Nearly 200 immigrants have been detained in Iowa in the past year under a federal enforcement program that the Obama administration is currently reviewing. Called Secure Communities, the three-year-old program was designed to expand an existing information-sharing program between local and federal law enforcement.
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When quizzed on the problem of illegal immigration at their debate the other night, the Republican presidential hopefuls were by turns vague, evasive, confused, contradictory and — in the notable case of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, who opposes a border fence because it might prevent law-abiding Americans from...
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Churches and religious groups opposing the governor's renewed push to repeal a law allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses say their actions are part of a larger and growing advocacy effort aimed at promoting immigration reform on moral grounds.
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Frank Sharry: "It's a Good Thing She Wasn't Governor During Her Grandfather's Day." Already facing protests against her attempted crackdown on undocumented workers, Governor Susana Martinez (R-NM) faces new scrutiny with the revelation that her grandfather was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.
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Already facing protests against her attempted crackdown on undocumented workers, Governor Susana Martinez (R-NM) faces new scrutiny with the revelation that her grandfather was an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.
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A video clip from a debate in 1980 between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a much different approach to immigration then we're seeing from the current crop of GOP presidential contenders.
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We know you're a radio shock jock, Fox News commentator Laura Ingraham, but if you're going to gratuitously attack a public figure and needlessly slam a group of people, could you try to have your tweets make sense?
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A leading Republican lawmaker has proposed creating a program to bring 500,000 foreign migrant farm workers to the United States each year, responding to an outcry this summer from American farmers who said shortages of legally authorized labor were imperiling their crops.
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Republican presidential candidates spent 10 minutes talking about immigration during the Wednesday debate, finally speaking out on an issue they have been doing their best to avoid for the past several months.
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The recent Republican presidential candidate debate left a troubling void in terms of the lack of an expansive vision on the immigration issue, something that goes beyond reinforcing border controls and punishing undocumented immigrants.
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