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Administration sets up hot line for immigration detainees

In the latest volley between the federal government and states pushing anti-illegal-immigration laws, the Obama administration announced Thursday it was establishing a new hotline for immigration detainees who feel they “may be U.S. citizens or victims of a crime.”

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Administration sets up hotline for immigration detainees

In the latest volley between the federal government and states pushing anti-illegal-immigration laws, the Obama administration announced Thursday it was establishing a new hotline for immigration detainees who feel they “may be U.S. citizens or victims of a crime.”

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Administration sets up hotline for immigration detainees

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Hotline set up for immigration detainees

In the latest volley between the federal government and states pushing anti-illegal-immigration laws, the Obama administration announced Thursday it was establishing a new hotline for immigration detainees who feel they “may be U.S. citizens or victims of a crime.”

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Hotline set up for immigration detainees

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Ala. governor rejects bishops’ immigration plea

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Gov. Robert Bentley won’t support a repeal of the state’s get-tough immigration law, rejecting a Christmas appeal from a group of top religious leaders.

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ACLU: Citizens jailed under US immigration program

Four U.S. citizens were erroneously arrested in Southern California recently through the federal immigration enforcement program called Secure Communities, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday.

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Immigration Law Becomes Political Battle in Supreme Court

Reuters reports the Supreme Court will hear a case regarding Arizona’s controversial immigration law passed in 2010. Court challenges and appeals have worked through the federal court system and the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in April. A ruling will likely be announced in July.

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Immigration Law Becomes Political Battle in Supreme Court

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Arizona Can’t Argue Crime Rise in its Supreme Court Immigration Case: View

Arizona will have its day in court.

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Arizona Can’t Argue Crime Rise in its Supreme Court Immigration Case: View

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Alabama’s tough immigration law questioned

Alabama Atty. Gen. Luther Strange proposes throwing out parts of the immigration law to make it easier to defend and to ‘remove burdens on law-abiding citizens.’ The top legal official in the state with the country’s toughest immigration law has suggested throwing out parts of the law after challenges by the federal government and strong protests by rights and business groups.

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APNewsBreak: Tough US immigration law questioned

The top legal official in the U.S.

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Viewpoint: The economics of immigration

Attempts at immigration reform have been undistinguished at the federal level. The last serious bipartisan effort — the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 — failed. Since then, states have enacted their own legislation, which go to great extents to deter illegal immigration.

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Viewpoint: The economics of immigration

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