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First Ever Hearing On GLBT Immigration Equality

First Ever Hearing on GLBT Immigration Equality By Bob Roehr Windy City Media, June 3, 2009 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=21379 The US Senate held a first ever congressional hearing on GLBT immigration equality that would stop gay and lesbian families from being torn … Continue reading

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Mexican Emigration Drops 13 Per Cent in 1st Quarter

Mexican emigration drops 13 percent in 1st quarter Associated Press June 3, 2009 MEXICO CITY (AP) A government survey finds Mexican emigration dropped 13 percent in the first quarter of 2009 an ongoing trend as the U.S. economic recession discourages … Continue reading

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Bush Rule Bolstering Deportations Is Withdrawn

Bush Rule Bolstering Deportations Is Withdrawn By John Schwartz The New York Times, June 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/04deport.html?ref=us Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Wednesday reversed a Bush administration ruling that had weakened the ability of immigrants facing deportation to … Continue reading

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Honda Introduces Bill That Would Make Sweeping Changes In Legal Immigration

Honda introduces bill that would make sweeping changes in legal immigration By Ken McLaughlin The San Jose Mercury News (CA), June 3, 2009 http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_12514065?source=most_emailed To ensure that issues involving legal immigration don't get lost in the fiery debate about illegal … Continue reading

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Obama Delays Immigration Meeting; Members Await Invitations

Obama Delays Immigration Meeting; Members Await Invitations By Jennifer Bendery Roll Call (Washington, DC), June 3, 2009 http://www.rollcall.com/news/35480-1.html President Barack Obama is postponing a key meeting with immigration reform stakeholders because of a scheduling conflict. The meeting with top lawmakers … Continue reading

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Court Halts Efforts To Seize Suspected Smuggling Money

Court halts efforts to seize suspected smuggling money AZ prosecutors vow to continue fight By Jacques Billeaud The Associated, June 3, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-us-arizona-smuggling-money,0,4550058.story Phoenix (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court put the brakes Wednesday on an effort by state prosecutors … Continue reading

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Obama’s Aunt Might (Or Might Not) Return To Kenya

Obama's aunt might (or might not) return to Kenya By Ted Bridis The Associated Press, June 3, 2009 Washington, DC (AP) — President Barack Obama's aunt who is fighting to remain in the U.S. says she might or might not … Continue reading

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Money Sent Home By Mexicans In U.S. Plunges

Money sent home by Mexicans in U.S. plunges The Associated Press Tucson, Arizona Published: 06.01.2009 Money sent home by Mexicans living abroad plunged in April by more than 18 percent compared to the same period last year, the biggest monthly … Continue reading

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Should Judges Set Immigration Policy?

Should Judges Set Immigration Policy? Panel Looks at Erosion of Political Control WASHINGTON (June 2009) On June 8, President Obama will meet with congressional leaders to start discussions on an immigration bill. If such legislation were ever to pass, a … Continue reading

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How An Immigration Raid Changed A Town

How an immigration raid changed a town Tiny Postville, Iowa, struggles to regain its footing one year after the largest immigration sweep in US history. By Steve Dinnen The Christian Science Monitor, May 31, 2009 http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0605/p17s08-usgn.html Postville, IA — This … Continue reading

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Labor Department Suspends Farm Worker Rules

Labor Department Suspends Farm Worker Rules By Sara Murray The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124361995233566995.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Washington, DC — The Labor Department made it harder for farm employers to hire guest workers, suspending a last-minute Bush administration rule which … Continue reading

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Most U.S. Hispanic Kids Have Immigrant Parents

Most U.S. Hispanic Kids Have Immigrant Parents By N.C. Aizenman The Washington Post, May 29, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/28/AR2009052801506.html A majority of Hispanic children are now U.S.-born children of immigrants, primarily Mexicans who came to this country in an immigration wave that … Continue reading

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Hard Times Send Latinos Back Across Border

Hard times send Latinos back across the border By Jean Hopfensperger The Minnesota Star Tribune (Minneapolis), May 29, 2009 http://www.startribune.com/local/east/46421147.html?page=1&c=y A year ago, Primitivo Morales had a home in the suburbs, two children in college and two successful businesses on … Continue reading

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An Old Tradition For Tough Times : Money Sharing

An old tradition for tough times: Money sharing By Daniel Gonzalez The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), May 29, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/05/29/20090529cundinas0529.html Blanca Cordero fell and injured her back this year, putting her out of work for four months. The Mesa resident's bills … Continue reading

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Border Patrol Catches Illegal Canadian Citizens Who Come By Boat

Border Patrol catches illegal Canadian citizens who come by boat By Rob Ollikainen The Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA), May 29, 2009 http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090529/news/305299992 Port Angeles, WA — An anonymous tip led to the arrest of three Canadian citizens who … Continue reading

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Plenary Power: Should Judges Control U.S. Immigration Policy?

Plenary Power: Should Judges Control U.S. Immigration Policy? (CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES BACKGROUNDER FOR JUNE 8, 2009 PANEL DISCUSSION–ORIGINALLY PREPARED IN FEBRUARY, 2009) By Jon Feere February 2009 Backgrounders and Reports Federal policy on immigration has been founded on the … Continue reading

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Cuomo Widens A Probe Into Immigration Fraud

Cuomo Widens a Probe Into Immigration Fraud By Kirk Semple and Jenny Manrique The New York Times, May 28, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/nyregion/29immigration.html?hp Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo said Thursday that his office had issued more than 50 subpoenas to individuals and … Continue reading

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Obama: Check More Immigration Status Of Inmates

Obama: Check more immigration status of inmates By Spencer S. Hsu The Washington Post, May 19, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/18/AR2009051803172.html?sub=AR Washington, DC — The Obama administration is expanding a program initiated by President George W. Bush aimed at checking the immigration status … Continue reading

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Immigrants’ Children Might Get Help From DREAM Act

Immigrants' children might get help from DREAM Act By Vctor Manuel Ramos The Orlando Sentinel (FL), May 19, 2009 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orange/orl-young-immigrants-dream-act-051809,0,3373504.story Walter Lara is a scared 3-year-old, crouching with his mother under a stopped train. She holds him close and whispers … Continue reading

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Hispanic Voters A Growing Group In U.S.

Hispanic voters a growing group in U.S. Hispanic voters have immigration reform on their minds as they expand their voting power, a poll showed. By Trenton Daniel The Miami Herald (FL), May 19, 2009 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1055523.html The country's Hispanic voting population … Continue reading

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