Yesterday, The House Judiciary Committee approved Rep. Lamar Smith's E-Verify bill on a party-line vote after considering a series of amendments. Rep. Lamar Smith has consistently maintained that his E-Verify bill is about protecting American workers, even though it's clearly not.
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Advocates in Tennessee claim Latinos in Shelbyville were purposely coerced by federal officials during immigration raids. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) denies the allegations.
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An immigration raid on the grounds of a Detroit church during religious services is the latest incident of profiling of the Latino community, advocates and religious leaders said Wednesday as they announced details of the incident.
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Sep 21, 2011
In a committee vote, E-Verify passed 22-13 according to party lines. It now goes to the House.
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The House Judiciary Committee just voted, 22 - 13, to pass Rep. Lamar Smith's E-Verify bill, H.R. 2885. It was a party line vote. All the Democrats voted no while the GOP members voted with Smith. The next step in the House is up to Republican leadership. And, Smith's...
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Conservative, tea-party and libertarian groups have joined liberals in fighting a signature Republican bill in Congress that would crack down on illegal-immigrant workers. The legislation, they argue, would hurt businesses and employees while expanding government regulation.
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A hotly contested bill moving this week would compel employers to verify worker eligibility via the Internet while it ratchets up the nation's perennial immigration debate. Farmers fear it. Skeptics sweat potential errors. But in the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee, mandatory E-Verify is now an idea whose time has...
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In a move likely to be roundly ignored by Florida's legislative leadership, the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners on Tuesday adopted a resolution urging the Florida legislature to reject any immigration related legislation next session.
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Immigrant rights advocates claim federal immigration raids in Shelbyville were designed to intimidate local Latinos who complained about the way they are treated by law enforcement at a hearing last week — a claim Immigration and Customs Enforcement denies.
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Maryland Del. Patrick L. McDonough (R-Baltimore County) accused Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) on Tuesday of resorting to "divisive, unfair and inaccurate hate speech" during an appearance in Washington last week.
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