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No (Post) Secondary Education For Undocumented Students

No (Post)secondary education for undocumented students Illegal immigrants who enter the U.S. with their parents and attend high school cannot go to college in Wyoming without proper identification. By Lindsey Erin Kroskob The Wyoming Tribune Eagle (Cheyenne), July 11, 2008 … Continue reading

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Proposed Ban Stirs Uproar In Fremont

Proposed ban stirs uproar in Fremont By Cindy Gonzalez The Omaha World Herald (NE), July 11, 2008 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10378811 A proposed law aimed at banishing illegal immigrants from Fremont, Neb. believed to be the first such city-sponsored initiative in the state … Continue reading

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Giuliani: Obama Capturing ‘An Anti-American Feeling’

Giuliani: Obama Capturing 'an Anti-American Feeling' The Hill's Blog Briefing Room @ 12:32 pm by Andy Barr July 10, 2008 Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R-N.Y.) said Thursday that Barack Obama is capturing 'an anti-American feeling' responding to Obama telling a … Continue reading

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McCain, Obama And La Raza

McCain, Obama, and La Raza By Chad Groening OneNewsNow, July 10, 2008 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=171852 California-based immigration reform activist doesn't think either Barack Obama or John McCain will say anything critical of La Raza when they address the Hispanic rights group's annual … Continue reading

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Tower Sites Planned For Protected Public Land

Tower sites planned for protected public land Virtual fence to run through Cabeza Prieta, Organ Pipe By Brady McCombs The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), July 7, 2008 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/247141 A pair of nationally protected public lands in Southwestern Arizona have been … Continue reading

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Law Students Rush To Meet Needs In Booming Field Of Immigration

Law Students Rush to Meet Needs In Booming Field of Immigration By Karin Brulliard The Washington Post, July 7, 2008; B01 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070602154.html?hpid=sec-education Ann Kim made monthly trips this year to a Richmond area immigrant detention center, trying to free a … Continue reading

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Without Funds, N.J. Hospitals Face Crisis

Without Funds, N.J. Hospitals Face Crisis A Community Loses Main Health Center By Keith B. Richburg The Washington Post, July 7, 2008 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/06/AR2008070602334.html?nav=rss_email/components Plainfield, NJ — If the country is facing a nationwide health-care crisis, then the condition in New … Continue reading

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State Sues Latino Stores For Illicit Rx

State sues Latino stores for illicit Rx By Jimmy DeButts The Birmingham Business Journal (AL), July 7, 2008 http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2008/07/07/ story3.html?jst=pn_pn_lk Three Latino-owned businesses face legal repercussions after being accused of selling pharmaceuticals without a license by the state of Alabama. … Continue reading

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American Dream Goes Global

American dream goes global More immigrants buying land in native countries By Maria Sacchetti The Boston Globe, July 7, 2008 http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/ 2008/07/07/american_dream_goes_global/ She was raised in a little wooden house with a thatched roof in the Dominican Republic, a nation … Continue reading

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Feds Step Up Deportation Efforts

Feds step up deportation efforts Immigration agency says more illegals being sent home, including those in jail By Tim Smith The Greenville News (SC), July 6, 2008 http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID= 2008807060310 Columbia — By the time police caught up with Guillermo Raya-Mendoza … Continue reading

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U.S. Wants Employers To Check Workers’ Social Security Numbers

U.S. wants employers to check workers' Social Security numbers By Juan Castillo The Austin American Statesman, July 6, 2008 http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/07/06/ 0706immigbizverify.html The last sweeping immigration measure passed by Congress – the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 – ordered … Continue reading

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Tuition Lawsuit Cost State $175,000

Tuition lawsuit cost state $175,000 By Scott Rothschild The Journal World (Lawrence, KS), July 6, 2008 http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jul/06/tuition_lawsuit_ cost_state_175000/ Topeka — It has cost the state nearly $175,000 to defend a law that allows some undocumented students to pay in-state tuition … Continue reading

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Airfares Take Toll On Ties Abroad

Airfares take toll on ties abroad By Saundra Amrhein The St. Petersburg Times (FL), July 6, 2008 http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article664720.ece Tampa, FL — For the past seven years, Joann Jackson-Iribarren has spent her summers with relatives in Venezuela, driving up snow-capped mountains, … Continue reading

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Mexicans Leaving Under Duress

Mexicans leaving under duress Economy, enforcement cited as consulates see sharp rise in returnees By Octavio Rivera Lopez The Dallas Morning News, July 5, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-immigrants_05met.ART.State.Edition2.4d808e9.html Two hours were enough for Jos Luis Snchez and his family to pack their … Continue reading

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Council OK’s Police’s Immigration Policy

Council OKs police's immigration policy By Gary Nelson The Arizona Republic (Phoenix), July 5, 2008 http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2008/07/03/20080703mr- mesacouncil0704.html Mesa got a civics lesson to go along with its new immigration policy. The City Council endorsed that policy in broad terms Thursday, … Continue reading

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Smuggling Suspect Stuck Behind Bars Until Trial

Smuggling suspect stuck behind bars until trial By Sally Apgar The South Florida Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), July 5, 2008 http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl- flbsmuggle0705sbjul05,0,7066769.story A Loxahatchee man who confessed to investigators that he organized 12 smuggling trips for undocumented immigrants between Cuba … Continue reading

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Revised Test Will Dig Deeper Into Citizenship

Revised test will dig deeper into citizenship Could you pass the test? Would you be able to pass the redesigned citizenship test? By Cindy Gonzalez The Omaha World Herald (NE), July 4, 2008 http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1000&u_sid=10373516 Her legs went numb. Panicked, Teresa … Continue reading

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Judge Dismisses Suit Challenging Special Order 40

Judge dismisses suit challenging Special Order 40 LA Daily News Wire Services Article Last Updated: 06/25/2008 11:24:31 AM PDT A Los Angeles judge dismissed a taxpayer lawsuit today that sought to repeal a long-standing directive prohibiting Los Angeles police officers … Continue reading

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Horsham Firm Admits Guilt In Immigrant Scheme

Horsham firm admits guilt in immigrant scheme By BEN FINLEY Bucks County Courier Times The Intelligencer June 25, 2008 5:08 AM A Horsham company pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to charges that it hired illegal immigrants and provided them … Continue reading

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Nation’s Biggest Immigrant Law Firm Under Federal Scrutiny For Hiring Advice

Nation's Biggest Immigration Law Firm Under Federal Scrutiny for Hiring Advice FOXNEWS.COM Tuesday, June 24, 2008 WASHINGTON The nation's largest immigration law firm is under federal scrutiny over whether it helped major U.S. corporations disqualify American job applicants and give … Continue reading

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