Illegals tap Maryland for legal licenses
In an online Spanish language chat room, people from all along the East Coast seek tips on how to get a driver's license in Maryland, though they don't live in Maryland.
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Prison time haunts freed ex-agents
Former U.S. Border Patrol agent Ignacio "Nacho" Ramos wakes up in the middle of the night expecting a guard to shine a flashlight in his face. Jose Alonso Compean, his colleague, still has nightmares that he's not really home.
It has not been easy readjusting to life outside their one-man prison cells, where they spent the last two years of their lives in segregation.
It has not been easy readjusting to life outside their one-man prison cells, where they spent the last two years of their lives in segregation.
Most Colleges Knowingly Admit Illegal Immigrants as Students
Most colleges admitted in a recent survey to knowingly enrolling illegal immigrants to degree and diploma programs under certain circumstances, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509552,00.html
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DOL Proposes Nine-Month Suspension Of Controversial H-2A Agriculture Visa Rule
On March 13, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announced a proposed nine-month suspension of the final rule implementing changes to the H-2A program, which allows U.S. agricultural businesses to employ foreign workers in temporary or seasonal agricultural jobs. Notice of the proposed suspension was published in the Federal Register on March 17, 2009, and DOL has invited the public to submit comments by March 27, 2009. http://washlaborwire.com/
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Bachmann: Children’s health insurance a “magnet” for “illegal aliens”
Bachmann: “[B]ecause now President Obama even voted for the SCHIP bill, which we all know will now for the first time swing the door wide open for illegal aliens.
Immigration workplace efforts may shift to border
The Obama administration may shift tens of millions of dollars for enforcing workplace immigration laws to fighting Mexican drug cartels.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5imNxmGwUQ-VtnMqGXRe2mLo1Gl0AD970GN9O0
By Eileen Sullivan and Devlin Barrett - Associated Press
Too many jobs going to illegal immigrants
A janitor’s job opened up at an elementary school in Ohio, and within a week there were 839 applications. If that doesn’t tell our policy makers anything about a way to address the nation’s unemployment problems, I’ll help them out.http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/columns/JayAmbrose/Too-many-jobs-going-to-illegal-immigrants-41410422.html
By Jay Ambrose -- D.C. Examiner
Rice says no immigration reform is deep regret
[Condoleezza Rice] said immigrants were critical to the country's financial health, and that reform was needed to fuel the next round of economic growth.
Senate OKs Extension of Visa Programs For Religious Workers, Medical Students
The Senate March 11 approved, by voice vote, legislation (H.R. 1127) that would extend a special immigrant religious worker visa program and a visa program dealing with international medical students. Both programs were set to expire March 11 and the bill would extend the programs until Sept. 30.
Jobless claims jump to 654K last week
The number of people who filed for jobless claims for the first time last week jumped to 654,000 and those who receive continuing benefits also increased to 5.3 million, a new record, the Labor Department reported Thursday.
