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The benefits of immigration reform
As an economist, an immigrant and a scholar of the effects of immigration on the U.S. economy, I find that few pieces of legislation have engaged me more than the proposal for comprehensive immigration reform that the full Senate will take up this week....
Tags: Employment, Employment Opportunities, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Productivity, Crime, Law and Justice
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Toomey eyed as possible swing vote on immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — Sen. Pat Toomey is being targeted as a possible deciding vote on immigration overhaul, one of the biggest policy items of President Barack Obama's second term. After co-authoring a proposal in April to tighten background checks on gun...
Tags: Voting, Patrick J. Toomey, Laws, Allentown, Labor Legislation
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Letters to the Editor: Ozzie & Harriet, lung transplant, tea party
Ozzie & Harriet days Recently, I overheard two women cheering the end of the "Ozzie & Harriet" days. I've since wondered what was so bad about those days. Were there too few no-fault divorces, making both spouses poorer? Too few latch-key kids? Too...Tags: Water, Environmental Issues, Bithlo, Crime, Law and Justice, Sarah Palin
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Immigration sweep nets 18 arrests in Chicago area
Immigration officials arrested 18 gang members or associates during a three-day sweep this week in the Chicago area, authorities said. The arrests were made by agents with the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Immigration, Migration, Police Arrests
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Valley Police Beat: Three detained in car chase
EL CENTRO — At least three people, some of them suspected undocumented immigrants, were detained after a vehicle chase Thursday afternoon. It is unclear where the pursuit started, but Cmdr. Jeff Mason said the chase began at around 3:20 p.m. and...Tags: U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration, Police Arrests
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Israel says it has struck deal to resettle Eritrean migrants
Reuters* Some 60,000 African migrants have reached Israel * About 35,000 Eritreans among those who trekked from Egypt * Israel has built border fence to keep migrants out By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM, June 3 (Reuters) - An unidentified country has agreed to...Tags: Human Rights, Benjamin Netanyahu, National Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Egypt
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LETTER: Granting Licenses To Unlawful Immigrants Not A Trend
That Connecticut will be documenting illegal immigrants with driver's licenses should hardly be a surprise, but it is hardly a "national trend" as promoted in Thursday's Courant [May 23, Page 1, "State Joining National Trend"]. Connecticut will be...Tags: Immigration
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LETTER: Immigrants Must Pass Same Driver's Tests
The Connecticut legislature, for politically based reasons, has approved a measure to grant driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants [May 30, Page 1, "State Joining Natinal Trend"]. First of all, the political correctness about undocumented, illegal...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Migration, Immigration, Politics
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Opponents of measure to repeal death penalty in Maryland falls short of goal
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comOpponents of a measure to repeal the death penalty in Maryland said Friday they fell short of their goal to collect enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot in the 2014 election. Del. Neil C. Parrott, one of the leaders of the effort, said...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Maryland General Assembly, James Brochin, Baltimore County, Death Penalty
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Orlando Democrats blast Scott over 'dreamer' veto
Central Florida's Democratic state legislative delegation blasted Gov. Rick Scott Wednesday for vetoing a bill intended to make it easier for children of undocumented immigrants to obtain a Florida driver's license – even though the effect of the...Tags: Executive Branch, Florida Legislature, DREAM Act, Barack Obama, Government
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Efforts to restore capital punishment fall short
Maryland's death penalty will be wiped from the books in October now that efforts to reinstate capital punishment have fallen short. The petition drive to halt repeal of the death penalty ended Friday afternoon, when organizers said they could not...
Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Executive Branch, Voting, Laws
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LETTER: Licenses Don't Make Them Legal
The Connecticut legislature just passed a bill to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants [May 30, Page 1, "State Joining National Trend"]. Supporters argue that it will make them feel like citizens and they will respond by registering and insuring...Tags: Immigration
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