Tag: us politics
group name: immigration
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March 01, 2007 05:22 PM EST --
This morning, the Senate began floor debate on the 9/11 Recommendations bill (S.4), which seeks to implement the remaining recommendations from the 9/11 Commission. As we have told you in our updates, . . .
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May 18, 2006 12:10 AM EDT --
Wisconsin Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner accused President Bush of abandoning the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act the House passed in December:
"He basically . . .
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May 30, 2006 09:33 AM EDT --
I received this in an e-mail. I hope it brightens your day.
Dear President Bush:
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. . . .
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May 03, 2006 05:06 PM EDT --
A new Zogby poll of likely voters, found Americans prefer the House of Representatives' enforcement-only bill by 2-1 over Senate proposals to legalize illegal immigrants and greatly increase legal . . .
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May 17, 2006 10:14 AM EDT --
The public is split on President Bush's Immigration address, half disappointed, half impressed. That's the finding of an overnight Zogby poll .
Overall, 47% said they liked the Monday speech, . . .
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May 17, 2006 09:08 PM EDT --
John Hawkins has post at Human Events debunking immigration myths.
Here's a teaser:
They're "immigrants." This is a rhetorical trick designed to lump in unwanted visitors who've . . .
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May 25, 2006 09:59 PM EDT --
The Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 by a 62-36 vote.
The Senate bill creates a new guest-worker program and, like the failed 1986 Immigration Reform Act, provides a means . . .
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February 16, 2007 05:10 PM EST --
Early in President Bush’s second term he announced that he was prepared to spend “political capital” on an effort to revamp America’s Social Security system. The administration’s . . .
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May 17, 2006 12:56 PM EDT --
The Washington Times reports President Bush said yesterday that he would not accept any bill from Congress that does not include a guest-worker program and provisions to grant citizenship to at least some . . .
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May 11, 2006 06:00 PM EDT --
Here we ago again. The Associated Press reports Senate leaders reached a deal that will revive the immigration reform that could provide millions of illegal aliens a chance to become American citizens. . . .
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June 13, 2006 03:39 PM EDT --
House Republicans who have read the 850-page Senate immigration reform bill say it is even worse than previously thought.
Among other things the Senate bill:
Allows illegal aliens to collect Social . . .
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January 23, 2008 10:28 AM EST --
Here, in Southern Arizona, the traffic has diminished by leaps and bounds. Construction sites sit empty, materials gone and equipment setting still and silent.
I no longer stand in long lines . . .
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October 22, 2006 11:21 AM EDT --
According to Onell Soto of the Union Tribune, more than 40% of Homeland Security workers are under suspicion of corruption, the majority of which currently work in San Diego and Imperial counties.
The . . .
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May 17, 2006 04:28 PM EDT --
The U.S. Senate voted to bar criminal illegal immigrants from becoming legal residents or U.S. citizens:
The 99-0 vote on the amendment blocking felons and people with three misdemeanor convictions was . . .
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May 01, 2006 10:29 AM EDT --
The Boston Herald reports new national polls show Americans are feeling less sympathy toward illegal aliens.
A Zogby International poll, conducted between March 31 and April 3, 2006, found . . .
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May 15, 2006 08:45 PM EDT --
I watched the President's speech on immigration reform. I was disappointed. I don't think the speech did anything to move the debate on immigration reform along. The only thing new was the deployment . . .
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May 24, 2006 08:39 AM EDT --
The Senate voted 58-40 to increase penalties for hiring undocumented workers. Fines would be doubled to $20,000 and repeat offenders could be sentenced to prison for up to three years.
Increasing penalties . . .
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June 05, 2006 05:06 PM EDT --
A new Gallup poll finds Iraq continues to be Americans' top priority for the president and Congress, followed by fuel prices, and immigration policy.
The poll asked respondents to identify, without . . .
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April 21, 2006 10:52 AM EDT --
The New York Times reports that of the 1,187 illegal aliens detained in the IFCO Systems raids, 275 have already been deported to Mexico. According to the Times, the rest are being processed for deportation, . . .
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