Ga. Town at Center of Immigrant Labor Case

A few blocks down the main road from this small downtown in the north Georgia hills, the Matul family from Guatemala has opened a grocery selling fresh exotic fruits, canned juice from Mexico and international telephone calling cards.

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MILFORD — I would like to respond to Mrs. (Marie) Parente's article, "Licensed, unlicensed, and the incensed," published Dec. 16, regarding the exploding quantity of benefits, undocumented aliens receive from U.S. taxpayers.

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Best Quote Of 2008- Illegals/Crime

Florida got it right.. Bravo for Sheriff Judd POLK COUNTY FLORIDA SHERIFF GRADY JUDD

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Last week, Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Bob Bennett (R-UT) drafted a controversial amendment to H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies appropriations bill, that would add questions on citizenship and immigration status to the 2010 census.

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A Broward sheriff's deputy who was arrested on charges he stalked and sexually assaulted men appeared in Broward bond court Tuesday morning to face additional charges.

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The incident, which grew in notoriety following a chain of e-mails by the supposed victim this past week, alleges four males followed and harassed him and his wife in the parking lot of the Wheelersburg Kroger following a minor accident between both parties on SR 552.

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A coalition of Latino groups, liberal activists and labor unions have written President Barack Obama asking him to scrap agreements between the federal government and local police departments that allow them arrest illegal immigrants.

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The Swedish government has appointed a commission with the task of establishing the right of children of illegal immigrants to attend school.

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As she runs for state attorney general, prosecutor Kamala Harris faces questions over a program that trained illegal immigrant drug felons for jobs, kept them out of jail and expunged their records.

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Ten undocumented immigrants "stacked like wood" in the back of a sports utility vehicle crammed with at least 22 people were killed when the driver lost control and rolled over on a remote southern Arizona highway, authorities said Sunday.

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a rapist in Georgia who was not arrested because the suspect's victim was an undocumented immigrant.

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Is Citizenship A Right or a Privilege?

President Obama may be inclined to resolve the immigration issue by granting blanket amnesty to all undocumented immigrants as it is well within his power.

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Tens of thousands of jobs created by the economic stimulus law could end up filled by illegal immigrants, particularly in big states such as California where undocumented workers are heavily represented in construction, experts on both sides of the issue say.

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One of the fundamental factors causing debate over illegal immigration enforcement is the public perception of undocumented immigrants. Are they real criminals? Some in law enforcement have gone to great lengths to paint them in this light.

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"You can no longer claim legal residency under the petition filed by your grandmother. You are over 21 now and aged-out under the I-130," said my latest attorney. I didn't quite understand what he meant, the fear and confusion hidden in my nervous laughter.

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This October 24, undocumented students (DREAMers) across the United States are marking the anniversary of their dreams deferred by holding a Day-of-Action to remind Congresspersons of the need for immigration reform that would legalize their status in the United States.

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Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Executive Director Joshua Hoyt says, "The United States needs to rediscover that the center of democracy is citizenship, a democracy where the people have a stake....We need to create a stake for the undocumented so they're no l …

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How do we expect people are going to live when we criminalize their very existence?

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I know what you're thinking: this really deflates my outrage because they're treating hnearly half of those arrested somewhat humanely! But no! Finish reading the article & you'll find that of the almost 4900 people arrested this fiscal year as part of ICE workplace enforcement,  …

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This is more like the real story of immigrant America, where only the undocumented are willing to do the real work that our country needs to maintain its prosperity, & then they become the fourth class invisibles which the corporate-dominated governing elites are using as the sca …

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The federal agents arrived by the dozens, driving unmarked cars and white vans. They sealed off the entrances of a manufacturing plant in south Mississippi and rounded up hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants....

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Federal immigration agents said they rounded up 350 suspected undocumented workers in a raid on a Mississippi electrical equipment plant Monday, after sealing all entrances and questioning employees.

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In 23 years as a certified Spanish interpreter for federal courts, Erik Camayd-Freixas has spoken up in criminal trials many times, but the words he uttered were rarely his own.

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Yesterday, Mayor Newsom signed into action the Tommy Ammiano-introduced legislation that requires the city to handout ID cards to undocumented immigrants and other residents who either can't or just won't apply for driver's licenses.

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