Congressional leaders both for and against immigration reform will be weighing their forces starting next week during their abbreviated post-election session, which is sure to be marked by the ongoing acrimony over the future of undocumented immigrants in the United States.
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Why the U.S. needs a new visa for foreigners who want to start businesses here. Reid might be wise to push the Startup Visa Act, legislation that creates renewable, two-year EB-5 visas for entrepreneurs with at least $100,000 in venture capital or super angel backing (as part of at...
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A new analysis of Rikers Island statistics by Justice Strategies, a prisoner advocacy group based in New York, shows that among inmates held on drug charges, those accused of misdemeanors were chosen for deportation proceedings more often than those charged with felonies.
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Gov. Rick Perry might've set the all-time bait-and-switch land-speed record with his new book "Fed Up!" released the day after votes were counted. Among other things, it's more generous toward Arizona's new immigration law than anything he said during the campaign.
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Nov 9, 2010
Politicians are always dismissive of pre-election polls that don't go their way, but Meg Whitman took that sour-grapes approach to a new level during the closing week of her campaign for governor.
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Congressman-elect Allen West (R-Fla.), who rode the tea party wave to unseat Rep. Ron Klein (D-Fla.), has hired Joyce Kaufman, a local conservative talk radio commentator known for her provocative and sometimes incendiary statements, as his chief of staff.
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The immigration debate is poised to take a dramatic shift after Republicans swept the midterm elections this year. Experts on both sides of the issue say immigration enforcement legislation efforts could overtake attempts to legalize the millions who are in the country illegally
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While it is interesting to figure out where Latino politicians did well, or did badly, what Latino voters did is probably one of the more enduring stories of the 2010 race. Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois, Governor-elect Jerry Brown, re-elected senators Harry Reid, Michael Bennett and Barbara Boxer all...
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Last week, the Latino vote saved the Senate for the Democrats—surprising pundits, pollsters and right-wing fearmongers alike. Under a GOP House of Representatives, immigration enforcement will be the priority, not immigration solutions. Will Sen. Harry Reid keeps his pre-election promise to move the DREAM Act during the lame-duck? ...
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Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce (R), the sponsor of SB-1070 who was recently elected state Senate president, has pushed and authored a series of other lesser-known immigration laws in his state. One of those was Proposition 300 — a referendum approved by Arizona voters in November 2006 which forces...
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