Nov 6, 2009
Senate Democrats Thursday blocked a GOP attempt to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens.
The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding non-citizens from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each...
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Nov 5, 2009
About 50 immigrant rights activists have shown up at an Orange County campaign fundraiser to protest an appearance by the self-proclaimed"toughest sheriff in America."
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio spoke Thursday at the fundraiser for former sheriff's Lt. Bill Hunt, who is challenging Sheriff Sandra Hutchens in June.
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An immigrants' rights group has launched a campaign to educate workers about their rights and encourage local employers to treat them fairly.
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The recent death of an immigrant who was detained at the Suffolk County House of Correction is a tragic display of the human rights crisis in the Massachusetts detention system for immigrants facing deportation.
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The House is steaming toward a historic vote on President Barack Obama's remake of the U.S. health care system, with Democratic leaders increasingly confident and the powerful seniors' lobby AARP about to get on board.
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Despite having no religious standing whatsoever, the anti-immigrant lobby has launched an unprecedented attack on religious denominations in response to the National Association of Evangelicals' (NAE) recent statement in support of immigration reform and compassion for immigrant families.
Roy Beck, executive director of NumbersUSA, an anti-immigrant Internet group, told Congressional...
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Sam Mejia-Reyes and Elida Perez offer a case study on why this nation needs immigration reform. They have lived and worked in the United States since they fled Guatemala with an infant son in 1992. They saved up enough money to buy a house in Novato several years ago....
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The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration's efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.
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Liberals and a collection of minority Democrats pressed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday to allow undocumented immigrants to purchase insurance through the exchanges created in the party's health care bill.
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On this week's Reliable Sources, Howard Kurtz struck back at CNN cohort Lou Dobbs. Dobbs had claimed earlier in the week that he and his wife had been shot at in their New Jersey home, in part due to the "national liberal media" and its coverage in the...
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