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Proposal would give illegal immigrants authority to drive

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Mon, Jun 1^st 2009 @ 10:36 am EDT

Wisconsin would join Utah as the only states in the country to give illegal immigrants a license to drive while still preventing them from using the state cards as official IDs, under a proposal before lawmakers.

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Exclusive: Introducing America’s Most Forgotten: The Victims of Illegal Alien Crime

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Wed, Jun 3^rd 2009 @ 10:35 am EDT

The citizens of United States have a serious problem. We have a government that no longer values the lives of the American people.

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Gay partner verbiage could kill reform

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Wed, Jun 3^rd 2009 @ 10:33 am EDT

Advocates for gays and immigrants are clashing over a proposed immigration bill that would let gay and lesbian Americans sponsor their immigrant “permanent partners” for legal U.S. residency.

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Bill Proposes Immigration Rights for Gay Couples

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Wed, Jun 3^rd 2009 @ 10:31 am EDT

Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Democrat from Vermont who is the powerful chairman of the Judiciary Committee, is adding another controversial ingredient to the volatile mix of an immigration debate that President Obama has said he hopes to spur in Congress before the end of the year.

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Feds spike voter citizenship checks in Georgia

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Mon, Jun 1^st 2009 @ 4:44 pm EDT

The Justice Department has rejected Georgia's system of using Social Security numbers and driver's license data to check whether prospective voters are citizens, a process that was a subject of a federal lawsuit in the weeks leading up to November's election.

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Detained Asylum-Seekers Find It Harder to Win Release

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Tue, Jun 2^nd 2009 @ 4:41 pm EDT

For more than a decade, arriving asylum-seekers have faced the possibility that they will be detained while immigration authorities oppose their admission, under stricter laws passed in 1996. But a new study by the international advocacy group Human Rights First, shows that it has become harder for them to win release while their cases are considered.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/nyregion/02asylum.html

By Jenny Manrique -- New York Times

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Maine House Opposes Real ID

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Mon, Jun 1^st 2009 @ 4:39 pm EDT

The Maine House has agreed with the Senate to repeal a key portion of the anti-terrorism law known as Real ID.

After a debate Monday, representatives voted 85-57 to get rid of a part of the law that requires people to show legal presence in the United States in order to get a driver's license. Also repealed would be a requirement for further study into facial recognition technology.

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Immigration reform seen as key issue for both US political parties

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Mon, Jun 1^st 2009 @ 4:37 pm EDT

Although immigration is not always front and center in public political discussions, it is often 'talked about in the back rooms' and is a key issue for both political parties, a speaker told a Colorado Springs conference.

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Prof: Recession will stall immigration reform

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Fri, May 29^th 2009 @ 4:35 pm EDT

A full-bore recession and political expediency combine to give little hope for immigration reform within the next two years. Actually, University of Arizona Professor Emeritus Ed Williams said, chances aren't even that good.

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Immigration is key issue, Flake says

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Sat, May 30^th 2009 @ 4:33 pm EDT

Flake said the immigration issue is particularly pressing and that it comes up in his discussions with Mesa Mayor Scott Smith.

'I think Arizonans realize by and large that you have to deal immigration in a comprehensive fashion,' Flake said. 'You just can't say we're going to enforce current law without dealing with border issues and the population that's here illegally now. It's a very complicated issue.'

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