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Federal immigration officials target Vermont farms

Federal immigration officials are cracking down on Vermont dairy farmers as part of a national effort, asking them to provide records to prove their workers are legal.

Gov't rewarding firms checking immigrant status

The Homeland Security Department will give a seal of approval to businesses volunteering to use an electronic program to check workers' immigration status.

Green card seekers won't have to get HPV vaccine

Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their green cards.

Napolitano pronounces US border more secure now

The Obama administration has met many of the border security benchmarks Congress set in 2007 as a prerequisite to immigration reform and now it's time to change the law, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday.

House Dem attacks Obama on immigrants

A House Democrat is accusing President Barack Obama of dehumanizing illegal immigrants with his hard-line stance against allowing them to benefit from pending health overhaul legislation.

Immigration teams arrest more criminal offenders

Immigration agents assigned to track down people who have ignored deportation orders have increasingly arrested immigrants with criminal records during the past year, new data show.

Immigrants: Conn. raid retaliation for ID cards

Ten New Haven residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing federal agents of violating their rights during an immigration raid they say was in retaliation for a city program that provided ID cards to foreigners in the country illegally — the first of its kind in the nation.

LAPD chief: Cops shouldn't tag immigrants

Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton said Tuesday the LAPD must stay out of the business of collaring illegal immigrants if it wants to keep solving crimes.

Wash. man gets 18 months in gay immigration fraud

A man accused of advising straight immigrants to claim homosexuality — and potential persecution in their home countries — when they applied for asylum has been sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Minority lawmakers: No census citizenship question

A coalition of black, Latino and Asian lawmakers on Thursday expressed opposition to a proposal that would require next year's census forms to ask about the status of a person's citizenship.

San Francisco supes approve new immigration policy

Undocumented youths arrested on felony charges in San Francisco would have to be convicted before police could turn them over to federal immigration officials under a new policy approved by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

3 accused of fraud in immigrant visa case in CA

An immigration lawyer and two associates have been charged with obtaining fraudulent work visas for immigrants in a scheme that authorities suspect involved laundering of money by purchasing cemetery plots.

Ariz. sheriff launches immigration sweep

An Arizona sheriff known for cracking down on people who are in the country illegally launched a crime and immigration sweep in northwestern metro Phoenix on Friday, a half day after officials in Washington limited his powers to make federal immigration arrests.

Feds sign up locals to help enforce immigration

The Obama administration has signed up 55 state and local law enforcement agencies to help enforce immigration laws, including an Arizona county sheriff under investigation for racial profiling, the Homeland Security Department announced Friday.

NYC DA: Bogus Ga. lawyer left immigrants worse off

A convicted bigamist posing as a veteran immigration lawyer scammed thousands of dollars from Guyanese immigrants and gave them advice so bad they now face deportation, prosecutors said Thursday.

Feds arrest hundreds in six-month gang probe

Immigration officials say a six-month, 89-city operation focused on gangs led to the arrests of more than 1,700 people.

Judge: Immigrants' kids who 'age out' lose place

A federal judge has ruled that adult children who turn 21 while waiting for family-sponsored green cards have to wait anew once they "age out" of their parents' applications.

Marine's widow gets bipartisan Senate help

A Marine's widow who has been fighting to remain in the U.S. with her 8-month-old son is now getting bipartisan help from the Senate.

Court to decide constitutionality of bad advice

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday questioned whether defendants should expect their lawyers to correctly advise them on all the possible consequences of a guilty plea, including on important issues like deportation.

Evangelicals call for immigration reform

An American evangelical Christian group is urging Congress to approve reforms to immigration laws in a resolution approved Thursday.

Arizona sheriff's immigration deal clears hurdle

County officials in Arizona have approved an agreement that would let 60 county jail officers continue to check on the immigration status of jail inmates.

Halt to gov't raids not an option to boost census

With the 2010 census six months away, the Commerce Department said Thursday it won't seek a halt to immigration raids as it did in the previous census in hopes of improving participation in hard-to-count communities.

AP Interview: Leader has back-up immigration plan

The head of the nation's leading Latino legal advocacy group said if comprehensive immigration legislation seems unlikely in 2010, Congress should make down payments by passing smaller-scale reforms.

Government weighs boost to immigration filing fees

The federal government is considering raising fees on applications for immigration-related services to help offset a shortage in revenue.

Immigration agency launches new Web site

The Obama administration launched a new Web site on Tuesday that officials hope will make citizenship and other immigration services more accessible.

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Muslims In 21st Century America: Violent Clashing Cultures
Source: Right Side News

Most Americans sit and watch with total oblivion of the march of Islam into America. In 1990, only 100,000 Muslims inhabited the United States. Today, over eight million spread across the country with over 1,000 mosques and growing.

Feds drop second trial in Rubashkin case regarding illegal hires in Iowa
Source: The Des Moines Register

Mr. Rubashkin has already been found guilty of most of the charges in the first indictment.

