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Supreme Court Rules Against Government In Immigration Identity-Theft Case

Supreme Court rules against government in immigration identity-theft case In a 9-0 decision, the justices say the crime is limited to those who knew they had stolen another person's Social Security number. The decision limits efforts to prosecute illegal workers. … Continue reading

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U.S. Census Bureau Working To Ensure Accurate Florida Count

U.S. Census Bureau working to ensure accurate Florida count The Census Buerau Is Reaching Out with An Unusual Campaign Targeting Immigrant Communities to Ease Fears About the 2010 Tally By Georgia East and Alexia Campbell Staff Writers The South Florida … Continue reading

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‘Hire American’ Provisions Frustrate Universities, Employers

'Hire American' provisions frustrate universities, employers By Rob Hotakainen The State (Columbia), May 3, 2009 http://www.thestate.com/nationalpolitics/story/773101.html Washington, DC — At Duke University in North Carolina, where foreign nationals account for 60 percent of this year's master's class in engineering, Vivek … Continue reading

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Underground Threat: Tunnels Pose Trouble From Mexico To Middle East

Underground Threat: Tunnels Pose Trouble from Mexico to Middle East By Ken Stier Time Magazine, May 2, 2009 http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1895430,00.html?iid=tsmodule With swine flu frenzy gripping the U.S., the threat coming from south of the Mexico border may seem more real to … Continue reading

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LA Judge Orders Widows’ Green Card Cases Reopened

LA judge orders widows' green card cases reopened By Amy Taxin The Associated Press, May 2, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47574 Los Angeles (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered the government to reopen the immigration cases of dozens of foreign widows … Continue reading

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Swine Flu Aside, Border Agents See Illness Often

Swine flu aside, border agents see illness often By Arthur H. Rotstein The Associated Press, May 1, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/6403609.html Tucson, AZ (AP) — Border Patrol agents along the southwestern border with Mexico are on alert for illegal immigrants who may … Continue reading

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Latinos Ask Obama For More Key Posts In Government ****

Latinos Ask Obama for More Key Posts in Government The Latin American Herald Tribune (Caracas, Venezuela), May 1, 2009 http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=333327&CategoryId=12395 Washington, DC — Several Latino leaders sent a petition to President Barack Obama on Wednesday, his 100th day in office, … Continue reading

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Angry Minutemen Protest Utah’s Guest-Worker Plan

Angry Minutemen protest Utah's guest-worker plan By Sheena Mcfarland The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), May 1, 2009 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12273244 About 20 protesters gathered outside of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce building Friday to protest the organization's plan for … Continue reading

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For Imigrants, Colorado Jobs Vanishing

For immigrants, Colo. jobs vanishing The number of foreign-born workers has fallen by more than for U.S.-born laborers. By Bruce Finley The Denver Post, May 1, 2009 http://www.denverpost.com/nationalpolitics/ci_12267517 As Congress reopened immigration debate Thursday, new data indicated immigrants are bearing … Continue reading

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Report: Immigrant Unemployment At Record High

Report: Immigrant Unemployment at Record High Rate now exceeds native-born, a change from recent past Center for Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. Contact: Steven Camarota, sac@cis.org, (202) 466-8185 WASHINGTON (April 30, 2009) A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies … Continue reading

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Governent Going After Companies Hiring Illegal Workers

Gov't going after companies hiring illegal workers By Eileen Sullivan The Associated Press, April 30, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i4nY72M0hFVOHUzIrqYpD67DoBxgD97SRTB84 Washington, DC (AP) — An Obama administration policy to go after employers who knowingly hire and exploit illegal workers is not significantly different … Continue reading

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Hispanics Rally For Law To Ease Path For Students

Hispanics rally for law to ease path for students By Angela Mapes Turner The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (IN), April 30, 2009 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090430/LOCAL/304309989/1002/LOCAL Local Hispanic groups gathered Wednesday to support legislation that would grant citizenship to some children of illegal … Continue reading

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Advocates Calling For Changes In The Nation’s Immigration Laws Holding Rallies And Events Across The Country

Immigrant rally planned for Friday; more events this weekend Advocates calling for changes in the nation's immigration laws holding rallies and events across the country, including in South Florida By Luis F. Perez The South Florida Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), … Continue reading

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House Panels Approve E-Verify, Photo ID Measures

House panels approve E-Verify, photo ID measures By Steve Peoples The Providence Journal, April 30, 2009 http://www.projo.com/news/content/IMMIGRATION_BILLS_04-30-09_NOE786G_v10.3940fce.html Providence — The issues have drawn fire from all sides. But Wednesday, there were no fireworks as separate General Assembly committees voted quickly … Continue reading

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Greenspan Backs Increase In Foreign Skilled Workers

Greenspan Backs Increase in Foreign Skilled Workers By Fawn Johnson The Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124112017018574119.html Washington, DC — Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday that increasing skilled foreign workers in the U.S. could mollify housing-price … Continue reading

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Federal Officials Pressured To Tighten Border Crossings Under Outbtrak

Federal officials pressured to tighten border crossings under outbreak By Jim Landers The Dallas Morning News, April 30, 2009 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-fluborder_30bus.ART.State.Edition2.4a5fdbd.html Washington, DC — Pressure mounted on federal officials Wednesday to tighten health screening or even close border crossings with Mexico … Continue reading

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Health Officials In U.S. Warn Migrants About Flu

Health officials in US warn migrants about flu By Garance Burke The Associated Press, April 30, 2009 http://www.centredaily.com/swine-flu/story/1261262.html Cutler, CA (AP) — As migrant workers from Mexico begin their journey north to take summer jobs in fields and construction sites … Continue reading

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300 PC Students Silently Protest Tom Tancredo

300 PC students silently protest Tom Tancredo By Karen Lee Ziner The Providence Journal, April 29, 2009 http://newsblog.projo.com/2009/04/hold-until-upda.html Providence, RI — An estimated 300 Providence College students protested Wednesday afternoon outside the school gates against former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo, … Continue reading

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Low Salaries For Low Skills

Low salaries for low skills Center For Immigration Studies April 2007 Very few H-1B workers are highly-skilled. Employers who used the Department of Labors skill-based prevailing wage system classified most workers (56 percent) as being at the lowest skill level … Continue reading

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Indians Get 38% Of H-1B’s In ’08

Indians got 38% H-1Bs in '08 The Press Trust of India, April 13, 2009 http://infotech.indiatimes.com/News/Indians-got-38-H-1Bs-in-08/articleshow/4395409.cms Washington, DC — As the US is having a tough time in filling up its annual quota of 65,000 H-1B work visas for highly skilled … Continue reading

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