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Could Mexico Collapse? As Drug Wars Worsen, Some Americans Worry For Neeighbours’ Stability

Could Mexico collapse? As drug war worsens, some Americans worry for neighbor's stability By Traci Carl The Associated Press, January 18, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-lt-mexico-besieged,1,6681631.story Mexico City (AP) — Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This … Continue reading

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Immigration Takes Back Seat To Big Issues

Immigration takes back seat to big issues By Brady McCombs The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), January 18, 2009 http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/276450 Don't count on immigration overhaul reaching the Senate floor anytime soon. With an economy in a shambles and a host of … Continue reading

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Nation Keeping Eye On California Illegal Student Case

Nation keeping eye on California illegal-student case By Matt Krupnick The Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA), January 18, 2009 http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_11486469?nclick_check=1 Several states are keeping an eye on a California court case that could be a bellwether for colleges that … Continue reading

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In San Francisco And Beyond, Asian-Americans Gaining Political Ground

In San Francisco and beyond, Asian-Americans gaining political ground By Juliana Barbassa The Associated Press, January 18, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-asian-american-politics,1,355677.story San Francisco (AP) — When three newly elected Chinese-American city supervisors climbed on stage in Chinatown, flanked by dragon dancers and … Continue reading

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Recession Unlikely To Drive Away Illegal Immigrants, Study Finds

Recession Unlikely to Drive Away Illegal Immigrants, Report Finds By N.C. Aizenman The Washington Post, January 15, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/14/ AR2009011401366_pf.html Although the U.S. economy's nosedive has probably contributed to a substantial drop in the number of illegal immigrants coming into … Continue reading

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House Votes To Expand Child Health Insurance

House Votes to Expand Child Health Insurance By Shailagh Murray and Ceci Connolly The Washington Post, January 15, 2009; Page A06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/14/ AR2009011403241.html The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children yesterday, a top priority … Continue reading

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George Bush Urged To Free Ex-Agents

George Bush again urged to free ex-agents By Diana Washington Valdez The El Paso Times (TX), January 14, 2009 http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_11447733 El Paso, TX — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., said Tuesday they had repeated their … Continue reading

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Border Patrol Attempts To Break Cycle Of Repeat Crossings

BP attempts to break cycle of repeat crossings By Denise Holley The Nogales International (AZ), January 13, 2009 http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2009/01/13/news/ doc496cb19f2a616043016592.txt U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson Sector would like to see the day when fewer illegal immigrants travel north … Continue reading

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Raids To Become The Focus Of Immigration Policy Push

Raids to become the focus of immigration policy push By Jared Allen The Hill (Washington, DC), January 13, 2009 http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/raids-to-become-the-focus-of- immigration-policy-push-2009-01-13.html Hispanic Democrats are changing their strategy to get a sweeping rewrite of immigration laws passed, focusing attention on controversial … Continue reading

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E-Verify Postponed For Contractors

E-Verify postponed for contractors By Alice Lipowicz FEDERAL COMPUTER WEEK Jan 12, 2009 Enforcement of a new rule that requires federal contractors to use the Homeland Security Departments E-Verify system to check employees' work eligibility has been postponed until Feb. … Continue reading

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U.S. To Collect DNA SAmples Of Arrested Immigrants

U.S. to collect DNA samples of arrested immigrants The Justice Department defends the new policy as an important crime-fighting tool. Activists see it as a violation of privacy. By Anna Gorman The Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-dna9-2009 jan09,0,4493427.story … Continue reading

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U.S. Holds Fire On New Entry Requirements

US holds fire on new entry requirements The United States has been forced to backtrack on its new immigration rules to avoid chaos at Britain's airports next week. By David Millward The Telegraph (U.K.), January 9, 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/4208432/US-holds-fire- on-new-entry-requirements.html Passengers … Continue reading

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Pro- And Anti- Immigration Advocates Invoke the Economy

Pro- and anti-immigration advocates invoke the economy Pro-immigration groups say comprehensive reform would allow immigrants to bolster the nation's economic well-being. Opponents say legalization would further crowd an already dwindling job market. By Anna Gorman The Los Angeles Times, January … Continue reading

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Mukasey Sets Limit On Immigrants’ Rights To Lawyer

Mukasey sets limit on immigrants' rights to lawyer By Amy Taxin The Associated Press, January 8, 2009 http://www.pe.com/ap_news/California/CA_Immigrants_Rights_378595C. shtml Santa Ana, CA (AP) — The Bush administration has ruled that immigrants facing deportation do not have an automatic right to … Continue reading

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Napolitano Pushes For Greater Border Presence

Napolitano pushes for greater border presence By Howard Fischer The Capitol Media Services, January 8, 2009 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/133832 Gov. Janet Napolitano said today the United States needs more than more Border Patrol officers to slow both illegal immigration and smuggling. 'You're … Continue reading

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Pew : U.S. Hispanics Among Most Affected By Mortgage Crisis

Pew: U.S. Hispanics Among Most Affected by Mortgage Crisis By Richard Kaplan HispanicBusiness.com, January 8, 2009 http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/news/2009/1/8/pew_us_hispanics_ among_most_affected.htm The deepening recession continues to affect the American consumer and has had a particularly harsh impact upon U.S. Hispanics. A host of … Continue reading

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Obama To Meet With Mexico’s Calderon On Monday

Obama to meet with Mexico's Calderon on Monday By Caren Bohan and Tomas Sarmiento REUTERS Thu Jan 8, 2009 7:34pm EST WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, Jan 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon will meet on Monday … Continue reading

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Customs Arrests Canadian Accused Of Smuggling Dozens Of South Koreans

Customs arrests Canadian accused of smuggling Dozens of South Koreans allegedly brought into U.S. By PAUL SHUKOVSKY P-I REPORTER January 7, 2009 Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a Canadian man Wednesday on charges that he is part of a … Continue reading

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Senate Democrats Outline Sweeping Agenda With First Set Of Bills

Senate Democrats Outline Sweeping Agenda With First Set of Bills By Bart Jansen The Congressional Quarterly (Washington, DC), January 7, 2009 http://www.cq.com/document/display.do?dockey=/cqonline/prod/ data/docs/html/news/111/news111-000003004484.html@allnews& metapub=CQ-NEWS&binderName=latest-news-binder&seqNum=7 Senate Democrats outlined their priorities for the 111th Congress in their first bills, highlighted by the … Continue reading

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Right To In-State Tuition For Illegals Advances

Action in Trenton Right to in-state tuition for illegals advances By Lisa Fleisher and Trish G. Graber The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), January 5, 2010 http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-15/1262708516139290.xml&coll=1 A bill to let illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition cleared Assembly and Senate committees yesterday … Continue reading

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