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House Restores Funding To Jail Illegal Immigrants

House restores funding to jail illegal immigrants By David Sherfinski The Washington Examiner (DC), June 28, 2009 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/House-restores-funding-to-jail-illegal-immigrants-49392102.html The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to restore $400 million in funding for state and local jails to incarcerate criminal illegal … Continue reading

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Anti-Illegal-Migrant Bills Advance

Anti-illegal-migrant bills advance Pearce taking lead in new round of reforms By Elisabeth Arriero The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), June 28, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2009/06/28/20090628pearce0628.html Two years after engineering the nation's toughest employer-sanctions law, state Sen. Russell Pearce has taken the lead in … Continue reading

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Agencies Clash On Military’s Border Role

Agencies Clash on Military's Border Role At Issue: Which One Directs Troops in Anti-Drug Mission By Spencer S. Hsu The Washington Post, June 28, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/27/AR2009062700956_pf.html A proposal to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border to counter drug … Continue reading

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Arrests Along Border Drop Everywhere But Here

Arrests along the border drop everywhere but here By Edward Sifuentes The North County Times (Escondido, CA), June 27, 2009 http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/06/27/news/sandiego/z35a890c81cc1af09882575e0007388f3.txt The number of illegal immigrants caught at the nation's borders with Mexico and Canada in 2008 dropped to its … Continue reading

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Identity Theft, Document Fraud And Illegal Employment

Identity Theft, Document Fraud, and Illegal Employment Contact: Bryan Griffith, (202) 466-8185, press@cis.org Center For Immigration Studies June 25, 2009 WASHINGTON (JUNE 25, 2009) – In May of this year, a Supreme Court decision severely impeded the use of identity … Continue reading

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Law Gives Foreign Workers Break On In-State Tuition

Law gives foreign workers break on in-state tuition The Associated Press, June 23, 2009 http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/787171.html A law that takes effect July 1 in Washington will extend in-state college tuition rates to foreign professionals, their spouses and children. The Seattle Times … Continue reading

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Group Agrees To Buy Iowa Kosher Slaughterhouse

Group agrees to buy Iowa kosher slaughterhouse Associated Press June 23, 2009 IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) The president of a Canadian plastics plant and two partners have agreed to buy a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa that was the site of … Continue reading

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Liberals Concerned About Current Levels of Immigration

Liberals Concerned About Current Levels Of Immigration PFIR in the Media Monday, June 22, 2009 Progressives for Immigration Reform Chief Scheduled to Appear on Lou Dobbs Tonight Tonight, on June 22, 2009, Leah Durant, Executive Director of Progressives for Immigration … Continue reading

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Latinos Also Divided Over Immigrant Rights

Latinos also divided over immigrant rights Critics say some are asking for too much By Franco Ordoez The Charlotte Observer (NC), June 22, 2009 http://www.charlotteobserver.com/141/story/795161.html?storylink=omni_popular As the immigration debate heats up across the country, a new study shows Latinos in … Continue reading

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Grassley Presses Obama Administration On E-Verify

Grassley presses Obama administration on E-Verify By Lynda Waddington The Iowa Independent (Center for Independent Media), June 22, 2009 http://iowaindependent.com/16544/grassley-presses-obama-administration-on-e-verify Because the Obama administration has slowed the implementation of a 2007 executive order signed by Pres. George W. Bush that … Continue reading

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Microsoft CEO Explains Locating Site In Canada

Microsoft CEO explains locating site in Canada Corporate decisions not always simple economics BY TOM WALSH FREE PRESS COLUMNIST June 18, 2009 When a Michigan company decides to invest and create jobs in another state or another country, how do … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Ballmer On H1-B Visas, Immigration

Microsoft's Ballmer on H1-B Visas, Immigration Don Sears Careers June 18, 2009 The Detroit Free Press recently interviewed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer who asked him why Microsoft in 2007 built a research and development facility in Canada–over the border in … Continue reading

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Virginia Studies Expose High Cost Of Illegal Immigration And Widespread Voter Dissatisfaction

Virginia Studies Expose High Cost of Illegal Immigration and Widespread Voter Dissatisfaction Cost Study and Zogby Poll Offer Comprehensive Statewide Assessment WASHINGTON, June 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Simultaneous studies, released this week by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), document … Continue reading

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Loophole Allows For Easy Immigration For Aircraft Mechanics

Loophole allows for easy immigration for aircraft mechanics By Byron Harris The WFAA News (Dallas), June 16, 2009 http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090615_mo_tns.84df6274.html There are more than 100,000 American aircraft mechanics who are out of work or who have left the business. But aircraft … Continue reading

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Third Year Of Fewer Illegal Immigrants Caught

Third year of fewer illegal immigrants caught The Associated Press, June 16, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6482246.html McAllen, TX (AP) — The number of Border Patrol apprehensions nationwide has dropped for a third consecutive year, according to new government data. The Department of … Continue reading

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Worker IDs May Be In The Cards

Worker IDs may be in the cards A Democratic senator shaping immigration overhaul legislation backs an identification plan for all Americans. By Teresa Watanabe The Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-worker-id16-2009jun16,0,2060518.story As the immigration reform debate begins to heat … Continue reading

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U.S. To Save Historic Immigration Files

US to save historic immigration files The Boston Globe, June 16, 2009 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/06/16/us_agrees_to_preserve_historic_immigration_files/ Kansas City, MO (AP) — Millions of files containing detailed information about US immigrants – including their spouses' names, as well as personal photographs and letters – … Continue reading

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Federal Court Says Local Governments Can Penalize Those Hiring Illegal Immigrants

Federal Court Says Local Governments Can Penalize Those Hiring Illegal Immigrants The Nebraska State Paper (Lincoln), June 15, 2009 http://nebraska.statepaper.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2009/06/15/4a367d36e0894 The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that local governments can suspend the business permits of companies that … Continue reading

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Is Obama Holding Up E-Verify?

Is Obama Holding Up E-verify? By Franco Ordonez This Land, June 15, 2009 http://obsthisland.blogspot.com/2009/06/is-obama-holding-up-e-verify.html Legislators and advocates are questioning President Obama's commitment to enforcing immigration laws after, again, delaying when federal contractors need to adhere to an order to use … Continue reading

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Real ID Opposition Sparks Revisions To National Driver’s License Standard

Real ID opposition sparks revisions to national driver's license standard Pass ID drops controversial proposals, but not all think law's revision went far enough By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld, June 15, 2009 http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134404&intsrc=news_ts_head Widespread opposition to a 2005 bill designed to … Continue reading

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