Sep 13, 2010
I am a member of the first graduating class of Felix Varela Senior High which is located in Miami, Florida. I had attended school with my native-born friends. Like them, I participated in activities, field trips, dances, and felt the pain of losing a classmate.
It was around 10th grade...
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Over the weekend, Spanish-language newspaper La Opinión (Los Angeles) printed the second segment of its exclusive interview with President Barack Obama, in which the president said he'd defer to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on whether to go forward with the DREAM Act and told supporters of comprehensive immigration reform...
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For years, Arizona lawmakers have targeted illegal immigrants. In their next session, legislators will focus on the children of illegal immigrants.
Two prominent lawmakers want to change the way those children are granted citizenship.
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Reporting from Las Vegas — In recent months, Sheriff Joe Arpaio has tried to extend his political reach outside his home state of Arizona, where he has gained national notoriety for lightning-rod tactics to root out illegal immigrants.
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The economy, the deficit and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will all be before Congress when it returns to work this week.
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A U.S. appeals court overturns a Pennsylvania city law that punishes landlords for renting to illegal immigrants and employers for hiring them. But the matter of who rules on immigration is far from settled.
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A law approved four years ago by Hazleton, Pa., clamping down on illegal immigrants and prompting similar moves in towns across the country, has been declared unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.
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Debates about immigration raise complex and emotional public policy issues. Current immigration policies are not protecting the United States from criminal elements; they are not adequately protecting the worth and dignity of individuals caught in the vicious networks of human trafficking, nor are they satisfying legitimate domestic demand for...
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So, just where do Americans stand on the red-hot issue of illegal immigration? Is it true that they want the government to just "build the dang fence" and be done with it? Are they so fed up with those who have violated immigration laws that they are...
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Yesterday, the non-partisan Migration Policy Institute released a report entitled, "The Demographic Impact of Repealing Birth," finding that the controversial idea birthed by some GOP senators of repealing the 14th amendment would, over the next ten years, actually increase illegal immigration by another 5 million people.
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