The nation's immigration system is broken and taking a toll on police and sheriff's departments trying to build trust between law enforcement and immigrant communities, some police leaders said Thursday.
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A 49-year-old immigration detainee who died at a Boston hospital Monday was apparently working as a Providence taxi driver when Rhode Island State Police stopped him for speeding last year, and turned him over to immigration authorities o.n an outstanding deportation warrant, according to Capt. David Neill.
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Pointing to a steep drop in the number of immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship since federal processing fees were raised two years ago, immigrant advocates in Chicago called on U.S. officials Wednesday not to raise them again in the face of a looming budget shortfall.
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Crystal Dillman says she will never understand why a group of teenage boys beat her fiancé to death.
She says she will spend the rest of her life seeking answers -- and justice -- for the man she has lost as she struggles alone to raise her three young...
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CNN will broadcast a series about the Hispanic presence in the United States which, despite the complaints of Latino groups around the country, omits the anti-immigrant drive of one of the network's own stars, commentator Lou Dobbs.
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Oct 21, 2009
Earlier this year, a TV reporter in Arizona coaxed Sen. John McCain into a quick on-air game of word association. The reporter would say a word or two, McCain would offer a short response and it all went along well until the reporter said the following words: "Joe Arpaio."
The...
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Financial reform just wandered into the culture wars.
Democrats erupted over an amendment offered by New York Republican Rep. Chris Lee Wednesday night that would bar the proposed consumer financial protection agency from mandating financial firms provide disclosures in any language other than English.
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Immigration, an issue placed on the congressional backburner by attempts to revamp the nation's health care system, is percolating again as Republican lawmakers are pushing a measure that would require U.S. Census forms to include a question about the citizenship status of respondents.
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Theron Bowman, longtime police chief in Arlington, will be among several other top cops holding a conference call with reporters at 11 a.m. today on the issue of immigration reform.
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Rep. Yvette Clarke and about 100 New York clergy members have a message on immigration for President Obama: It's not just about Latinos and it's time to get moving on reform.
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