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Utah Anti-Immigrant Group IDs 1,300 Supposed Illegals
By Mara Gay - AOL News(July 14) -- Officials in Utah fear that a group of anti-immigration activists may have taken matters into their own hands. An anonymous group of "concerned citizens" sent a letter this week to newspapers in Utah containing more than 1,300 names of people it says are in the country illegally. It also enclosed a similar letter it had sent to federal and state officials in April. "We are enclosing a list of individuals who we strongly believe are in this country illegally and should be immediately deported," the April 4 letter reads. Though the group says it is not violent, the letter ...
Upgrades to Illegal Immigrant Facilities Probed
By Tori Richards - AOL NewsLOS ANGELES (June 29) -- A California congressman is investigating a government proposal to upgrade immigration detention centers to include unmonitored phone lines, dance and cooking lessons, continental breakfasts, freedom from lockdown and other amenities. Nine facilities that house illegal immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement are slated to undergo changes that would make the detainees' stay more comfortable. ICE officials still need to finalize the project, which includes facilities in California, Arizona, Texas, Georgia and New Jersey. "The federal government ...
The Arizona Backlash: Immigration Debate Stirs Historic Passions
By Lou Cannon - Politics DailyImmigration is the canary in the coal mine of American politics. Like unseen deadly gases in a mine, fear of foreigners has a capacity to strike without warning or detection. Only a few months ago, immigration was a back-burner issue in the 2010 election campaign; a poll in immigration-conscious California ranked it a distant fourth among issues of concern to Republican voters. Then came the overwrought restrictive Arizona law giving police broad power to detain illegal immigrants. This measure -- Senate Bill 1070 -- has put illegal immigration on the agenda in the California and Texas ...
More High-Tech Setbacks for Border Security
By G.W. Schulz - Politics DailyThe Obama administration's recent surprise decision to suspend new work on a multibillion-dollar high-tech border control system -- the third attempted since 1997 -- raises further questions about the government's use of computer networks and sensors in an effort to seal the border with Mexico. As part of a broad illegal immigration crackdown called the Secure Border Initiative, a seamless "virtual fence" launched in 2005 was supposed to be up and running by last year. Among other things, the project known as SBInet called for a vast surveillance system along the 2,000-mile Southwestern ...
Arizona Immigration Law: Poll Finds Broad Support
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyNearly six in 10 Americans support Arizona's new law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigrants, according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted May 6-9. Eighty-two percent of Republicans support the law as do 64 percent of independents. By contrast, 45 percent of Democrats approve of it. Asked about specific elements of the law, 73 percent support requiring people to produce documents verifying their legal status, 67 percent say police should be able to detain anyone unable to verify their legal status and 62 percent say police should be allowed to question anyone they think may be in ...
Arizona Immigration Legal Challenge: Only Fools Rush In?
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyThe Justice Department is taking its time before formally stepping into the constitutional thicket that is Arizona's new immigration law. This may well prove to be the prudent -- and effective -- course of action. Although Washington's self-conscious caution on the topic (a few public comments but no attempt yet to enjoin or strike down the measure) doesn't fit into the frenzied timeline encouraged by cable news, the feds' go-slow approach is politically shrewd and legally wise. It may feel to Latinos in the Grand Canyon State that the sky is falling -- but it hasn't fallen quite yet. ...
Majority of Arizonans Favor New Immigration Law
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFifty-two percent of Arizonans support the state's new immigration law with 39 percent opposed to it and 9 percent undecided, according to a Rocky Mountain Poll conducted April 15-25. That's roughly the same outcome that a New York Times/CBS News poll,conducted April 28 - May 2, found nationally: 51 percent said the law, aimed at reducing the number of illegal immigrants in the state, was "about right," while 36 percent percent said it went too far, 9 percent said it did not go far enough, and 4 percent were undecided. A Gallup poll conducted April 27-28 also had 51 percent of those who had ...
USA to Mexico: The Grass Is Always Greener
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Census: Foreign-Language Households on Rise in US
By David Knowles - AOL News(April 28) -- The number of U.S. households in which languages other than English are spoken is growing rapidly. A new study published by the Census Bureau finds that the number of Americans age 5 and older who regularly speak non-English languages at home grew by 140 percent from 1980 to 2007. During that same period, the country's population grew by just 34 percent. The languages with the biggest percentage gains were Vietnamese, which rose by 511 percent over the 27-year period, and Spanish, which rose by 211 percent. According to the Census Bureau's figures, approximately 280 million ...
Arizona Politics: Brewer's Stock Up, McCain's Down
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyArizona has two embattled Republicans in Gov. Jan Brewer and Sen. John McCain who are both facing primary challenges, but while one new poll shows Brewer's stock going up after signing a tough law to crack down on illegal immigrants, another found what it called "a Charlie Crist like drop" in McCain's job approval numbers. A Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 27 said that Brewer had widened her lead over Democrat Terry Goddard, the state attorney general, to 48 percent to 40 percent with 7 percent preferring another choice and 5 percent undecided. In mid-April, before signing the ...
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