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Eight Are Sentenced In Key West For Smuggling Immigrants

Eight are sentenced in Key West for smuggling immigrants Sun-Sentinel.com Fort Lauderdale December 20, 2007 A federal judge in Key West has sentenced eight smugglers of illegal Cuban immigrants to prison terms, according to a release Wednesday from the U.S. … Continue reading

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California Population Nears 38 Million, Up 11.5% Since 2000

Calif. population nears 38 million, up 11.5 percent since 2000 By DON THOMPSON, AP Dec 19, 2007 SACRAMENTO (Map, News) – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is fond of referring to California as a nation state. Population figures released Wednesday show that … Continue reading

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Smugglers Exploit Housing Market Woes

Smugglers Exploit Housing Market Woes By JACQUES BILLEAUD The Associated Press Wednesday, December 19, 2007; 4:57 PM SURPRISE, Ariz. — Unable to sell his house in suburban Phoenix's anemic real estate market, Jason Winterholler rented to a couple who paid … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants To Get U.S. Residency –In Jail

Illegal Immigrants To Get U.S. Residency…In Jail Illegal Immigrants With Gang-Connections Could Get 20 Years In Federal Prison CBS December 19, 2007 LOS ANGELES (CBS) Twenty-three gang-members awaiting their release from state prisons and various jails around southern California are … Continue reading

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Report Finds U.S. Agencies Distracted By Focus On Cuba

Report Finds U.S. Agencies Distracted by Focus on Cuba By MARC LACEY The New York Times December 19, 2007 Catching Americans who travel illegally to Cuba or who purchase cigars, rum or other products from the island may be distracting … Continue reading

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Victims In Slavery Case Look To Remain In The U.S.

Victims in slavery case look to remain in the U.S. BY ROBERT E. KESSLER robert.kessler@newsday.com December 19, 2007 The two Indonesian women who testified they were enslaved and tortured knew so little English, they had to use hand signals and … Continue reading

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Mexican Official Seeks Better Inroads For Immigrant Workers

Mexican official seeks better inroads for immigrant workers Associated Press Dec. 19, 2007 06:21 AM TUCSON- A Mexican human rights official says more legal channels are needed for immigrant workers wanting to come to the United States. Mauricio Farah Gebara, … Continue reading

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Homes With A Bit Of The Homeland

Homes With a Bit of the Homeland Builders Are Catering to Area's Increasing Immigrant Population By Annie Gowen Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, December 19, 2007; Page A01 Chuck Langpaul Jr. has been in the custom home business for more … Continue reading

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Senate OK’s Myers For Immigration Job

Senate OKs Myers for Immigration Job By EILEEN SULLIVAN The Associated Press Thursday, December 20, 2007; 12:01 AM WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Julie L. Myers as director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two years after President Bush … Continue reading

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GAO Audit Warns Of Visa Terror Risk

GAO audit warns of visa terror risk Fraud found in 'diversity' lottery involving 50,000 immigrants a year By JAMES PINKERTON Houston Chronicle Dec. 1, 2007, 9:28AM A look at the diversity visa process A little-known immigration lottery that grants 50,000 … Continue reading

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December 8, 2007L Tone Down Attitudes Versus Immigration, Calderon Says

Tone down attitudes vs. immigration, Caldern says The Associated Press Tucson, Arizona Published: 12.08.2007 MEXICO CITY President Felipe Caldern on Friday told Mexican consuls to the U.S. and Canada that they must work to “neutralize” anti-immigrant attitudes north of the … Continue reading

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Brokered Brides Seeking Better Life

Brokered brides seeking better life By ANDREW MARTON Fort Worth Star-Telegram/MCT/Ralph Lauer December 7, 2007 Natasha Henderson was a Russian bride brought over by an older man that had been married twice before with five children. She is now divorced … Continue reading

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Pair Arrested In Green Card Marriage That Resulted From Web Site

Pair arrested in green card marriage that resulted from Web ads By Scott Glover, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 7, 2007 After more than a year of what federal prosecutors allege is a sham marriage, Kalinina and her 30-year-old … Continue reading

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Bill Aims To Keep Track Of Foreign Students

Bill aims to keep track of foreign students By Audrey Hudson December 7, 2007 www.House.gov Rep. Gus Bilirakis, Florida Republican, wants colleges to report to the government when foreign students are unaccounted for in order to make sure they are … Continue reading

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U.S. Not Offsetting Costs of Illegals, Report Says

U.S. not offsetting costs of illegals, report says By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times December 7, 2007 Illegal aliens are a net drain on state and local governments, according to a new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office that … Continue reading

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Pearce: Impetus Builds To Let Police Ask Immigration Status

Pearce: Impetus builds to let police ask immigration status By Jacques Billeaud The Associated Press Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.06.2007 PHOENIX A push to get police departments to change policies discouraging officers from asking people whether they are in the … Continue reading

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Texas Landowners To Be Given Ultimatum On Border Fence

Texas landowners to be given ultimatum on border fence Chertoff allowing them last chance for access before taking court action By SUZANNE GAMBOA Associated Press Dec. 6, 2007, 11:45PM WASHINGTON Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is giving Texas landowners opposed … Continue reading

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Environmentalists Worry Border Fence-Building Will Threaten Arizona River

Environmentalists worry border fence-building will threaten AZ river By ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN Associated Press Writer Dec. 6, 2007 03:04 PM PALOMINAS, Ariz. (AP) – Before sealing off the border became the priority it is today, a visitor would have gotten … Continue reading

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Businesses Want Foreign Labor Visa Plan To Grow.

Businesses want foreign labor visa plan to grow Opponents see practice as model for creating guest worker program By DANE SCHILLER Houston Chronicle Dec. 6, 2007, 6:18AM There are jobs few from around here can do, like replace Chinese-born Yao … Continue reading

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Poll: Hispanic Shift Toward Democrats

Poll: Hispanic Shift Toward Democrats By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press Thursday, December 6, 2007; 9:20 PM WASHINGTON — Hispanics are returning to the Democratic Party after several years of drifting toward the Republicans, with many saying Bush administration policies … Continue reading

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