The news that Congressman Jeff Flake (R-AZ) is distancing himself from his past leadership on comprehensive immigration reform is a sad commentary on the current contours of Republican Party politics. Flake, who is gearing up for a 2012 Senate run and apparently worried about a Republican primary,...
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If you Google the terms "Jeff Flake" and "immigration," you'll see numerous articles about a strong advocate for comprehensive immigration reform. But, once it became clear that Flake was running for Senate in Arizona's GOP primary, that began to change.
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On the last stop of his visit to Latin America, in El Salvador, President Barack Obama declared that "we have to make sure that we've got a legal immigration system that is effective and is not frustrating for families, doesn't divide families." Interesting enough, it almost seemed as if...
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For years, Rep. Jeff Flake was one of the most reliable Republican champions for comprehensive immigration reform. Not anymore. As his campaign for Arizona's 2012 GOP Senate nomination revs up, Flake is explicitly rejecting his past advocacy for far-reaching legislation that would secure the border, enact a temporary-worker program...
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Leonel Ruiz, a landscaper in Brentwood, N.Y., was waiting at Kennedy International Airport on the early morning of March 11 for his 4-year-old daughter, Emily, to arrive home from a trip to Guatemala. The plane arrived hours late, but Emily was not on it, and neither was her grandfather,...
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Hundreds of thousands of children born to illegal immigrants every year would no longer be eligible to join the military if efforts to restrict birthright citizenship are successful. That has some immigration experts concerned that ending birthright citizenship could exacerbate chronic shortages of U.S. troops and hamper national security...
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The Indigo Girls plan to join activist groups at a rally at the Georgia state Capitol to protest proposed immigration laws. The folk rock duo plans to speak and perform at the rally Thursday that is organized by a coalition of civil liberties and immigrant rights groups. Organizers...
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With her two children at her side, Sandra Romero said that aggressive enforcement of immigration laws tore her family apart. Her husband immigrated alone as a young man trying to escape civil war in Guatemala, helped his parents, and built a family.
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Nobody has been fired from ROC Commercial Cleaning in Oakdale -- at least not yet. Since they got word that federal immigration officials are poring over the company's employment records, some janitors have simply quit.
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Hostility from a key voting demographic, weakened ties between law enforcement and communities, and boycotts that chill the local economy have all been consequences of Arizona's decision to pass the infamously stringent SB 1070 anti-immigration bill last year...Yet apparently the state of Georgia wants in on the action, with...
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