News Clips Archive
Menendez slams feds on home raids
06/12/08 | Herald News | Sen. Robert Menendez Thursday said the top U.S. officials responsible for immigration enforcement proved to be "in denial" about constitutional violations by federal agents in a meeting he had with them. | Read the story
Immigration debate has shifted from reform to enforcement
06/07/08 | Miami Herald | Immigration was going to be one of the issues of the 2008 presidential election season. It has not so far turned out to be the potboiler many expected. | Read the story
Immigration battle gains steam on Web
06/03/08 | Chicago Tribune | Minutes after word broke about a Nickelodeon TV special on children affected by immigration raids, messages like "What part of illegal don't you understand!?!" and "Deport them all!" bombarded Web sites and blogs. | Read the story
Immigration raid spurs calls for action vs. owners
06/01/08 | Associated Press | After the biggest immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of workers have been sentenced but not one company official as yet faces any charges something critics say is typical of a federal government that is tough on employees but easy on owners. | Read the story
Congressional Hispanic Caucus joins Media Matters in announcing report
05/18/08 | Congressional Documents and Publications | The Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) will be holding a press conference with Media Mat-ters, a non-profit research and information center dedicated to monitoring the US media, will release a report, titled Fear and Loathing in Prime Time, which examines the impact of cable news shows and the immigration myths and characterizations they have promoted at the cost of the immigrant, and Latino community as a whole. | Read the story
After show of raid, what next?
05/17/08 | Des Moines Register | When the dust settled in the wake of the largest immigration raid in U.S. history, some likened it to a natural disas-ter sweeping through Postville. Schools superintendent David Strudthoff described it as "a tornado that wiped out an entire part of the town." | Read the story
Feds grapple with backlog for citizenship
05/14/08 | The Arizona Republic | Immigration officials in Phoenix are churning out record numbers of new U.S. citizens, with as many as 2,000 to be sworn in this month alone. | Read the story
The road back to Mexico stops 100 yards short
05/06/08 | Los Angeles Times | U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Now they're catching them on the way out. | Read the story
Immigration advocates: Movement still strong
05/06/08 | Naples Daily News | May Day came and went in Southwest Florida | Read the story
Immigration Hearings Reflect Careful Calculus
05/04/08 | Congressional Quarterly | A much-anticipated series of hearings on immigration enforcement kicks off Tuesday, but the hearings aren't about a specific piece of legislation, exactly. And that's no accident. | Read the story
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