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Immigration Lawyer Challenging Fauxcohontas in Primary
A Harvard Law Professor, who had once been tapped to police bank's disclosure and transparency practices, Warren has had problems disclosing fully her past. For years she claimed she was part Cherokee, even going so far as to allow Harvard and the
Updated: 05/21/2012 07:30P
Immigration Lawyer Challenging Fauxcahontas in Primary
A Harvard Law Professor who had once been tapped by the Obama administration to police banks' disclosure and transparency practices, Warren has had problems fully disclosing her past. For years she claimed she was part Cherokee, even going so far as to
Updated: 05/21/2012 07:30P
Court denies survivor's benefits to in-vitro child
She sought survivors benefits for the two children. She argued that since they were the children of a married father, they should receive benefits he had earned. The Social Security Administration said it was sympathetic, but rejected her claim
Updated: 05/21/2012 07:03P
Court denies survivor's benefits to in-vitro child | The Republic
In a second decision, the court made it harder for illegal immigrants to avoid deportation by arguing their immigrant parents had obtained legal status as lawful US residents. One provision in federal immigration law permits leniency for an illegal
Updated: 05/21/2012 06:43P
Opponents of Crete immigrant detention center march in Chicago
Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times A group of about 50 marchers set off from Chicago's Union Park Monday toward a Chicago immigration office in protest of a planned immigrant detention center in suburban Crete. The protest, led by the Moratorium on Deportations
Updated: 05/21/2012 06:24P
Town hall meeting on Crete immigrant detention center postponed
Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. postponed the meeting at the Crete-Monee 6th Grade Center School after conferring with law enforcement officials “due to security concerns raised by NATO and outside protesters who are threatening to come to Crete,”
Updated: 05/21/2012 06:14P
Bentley abandons immigration revisions
Burdens on legal residents and businesses are eased, and the goal remains the same – that if you live and work in Alabama, you must do so legally.” - Gov. Robert Bentley Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley's plans to make revisions to Alabama's immigration law
Updated: 05/21/2012 06:12P
An Overdue Step in Protecting Detained Immigrants From Rape and Sexual Assault
This was the first legislation to call for a zero-tolerance approach to sexual assault and rape in any kind of confinement throughout the United States. Immigration detention and juvenile custody were expressly included in the recommendations that were
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:33P
Court rules for govt on immigrants
Under federal immigration law, people who have been lawful permanent residents in the US for at least five years and have lived continuously in the country for seven years can seek leniency from the government when facing deportation.
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:28P
Today is Immigrant Day in California – what is it?
A category relating to stories about ethnic identity and the immigrant experience, and how both are represented in the arts. Stories about the politics, policies, and law enforcement issues surrounding immigration. Stories about health issues,
Updated: 05/21/2012 05:25P
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