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Area Immigrants With Wounds That Won’t Heal

Area Immigrants With Wounds That Won't Heal Mutilated Women Seek Asylum in U.S. By Pamela Constable The Washington Post, November 3, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/02/ AR2008110202219.html The women's stories all begin with a searing childhood memory they cannot describe without weeping. The … Continue reading

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Obama Says He Wasn’t Aware Of Aunt’s Immigration Status

Obama says he wasn't aware of aunt's immigration status By Scott Helman and Eric Moskowitz The Boston Globe, November 2, 2008 http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/11/02/obama_says_ he_wasnt_aware_of_aunts_immigration_status/ Aides to Senator Barack Obama confirmed yesterday that the Illinois senator has had some contact with his … Continue reading

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Spanish Driver’s Licence Tests Drop 90%

Spanish driver's license tests drop 90% By Gosia Wozniacka The Oregonian (Portland), November 2, 2008 http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/11/spanish_drivers_ license_tests.html The DMV office in east Portland did brisk business last February. Since then, when tougher proof of legal residency went into effect, the … Continue reading

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Wave Of New Citizens Could Prove Immigrant Clout At The Polls

Wave of new citizens could prove immigrants' clout at the polls By Susan Ferriss The Sacramento Bee (CA), November 2, 2008 http://www.sacbee.com/839/story/1364859.html Sacramento, CA — Outside most naturalization ceremonies, Democratic and Republican party activists wait at tables for the new … Continue reading

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Highest Percentage Increase In Indians Living Ilegally In U.S.

Highest percentage increase in Indians living illegally in US The Press Trust of India, November 1, 2008 http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200811011411.htm India has registered 81 per cent increase in the number of its citizens living illegally in the US in 2007, even as … Continue reading

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Cuba And Mexico Sign Deal To Deport Migrants

Cuba and Mexico sign deal to deport migrants Mexico's agreement to deport Cubans smuggled into the country is likely to curb the number who make it to the U.S. By Ken Ellingwood Los Angeles Times October 21, 2008 Reported from … Continue reading

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Supreme Court To Hear Case On Illegal Immigrants’ Use Of Fake I.D.s

Supreme Court to Hear Case on Illegal Immigrants' Use of Fake IDs (washingtonpost.com readers have posted 168 comments about this item. View All Comments) By Jerry Markon Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 20, 2008; 1:53 PM The Supreme Court … Continue reading

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Pardon Sought For Imprisoned Agents

Pardon sought for imprisoned agents Chad Groening OneNewsNow 10/20/2008 5:00:00 AM A grassroots border security organization is encouraging citizens to continue to call the White House and demand that the president pardon two former Border Patrol agents who are serving … Continue reading

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Candidates Agree On Reforming Immigration

Candidates agree on reforming immigration Neither talks about it on campaign trail By Michael Collins The Ventura County Star (CA), October 20, 2008 http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2008/oct/20/candidates- agree-on-reforming-immigration/ Washington, DC — They may disagree over the war in Iraq or the fundamentals of … Continue reading

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Virginia GOP Already Deep Into Post Mortems

Virginia GOP Already Deep Into Post-Mortems By Marc Fisher The Washington Post, October 19, 2008 http://voices.washingtonpost.com/rawfisher/2008/10/virginia_ gop_already_deep_into.html?hpid=topnews Some Republicans say John McCain is in danger of becoming their party's first presidential candidate since 1964 to lose Virginia because he hasn't … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigration: Obama, McCain Walk A Fine Line On Divisive Issue

Illegal immigration: Obama, McCain walk a fine line on divisive issue By Steven Oberbeck The Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated: 10/17/2008 04:03:08 PM MDT Almost lost in all the commotion surrounding the credit crisis on Wall Street – and … Continue reading

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McCain Comes To Miami To Shore Up His Base

McCain comes to Miami to shore up his base BY BETH REINHARD breinhard@MiamiHerald.com October 17, 2008 John McCain rides into Miami Friday on the hopes the city will offer the right change in scenery for a pro-immigration, anti-Castro Republican struggling … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants On One-Way Tickets Home

Now Boarding: Illegal Immigrants On One-Way Tickets Home U.S. Customs Ramps Up Air Service Amid Spike In Deportations; Leather Seats, Free Food By MIRIAM JORDAN Wall Street Journal OCTOBER 17, 2008 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — While U.S. airlines downsize and … Continue reading

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Spanish Ads Pit McCain, Obama Against Each Other

Spanish ads pit McCain, Obama against each other Most of the nation is mostly unaware of battle for the Hispanic vote in crucial states By HERNN ROZEMBERG San Antonio Express-News Oct. 16, 2008, 11:54PM SAN ANTONIO Months on the campaign … Continue reading

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Fraud Plagues Work Visa Program

Fraud plagues work visa program By Matt Wickenheiser The Sun Journal (Lewiston, ME), October 14, 2008 http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id =215899&ac=PHnws A federal program that allows skilled foreign nationals to work in this country has such a high incidence of outright fraud that … Continue reading

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Hispanic Voters Graduate To Brutal Ad War

Hispanic voters graduate to brutal ad war McCain, Obama duel for growing population By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times, October 14, 2008 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/14/hispanic-voters- graduate-to-brutal-ad-war/ Think the campaign's nasty in English? Try it en Espanol. For the first time, both presidential … Continue reading

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Immigration Lawyer Guilty Of Green Card Fraud

Immigration Lawyer Guilty Of Green Card Fraud North County Gazette Posted on Tuesday, 14 of October , 2008 at 8:44 pm BROOKLYNAn immigration lawyer based in Brooklyn was found guilty by a jury Tuesday afternoon in Manhattan federal court of … Continue reading

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U.S. IT Jobs Dip 2% As Downturn Hits

“U.S. IT Jobs Dip 2% As Downturn Hits by Chris Murphy Tech Careers October 10, 2008 The number of people employed in U.S. information technology jobs dropped 2% from the second quarter, one of the first signs that the broader … Continue reading

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Dispute Imperils California Family Planning Program For The Poor

Dispute imperils California family planning program for the poor The state could incur millions in costs because of dispute with Bush administration over how it counts illegal immigrants in the successful service. By Jordan Rau Los Angeles Times Staff Writer … Continue reading

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Green Card Applicants Required To Get HPV Vaccine

Green card applicants required to get HPV vaccine By ANABELLE GARAY Associated Press DALLAS 10.03.08, 10:36 AM ET An expensive cervical cancer vaccine is now needed by young female immigrants before they can become legal U.S. residents, a requirement that … Continue reading

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