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SF archbishop speaks against immigration program

A federal program that checks the immigration status of people booked into local jails is tearing immigrant families apart, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco said at an interfaith gathering Saturday….

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Bennett L. Gershman: Immigration Justice: Biased, Irrational, Unfair

The tens of thousands of decisions in immigration courts annually will almost never be seen or reviewed by a federal appeals court. Without transparency or accountability, the immigration court system hardly promotes public confidence that justice is being done.

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Arpaio’s immigration patrols face another setback

PHOENIX—A federal judge dealt a new setback Friday to the immigration enforcement efforts of America’s self-proclaimed “toughest sheriff,” barring his deputies from detaining people based solely on the suspicion that they’re in the country illegally.

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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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Immigration activists Gingrich on ‘Red Card Solution’

Newt Gingrich is trying to carve out a middle way on illegal immigration, pushing a “Red Card Solution” that would essentially expand the guest-worker program without giving those immigrants a pathway to citizenship.

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Immigration activists slam Gingrich on ‘Red Card Solution’

Newt Gingrich is trying to carve out a middle way on illegal immigration, pushing a “Red Card Solution” that would essentially expand the guest-worker program without giving those immigrants a pathway to citizenship. But Gingrich’s compromise isn’t eliciting much praise within the immigration community: Activists on both on left and right say that Red Carding fails to address fundamental …

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Immigration bill splits House GOP

The rift over the immigration bill is jeopardizing its chances of passing the Republican-controlled House. Read more…

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Anti-Immigration Claim Falls Apart When Challenged

A recent CNN debate on high skill immigration turned heated when Duke University scholar and entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa challenged assertions made by Rochester Institute of Technology professor Ron Hira.

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Court blocks state from school immigration checks

A federal appeals court sided with the Obama administration Friday when it blocked Alabama public schools from checking the immigration status of students, dealing a blow to Alabama’s toughest-in-the-nation immigration law.

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Immigration checks at Ala. schools shelved

Alabama schools may not check the immigration status of students but police may detain immigrants suspected of being illegal, an appeals court said in a temporary ruling.

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