It seemed inevitable that immigration would come up at the Republican presidential candidates' confab last week in Arizona, a state at the epicenter of a debate over what to do with the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
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A federal appeals court pressed Georgia and Alabama attorneys Thursday on whether the states' new laws targeting illegal immigration conflict with federal rules and challenged critics of the crackdown to explain why local authorities can't use the measures to complement federal efforts.
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"An elephant never forgets," they say. A handful of new studies confirm that this old adage has some truth to it. Turns out, what the lumbering creatures remember best is which elephants have been friendly to their herd and which have not.
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Breaking news: Arizona's Sheriff Joe Arpaio is not just extremist, vindictive, and corrupt—he's a full-fledged, flaming, deny-the-facts birther as well. We wrote, last September, about how he assigned a five-member "Cold Case Posse" to investigate the authenticity of Barack Obama's birth certificate.
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Today in Atlanta a three judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear arguments over Alabama's and Georgia's anti-immigration laws. In mid-April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about Arizona's "show me your papers" law S.B. 1070, the precursor to the...
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DREAMers in Arizona, Florida, and Washington DC staged coordinated rallies today for their National Day of Action, designed to draw attention to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and his anti-immigrant positions on the DREAM Act and comprehensive immigration reform. Participating groups include Presente Action and United We Dream.
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When Alabama first began implementing its HB 56 anti-immigrant law, the Southern Law Poverty Center (SPLC) set up a hotline for Alabama immigrants and residents to call in with comments and complaints about how the law has affected them.
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Congressman Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) turned a Mitt Romney debate line around on its head today with a speech on the House floor denouncing the idea that Arizona and its SB 1070 anti-immigrant law could be "a model" for the nation.
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Amidst Mitt Romney's victory in the Arizona primary yesterday are a series of indicators that show how the Republicans' mishandling of the immigration issue during the primary season could have serious general election consequences for the GOP. Romney's embrace of the immigration policy he calls "self-deportation" and his...
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As voters in Arizona and Michigan were voting in their states' GOP primaries Tuesday, Democrats fired another round of criticism about front-runner Mitt Romney and what they say is his hostility to Latinos.
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