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Weekly Immigration News Round-Up, 10/4

By: Amy Crawford 7:06 am

In California, more than 1,150 suspected illegal immigrants were arrested during a three-week sweep by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
At the Huffington Post, Jeremy Goren tries to discern the presidential candidates’ stances on immigration.
In Arizona, notorious Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced he had received more than 900 calls on his illegal immigration tip line, 50 percent more than in all of 2007.
In North Carolina, Republican Hugh Webster hopes to win his Congressional race on the illegal immigration issue. He’s a long shot candidate, but his references to immigration as “the invasion” speak to many North Carolinians.
At Slate, political reporter Christopher Beam wonders why we don’t hear much about the Asian American vote, even though Asians make up 5 percent of the population. News 21 looked at these under-considered voters earlier this year.

This entry was written by Amy Crawford, posted on October 5, 2008 at 7:06 am, filed under Immigration: New Voters, Old Fears and tagged Asian vote, Columbia, Hugh Webster, Immigration, immigration raids, Joe Arpaio, McCain, obama. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

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