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Giving up on the American Dream
A tightening economy and social hostility are driving once-hopeful Mexican immigrants such as Absalom Lopez out of Colorado.
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Overpopulation and Over-Immigration Threaten Water Supply, Says Ad Campaign
A Census Bureau report indicates that the U.S. population will rise to 439 million by 2050, or 135 million more than today. More than 80 percent of U.S. population growth will continue to be a direct result of immigration and births to immigrants. In California -- where the population increases by a half million per year -- that immigration component accounts for virtually 100 percent of the growth.
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Day Laborer Jobs Dwindle
More than 50 day laborers stood, bored, anxious and mostly silent, in the sun-blasted parking lot of a Home Depot here last week, tracking the ebb and flow of customers and hoping for work. The hours crawled by. Six, maybe seven men scored jobs. The rest just waited.
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Las Vegas Sheriff tells details of jail immigration program
Las Vegas police today announced details of a partnership with federal immigration officials that is expected to begin in the next few weeks. Trained officers at the Clark County Detention Center will be allowed to start possible deportation proceedings for inmates who indicate they are foreign born.http://www.lvrj.com/news/breaking_news/31074639.html
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Judge: San Francisco Can Issue ID Cards to Illegal Immigrants
A lawsuit to block San Francisco from handing out municipal identification cards to anyone who has lived in the city for at least 15 days regardless of their immigration status was tossed out of court Tuesday.http://www.kcbs.com/Judge--SF-Can-Issue-ID-Cards-to-Illegal-Immigrants/3142372
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Frederick, MD's Uneasy Crackdown
In the six months since the Frederick County Sheriff's Office began working closely with federal immigration authorities, 183 illegal immigrants have been identified, detained and put on track for deportation, a crackdown that has spooked the area's Latino community and provoked accusations by rights groups of ethnic profiling.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/12/AR2008101202189.html
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Illegals Hot Topic in Local Nevada Campaign
In a town that’s nearly 90 percent white, a Grass Valley City Council candidate still is making illegal immigration a campaign issue. Ed Yarborough this week has hung handmade fliers on doors with the warning “It could happen here.” The word “here” is underlined by hand in red ink.http://www.theunion.com/article/20081009/NEWS/810099995/1066&parentprofile=-1&title=%E2%80%98It%20could%20happen%20here%E2%80%99
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Texas Driver's License Rule Upsets Some Immigrants
A little-noticed administrative change preventing illegal immigrants from obtaining a Texas driver's license has upset immigrant groups, lawmakers and Hispanic activists, who predict it will boost the number of unlicensed and uninsured drivers on Texas roads. Others fear it will boost a robust black market trade in counterfeit documents.http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6050257.html