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14 hours ago ago from Illegal Immigration Issues
4ded November 14, 2009 Illegal immigration in Virginia costs taxpayers $625 per year A study conducted in Virginia by the federation for American immigration, has found that illegal immigration within the state costs its taxpaying households at least $625 a year. The state expects an increase in the years to come with the expected rise in the illegal ...
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14 hours ago ago from The Sanctuary - Front Page
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2 hours ago ago from Change.org's Immigration Blog
1. Do not expect action till after the midterm elections. 2010 is election year. Congress is unlikely to take a vote on immigration reform until after the midterm-elections in November. Competing bills might be introduced and debated in the first half of the year, but the Democratic leadership is not likely to schedule a vote on the issue until after the elections even though Latino turnout might be critical at the voting booth. Do note that ...
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1 day ago ago from Sociologias
Gloria Rubac Houstonians took to the streets for several days in mid-December in strong actions to support immigrant rights and immigration reform. On Dec. 16, U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez introduced immigration reform legislation in Congress. Many organizations are meeting with their constituencies to strategize about how to persuade Congress to pass the legislation; they are calling it long overdue. Lobbying has begun, and meetings with ...
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1 hour, 32 minutes ago ago from jpmassar
It should come as no surprise to anyone that Congress was unable to pass heath care legislation that contained meaningful financial reforms. The amount of our GDP devoted to health care is not going down any time in the near future . It might come as a disappointment, but it should not come as a surprise. Meaningful reform goes against the short-term self-interest of every special interest group. While it is to the long-term benefit of ...
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BBC News - Armchair deputies enlisted to patrol US-Mexico border
3 hours ago ago from BBC
By Claire Prentice New York Virtual deputies look for groups of people crossing the border When John Spears gets home from his sales job in New York, he sits down at his computer with a bottle of beer and starts patrolling the US border. And to do it, he does not need to stir from his sofa. He is one of tens of thousands of people around the world who are volunteering to patrol the 1250-mile ...
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16 hours ago ago from The New York Times
OAKLAND, Calif. On the last Sunday before Christmas, from an altar flanked by Advent candles and potted poinsettias, the Rev. Clarence L. Johnson preached to the Mills Grove Christian Church about the Nativity. A precise and measured man, Mr. Johnson departed just once from his typewritten text. In the midst of recounting a certain birth in ancient Judea, the minister placed his gaze a dozen rows back into the congregation and rested it ...
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17 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal
Senate passage of the health-care bill gives all sides a last opportunity to change the far-reaching overhaul, and it looks to be a messy legislative bazaar. House and Senate negotiators will meet in January to mesh their health bills after the Senate voted 60-39 Christmas Eve for a bill that aims to deliver on a long-promised Democratic goal of extending insurance coverage to nearly every American. "Now's the time to get that last word ...
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3 hours ago ago from U.S. News
House and Senate look to final health care talks WASHINGTON (AP) -- How many Americans will get subsidized medical coverage - plus who will pay for it - will be front-burner issues when Congress returns next month to complete President Barack Obama's health care remake. Pocketbook concerns join abortion and whether Uncle Sam should peddle insurance as the top bones of contention for negotiators who must resolve difference between the House ...
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