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Minutemen Can Join California Adopt-A-Highway Program, Director Says

Minutemen can join Calif. Adopt-A-Highway program, director says By Steve Wiegand The Sacramento Bee, March 23, 2009 http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/1723375.html Sacramento — There is no legal way to ban the Minutemen, a controversial group that opposes illegal immigrants, from participating in California's … Continue reading

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Fixing Flawed System Is One Priority Among Many

Fixing flawed system is one priority among many Obama renews campaign pledge, but economy, Mexico's drug violence likely to come first By Laura Isensee The Dallas Morning News, March 23, 2009 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-immigration_23nat.ART.State.Edition2.4a6f11e.html Washington, DC — President Barack Obama said last … Continue reading

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Report Says Raids At Swift Plants Help Increase Wages

Report says raids at Swift plants help increase wages By Darwin Danielson The Radio Iowa News, March 20, 2009 http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=20C59EE8-5056-B82A-3753C1392BFC67CF A report by the Center for Immigration Studies shows wages increased, as did the number of legal workers, at six … Continue reading

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Rohrabacher : Dems Not ‘Watching Out For American People’—Condemns Pelosi’s Admonition That Raids Are ‘Un-American’

Rohrabacher: Dems not 'watching out for American people' Condemns Pelosi's admonition that immigration raids 'un-American' The World New Daily, March 20, 2009 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=92336 U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., says the Democratic Party is watching out for illegal aliens, not American … Continue reading

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E-Verify Program Will Survive At Least Through September

E-Verify program will survive at least through September By Raju Chebium The Gannett News Service, March 19, 2009 http://www.wbir.com/news/national/story.aspx?storyid=81753&catid=16 The fate of a national employee verification program aimed at combating illegal immigration is safe for now, but it's unclear whether … Continue reading

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Protected Status Sought For Haitians

Protected status sought for Haitians By Nicholas Kralev The Washington Times, March 18, 2009 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/18/haitian-refugees-rejected-for-protected-status/ The Obama administration is resisting pressure from congressional Democrats and immigration advocates to allow tens of thousands of undocumented Haitians to remain legally in the … Continue reading

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New Challenges Arise For Minorities In 2010 Census

New challenges arise for minorities in 2010 census The Associated Press, March 18, 2009 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/03/18/america/NA-FEA-US-Census-Minorities.php Philadelphia (AP) — What seems like a simple question – How many Hispanics are living in the United States? – has become surprisingly complex as … Continue reading

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Strategy Shifts From Illegals To Cash, Weapons

Strategy shifts from illegals to cash, weapons By Carolyn Lochhead The San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/17/MND616HC2C.DTL Washington, DC — California lawmakers and the Obama administration have begun to shift U.S. border policy with Mexico, abruptly changing focus from … Continue reading

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Filipino Teachers Exchange Homeland For Jobs In America

Filipino teachers exchange homeland for jobs in America More than 100 school districts, including at least 20 in California, are recruiting in the Philippines to fill teacher shortages in math, science and special education. By Teresa Watanabe The Los Angeles … Continue reading

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Martinez Heats Up Immigration Debate

Martinez heats up immigration debate By Gebe Martinez The Politico (Washington, DC), March 18, 2009 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20125.html As national Republican Party conservatives debate whether the partys tent is big enough for the more progressive leanings of its first African-American chairman, Michael … Continue reading

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Migrant Workers Sending Less Money To Latin America

Migrant Workers Sending Less Money to Latin America By Miriam Jordan The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123722318175744001.html Funds sent by overseas workers back to Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to drop steeply in 2009, shrinking a … Continue reading

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Most Colleges Knowingly Admit Illegal Immigrants

Most Colleges Knowingly Admit Illegal Immigrants as Students, Survey Finds By Katherine Mangan The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 17, 2009 http://chronicle.com/news/article/6139/most-colleges-knowingly-admit-illegal-immigrants-as-students-survey-finds More than half of the colleges that responded to a recent survey said they knowingly admit illegal immigrants … Continue reading

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Asian Americans Urge Obama To Reform Immigration

Asian-Americans urge Obama to reform immigration Agence France Presse, March 17, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jS8HteystrIWzbdkKsA138B4i9dw Washington, DC (AFP) — Asian-American members of the US Congress on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to reform immigration by year end, saying the current system was … Continue reading

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Obama Switch On Civil Rights Post Leaves Latinos Fuming

Obama switch on civil rights post leaves Latinos fuming By Tyche Hendricks The San Francisco Chronicle, March 17, 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?&entry_id=37114 When Obama named Maryland Secretary of Labor Tom Perez as his nominee for Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants Might Get Stimulus Jobs

Illegal immigrants might get stimulus jobs, experts say By William M. Welch USA Today, March 9, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2009-03-08- immigrant-jobs_N.htm Los Angeles — Tens of thousands of jobs created by the economic stimulus law could end up filled by illegal immigrants, … Continue reading

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U.S. Extends Stay Of Foreign Athletes

US extends stay of foreign athletes By Frederic J. Frommer The Associated Press, March 9, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h-2VYzhYH9aJcM86FnQ7uqYj9YDQD96QK5M00 Washington, DC (AP) — U.S. immigration officials have agreed to let foreign athletes extend their careers in the United States beyond a 10-year … Continue reading

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French Immigration Minister Visits U.S.-Mexico Border Area

French immigration minister visits U.S.-Mexico border area Agence France Presse, March 9, 2009 http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=190765 Beverly Hills (AFP) — French immigration minister Eric Besson has visited a California section of the U.S.-Mexican border to examine the fence and other issues related … Continue reading

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SPLC Attorney Calls Latino Immigration Most Significant Civil Rights Issue

SPLC attorney calls Latino immigration most significant civil rights issue By James D. Davis The South Florida Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), March 9, 2009 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-flmorris0309pnmar09,0,1838761.story Today's big issue, according to a veteran of civil rights wars: Latino immigrants. 'Latinos are … Continue reading

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Border Arrests Drop To 1970’s Levels

Border arrests drop to 1970s levels With the economy in tatters and security beefed up at the U.S.-Mexico border, fewer people are willing to cross illegally. Arrests in the last five months are down 24% from the same period last … Continue reading

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Border Fence Nearly Finished : After Millions Spent, Opinions On Barricade Remain Mixed

Border fence nearly finished: After millions spent, opinions on barricade remain mixed By Ramon Bracamontes El Paso Times (TX), March 8, 2009 http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_11862456 San Elizario — Teresa Castillo has a unique perspective on the $2.6 billion fence being built between … Continue reading

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