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Border Fence Sees Progress

Border fence sees progress By EILEEN SULLIVAN and ARTHUR H. ROTSTEIN Associated Press Writers Dec. 6, 2007, WASHINGTON The administration's plan to use technology and physical barriers to keep people from illegally entering the country is back on track this … Continue reading

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Justice Departmemnt Numbers Show Prison Trends

Justice Dept. Numbers Show Prison Trends By SOLOMON MOORE The New York Times Published: December 6, 2007 About one in every 31 adults in the United States was in prison, in jail or on supervised release at the end of … Continue reading

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Agency Certifies Temporary Employees For Companies

Agency certifies temporary employees for companies Silver Spring company checks immigrants status by Kevin J. Shay Staff Writer Gazette.net Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007 In the face of a report released last week that shows illegal immigration continuing to grow, a … Continue reading

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More Foreign Students At U.S. Schools

More Foreign Students at U.S. Schools By JULIANA BARBASSA Associated Press Writer 4:56 PM EST, December 5, 2007 BERKELEY, Calif. – The number of international students attending American colleges and universities has nearly rebounded from a slump that followed the … Continue reading

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Democrats Confron Immigration In Debate

Democrats Confront Immigration in Debate The Democratic contenders, meeting in a radio debate, were asked Tuesday whether citizens should turn in someone they know to be an illegal immigrant. By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JEFF ZELENY The New York Times Published: … Continue reading

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U.S. Gets Tougher On Illegal Hiring

U.S. gets tougher on illegal hiring Homeland Security Department plans to appeal a federal judge's ruling that blocked efforts to target workers with inconsistent Social Security data. By Nicole Gaouette, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer December 5, 2007 WASHINGTON — … Continue reading

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ICE Sees Surge In Arrests Of Fugitive Immigrants

ICE sees surge in arrests of fugitive immigrants By Vanessa Bauza Chicago Tribune staff reporter December 5, 2007 Federal authorities announced Tuesday that they arrested about twice as many immigrants who ignored deportation orders during fiscal year 2007 as they … Continue reading

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Proposals Would Put Limits On Citizenship For Newborns

Proposals would put limits on citizenship for newborns Measures appear to be aimed at babies of illegal entrants By Paul Davenport The Associated Press Tucson, Arizona Published: 12.04.2007 PHOENIX– Arizona voters may be asked to decide whether to prohibit the … Continue reading

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Indians Among Top Three Of Legal Immigrants In U.S.

Indians among top three of legal immigrants in US India Post.com Monday, 12.03.2007, 01:22am (GMT-7) WASHINGTON: India is among the top three countries sending people to the US, where one in eight comes from outside America, bringing the total immigrant … Continue reading

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From Stand In Long Island Slavery Case, A Snapshot Of A Hidden U.S. Problem

From Stand in Long Island Slavery Case, a Snapshot of a Hidden U.S. Problem By PAUL VITELLO Published: December 3, 2007 CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y., Nov. 30 The two tiny Indonesian women know just a handful of English words. They know … Continue reading

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Border Agents Appeal Verdict

Border agents appeal verdict By Jerry Seper and Sara A. Carter The Washington Times December 3, 2007 Attorneys for two former U.S. Border Patrol agents sentenced to lengthy prison terms for shooting a drug-smuggling suspect in the buttocks as he … Continue reading

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Biden Calls On Mexican Government To Provide Jobs

Biden calls on Mexican government to provide jobs By ABBY SIMONS Des Moines REGISTER STAFF WRITER December 2, 2007 Delaware Sen. Joe Biden passionately declared Sunday that the key solution to illegal immigration begins with Mexican government officials who must … Continue reading

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Homeland Security Changes Asylum Rules

Homeland Security Changes Asylum Rules By SUZANNE GAMBOA The Associated Press Sunday, December 2, 2007; 5:02 PM WASHINGTON — More people seeking asylum in the U.S. could be detained and then jailed longer under a new Homeland Security Department policy … Continue reading

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Immigrant Population Surges During President Bush Administration–Expect 15 M more By 2017

Immigrant Population Surges During Pres. Bush Admin — Expect 15M More by 2017 Think&Ask.com 1 December 2007: While President George W Bush and Congress battle for the last word on tax cuts and stake a claim on success in Iraq … Continue reading

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Legal, Illegal Immigrant Numbers At Record Highs (CIS)

Legal, Illegal Immigrant Numbers at Record Highs New Report Looks at Poverty, Welfare, Health Insurance WASHINGTON (November 29, 2007) A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies examines the size, growth, and characteristics of the nation's immigrant, or foreign-born, … Continue reading

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A Fence Without Offence

A fence without offense Strong but not lethal, effective but not ugly: The U.S. is looking for a barrier along the border with Mexico that will say 'keep out' — nicely. By Richard Marosi, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November … Continue reading

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Position On Immigration Testing Democrats–GOP May Try To Exploit Divisive Issue

Position on immigration testing Democrats GOP may try to exploit divisive issue By Scott Helman Boston Globe Staff November 16, 2007 The stir in the Democratic presidential race created by New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's proposal to provide driver's licenses … Continue reading

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Senate Bill Challenges Immigration Debate

Senate bill challenges immigration debate By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times November 16, 2007 A Democratic senator yesterday introduced an enforcement-only immigration bill, joining forces with House Democrats and Republicans to try to shake up the immigration debate. Sen. Mark … Continue reading

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U.S. Inaction Faulted, Immigration Polls Find

U.S. Inaction Faulted, Immigration Polls Find Md., Va. Residents Have Differing Views About How New Arrivals Affect Daily Life By Jon Cohen and Pamela Constable Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, November 16, 2007; Page B01 In Maryland and Virginia, about … Continue reading

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32 Alleged Gang Members Arrested In L.A. Sweep

32 alleged gang members arrested in L.A. sweep Hundreds of FBI and L.A. officers join forces across the city in a crackdown on the violent El Salvadoran organization MS-13. By Ari B. Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 16, … Continue reading

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