Four months after President Barack Obama went to the other end of the Texas-Mexico border to tally achievements in border security and call for comprehensive immigration reform, a Republican congressman said the border remains unsafe and convened a hearing Monday in this border city to show it.
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Farmers in one of Alabama's leading agricultural areas asked legislators Monday to make emergency changes to the state's tough new law against illegal immigration, saying millions of dollars of crops are at risk in coming weeks because of a sudden lack of hands for harvest.
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Communities like Doraville, where one can find an abundance of signs in languages other than English and cultures not native to the U.S. can maintain distinct identities, have what riles Phil Kent. He says such places are inconsistent with American values.
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Despite publicly expressing confidence over the legislation's prospects, leading anti-immigrant lawmaker Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) had a difficult week promoting his mandatory E-Verify bill.
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More than 100,000 people across the United States have joined an immigration drive began by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, a Filipino who admitted to being an illegal immigrant in the US. "I am overwhelmed by the response."
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The Dream Sabbath campaign started Sunday nationally by faith leaders will push for legalization for thousands of undocumented immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.
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A growing chorus of conservatives is hammering a Republican proposal requiring businesses to verify the legal status of the workers they hire. The conservative critics – including Republican lawmakers, Tea Party groups and border-state governors – are airing a long string of complaints.
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As technology grows more sophisticated and the American government and its corporate allies further refine their methods of keeping tabs on citizens, those of us who treasure privacy increasingly find ourselves engaged in a struggle to maintain our freedoms in the midst of the modern surveillance state.
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A bill to make the electronic employment verification system E-Verify mandatory for all employers is poised to be used for purposes well beyond immigration, warn experts, conservative, liberal and libertarian alike. The concern is based on not just what is in the bill but what is left out.
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The United States is home to 11 million illegal immigrants. The undocumented hold jobs, have children, pay taxes, use government services — and too often live in fear. What is to be done about them? It's a difficult question, and one the Republican presidential candidates in the last two...
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