"I promised New Mexicans across the state that I would get rid of this symbol of greed and excess in state government," she said at a news conference on Thursday, with Richard and Linda Felland by her side.
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THE OBAMA administration's new initiative to direct federal resources toward deporting the most dangerous of the people who enter the country illegally, rather than treating all illegals equally, makes good sense.
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Undocumented students who study in and graduate from California's public schools are one step closer to having the educational opportunities they deserve. The possibility that they can secure public financial aid is closer than ever before.
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The law, which takes effect Sept. 1, is so inhumane that four Alabama church leaders have sued to block it, saying it criminalizes acts of Christian compassion. It is a sweeping attempt to terrorize undocumented immigrants in every aspect of their lives.
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Alabama law enforcement agencies aren't ready to enforce certain provisions of the new immigration law that go into effect Thursday.The bill signed by Gov. Robert Bentley requires agencies to begin checking the status of suspected illegal immigrants during normal traffic stops.
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Osvaldo Compian-Torres is caught in the most significant dragnet in the federal criminal court system. But he isn't a murderer, drug trafficker or money launderer. Compian-Torres' conviction earlier this year in Dallas was for re-entry into the United States after deportation.
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A task force set up by the Obama administration to ease political tensions over a deportation program has held the last of four public hearings, which instead served largely to galvanize vocal protests against the policy.
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Legislative Republicans today announced plans to file legislation forcing the Patrick administration to join Secure Communities, a federal program aimed at cracking down on criminal illegal immigrant that has sparked allegations by immigrant advocates and officials in some states that the program leads to profiling and nets petty criminals,...
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Proposed immigration detention facilities in Florida and New Jersey will be ringed with barbed wire and house people against their will -- but don't call them jails or prisons. "ICE has instituted reforms to address the vast majority of complaints about its immigration detention system," Barbara Gonzalez, an Immigration...
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Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced new guidelines for all immigration agencies to ensure that enforcement priorities are focused on people who threaten the nation's security or public safety.
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