Our broken immigration system impacts the country's $1 trillion domestic food industry, and its food safety problem. The "AgJOBS" bill – officially the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act – is one of only a few pieces of unfinished legislation with bipartisan support.
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Republicans will have the next two years to set the immigration agenda in the House of Representatives. If their legislation looks anything like their campaign ads, there will be no way for illegal immigrants to get right with the law and no real solution to the problem of illegal...
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A reasonable conservative approach to immigration -- that's not something we've heard much about recently, what with all the extreme campaign rhetoric and state laws. But this week, a conservative coalition in Utah gives immigration reform advocates a reason to hope that a rational dialogue on this contentious issue...
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A group of business, community and religious leaders on Thursday publicly threw their support behind five principals to guide immigration discussion in the state.
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"Having worked the border since '93 when I was the U.S. attorney in Arizona, there is more federal law enforcement than ever before, more technology than ever before, more infrastructure than ever before, more efforts with state and local law enforcement than ever before and a much more robust...
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who was re-elected last week with strong support from Latino voters, will make one last push in the final days of the 111th Congress to pass legislation allowing illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children to earn legal status if they attend...
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Nov 11, 2010
A failure to reform the nation's immigration laws is the result of an electoral process that forces the parties to seek ideologically pure candidates, former President George W. Bush said in his new memoir.
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Luis Guerra swore he had nothing to do with any murder, that whoever picked him out of a lineup was wrong. Still, he was held at the Rikers Island jail for more than a year before the charges were dropped. It didn't end there.
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Beyond mandating E-Verify and banning "sanctuary cities," the next session might see a more robust Immigration and Customs Enforcement, meaning more illegal immigrants could be sought out and deported. ICE removals are at a record high this year, but Republicans still accuse the Obama administration of lax enforcement.
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Send a fax to Nancy Pelosi and Senator Reid thanking them for stepping up, and letting them know that it's time for a vote on the DREAM Act!
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