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By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama revisited a key campaign promise when he hosted a White House meeting of elected officials and experts on immigration. But if a major overhaul of the nation's immigration policy is his goal, Republicans in Congress say he shouldn't hold his breath. They say any bill that even hints at amnesty or legalization for millions of illegal immigrants already living and working in the United States is dead before it ever makes an appearance in a congressional committee. A path to citizenship is "what has doomed all immigration legislation in the last two ...
Ariz. Gov. Brewer Bashes Immigration Law Ruling [VIDEO]
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4-Year-Old Girl Sent to Guatemala in Immigration Dispute Returns to NY
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsA 4-year-old girl sent back to her family's native Guatemala in an immigration dispute earlier this month has returned home to New York, where she was reunited with her family early today. Emily Ruiz, who hadn't seen her family in five months, was greeted with hugs from her mother at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, The New York Times reported. "We are so happy that Emily has finally been reunited with her family in the United States, where she belongs," her parents' lawyer, David Sperling, told The Associated Press. Sperling accompanied Emily on the flight, the AP said. The dispute ...
'Anchor Baby' Debate Reopened After 4-Year-Old's Deportation [VIDEO]
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Protests Spike in Greece as Government Weighs Support of Attack on Libya
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece -- Demonstrators took to the streets of the capital today to protest international air strikes against military assets of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi as Greece weighed its support of the allied offensive. Toting anti-war banners and shouting slogans against the bombing raids, hundreds of leftist protesters -- mainly high school and university students -- gathered in central Athens, setting off on a protest march to the Parliament. Similar protests also took place on the island of Crete, where hundreds marched to the U.S.-controlled Souda Bay naval base, which provides ...
Kansas Lawmaker Under Fire for Illegal Immigration Joke [VIDEO]
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Mennonites, Presbyterians Oppose Indiana Immigration Bill (SB 590)
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsA tough new bill targeting illegal immigrants in Indiana has several faith traditions speaking up in protest. The Elkhart Truth reports that the Mennonite Church USA, which is headquartered in Indiana and represents 939 congregations nationwide, has registered its official opposition to Senate Bill 590. Meanwhile, according to The Indianapolis Star, leaders of the Presbyterian Church have said they will not hold their biannual conference in Indianapolis this summer if SB 590 passes. That has the Indianapolis Convention and Visitors Association worried about the bill's potential impact on ...
Illegal Immigrants in Greece End Hunger Strike
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece -- Nearly 300 illegal immigrants have ended a six-week hunger strike after the Greek government, fearing the death of one or more protesters, agreed not to begin deportation proceedings against them. After crisis talks with the strikers tonight, a team of government ministers said the 287 immigrants -- mainly from Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria -- would be allowed to stay in the country for six months for humanitarian reasons. Petros Giannakouris, AP Immigrants celebrate the end of their hunger strike in central Athens on Wednesday. Some 287 immigrants in Greece ended ...
Alabama House Bill 56: The Immigrant Trespassing Law Explained
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsA new bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration is causing controversy in Alabama. House Bill 56, modeled on similarly controversial immigration legislation in Arizona, passed the Alabama House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee today. That means it will move on to debate by the full House of Representatives as early as Thursday. Here's the lowdown on HB 56, which prompted opposition rallies in Montgomery even before it reached the committee vote. It would require immigration status checks for workers The Montgomery Advertiser reports that HB 56 would mandate use of the federal ...
At Least 99 Hunger Strikers Hospitalized in Greece
By Anthee Carassava - AOL NewsATHENS, Greece -- More than a third of almost 300 North African immigrants refusing food and water to protest their lack of legal residency status have been rushed to a rash of hospitals here and in another Greek city, ratcheting fresh pressure on a government grappling with unstoppable flows of immigration and a faltering economy. Today, the 38th day of what some bill as the biggest hunger strike yet by immigrants in Europe, two young men from Tunisia were admitted to an Athens hospital with severe kidney and heart problems. Thanassis Stavrakis, AP An immigrant from North Africa ...
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