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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Katherine Figueroa was at an aunt's house on that Saturday morning, playing a game with her cousin, when she heard the man on TV say there had been a raid at the car wash where her parents worked.
"Something came to me in my mind that they got my parents,...
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The flow of immigrants from Mexico to the U.S. declined to the lowest level in a decade during the past year, a sign that the recession is deterring economic migrants from heading north in search of jobs.
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Some of the nation's top police officers 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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U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler is introducing a bill that will require employers to verify the work authorization status of employees through a nationwide database.
The Democratic representing western North Carolina will join other congressional leaders in Washington on Thursday to introduce the measure.
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Heavily armed men in uniforms, breaking into private homes before dawn, seizing people without probable cause.
This has become the routine behavior of immigration agents during raids - without warrants or other authorization - on the homes of the undocumented, says a new report released Wednesday.
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In the 1970s and 1980s, it was common to hear the phrase "melting pot." Many people said our nation's greatest strength could be found in its multitude of cultures, languages and histories. This sentiment has been lost, as right-wing pundits and politicians increasingly espouse a dread of anything different...
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Critics charged that by not sharing the similar stance as Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has become known for ordering regular sweeps of illegal immigrants, Gascón was turning Mesa into a sanctuary.
"There have been some times when things have been complicated," said Gascón, who leaves Friday to become...
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Deputies with the Maricopa and Pinal County sheriff's offices fanned out in a wide swath of the south East Valley Thursday and will target illegal immigrants and criminals for the next three days.
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Rep. Heath Shuler will again thrust himself into the contentious immigration debate today by introducing legislation to toughen enforcement.
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