Nov 17, 2009
The 2010 census will confirm continued robust population growth among Hispanics, who hope to translate their status as the nation's largest minority group into more political power.
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Nov 16, 2009
With flags from several countries blowing in the wind at the center of the International Friendship Park, about 100 people gathered Sunday to pray for immigration reform.
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A Chicago City Council committee wants federal officials to halt deportation proceedings against immigrant students.
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The Obama administration will insist on measures to give legal status to an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants as it pushes early next year for legislation to overhaul the immigration system, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said on Friday.
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Last week was huge for the immigration reform movement. First, CNN paid off Lou Dobbs to take his ranting and raving about immigrants and immigration reform off of television. Then, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano made it clear in a major address at the Center for American Progress...
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Nov 14, 2009
The Obama administration expects Congress to begin moving to overhaul the nation's immigration laws early next year, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday, adding that improved border security and a drop in migration caused by the economic downturn make such changes "far more attainable" than in 2007.
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Today, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano stressed the need to fix our nation's badly broken immigration system. Napolitano argued for a comprehensive immigration reform plan that emphasizes both strong national security provisions and a pathway to earned citizenship for the undocumented.
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Early in the reform debate, immigration looked like it would be the most contentious issue. After all, it was President Obama's remark that reform wouldn't give insurance to illegal immigrants that prompted Rep. Joe Wilson, R-S.C., to shout, "You lie!" It became a big issue in the House, especially...
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We have entered a new chapter and a new phase in the immigration debate. Secretary Napolitano today laid out the framework for fixing the broken immigration system, and the solution is comprehensive immigration reform. Drawing on her years of experience on the southwest border, and her new...
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I was 21 and had just graduated from Vanderbilt University. I didn't agree with the war we were fighting in Vietnam then, and I was scared of dying there, but I marched into the recruitment office in Nashville to join the Army.
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