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Illegals in a land of immigrants
Europeans can think about North Africans, Turks, or others from poor countries who manage to get to Spanish, Italian, French, or Greek islands or the mainland, and from there elsewhere to Europe. Israel suffers from being the only first-world country
Updated: 05/20/2012 08:26A
Refugee children struggle to access legal advice, says Coram Children's Legal
New research by the Coram Children's Legal Centre, reported by Children and Young People Now, has found that professionals are having difficulty arranging legal advice for children seeking asylum. This is partly because of the decision of many law
Updated: 05/20/2012 08:13A
Police hope federal bust loosens gangs' hold in Dodge City
He is, he says, essentially illiterate even in Spanish. Many of his fellow Guatemalan expatriate slaughterhouse workers don't use banks, consequently carrying and stashing cash — drawing robbers like bees to honey. They're also smaller than just about
Updated: 05/20/2012 08:13A
In his soul, Bentley knows it's a bad bill (Frances Coleman)
Someone in the group asked him about Alabama's new immigration law. Sitting to his immediate left, I listened — and, especially, watched him — as he explained his obligation to enforce the laws of the state and his belief that the US government had
Updated: 05/20/2012 07:32A
Out of the Shadows: Young illegal immigrants refuse to live in hiding
But it wasn't until Rivera started looking for jobs and applying to college that she fully understood how different she was. She couldn't work without a Social Security number. And, as a non-citizen, she wasn't eligible for financial aid,
Updated: 05/20/2012 07:13A
IF CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT DECIDE TO CHANGE IMMIGRATION LAW THIS YEAR, WHAT
1 priority should be to deal with the millions of undocumented immigrants who are in the United States today. We need immigration reforms that respect the rule of law, including penalties for those who break the law. Consistent with this approach,
Updated: 05/20/2012 07:10A
OUR VIEW: Alabama lawmakers passed some good bills, but on big, must-do issues
Next year's $1.67 billion General Fund budget, on its face, doesn't sound so awful; it is a reduction from this year's $1.74 billion in spending (itself reduced from planned spending of $1.92 billion after Bentley ordered cuts because of sagging tax
Updated: 05/20/2012 07:05A
LETTER: Weaver Supports Secure Communities Law
It works like this - if you are arrested or detained for a traffic violation or for the suspicion of committing a crime, and fingerprints are taken - the prints are forwarded to ICE for immigration evaluation. Note, all fingerprints are submitted for
Updated: 05/20/2012 06:42A
SEC seeks hiring information from Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
Chipotle has said it is under investigation by federal immigration officials and prosecutors over compliance with employee work authorization laws and regulations. In 2010, following questions from federal immigration officials, Chipotle fired about
Updated: 05/20/2012 06:15A
The 2012 Alabama legislative regular session in review
One of the biggest challenges facing this legislative session was Alabama's immigration law. Late Wednesday, The Senate and House were able to reach an agreement on a few modest revisions. State lawmakers hope these revisions will allow the immigration
Updated: 05/20/2012 06:15A
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