Controversy in South Carolina after Governor Nikki Haley signed an illegal immigration bill into law. Opponents say it opens doors for racial profiling, but others say it may be bad for business. Ron Edwards at Springs Farm in Fort Mill is two months behind pruning peaches.
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As DREAMers in Washington, DC, were preparing to introduce America to the "Deportation Class of 2011," a number of brave undocumented students in Atlanta, Georgia took a stand for their community as they protested the state's latest set of draconian immigration laws.
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South Carolina Republican Governor Nikki Haley on Monday signed into law a bill that requires police to check the immigration status of anyone they stop or arrest for another reason and suspect may be in the country illegally.
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A federal judge has blocked the most controversial parts of a tough new Georgia immigration law that was to have taken effect Friday, but left most of the law's provisions intact. The judge, Thomas W. Thrash Jr. of Federal District Court, issued a temporary injunction against two sections, saying...
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As the House prepares to move mandatory E-Verify legislation this summer, growers and business owners in Georgia are speaking up about the serious problems they are grappling with due to their state's version of the law. As the drumbeat grows louder in Georgia, we wonder if the noise...
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As the House prepares to move mandatory E-Verify legislation this summer, growers and business owners in Georgia are speaking up about the serious problems they are grappling with due to their state's version of the law. As the drumbeat grows louder in Georgia, we wonder if the noise...
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Could an Arizona-like immigration law be coming to your state? Stand up to anti-immigrant policies before they become law. Tell your state representatives to vote down any legislation that breaks up families and scapegoats immigrants in your community.
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As a gubernatorial candidate last summer, Georgia Republican Nathan Deal boasted of having backed (as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives) measures to bar undocumented immigrants from federal health care, and public colleges.
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The preliminary injunction granted by U.S. District Judge Sarah Evans Barker comes as a blow to lawmakers in the Republican-dominated state legislature who this year have taken a get-tough approach to immigration.
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Arizona may have opened the door for states looking to plunge into the enforcement of federal immigration policy but political analysts throughout the country say Texas will set the bar. Texas lawmakers this week will vote on legislation that allows local law enforcement to question the immigration status of...
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