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Most Mexicans In U.S. Have No Thought Of Returning Home

Most Mexicans in U.S. Have No Thought of Returning Home The Latin American Herald Tribune (Venezuela), January 5, 2009 http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=324601&CategoryId=14091 Mexico City — Some 54 percent of Mexicans who emigrated to the United States have no thought of returning to … Continue reading

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New Report : U.S. Infrastructure Overwhelmed By Influx of Immigrants

New Report: U.S. Infrastructure Overwhelmed by Influx of Immigrants $1.6 Trillion Needed to Repair and Maintain Nation's Hospitals, Schools, Parks, Water Supply, Bridges, and Basic Infrastructures January 5, 2009 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Immigration policies need to go hand-in-hand with decisions to … Continue reading

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California Supreme Court To Take On State Law Granting In-State Tuition To Illegal Immigrants

California Supreme Court to take on state law granting in-state tuition to illegal immigrants The justices have accepted the case that began with a lawsuit filed by out-of-state students and their parents, who argue that such a benefit violates federal … Continue reading

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U.S. To Break Up By 2010?

FROM JEROME CORSI'S RED ALERT U.S. to break up by 2010? Nation predicted to collapse due to immigration, economic decline, moral ruin World Net Daily Posted: January 05, 2009 12:40 pm Eastern Editor's Note: The following report is excerpted from … Continue reading

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Tough U.S. Security Rules May Target Foreign-Born Canadians

Tough U.S. security rules may target foreign-born Canadians By Siri Agrell The Globe and Mail (Canada), January 4, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tough-us-security-rules-may-target-foreign-born-canadians/article1418893/ Tens of thousands of Canadians born in the 14 countries on a new anti-terror watch list could now be subjected … Continue reading

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Boy Scouts Launch Campaign To Boost Their Latino Ranks And Staff

Boy Scouts launch campaign to boost their Latino ranks and staff The Hispanic Initiatives pilot program will target boys and adults in six U.S. areas with radio commercials, online efforts and Spanish-language materials. Only three of every 100 Scouts are … Continue reading

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Madera Unified Case Is Changing Elections Throughout California

Madera Unified case is changing elections throughout California The heavily Latino district's voting system made it hard for Latinos to win school board seats. A judge ruled it violated the state Voting Rights Act. Other cities are taking note. By … Continue reading

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Foreign Professionals In U.S. Fret As Layoffs Mount

Foreign professionals in U.S. fret as layoffs mount The loss of a job could mean an unscheduled trip home for those in the country on work visas or seeking green cards. The Associated Press, January 3, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-fi-foreign3- 2009jan03,0,4227786.story For … Continue reading

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High Hopes For Immigration Reform In The Year Ahead?

High hopes for immigration reform in the year ahead? By Liz Mineo The Daily News Transcript (Norwood, MA), January 3, 2009 http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/homepage/x1794959751/High- hopes-for-immigration-reform-in-the-year-ahead?view=print Immigrants and their advocates look forward to 2009 as a year that will bring change to the … Continue reading

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Last Minute Changes To Farm Worker Program Raise Groups’ Ire

Last-minute changes to farm worker program raise groups' ire By John Riley The Dallas Morning News, January 2, 2009 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/010209 dnbush2avisas.3660737.html Washington, DC — Farm worker advocates and opponents of illegal immigration are blasting one of President George W. Bush's … Continue reading

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U.S. Issued 3400 Visas To Immigrants From ‘State Sponsors Of Terror’ In 2008

U.S. Issued 3,400 Visas to Immigrants from State Sponsors of Terror in 2008 By Matt Hadro The CNS News, January 2, 2009 http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=41385& print=on A little-known State Department program has allowed about 3,400 immigrants to come to the U.S. in … Continue reading

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Thousands Of Illegal Immigrants Known To Live In Public Housing, Others May Go Unreported

Thousands of illegal immigrants known to live in public housing; others may go unreported By Elliot Spagat The Associated Press, January 1, 2009 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-public- housing-immigrants,1,5898665.story Untold thousands of illegal immigrants live in public housing at a time when hundreds of … Continue reading

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Record Expected For U.S. Population

Record expected for U.S. population By Mary Lou Pickel The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 30, 2008 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2008/12/30/ census.html The nations population is projected to reach 305,529,237 on New Years Day, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Thats nearly a one percent … Continue reading

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Illegal Baby Boom Hits Big Easy

Illegal baby boom hits Big Easy 'Most violent city in America' hosts exploding alien population By Chelsea Schilling The World Net Daily News, December 29, 2008 http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84873 New Orleans — After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, illegal aliens flocked to … Continue reading

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Border Patrol : Fewer Illegal Crossings

Border Patrol: Fewer Illegal Crossings The CBS News, December 29, 2008 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/29/eveningnews/main4690811. shtml The U.S. Border patrol today reported a dramatic decrease in the number of people caught trying to cross the border from Mexico illegally. Back in 2000, 1.6 … Continue reading

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Child Maid Trafficking Spreads From Africa To U.S.

Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI Associated Press Writer Rukmini Callimachi Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:16 pm ET IRVINE, Calif. Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the … Continue reading

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U.S. Homeland Security Forecasts 5-Year Threat View

US Homeland Security forecasts 5-year threat view The Associated Press December 25, 2008 Washington, DC (AP) — The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, … Continue reading

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Border Security Will Loom Large For Obama Administration

Border security will loom large for Obama administration By Katherine McIntire Peters The Government Executive (Washington, DC), December 23, 2008 http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1208/122308kp1.htm Two years ago, some Republican lawmakers floated a proposal to require all undocumented workers wishing to become Americans to … Continue reading

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Mexico Consulate Gives Free Health Care To Illegal Aliens In Texas

Mexico Consulate Gives Free Health Care to Illegal Aliens in Texas Vaccinations and AIDS tests. By Patricia Giovine The Latin American Herald Tribune (Venezuela), December 23, 2008 http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=323935&CategoryId=14091 El Paso, TX — At least 600 immigrants, most of them undocumented, … Continue reading

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U.S. Set To Expand DNA Collections

U.S. set to expand DNA collections By Tom Ramstack The Washington Times, December 22, 2008 http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/22/us-set-to-expand- dna-collections/ The government is expanding collection of DNA samples beginning Jan. 9 to include anyone arrested on federal charges and many immigrants detained by … Continue reading

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