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Sep 12, 2006: Immigration reform now (washtimes.com)
Not a week following the reported demise of immigration reform, House Majority Leader John Boehner vowed to put a bill on the president's desk before Congress adjourns at the end of the month. Speaker Dennis Hastert agreed, adding "Congress cannot wait until next year to move on this issue. The American people expect us to tackle this problem and solve it." Well said, Mr. Speaker...

Sep 12, 2006: Congressman pressures Bush on immigration (WorldNetDaily.com )
Steve King, R-Iowa, spoke to a rally at the Mexican border yesterday to kick off a new campaign by the Minuteman Project called "Operation Sovereignty."

Sep 12, 2006: Democrats forming caucuses to recruit Hispanics as voters (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Democrats are forming Hispanic caucuses in South Florida to bridge the quiet, clannish divisions among immigrant groups and coax more Latinos to the polls in November.

Sep 11, 2006: The fuss over farm labor (Miami Herald)
Florida farmers and farmworker advocates worry about a chronic shortage of laborers if Congress fails to pass legislation legalizing millions of undocumented immigrants

Sep 11, 2006: Immigration Enforcement: A Better Idea for Returning Illegal Aliens (www.heritage.org)
By some estimates, more than 15 million indi­viduals are unlawfully present in the United States. If the U.S. government actually succeeds in appre­ciably reducing illegal border crossings on the border with Mexico, the number of people unlaw­fully present in the United States could actually rise significantly

Aug 22, 2006: Calm returns to Riverside, but tensions still high (philly Inquirer)
Government functioned. Trains rolled. Commerce flowed. It was as though the hundreds of protesters who filled the small downtown on Sunday were never there, rallying for and against a ban on hiring and housing illegal immigrants.

Aug 22, 2006: Pa. City Puts Illegal Immigrants on Notice (Washington Post)
What I'm doing here is protecting the legal taxpayer of any race," said the dapper 50-year-old mayor, sweeping his hands toward the working-class city outside. "And I will get rid of the illegal people. It's this simple: They must leave ."

Aug 22, 2006: English-only ballots -- for now (Daytona news-journalonline.com)
Honduran immigrant, who expects to become a citizen in 2007, is looking forward to participating in the political process

Aug 21, 2006: Hoping to get more immigrants to become U.S. citizens (Sentinel staff )
Attorneys from the Central Florida chapter of the Caribbean Bar Association will lend their time and expertise for free to eligible immigrants who need to complete the paperwork to apply for citizenship or register as voters.

Aug 21, 2006: Wishing to have 'ghost town' back (philly.com)
responses to a "Community Voices" invitation to discuss the impact of illegal immigration on them, and their reactions to articles on a Riverside ordinance that holds businesses and landlords liable for dealing with illegal immigrants.

Aug 18, 2006: Large immigration rally is planned for Riverside (Inquirer)
Thousands of immigrants and their supporters are expected to show up in Riverside on Sunday to protest the township's passage of a law that prohibits the hiring and housing of illegal immigrants.

Aug 18, 2006: Palm Bay rejects immigration measure (Sentinel)
After several hours of raucous debate and discussion, a march and flared tempers, city leaders early today rejected to loud applause an ordinance that would have given local officials a way to limit illegal immigration within the city.

Aug 17, 2006: Immigration law forces families to flee St. Louis suburb (www.kansascity.com)
A new law in the St. Louis suburb Valley Park has forced more than 20 families to leave the town, and the Archdiocese of St. Louis is helping them relocate.

Aug 17, 2006: Palm Bay poised for immigrant vote -- full house expected (Sentinel )
With Palm Bay officials poised to vote tonight on an ordinance that would penalize the employers of illegal immigrants, supporters and critics are gearing up to converge on City Hall to make their cases.

Aug 17, 2006: A town divided (HERALD NEWS )
Everybody needs a haircut, Weder Mendes likes to point out, whether they are a legal or illegal immigrant, American-born, or a new arrival.

Aug 17, 2006: Immigration activists take up cause of woman seeking sanctuary (Associated Press)
Immigration activists from California to South Carolina are taking up the cause of a woman who has holed up in a friendly church for two days with her young son rather than turn herself in to be deported to Mexico.

Aug 15, 2006: Immigrant leaders hold convention (Orlando sentinel )
About 400 people from 25 states gathered for a two-day national convention in Hillside, Ill., to debate how best to achieve legalization for the nation's 11 million to 12 million illegal immigrants and a moratorium on raids and deportations by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Aug 15, 2006: Border group's finances a secret (THE WASHINGTON TIMES)
A Texas firm that manages hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations to the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps says it has not been authorized to divulge a detailed accounting of the funds, despite assurances by the MCDC's top official that it would do so.

Aug 15, 2006: Election immigration debate turning 'offensive' (Miami Herald)
From questions posed on the campaign trail to talk radio, many Hispanic Republicans are worried the 'mean-spirited' discussion about immigration could harm their party.

Aug 14, 2006: Towns take aim at illegal immigration (USA TODAY)
Lou Barletta says illegal immigrants are overfilling schools in Hazleton, Pa., cramming local health clinics and overrunning the playground where he once played basketball.

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