The bombing of the Boston Marathon has prompted some politicians to voice their concerns at the prospects of changing current immigration practices.
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New immigration bill full of unrealistic goals
An imbalanced immigration bill introduced in the Senate would be extremely difficult to implement.
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Both California Republicans and Democrats agreed on need for immigration reform.
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The award-winning journalist encourages students to support immigration reform.
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In 2008, The New York Times reported the story of Hiu Lui Ng, a 34-year-old New Yorker who died while in custody of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Though the Times’ coverage of Ng’s death was largely an investigation into the conditions and medical care allotted to detained individuals, the question of why Ng [...]
Read the rest of this article »Round 2: The aftermath of the Obama-Romney debate
Obama’s performance: Elena Kadvany Tonight, the real president showed up. President Barack Obama was passionate, focused, eloquent, defensive — in short, he was the man who inspired so many voters four years ago, the man who still has the power to do so today. The town hall format of the second presidential debate forced Obama [...]
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Young undocumented immigrants can apply for work permits under new policy.
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Turmoil is growing between the California state legislature and the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over immigration laws. ICE’s Secure Communities program requires local law enforcement to send detainees’ fingerprints to immigration authorities and to hold them on behalf of ICE if they are identified as candidates for deportation. The state legislature objects; it is [...]
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Last week Gov. Jerry Brown signed the second half of the California Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act into law, which will allow undocumented college students to apply for financial aid at state universities. The act, first introduced in 2001, has two parts: AB130 and AB131. AB130 was signed into law in July [...]
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California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law Sunday the state’s DREAM Act, which would allow illegal immigrants to gain access to financial aid for college, while at the same time rejecting the bill allowing schools to reintroduce affirmative action. High-achieving students who are accepted to any of the state’s universities — including the University [...]
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