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Marriage Fraud The Latest Front In The Immigration Battle

Marriage Fraud the Latest Front in the Immigration Battle By Caitlin Webber, CQ Staff The Congressional Quarterly (Washington, DC), December 22, 2008 http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=hsnews-000003000258 With illegal immigration moving off the public policy front burner for the time being, advocacy groups have … Continue reading

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Economy Stirring Illegal Immigration Tempest?

Economy stirring illegal immigration tempest? Rising unemployment leaves both citizens, aliens battling for jobs By Drew Zahn The World Net Daily News, December 22, 2008 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84341 News reports around the country tell of illegal aliens struggling to find work in … Continue reading

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Ramos-Compean Treatment Has Border Guards Quivering

Ramos-Compean treatment has border agents quivering Mexican drug smugglers spray bullets, but U.S. officers dare not return fire By Chelsea Schilling The World Net Daily News, December 22, 2008 http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84287 A team of Mexican drug smugglers unloaded $1 million worth … Continue reading

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Cash, Power At Stake In 2010 Census

Cash, power at stake in 2010 census By Dan McDonald The MetroWest Daily News (Framingham, MA), December 22, 2008 http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/state/x793911944/Cash-power -at-stake-in-2010-census What amounts to a nationwide once-a-decade head count has some in Massachusetts nervous. Potentially at stake in the 2010 … Continue reading

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Only Michigan, Rhode Island Lose Population

Only Michigan, Rhode Island lose population By Stephen Ohlemacher The Associated Press, December 22, 2008 Washington, DC (AP) — The nation's great migration south and west is slowing, thanks to a housing crisis that is making it hard for many … Continue reading

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The Border Closes

The border closes Dec 18th 2008 | LOS ANGELES From The Economist print edition Tougher enforcement and the recession have cut the flow of immigrants; but the state of the economy has made it harder to overhaul a broken system … Continue reading

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Many Who Entered the U.S. On Valid Visas But Fell Out Of Legal Status Between 1982 And 1988 Are Eligible For The Amnesty …

Many who entered the United States on valid visas but fell out of legal status between 1982 and 1988 are eligible for the amnesty offered under the 1986 immigration reform law. By Teresa Watanabe Los Angeles Times, December 15, 2008 … Continue reading

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Green Card Marriage Scam Often Ignored

Green-card marriage scam often ignored By Chad Groening The One News Now, December 15, 2008 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=354240 David Seminara adjudicated thousands of marriage-based green-card applications while serving in the State Department. He recently wrote a background paper for the Center for … Continue reading

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Census : In Farmers Branch, Hispanics Now No. 1 Demographic Group

Census: In Farmers Branch, Hispanics now No. 1 demographic group By Stephanie Sandoval The Dallas Morning News, December 15, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/ DN-fbcensus_15met.ART.State.Edition1.4a4abf3.html New census data shows the complexion of Farmers Branch is changing dramatically, giving activists fresh ammunition for their … Continue reading

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Obama Faces Test Over Immigration

Obama faces test over immigration By Steven Stanek The National (U.A.E.), December 14, 2008 http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081215/FOREIGN/825938504/ 1014/SPORT Washington — While many Americans are turning to Barack Obama to engineer a massive economic recovery and draw up a new strategy for two … Continue reading

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Study : 1 in 4 IT Jobs To Be Offshore By 2010

Study: 1 in 4 IT Jobs to Be Offshore by 2010 Brian Watson Biz-Tech 3.0 Monday, December 15, 2008 4:31 PM/EST Plenty of companies have reasonable qualms about their offshore outsourcing initiatives, but make no mistake: offshoring is alive and … Continue reading

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Rules Will Allow DNA Samples From Federal Detainees

Rules will allow DNA samples from federal detainees Currently, only those convicted of federal crimes can have DNA samples taken. Critics say the new rules, which take effect next month, would violate individual rights without solving more crimes. By Evelyn … Continue reading

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Official : Local Police Can Help Confront Illegal Immigration

Official: Local Police Can Help Confront Illegal Immigration The Associated Press, December 13, 2008 http://ktar.com/?sid=61757&nid=416 Arizona taxpayers shouldn't expect local and state police to cure all the state's immigration ills, but local police can assist federal agents in confronting the … Continue reading

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Scientists Worldwide To Speak Out On Population Problem

Scientists Worldwide to Speak Out on Population Problem The Global Population Speak Out aims to break down the barrier to public discussion of the population-environment link. December 10, 2008 Boulder, CO Scientists from around the world have pledged to speak … Continue reading

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Rep. Tom Cole Requests Pardon For 2 Border Agents

Rep. Tom Cole requests pardon for 2 border agents KTEN Local News Associated Press – December 10, 2008 3:35 PM ET OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Congressman Tom Cole is asking President Bush to issue pardons for two border patrol agents … Continue reading

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Economic Downturn Will Hurt IT Hiring In 2009

Economic downturn will hurt IT hiring in 2009 By Linda Tucci, Senior News Writer SearchCIO.com 10 Dec 2008 A new Dice Report out Tuesday suggests troubling times ahead for IT professionals. A survey of more than 1,000 IT hiring managers … Continue reading

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Chertoff To Hand Obama Immigration Successes

Chertoff to hand Obama immigration successes Border Patrol beefed up; fence nearly complete By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times, December 4, 2008 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/chertoff-to- hand-obama-immigration-successes/ Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff declared success Wednesday on President Bush's vow to double the size … Continue reading

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A Rush To Expedite No-Match Rule

A push to expedite no-match rule It could lead to firing of those with Social Security disparities By Bob Egelko The San Francisco Chronicle, December 4, 2008 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/04/ MN3D14H0NI.DTL The Bush administration is urging a federal judge in San Francisco … Continue reading

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‘Natural Born’ Requirement Called ‘Stupidest Provision’

'Natural-born' requirement called 'stupidest provision' Also 'discriminates, outdated, undemocratic and assumes birthplace a proxy for loyalty' By Bob Unruh WorldNetDaily Posted: December 03, 2008 An associate lawyer in a Chicago-based firm whose partner served on a finance committee for then-Sen. … Continue reading

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Chertoff Warns Successor Of Special Interests

Chertoff warns successor of special interests By Roxana Tiron The Hill (Washington, DC), December 3, 3008 http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/chertoff-warns-successor-of- special-interests-2008-12-03.html Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff warned his successor, Janet Napolitano, that she will have to stave off powerful special interests in … Continue reading

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