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The issue of immigration is a hotly debated issue at the federal, state and local level. Some feel immigrants from other countries take jobs and resources away from natural born citizens, while others believe our country our country was founded and populated by people seeking a better life away from persecution. At the heart of the debate is the issue of "illegal" immigrants, who enter the United States unknown to officials and remain in the country undocumented.
The issue of immigration is a hotly debated issue at the federal, state and local level. Some feel immigrants from other countries take jobs and resources away from natural born citizens, while others believe our country our country was founded and populated by people seeking a better life away from persecution. At the heart of the debate is the issue of "illegal" immigrants, who enter the United States unknown to officials and remain in the country undocumented.
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U.S. steps up deportation efforts for criminal immigrants
WASHINGTON — In an aggressive effort to boost deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun to increase by nearly 25% the number of agents tasked with finding and deporting illegal immigrants with criminal records, pulling 150...
Tags: International Law, Environmental Issues, Mitt Romney, Elections, Republican Party
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Bank ATM 'skimmer' sentenced to 4 years in prison, ordered to pay restitution
Q13 Fox News OnlineA Sammamish man who pleaded guilty to installing ‘skimming’ devices on bank ATM machines and raiding 255 victim bank accounts for more than $176,000 was sentenced Friday to four years in prison and ordered to pay restitution. Dmitry Sandler,...Tags: Prisons, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Punishment, Judges
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Detention facilities
As Lake County sheriff, I support Senate Bill 1064, which would ensure any individual detained by the government is held in a facility that is public and directly accountable to the people. The citizens of Illinois have long believed that detention is...Tags: Prisons, Crete, Illinois General Assembly, Republican Party, Migration
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Preventing prison rape
Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003 hoping to contain a national epidemic. Nearly a decade later, however, the problem apparently persists. The Department of Justice this month finally got around to releasing a 2008 survey in which 1...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Justice System, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Sexual Assault
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Did a baseball team win the first U.S. pro soccer league title?
BASEBALL/SOCCER URBAN LEGEND: The first American professional soccer league championship was won by a moonlighting baseball team. While individual players had been paid for games going as far back as 1892, it was not until the early 20th Century that...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Basketball, Baseball, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, New York Yankees
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Alabama's bad road on immigration
Apparently, Alabama lawmakers felt they hadn't gone far enough last year when they enacted the most draconian immigration law in the nation, which, among other things, required schools to determine the immigration status of their students. Now, the...
Tags: Alabama Legislature, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Laws, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Pro-Latino 'super PAC' aiming at Romney campaign [Video]
Mitt Romney said it himself: He needs to boost his support among Latinos, or cede the White House to Barack Obama for another four years. Speaking last month at a fundraiser in Palm Beach, Fla., (just within earshot of eavesdropping reporters) the...
Tags: Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, Mitt Romney, Elections, Republican Party, Jon Kyl
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Jury Recommends Death Penalty in Jamiel Shaw Murder
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Jurors have recommended death for Pedro Espinoza, the gang member convicted of murdering high school football star Jamiel Shaw. Espinoza, 23, will be formally sentenced on Sept. 21. On May 9, the same jury convicted Espinoza of the...Tags: Punishment, Murder, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Football, Los Angeles Police Department
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Rubio proposes help for business startups, immigrants
Central Florida Political Pulse - Orlando SentinelBy William E. Gibson, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — In a rare show of bipartisanship, Sen. Marco Rubio teamed up with a couple of Democratic colleagues to propose a bill on Tuesday to help startup businesses and immigrant entrepreneurs create jobs.... -
Romney tees off on Obama, teachers unions at Latino luncheon
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney used a Latino business gathering as a forum to assail President Obama’s leadership of the economy and blame teachers unions for problems facing American education. The Republican presidential candidate is making...
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What Baltimore did for us
On the front page of the June 22, 1990, issue of The Evening Sun is an article with the headline "Flight from Saigon lands and family grows by 16." The article describes the emotional reunion of a sister with her 16 family members, who had spent the...
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Fake UPS truck used to smuggle illegal immigrants, agents say
L.A. NOWU.S. Border Patrol agents found 13 people hiding inside what appeared to be a UPS truck trying to avoid a checkpoint on Highway 111 in Niland last Friday morning....
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