GOP VP candidate Sarah Palin discussed a guest worker program with apple farmers in Pennsylvania on Friday. It was the first time she mentioned immigration at a campaign stop. Palin touted John McCain’s support of comprehensive immigration reform.
The Feds are charging the former CEO of Agriprocessors, the company raided by ICE in one of [...]
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With a tight race for Virginia’s 13 electoral votes, the southern state’s substantial Asian immigrant population is in a position to influence the outcome, and Asian volunteers are working to get out the vote in their communities. Check out this Web documentary by filmmaker Adele Pham, featuring Asian-Americans in Falls Church, a Washington, D.C. suburb.
Virginia’s [...]
The presidential campaigns and the press have focused a good deal of energy on Latino voters, especially in western states where they could pay a pivotal role. But what about our second largest group of immigrants?
Asians make up 5 percent of the United States. While the largest Asian populations are in the solid Democratic [...]
Long a Republican stronghold, Virginia is set to be a battleground state this year, with Barack Obama hoping to catch up to John McCain in the contest for the states 13 electoral votes. The state is home to 149,000 eligible Hispanic voters (three percent of all voters) and 180,000 eligible Asians (four percent), and with [...]
Without widespread immigration reform from Congress, some local governments are taking it upon themselves to deal directly with illegal immigration. But using taxpayer money can stir tensions, at least in the case of Prince William County, Virginia, and nearby communities.
Prince William first received attention when it passed its crackdown plan last year. The move spurred [...]
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