May 24, 2011
The golden rule of effective community-based policing can be summed up with one word: trust. Our public safety depends on fostering trust between police and all community members of good will – including California's immigrant residents.
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May 23, 2011
Imagine if Democrats proposed legislation that would cause the loss of almost 800,000 jobs, force 4 million more workers into an administrative quagmire, cause an undue burden on small businesses, nearly wipe out the agricultural workforce, result in the loss of tax revenue – and had a failure rate...
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Eleven Spanish-speaking men rise reluctantly from wooden benches in the U.S. Immigration Court in Denver. On instructions from a court interpreter, they raise their right hands and in unison they swear to tell la verdad, the truth.
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Eulogia was scared and adrift. At 25, she was poor, pregnant and an illegal immigrant. She worried about how she would pay for medical care and raise her baby, and even whether a trip to the hospital might prompt her deportation to Mexico.
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Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any federal movement on the matter, up from just six in 2010. But an Associated Press review found that in legislature after legislature, nearly all the most punitive measures failed.
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Freshman Sen. Marco Rubio is often billed as the answer to the Republicans' Hispanic problem. On his party's shortlist of vice presidential candidates, he is a darling of the tea party, represents the largest swing state — and as the son of Cuban immigrants, could make history as the...
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Libertarian think tank the Cato Institute trooped down to Capitol Hill today to deliver a briefing entitled "Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform," a guide on how to rebut five myths commonly invoked by immigration reform opponents.
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23/05/11 a 8:52am por Maribel Hastings WASHINGTON – Aunque el proyecto de legalización de jóvenes indocumentados, DREAM Act, volvió a presentarse en ambas cámaras del Congreso, la pelea legislativa en puerta no es directamente esa medida sino un proyecto para nacionalizar y hacer obligatorio el controvertido sistema E-Verify para...
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We all know Lamar Smith, one-third of the "Three Amigos" on immigration and perhaps most vocal member of the GOP Mass Deportation Caucus, wants to expel 11 million undocumented people that live in this country. However, he has now resorted to insulting our intelligence by supporting inefficient programs in...
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