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Obama VisitsTroops in Afghanistan
Associated PressKABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in this war-weary nation, the focal point of his proposed strategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president. While officially a part of a...Tags: Minority Groups, National or Ethnic Minorities, Small Businesses, National Government, Immigration
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Fatal beating: Hate crime?
Of The Associated PressLuis Ramirez came to the United States from Mexico six years ago to look for work, landing in this Schuylkill County town. Here, he found steady employment, fathered two children and, his fiancee said, occasionally endured harassment by white residents....Tags: Migration, Prosecution, People, Illegal Immigrants, Witnesses
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Working with refugees a religious experience
They come from Liberia and Myanmar and Togo and Burundi and Bhutan. Most have spent decades, some their entire lives, in refugee camps in another country, waiting for their turn for a better life. They arrive with little more than the clothes on their...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Illegal Immigrants, Pope, John Paul II, Hampton Roads
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We think: McCain needs to reassert his commitment to immigration reform
"Mac is back" became the jubilant chant of Arizona Sen. John McCain's supporters during his improbable march to the head of the Republican presidential field. But somewhere on that journey, he left behind his unswerving commitment to comprehensive...Tags: Migration, Edward M. Kennedy, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, National Government
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ICE arrests 49 immigrants in gang sweep
Associated Press WriterFederal Immigration authorities arrested 49 men in a four-day sweep targeting illegal immigrants and gangs, officials announced Friday. But the tactic, used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement since 2005, has long drawn criticism from...Tags: Migration, Illegal Immigrants, Law Enforcement, Safety of Citizens, Immigration
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Agriprocessors sups plead not guilty
Two supervisors from the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in Postville pleaded not guilty Thursday to aiding and abetting illegal workers. Juan Carlos Guerrero-Espinoza and Martin De La Rosa-Loera made their pleas in U.S. northern Iowa District Court. The...Tags: Prosecution, Illegal Immigrants
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Cluster of Southern states, topped by Mississippi, remain most obese, new US survey finds
The South tips the scales again as the nation's fattest region, according to a new government survey. More than 30 percent of adults in Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee are considered obese. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and...Tags: Obesity, Death and Dying, People, Columbia University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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NYC gang used torture to rob rival drug dealers
Associated Press WriterThey bound their victims with duct tape, beat them and held guns to their heads. When that didn't work, the bandits applied pliers to their genitals and pressed hot irons to the soles of their feet. Sometimes they held victims' heads under water in a...Tags: Johnnie Walker, Migration, Drug Trafficking, Illegal Immigrants, Law Enforcement
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Governor Bobby Jindal Responds to Shepperd Allegations
Tonight, Governor Bobby Jindal's response to critics who've implied he may be a racist. Laila Morcos tells us exactly what the governor says about it. Governor Bobby Jindal today -- responding to harsh criticism from State Senator Derrick Shepherd. "I...Tags: Laws, Population and Census, Population, Jim Tucker, Racism
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Making same-sex marriages count
When same-sex couples wed in California and Massachusetts, they do so believing that their marriage licenses mean that their relationships finally count in the eyes of the state. Unfortunately, they won't count in the eyes of the U.S. Census Bureau....Tags: Population, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Gays and Lesbians, Family
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