Mar 22, 2011
Rhode Island businesses would stand on the front lines of efforts to crack down on illegal immigration under a legislative proposal to require employers to check the immigration status of every job applicant. The measure is one of several proposals dealing with illegal immigration scheduled to go to...
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The federal government on Monday said it will allow U.S. workers to verify their immigration status online as part of an effort to improve the accuracy of data employers use to confirm a person can legally work here. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the new feature...
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The share of Hispanics living in Florida grew by almost 60 percent over the past decade as the percentage of white residents declined slightly and the proportion of blacks and Asians inched up, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census.
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Arizona established itself over the past year as the most aggressive state in cracking down on illegal immigrants, gaining so much momentum with its efforts that several other states vowed to follow suit. But now the harsh realities of economics appear to have intruded, and Arizona may be looking...
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It's been nearly two years since law-enforcement leaders from around the country gathered in Phoenix to discuss immigration enforcement, and little has changed. The number of undocumented immigrants living in the U.S., and in Arizona, has decreased since that convention
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It might not happen this year, or even the next, but supporters of restricting birthright citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants are not giving up on their drive to force a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment. Backers of the idea, which they believe will discourage illegal immigrants...
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Inspired by a highly publicized Latino naturalization drive, Asian Americans are fanning out to help immigrants across California—and eventually the country—become U.S. citizens.
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About two dozen white supremacists took to the streets in Claremont on Saturday to protest what they view as an unbridled flow of illegal immigration into the region, including the small college town. Their demonstration along Foothill Boulevard was interrupted by a counter-protest of more than 200 immigrant...
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Mar 18, 2011
Immigration enforcement in the United States is plagued by unjust treatment of detainees, including inadequate access to lawyers and insufficient medical care, and by the excessive use of prison-style detention, the human rights arm of the Organization of American States said Thursday.
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Ever since Arizona passed its tough immigration law penalizing undocumented workers, other states have been considering similar laws. But so far, no Arizona-type legislation has passed. Instead, one state has chosen a different approach that it hopes will become an alternative model for dealing with the illegal immigration...
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