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D.M.V. Chief Is Pressed To Defend Plan To Give Licences To Illegal Immigrants

D.M.V. Chief Is Pressed to Defend Plan to Give Licenses to Illegal Immigrants By DANNY HAKIM The New York Times October 16, 2007 ALBANY, Oct. 15 In a hearing punctuated by angry exchanges about terrorism, Senate Republicans grilled the commissioner … Continue reading

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Citizenship Via Grandparents

Citizenship via Grandparents Israeli Parents Make Use Of U.S. Clause That Lets Kids Become Americans By MIRIAM JORDAN October 16, 2007; Page A6 A swelling number of Israelis are flying to the U.S., armed with tattered U.S. high school diplomas … Continue reading

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Fleeing To U.S., Cubans’ First Stop Is Often Mexico

Fleeing to U.S., Cubans First Stop Is Often Mexico The escape from Cuba to the United States increasingly includes a trip by boat to a place like Isla Mujeres, a coastal Mexican island whose harbor is shown here. By MARC … Continue reading

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Mortgages To Illegal Immigrants Come Under Fire

Mortgages to Illegal Immigrants Come Under Fire Produced by Ashley Gross on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 The Chicago Public Radio Immigrants have become key to fueling growth in the Chicago area housing market in recent years. According to a report … Continue reading

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2nd Arizona Initiative Proposed On Illegal Hiring

2nd Arizona initiative proposed on illegal hiring Supporters need 153,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot. By PAUL DAVENPORT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday, October 16, 2007 PHOENIX –A second ballot measure imposing sanctions on employers for hiring illegal … Continue reading

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DHS Report: 270,000 Indians In U.S. Illegally

Title: DHS report: 270,000 Indians in U.S. illegally Source: India New England URL Source: http://www.indianewengland.com/ME2/dirmod.asp? sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle Published: Oct 15, 2007 Author: ADAM SMITH Post Date: 2007-10-15 22:44:31 by Willie Green 50 Comments Immigrants from India continue to make up the … Continue reading

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Why U.S. Immigration Crackdown Is Stalled

Why US immigration crackdown is stalled By Alexandra Marks 10/15/2007 The Christian Science Monitor (www.csmonitor.com) Mismatched Social Security numbers led to illegal workers but also legal ones, critics say. NEW YORK (The Christian Science Monitor) — His name is Enrique. … Continue reading

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States’ Immigration Policies Diverge—In Differences, Some See Obstacles For A National Law

States' Immigrant Policies Diverge In Differences, Some See Obstacles For a National Law By Anthony Faiola Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, October 15, 2007; Page A01 washingtonpost.com readers have posted 198 comments about this item. NEW YORK — In New … Continue reading

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Governor Vetoes California Dream Act

Governor vetoes California Dream Act By AMY TAXIN and JULIE GALLEGO THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Monday, October 15, 2007 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a Senate bill that would have given undocumented immigrant college students access to state financial aid. In … Continue reading

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Chertoff May Void Judges’ Order To Halt Border Fence

Tucson Region Chertoff may void judge's order to halt border fence By Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services Tucson, Arizona Published: 10.14.2007 PHOENIX The nation's top security official may use his power to unilaterally trump a federal court order halting construction … Continue reading

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Myanmar Refugees Strain Aid Groups

Myanmar Refugees Strain Aid Groups By KEN KUSMER The Associated Press Saturday, October 13, 2007; 8:53 PM INDIANAPOLIS — The modest apartment where Van Tin Lian Zathang, his wife, Biak, and their two daughters live sits in a tidy, sprawling … Continue reading

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More Being Forced Out Of U.S., But Criminal Deportations Decline, Latest Data Indicates

More being forced out of U.S. But criminal deportations declined, latest data indicate By JAMES PINKERTON Oct. 13, 2007, 1:02AM Houston Chronicle The federal government says it has steadily increased the number of illegal immigrants it removes from the country … Continue reading

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Earth Needs Renewed Attention To Population Growth

Earth Needs Renewed Attention To Population Growth By John Feeney Growth Is Madness October 12, 2007 There's a simple theme in today's environmental writing. It shows up in titles like “Cut Your Consumption by Switching to Fluorescent Light Bulbs, Lawmakers … Continue reading

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Globalization, According To The World, Is A Good Thing. Sort Of.

Globalization, According to the World, Is a Good Thing. Sort Of. By BRIAN KNOWLTON The New York Times Published: October 5, 2007 WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 Buoyed and battered by globalization, people around the world strongly view international trade as a … Continue reading

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Immigration Enforcement Faces Setback

Immigration enforcement faces setback By Devona Walker The Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), October 2, 2007 http://newsok.com/article/3138551/1191301323 The Social Security Administration's plans to send out thousands of 'no-match letters were delayed again Monday, vexing foes of illegal immigration and causing mass confusion … Continue reading

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Fewer Migrants Mean More Benefits: As Immigration Enforcement Takes Hold, Jobs Begin To Open Up To Less-Skilled Americans

Fewer migrants mean more benefits As immigration enforcement takes hold, jobs begin to open up to less-skilled Americans. By Mark Krikorian Los Angeles Times September 24, 2007 Immigration hawks have been on a winning streak lately. An unprecedented surge of … Continue reading

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’08 Dems Push Immigration

08 Dems push immigration By Sam Youngman The Hill (DC), September 20, 2007 http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/08-dems-push-immigration-2007-09-20.html Leading Democratic presidential candidates are signaling that they will return to the thorny issue of immigration reform faster than their party colleagues on Capitol Hill would … Continue reading

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Professional Guestworker Visas And Employment Opportunities For U.S. Workers

Professional Guestworker Visas and Employment Opportunities for U.S. Workers Before the Legislation, Intergovernmental and Veterans Relations Committee of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County,Chicago, IL September 18, 2007 Statement of Jessica M. Vaughan Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Immigration … Continue reading

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Snow: Immigration Bill Opposition Misjudged

Snow: Immigration bill opposition misjudged By RICHARD S. DUNHAM Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Sept. 14, 2007, 10:12AM Outgoing White House press secretary Tony Snow said today that the Bush administration had underestimated the ferocity of opposition to White … Continue reading

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The Rush Is On For Citizenship

The rush is on for citizenship Election, new rules boost Phoenix filings Daniel Gonzlez The Arizona Republic Sept. 13, 2007 12:00 AM The number of legal immigrants applying for citizenship in Phoenix soared this year, creating thousands of potential new … Continue reading

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