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    Immigration

    Published: 03/20/10

    Out of the Shadows: A Rally for Immigration Reform

    By  Luisita Lopez Torregrosa

    On Sunday,advocates for two of the most controversial issues of our time will intersect by chance at the same time and almost in the same place in Washington. While the House of Representatives holds its most critical vote on history-making health care reform on Capitol Hill, tens of thousands of ...

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    Published: 03/19/10

    Immigration Reform Revived in Bipartisan Bill

    By  Tom Diemer

    Two influential senators, a Democrat and Republican, have revived immigration reform with the blessing of the White House. Sens. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) want to require U.S. citizens and legal immigrants to carry tamper-proof biometric Social Security cards that ...

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    Published: 03/9/10

    National Worker ID Card Proposed for Immigration Plan

    By  Christopher Weber

    A comprehensive immigration bill coming together in the Senate could include a requirement that all American workers obtain a national biometric identification card. Under the proposal, all legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would get an ID card with information such as ...

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    Published: 03/9/10

    Latino Leaders Impatient With Obama After Promises on Immigration

    By  Patricia Murphy

    In July 2008, Sen. Barack Obama took time out of his packed presidential campaign schedule to address a crucial block of voters whom he would need in his fight against Sen. John McCain in the November elections. During his speech to the League of Latin American Citizens, a leading Latino ...

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    Published: 03/7/10

    America the Peevish: When Debate Descends to Name-Calling

    By  Mary C. Curtis

    Demonize your opponent. Technically, it's nothing new. But Republicans are finding that it is possible to go too far, especially if you get caught. Party leaders are backing away from a fund-raising document that suggests using "fear" to motivate donors and paints Democrats as cartoon caricatures: ...

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    Published: 02/26/10

    Sentence of Dissident Aung San Suu Kyi Upheld in Junta-Ruled Myanmar

    By  Tom Diemer

    Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will apparently remain under house arrest for at least another year, her lawyer says, after the Supreme Court of the country also known as Burma turned down her latest appeal. Suu Kyi, who has been held by the country's military junta for 14 years, was ...

    Published: 02/18/10

    U.S. and Mexican Authorities Join Forces at Border

    By  Christopher Weber

    Federal agents and Mexican officers have been sharing intelligence and working patrols together for the first time in a joint effort to crack down on drug smuggling and illegal immigration, The Los Angeles Times reported. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexican Public Safety ...

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    Published: 02/18/10

    Haiti Kidnap Charges: Most Baptist Missionaries Freed

    By  Tom Diemer

    Eight of the 10 American missionaries held in Haiti on child abduction charges have been released by a court in Port-au-Prince, but they could face a trial down the road. Looking sweaty after three weeks behind bars, they were driven to the airport in a van provided by the U.S. Embassy and left for ...

    Published: 02/12/10

    Immigration Reform: Biblical No-Brainer, Political Non-Starter?

    By  David Gibson

    With the future of health care reform still uncertain, faith-based groups are hoping to jump-start a movement for the "other" reform package facing Congress -- an immigration overhaul that has stalled despite President Obama's promise to push it forward this year. In a conference call with reporters ...

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    Published: 02/11/10

    Illegal Immigrant Population in U.S. Drops Significantly

    By  Christopher Weber

    The number of illegal immigrants in the United States fell to 10.8 million last year, from 11.6 million in 2008, according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security. It was the sharpest drop in years and some analysts say it is largely due to undocumented immigrants being deported or ...

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