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Alejandro Leiva

Marco Rubio works both sides on immigration - POLITICO.com Print View - 2 views

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      Neutrality in Immigration a step that Marco Rubio has recently taken, tend to propose enforcement (that is not too strong) in order to please conservatives of his party--yet he makes sure to soften his proposals in order to maintain hold of Democratic and Latino advocates. 
  • the plan in broad terms, saying it would legalize undocumented children brought to the United States at an early age provided they have no criminal record and have completed high school. It would grant them “non-immigrant” visas, allowing them to stay in the country and access the existing immigration system through which they could eventually become green card holders or naturalized citizens.
  • the DREAM Act — which failed to overcome Republican opposition in a Democratic-controlled Congress in 2010 — would provide a direct pathway to citizenship by providing green cards to children seeking higher education or military service of at least two years. They also must have come to the U.S. before age 16, be under the age of 30, have lived in the country for five years, pass a criminal background test and have earned a high school diploma or GED. Beneficiaries could apply for citizenship after six years.
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IRS Gives Billions in Tax Refunds to Illegals - Chuck Norris - Townhall Conservative Co... - 0 views

  • the NBC affiliate in Indianapolis, recently reported about how millions of illegal aliens are getting billions of dollars in U.S. tax refunds without having paid a dime in income taxes.
  • Illegal immigrants cannot qualify for legitimate Social Security numbers, which would entitle them to work legally in the U.S. and file income tax returns, but the Internal Revenue Service allows them to apply for nine-digit individual taxpayer identification numbers, or ITINs, which also are used to file federal income tax returns.
  • One illegal used a fake address and said four illegal aliens lived there with 20 relatives as dependents, for a grand total tax refund of $29,000!
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  • a provision in the tax code permits illegals to claim "additional child tax credits," which grant families $1,000 per "dependent" child.
  • The words that continue to echo through my head are President Barack Obama's chastising comment about the wealthy: We all must "pay our fair share" of taxes.
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Could Gutierrez and Rubio work together to bring us a new DREAM Act? | Fox News - 3 views

  • Rubio, a man called the ‘crown prince of the Tea Party,’ has the stature in the GOP to win over enough Republicans in Congress to vote with Democrats and stop deportations of young people eligible for the DREAM Act.
  • DREAM Act that will halt deportation of young, undocumented immigrants who are currently in school or serving in the military – but will not grant them citizenship.
  • “Listen, I want nothing but success for Barack Obama.  It is not easy for me to challenge him, but I feel I need to, to make this a better nation and I feel that that’s my first and foremost responsibility, number one,“ Gutierrez said. In the past, Gutierrez has criticized the president for not issuing an executive order to halt the deportation of minors who meet the DREAM Act criteria. 
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Young Illegal Immigrants Coming Out Of The Shadows : NPR - 2 views

  • McCain, who co-sponsored the DREAM Act in 2007, angered these activists by backing off during the 2008 election, saying he would not support it without tighter border controls.
  • families who live here illegally are "coming out" — marching behind banners that say "undocumented and unafraid," staging sit-ins in federal offices, and getting arrested in the most defiant ways
  • They are American in every way except on paper, they say. Why should they be branded, judged and punished?
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Report Sees Economic Drag in Immigration Policies - Metropolis - WSJ - 2 views

  • The report, co-written with the Partnership for a New American Economy, describes current immigration policies as “irrational and undirected,”
  • U.S. faces a stalled economy and shortage of workers in growing innovation industries like science, technology and engineering without changes. Immigration roadblocks in the U.S. “send entrepreneurs to other countries, who are quick to welcome them,” the report said.
  • ”We are not looking at the benefits of immigration. We have walked away from what made this country great.”
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      Mayor Micheal Bloomberg of New York
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Court: Man can't use parents to avoid deportation | Fox News - 2 views

  • The high court on Monday unanimously ruled against Carlos Martinez Gutierrez, who wants to keep from being deported as a criminal immigrant.
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    He is being deported-- not imprisoned, you dunce
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Alabama governor signs revised anti-illegal immigration law - CNN - 0 views

  • Alabama's governor on Friday signed legislation that he said will "simplify and clarify" the state's controversial anti-illegal immigration law, considered one of the country's toughest.
  • The new bill, HB 658, addresses some of its unintended consequences, including clarifying the types of documents that can serve as a form of official identification. But it does not address parts of the law that are at issue in federal courts.
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New Hints at Looser Travel Rules Stir Hope in Cuba - NYTimes.com - 2 views

  • promised reform of Cuba’s migration rules that, for half a century, have controlled who can leave the island, who can return and how long they can be gone.
  • Any loosening of controls would be a step toward eliminating one of the most deeply resented restrictions on Cubans’ liberty and a milestone on President Raúl Castro’s gradual march toward economic and social reform. Cuban officials have hinted for years that a change might be coming, but the bureaucratic system limiting travel remains in place.
  • the reform could spur economic migration and deepen ties between the island and the two million members of the diaspora, whose money and business experience may be vital to the government’s plans to drastically enlarge the private sector.
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