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Move beyond reform, Irish pols are told By Ray O'Hanlon The Irish Echo, February 11, 2009 http://www.irishecho.com/newspaper/story.cfm?id=19060 Irish politicians from all parties have been told that a way has to be found to allow a regular flow of Irish immigrants … Continue reading →

Think tank advises Obama on immigration By Tyche Hendricks The San Francisco Chronicle, February 11, 2009 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/11/BATJ15RJGU.DTL As if the Obama administration didn't have enough on its plate with a recession, bank troubles and any number of foreign policy crises, … Continue reading →

Bill: financial aid to illegal immigrant students The Associated Press, February 11, 2009 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_immigrant_financial_aid.html Olympia (AP) — Illegal immigrant students could get state financial aid for college under a bill being considered by Washington state lawmakers. State Rep. Dave Quall, … Continue reading →

Midwife births raise questions about citizenship By Christopher Sherman The Associated Press, February 10, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5is0334GfYSqsu-cGgWEPXPdB4NrwD96912JO0 Alamo, TX (AP) — The citizenship of hundreds, possibly thousands, of people who insist they are Americans is being called into question because they … Continue reading →

Bad economy forcing immigrants to reconsider U.S. By Thelma Gutierrez and Wayne Drash The CNN News, February 10, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/10/immigrants.economy/ Los Angeles — Pedro Pablo slowly folds up his American flag blanket and stuffs it in his duffel bag. With … Continue reading →

H-1B Visa Holders Not Immune from Pink Slips, Deportation Guest Blogger: Don Sears http://blog.baselinemag.com/bottom_line/content/careers/h1-b_visa_holders_not_immune_from_pink_slips_deportation.html?kc=BLBL BEMNL02102009STR1 More fodder for the H-1B visa saga — one that many U.S. workers know all too well: Lay-offs. Here's the twist: If holders of a … Continue reading →

Sessions Wants To Make Sure Americans Get the Jobs By Elisabeth Meinecke Human Events, February 10, 2009 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30644 Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) is fighting to include an amendment in the stimulus bill that would extend E-Verify, a successful tool in … Continue reading →

Texas crafts plan for Mexico collapse 'You hope for the best, plan for the worst' By Brandi Grissom The El Paso Times (TX), February 8, 2009 http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11655113 Austin, TX — Texas officials are working on a plan to respond to … Continue reading →

Obama signs expansion of children's health insurance The president calls the Democratic legislation, to be funded largely by higher cigarette taxes, a 'down payment' on his plan to cover all Americans. By Noam N. Levey The Los Angeles Times, February … Continue reading →

No longer rounding up just fugitive immigrants A federal program shifted its focus to boost arrests, a report says, and is going after any undocumented workers. By Anna Gorman The Los Angeles Times, February 5, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-immigraids5-2009feb05,0,4055388.story For more than … Continue reading →

Bill seeks limits on hiring foreign bank workers By Rita Beamish and Frank Bass The Associated Press, February 4, 2009 http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i5iT1_sH1aHBXWZhjXjZIXzQfN1QD9652J200 Two senators on Wednesday proposed requiring bailed-out banks to hire only Americans for one year, after an investigation by … Continue reading →

Stimulus conference becoming venue for E-Verify battle By Chris Strohm Nextgov.com, February 4, 2009 http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090204_3302.php Immigration advocates are looking at conference negotiations over the economic recovery package as the main battleground to defeat an effort to require companies benefiting from … Continue reading →

Bill would bar undocumented students from resident tuition rates In-state tuition measure would tighten, not repeal, 2002 law By Sheena Mcfarland The Salt Lake Tribune (Salt Lake City), February 3, 2009 http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11621643 There's a new proposal in the Legislature to … Continue reading →

FBI: Burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. crime By Kevin Johnson USA Today, January 30, 2009 http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-01-29-ms13_N.htm Criminal gangs in the USA have swelled to an estimated 1 million members responsible for up to 80% of crimes in … Continue reading →

For Refugees, Recession Makes Hard Times Even Harder By Erik Eckholm The New York Times, January 30, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/30/us/30refugees.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=krikorian&st=cse Salt Lake City — After escaping violence in Burma and spending 27 years in the bamboo huts of a United Nations … Continue reading →

Gregg's stances on immigration similar to Obama's By Bob Cusack The Hill (Washington, DC), January 30, 2009 http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/greggs-policies-on-immigration-similar-to-obamas-2009-01-30.html Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), who is under consideration to be nominated as Commerce secretary, has supported contentious immigration legislation that sharply divided … Continue reading →

Stimulus plan seeks to bar illegals from tax credit By Julie Hirschfeld Davis The Associated Press, January 29, 2009 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/nation/6236670.html Washington, DC (AP) — Illegal immigrants without Social Security numbers could not get tax credits under the $800 billion-plus economic … Continue reading →

Homeland secretary wants criminal aliens out of US By EILEEN SULLIVAN AP foreign Thursday January 29 2009 Associated Press Writer—WASHINGTON (AP) Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says if you're a criminal and you're not entitled to be in the United … Continue reading →

Republican claims stimulus would aid illegal immigrants The Associated Press Published: January 29, 2009 WASHINGTON: Illegal immigrants who lack Social Security numbers could not get tax credits under the $800 billion-plus economic stimulus package making its way through Congress. Two … Continue reading →

Obama's illegal aunt seeks asylum 'This type of obstinacy and persistence is well known to the family' By Chelsea Schilling World Net Daily JANUARY 28, 2009 President Barack Obama's illegal alien aunt has enlisted the help of an immigration lawyer … Continue reading →