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Immigration Agency Scraps Self-Deport Program

Immigration agency scraps self-deport program By Amy Taxin The Associated Press, August 22, 2008 http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i5prhLjHvlhYqvnvbzyaGXUt L1WAD92N2BJO0 Santa Ana, CA (AP) — The federal government will scrap a program for illegal immigrants to turn themselves in for deportation after only eight … Continue reading

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Despite A Flood Of Federal Resources, Border Security Still An Issue

Despite a Flood of Federal Resources, Border Security Still an Issue By Robert Shaffer The Fox News, August 20, 2008 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,407524,00.html Seattle — For years America's northern and southern borders 5,938 miles of dense forest and open land were fair … Continue reading

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Refugee Program Halted As DNA Tests Show Fraud

Refugee Program Halted As DNA Tests Show Fraud Thousands in Africa Lied about Families To Gain U.S. Entry By MIRIAM JORDAN The Wall Street Journal August 20, 2008; Page A3 The State Department has suspended a humanitarian program to reunite … Continue reading

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Undocumented Immigrant In Coma Set To Be Returned To Mexico

Undocumented immigrant in coma set to be returned to Mexico By Judith Graham and Deanese Williams-Harris Chicago Tribune reporter August 20, 2008 A 30-year-old Mexican man in a coma at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago has ignited … Continue reading

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Juvenile Petitions Dropped

Juvenile petitions dropped BY PETER E. BORTNER STAFF WRITER pbortner@republicanherald.com Published: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 4:25 AM EDT Two teenagers charged with killing an illegal Mexican immigrant in July in Shenandoah have decided not to ask to be tried as … Continue reading

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More Charges Filed In Iowa Plant Immigration Raid

More charges filed in Iowa plant immigration raid By HENRY C. JACKSON Aug 19, 2008 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) A supervisor arrested after a large immigration raid at an Iowa meatpacking plant was hit with new charges Tuesday including conspiring … Continue reading

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‘Demographic Divide’ On The Rise—Whites Fall Faster From Majority

Immigration: 'Demographic divide' on the rise Whites fall faster from majority Stephen Dinan The Washington Times Thursday, August 14, 2008 New U.S. Census Bureau numbers show a stark change in immigration and birth patterns has moved up by eight years … Continue reading

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Study: Immigration To U.S. Increases Global Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

Study: Immigration to U.S. Increases Global Greenhouse-Gas Emissions WASHINGTON (August 13, 2008) The findings of a new study indicate that future levels of immigration will have a significant impact on efforts to reduce global CO2 emissions. Immigration to the United … Continue reading

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U.S. Is Out $51 Million For Flying 64,000 Illegals To Mexico

U.S. is out $51M for flying 64,000 illegals to Mexico By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona Published: 08.10.2008 The U.S. government has spent more than $51 million over the past four summers flying nearly 64,000 illegal immigrants home … Continue reading

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Foreign Enrolment Soars In Colleges

Foreign enrollment soars in colleges By Connie Llanos The Los Angeles Daily News, August 10, 2008 http://www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10153476 Colleges across the Southland are expecting a surge in international students this year, part of a nationwide trend that many experts attribute to … Continue reading

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Law Shuts Out Some Students—Some illegal immigrants drop out or consider moving because of Prop. 300

Law shuts out some students Some illegal immigrants drop out or consider moving because of Prop. 300 By Mariana Alvarado Avalos The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), August 10, 2008 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/252100 Changing laws have made life tougher for illegal immigrants in … Continue reading

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Man Deported For Fifth Time—Similar Cases On Rise

Man deported for fifth time; similar cases on rise By Jason Cato Pittsburgh TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, August 9, 2008 Javier Ixtlapale-Teozo was an old pro at being detained by law enforcement officers when Pittsburgh police stopped him in June. He told … Continue reading

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U.S. Will Have To Remove Nogales Tunnel Barrier

U.S. will have to remove Nogales tunnel barrier The Associated Press August 9, 2008 http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=928908&r=1 A barrier and gate the U.S. Border Patrol built in a flood tunnel in Nogales will have to be torn down after officials determined it … Continue reading

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70 Arrests Announced In ICE Anti-Gang Operation

70 arrests announced in ICE antigang operation By Boston Globe Staff August 8, 2008 02:43 PM Fifty-two gang members and 28 other criminals have been arrested this week as part of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation, ICE announced … Continue reading

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Immigration Stirs Up Bound Brook, Again

Immigration Stirs Up Bound Brook, Again By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN The New York Times Published: August 8, 2008 FOUR years after the federal government found that Bound Brook (New Jersey) was unfairly targeting Hispanic residents for housing violations, the borough found … Continue reading

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An Old Scourge Persists In N.C.—Immigrants Face A Growing TB Risk

An old scourge persists in N.C. Immigrants face a growing TB risk By Kristin Collins The News & Observer (Raleigh), August 6, 2008 http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1166651.html State health officials say cases of tuberculosis among immigrants are rising, raising concerns that North Carolina … Continue reading

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Detainees Busted Prince William Jail Budget

Detainees Busted Pr. William Jail Budget Immigration Agency Pays $800,000 Difference By Kristen Mack The Washington Post, August 6, 2008; B08 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/08/05/ ST2008080503048.html Prince William County's jail spent nearly $800,000 more than expected to hold suspected illegal immigrants during the … Continue reading

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Texas Executes Mexican Killer Amid International Protests

Texas executes Mexican killer amid international protests By Reed Johnson Los Angeles Times, August 5, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-execute6- 2008aug06,0,2738895.story Mexico City — Jose Ernesto Medellin, a Mexican national convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of two Texas girls, was executed … Continue reading

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Plan Would Keep More Illegal Immigrants From Jobs

Plan would keep more illegal immigrants from jobs By Nate Jenkins The Associated Press, August 5, 2008 http://www.fremonttribune.com/articles/2008/08/06/ap-state-ne/d92cd5 jo0.txt Lincoln (AP) — A top immigration official in President Bush's administration said federal agencies are working on an agreement that could … Continue reading

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Government Invites Illegal Immigrants To Turn Themselves In, But Offer Draws Few Takers

Government invites illegal immigrants to turn themselves in, but offer draws few takers By Amy Taxin The Associated Press, August 5, 2008 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap- immigration-self-deportation,1,5505321.story Santa Ana, CA (AP) — Wanted: Illegal immigrants with clean records who have ignored court orders … Continue reading

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