May 25, 2011
A bill mirroring some of the tough enforcement measures of Arizona's controversial Immigration bill was introduced Tuesday by a state Republican legislator in Wisconsin. The legislation introduced by Rep. Don Pridemore of Hartford would force local law enforcement to ask those stopped for civil or criminal violations for proof...
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May 24, 2011
Georgia is putting in place a new law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants, and many across the state are nervous. Businesses fear an economic boycott, the Latino community fears police officers will abuse their new powers, and farmers in South Georgia fear the law will hurt them...
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Pro-immigrant activists on Monday rejected pressure against the decision by Illinois to withdraw from the controversial Secure Communities program and applauded an investigation into the program announced by the Department of Homeland Security.
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The golden rule of effective community-based policing can be summed up with one word: trust. Our public safety depends on fostering trust between police and all community members of good will – including California's immigrant residents.
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Eleven Spanish-speaking men rise reluctantly from wooden benches in the U.S. Immigration Court in Denver. On instructions from a court interpreter, they raise their right hands and in unison they swear to tell la verdad, the truth.
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Eulogia was scared and adrift. At 25, she was poor, pregnant and an illegal immigrant. She worried about how she would pay for medical care and raise her baby, and even whether a trip to the hospital might prompt her deportation to Mexico.
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Nearly every state in the union tried to tackle immigration on its own this year in the absence of any federal movement on the matter, up from just six in 2010. But an Associated Press review found that in legislature after legislature, nearly all the most punitive measures failed.
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Freshman Sen. Marco Rubio is often billed as the answer to the Republicans' Hispanic problem. On his party's shortlist of vice presidential candidates, he is a darling of the tea party, represents the largest swing state — and as the son of Cuban immigrants, could make history as the...
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May 20, 2011
Newt Gingrich, whose campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination has gotten off to a rocky start, risked fresh controversy on Thursday by suggesting that some illegal immigrants living in the United States "may have earned the right to become legal."
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As the regular session of the Texas Legislature draws to a close, the House is churning out plenty of signature bills from the Republican supermajority — some of it bad. It will be up to the Senate to improve legislation when possible and stop it when not.
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