Jul 26, 2009
Here's a homework assignment for members of Congress: During summer recess, take home the Council on Foreign Relations report on immigration reform. Read it carefully. It's a bipartisan blueprint for how to fix our broken immigration system.
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Federal immigration squads with shotguns and automatic weapons forcing their way into citizens' homes without warrants or lawful consent, shoving open doors and climbing through windows in predawn darkness, pulling innocent people from their beds, holding groggy occupants at gunpoint, taking people away without explanation — after invading the...
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As Congress moves slowly on immigration reform, President Obama is making numerous policy changes in enforcement and other areas that are designed to shift priorities and boost confidence in the administration as it lays the groundwork for possible legislation.
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is batting with the federal government over a change in immigration law enforcement polices. Arpaio said MCSO had to release three illegal immigrants arrested during a recent crime sweep in Mesa and the East Valley because of new directives by the Immigration & Customs...
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The Obama administration is vastly expanding a federal effort begun under President George W. Bush to identify and deport illegal immigrants held in local jails. But here in the city where the effort got a trial start eight months ago, people on each side of the immigration debate have...
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Solving our current immigration crisis is akin to a legislative Rubik's cube - you can't solve the problem unless you are thinking about all sides of the cube simultaneously. Puzzlers also know that if at first you don't succeed, you keep moving forward, learning from past mistakes.
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Citing nearly 20 years of data that show "significant racial disparities" in the way Rhode Island State Police officers enforce traffic laws, eight civil-rights and community organizations are urging federal officials not to deputize some state police officers as federal immigration enforcers.
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President Obama recently held a White House meeting on immigration and Sen. Charles M. Schumer, D-N.Y., is talking about the principles for comprehensive immigration reform, a signal that they are serious about starting the congressional debate on reforming the nation's laws. For those who expect this debate to be...
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Some of the nation's top cops on Wednesday called upon Congress to promptly adopt an immigration reform measure, saying local law enforcement agencies across America are struggling to deal with crime and confusion caused by a broken system.
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Jul 23, 2009
All sides agree on one thing in the strange case of a South Florida hospital that secretly repatriated a seriously brain injured patient back to Guatemala.
During the early hours of a steamy July 2003 morning, Martin Memorial Medical Center chartered a private plane and sent 37-year-old Luis Jimenez back...
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