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Moving Forward With E-Verify—-Program To Check Legal Status Already 99.5% Accurate

Moving Forward with E-Verify Program to Check Legal Status Already 99.5% Accurate Contact: Janice Kephart Center For Immigration Studies 202-466-8185, jlk@cis.org WASHINGTON (September 18, 2008) The E-Verify program, which allows employers to check the immigration status of new employees, has … Continue reading

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Hispanic Businesses Get Out The Vote

Hispanic Businesses Get Out the Vote Recruitment Campaigns, Immigration Debate Spur Latinos By Alejandro Lazo Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, September 15, 2008; Page D01 Hispanic businesses and Spanish-language media, galvanized by the immigration debates of recent years, are sponsoring … Continue reading

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Illegal Workers Booted—But What Of Their Bosses?

Illegal workers booted, but what of their bosses? By Linda Chiem MSNBC, September 14, 2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26715480/ Recent immigration raids in Hawaii have all ended the same way, with federal authorities quickly prosecuting and deporting workers who are working illegally. But … Continue reading

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Latinos Now Outnumber Blacks 2 to 1 In South Los Angeles

Latinos now outnumber blacks 2 to 1 in South Los Angeles A UCLA report finds sweeping demographic changes since the 1992 riots. But one constant remains: poverty. By John L. Mitchell Los Angeles Times, September 14, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-southla14-2008sep14,0, 1142833.story The … Continue reading

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McCain Blames Obama For Killing Immigration

McCain blames Obama for killing immigration The Washington News BY Stephen Dinan POSTED September 12 2008 11:52 AM In a new Spanish-language ad, John McCain says Barack Obama isn't on the side of immigrants, blaming Obama “and his congressional allies” … Continue reading

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U.S. To Admit 17,000 Iraqi Exiles

U.S. to Admit 17,000 Iraqi Exiles 5,000 More Refugees to Receive Special Visas Next Fiscal Year By Walter Pincus Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 13, 2008; Page A12 The United States plans to take in a minimum of 17,000 … Continue reading

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San Antonio Case Shows Gap In Anti-Terror Shield

San Antonio case shows gap in anti-terror shield Guillermo Contreras San Antonio Express-News Web Posted: 09/12/2008 A man from India who caused an evacuation at San Antonio's airport two weeks ago because security screeners thought he was carrying a bomb … Continue reading

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Report Says Immigrant Backlash A Myth

Report says immigrant backlash a myth Hernam Rozemberg San Antonio Express News September 12, 2008 A handful of conservative states with a recent influx of immigrants have drawn national attention for passing punitive immigration laws, but the reality is that … Continue reading

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Bishop Says Mail Response To Immigration Letter Has Been Vile

Bishop says mail response to immigration letter has been vile By Karen Lee Ziner The Providence Journal Staff Writer Projo.com 07:34 AM EDT on Thursday, September 11, 2008 PROVIDENCE In the month since Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin and … Continue reading

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Immigration Attorney Sentenced To 366 Days In Prison

Immigration Attorney Sentenced To 366 Days In Prison By JEFFREY B. COHEN Hartford Courant Staff Writer September 11, 2008 An immigration attorney from Hartford was sentenced Wednesday to a year and a day in federal prison for falsifying government documents … Continue reading

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Delay Seen For Fence At U.S.-Mexico Line

Delay Seen for Fence At U.S.-Mexico Line Construction Costs, Land Purchasing Cited By Spencer S. Hsu The Washington Post, September 11, 2008; A02 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/10/ AR2008091003419_pf.html The Bush administration is unlikely to complete 670 miles of border fence by year-end as … Continue reading

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Deaths Fan Immigration Debate

Deaths fan immigration debate Illegal immigrant with multiple arrests charged in crash By Valerie Richardson The Washington Times, September 11, 2008 http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/sep/11/deaths-fan-immigration -debate/ Denver — An illegal immigrant charged with causing a two-car crash that left three people dead last … Continue reading

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OECD Immigration Rises To 4 Million A Year

OECD immigration rises to 4m a year By Andrew Taylor. The Financial Times (London), September 10 2008 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bd9d7df8-7f16-11dd-a3da-000077b07658.html About 4m people emigrated to live permanently in OECD countries in 2006, a five per cent increase on the previous year, with … Continue reading

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Polls: Latinos Favor Obama In 3 Key States

Polls: Latinos favor Obama in 3 key states By Kathy Kiely USA Today, September 10, 2008 http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-09 -Hispanicvote_N.htm Washington, DC — New data released at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's annual meeting Tuesday show that the Latino vote could be … Continue reading

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Immigration Policy Takes Low Profile In Political Campaigns

Immigration policy takes low profile in political campaigns By Matt O'Brien The Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA), September 10, 2008 http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_10431552 If voters were looking for answers about how the next president will handle the nation's complicated immigration system, … Continue reading

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Somalis Win Prayer Case At Gold’n Plump

Somalis win prayer case at Gold'n Plump By Chris Serres The Star Tribune (Minneapolis), September 10, 2008 http://www.startribune.com/business/28119524.html?elr=KArks DyycyUtyycyUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU In a landmark settlement that could change the way Muslims are treated in the workplace, St. Cloud-based Gold'n Plump Inc. has … Continue reading

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Obama Blasts McCain On Immigration Reform

Obama Blasts McCain on Immigration Reform ABC NEWS September 10, 2008 9:13 PM ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: Speaking before the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., blasted Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for not including comprehensive immigration … Continue reading

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Non-Citizen Voting : Is It In America’s Future?

Non-Citizen Voting: Is It in Americas Future? The Center for Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. September 9, 2008 WASHINGTON (September 2008) In this contentious election season, one thing thats taken for granted is that American citizens will be the ones choosing … Continue reading

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Feds Need Extra $400 Million To Finish Border Fence

Feds need extra $400 million to finish border fence By Eileen Sullivan The Houston Chronicle, September 9, 2008 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5992767.html Washington, DC — The Bush administration needs an extra $400 million to complete its fence along the country's southwestern border, and … Continue reading

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Report Says Fraud, Abuse Are Possible Under Iraqi Visa Law

Report Says Fraud, Abuse Are Possible Under Iraqi Visa Law By Walter Pincus The Washington Post, September 5, 2008; A19 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/ AR2008090403251.html A new law that permits up to 5,000 Iraqis who previously worked for the U.S. government or its … Continue reading

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