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Nebraska Lawmakers Seeking Tougher Immigration Laws

Monday, December 29, 2008, 11:05 AM

A majority of Nebraska lawmakers say they favor tougher immigration laws according to a pre-session survey conducted by the Associated Press.

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S.C. Businesses Getting Workplace Verification Training

Thursday, December 11, 2008, 3:38 PM

In just a few week's, South Carolina's Illegal Immigration and Reform Act goes into effect, requiring that all state businesses hire legally documented workers. The law requires businesses with state contracts and at least 500 employees to begin using the system on Jan.

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Tyson Foods Using E-Verify

Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 10:18 AM

The corporate team at Tyson Foods took a recent plant tour as an opportunity to communicate their hiring practices. The company employs more than 100,000 people with more than $26 billion in sales.

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Hawaii Construction Industry Starts Campaign to Hire Legal Workers

Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 7:21 AM

The Pacific Resource Partnership, a group comprised of construction industry leaders in Hawaii, has started a campaign to encourage their industry to hire legal workers, a local NBC affiliate in Honolulu reports.

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Immigration Reduction Champion Wins “Mayor of the Year” Award

Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 3:24 PM

Hazelton Mayor Lou Barletta, a hero to many across the country for his leadership in combating illegal immigration at the local level, has been named “Mayor of the Year” by the Pennsylvania State Mayors Association.

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Minnesota Catholics to Observe 'Immigration Sunday'

Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 11:12 AM

The Minnesota Catholic Conference has called for an "Immigration Sunday" on January 4. The date commemorates the two-year anniversary of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid on a meat packing plant in Worthington.

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Alabama City to Target Contractors who Hire Undocumented Workers

Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 10:05 AM

The Albertville City Council in Northeastern Alabama approved a measure that will require contractors with three or more employees to use E-Verify. The city ordinance looks to ensure that contractors who provide services for the city hire employees that are legal to work in the United States.

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Enforcement Crunch Causing Builders to Hire More Black Laborers

Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 5:14 PM

Black laborers in the construction industry used to be the norm, but with the increased migration of Latin Americans, the construction industry slowly became more Latino. Washington D.C.

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Pressure Forces Ga. County To Comply With Law, Check Eligibility for Public Benefits

Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 1:41 PM

In the wake of pressure from immigration reduction activist D.A. King and NumbersUSA members, Cobb County, Georgia will begin checking the immigration status of every applicant for a business license.

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Rohrabacher Calls for National Day of Prayer for Ramos and Compean

Updated Monday, May 12, 2008, 4:15 PM

Ramos & Compean
(May 8) Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) has called for a National Day of Prayer for law enforcement officials and, specifically, for jailed Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who are currently serving federal prison terms for wounding an illegal alien drug smuggler.

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Bush Pardons Exclude Ramos and Compean

In the News - Wednesday, December 24, 2008

President Bush granted clemency to 20 people Tuesday, including a man who was convicted of delivering planes used by Israel in its 1948 war of independence and a real estate developer whose father has donated tens of thousands of dollars to Republican candidates and the party.

By Ben Conery , Washington Times

http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/dec/24/bush-issues-19-pardons-commutes-1-prison-term/

ICE detainees arrive in Grand Island

In the News - Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Tuesday marked the start of housing federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees in the new Hall County Jail.

"We got our first vanload today," Supervisor Scott Arnold said at a county board meeting Tuesday.

He chairs the county's Corrections Steering Committee.

Arnold wasn't certain how many detainees were in a "vanload" and Corrections Director Fred Ruiz had already left Tuesday's county board meeting prior to Arnold providing an update to other supervisors on the ICE contract.

Tracy Overstreet, Grand Island (Ne.) Independent, December 9, 2008

http://http://www.theindependent.com/news/x776479137/ICE-detainees-arrive-in-Grand-Island