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U.S. Shifts To Stop Employees Intentionally Seeking Illegal Labor

U.S. shifts focus to stop employers intentionally seeking illegal labor By LAURENCE ILIFF / The Dallas Morning News liliff@dallasnews.com 12:08 AM CDT on Friday, April 3, 2009 JIUTEPEC, Mexico U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday that there will … Continue reading

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States Move Against In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants

States move against in-state tuition for illegal immigrants In recent years, states have barred undocumented students from getting the lower tuition fees. By Daniel B. Wood Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the April 3, 2009 edition Los … Continue reading

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Illegals Get Work Permits For Snitching

Illegals get work permits for snitching Decried as 'de facto amnesty' By Audrey Hudson and Stephen Dinan THE WASHINGTON TIMES Friday, April 3, 2009 A newly revealed law enforcement policy allows illegal immigrants arrested during work-site raids to be released … Continue reading

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We Cannot Make Demands Of U.S. On Immigration—Cowen

We cannot make demands of US on immigration – Cowen MARIE O'HALLORAN The Irish Times April 2, 2009 IRELAND CANNOT make demands for the undocumented Irish in the US, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has told the Dil. He said that we … Continue reading

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U.S. Deters Hiring Of Foreigners As Joblessness Grows

U.S. Deters Hiring of Foreigners as Joblessness Grows Recipients of Bailout Funds Face Hurdles to Recruit Skilled Guest Workers; Cutbacks Sought From Seasonal Employers By S. Mitra Kalita The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123810912615352681.html?mod=googlenews_wsj As more Americans lose … Continue reading

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Still Coming To America

Still Coming to America By Mitra Kalita The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2009 http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2009/03/27/still-coming-to-america/ Despite measures to curb migration into the U.S., the huddled masses are still lining up. Theres proof of that in the queues outside U.S. embassies, … Continue reading

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A Risky New Push For Immigration Legislation

A risky new push for immigration legislation Advocates of legalization have crafted a plan that could alienate businesses and key Republicans, including Sen. John McCain. But it is designed to lure a powerful new ally — organized labor. By Peter … Continue reading

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Hezbollah Uses Mexican Drug Routes Into U.S.

Hezbollah uses Mexican drug routes into U.S. By Sara A. Carter The Washington Times, March 27, 2009 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/27/hezbollah-uses-mexican-drug-routes-into-us/ Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican drug kingpins do to smuggle drugs and people into the United States, … Continue reading

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S.F. Dems Blast Mayor In Sanctuary Case

S.F. Dems blast mayor in sanctuary city case By Heather Knight The Houston Chronicle, March 27, 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/26/BAN216NNQO.DTL The San Francisco Democratic Party has thrust the city's controversial sanctuary city policy back into the spotlight, overwhelmingly passing a resolution blasting … Continue reading

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DREAM ACT May Help Foreign-Born Students Become Legal Citizens

DREAM Act May Help Foreign-Born Students Become Legal Citizens By Hoa Quach The San Diego News Network, March 26, 2009 http://www.sandiego6.com/news/local/story/Dream-Act-Illegal-Immigrants-legal-citizenship/8nlj0rcp2kqbNWOQW8kUFQ.cspx San Diego — Eduardo Ochoa crossed the border from Mexico as an infant in 1974 and spent his childhood … Continue reading

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Feds Pay Illegal Immigrants For Jobs While In Custody

Feds pay illegal immigrants for jobs while in custody By Susan Carroll The Houston Chronicle, March 26, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6345312.html If you were to stop on a street corner anywhere in America and knowingly hire an illegal immigrant to do your … Continue reading

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Rift Develops Between Muslims, FBI Over Mosque Surveillance

Rift develops between Muslims, FBI over mosque surveillance A coalition of Islamic organizations threatens to cut ties with federal authorities after an Irvine man admitted to serving as a paid informant. By Sean Emery The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, … Continue reading

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Official : Mexico Not In Danger Of Collapse

Official: Mexico not in danger of collapse By Pam Hess The Washington Times, March 26, 2009 http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/26/official-mexico-not-in-danger-of-collapse-1/ Washington, DC (AP) — The Mexican government is not on the verge of collapse, the top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, seeking to … Continue reading

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In Hard Times, Illegal Immigrants Lose Healthcare

In hard times, illegal immigrants lose healthcare In California, some counties consider screening them out from nonemergency services. By Daniel B. Wood The Christian Science Monitor, March 24, 2009 http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0324/p01s01-usec.html Los Angeles — Jose Cedillo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, … Continue reading

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Back In Boston, Obama’s Aunt Fighting Deportation

Back in Boston, Obama's aunt fighting deportation President Obama's aunt was living on Flaherty Way in South Boston when her case drew scrutiny in the fall. (Evan Richman/ Globe Staff/ 2008) By Maria Sacchetti The Boston Globe, March 24, 2009 … Continue reading

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American Dreams Deferred—Recession Batters Immigrants At All Economic Levels

American dreams deferred Recession batters immigrants at all economic levels By Maria Sacchetti The Boston Globe, March 24, 2009 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/24/american_dreams_deferred/ In a Cambridge high-rise, Amar Sharma is about to earn a master's degree from MIT, an achievement he hoped would … Continue reading

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U.S. To Re-Direct Resources To Southern Border To Stop Spillover Violence From Mexico

U.S. to Redirect Resources to Southern Border to Stop Spillover Violence From Mexico The White House is announcing a new $700 million program aimed at stopping Mexico violence from entering the U.S. The Fox News, March 24, 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/24/redirect-resources-southern-border-stop-spillover-violence-mexico/ The … Continue reading

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Buchanan Immigration Lecture Tense But Peaceful

Buchanan immigration lecture tense but peaceful By Danielle Gantt Inside Vandy (Vanderbilt University), March 24, 2009 http://www.insidevandy.com/drupal/node/9874 Students packed the lobby of Sarratt Promenade Monday night to make posters in protest of a speech by Angela 'Bay' Buchanan. The former … Continue reading

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Sealing Off The Borders

Sealing Off the Borders Anti-Immigration Groups Gear Up for Action By Matthew Murray Roll Call (Washington, DC), March 23, 2009 Monday http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_106/vested/33387-1.html [Subscription] With Democrats hinting that the nation's immigration laws could be in play, radio talk show hosts and … Continue reading

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Head Of Catholic Bishops Conference Calls For End To Immigration-Enforcement Raids

Head of Catholic Bishops Conference Calls for End to Immigration-Enforcement Raids Cardinal Calls for End to Immigration Raids By Rupa Shenoy The Associated Press, March 23, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=45498 Chicago (AP) — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops … Continue reading

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