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Immigration at airports: the noise, the queues, the horror! | Simon Hoggart

publisher — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:29:18 +0000

Home affairs committee chairman, Keith Vaz, reveals the hell he suffered at Stansted on his return from Orlando, Florida The home affairs committee under the direction of its mighty chairman, Keith Vaz, on Tuesday tackled the problem of immigration queues at airports.

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Lawmakers approve tweaks to Alabama immigration law

publisher — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:44:37 +0000

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) – Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill to revise the state's controversial immigration law on Wednesday, hoping to fend off more legal challenges to the toughest state measure on immigration in the United States. The bill, whose final approval now rests with Alabama's governor, largely keeps intact a law approved last year that has sparked lawsuits by the Obama …

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Alabama legislature passes new immigration bill

elegant — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:24:54 +0000

Alabama lawmakers passed a new bill Wednesday aimed at improving the state's controversial immigration law, but critics said the new measure might make things worse.

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Alabama senators approve immigration bill; protesters arrested

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 21:54:29 +0000

Alabama senators approved a new bill aimed at improving the state's controversial immigration law Wednesday, but critics said the new measure might make things worse.

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Alabama Senate OKs Revisions to Immigration Bill

elegant — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:17:45 +0000

The Alabama Senate on Wednesday morning this morning approved revisions to its controversial immigration law, HB 56, which had propelled the state into the middle of an already-heated debate over illegal immigration.

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Immigration Minister Damian Green blames wrong type of wind for chaos at Heathrow

elegant — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:23:04 +0000

Emergency plans to hire 70 more staff at troubled Heathrow were announced by the Immigration Minister yesterday as he acknowledged that the huge queues at the airport may be damaging Britain's reputation abroad.

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Jobs, Education Trump Immigration For Latino Voters, Survey Says

publisher — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:19:24 +0000

Despite the attention immigration gets, likely Latino voters think the economy and education are more important, according to a survey of 1,400 likely voters in five states with large numbers of Hispanic and Latino residents. Among likely Latino voters, education was the second most important issue after jobs and the economy, said Alberto Collazo, communications director for HCREO during a press …

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An immigration crackdown killed — by conservatives

publisher — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:55:45 +0000

Last November, Republicans finally took control of the Mississippi House of Representatives, the final victory of the party’s long Southern strategy. Not since Reconstruction had the GOP controlled every facet of political life in the state. It wasn’t just any Republicans, either

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Immigration a health policy challenge

publisher — Wed, 16 May 2012 06:18:03 +0000

When ACA provisions kick in, millions of legal immigrants will have new health coverage options.

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Immigration, NATO protest ends with four arrested

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 22:44:55 +0000

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Four protesters were arrested on Tuesday when about 100 people opposed to immigration policy, war and economic injustice marched on a Chicago courthouse and then through downtown, police said.

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