In August, the Obama administration announced that immigration enforcement programs will no longer target DREAM Act-eligible youth and other low-priority immigration offenders. This is a huge step in the right direction for the White House and its Department of Homeland Security.
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The U.S. has deported more than 160,000 immigrants, the vast majority of whom had no legal representation — and signed documents they may not have understood — under a program that carries severe penalties should they reenter the country, a report released Thursday said.
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The latest Republican presidential debate, being held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, will undoubtedly feature endless paeans from the candidates to our nation's 40th President. Yet on the issue of immigration, the Republican 2012 field has a lot to learn from the Gipper.
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The republican front runners all had a battle plan for immigration reform, which became a topic in the GOP debate at the Ronald Regan Presidential Library in California on Wednesday evening. Governor Rick Perry called for more border agents and attacked President Obama for not doing enough with immigration...
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Ahead of the Wednesday night GOP presidential debate, groups that work against undocumented immigration are voicing concern that the candidates have remained mostly silent on immigration policy. "We've been disappointed in the debate so far this year," said Roy Beck, founder of Numbers USA, a group that rates politicians...
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I have a friend who is a very successful banker at one of the large national banks. We have never discussed what he makes, but I am sure it is well into six figures. As one might expect from a successful banker, he is a rather conservative fellow.
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When Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced in June it was urging prosecutors to use discretion when placing illegal immigrants in deportation proceedings, skeptics urged caution. We've heard this before, they claimed.
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Although the Obama administration favors the expanded use of the electronic E-Verify system to confirm the legal status of prospective employees, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said today that any expansion of E-Verify must be part of a larger immigration reform plan.
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Protesters arrested at an immigration rally in Charlotte will not face deportation. Mecklenburg County jail officials say 10 of the 15 people arrested Tuesday are in the United States illegally. But sheriff's spokeswoman Julia Rush said Immigration and Customs Enforcement told authorities Wednesday not to put detainers on the...
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Sep 7, 2011
Recent Republican solidarity on illegal immigration is showing cracks under pressure from agriculture groups, with two GOP congressmen floating programs that would make it easier for foreigners to work legally in U.S. fields and orchards.
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