Hébert: New citizenship guide: Good, bad and ugly - thestar.com
Source: Toronto Star

MONTREAL Reading the 1995 edition of the federal Citizenship guide, an immigrant to Canada might have been forgiven for thinking he or she was signing up to join the Boy Scouts or the Girl Guides.

Obama encourages illegals: ID and other controls steadily weakened
Source: The Washington Times

If we were to listen to the complaints about the Obama administration by advocates of amnesty for illegal immigrants, you might think our nation's immigration laws were actually being enforced.

Lou Dobbs and his many issues
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune

Many Latinos probably feel like salsa dancing in the streets now that CNN has finally cleared the air by purging itself of Lou Dobbs.

Doublethink at UNR: Don't confuse them with civil dialogue
Source: ReviewJournal.com - News

"Officer, arrest that man! He repeatedly assaulted me by slamming his hard nose into my soft fist."

Punking the Tea Partiers
Source: ScienceBlogs

Here's a hilarious video from an anti-illegal immigration rally in Minnesota last Saturday called the Tea Party Against Amnesty.

The Other Immigrants
Source: Wall Street Journal

As long as the U.S. finds itself depending on foreign brain power to be globally competitive, the nation is in peril.

War Vets Deported
Source: CounterPunch.org

Astonishingly, more than 30,000 foreign born detainees face deportation at some 350 facilities nationwide.

Another Illegal Immigrant Sues U.S. For Rights Violations
Source: Judicial Watch

Santos was approached by deputies about a year ago as she sat on a curb behind a food co-op during a lunch break.

Tea Party Protest Turns Violent (VIDEO)
Source: The Huffington Post

The video, which was shot by Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), shows two Tea Partiers with their own video cameras making their way through the area designated by police for counter protesters from ANSWER.

Woman smuggled into US inside suitcase
Source: Pro 8 News

Laredo customs inspectors are seldom surprised by the innovative ways people smuggle illegal goods, drugs, even humans into the U.S., but they were a little surprised by one of their latest cases.

Obama's Nomination for Iowa U.S. Attorney Criticized
Source: The New York Times

Eleventh-hour criticism is arising over President Obama's nomination for United States attorney in northern Iowa of a prosecutor who had a leading role in the criminal cases against hundreds of illegal immigrants arrested in a May 2008 raid at a meatpacking plant in Postville,  …

Triumph of a Dreamer
Source: The New York Times

Education as lasting monument to the triumph of spirit over circumstances. So is the woman in this article, whose intelligence and perserverence overcame all odds.

Let the marketplace of ideas work on campus - Thomas Mitchell - ReviewJournal.com
Source: ReviewJournal.com - News

College campuses should be places where the widest possible range of ideas can be heard. Instead, the Politically self-righteous seek to silence those whom they oppose. Here's an example.

Apology for 500,000 Forgotten Australians
Source: abc.net.au

The Federal Government says today's national apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants marks a significant step forward in the healing process.

To Create Jobs Today We Must Focus On Creating A New Energy Grid!
Source: msnbc.com

By focusing on solutions we have available today, and utilizing resources we readily have available in America such as Natural Gas, we will reduce our unemployment rate of 10.2%.

Rules Be Damned: A Legal Resident Presented Valid Documentation to the MCSO but Was Jailed for 12 Days Anyway
Source: Phoenix New Times

Unlike his friends, Sergio Martinez-Villaman wasn't afraid during June's immigration sweep in Mesa. The seasonal worker had a visa. Then came the encounter with the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

Dems' immigration reform: Pay your taxes, learn the language, you can stay
Source: Raw Story

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has unveiled the Obama administration's plan to reform immigration.

Public Opinion in Mexico on U.S. Immigration: Zogby Poll Examines Attitudes | Center for Immigration Studies
Source: Zogby International/Center for Immigration Studies

56% of Mexicans Say Amnesty Would Increase Illegal Immigration - www.numbersusa.com

The Mobile App That Helps Mexicans Get Across the Border
Source: thenextweb.com

Ricardo Dominguez is a co-founder of The Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT), a small group of cyber activists and artists engaged in developing the theory and practice of Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD).

DC Joins Effort To Identify Illegal Immigrants
Source: wjz.com

WASHINGTON (AP) ― D.C. police will join other local police departments in a federal program that checks the immigration status of every person booked into a local jail.

PM to 'tighten' migration rules (Video)
Source: BBC News

Gordon Brown has promised to "tighten" the UK's immigration rules by reducing the number of professions that can recruit from outside Europe.

Lou Dobbs Abruptly Quits CNN
Source: The New York Times

Jonathan Klein, offered a choice to Lou Dobbs, the channel's most outspoken anchor. Mr. Dobbs could vent his opinions on radio and anchor an objective newscast on television, or he could leave CNN.

Report: Dobbs to Resign from CNN; Last Show Tonight
Source: newsbusters.org

Has Lou Dobbs been forced out at CNN by the left-wing attack machine and other forces on the left? Quite possibly.

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