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Will An Overhaul Of Immigration Policy Help Or Hurt Your Job Prospects?

Obama's Immigration Plans and Your Job Security in the Recession Will an Overhaul of Immigration Policy Help or Hurt Your Job Prospects? By Scott Mayerowitz The ABC News, April 13, 2009 http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7309315&page=1 Danny Fowler used to run a small construction … Continue reading

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Census Concern: Immigrants May Avoid The Count

Census concern: Immigrants may avoid the count By Daniel Gonzlez The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), April 13, 2009 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/04/13/20090413census0410.html With the 2010 census less than a year away, officials have launched a campaign to build trust with undocumented immigrants amid growing … Continue reading

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Compromise Sought On Immigrant Driver’s Licences

Compromise sought on immigrant driver's licenses Plan would allow renewal applications without proof of legal presence By Julie Bykowicz The Baltimore Sun (MD), April 13, 2009 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-driver-license-bill0413,0,1155806.story State lawmakers are at work on a compromise on whether illegal immigrants with … Continue reading

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Immigration Issue Stalls County Business Licence Plan

Immigration issue stalls county business license plan Amendment ignites Hispanic opposition to ordinance that gives sheriff power to shut down violators By Ben Szobody The Greenville News (SC), April 13, 2009 http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20090413/NEWS01/904130303/1068/YOURUPSTATE01 A flood of opposition from Latino business leaders … Continue reading

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Tancredo At UNC For Illegal Immigration Talk

Tancredo at UNC for illegal immigration talk The News and Observer (Raleigh), April 13, 2009 http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1483421.html Former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, a leading critic of U.S. immigration policy, will be in Chapel Hill on Tuesday to speak against the admission … Continue reading

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U.S. Suspended A Program To Re-Unite Refugee Families Amid Fraud Allegations

Source of refuge, and separation U.S. suspended a program to reunite refugee families amid fraud allegations, and now relatives are stranded By Susan Carroll The Houston Chronicle, April 12, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6369533.html When Mayam Kromah dropped by a Houston immigration clinic … Continue reading

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Report: More Than A Million New Citizens Last Year

Report: More than a million new citizens last year By Stephen Wall The Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA), April 12, 2009 http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_12129914 Motivated by the historic presidential election, a record number of people became citizens last year. A little … Continue reading

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‘Birth Tourism’ Is Target Of Immigration Initiative

'Birth tourism' is target of immigration initiative Group refining measure to restrict immigrant services By Shane Goldmacher The Sacramento Bee, April 11, 2009 http://www.modbee.com/local/story/662721.html A group of conservative activists are hoping to bring the issue of illegal immigration back to … Continue reading

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Homeland Security Secretary Can’t Say If Illegal Aliens Will Get Stimulus Money

Homeland Security Secretary Cant Say If Illegal Aliens Will Get Stimulus Money By Penny Starr The CNS News, April 10, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46397 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday could not say whether $100-million in additional funding for a program … Continue reading

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Court Gives Immigrant Drivers Break

Court gives immigrant drivers break By Peggy Fikac The San Antonio Express News (TX), April 9, 2009 http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Judge_agrees_to_block_new_driver_license_rules.html Austin — A state judge Thursday agreed to put on hold stringent new Texas driver license rules that were touted last year … Continue reading

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Democratic Congressman : Illegal Aliens Have ‘Nothing To Fear’ By Participating In Census

Democrat Congressman: Illegal Aliens Have 'Nothing to Fear' By Participating in Census By Josiah Ryan The CNS News, April 9, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46330 Arlington County in Northern Virginia will try to maximize its population number in the 2010 Census by counting … Continue reading

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Critics Say Illegal Immigrant Voting Degrades Citizenship

Critics say illegal immigrants voting degrades citizenship By Liz Mineo The MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, MA), April 9, 2009 http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x430403178/Critics-say-illegal-immigrants-voting-degrades-citizenship Framingham, MA — Advocates praised state Rep. Pam Richardson's idea to give illegal immigrants voting rights in local elections, while … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrant Voting A Reality In Some States

Illegal immigrant voting a reality in some states By John Hilliard The MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, MA), April 9, 2009 http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x430403184/Illegal-immigrant-voting-a-reality-in-some-states While voting rights for non-citizens sparks controversy here, other states allow residents without U.S. citizenship a chance to vote … Continue reading

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Applications For Foreign Worker Visas Are Down

Applications for Foreign Worker Visas Are Down By Kirk Semple The New York Times, April 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/09visa.html?ref=global-home Federal immigration authorities said Wednesday that they were still accepting petitions by employers for temporary visas for foreign scientists and technology engineers … Continue reading

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Obama To Push Immigration Bill As One Priority

Obama to Push Immigration Bill as One Priority By Julia Preston The New York Times, April 8, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/us/politics/09immig.html?_r=1 While acknowledging that the recession makes the political battle more difficult, President Obama plans to begin addressing the countrys immigration system … Continue reading

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Governor Signs Illegal Immigrant Bill Into Law

Governor Signs Illegal Immigration Bill into Law By Christie Bett The KOLN News (Lincoln), April 8, 2009 http://www.kolnkgin.com/home/headlines/42708342.html Governor Dave Heineman plans to stop illegal immigrants from receiving public benefits. Governor Heineman signed LB 403 into law Wednesday. The law … Continue reading

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Border Deaths Up Despite Apparent Dip In Crossings

Border deaths up despite apparent dip in crossings By Arthur H. Rotstein The Associated Press, April 8, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hb3Y5EW7NWv-9hhqPXZM6aMINwPAD97EJAVG0 Tucson, AZ (AP) — Illegal immigrant deaths along the U.S.-Mexico border have risen in the past six months despite a nearly … Continue reading

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Border Service Looking For A Few (Thousand) Good Men And Women

Border service looking for a few (thousand) good men and women The San Diego Union Tribune, April 8, 2009 http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/08/bn08cbpjobs124011/ At a time when many people are looking for employment, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has open positions, and the … Continue reading

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Immigration Critic Cries ‘McCarthyism’

Immigration Critic Cries McCarthyism By Anthony Weiss The Jewish Daily Forward, April 8, 2009 http://www.forward.com/articles/104679/ The Jewish communitys most vocal proponent of stricter immigration policies is accusing a national Jewish group of leading a 'McCarthyite effort' to silence him. Stephen … Continue reading

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Cardinal Mahony Says ‘Enforcement Only’ Immigration Policy Not Humane

Cardinal Mahony says enforcement-only immigration policy not humane By Robert Delaney The Boston Pilot, April 7, 2009 http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=10225 Detroit — It was an event he witnessed while 'still in grammar school' that helped shape Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony's … Continue reading

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