Sep 10, 2009
In a study released this summer by University of California-San Francisco researchers, Immigration judges, it turns out, are as stressed out and burned out as emergency room doctors and prison wardens. And the study found female Immigration judges far more stressed than their male counterparts.
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The report, to be released Thursday by the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute, notes gaps in the information ICE uses to track the more than 33,000 people in its nationwide system of jails and detention centers that hold immigrants awaiting court hearings or deportation.
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The nation's newest and youngest senator-to-be came to the Capitol this week determined "to fight for the people of Florida."
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The corrections expert appointed just a month ago to direct an overhaul of the nation's troubled immigration detention system is leaving the Obama administration to be commissioner of correction for New York City, Department of Homeland Security officials said on Tuesday.
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As immigrant children and their parents depart a disparaged former Texas prison that housed them while they awaited decisions in their immigration cases, advocates are questioning if the government has fully thought out what happens to the families now.
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Marcotulio Mendez has spent four months in the Palm Beach County jail on charges of driving without a license and fleeing from police. And even though the 28-year-old father of four has friends willing to post his $3,000 bond, he's not going to be leaving the jail anytime soon.
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Wilson showed himself to be a gentleman except to admit that Obama was right and the congressman was misinformed. For those who care about facts, the nonpartisan PolitiFact.com and FactCheck.org, both examined the claims that the Democratic proposals provide coverage for illegal immigrants and found the claims to be...
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With most of Washington concentrating on economic policies and health care, reforming immigration isn't a priority. Marchers at an immigration rights rally Monday in Chicago hope to change that and called on President Obama and Congress to act or face political trouble at election time.
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Low-wage workers in American cities -- busboys, child-care providers, textile workers, dishwashers, stockroom clerks, groundskeepers, security guards and the like -- comprise an underclass seen practically everywhere but not much heard from.
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may have a way to bypass possible changes in federal immigration law by arresting illegal immigrants on outstanding charges such as unpaid traffic tickets and fines for not having drivers licenses, according to immigration attorneys and Hispanic activists who monitor the agency's activities.
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