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
CBO: Senate Immigration bill would help economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated 8 million immigrants living in the United States unlawfully.By David Espo and Erica Werner, Associated Press , June 19, 2013
Officials: Immigration critical to growing N.D. businesses
An immigration reform bill taking shape in the U.S. Senate could have important ramifications for North Dakota businesses and their ability to grow.By By Dave Olson, Forum News Service , June 18, 2013
Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal
WASHINGTON (AP) — States can't demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally.By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press , June 17, 2013
Attention turns to vote-counting on immigration
WASHINGTON (AP) — Backers of far-reaching immigration legislation are turning their attention to courting support and counting votes after the Senate pushed the contentious bill over early procedural hurdles.By Associated Press , June 12, 2013
Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses.By David Espo and Erica Werner, Associated Press , May 22, 2013
AP Sources: Obama ok punting gay immigration idea
Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full Senate.By Associated Press , May 21, 2013
Senators require fingerprinting at 30 airports
WASHINGTON (AP) — Foreigners leaving the country through any of the nation's 30 busiest airports would undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators added Monday to a sweeping immigration bill.By Erica Werner, Associated Press , May 20, 2013
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
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