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No Real Differences Between Presidential Candidates on Immigration Published: Oct 1, 2012 "Although they have a stated difference on legalizing other undocumented aliens, the practical difference is nonexistent. Consider that the president blames his failure to submit an immigration bill in his first term on Republicans "walking away," but in 2009 and 2010, Democrats had large majorities in both houses of Congress, so GOP support was not
Ruben Navarrette: Obama's fantasy world on immigration Published: Sep 28, 2012 "When pressed by Ramos and Salinas about his failures on immigration, Obama trotted out all the old and familiar excuses, justifications and half-truths that he and his surrogates have used for the last two years to explain away their policy of "broken promises, broken families." This included the assertions that have already been discredited, like the
Arizona To Appeal Judge's Ruling Against Part Of Immigration Law Published: Sep 28, 2012 "Arizona Governor Jan Brewer plans to fight a federal judge's ruling against a part of Arizona's tough immigration law that would have made it a crime to harbor undocumented immigrants, court papers showed on Thursday. Lawyers for the Republican governor said the state planned to lodge an appeal with the 9th U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco to remove
Court fast-tracks some green card applications Published: Sep 27, 2012 "A federal appeals court has ruled that immigration officials must give priority status to thousands of green card applicants who lost their place in line for U.S. residency when they turned 21. A narrowly divided 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided Wednesday that the United States Citizen and Immigration Services wrongly determined the applicants
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Immigration Law Appeal Published: Sep 26, 2012 "A federal appeals court on Tuesday denied an Arizona sheriff's request to reverse a lower-court decision barring his deputies from detaining people solely on the suspicion that they're undocumented immigrants. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco issued a 23-page ruling after considering the narrow question of a preliminary injunction while a
'Show Your Papers' Arizona Immigration Provision Survives As Court Rejects Bid To Have It Blocked Published: Sep 26, 2012 "A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a coalition of civil and immigrants rights activists to prevent police from enforcing an Arizona provision that is at the heart of the fierce national debate over unauthorized immigration. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied an emergency motion for an injunction blocking
'Dreamers' deal a roll of the dice Published: Sep 26, 2012 "The Deferred Action program, in the universe of immigration enforcement, falls somewhere between a leap of faith and a crapshoot. If granted temporary relief, applicants can apply for a two-year work visa. There's no direct path to permanent legal status or U.S. citizenship, and the deferment can be revoked at any time. Meanwhile, the federal government --
Deportation Deferrals Put Employers of Immigrants in a Bind Published: Sep 26, 2012 "Immigrants applying for two-year deportation deferrals can ask employers to verify their job status as one way to meet a requirement showing that they have lived for at least five years in the United States. But employers who agree to those requests could be acknowledging that they knowingly hired an unauthorized worker — a violation of federal law. Mr.