People of Asian descent comprise 5 percent of the nation's foreign-born population and 11 percent of all illegal immigrants. And the massive visa backlogs that keep families separated for years - sometimes decades - affect them more than any other single group.
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A federal program that scans local jails for illegal immigrants is being expanded across the state, the latest front in the nation's battle over immigration policy.
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There's been little sign of greater understanding of Spanish-speaking people and their cultures by those who most need to get the message. Our American heritage of diversity is being swamped by a tidal wave of ignorance and hate.
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There has been no shortage of talk about comprehensive immigration reform on Capitol Hill. But years of promises, good intentions and even all-out efforts to pass legislation so far have led nowhere.
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Some Democrats hold out hope that a reform bill can be passed in a post-election lame-duck session. If Republicans win big at the ballot box, the session could be the Democrats' last chance to act for a while.
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Oct 16, 2010
U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle defended a series of campaign advertisements that use images of sullen, dark-skinned men and a map of Mexico to blast rival Sen. Harry Reid's immigration record.
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Oct 15, 2010
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Last night, in the much anticipated (and only) debate between Sharron Angle and Harry Reid, the Republican candidate for Senate had this to say when asked about immigration, reported by the LA Times:
She said the solution to immigration is to secure the border. She also touted the Arizona sheriff...
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Miriam Torres is a 20-year-old honor student from Roswell, Georgia who wants to attend Georgia Tech to study biomedical engineering. As Atlanta Journal-Constitution columnist Maureen Downey reported, tuition costs were already posing a barrier to attending college, and now, thanks to a 14-2 vote by the state Board of...
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A federal grand jury has convicted two Pennsylvania men of committing a hate crime in the murder of Luis Ramirez in 2008. The verdict is welcome and long overdue. Now, it's time for politicians and media personalities to end the hateful rhetoric and immigrant bashing that...
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