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DC Metro's Jobless Rate Up Sharply

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Sat, Mar 28^th 2009 @ 12:53 pm EDT

The District, Maryland and Virginia continued shedding jobs at a rapid pace in February, according to government data released yesterday, with D.C.'s unemployment rate rising to nearly 10 percent. ... African Americans "are the first to be laid off and the last to be rehired," said Anirban Basu, chairman and chief executive of Sage Policy Group, a Baltimore economic and policy consulting firm.

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Illegal aliens lose state housing

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Thu, Jan 25^th 2007 @ 12:15 pm EST

Because this is now the law: Anyone ... who lives in state-funded housing must show identification to their landlord and sign a paper that says they’ve come legally to the country. Like scores of immigrants in Telluride and across Colorado, Margarita crossed illegally and has no papers.

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Sen. Kay Hagan on E-Verify

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Thu, Mar 26^th 2009 @ 5:14 pm EDT

"...I would support a stand-alone bill that would further extend the E-Verify system."

"...I do not support allowing illegal immigrants into North Carolina colleges and universities."http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4800228/

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The E-Verify Train Has Left the Station

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Thu, Mar 26^th 2009 @ 5:09 pm EDT

In a post below, Nadler acknowledges that workplace verification is important to fight gangs but that businesses are resisting the E-Verify system until they get an amnesty. Business lobbyists are indeed fighting a scorched-earth battle against anything that screens out illegals, but actual businesses are signing up by the tens of thousands. http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=Njc2YWM5NThmMTU4OWM0YzZjOTk4ZDM4ZmFmMjI1OGQ

By Mark Krikorian -- National Review Online

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Budget woes cut health care for illegal immigrants

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Sun, Mar 15^th 2009 @ 3:39 pm EDT

Data on health care for unauthorized immigrants is hard to come by, because community clinics and hospitals usually do not ask patients for their immigration status. But the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that of the 11.9 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, about 59 percent have no health insurance.

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Poll finds hurdles for illegal arrivals in NJ

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Tue, Mar 24^th 2009 @ 1:55 pm EDT

Proposals to offer driver's licenses and in-state college tuition rates to illegal immigrants face an uphill battle in New Jersey, a new poll shows.http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20090324/NEWS01/903240343&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

By Deborah Hirsch -- South Jersey Courier-Post

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Cardinal Francis George: End immigration raids, he tells President Barack Obama

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Sun, Mar 22^nd 2009 @ 11:34 am EDT

Cardinal Francis George on Saturday called on the Obama administration to end Immigration raids across the country and pushed for passage this year of "comprehensive Immigration reform" that is "fair and compassionate."

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A Slippery Place in the U.S. Work Force

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Sun, Mar 22^nd 2009 @ 11:31 am EDT

Nationwide, Hispanic immigrants, both legal and illegal, saw greater job loss in 2008 than did Hispanics born in the United States or black workers, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Nearly half of foreign-born Hispanics are illegal immigrants, according to the center, a nonpartisan research group in Washington.

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Tale of two sanctuary cities

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Sun, Mar 22^nd 2009 @ 11:27 am EDT

The two cities of El Paso and Denver are 800 miles apart, but they both exist in the rarified world of "sanctuary cities," where mayors and city officials love to proclaim, "We welcome all immigrants, regardless of immigration status." This is PC code for welcoming illegal aliens, but it also means they welcome the prosecution of Border Patrol agents and immigration enforcement agents who take their jobs too seriously.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/mar/22/tale-of-two-sanctuary-citi

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Liberians with exemption to stay in U.S. may lose it

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Fri, Mar 20^th 2009 @ 11:20 am EDT

Collins is among 3,600 Liberians who were granted Temporary Protected Status to settle in the United States while civil war ravaged their west African homeland. The war has ended in Liberia, and with a fledgling democracy taking hold there, one last 18-month extension granted by then-President George W. Bush is due to expire March 31.http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/03/20/currents0320.html

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