Apple growers say they could have had one of their best years ever if a shortage of workers hadn't forced them to leave some fruit on trees. Growers in Washington state, which produces about half of the nation's apples, say the labor shortage was made worse by a late...
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The campaign to clean up immigration issues in South Carolina has once again put the state in the national spotlight. And, as usual, we're kind of blinded by the glare. First, on Halloween, the United States Justice Department announced it was seeking an injunction that would prevent S.C.'s new...
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Nov 8, 2011
Gov. Robert Bentley called for simplifying some elements of the state's strict new immigration law during a speech in Birmingham on Monday. Bentley, speaking to the Birmingham Business Alliance, did not have specifics on what would be changed, but The Associated Press reported him saying the central parts of...
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Nov 3, 2011
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against South Carolina to block the implementation of SB 20, a divisive and dangerous anti-immigrant law signed by Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) earlier this year.
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Nov 1, 2011
Justice Department officials pressed their campaign against an immigration law in South Carolina on Monday, saying the measure passed there this summer unconstitutionally pre-empts federal authority.
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Oct 25, 2011
With all that's been happening with the new immigration law in Alabama, it's been hard to remember that there are, in fact, other balls still in the air re: immigration. Take, for example, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)'s mandatory E-Verify bill, passed through the House Judiciary Committee last...
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Democratic sources tell CNN that it's likely that Democrats on Capitol Hill –with the approval of the White House– will re-introduce some form of immigration reform, possibly as early as December. At this point, the details of any plan are unclear.
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A lawsuit by Gov. Jan Brewer that accused the Obama administration of failing to enforce immigration laws or maintain control of her state's border with Mexico was dismissed Friday by a federal judge.
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Oct 17, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown of California took a stand for immigrants' rights and humane, sensible government when he signed several new bills into law. It is a welcome change from the intolerance and counterproductive policies being adopted in so many other states around the country.
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A coalition of civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday to block South Carolina's new immigration law, the latest court challenge against a state crackdown on illegal immigrants.
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