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Immigration And The SPLC—–New Report Finds Stopping ‘Hate’ Is Really About Stopping Debate

Immigration & the SPLC : New Report Finds Stopping 'Hate' Is Really about Stopping Debate Center for Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. Contact: Jerry Kammer, 202-466-8185, gjk@cis.org WASHINGTON (March 18, 2010) After the collapse of the Senate amnesty bill in 2007, … Continue reading

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Senators Give Obama A Bipartisan Plan On Immigration

Senators give Obama a bipartisan plan on immigration The president is encouraged, but healthcare politics could jeopardize the proposal. By Peter Nicholas The Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-na-immigration12-2010mar12,0,5784564.story A pair of influential senators presented President Obama with a … Continue reading

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Voter Registration Forms Now Available Nationally In 5 Asian Languages

Voter registration forms now available nationally in 5 Asian languages The Associated Press, March 11, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-voter-registration-languages,0,4085376.story San Francisco (AP) — Voter registration forms are available nationally in five Asian languages for the first time. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission … Continue reading

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Immigration Courts Filled With Immigration Cases, Not Judges

Immigration courts filled with cases, not judges By Stewart Powell and Katie Brandenburg The Houston Chronicle, March 11, 2010 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6909471.html Washington, DC — The nation's immigration courts are choked by the largest backlog of pending deportation and asylum cases in … Continue reading

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Immigration And The SPLC : Stopping ‘Hate’ Is About Stopping Debate

Immigration & the SPLC Panel: Stopping 'Hate' Is Really about Stopping Debate Center For Immigration Studies Washington, D.C. Contact: Jerry Kammer, 202-466-8185, gjk@cis.org March 10, 2010 WASHINGTON After the collapse of the Senate amnesty bill in 2007, the Southern Poverty … Continue reading

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28,000 Haitians In U.S. Seek Protected Status

28,000 Haitians in U.S. seek protected status By Elizabeth Llorente The Record (Hackensack, NJ), March 5, 2010 http://www.northjersey.com/news/86498372_28_000_Haitians_in_U_S_seek_protected_status.html More than 28,000 Haitians living in the United States, including more than 800 in New Jersey, have applied for protection from deportation … Continue reading

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CIS Study Links Rising Immigrant Population To Diminished GOP Support

CIS Study Links Rising Immigrant Population To Diminished GOP Support Personal Liberty Digest, March 5, 2010 http://www.personalliberty.com/news/cis-study-links-rising-immigrant-population-to-diminished-gop-support-19646770/ As the immigration reform issue continues to create controversy among Washingtons lawmakers, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has released a report on … Continue reading

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Venture Capitalists Push Two-Year Visas For Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Venture capitalists push two-year visas for immigrant entrepreneurs By Kim Hart The Hill (Washington, DC), March 5, 2010 http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/85111-venture-capitalists-say-visas-for-immigrant-entrepreneurs-will-spur-job-creation Venture capitalists lobbied Capitol Hill this week to win support for legislation offering two-year visas for immigrant entrepreneurs. Legislation sponsored by … Continue reading

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Imam Admits Tipping Off New York Bomb Suspect

Imam admits tipping off New York bomb suspect Agence France Presse, March 5, 2010 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/imam-admits-tipping-off-new-york-bomb-suspect/story-fn3dxity-1225837263919 New York (AFP) — A Muslim cleric is set to be expelled from the United States after pleading guilty to lying to FBI agents when … Continue reading

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Feds : Deadly Atlanta Gang Dismantled

Feds: Deadly Atlanta Gang Dismantled Dozens Of Hispanic MS-13 Gang Members In Jail By Steve Kuzj The CBS Atlanta News, March 5, 2010 http://www.cbsatlanta.com/news/22744101/detail.html Atlanta — One of Atlanta's largest and deadliest gang families is in pieces. A two-year operation … Continue reading

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Rasmussen Report: 67% Of Americans Say Illegal Immigrants Are A Strain

POLITICAL CLASS VS. ORDINARY PEOPLE Rasmussen report: 67% of Americans say illegal immigrants are a strain http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_ events/immigration/67_say_illegal_immigrants_are_major_strain_on_ u_s_budget As the country wrestles with a future of historic-level deficits, 67% of U.S. voters say that illegal immigrants are a significant … Continue reading

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Stalled Border Security Nomination Worries Former Commissioners

Stalled border security nomination worries former commissioners By Katherine McIntire Government Executive, March 2, 2010 http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0310/030210kp1.htm A gap in leadership at the Customs and Border Protection bureau has former commissioners concerned. CBP ex-chiefs Ralph Basham and Robert Bonner and New … Continue reading

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Groups That Want To Reduce Immigration Warn Of An Unsustainable Population Surge

Groups that want to reduce immigration warn of an unsustainable population surge By Luke X. Martin The Medill Reports (Northwestern Univ., March 2, 2010) http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=158880 Some national groups advocating reduced immigration contend that the United States faces unsustainable population growth, … Continue reading

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Tuition Inequity Spawns Pro-Student Bill

Tuition inequity spawns pro-student bill By Chad Groening One News Now, March 2, 2010 http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=918750 A border-enforcement advocacy organization says a law introduced in Congress could go a long way in preventing states from offering discounted in-state tuition benefits to … Continue reading

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Pelosi Says Abortion, Immigration Not Central To Health Bill

Pelosi says abortion, immigration not central to health bill By Jordan Fabian The Hill (Washington, DC), March 2, 2010 http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/84569-pelosi-says-abortion-immigration-not-central-to-health-bill House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that abortion and immigration are not central to the Democrats' healthcare reform overhaul, even … Continue reading

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House Plan Touts E-Verify

House plan touts E-Verify But migration move takes on long odds By Stephen Wall The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA), March 2, 2010 http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_14500791 A bipartisan group of Republicans and conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives has introduced … Continue reading

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New Jail Program Targets Illegal Immigrants

New jail program targets illegal immigrants By Julie Johnson The Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, CA), March 2, 2010 http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20100302/NEWS/100309896 Sonoma County this week will become the first in the Bay Area in which anyone booked into the county jail automatically … Continue reading

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Trafficking Probe Nets 10 Mexican Migration Agents

Trafficking probe nets 10 Mexican migration agents The Associated Press Tuesday, March 2, 2010; 10:36 PM MEXICO CITY — Mexico's interior department says prosecutors have detained 10 Mexican immigration agents and three airline workers at Cancun's international airport on suspicion … Continue reading

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Mexico’s Passport Rule In Effect Tomorrow

Mexicos passport rule in effect tomorrow Visitors staying less than 72 hours will be exempt By Sandra Dibble, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 12:04 a.m. Online: For more information about Mexicos rules for people entering the country, … Continue reading

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Minority Advocates, Constituents Differ On Immigration

Minority Advocates, Constituents Differ on Immigration Zogby Poll Finds Wide Support for Enforcement, Lower Numbers Contact: Steven A. Camarota, (202) 466-8185, sac@cis.org Center For Immigration Studies February 25, 2010 WASHINGTON While it is sometimes assumed that minorities, particularly Hispanics, favor … Continue reading

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