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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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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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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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Mission Impossible - 1 views

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