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Immigration Issue Hardly Mentioned At GOP Convention

Immigration issue hardly mentioned at GOP convention During the Republican convention, immigration was no longer the hot issue that it was during GOP primaries. By Lesley Clark The Miami Herald (FL), September 5, 2008 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/campaign-2008/story/672917. html The issue that helped … Continue reading

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GOP Hispanics Aim To Secure Votes For McCain

GOP Hispanics Aims to Secure Votes for McCain By Bart Jansen The Congressional Quarterly (Washington, DC), September 5, 2008 http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000002944392 Hispanic Republicans are adding a little salsa to the political recipe that makes the Rocky Mountain West a battleground this … Continue reading

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Boosting Border Security Is Goal Of New UA Center

Boosting border security is goal of new UA center By Brady McCombs The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), September 4, 2008 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/256004 Imagine an invisible laser beam homed in on the carotid artery in your neck, reading your blood pressure, pulse … Continue reading

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Mexico-U.S. Frontier Culture Roughly Sundered

Mexico-US frontier culture roughly sundered By Adam Thomson The Financial Times (London), September 4, 2008 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aef4ebc6-7a19-11dd-bb93-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1 At the end of a narrow and rutted road beyond the isolated Texan settlement of Candelaria, two concrete blocks separated by a river are … Continue reading

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Cities Re-Think ID Cards For Undocumented

Cities rethink ID cards for undocumented By Matt O'Brien The Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, CA), September 4, 2008 http://www.contracostatimes.com/politics/ci_10382752 Richmond, CA — After months of drumming up support for a plan to provide city ID cards to Richmond residents, … Continue reading

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Palin’s Alaska Record Short On Trade, Immigration Decisions

Palin's Alaska Record Short on Trade, Immigration Decisions By Matthew Benjamin and Nicholas Johnston Bloomberg News, September 4, 2008 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aNgqjbjq1iZ4& refer=home By now, many Americans know Sarah Palin's views on guns, gays and abortion. When it comes to matters like … Continue reading

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LAX Employee Arrested In Alleged Smuggling Plot

LAX employee arrested in alleged smuggling plot Federal officials say the man is seen on tape guiding Mexicana passengers out of the airport, avoiding immigration and customs inspectors. They believe he is part of a larger smuggling operation. By Anna … Continue reading

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Farm Bosses In Immokalee Plead Guilty In Slavery Scheme

Farm bosses in Immokalee plead guilty in slavery scheme By Jay Weaver The Miami Herald (FL), September 4, 2008 http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/671209.html Five farm bosses have pleaded guilty to a scheme to enslave Mexican and Guatemalan nationals as agricultural workers in southwest … Continue reading

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Border Drug Wars Threaten U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Border drug wars threaten U.S. 'Deadly force' spills over from Mexico Jerry Seper The Washington Times Wednesday, September 3, 2008 An escalating turf fight between warring drug cartels in Mexico is spreading into the United States with federal officials … Continue reading

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Immigration Issues Re-Surface On Some State Ballots

Immigration issues resurface on some state ballots By Julia Silverman The Associated Press, September 3, 2008 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gWcNQ3_0TCZu_dQoUjvEuGE3nO4QD92 VFTJ03 Portland (AP) — In a high school classroom, Xavier Chavez is trying to teach a group of restless teenagers about Manifest Destiny … Continue reading

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McClintock Says San Francisco Should Get No Funds For Sanctuary City Status

McClintock says S.F. should get no funds for sanctuary city status By Ben van der Meer PolitickerCA.com, September 3, 2008 http://www.politickerca.com/benvandermeer/2095/mcclintock-says -sf-should-get-no-funds-sanctuary-city-status San Francisco's status as a 'sanctuary city' should mean a cutoff of federal funds, congressional candidate State Sen. … Continue reading

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Judge Denies Injunction Against Border Fence Construction

Judge denies injunction against border fence construction By Diana Washington Valdez El Paso Times (TX), September 3, 2008 http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_10371881 El Paso, TX — U.S. District Judge Frank Montalvo denied a request for a preliminary injunction against the construction of the … Continue reading

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Expect Little, If Any, Immigration Talk From McCain To Republicans

Expect little, if any, immigration talk from McCain to Republicans By Todd J. Gillman The Dallas Morning News, September 3, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/ stories/090308dnpolimmig.3f4c516d.html St. Paul, MN — Its safe to say that if John McCain wants to get booed Thursday … Continue reading

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How Many Americans?

How Many Americans? By Steven A. Camarota The Washington Post, September 2, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/ AR2008090101714.html When the Census Bureau released its new population projections last month, most of the media focused on the country's changing racial composition. But this was … Continue reading

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California’s Doldrums Sending Some Immigrant Workers Home

California's doldrums sending some immigrant workers home By Anna Gorman Los Angeles Times, September 1, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-me-return1 -2008sep01,0,3882876.story For more than two years, Otoniel Lopez Cortez arrived at the Westlake day labor center before 6:30 a.m. to wait for jobs … Continue reading

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Presidential Candidates Agree On Increasing H-1B Visas

Presidential candidates agree on increasing H-1B visas By Mike Sunnucks The Phoenix Business Journal, September 1, 2008 http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/09/01/story13 .html?b=1220241600%5E1692094 Arizona Republican John McCain and Illinois Democrat Barack Obama differ on plenty of economic issues — energy, taxes and trade, to … Continue reading

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Republican Fractures Remain On Immigration Plan

Republican Fractures Remain on Immigration Plan By Vicki Needham Roll Call (Washington, DC), September 1, 2008 http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_24/news/27772-1.html [Pay Site] Outraged conservatives forced Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) to drop his support for a controversial immigration-reform plan last year. But immigration policy … Continue reading

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McCain Wages Battle For Latino Votes

McCain Wages Battle for Latino Votes The Cox News Service, September 1, 2008 http://www.coxwashington.com/hp/content/reporters/stories/ 2008/31/2008/09/01/GOP_LATINOS_McCAIN01.html Washington, DC — John McCain, who received more than 70 percent of the Latino vote in his most recent Senate re-election bid in Arizona, is … Continue reading

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Hispanics Hit Hard As Workers Lose Hours, More Full Time Jobs Turn Part-Time

Hispanics Hit Hard As Workers Lose Hours More Full-Time Jobs Turn Part-Time By Alejandro Lazo The Washington Post, September 1, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31 /AR2008083101467.html With the economy in the grip of a slowdown, American workers are increasingly losing full-time work to … Continue reading

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Foreclosed Homes Are Drophouse Favorites

Foreclosed homes are drophouse favorites By Sean Holstege The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), August 31, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2008/08/31/ 20080831drophouse-owners0831.html That empty foreclosed home down the street today could be tomorrow's drophouse. The largest concentrations of Valley drophouses are in the same west … Continue reading

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