world_population_at_7_billion_ by_2011.html#ixzz0OAgKRI7I By 2011, the worlds population should reach 7 billion, according to a new report put … Continue reading

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The Elephant In The Room: Panel On Immigration’s Impact On Health Care Reform

The Elephant in the Room Panel on Immigrations Impact on Health Care Reform Center For Immigration Studies Contact: Steven Camarota, (202) 466-8185, sac@cis.org WASHINGTON (August 2009) One out of three people in the U.S. without health insurance is an immigrant … Continue reading

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Obama: Immigration Overhaul Will Have To Wait

Obama: Immigration overhaul will have to wait The president, at a summit with leaders from Canada and Mexico, says there is just too much on his plate to take on the difficult issue. By PETER NICHOLAS Los Angeles Times Last … Continue reading

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Group Wants More Midwest Latinos To Answer Census

Group wants more Midwest Latinos to answer Census By Sophia Tareen The Associated Press August 5, 2009 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-census2010-maldef,0,2043143.story Chicago (AP) — A legal advocacy group launched an education and awareness campaign Wednesday encouraging Latinos in 11 Midwest states to participate … Continue reading

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Feds Give Sheriff A Tough Choice On Immigration Enforcement

Feds give sheriff a tough choice on immigration enforcement If sweeps not altered, jail help will be lost The Arizona Republic (Phoenix) August 5, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/08/05/20090805sweepstats0805.html It was another sweep, with more arrests and complaints of racial profiling. Valley residents … Continue reading

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