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Immigration debate heats up at Maricopa County board meeting (ABC 15 Phoenix)
The immigration debate intensified at Wednesday's Maricopa County Board of Supervisor's meeting Wednesday.
21 Aug 2008, 2:04 am | click here for more
Coloradans divided over impact of immigration on state (Rocky Mountain News)
Immigration remains a polarizing issue, with Coloradans split over whether it helps or hurts the state, a new poll finds.
21 Aug 2008, 1:18 am | click here for more
Town gets immigration lawyer (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
Noncitizens often face a legal labyrinth BY MICHAEL BOOTH GAZETTE-TIMES REPORTER When Teri Stamsos moved into her law school pal’s law office in Corvallis last month, she became only the second attorney in Benton County practicing immigration law.
21 Aug 2008, 12:40 am | click here for more
More charges filed in Iowa plant immigration raid (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
A supervisor arrested after a big immigration raid at an Iowa meatpacking plant was hit with new charges Tuesday including conspiring to hire illegal immigrants.
20 Aug 2008, 8:17 am | click here for more
Former Iowa meatpacking plant supervisor pleads guilty to federal immigration charges (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - A supervisor arrested after an immigration raid at a big meatpacking plant pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to hire illegal immigrants and aiding and abetting their hiring.
20 Aug 2008, 8:12 pm | click here for more
Immigration: Enforcement or Politics? (BusinessWeek)
Immigration: Enforcement or Politics?
20 Aug 2008, 6:19 am | click here for more
Immigration services breaks ground at Mass. site (Boston Globe)
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has begun construction on a new 26,300 square-foot building aimed at helping serve the state's growing immigrant population.
20 Aug 2008, 5:29 pm | click here for more
Coloradans divided over impact of immigration on state (Rocky Mountain News)
A Rocky/CBS4 News poll found that 50 percent felt immigration hurt Colorado, while 42 percent said it helped the state.
20 Aug 2008, 11:27 pm | click here for more
State lawmakers ask AG to weigh in on immigration (Abilene Reporter-News)
Two Republican state lawmakers have asked the Texas attorney general how far the state can go in dealing with illegal immigration, from yanking licenses for businesses to banning cities from enacting "sanctuary" ordinances.
20 Aug 2008, 11:22 pm | click here for more
Thailand deports Glitter to Hong Kong: immigration (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thailand deported former glam rocker and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter on Wednesday, sending him to Hong Kong after he refused to board a plane to his native Britain, a Thai immigration official said.
20 Aug 2008, 10:45 am | click here for more