The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is disputing the latest figures from a data-research organization at Syracuse University, which indicate that the majority of Colorado deportees in the last fiscal year were not high-priority criminals.
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The federal government appears to be taking a close look at immigration enforcement. Recently, the House Judiciary subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement conducted a hearing on Secure Communities, a federal program that will soon involve every local police department with the deportation of immigrants.
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Republicans now in charge of the state legislature are using their clout to push for new laws identifying illegal immigrants and limiting their use of public services. That effort got its start Wednesday in the House Committee on the State's Role in Immigration Policy, which drew a crowd representing...
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A group of Jewish boys in yarmulkes and winter coats walked past the "Taste of Mexico" restaurant on Lawler Street last week on their way home from school. Minutes later, a Somali man wearing a keffiyeh scarf around his neck passed by, perhaps on his way to the town's...
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When new GOP presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich recently advocated a "humane" approach to addressing illegal immigrants in America, some conservatives questioned whether it would fatally damage the former House Speaker's campaign.
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Likely Republican caucus-goers ardently oppose illegal immigration, but a poll conducted last month found largely accommodating views on legal immigration. Forty-one percent of those surveyed favored increased opportunities for legal immigrants to enter the U.S. workforce, and another 29 percent could live with it.
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Newt Gingrich's immigration proposal, which would give special consideration to illegal immigrants who have lived here for many years and have deep ties to their communities, has the potential to affect millions of illegal people, according to a new study.
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The Birmingham Business Alliance today said the Alabama Legislature needs to make significant revision to the state's controversial immigration law during the upcoming 2012 legislative session.
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The winter has brought a temporary lull in the farm labor shortage caused by Alabama's tough immigration law, but the clock is ticking fast. John McMillan, the commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries presided today over a conference designed to help farmers find workers for their...
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The Justice Department has sent a letter to Alabama police agencies warning them not discriminate against Latinos as they enforce the state's tough new immigration law. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, who heads DOJ's civil rights division, sent the letter last week to Alabama's 156 police agencies that receive...
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