Jan 12, 2010
Immigrants-rights advocates are planning a large-scale protest this Saturday to pressure the Obama administration to end an agreement that lets the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office check the immigration status of people booked into its jails.
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Hundreds gathered at a prayer rally Jan. 12 at the St. Therese Catholic Church in Aurora to call for comprehensive immigration reform at a national level.
In addition to hundreds of local residents, the event saw attendance from community faith healers as well as leaders from nonprofit immigrants' rights groups...
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California could reap an economic boon worth $16 billion by legalizing its 1.8 million undocumented adult Latino immigrants, according to a USC study released today.
The economic benefits would come as newly legalized immigrants earned higher wages, spent more consumer dollars, paid more taxes and helped create jobs, according to...
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One year after the election of President Barack Obama, black optimism about America has surged, while Hispanics have become more skeptical about race relations, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday.
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Jan 11, 2010
City police officers are now prohibited from asking the immigration status of a witness or victim of a crime in hopes it eases fears some ethnic groups have of law enforcement.
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A coalition of top religious leaders, including Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, on Monday urged the heads of local congregations and synagogues to help persuade their faithful to support a push for comprehensive immigration reform.
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In an empty sanctuary on a cool weekday morning, Federico Jaimes prays for amnesty.
The 57-year-old Mexican immigrant kneels as he clutches a string of rosary beads in a solemn petition to the Almighty.
"I am desperate, mainly for my family because I can't give them what they need," Jaimes said...
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The pro-immigration group Reform Immigration For America plans rallies across the state to keep the issue on top of President Barack Obama's agenda this year.
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She was 14 when her mother smuggled her into Los Angeles. She met her future husband, a legal resident, two years later. He had all the cards, and played them cruelly, as she recalls. He would not let her go to school or work, dragged his feet on supporting...
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Two top county officials said Thursday night they have been subpoenaed to answer questions next week before a federal grand jury about a high-profile Arizona sheriff and his office.
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