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Pennsylvania House Race Mirrors Maze Of Immigration Issue

Pa. House race mirrors maze of immigration issue By Kathy Kiely USA TODAY April 24, 2008 HAZLETON, Pa. In a year when veteran House Republicans are rushing for the exits rather than attempt re-election, Lou Barletta represents something of rarity: … Continue reading

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County Declares English Its Official Language

County declares English its official language By Meg Bernhardt The Frederick News Post (MD) April 24, 2008 Front Page News Frederick, MD — A resolution proclaiming English as the official, primary and common language of Frederick County Government has been … Continue reading

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Agents May Use Paintball Guns At Border

Agents may use paintball guns at the border By Delane Cleveland The KMSB News (Tucson), April 23, 2008 http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/ KMSB_20080423_dc_jh_paintball.938aae71.html Its a popular weekend activity paintball games. But now it may become the next weapon along the border to protect … Continue reading

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The Engine Of Change

The Engine Of Change Reading, Pa., Has Proven It's Deft at Switching Tracks. As Residents Head to Polls, the Question Is: Where to Next? By David Montgomery Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 22, 2008; Page C01 This election is … Continue reading

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Capitol Hill Sparks Fly Over Guest Workers

Capitol Hill Sparks Fly Over Guestworkers The Frontera NorteSur News (New Mexico State University) April 22, 2008 With thousands of foreign workers granted H2-B visas to work legally in the US hospitality and other industries every year, debate over the … Continue reading

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White House Defends NAFTA As Bush Meets With Heads of Mexico, Canada

White House Defends NAFTA as Bush Meets With Heads of Mexico, Canada By Michael Abramowitz Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 22, 2008; Page A03 NEW ORLEANS, April 21 — With the North American Free Trade Agreement taking a pounding … Continue reading

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"Catch The Illegal Immigrant" Roils Tech Campus

'Catch the Illegal Immigrant' roils Tech campus By Marlena Hartz Morris News Service Web-posted Tuesday, April 22, 2008 LUBBOCK – “ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT” read the T-shirts' fronts. “CATCH ME IF YOU CAN” read the backs. Students in the Texas Tech chapter … Continue reading

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On Temporary Visas, Skilled Workers Are Putting Down Real Roots

On temporary visas, skilled workers are putting down real roots By Tyrone Beason The Seattle Times, April 21, 2008 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2004344992_pacificpvisas13.html Seattle — The American Dream can sneak up on people. Take Naresh Bhatt and his wife, Bansri, who moved to … Continue reading

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The Cost Of Care

The cost of care By JOSHUA MELVIN jmelvin@hcnonline.com 04/21/2008 There are 47 million Americans who don't have health insurance. One way they seek medical care is through emergency rooms. In hospitals across the nation illegal immigration is a reality not … Continue reading

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Immigration Tops Agenda At N.A. Summit

Immigration Tops Agenda at North American Summit By Greg Flakus New Orleans 21 April 2008 President Bush is in New Orleans, playing host to his North American counterparts, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. As VOA's … Continue reading

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Pope’s Visit Seen As Pivotal–Immigration, Clerical Authority Among Key Issues, Experts Say

Pope's U.S. visit seen as pivotal Immigration, clerical authority among key issues, experts say By Manya A. Brachear and Margaret Ramirez Chicago Tribune reporters 12:12 AM CDT, April 14, 2008 Shortly after he sets foot on American soil this week, … Continue reading

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Prosecutors Target Lucrative Migrant Smuggling Operations

Prosecutors target lucrative migrant smuggling operations BY JAY WEAVER AND ANDRES VIGLUCCI jweaver@MiamiHerald.com Posted on Sat, Apr. 12, 2008 Opening a window on a shadowy cottage industry that has been tolerated, however hesitantly, by local immigrant communities, federal prosecutors have … Continue reading

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Boeing To Replace 9 Towers At Border

Boeing to replace 9 towers at border Existing ones failed to cut illegal immigration enough By Brady McCombs The Arizona Daily Star (Tucson), April 12, 2008 http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/border/234033 Aarivaca — Homeland Security plans to replace nine camera towers along a 28-mile … Continue reading

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Feds Frustrated By Illegal Immigrants Passing Through Holes In New Border Fence

Feds Frustrated by Illegal Immigrants Passing Through Holes in New Border Fence Friday, April 11, 2008 A widening gap between posts, each set a few inches apart, as the ground settles, is seen in the border fence near Columbus, N.M. … Continue reading

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Bill Would Require Verification Of New Hires’ Citizenship Status

Bill would require verification of new hires citizenship status By Cynthia Needham Journal State House Bureau 02:48 PM EDT on Friday, April 11, 2008 PROVIDENCE The General Assembly this week heard testimony on 17 immigration bills. Just one of them … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrant Births–At Your Expense

Illegal Immigrant Births – At Your Expense Taxpayers Foot Bill For Roughly 300,000 Children Born Into Citizenship When Their Parents Are Illegal CBS NEWS McALLEN, Texas April 7, 2008 Paying For Immigrant Births Pregnant women from Mexico are crossing the … Continue reading

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Ranchers Say Wall Could Keep Infested Cattle Out

Ranchers say wall could keep infested cattle out Lynn Brezosky Rio Grande Valley Bureau Express-News.net Web Posted: 04/07/2008 10:47 PM CDT ROMA Texas border cattlemen have a message for Homeland Security officials grappling with publicity nightmares over the Rio Grande … Continue reading

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An Advocate For Iraq’s Displaced Christians

An advocate for Iraq's displaced Christians Robert DeKelaita, a U.S. lawyer who is himself a Christian born in Iraq, is on a mission to help others gain U.S. asylum. He would rather see them return to a safe homeland. By … Continue reading

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States Think Smaller, Slower On Immigration

States think smaller, slower on immigration By Daniel C. Vock Stateline.org Staff Writer Thursday, April 03, 2008 The headlong rush of states into immigration policy may be slowing. In legislative sessions this spring, ambitious proposals in state capitols have been … Continue reading

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Deadline Set On Citizenship Background Checks

Deadline set on citizenship background checks BY MARISA TAYLOR mtaylor@mcclatchydc.com Posted on Thu, Apr. 03, 2008 WASHINGTON — Federal officials vowed Wednesday to plow through thousands of languishing citizenship background checks in time for the upcoming presidential election. The pledge … Continue reading

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