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Napolitano Appears to Straddle Political Divide

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Tue, May 19^th 2009 @ 1:22 pm EDT

The day before she mounted her first campaign for public office, Janet Napolitano, then a federal prosecutor, held a news conference with one of the most polarizing figures in law enforcement: Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County.

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Little New in Obama's Immigration Policy

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Wed, May 20^th 2009 @ 1:18 pm EDT

Obama advisers say more changes are coming to Bush's immigration policies, which they argue were ineffective because they were heavy-handed and lacking nuance.

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Apple growers thank Congressional leaders

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Fri, May 22^nd 2009 @ 1:16 pm EDT

"Despite the high unemployment rate, our industry still does not have a reliable workforce and will not until the AgJOBS bill is passed," said Jim Allen, president of the New York Apple Association. http://blog.syracuse.com/farms/2009/05/apple_growers_thank_congressio.html

By Debra J. Groom -- The Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard

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Harvard's Faust backs path to legal residency

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Thu, May 21^st 2009 @ 1:13 pm EDT

Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust yesterday backed federal legislation that would clear the way for illegal immigrant students to apply for legal residency, an endorsement that stunned students and drew criticism for a president who has largely steered clear of fierce debates.

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Cities That Don't Enforce Immigration Laws Should Not Be Branded Sanctuary Cities, Kansas Police Chief Says

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Thu, May 21^st 2009 @ 1:12 pm EDT

Cities where the local authorities do not enforce U.S. immigration laws should not be branded as sanctuary cities because the federal government still has the ability to enforce the immigration laws there, says Topeka, Kan., Chief of Police Ronald Miller.

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Senator says health insurance plan won't cover illegal immigrants

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Thu, May 21^st 2009 @ 12:59 pm EDT

Health care reforms that aim to insure every American won’t provide insurance for illegal immigrants and may not address the cost to state and local governments for providing medical care to this large group of the uninsured, Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mt., said Thursday.

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Pearce seeks to change police immigration policies

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Fri, May 22^nd 2009 @ 12:53 pm EDT

One of Arizona's staunchest critics of illegal immigration says politicians who don't aggressively enforce immigration laws should be removed from office.http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/21/20090521immig-police0521-ON.html

Associated Press

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Deportations carried out in the middle of immigration cases

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Fri, May 22^nd 2009 @ 12:50 pm EDT

Immigration agents are reinstating previous orders of deportation, Kice said, which "enables the nation's immigration judges to focus on the cases of those aliens who have not had their day in court." http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-immigcourt22-2009may22,0,4704874.story

By Anna Gorman - Los Angeles Times

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Court Upholds Cuts in Aid to Noncitizens Who Are Old, Blind or Disabled

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Fri, May 15^th 2009 @ 1:35 pm EDT

Thousands of impoverished elderly, disabled or blind legal residents of New York State, including refugees, will be limited to $352 a month in public aid — about half of what lower courts have said they should get — under a decision by the Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court.