Election 2008: What’s At Stake?

Mexico is setting up a call center in Tuscon, Ariz., to help Mexican citizens who run into immigration problems. Mexican officials say the center is designed to help illegal workers, and that it was prompted by an increase in anti-immigrant sentiment in Arizona. The center, which will have a toll-free number and be staffed 24 [...]

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The Federation for American Immigration Reform and other restrictionist groups have long perpetuated an image of illegal immigrants as criminals who endangers the lives and property of American citizens. These groups point to incidents like the murder of Tony Bologna by an illegal immigrant in San Francisco, and the death of Amy Kortlang, who was [...]

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Immigration is a fraught issue, and in recent years dozens of groups have sprung up to advocate for one position or the other, to lobby Congress, to fund candidates, or to fight it out in the courts. With all the vague or patriotic-sounding names, it can get pretty confusing. You might see spokespeople from these [...]

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In May of last year, Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry (D) signed a law making it a felony to transport or harbor illegal immigrants and establishing strict enforcement and identification policies. Now, the Columbus Dispatch reports, up to 25,000 Latinos have left Tulsa and thousands of Oklahomans have had difficulty getting drivers’ licenses or applying for [...]

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A full-page ad placed in Capitol Hill newspapers has upset the country’s most powerful immigration restrictionist organization, the Federation for American Immigration Reform. The ad, a response to FAIR’s annual “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” lobbying event, held this week, was paid for by a coalition that includes the SEIU, or Service Employees International [...]

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Immigration is a fraught issue, and in recent years dozens of groups have sprung up to advocate for one position or the other, to lobby Congress, to fund candidates, or to fight it out in the courts. With all the vague or patriotic-sounding names, it can get pretty confusing. You might see spokespeople from these [...]

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Newly released census data predicts that non-Hispanic whites will be a minority in the United States by 2042, largely due to immigration, both legal and illegal.
Anti-immigration groups have long pointed to an increase in population as a reason to tighten our borders, and this data has added fuel to that cry. Ira Mehlman, FAIR’s [...]

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