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House Republicans mock immigration detention as ‘holiday’
Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday complained that immigrants were basically getting a posh “holiday” after the Obama administration issued new, more humane detention guidelines. At a House Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Holiday on ICE,” chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) charged that “[t]he administration’s new detention manual reads more…
Supreme Court to decide Arizona immigration law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would decide whether Arizona’s tough law cracking down on illegal immigrants can take effect, a case arising from the fierce national debate on immigration policy ahead of next year’s presidential election. The high court agreed to review a ruling that put on hold the key…
Rep. Grijalva calls for Arpaio to resign over mishandled sex-crime cases
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ) on Monday called for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to resign after the Associated Press reported that his office had inadequately investigated more than 400 sex-crime investigations during a three-year period. Current and former police officers familiar with the cases told the Associated Press that…
Lawmakers clash over criminal illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON — US politicians Wednesday clashed over how many undocumented migrants who have may committed crimes are free in the United States pending deportation — a key figure for gauging the success of immigration policies. Republican House leaders in early November asked the Obama administration to hand over the names…
U.S. builds sea fence to stop Mexican immigrant wave
LOS ANGELES — The United States is building a barrier stretching 300 feet (90 meters) out into the Pacific to bar illegal immigrants from using a low-tide route to flood into southern California from Mexico. The $4.3 million project will replace a dilapidated border fence with an 18-foot (nearly six-meter)…
Appeals court blocks parts of Alabama immigration law
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court Friday temporarily blocked Alabama from enforcing part of its tough new law cracking down on illegal immigrants but allowed some disputed portions to remain in effect. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, granted the Obama administration…
California governor signs controversial “Dream Act”
SACRAMENTO (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown on Saturday signed a controversial bill dubbed the “Dream Act” that would allow illegal immigrants to receive public funds for college education. “Going to college is a dream that promises intellectual excitement and creative thinking,” Brown said in a statement issued by his…
Everyday birtherism
From the heartland, a tale that perfectly illustrates the workaday dumbass resentments that Republicans rely on to get votes. Kansas state legislator Connie O’Brien, Republican of course, was in a hearing on the subject of in-state tuition being granted to illegal immigrants who had Kansas state residency requirements. She decided…
Study: 100,000 Hispanics have fled Arizona since immigrant law
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — A controversial immigration law in Arizona has likely provoked the voluntary departure of 100,000 Hispanics from the southern US state, according to a study released Wednesday. “Several months after the law was applied, it’s possible to observe a lower number of Hispanics in that area of…
Beijing starts gating, locking lower-income migrant villages
The government calls it “sealed management.” China’s capital has started gating and locking some of its lower-income neighborhoods overnight, with police or security checking identification papers around the clock, in a throwback to an older style of control. It’s Beijing’s latest effort to reduce rising crime often blamed on the…
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