The list of business and industry organizations that oppose federally mandated E-Verify, the federal electronic employee verification program, continues to grow. In a conference call hosted on Tuesday by the National Immigration Forum, the Associated Industries of Florida agreed that mandatory E-Verify as defined in Rep. Lamar Smith's...
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Illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States has fallen precipitously in the last decade. Even though that statistic isn't brand new, this morning The New York Times reports: "Douglas S. Massey, co-director of the Mexican Migration Project at Princeton said his research showed that interest in heading to...
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My family has long been making pies and jam out of the divine purple raspberry, a cross between the better known red and black raspberry families. The purple raspberry is a delectable mixture of tart and sweet, and purple raspberry pie is literally my favorite food in the...
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When an award-winning journalist recently revealed he's an illegal immigrant, two of the key players in his tale turned out to be educators who helped keep his secret. It's the kind of story teachers and principals scattered across the country know well.
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Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) sits on both the House Judiciary and Small Business Committees. She's a strong opponent of Rep. Lamar Smith's E-Verify bill. From her unique vantage point, Chu told her colleagues, "Mandatory E-Verify Legislation will Cripple Small Businesses."
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) continues to insist that his forced E-Verify legislation would be a good thing for the U.S. economy and U.S. job seekers. However, Smith's fellow conservatives and leading libertarians disagree.
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Take action and tell ICE to keep Alberto at home with his three US citizen children, ages 4, 19 months, and 5 weeks.
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If you're an immigration news fiend like most of us are over at America's Voice, then you might have wondered at some point why DHS won't let States that are concerned with the Secure Communities program opt out of participating. Or, like Rep. Zoe Lofgren, wonder why DHS...
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) continues to insist that his forced E-Verify legislation would be a good thing for the U.S. economy and U.S. job seekers. However, a growing number of business owners and independent experts are voicing strong disagreement. Perhaps most troubling for Lamar Smith and Chuck...
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Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) continues to insist that his forced E-Verify legislation would be a good thing for the U.S. economy and U.S. job seekers. However, a growing number of business owners and independent experts are voicing strong disagreement. Perhaps most troubling for Lamar Smith and Chuck...
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