Dec 29, 2010
DESPITE THE lame-duck defeat of a modest immigration reform known as the Dream Act, both President Obama and Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said they are not giving up on improving the nation's immigration laws. We applaud their persistence and hope progress is possible - if not...
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Rep. Lamar Smith's pet cause is immigration enforcement. Now, as the chairman-elect of the House Judiciary Committee attempts to convince fellow Republicans to join his posse, he has also taken an interest in Latino voting patterns.
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A new state senator said Tuesday that he plans to introduce legislation to give in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants who have attended state high schools.
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The end of 2010 closes a lost decade in the fight for immigration reform in the United States with Congress failing to pass the DREAM Act that would have legalized undocumented students, though the battle will continue in 2011.
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Lawlessness is to Arizona what horses are to Kentucky, a point of pride if not an outright industry. This was true when the place was a territory (see, e.g., Tombstone), it was true in the mid-1980s when the Arizona Outlaws played in the USFL, and it was true...
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Dec 28, 2010
For months, I've been writing about the merits of the DREAM Act legislation. And for months, I've written about young people for whom the DREAM Act would have brought relief: college students or graduates, and aspiring members of the U.S. military. Brought to this country by their parents, they...
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After the disappointing rejection of the DREAM Act in the Senate, undocumented immigrants will be going through the eye of the needle this coming year, as legislation to test interpretations of the 14th amendment -- granting citizenship to children of illegals emerges at the next session. Attempts to force...
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An incoming state senator announced yesterday that he will propose legislation to give illegal immigrants living in Maryland in-state college tuition.
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More than two decades ago, Celina Hernandez gave birth to a daughter in her native Mexico. But the newborn died hours later because she was three months' premature and her family couldn't afford the incubator she needed to survive.
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Despite the harsh anti-immigration rhetoric from some Republicans on the campaign trail, the newly empowered GOP could be walking a tightrope when it actually comes to tackling the issue in the next Congress
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