May 18, 2011
A proposed Tennessee version of Arizona's controversial law on illegal immigration was shelved for the year on Tuesday while another bill attempting to curb employment of illegal immigrants has received a boost from Gov. Bill Haslam.
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Hispanic lawmakers in the Texas Senate are bracing for a bitter fight over one of the session's flashpoint immigration issues: the so-called sanctuary cities bill that one legislator called a "hate-mongering" and racist measure.
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Haitians who received a special American immigration status after last year's earthquake will be allowed an additional year and a half to live and work in the United States while their country struggles to recover, the Obama administration announced on Tuesday.
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It's a been a rough year for America's most dumbfounded sheriff, what with rouge operations, misspent funds and $177 million in lawsuits - with you-know-who on the hook to pick up the tab.
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Last night, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart realized that "the demographic numbers have become completely unavoidable," and introduced Mexican-American comedian Al Madrigal as their new "Señior" Latino Correspondent.
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Sen. Charles Schumer is convening a Senate committee hearing to press for updates on security initiatives along the northern border. The New York Democrat is on the subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security.
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President Barack Obama was right about a lot of things when he pushed for immigration reform last week. Not that it's going to make any difference. Disillusionment on the issue is pervasive. Most observers correctly interpreted his speech in the border town of El Paso as a political ploy...
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Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin on Sunday asked Minority Whip Jon Kyl to sit down and talk about comprehensive immigration reform. The duo, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," didn't agree on much when discussing immigration -- Kyl said border security is the first priority and Durbin pressed for passage...
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Approximately 38,000 Americans in uniform are not American citizens—and at least ten soldiers who have died in Iraq did not have U.S. papers. A new MSNBC "Lean Forward" ad invokes Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez's story, and mentions that Gutierrez was granted American citizenship posthumously, which "was too late."
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Just less than 7 percent of people booked into San Diego County jails were identified as illegal immigrants, according to figures released by the federal government covering a 21-month period between May 2009 and February 2011.
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