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No Conviction, No Freedom: Immigration Authorities Locked 13,000 In Limbo

WASHINGTON — On a single day this past fall, the United States government held 13,185 people in immigration detention who had not been convicted of a crime, with no plans to charge them with one, according to information The Huffington Post obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Instead, at a cost of roughly 2 million taxpayer dollars per day, the innocent men and women were …

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Hibbing man dies waiting for immigration visa

For the past decade, a change in immigration law has sent foreign-born spouses of U.S. citizens back to their home countries to obtain visas. For some, it has resulted in a high-stakes waiting game, and that’s how 26-year-old Alyssa Garcia, above, lost her husband.

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Immigration authorities push compliance program for businesses

In the past few months, the roster of companies in a voluntary immigration enforcement program has expanded by nearly one-fifth as the administration steps up audits.

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Immigration authorities push compliance program for businesses as enforcement actions rise

ATLANTA — In the past few months, the roster of companies in a revamped, voluntary immigration enforcement program has expanded by nearly one-fifth as the Obama administration steps up employer audits. It may seem counterintuitive for a company to voluntarily open its books to the scrutiny of federal agents, but officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement say the benefits of its …

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House subcommittee subpoenas immigration records

A House subcommittee subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security on Friday for the names of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who were arrested by local authorities during the past three years but whom federal immigration officials declined to take into custody.

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House subcommittee subpoenas immigration records

A House subcommittee subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security on Friday for the names of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who were arrested by local authorities during the past three years but whom federal immigration officials declined to take into custody.

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House panel subpoenas immigration records

A House subcommittee subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security on Friday for the names of tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who were arrested by local authorities during the past three years but whom federal immigration officials declined to take into custody.

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Even state immigration laws have to face reality

Change is never pretty. And the change that results when 50 states step in to take on a job Washington has tried and failed to do can be especially messy. This is what’s happening — with a vengeance — on immigration

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Will other states follow Alabama’s lead on school immigration checks?

Educators and immigration advocates are blaming Alabama’s controversial new immigration law for widespread absences among Hispanic kids in the state’s public school system this week. The omnibus law, like most of the state-level anti-illegal immigration legislation passed over the past two years, operates via “attrition through enforcement”–a deliberate effort to encourage illegal immigrants to …

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Sharp Immigration Decline Spells Danger For America

In the past it seemed that the U.S. would avoid the demographic disaster faced by other aging industrialized countries. Not any longer.

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