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Dan Lawlor: Anti-Immigrant Mindset is Uncalled For
In Japan, strong anti-immigrant laws apply even to asylum seekers. In Norway, a violent extremist, with a deep seated anti-liberal, anti-Muslim, anti-multiculturalism passion, killed dozens of teenagers and adults in an attempt to halt "traitors" to
Updated: 05/22/2012 01:20A
High court denies twins Social Security benefits
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 immigrant who faces
Updated: 05/22/2012 01:03A
Post-racial America?
This shift was inevitable as long as the basic architecture of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act remained in place. It ended the old system of per-country quotas and — together with subsequent liberalizations — unleashed a flood of immigration
Updated: 05/22/2012 12:25A
Post-racial America?
This shift was inevitable as long as the basic architecture of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act remained in place. It ended the old system of per-country quotas and — together with subsequent liberalizations — unleashed a flood of immigration
Updated: 05/22/2012 12:25A
Assimilation, Now More Than Ever
By Rich Lowry President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1965. (LBJ Library and Museum) In the most predictable demographic revolution ever, the Census Bureau reported that nonwhite babies now make up a majority of all
Updated: 05/22/2012 12:24A
National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus held in Montgomery
In addition to church business, political issues were also discussed, including Alabama's controversial anti-immigration law.More >> Pet food recall from Diamond Pet Foods has been expanded eight times, triggered an FDA investigation and critique,
Updated: 05/22/2012 12:08A
Do We Still Need the Voting Rights Act?
The chances to remake American law—and maybe American society—are stacking up for the Supreme Court. Next month, the Justices will render their verdicts on the Affordable Care Act and on the Arizona immigration law. The fate of affirmative action in
Updated: 05/22/2012 12:00A
Supreme Court rejects widow's claim in Social Security case
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 11:48P
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP | Akin Gump Honored for Pro Bono Work on
(New York) On May 17, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP's pro bono work on behalf of asylum clients referred by Immigration Equality—a national organization fighting for equality under US immigration law for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
Updated: 05/21/2012 11:46P
Amherst, 1st town to opt out of Secure Communities law
Secure Communities is a program designed by the Department of Homeland Security to enforce immigration laws, and by passing article 29, Amherst residents chose not to participate. Through the resolution community members wanted to make sure local law
Updated: 05/21/2012 11:23P
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