IMMIGRATION
Immigration and the states
Interesting read about immigration and the states. PHOENIX (AP) — States that had been watching Arizona's immigration law in hopes of copying it received a rude awakening when a judge put m...
Posted on 7/29/10 at 4:46 AM
ELCA Bishop Mark Hanson calls for immigration reform in letter to President Barack Obama
From an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America press release: "If Congress does not pass comprehensive immigration reform soon, state legislators and local governments will continue to ta...
Posted on 7/28/10 at 9:19 AM
ELCA Bishop Mark Hanson calls for immigration reform in letter to President Barack Obama
From an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America press release: "If Congress does not pass comprehensive immigration reform soon, state legislators and local governments will continue to ta...
Posted on 7/28/10 at 9:13 AM
Language barriers and Lino Lakes
I read with interest an article in the Star Tribune regarding the city of Lino Lakes passing a resolution barring the use of city money to provide translation of city documents or public meetings. The...
Posted on 7/27/10 at 12:00 PM
Putting the Raz in Crazy
My editor received a peculiar email today. Scratch that. It wasn't peculiar. It was downright bizarre. It reminded me of how Nietzsche wrote, only the writer of this email may have been kicked i...
Posted on 5/4/10 at 9:26 AM
INFLUENCE GAME: Tech, labor spar on immigration
Editors Note: An occasional look at how behind-the-scenes influence is exercised in Washington.May 16, 2013
Senators defeat border security provision
A far-reaching immigration bill has survived an early test, as two of its Republican authors sided with Democrats to vote against strengthening border-security provisions.By Associated Press , May 09, 2013
5 charged in CA immigration scam
Four federal law enforcement officers were charged with accepting cash, a TV, and plane tickets among bribes dating back more than a decade to help dozens of foreigners enter the country, authorities announced Wednesday.By Associated Press , May 08, 2013
Teen immigrant angst - a factor in bombings?
CHICAGO (AP) — Anna Tabakh didn't know a word of English. At age 5, a stranger in a strange land, she was en route with her parents from the Soviet Union to a new home in Kansas City, Mo. But she understood the intent when security guards at a New York City airport suspiciously eyed her stuffed animal, a rather rotund plush toy pig.By Martha Irvine, AP National Writer , May 06, 2013
Could immigration bill set off another backlash?
As a Senate committee prepares to begin voting this week on far-reaching immigration legislation, advocates are watching warily to see whether relatively tame opposition balloons into the kind of fierce resistance that killed Congress' last attempt to overhaul the system.By Associated Press , May 06, 2013
‘New Americans’ balance identities
By Chuck Haga, Forum News Service , May 06, 2013
Some are overlooked in US immigration overhaul
Carlos Gonzalez has lived nearly all his 29 years in a country he considers home but now finds himself on the wrong side of the border — and the wrong side of a proposed overhaul of the U.S. immigration system that would grant legal status to millions of people.By Associated Press , April 28, 2013
Piece-by-piece on immigration in House
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will take on the immigration issue in bite-size pieces, shunning pressure to act quickly and rejecting the comprehensive approach embraced in the Senate, a key committee chairman said Thursday.By Erica Werner, Associated Press , April 25, 2013
Napolitano: Immigration bill would boost security
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation would help authorities to know who is in the country, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday, as supporters of a system overhaul marshaled arguments against opponents trying to slow it down in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings.By Erica Werner, Associated Press , April 23, 2013
Tempers flare at immigration hearing
Tempers flared at a Senate hearing on immigration legislation Monday as a Republican senator objected to a Democrat's criticism of attempts by some to link the Boston Marathon bombings to the immigration bill.By Associated Press , April 22, 2013
Senators unveil sweeping immigration bill
Four Democratic and four Republican senators formally unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday at a news conference attended by traditional opponents from big business and labor, conservative groups and liberal ones. The lawmakers argued that this time, thanks to that broad-based support, immigration overhaul legislation can succeed in Congress.By Associated Press , April 18, 2013
Bipartisan bill would remake immigration system
The U.S. immigration system would undergo dramatic changes under a bipartisan Senate bill that puts a new focus on prospective immigrants' merit and employment potential, while seeking to end illegal immigration once and for all by creating legal avenues for workers to come here.By Associated Press , April 16, 2013
Thousands set to rally over immigration reform
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of immigrants and activists are poised to rally in Washington, D.C., where they will ask Congress to approve immigration reforms to grant 11 million immigrants living illegally in the United States a pathway toward citizenship.By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press , April 10, 2013
Rubio: Reports of immigration deal 'premature'
Even with one of the largest hurdles to an immigration overhaul overcome, optimistic lawmakers on Sunday cautioned they had not finished work on a bill that would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants.By Associated Press , April 01, 2013
Business, labor close on deal for immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Big business and major labor unions appeared ready Friday to end a fight over a new low-skilled worker program that had threatened to upend negotiations on a sweeping immigration bill in the Senate providing a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S.By Erica Werner, Associated Press , March 29, 2013
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